Rumors about Uchiha Hiko's strength had spread throughout the New World. The news in the papers was not entirely trustworthy, since reports that were half true and half false were usually exaggerated. Thus, ordinary people found it hard to believe the newspapers' claims that Uchiha Hiko could crush Vice Admirals, Sweet Commanders, and Calamities alike.
Not until today, when Uchiha Hiko publicly captured CP0, the Celestial Dragons' personal guards, alive in just two moves before countless onlookers, did everyone who witnessed it gain a direct understanding of his strength.
"How is that possible?" Inside the deckhouse of the luxurious warship, a Celestial Dragon stared in disbelief at Lucci, whose neck Uchiha Hiko held in one hand, leaving him powerless to resist. He muttered, "Lucci lost that quickly?"
The other young Celestial Dragons wore shocked expressions, but their shock was gradually replaced by anger.
"What a disgrace!" someone said angrily. "As CP0, he's actually this useless. He's brought shame upon us Celestial Dragons! How did trash like this even get into CP0?"
Someone else chimed in, "Hmph! He usually kept quiet, so I thought he was an expert. Who would've thought that the very first time we sent him out, he'd immediately disgrace us? What a useless piece of trash! 523"
A group of Celestial Dragons immediately began relentlessly berating Lucci for his incompetence and for causing the Celestial Dragons to lose face.
After a while, someone asked, "Then... what do we do now? Lucci is already the strongest CP0 agent on this ship. If we send anyone else up, won't we just be humiliating ourselves?"
The Celestial Dragons fell silent at once. That was true. Though they called Lucci useless, they knew his strength well enough, or they would not have brought him along. Now that even Lucci had lost,