Astonishing Physical Defense

"It had better be!"

Crocodile coldly warned Robin. He had always known this woman was untrustworthy, constantly pulling little tricks behind his back. If she were not still useful, he would have dealt with her long ago.

This time, he deeply doubted her explanation. She did not look like she had been coerced at all, showing no signs of having been restrained. Instead, she looked as though she had wanted to run off with someone of her own accord.

After warning her, he said nothing more. He merely decided to teach her a lesson once they returned, then turned to Oak.

"Kid, who are you?"

With his slicked-back hair, fur coat draped over his shoulders despite the scorching weather, immaculate suit, and cigar clenched between his teeth, he carried himself like a big shot.

Kid?

Oak pointed at himself and laughed.

It had been many years since anyone had called him that. Besides...

Going by his actual age, he seemed to be more than ten years older than Crocodile. Crocodile was the one who should have been called a kid.

"When I was making my name on the seas, you were still somewhere playing in the mud. Who the fuck do you think you are?"

Being called a kid by someone from a younger generation irritated Oak, and he immediately started cursing.

"You didn't become a Shichibukai until your forties, and you're not even one of the Four Emperors. What are you acting like such a big shot for?"

Crocodile was stunned by the tirade. Ever since becoming one of the Shichibukai, no one had ever dared speak to him like that.

"Do you know who you're talking to?"

His face instantly darkened as he stared at Oak.

"Who else? A stray dog driven out of the New World by