Hiding pirates was a grave crime.
Therefore,
To apprehend the criminals, Hina had stormed into the palace at any cost.
Yet she had never expected to end up in this situation.
This was almost the most humiliating moment of her military career.
"Let me go!"
Hina glared furiously at Maud, who had her restrained.
Maud remained unmoved and said indifferently, "You still haven't answered my question."
"Pirates can only board Hina's warship as 'criminals.' The same goes for the Shichibukai."
Hina refused flatly.
Perhaps because she was angry, her attitude was extremely unyielding.
Maud spread his hands and sighed. "Then there's nothing I can do. We can only wait until you calm down, and then we'll have a proper 'discussion.'"
"Don't—"
"Bang!"
The shadow restraining Hina's freedom punched her in the back of the head without warning.
Under the heavy blow, Hina's eyes rolled back, and she fainted cleanly.
The Marines, whose Negativity Buff was gradually weakening, all stared wide-eyed at Hina, who had been punched.
That powerful, valiant female superior whom they revered so deeply was actually so helpless before Maud.
"That was pretty direct..."
The royal guards stared at Maud in astonishment.
Perona looked sympathetically at Hina, who had collapsed unconscious.
Of all people, she had to provoke Maud.
Perona shook her head slightly, recalled the Negativity Ghosts still bobbing around, and focused on eating the desserts on her plate.
In her opinion, if Hina had softened her attitude even a little, Maud would definitely have given her an opening for the sake of catching a ride.
One had to know that the man beside her had no idea what it meant to show consideration to women.
But Hina had not only refused to soften up—she had acted even more forcefully.
And now look what had happened.
She