A Bad Piece of News

As the Revolutionary Army raised the banner of freedom and fought the powerless World Government Army across the nations of the first half of the New World, those useless fools who knew only how to indulge and enjoy themselves could hardly be called a fighting force.

But when the power of the Four Great Families intervened, the once unstoppable Revolutionary Army was immediately forced onto the defensive. The powerful, tireless, and useful "Pacifistas" became a chilling nightmare for the Revolutionary Army soldiers.

However, all of that had now been turned around.

Hundreds of thousands of fierce Marine soldiers were deployed to battlefields throughout the first half of the New World. With such powerful support, the Revolutionary Army immediately regained its vigor. In contrast, those steel machines were beaten into a rout, no longer possessing the dominance they had displayed a week ago.

"Damn it, why are the guns in those Marines' hands so powerful?"

Huddled inside a trench, a Revolutionary Army soldier with bandages around his head swallowed involuntarily. Looking at the rifles in the Marines' hands, then at the "fire poker" in his own, the hot-tempered man felt a sudden, inexplicable envy.

If the Revolutionary Army had weapons like those, how could they have been suppressed by those big metal lumps?

"I heard Dr. Vegapunk specially developed those new-generation combat rifles for the Marines using the latest technology. Tsk, tsk. The Marines are only so smug because they have someone as powerful as Yatogami Long Yi backing them. When it comes to fighting strength alone, they might not even match us."

Hearing the Revolutionary Army soldier's complaint, his comrade in the same trench clicked his tongue and repeated some gossip he had heard.

Some things simply could not be envied.

"What the hell are you two muttering about? If