"Warring States Period?" Shin turned to glance in the Navy's direction and smiled faintly. "Let me give you a simple explanation. As you can see, Kizaru... along with these warships and Marines, are all my prisoners!"
"What?"
"What did you say?"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves. With Shin's words, both the Marines and the pirates fell into confusion.
Especially the Marines. This was practically a bolt from the blue for them. They had considered every possible scenario, but never this answer.
A Marine Vice Admiral was not invincible, nor was it impossible for one to be captured. On these seas, there were countless powerful figures; even Admirals would not dare claim to be absolutely invincible.
But Borsalino was no ordinary Vice Admiral. He was a high-ranking officer with the potential to be promoted to Admiral, one of the Navy's trump cards.
Such a powerhouse had actually been captured—and along with an entire Vice Admiral fleet at that. This was a first in Navy history.
After a brief moment of shock, Whitebeard's side burst into roaring laughter. Then all sorts of taunts came pouring out.
They had never received much of an education, so naturally, their insults were anything but pleasant. Some even mixed in strange dialects and nonhuman languages, creating a complete mess of noise.
"You're too noisy..." Shin spoke calmly, casting a casual glance at the people behind Whitebeard. In an instant, heaven and earth fell silent, and every noisy voice came to an abrupt stop.
Several of those who had cursed the loudest let out muffled groans, clutching their throats in pain as they dropped to their knees on the ice. Their faces were flushed red as they tried to say something, only to discover that no sound could leave their mouths.
And this was by