Chapter 161: The Fifth Emperor? (12)
Chapter 160: The Fifth Emperor?
If Koshiro had still harbored some doubts about Leo and the others' origins before this, then after seeing the two Marines bound tightly in Seastone, he had no doubts left.
On the sea, those who flew no pirate flag, did not prey on ordinary merchants, and only opposed the Marines could only be the Revolutionary Army.
"Who are these two?" Koshiro asked in surprise as he looked at the two Marines.
"A Marine Headquarters rear admiral and a Marine Headquarters colonel. One is a Logia Smoke-Smoke Fruit user, and the other is a Paramecia Cage-Cage Fruit user. Both are very strong. I plan to win them over."
Leo's words made the two glare furiously, but if pirates had captured them, they would definitely have spat back their contempt. Yet because it was Leo, everything he had done along the way left neither of them with any such impulse—
They still had some pride. What Leo had done in Cocoyasi Village had essentially been cleaning up the local Marines' mess. The suffering of those ordinary civilians had been caused by the Marines, so they had no right to accuse Leo of meddling.
That was why Leo had kept them with him and wanted to assimilate them.
"Then what do you want by coming here?" Koshiro stood beside Leo, carefully running his hand along the ship's railing as he spoke softly.
"Fighting power and comrades."
Leo answered with certainty. "Don't be fooled by the fact that we now have two Logia Devil Fruit users. In reality, we are still desperately short on fighting power."
"We need more high-level fighters, and Dragon can make up for that weakness." Enel, Ace, and even the Empress were currently only at the level of Four