Revenge Doesn't Necessarily Require Doing It Yourself

"Do you know me?" Annus gave Gray a calm glance.

Gray hurriedly forced a smile, wiping away cold sweat. "With your renowned name, how could I not know you?"

Although the Rocks Pirates had disbanded, Rocks' remnants were still active across the seas, each making their mark and stirring up trouble.

Among Rocks' remnants, "Calamity" Annus had earned the most fearsome reputation. Though he had remained quiet for a long time, the people of the seas had not completely forgotten him.

Or rather, a terrifying reputation of that magnitude would not fade from these seas in less than a decade.

"Since you know who I am, this will be easier," Annus said, pulling Bullet to his side. "This boy is your soldier, isn't he?"

Gray was secretly startled, cold sweat pouring down his face as he shouted angrily at Bullet, "Bullet! Did you offend Lord Calamity? Hurry up and apologize to Lord Calamity!"

After saying that, he turned back to Annus, a fawning expression appearing on his face. "My lord, you know I had absolutely nothing to do with this! If you want to take this brat's life, please do as you wish! But could you... spare my worthless life?"

To Gray, Bullet might have been an important tool on his path to promotion, but he was far less important than Gray's own life.

He did not dare hope for anything more. He only wanted to survive. Who was Calamity?

Before a figure as monstrous as a demon or god, being able to keep one's life was already a great stroke of luck.

Gray's blatantly different treatment left Kuma dumbfounded. Before the God Valley Incident, he had remained in Mary Geoise, so he did not understand what that name represented.

Bullet did not know either, due to his lack of