The Dagger Is Revealed (23)

"Damn it, the gap was too great..."

Sabo lay weakly on the ground, his eyes filled with unwillingness.

He had not placed all his hopes on Kuma. It was not that he did not trust Kuma, but that he understood how terrifying the Azure Dragon was.

The result proved that he had not guessed wrong. The Surgeon of Death, one of the Shichibukai, had inexplicably appeared here, proving that Ron had prepared for this long ago.

He had joined forces with the Marine Ghost Sword, dragging Kuma into a grueling battle during the moment when he had the best chance of sending Luffy away, wasting that precious opportunity.

At the same time, sending Ain to deal with Sanji, who would not kick a woman even if he died, showed just how thoroughly he understood the Straw Hat Pirates... His arrangements were like a fishing net hidden beneath mud and sand. Before it was exposed, they fish had unknowingly swum right into it.

If Luffy and the others had not only recently gone to sea, with bounties so low that Sengoku and the Government had not paid them enough attention to order the Azure Dragon to capture them alive, Sabo would never have considered rescuing them.

But... the situation was even worse now.

They had ultimately underestimated just how terrifying the Azure Dragon was.

His scheming aside, what mattered more was his strength!

A monster who could single-handedly kill a monster like BIG MOM... Even with Ace and him joining forces, they had no chance at all.

Watching the figure over there attack furiously as though he had lost his mind, completely disregarding the damage to his body, hesitation flashed through Sabo's eyes. Then he looked at Kuma and asked,

"Cough, cough... Kuma, is that thing ready?"

Ace and he were