"He probably came to stop this war!"
Onigumo held a cigar between his lips. He took it between his fingers, pulled it away, and exhaled a cloud of smoke. Then his lips curled into a smile. "Too bad he's late. Kaido is dead, and so is Charlotte Linlin."
Whatever the circumstances, two Emperors dying at once was tremendous news for the Marines!
Whatever happened in the New World next, the Marines could sit back comfortably and watch.
For that, they were deeply grateful to Silver Hair.
Although the deaths of two Emperors had heralded the rise of someone even more terrifying, this man had already surpassed their understanding. He was no longer someone they could handle.
So, when it came to Kuta, they had mentally given up resisting.
They no longer treated him as a pirate.
Well... in short, if they couldn't beat him, even with all their forces combined, they simply wouldn't consider him an enemy. Didn't that make them allies, in a roundabout way?
Haha!
They had no idea what the higher-ups thought, but as for those of them
who had witnessed Kuta's terrifying power, that was exactly what they thought now.
A classic case of comforting themselves with imaginary victories.
"Hmm? A merchant ship?"
Just then, another ship appeared in the Marines' line of sight from a different direction. It bore no markings and looked like an ordinary merchant vessel.
"A merchant ship is coming to Dressrosa at a time like this?"
The Marines watched it with some puzzlement.
But once they saw that only a teenage boy and girl, along with a middle-aged man who looked like a butler, stood at the bow, they stopped paying attention.
The boy carried himself like a noble, but who were they?
They had seen plenty of nobles like him.