Before long, everyone had gathered aboard the ship. When they learned Nami and the others were missing, shock quickly turned to uncontrollable rage. "Damn it! Hope and his men are asking to die." Kuro's face darkened. He clenched his fists, anger erupting like molten lava.
Zoro touched Kitetsu. "What are we waiting for? They picked this fight. There's no reason to hold back."
No one needed convincing. They unanimously decided to settle the score with Hope's crew at once. There was no talking them out of it now. Three of their companions had been taken. This was no small matter.
Ye Chen nodded. "Then it's settled."
Stone and Smoker stayed behind to watch the ship. The others headed for Hope's castle, seething with anger. Bonney insisted on going too.
"Bad news! Bad news!"
Ye Chen's group had barely left the shore when the man Buck had left to watch the Death God raced back to report. Buck had only just returned himself. Startled, he ordered someone to wake Hope, and before long, everyone of officer rank or higher had assembled.
Crow, Bruce, Hope, Buck... There were more than a dozen of them, men and women of all builds, and every one of them was strong. Their captain, Hope, had a bounty of 1.2 billion Beli.
Crocodile had once said that countless runners-up on the seas had lost to Roger. Hope was one of them.
With the power of the Dream-Dream Fruit, Hope was terrifyingly strong. Though he had never become one of the Four Emperors, he still ruled his corner of the sea.
Hope yawned, thoroughly irritated at being woken. He swept a cold gaze over the others and gave a dismissive laugh. "Look at you. What's there to panic about? It's only Death God Ye Chen. If I'm afraid