Marineford, Oris Plaza.
Forty or fifty Marines stood around watching, their eyes wide as they followed this twist-filled spectacle.
Under Sephiroth's piercing gaze, Rear Admiral Kadaru, crushed by immense mental pressure, could only say unwillingly:
"I... I understand!
I won't pursue Major Hina anymore."
"Thank you for your understanding!" Sephiroth said with a smile and a nod.
Watching Rear Admiral Kadaru walk away dejectedly with a rose in hand, the watching Marines could not help feeling disappointed.
Just moments ago, they had been hoping the two would have a public duel to fight over the right to date Hina.
But upon thinking it over, they realized that was simply impossible!
Brigadier General Sephiroth's strength was already publicly acknowledged within the Marines to be at Admiral level—the level of the Marines' highest combat power.
If Rear Admiral Kadaru dared to propose a duel, he might well be beaten black and blue.
That would only make him lose even more face!
As the crowd of spectators gradually dispersed, Hina immediately released the arms she had wrapped around Sephiroth.
However...
Before Hina could pull away from him, he swung an arm around her slender waist and pulled her close, teasingly saying:
"Yo! Hina, I never knew you'd liked me all along!"
Although driving away Rear Admiral Kadaru, one of Hina's admirers, was just a trivial matter to Sephiroth,
he had still offended someone on her behalf. He could not simply laugh it off.
Once or twice was fine, but if this kept happening, even Sephiroth would find it troublesome.
After all, this girl was immensely popular in the Marines and the dream lover of many male Marines.
Who knew when some Marine officer might confess to her again, only for Hina to use Sephiroth as a shield once more...
Therefore, Sephiroth pondered how