Pirate: Immortal, I Maxed Out Conqueror's Haki First

"So we're here. It's not like this mission could get anyone fired up for a fight."

Looking thoroughly irritated, Kuzan stepped forward, muttering under his breath.

His eyes swept to either side, where Sakazuki and Borsalino stood beside him.

Neither of them reacted.

"So this is Xia Le's hometown?"

Muttering to himself, Kuzan suddenly turned to ask a nearby Marine.

"Hey, if the organization you worked for attacked and destroyed your hometown, what would you do?"

The Marine froze at the question, then answered hesitantly.

"I'd go crazy."

Kuzan covered his forehead with one hand, his gaze darkening behind his fingers.

"That guy..."

"He'll go crazy too!"

He fell silent for a moment as the island came into clearer view, now right before them.

"What a damn awful mission!"

As the twenty warships approached the island ahead, the piercing whistle of cannonballs rang out.

Flames blossomed across the island, with faint screams rising from it.

Kuzan stood at the bow, watching the scene ahead with an unsettled gaze.

At that moment, even he could not help questioning the side he belonged to and the justice he upheld.

"Hey, you bastards! Don't fire at civilians!"

"Are you idiots?"

"Just arrest the scholars! That's enough!"

The furious shouts from nearby stirred something in Kuzan's heart.

Even among demons in hell, some still held to their principles.

Suddenly, his gaze sharpened as he spotted a towering figure sprinting along the island's shore.

"Saron."

As he spoke the man's name, Kuzan's heart sank.

"There's so much you have to face as a Marine."

For a moment, he felt weary at heart, and it reminded him of the days when he had fought alongside Xia Le.

"Things were happier back then."

When he saw a cannonball strike Saron, his expression darkened, and he immediately leaped