In that instant, the shore fell silent.
Marines, pirates, and villagers alike stared dumbfounded at the headless corpse slowly toppling over, unable to speak for a long while.
Only the howling sea wind whined in the distance.
Once they came to their senses, the Marine soldiers swallowed hard, their eyes filled with terror as they looked at Sophia—
A crazy bitch!
This woman was indeed just like the rumors said, a complete and utter lunatic!
Just because she felt humiliated, she had walked up without another word and brutally blown the head off one of her own captains?
"What do you mean by that?"
Molly's expression darkened, faint flames of fury burning in her eyes.
"You're trying to pin this on us... Do you Shichibukai really think that, with the alliance agreement protecting you, you can do whatever you want in front of me, Sophia?!"
"Shirororororo... You can't just throw around accusations like that, little girl!"
Sophia let out a shrill laugh. "I've always been a good person who abides by the agreement. Compared to me, aren't you Marines the ones going too far by interfering with my lawful right to plunder?"
Molly found herself unable to refute that.
Because according to the agreement, she really was the one who had broken the rules first.
"Vice Admiral..."
Just then, her adjutant's trembling voice came from beside her. "Look, five o'clock direction..."
Hm?
Molly turned her head, and her expression changed instantly, her pupils shrinking to pinpoints.
From the direction Sophia had just flown in from as foam, a fleet of five large pirate ships was now racing toward them at full speed.
"At least three thousand people..."
the adjutant murmured shakily.
As the strongest Shichibukai, Sophia was not only powerful herself, but her forces were also unquestionably among the top