Sabaody Archipelago

What Shiryu had done this time was no small matter.

Disobeying his superior's orders, seizing a ship and sailing out without permission, knocking out jailers to infiltrate Level 3 underground, and privately executing over a hundred criminals, nearly triggering a massive riot...

Every single offense carried serious consequences.

After a court-martial, he was sentenced for all his crimes together.

Shiryu was stripped of his rank as Marine Headquarters Colonel on the spot and expelled from the Marines. He was also sentenced to five years' imprisonment on Level 4 of Impel Down.

"Five years in prison..."

Reading this, Momousagi frowned. "He was far too impulsive. With his military status revoked, won't his future be ruined even after he gets out?"

"That's just how Shiryu is."

Standing before the floor-to-ceiling window, Noah sighed softly.

"I'm honestly not surprised he did something like this. Besides, if it was the only way he could vent the hatred in his heart, I wouldn't have stopped him even if I'd been there."

"It's just..."

He turned around, rubbing his temples helplessly. "This whole thing was a mistake. I don't know whether Shiryu knows yet, but if he does, he's probably kicking himself..."

A mistake?

What did he mean?

Momousagi frowned in confusion, then suddenly realized something and immediately continued reading the letter.

Sure enough.

Further down, the elderly Rear Admiral Aisha mentioned it.

According to the G-6 Branch's subsequent investigation, although Shiryu's fiancée's hometown had been burned to the ground, her family had actually departed before the Black Star Pirates arrived.

The most likely reason they had never reached the G-6 Branch was that they had encountered an underground mafia organization called the Alima Family along the way and been taken as slaves.

The G-6 Branch was, after all, a regional Marine force. Its intelligence network