Descending from the sky, Borsalino, a Glint-Glint Fruit user wearing a Marine justice coat over a gray-striped shirt, appeared before everyone and blocked Laina and the other two from advancing.
Rakulowa, holding Tethys in his arms, stared at Borsalino in shock. Like Sakazuki, Borsalino was one of the monsters among the Marines.
"Borsalino..."
Borsalino still wore that same careless expression as he stood on the ice, looking up at the enormous giant before him with a look of amazement.
"Love really can cloud a person's judgment, can't it? But..."
At that, Borsalino's gaze turned extremely dangerous.
"Rakulowa, as a Marine vice admiral, you betrayed the Marines and surrendered to the enemy so easily on the battlefield. Don't you think you owe Marshal Sengoku an explanation?"
"Uncle Rakulowa, ignore this Marine! I'll hold him off!"
Laina shouted at Rakulowa behind her as she raised a barrier, her voice tense.
"Oh, how frightening!"
Borsalino looked at the young giant before him.
"That's a very interesting Devil Fruit ability. It actually managed to block a strike from Sakazuki. I wonder if it can withstand my light beams."
As soon as he finished speaking, Borsalino raised a finger, golden light blazing atop it.
Rakulowa's expression changed dramatically, and he shouted,
"Don't hurt her, Borsalino... You're right. From a Marine's perspective, everything I'm doing now deserves death, and I've wronged Vice Admiral Tsuru and the others. But from the moment I learned the truth, from the moment human traffickers sold me to the Marines and the World Government, I stopped having any feelings for them. Tethys is the only thing in this world I truly cherish, and she's also the reason I stayed in the Marines."
At that moment, Tethys, held in Rakulowa's arms, slowly opened her eyes. With tears in them, she looked at