Radical Justice

"Ah~~~"

Kari covered his severed left arm with his right hand, his face contorted with agony.

Hearing Kari's screams, Victor calmly took out a cigarette and stopped attacking.

He hadn't intended to kill Kari.

Everything that existed had a reason for existing.

In the world of the Pirate King, every faction had its own purpose.

Take pirates, for example. If there were no pirates in the world, the various countries wouldn't need the World Government's protection, and there would be no need to pay Celestial Gold.

As for the black market, it could also bring benefits to the World Government.

At that moment, Gion, Tokikake, and the others came downstairs and regrouped with Victor.

"What do we do next?" Gion glanced at Kari and asked Victor.

"Do what?" Victor replied casually.

"???" Gion froze. She had thought Victor would take further action.

"From today onward, if you want to continue doing business in the New World, then get on my good side. Also, hand over your client list from the past few months."

Victor spoke to Kari, then left the castle with his people.

"Bastard." Kari watched Victor leave. Although he was furious, he had abandoned any thought of launching a sneak attack.

As soon as they stepped outside the castle,

Lait asked Victor curiously, "Senior, how did you avoid his liquid just now?"

Connor and the others were curious as well.

They had clearly seen the liquid spray toward Victor.

The guards earlier hadn't managed to dodge it. In the end, they had all become charred, desiccated corpses.

Before Victor could answer, Tokikake said dismissively, "What's so difficult about that? You just need to use Armament Haki to deflect it."

Without waiting for Lait, Connor, and the others to ask more questions, Tokikake raised his hand and demonstrated for them.

He tossed out a handkerchief. Then, with his hand aimed toward it, he released Armament Haki.

The handkerchief was blasted away!

That was the release of Armament Haki.

It could be used for both defense and offense.

Therefore, in Victor's eyes, Kari's Devil Fruit ability was nothing more than a scare tactic.

It was just like Sugar's Hobby-Hobby Fruit.

As long as one knew the characteristics of Sugar's ability, defeating her would be easy.

"Armament Haki."

Lait and Connor also wanted to start cultivating Armament Haki as soon as possible.

Seeing their reactions, Victor knew what they were thinking. He patted them both on the head and said, "Build a solid physical foundation first. It won't be too late to cultivate Haki afterward."

"Yes, Senior." Lait and Connor answered at the same time.

Just after Victor and the others left, a man in a white suit and a white clown mask walked over.

The man looked at Kari, who was lying on the ground.

Kari's face was filled with pain.

"Is this how you treat your friends?"

Gritting his teeth, Kari asked viciously.

The clown-masked man was a member of CP0, dispatched by the World Government to station himself in the black market. His mission was to gather intelligence.

Of course, he and Kari had a fairly good relationship.

"This has nothing to do with us." The masked man clarified the matter.

"Bastards! You're all a bunch of motherfucking bastards!"

Kari continued cursing.

The clown-masked man sighed, then took out a Den Den Mushi. He had to report what had happened here to his superiors.

He was having a terrible headache.

Someone like Victor would interfere with his normal work.

Buru buru...

Buru buru...

The Den Den Mushi on the empty table rang.

Kong picked up the receiver.

The Den Den Mushi imitated the voice of a Marine.

"Marshal, we've just received word that Vice Admiral Victor attacked the Saladi black market and cut off Kari's left hand."

After hearing this, Kong put down the Den Den Mushi receiver.

Kong had received the report when Victor went to find Kari.

Although Victor was the commander of G-1 and had a certain degree of decision-making authority,

this was going too far.

Although Beast Kari was no good person either, Kari had always been "well-behaved."

At the very least, he had maintained smooth cooperation with the Marines and the World Government.

Why had Victor gone after him for no reason?

Of course, if Victor wanted to pin a crime on Kari, it would be easy enough.

With Victor's methods, anything could be made to seem reasonable.

At that moment, Sengoku entered the office.

"Did something happen?" Sengoku asked Kong.

Kong gestured for Sengoku to sit down first, then said, "Victor attacked the Saladi black market and cut off Kari's hand."

After hearing this, Sengoku couldn't help sighing. "Although I knew this would happen, he's too radical."

In Sengoku's view, Victor's purpose in acquiring power and wealth was to carry out a radical "justice route."

The money was meant to provide pensions for the Marines.

His power allowed him greater freedom of movement.

Now that Victor had acquired power, he was naturally going to start taking action.

"If we let him remain in the New World,"

Kong rubbed his forehead. "Perhaps he'll become a headache for everyone."

"That isn't a problem we should be considering." Sengoku had originally wanted Victor to "take things more slowly."

Although Victor was a genius, his rapid promotion and the excessive real power he had obtained were still somewhat inappropriate.

Sengoku hoped Victor could gain more experience.

"Perhaps. Let the Gorosei think about it. They'll have a headache over this too."

Kong's face was creased with a bitter smile.

Mary Geoise, Pangaea Castle.

Chamber of Power.

The Gorosei had received the news even earlier.

"Victor... That fellow... Isn't he a little too diligent?"

"Although he is indeed very obedient, his hatred for pirates really can't be diluted."

"If we let him run unchecked, he'll disrupt our arrangements in the New World."

"What else can we do? He has only just become the commander of G-1."

"Give him something to do. At the very least, we can't let him sit idle."

"Have him continue hunting Roger, or send him to deal with the Golden Lion."

"Hmm, let's arrange that."

The Gorosei began their discussion.

Although the World Government had withdrawn from the New World, it was still controlling the region in secret through other means.

Beast Kari was also one of the World Government's puppets.