"Exactly. You Marines have no sense of chivalry. Five Vice Admirals ganging up on me—aren't you ashamed to disgrace the Navy?" Catarina Devon barely fended off Onigumo's attack again. When she saw Hōshō's strike coming, she darted aside.
"This is a battle. Fairness has nothing to do with it. What's wrong with joining forces against a criminal? We're not so hidebound that we let other people's opinions restrain us," Vice Admiral Onigumo said coldly. His attacks never stopped, each one stronger than the last.
He was willing to sacrifice his own soldiers to eliminate an enemy. Why would he hesitate to gang up on a vicious female fugitive?
The Five Vice Admirals, led by Onigumo, attacked Catarina Devon at once, and the Marines immediately regained the upper hand.
Strong as Catarina Devon was, facing five Marine Vice Admirals alone was too much. She was so busy defending herself that she had no chance to strike back.
Blackbeard saw Catarina Devon being pressed hard by the five Marine Vice Admirals. She could fall at any moment, and the situation was turning ugly.
Yet he showed no sign of anxiety. His smile did not fade in the slightest. To buy time, he called on Shiryu of the Rain to take some of the pressure off her.
Shiryu of the Rain sat silent for a few seconds, then stood and looked toward Catarina Devon, who was fighting desperately aboard the Marine warship. His gaze was cold.
He leaped lightly onto the warship's rail. Onigumo and the others tensed. Shiryu of the Rain had once been the chief jailer of Impel Down, and there was no doubting his strength. They could not ignore a man like him entering the fight. So much of their attention shifted to Shiryu that their attacks on Catarina Devon