On the deck of the Marine 16th Branch warship.
Sephiroth's gaze swept across Kuro, Jango, and the Catman Brothers one by one.
He lightly stroked his chin and said with interest:
"Tut, tut, tut! Why did you attack me just now?"
"..."
"Not talking, huh?
Then let me guess... You disguised yourselves as a fishing boat and approached this warship on the excuse that someone had fallen ill...
Don't tell me you had your eye on my warship and wanted to seize it?
Other than pirates, no one else would dare do something like that, right?"
"..." ×4
Sephiroth looked at the still-silent Kuro and could not help but chuckle. He waved at the scar-faced soldier standing nearby.
"Go check whether these four have bounty posters."
"Yes!"
After responding, the scar-faced soldier hurried into the cabin and brought out a stack of bounty posters from the East Blue.
After flipping through them twice and confirming there was no mistake, he answered in a certain tone:
"Reporting, Commodore Sephiroth, their photos are not on any of the bounty posters."
"Oh~! So you're rookie pirates who have just set out and have no reputation at all!"
Sephiroth's tone was mocking, and his eyes carried a hint of contempt.
Under his gaze, Kuro's pride was deeply wounded!
He had never expected to die before achieving anything. His very first job after becoming a pirate had run straight into an iron wall.
But...
The gap in strength between them was simply too great, and Kuro completely lost any thought of resisting.
Thus, he could only grit his teeth and say in a deep voice:
"Kill me or torture me as you please!"
"Oh! You've got some backbone!"
At that, the smile on Sephiroth's face widened. He drew the Butcher Blade from his waist, lightly