"Uh..."
The ever-impatient Miss Merry Christmas pulled back the curtain. When she saw the two figures outside, her entire body froze.
She let go of the curtain and lowered her head in disbelief, rubbing her eyes before looking up again.
An icy chill shot from the soles of her feet straight to the top of her head, making her shudder.
Sweat kept welling up from her skin like pimples, soon soaking her entire body until she looked just
like someone who had been fished out of the water.
She stared out the window, her eyes wide and her pupils shrinking to pinpoints. Her raised hand trembled incessantly, and finally her whole body began to shake.
Her feet kept shuffling backward.
Her normally incessant mouth now seemed to have been sealed shut. She could not form a single sentence, only cry out in terror.
"Y-you, you, you..."
Baroque Works dealt in intelligence. How could they possibly not know who those two figures outside were?
She had never imagined she would encounter such important figures here.
Ordinary pirates, or even other organizations, were nothing she needed to fear.
But...
Looking at those two figures outside, how could she not be afraid?
Ever since this man had set sail, he had never spared a single pirate!
She was not a pirate, but she was a criminal!
And Baroque Works was the largest criminal organization in the first half of the Grand Line.
She did not believe Kuta and Kuina had come here for a friendly visit. Somehow, Kuta had clearly learned that they had destroyed the canal and come looking for them.
Otherwise, someone of Kuta's standing would never bother seeking out small fry like them.
Crack!
Crack!
Crash!!
With a teeth-grinding crunch, the window shattered into fragments. Yet the shards did not