The sound of footsteps approached. Drake and the others in the prison raised their heads and saw Minos walking in, with Baby5 and Reiju behind him.
Seeing the three enter, the Marines' expressions turned complicated. After all, Minos, a young man about their age, had taken down all of them—the Marine Academy's rising generation—single-handedly.
Before that, they had all been immensely proud. Elites like Smoker, Drake, and Hina might not have believed they could become monsters on the level of a Marine Admiral, but they had all been confident they could become Vice Admirals. Naturally, they had considered themselves heaven's chosen.
Then Minos beat them up, leaving them utterly powerless. And he had beaten them all at once.
Minos swept his gaze over the Marines, choosing an opponent for Baby5.
He first ruled out Smoker, the Smoke-Smoke Fruit user. Baby5 had yet to master Haki. No matter how much the Weapon-Weapon Fruit could transform, it was useless if she could not hit her opponent.
Then his gaze lingered on Hina, who was wearing Seastone Handcuffs. Hina hurriedly wrapped her clothes tighter around herself, still haunted by the trauma of having just been imprisoned.
Although she had escaped disaster because of Minos back then, if Minos had any improper intentions toward her, there would be no one around to save her.
"Hmm... let's pick her first. We'll go from easy to hard." Minos glanced at Hina's movements and pointed at her, choosing her directly.
"What do you mean, from easy to hard? What are you trying to do?" Smoker finally could not help speaking.
It was not just Smoker. The other Marines also looked at Minos. Hina was the beauty of this Marine Academy class, and there were plenty of male Marines who cared about her.
"Relax. I'm just bringing her