The Marines were in a very dangerous position. The soldiers' mutinous tendencies were growing fiercer by the moment. Isolated in the Calm Belt with no reinforcements, their own combat strength was inferior to Garen's, and their only trump card, Kryptonite, had turned out to be fake.
In short, Kizaru had many reasons to surrender, and every one of them was compelling enough.
But for some reason, the moment Garen saw Kizaru's impassive face, he vaguely felt that—
The guy in front of him probably just wanted to get back to his life of drinking tea and reading newspapers as soon as possible.
As for whether the tea and newspapers were bought with World Government funds or League of Heroes funds—
That was completely unimportant.
A man whose heart embraced the universe would not be troubled by such mundane matters.
Still, Kizaru's ability to read the situation saved Garen quite a bit of trouble.
Kizaru moved quickly, attacked quickly, and surrendered quickly too.
Thus, to the Marine officers and soldiers aboard the warships, the situation looked like this:
One minute earlier, Kizaru had been brimming with fighting spirit as he transformed into a streak of light and soared into the sky, displaying all the majesty and dominance of a Marine Admiral.
One minute later—
Kizaru flew back down alongside Garen, then calmly told the Marine officers and soldiers as though nothing had happened:
"Everyone, put down your weapons. I've surrendered."
"Huh?"
The Marine officers and soldiers all froze.
The few remaining hardline commanders turned pale and red by turns. They held it in for a long time without knowing what to say.
Only at that moment did they suddenly realize that the suspicions of those CP0 agents had not been unreasonable:
There was not only a traitor within the Marines—there was