Marine Headquarters Criminal Investigation Division?! (Two Chapters in One)
Tsugikuni Yoriichi's sudden change in tone left Lieutenant Colonel Rudy unable to react for a moment.
He raised his head slightly and looked at the booklet in Tsugikuni Yoriichi's hand. Even after seeing the slave auction item, Rudy still could not understand why Tsugikuni Yoriichi's attitude had made such a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn. A hint of confusion appeared on his face.
In Rudy's view, the sale of slaves had long become a legally sanctioned business in this world.
On the Sabaody Archipelago under the rule of the Celestial Dragons, the Sabaody Archipelago within reach of Marine Headquarters, the slave trade was at its most developed anywhere in the world.
Although Rudy had grown up in the East Blue and had never left it, as a Marine lieutenant colonel, he naturally knew far more than ordinary civilians.
Thus, even with Tsugikuni Yoriichi placing the booklet before him, he still could not comprehend why Tsugikuni Yoriichi had changed his attitude.
Marine lieutenant colonels like Rudy had long been assimilated by this twisted worldview into people of the same kind.
Seeing the astonishment on Rudy's face and the confusion in his eyes, Tsugikuni Yoriichi's gaze deepened. An invisible yet terrifying pressure suddenly descended upon Rudy.
Cold sweat streamed down Rudy's forehead. He wiped it away with a wave of his hand, then, after several seconds of silence, bent at the waist and gave Tsugikuni Yoriichi a deep bow, calling out loudly:
"I am truly very sorry, Admiral Tsugikuni Yoriichi!"
He did not actually know what the problem was, but he could clearly sense that Tsugikuni Yoriichi was in a bad mood. When facing an angry superior from Headquarters, bowing and apologizing could not possibly be wrong.
This was how he had always handled things over