Father and Son at War! Coron's Despair

What exactly happened?

Coron stared intently at his elderly father.

But you can't see anything.

Apart from his eyes, everything about him—from his demeanor and tone of voice to his gestures and micro-expressions—was exactly the same as his father's.

A chilling sensation suddenly rose from his tailbone all the way up, making the hairs on his back stand on end and his scalp tingle.

Because Coron knew that although many people in the world called their leader Boss, only one group was the most famous and well-known.

But how could that be!

How could such a thing be possible?

"A boss is a boss, of course."

Gaban said matter-of-factly, "Honestly, Coron, I don't remember raising such a stupid kid!"

"There's only one person in the world whom your dad calls Boss!"

Gaban's black and white eyes now revealed a sincere reverence and fanaticism, "That is of course the man who controls calamity, the great Lord Roa!"

Coron felt as if his heart was about to stop beating. A wave of panic and fear surged up from the deepest part of his heart, engulfing him completely.

"Dad--"

Hot tears streamed uncontrollably down the boy's face, his voice broken and almost incoherent, "Do you know what you're saying?"

"He's talking nonsense again."

Gaban looked at him with exasperation, "Your old man isn't so old that he has dementia, but honestly, after going out for a while, you seem to have become less respectful to your old man!"

"Dad! What's wrong with you?!"

Coron erupted instantly, his voice shrill and almost screaming. He stepped forward, grabbed his elderly father's shoulders, and shook him violently. "Get your act together! That's Roa! One of the greatest threats in the world that you've told me about since you were little! Someone who could very well be our final enemy! What are you talking about?!"

"Wow, this kid's really gotten too big for his britches now. He talks like he doesn't respect his old man at all, Anna."

Gaban, however, just looked at his wife beside him and complained repeatedly, "Have we been too lenient with him? Or is he just going through a rebellious phase?"

The dignified woman of the three-person household was speechless; her shoulders trembled, and tears streamed down her face. "Hey! Coron! Look at this!"

Gaban broke free from his son's grasp, walked tenderly to his wife, and hugged her tightly, gently patting her back. "You've made your Mother cry, hurry up and apologize!"

"Apologize to your Mother, apologize to your father, and most importantly, apologize to the boss!"

"Even though you're my favorite silly son, I absolutely forbid you from speaking ill of the Boss."

Coron staggered back a few steps, her face pale.

In that instant, he felt his hands and feet turn ice cold, and his body went limp.

"Mom-"

The boy looked at his mother with near terror. "What's going on? What's wrong with Dad?"

"Don't blame him, Coron,"

The mermaid Anna leaned against her husband's chest, her face contorted with pain. "Don't blame your father. He was just... being manipulated..."

On the day disaster struck the island, Gaban returned and she sensed something was wrong.

The husband was still the same husband, but something deep inside him was completely different.

Until Queen Otohime arrived and told her everything.

That day, the woman was on the verge of collapse.

"Control?"

Coron paused, then abruptly looked at Gaban, "Dad—"

Was he being manipulated by Roa?

"Really, don't listen to Queen Otohime and the others. I've already said I Anna..."

Gaban hugged his wife tightly, feeling a pang of tenderness. "You're still your handsome and dashing husband!"

Anna closed her eyes in despair.

This shameless behavior is exactly like when I first met this guy.

She really was starting to lose her sense of direction.

"So, it was all that bastard Roa's doing, right?!"

Coron finally understood completely.

His father was controlled by that monster, and his mother was heartbroken because of it!

Now I finally understand completely!

It's all that bastard Roa's fault!

"I won't let him get away with this! I absolutely won't let him get away with this!!"

The boy gritted his teeth.

"Hey! Coron! How many times do I have to tell you, Dad?!"

Gaban's eyes narrowed slightly. "You're not allowed to speak ill of the Boss again! Otherwise, Dad will really get angry!"

"Dad One"

Coron gritted his teeth, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar old father before him.

"You idiot! How could someone turn you into this?! You keep calling me 'Boss,' like a complete fool!"

"However, as long as you kill that guy Roa, you can go back to normal and become your original dad again, right!"

Regardless of what kind of ability Roa used, common sense dictates that once the ability user is eliminated, their ability will be removed, right?

"Coron!!"

Anna's expression suddenly changed, "No!!"

"Coron!"

Gaban's expression finally turned serious, like that of an old father seeing his wayward son. "It seems I have to teach you a lesson, Dad. If I let you continue to offend Boss like this, I'll truly deserve to die!"

No! No, Gaban!

Anna clutched her husband's clothes, pleading urgently, "Coron is our child! Please don't hurt him!"

"It's precisely because he's our most beloved child that we can't let him go astray, Anna!"

Gaban first kissed his wife's forehead, then said earnestly, "She already dares to talk so arrogantly to the Boss. If we don't discipline her, won't she really dare to attack the Boss in the future?"

Anna's body was trembling.

Although she looks exactly the same as before, she knows better than anyone that her husband is no longer the same man he used to be. During this time, many protests against the rule of the Calamity Company broke out on Fish-Man Island.

After all, everyone now knows that the huge disaster was brought about by Roa.

He also ordered the Sea Beast to blockade the entire Fish-Man Island and to conscript a large number of able-bodied Fish-Man as soldiers.

There are far too many dissatisfied people.

Then, after his earnest attempts to persuade him failed, Gaban revealed his cruel side.

According to him, he had already tried to persuade them with kind words, but they remained obstinate and were no longer ordinary rebels; he had to take strong measures.

He slaughtered Hundred Plans of protesters in one fell swoop, turning almost the entire Fish-Man Island into a bloodbath.

Anna knew that, in ordinary times, her husband was still the same unreliable yet gentle man he always was.

However, things are completely different when Roa's interests are involved.

Anna opened her arms and hugged Gaban tightly, then turned around and looked at her somewhat stunned son, crying out, "Run! Coron! Get off Fish-Man Island! Run!"

"Mom."

Coron's eyes widened.

Run?

How could he possibly run under those circumstances?

If Dad wouldn't say anything, how could we possibly leave Mom here any longer!

Anna ---

Gaban sighed, "I'm just teaching this kid a lesson so he won't spout nonsense again. Don't spoil him too much."

"Furthermore, the Boss said that no one is allowed to leave this island. If Coron really tries to run away, then I will truly have to take action against him."

Anna's body began to tremble again.

She knew that Gaban meant it when he said he would take action.

A truly decisive, ruthless, and merciless attack with the primary objective of killing Coron.

She dared not speak again, but then she uttered, "Damn father!"

Young Coron lunged at him angrily, "How dare you make Mom cry! You call yourself a preacher of love?!"

No matter what, we must at least take Mom with us!

"I'll beat you to a pulp!!"

A powerful punch, brimming with Haki, slammed towards Gaban's face without hesitation.

But.

"You little brat, you actually dared to lay a hand on your old man!"

Gaban, intrigued, took a step back, easily dodging Coron's attack. "Very well, let your old man see how much you've improved during your time at sea!"

"If you don't satisfy me, the punishment will be even harsher!"

He sprang forward and darted out the door. "Don't make a mess of the house, or your Mother will be angry again, and I'll have a hard time. Kid, come outside."

Missing his first attack, Coron gritted his teeth, grabbed the two axes slung across his back, and charged out, yelling, "Idiot Dad! Leave Mom to me! I'm taking her away!"

If even his father is controlled by Roa, then the entire Fish-Man Island has probably already fallen.

Add to that the Sea Beast roaming the nearby deep sea, and this island is now far too dangerous!

"Leave?"

Gaban's smile faded slightly. "Coron, if you say things like that again, Dad will really get angry."

"No one is allowed to disobey the Boss's orders."

"Who cares about you, Axe Heaven Joy!"

The double axes, imbued with a powerful Haki, swung directly at Gaban.

At this point, Coron couldn't care less about anything else; all he was thinking about was taking his mother away.

Show mercy?

He knew very well how powerful his bastard father was!

If you want to take your mother back from him, you have to be truly prepared to kill him!

"Oh! Not bad!"

Watching his eldest son swing two axes with all his might, Gaban nodded approvingly, "Much better than when you left Fish-Man Island."

He still held his wife and nimbly stepped back, dodging Coron's two axes once again.

"Hateful!"

Coron gritted his teeth and pressed on again, wielding his two battle axes like a storm.

While attacking Gaban, he also had to be careful to avoid his mother.

But.

"Don't worry too much, kid, just go all out."

Gaban was like a gust of wind, untouchable and intangible. No matter how hard Coron chopped, the axe couldn't touch him at all. "Your old man isn't so old that he can't even protect your Mother from you."

Don't talk to me like that!

Coron was furious, enraged, and furious.

He's been turned into Roa's lackey, yet he still acts like a kind old father!

Coron felt as if his anger was about to rip the top of his head off!

His double axes moved even more wildly, and the mere aftershocks cleaved the surrounding coral jungle into huge fissures.

However, the more furious Gaban became, the easier it was for him to dodge. With just a single turn, he circled behind Coron and then kicked him in the buttocks, sending Coron sprawling face-first into the dirt.

"Calm down, Coron,"

Gaban chuckled and said, "The more emotionally agitated you are, the less effective your Observation Haki will be."

"Asshole!!"

Coron sprang to his feet, his face flushed with rage, and brought his double axes down heavily once more.

"Fully flawed."

Gaban shook his head helplessly, then kicked through the gap between the two axes and landed on Coron's chest.

"Forehead!"

The boy groaned, feeling as if the air in his lungs had been expelled by the kick. He flew out in agony, his body contorted like a shrimp, rolling on the ground for a while.

"Stop hitting him! Gaban! Stop hitting him!"

Anna, tears streaming down her face, hugged her husband, crying, "Please don't hurt our child anymore!"

"Okay, okay, okay."

Gaban's heart melted at his wife's tears. He gently patted her back in comfort, then looked up at his eldest son, who was lying on the ground clutching his chest. "Coron," he said, "I won't scold you much for your mother's sake, but remember, from now on, you must have the utmost respect for Boss!"

"Pah!"

Coron, gritting his teeth against the pain in his chest, stood up. "I will never forgive that guy. Sooner or later, I'll kill him!"

Gaban's face suddenly darkened.

The next moment.

"Forehead!"

Coron only felt a black shadow flash before his eyes, and a large hand, hard as if cast from steel, directly grabbed his neck and lifted him up.

His neck felt like it was about to be snapped, and his throat and trachea were squeezed shut completely, so Coron couldn't even let out a scream.

How could it be so fast?

Damn dad, how could this be? He seems even stronger than before!

"Coron!"

Gaban's eyes were filled with heartache and despair. "How could you have become like this, child!"

Even I, as your father, can't tolerate you indefinitely, no matter how stubborn you are—

Gaban's shoulders trembled, his eyes filled with pain. "Dad, I really can only—" No! Gaban!

Anna lunged forward, grabbed Gaban's hand that was holding up Coron, and shook it frantically.

However, her strength was far too weak to budge Gaban in the slightest.

All the woman could do was cry out in despair, "Let him go! Gaban, Coron is our child!"

"It's precisely because he's our child that we can't just stand by and watch him go astray, Anna!"

Gaban turned his head away in unbearable pain, even closing his eyes with a pained expression.

It was as if the father had truly committed an unforgivable crime, and he chose to uphold justice even at the cost of his own son's life.

Gaban!!

Seeing her son's face gradually turn pale from lack of oxygen, Anna finally broke down and screamed, "If you don't release Coron, I'll die right in front of you!"

Gaban's body trembled suddenly. When he turned to look at his wife, his face was equally panicked, and his voice was trembling, "Anna, don't force me like this! I didn't want to!"

"But Coron did something wrong, and Boss will not tolerate any violation of that right! As his father, how can I turn a blind eye!"

Gaban was in immense pain, yet he said with unwavering resolve, "If Coron cannot abandon his desire to be enemies with the Boss, I will never forgive him."

Anna looked at her son with anguish.

She saw it; her son's eyes were filled with the same intense pain.

Roa!

Roa!!

What kind of monster are you?!

"Coron!!"

She cried out in anguish, "Obey your father—I beg you, Mother!"

Coron's body suddenly jolted.

His mother's extremely distressed appearance exploded in his heart like a bomb.

We can't die!

My bastard dad has become like this, and my mom is all alone now.

I absolutely cannot die like this.

Roa!!!!

Then.

The boy nodded with difficulty.