Pirates: A Family Slaughtered, Every Celestial Dragon Must Die!

"Are you stupid? Why would someone at Rono's level be afraid of a Marine Admiral?"

"Exactly! He awakened Advanced Three-Color Haki at just seventeen. How could he be afraid of a Marine Admiral?"

"Now we're saved!"

The pirates there were stunned.

Rono!

A Great Pirate with a bounty of over 500 million!

The hottest newcomer on the seas!

He had actually shown up here!

"Did you do this, you lowlife? Bastard!"

The Celestial Dragon clearly had no grasp of his situation.

Accustomed to a life of privilege, he simply couldn't believe anyone would dare attack him.

Saint Charlos raised his hunting rifle and threatened Rono.

"Lowlife, get on your knees, or I'll throw you into the snake tank too!"

"You animal. I finally found you!"

At the sight of such an arrogant Celestial Dragon, Rono remembered that day.

This wasn't the Celestial Dragon who had personally killed his parents, but his swaggering cruelty was exactly the same as the killer's!

These animals all have to die!

Rono's eyes turned red, and power surged from his body.

The air around him seemed ready to burst. Storm clouds flashed with lightning above Mock Town.

"Look! He changed the weather with his presence alone!"

"No doubt about it. That's Advanced Conqueror's Haki!"

It was the first time these pirates had seen Advanced Conqueror's Haki.

Saint Charlos stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what he had heard.

"Animal? Are you talking about the great me?"

The moment he finished speaking, bang!

Rono flashed in front of Saint Charlos and shattered the hunting rifle in his hands with a single punch.

"You lowlife! You dare strike a god?"

"I'll throw you into the snake tank! I'll torture you with the cruelest punishment!"

Saint Charlos had never imagined someone would actually attack him.

Furious, he cursed at Rono and kept threatening him.

The pirates stared in disbelief.

Were Celestial Dragons all idiots?

He still dared throw his weight around in front of a Great Pirate with a 500-million bounty?

Did he think Marine Admirals could beat anyone?

"Shut up!"

Sure enough, Rono had no intention of indulging him. He drove a straight punch at Saint Charlos's forehead.

Bang!

The transparent glass dome shattered, and Saint Charlos went flying.

Blood covered his nose, his mouth had swollen like a sausage, and his whole face looked as though a heavy weight had crushed it. His features were completely distorted!

Fortunately for Saint Charlos, he was still conscious.

Rono had controlled his strength. Killing the Celestial Dragon so easily would have been far too merciful for that animal.

Meanwhile, in the waters not far from Jaya Island, Whitebeard noticed the strange weather in the nearby sky.

"I know that feeling. Advanced Conqueror's Haki!"

Whitebeard's eyes lit up.

"Rono, I finally found you!"

Hang the Celestial Dragon: When Will the Marine Admiral Arrive?

On Jaya Island in the Grand Line, the pirates kneeling on both sides of Mock Town were utterly stunned.

This was the first time they had ever seen someone attack a Celestial Dragon!

They had expected it, but seeing it happen was no less shocking.

"Animal, tell me. How do you want to die?"

Rono stepped up to the Celestial Dragon and fixed him with a stare that made Saint Charlos's hair stand on end.

Saint Charlos finally understood his situation.

If he kept running his mouth, this man really would kill him!

"If you kill me, a Marine Admiral will hunt you to the ends of the earth. Aren't you afraid?"

All Saint Charlos could do now was try to frighten Rono with the threat of a Marine Admiral.

"Is having a Marine Admiral behind you what lets you animals do whatever you want?"

The words infuriated Rono. He walked straight toward Saint Charlos.

A Marine Admiral!

When a Celestial Dragon had shot his parents, someone had said that angering a Celestial Dragon would bring a Marine Admiral down on them.

So Marine Admirals were no better.

"D-don't come any closer! Stay away!"

As Rono approached, Saint Charlos scrambled backward in terror, heedless of his severe injuries.

"Where did all that arrogance go?"

"Aren't you the gods who rule this world?"

Rono sneered at the Celestial Dragon's wretched state. So these worthless Celestial Dragons knew when to cower after all.

"Damn it, I don't want to die. Please spare me."

With nowhere left to retreat, Saint Charlos abruptly changed his tune. He dropped to his knees and began kowtowing to Rono.

He could see it clearly now: the man before him truly intended to kill him.

Even if he summoned a Marine Admiral, the Admiral could not get here in time.

He only had one life!

"Please! Spare me! Please spare me!"

Saint Charlos slammed his forehead against the ground so hard that it became a bloody mess.

Every pirate present was dumbstruck.

He had knelt and begged for his life!

Was this the world's noblest bloodline?

It looked more like the lowest.

Even pirates wouldn't kneel and beg an opponent for mercy just to survive.

The Celestial Dragons were something else.

"Damn it! We were caught by a surprise blast of Conqueror's Haki!"

At that moment, three people in the crowd who had passed out finally woke.

All three wore masks. They were unmistakably CP0 agents.

Their hearts sank.

Conqueror's Haki had knocked them unconscious!

Who had done it? Had the attacker come for the Celestial Dragon?

This is bad. Nothing can happen to him!

"W-what's going on?"

"A Celestial Dragon—a god who rules this world—is kneeling and kowtowing to someone!"

The three CP0 agents had barely regained consciousness when the sight nearly made them faint again.

A god kowtowing to a lowlife?!

If the World Government's leaders learned of this, they were finished!

As the Celestial Dragons' most loyal hounds, they could never allow it to continue.

"That man is Rono, the Most Evil Criminal!"

The three CP0 agents quickly recognized the man who had unleashed Conqueror's Haki: Rono!

He was the one who had seized the Heavenly Tribute in the East Blue.

"Quick! Get Saint Charlos out of there!"

The three CP0 agents rushed forward and placed themselves between Rono and Saint Charlos.

"Saint Charlos, you've had a terrible fright. Please come with me at once."

The fastest of the three agents knelt before Saint Charlos and lifted him onto his back.

But at the sight of the CP0 agents, Saint Charlos's attitude did a complete reversal!

A moment ago he had been groveling. Now he immediately put on the airs of a Celestial Dragon.

"You three bastards! Where were you? I nearly died!"

Smack, smack, smack!

He slapped the CP0 agent several times, then pointed at Rono.

"Quick! You three, kill that lowlife for me!"

"Better yet, take him alive. I want him subjected to the worst torture!"

Saint Charlos spoke viciously. He wanted to throw Rono into the snake tank right now and torture him without end.

"But Saint Charlos, that's Rono, a Great Pirate with a 500-million bounty. We should flee while we can."

The CP0 agent took the slaps without complaint and urged the Celestial Dragon to escape.

"You useless bastards! What good are you?"

"You expect the great me to run away?"

"Go catch that bastard! If you don't, I'll have you all killed when we get back!"

Saint Charlos didn't care about Rono's bounty.

All he knew was that Rono had humiliated him. He had to capture Rono today and torture him until he wished he were dead.

The pirates were stunned by the Celestial Dragon's bizarre behavior.

Absurd. Stupid!

So this was what the Celestial Dragons were like!

Someone was saving him, yet not only did he refuse to flee, he threatened to kill his rescuers?

Were Celestial Dragons all fools worse than beasts?