The CP0 That Had Been Beaten into Fear

"You two, hurry up and say what you have to say. I don't have time to waste here fooling around with you." The CP0 Deputy Director-General, shrouded in a white coat and wearing a strange mask, said impatiently.

He wasn't intentionally trying to embarrass the two marines in front of him; he was simply overwhelmed with work. A dozen Celestial Dragons were roaming this dangerous city, and with their inherent aura of mockery, his CP0 crew was simply not enough to handle them.

If those Celestial Dragons were willing to follow his orders and act together, that would be fine, but it's obvious that's impossible. CP0 is just a bodyguard or guard for the Celestial Dragons. Even as the Deputy Director-General CP0, he doesn't have much status in the eyes of the Celestial Dragons. Moreover, even among the Celestial Dragons, they usually don't get along, and the possibility of them getting into a fight is much greater.

Most importantly, the current situation in Golden City is showing signs of turmoil and instability, with a mix of good and bad elements.

Who knows what went wrong with Gild Tesoro that he used an epic auction to attract the attention of all the major powers?

Ordinary people might be intimidated by the Celestial Dragons' reputation and consider the consequences of attacking them, but those Four Great Sea Emperors wouldn't have such concerns. The fact that Four Emperors their pirate crews were present at once undoubtedly made him live in constant fear, as if he were standing on the edge of an abyss or walking on thin ice.

Chaton frowned slightly, a hint of displeasure in his heart, and said in a deep voice, "Then I'll get straight to the point. Bazel, the reason I invited you here is that I hope your CP0 can assist our navy in eliminating Nightmare."

"What did you say?" Although it was impossible to see Bazel's expression behind his mask, his hurried tone and suddenly rising pitch indicated that he was definitely not in a good mood. "Heh, you two are really crazy. You're asking for death, don't drag me into it. That's it, goodbye... I misspoke, I'm leaving first."

Chaton's lewd face showed a look of utter bewilderment, but he quickly recovered and stopped him, saying, "Wait, Bazel, you don't actually think that the three of us, with our Admiral strength, are no match for Nightmare alone, do you?"

"Heh, let's talk about that when you've reached that level of strength!" Bazel said dismissively.

Chaton felt like his lungs were about to explode with anger. First, he suffered a lot of anger at Roy's place, and then he was despised by the "allies" of the World Government. Most importantly, he lost face in front of his goddess both times.

But he also knew that he couldn't provoke Bazel now, otherwise the two of them alone would have no hope of revenge.

Therefore, Chaton suppressed his rage and said with a blushing face, "Even if I am weaker than you, it is definitely enough to hold off Nightmare's Rumble-Rumble Fruit User for a while. With the strength of the two of you, you can't even deal with Nightmare?"

Seeing Bazel remain silent, Chaton assumed he was interested and quickly pressed his advantage, saying, "For the past two years, Nightmare has remained in his heavily guarded lair, with the powerful Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse fighting for him and protecting him like stars around the moon. Because of this, his trip to the Golden Ship, with only the Rumble-Rumble Fruit User, undoubtedly provides us with an excellent opportunity to defeat him piecemeal. This is a golden chance to thwart his ambitions!"

Instead of giving a direct answer, Bazel said in a cold voice.

"First of all, Nightmare is one of the Shichibukai, and from a standpoint, he is our ally. Without the authorization of the Five Elders, CP0 has no right to take action against him."

"Secondly, the so-called operation to eradicate Nightmare is probably just wishful thinking on your part. If the Marine Headquarters really wanted to take action against him, they would not have just sent the two of you. I will verify this with Fleet Admiral Sengoku afterward."

"Finally, I have a piece of advice for you: you can't beat him, so give up. That monster's strength is beyond imagination. He's a Four Emperors pirate crew all by himself, so there's no such thing as being outnumbered and outmatched." Bazel gave Chaton a deep look, his expression unreadable.

Could he be suggesting that Knight of War, one of Roy's Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, was actually a member of their CP0 Deputy Director-General, and that another Deputy Director-General had fallen under Roy's offensive, and that CP0 was now all show and no substance?

He's a proud man; how could he say such things out loud?

Moreover, in the past two years, CP0 had clashed with Roy more than once, hoping to bring Logan back, but in the end, their last two Deputy Director-General were almost captured alive by Roy and had to return to the Holy Land Mary Geoise in disgrace.

The most terrifying thing is that six months ago, their most mysterious and powerful CP0 leader personally went out to deal with the situation, but returned severely injured after only half a day. He left behind the words, "Don't provoke that monster again, and don't participate in any actions against him," and went to recuperate. He hasn't shown his face once in the past six months.

That's why he was so restless after hearing that Roy was going to join the ship. He never expected that these two marines would actually drag him along to plot against that monster. He must be tired of living to go crazy with them.

Both Chaton and Momousagi gasped, feeling a chill run down their spines.

It's important to understand that CP0, the World Government," is considered a cruel and bloody killing machine even by many Marines High-Level. They are even more fanatical than the most radical Hawkish Marines, and the navy itself is unwilling to deal with them.

Because CP0 has always been ruthless in completing its missions, if the only way to complete a mission is to slaughter a country, they will not hesitate to carry out their dark justice, which is almost the opposite of the justice upheld by most naval forces.

Yet, the Deputy Director-General of such a violent organization uttered such disheartening words, which was completely out of character for CP0. If they hadn't confirmed it beforehand, they would have even suspected that the person in front of them was an imposter.

Momousagi, who had been observing from the sidelines, finally spoke up and asked, "Deputy Director-General Bazel, has CP0 obtained any accurate information about Nightmare, or has CP0 had any dealings with Nightmare?"

Bazel gave Momousagi a deep look. No wonder the Navy chose to promote her to Admiral instead of this stupid pig next to her. Besides being more ambitious in terms of strength, she also had a brain that was indispensable for an Admiral.

"I have no comment on that, but I'll reiterate my point: don't try to provoke him."

Seeing Bazel leave without looking back, Chaton felt a little embarrassed. Could it be that today was his day of suffering?

"Hmph, I didn't expect CP0 to be full of such cowardly and useless trash. But it doesn't matter. Nightmare has enemies all over the world. I'm definitely not the only one on this Golden City who wants him dead." Chaton said fiercely, "When the time comes, I will make that Nightmare regret what he did today."

Momousagi frowned slightly, noticing that Chaton's mentality was somewhat unbalanced, and said in a deep voice, "Could it be that you are planning to join forces with those pirates?"

"I'm not conspiring with them; at most, I'm just using one tiger to devour another." A hint of ruthlessness flashed across Chaton's ugly face. "Admiral Akainu is right. For the sake of Absolute Justice, a small sacrifice is necessary."

The third update of "Salted Fish's Sudden Strike" - by the way, I'm asking for votes even though I'm not entirely in the right!