Yet amid the pirates' cheers, Felix could not help but break out in a cold sweat again.
At first, he had not been afraid. Even during his time in Impel Down, he had constantly thought of escaping to seek revenge on Longinus, to make that despicable bastard who only knew how to ambush others with Seastone understand that Captain Felix was invincible!
Yet the confidence in his heart had utterly collapsed on the day he escaped. Countless pirates even stronger than him had died at the hands of that man.
A thousand? Two thousand? Or even more? He could no longer remember.
He only knew that those pirates, who carried devilishly terrifying reputations across the seas, had been like pigs on a butcher's block, waiting for that terrifying Executioner to slaughter them.
That was right—the Executioner!
This Marine was nothing like the embodiment of Justice from the rumors. He was more like a demon wearing human skin!
That hellish scene had jolted him awake from nightmares countless times. He had not even dared to entertain thoughts of revenge. Only after lying low under a false name for half a year had he gradually resurfaced under another alias.
Yet how long had it been? That demon from his nightmares had appeared before him once again!
"Why? Why did you find me? I clearly cut off all ties with my past!" Felix roared, sounding as though he had suffered some indescribable injustice.
Hearing the voice mixed with anger, terror, grievance, and resentment, the surrounding pirates were somewhat dumbfounded. Captain, how did you manage to pack so many emotions into one sentence?
However, they quickly realized something terrifying. Their mysterious and powerful captain was actually afraid of that Marine. The discovery left them faintly uneasy.
"Finding you was naturally thanks to this." Longinus