Without considering it for too long, Sengoku decided to release Maud's latest Bounty Poster first.
It took less than half an hour.
The Marine branches around the world all received Maud's Bounty Poster, faxed over from Marine Headquarters.
New World, Marine G5 Branch.
As one of the few Marine branches established in the New World, G5 Branch naturally had its own strengths.
The Marines stationed there were practically all fierce-looking men.
Moreover, they had always acted brutally. Massacring pirates and the like was practically an everyday occurrence.
If they shed their Marine identities, they were actually more like pirates.
Yet this anomalous Marine branch had somehow managed to keep G5 Branch operating in the New World.
The base commander in charge of G5 Branch was a Marine Headquarters vice admiral named Vergo.
At that moment.
Inside the base commander's office.
Vergo, wearing a checkered overcoat and sunglasses, with lightning-shaped sideburns on both cheeks, stood in front of a Den Den Mushi fax machine.
Beneath the fax machine lay a brand-new Bounty Poster.
Vergo lowered his head to look at the Bounty Poster. Behind his sunglasses, his eyes seethed with bone-chilling killing intent.
The Bounty Poster under his gaze was Maud's, faxed over from Marine Headquarters.
Unlike the previous template, Maud's name on this Bounty Poster now had an additional title: Lord of the Shadow Style.
Beneath the name was a string of dazzling zeroes.
Vergo did not look closely at Maud's bounty. He picked up the Bounty Poster and crushed it with his bare hand. Then he opened his palm and let the scraps of paper drift to the floor.
"I absolutely... have to kill you!"
The low voice forced through his clenched teeth sounded like the savage, menacing growl of a crouching beast, radiating a terrifying aura.
The man