Splash~
The weather on the Grand Line was always impossible to predict.
One moment, the sky was clear for miles; the next, torrential rain came pouring down.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Intense cannon fire rang out from the warship and pirate ship.
Accompanied by thunder roaring through the sky, the waters beneath these dark clouds were now steeped in an atmosphere of tension and killing intent.
"Stay sharp, everyone! Don't hold back on the shells! That pirate ship ahead is about to sink. Keep it up, and don't let up!"
Spandam had shed his usual lazy, slippery manner.
At that moment, he stood on the deck without fear of the wind or rain, staring at the battered pirate ship ahead as he directed the warship's fierce bombardment.
The reason he was directing the warship so desperately—
Was not because he was dutifully carrying out the World Government's orders.
Spandam's sudden scolding left the Marine who had come to report utterly baffled.
Bullying the weak while fearing the strong was Spandam's specialty. Facing the Octopus Pirates, a feat practically delivered right into his mouth, he naturally had no intention of letting it go so easily.
Roy, who had already returned to his room, choked on the wine he had just brought to his lips when he heard Spandam's roar.
Through the window, he watched the scolded Marine return to his post.
"You idiot! Why aren't you increasing the firepower already?"
After several rounds of anti-aircraft guns fired in succession.
The bewildered Marine returned to his post under Spandam's furious curses.
Although most of the shells merely blasted up sprays of water around the pirate ship, under such dense bombardment, quite a few still landed on the vessel.
Since joining the Marines, this was the first time he had ever been scolded for