Dragon had gone into hiding, but Werther wanted to kill him—or at least find someone he could fight to his heart's content.
Red-Haired wasn't on the battlefield, so Dragon would have to do.
If Dragon wouldn't come out, Werther would force him out.
After searching the battlefield for a while, Werther found another Revolutionary Army Officers.
He drew his sword and struck in one fluid motion. This Revolutionary Army Officers was even less fortunate than the others: he never saw Werther coming.
One, two, three. Werther targeted Revolutionary Army officers and ignored the Red Hair Pirates.
More than the Red Hair Pirates, he wanted every one of these officers dead.
They had come to seize his Weapons Factory. They had no grounds to complain if he killed them.
As Revolutionary Army Cadre fell in large numbers, confusion spread through the Revolutionary Army's ranks and casualties mounted faster.
Without commanders, soldiers became cannon fodder. They would not last long on this battlefield.
The heavy losses among the officers soon caught the attention of the Revolutionary Army's leaders.
Koala and the Okama King, Emporio Ivankov, were the first to notice.
"What do we do? Should we... go in?"
Koala put the question to Ivankov, though she sounded far from confident.
"And get ourselves killed? Go find Sabo. We'd hoped to keep him as a secret weapon, but that's no longer possible."
After eating the tampered-with Flame-Flame Fruit, Sabo had nearly died. As death approached, Ivankov had injected him with Healing Hormone.
His chances had been slim, but Sabo had survived.
Even so, Sabo had gained none of the Flame-Flame Fruit's powers. Werther would never give an enemy an advantage. He preferred to eliminate them.
Koala disappeared into the crowd, apparently to find Sabo.
Werther had no intention of sparing the Revolutionary Army's