What Consequences Could There Be?

"Cover Story Serial: Straw Hat Crew, Part 3: Another Photograph?"

"In a small town in the West Blue, a large group of gang members surged menacingly through the streets. Several minutes later, rustling came from a pile of garbage. An eleven-year-old black-haired girl poked her head out, looked toward the end of the street, and let out a long breath."

"Just as she was about to hurry away, a crumpled old newspaper suddenly caught her eye. The black-haired girl pulled it out and examined it carefully, delight appearing on her face. She folded and tore out the photograph on the front page, carefully tucked it into her clothes, and slipped into a dark alley..."

Bang!

Before the words had even finished, the gunshot rang out, and a pitch-black pointed bullet shot forward.

She was firing right away?

"Damn it..."

Onigumo's expression changed. He instinctively drew his sword, trying to intercept the bullet.

But he was a step too slow and could only watch helplessly as the bullet flew past his side, straight toward the cage on the platform...

Vice Admiral Noah hadn't moved to stop it. Why?

He glanced at Noah from the corner of his eye, only to see the latter's gaze remain calm, as if he didn't care about the bullet speeding away at all.

Whoosh!

In that split second, an afterimage suddenly flashed across the platform.

The next moment, Onigumo watched in astonishment as a jet-black right hand wrapped in dense Armament Haki casually caught the bullet in midair, bringing it to a halt.

The owner of that dark hand was a skinny young man.

The two fingers pinching the bullet exerted slight force, and countless grains of iron powder fluttered down through the air.

"Hey, you woman..."

The red-haired youth adjusted his straw hat and