In the distance, Shiryu slowly walked back while wiping his weapon, his expression considerably darker.
"What's wrong? You look unhappy." Ronglin smiled. "What did that idiot say before he died?"
Shiryu had stabbed Weevil's heart more than a dozen times. Only after watching him slowly breathe his last had he returned. But Weevil had kept shouting that the Four Emperors would never let them off before dying, which had left Shiryu irritated.
"What are the Four Emperors, anyway?" Ronglin said blandly. "I'll make them suffer a major loss soon enough. I doubt they'll be able to do anything to me!"
Shiryu raised his head and looked at Ronglin. "Don't underestimate the Four Emperors. We were already at a disadvantage against CP0, let alone the Four Emperors who have ruled the New World for years. Our strength has only just begun to take shape and is still unstable. We can't contend with the Four Emperors."
Ronglin turned his gaze toward a distant mountaintop and smiled. "I never said we had to fight the Four Emperors ourselves! We can kill with a borrowed knife, then watch the fire from across the river and see how the Four Emperors struggle against someone else."
"Hm?" Shiryu followed Ronglin's gaze. Then he heard Ronglin toss out, "Stay here and don't move," before watching him leap into the air and race toward the mountain.
On the distant mountain, Momousagi was startled when she saw Ronglin flying toward them. "Quick, go! We've been discovered!"
Fujitora was speechless. "What are you afraid of? We're Marines. With strength like ours, even the Four Emperors might not dare fight the two of us together. Why run as if we've done something shameful?"
Momousagi's face immediately reddened, her heart pounding wildly. When she saw Ronglin coming over just now, she had