"Sir!"
"The Sunny is trying to turn!"
"I suspect they must have spotted the reef waters too. Shouldn't we take this chance to charge through and capture them?"
"If we can capture them, I'm sure Marine Headquarters will look at our G-5 branch in a whole new light!"
At that moment, the female colonel of the Marine G-5 branch—Tashigi, wearing the Marines' pink "Justice" coat and glasses—walked behind her commander, Smoker, gripping her white-sheathed sword, and loudly offered her suggestion.
"No!"
"Tashigi, don't act rashly..."
"Heh heh!"
"Don't forget, that's the Bear Child we're talking about. There has to be a reason she can defeat the three Marine admirals and carry a bounty of ten billion berries. We absolutely can't act recklessly."
However, before the female officer could finish, Smoker raised a hand and stopped her.
"Against an opponent like that, we can only outwit her!"
"In fact, if we're lucky enough to sink her ship this time—if we sink that Sunny—then that alone will be a great achievement. We mustn't get greedy!"
With a grim smile, Smoker recalled the various miraculous abilities listed in the Marines' internal reports about the Bear Child, such as fire, shock waves, Transfiguration, flight, and Teleport.
Therefore, he had already prepared himself for the worst from the very beginning. He only intended to bombard the enemy from a distance, and if they happened to sink the ship, they would leave immediately. He absolutely would not approach and give that Bear Child any chance to take advantage of them!
And if things took a turn for the worse...
They would leave immediately all the same. He would never pursue quick success or hesitate, much less gamble his G-5 fleet away.
"This..."
"Yes!"
"Sir! I understand!"
Watching the poorly handled Sunny in the distance and seeing