No Plan, Just Recklessness (24)

The Navy's scale-and-seagull emblem had two highly visible forms at its bases. One was the military flag raised atop the main fortress, like a lighthouse telling every passing ship that this was Navy territory.

The second was a flagpole erected outside the wall facing the sea from the parade ground.

The reason this seemingly inconspicuous second arrangement ranked alongside the first was that, constrained by terrain and various environmental factors, not every branch could fly its flag atop a fortress. Some bases did not even have a fortress at all.

Of course, most were like G-10, with one on the fortress and another on the parade ground.

As two iconic displays, after Luffy hung himself from the mast and shouted those words, everyone saw him except the soldiers behind the fortress whose view was blocked by the walls.

"You bastard!!!"

In a room within the fortress, Dorte's surging killing intent erupted like a flood, blasting everything in the room away as his eyes turned blood-red like a demon's.

"Unforgivable! How dare he desecrate the Navy flag like this!"

Fortunately, he quickly recalled Ron's orders, closed his eyes, and suppressed the restless killing intent within him.

"It's not time yet. Now..."

In the dining hall, Kuma's ordinarily impassive face showed a few unprecedented ripples of emotion.

While I was stalling for time and playing along with Canglong, what the hell were you guys doing?!

"Hm? What's that over there?"

Suddenly, Kuma noticed two people on the deck of the warship he was aboard carrying a mirror toward the cabin. The reflected light happened to pass through the curtains and strike his face.

"So that's it. The plan changed, and they've begun retreating... is that it?"

My ass!!!

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