A stunned gaze, a rolling head.
Even until Saint Jegerlcia Couse's consciousness completely faded, he never realized what exactly had happened to him.
The CP9 agents standing around Saint Couse were all staring at Tsugikuni Yoriichi in terror, their eyes unfocused.
"He... he's dead?!"
"Saint Couse was killed by Tsugikuni Yoriichi?!"
The CP9 agents stationed in the Holy Land were utterly panicked. Throughout the World Government's long eight-hundred-year history, CP9 had never heard of anyone killing a Celestial Dragon.
People had attacked Celestial Dragons before, but they had merely attempted to kidnap them in order to demand ransom from the World Government.
Yet in the end, those people were all killed by the Marine Admiral dispatched by the Marines. Even their relatives were completely exterminated by the Marines.
The country those Celestial Dragon kidnappers came from was also removed from the ranks of World Government member nations. After that...
No one ever heard that country's name again.
Why did almost no one on these seas dare set their sights on Celestial Dragons? As long as the Marines remained the strongest force in the world, no one would dare harbor designs on Celestial Dragons.
But now, a Celestial Dragon was dead.
Right before the eyes of all these CP9 agents, killed by the suddenly appearing Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
It took the CP9 agents a long while to recover from their shock. When they looked at Tsugikuni Yoriichi again, their eyes were filled with hatred and disgust.
"You bastard!"
"You bastard, how dare you... how dare you..."
A CP9 agent in a black suit pointed at Tsugikuni Yoriichi, gritting his teeth as he let out a growl through clenched teeth.
Hearing this, Tsugikuni Yoriichi shifted his gaze away from the girl's corpse in the puddle, the pity in his eyes vanishing.
He turned