Hanging a Celestial Dragon-When Will the Marine Admiral Arrive?
The Grand Line, Jaya Island, Mock Town.
The pirates kneeling on both sides were completely stunned.
It was the first time they had ever seen someone attack a Celestial Dragon with their own eyes!
Though they had long expected something like this to happen, the shock was no less intense now that it had actually happened!
"Beast, tell me. How do you want to die?"
Rono came up to the Celestial Dragon and stared hard at him, making Saint Charlos's hair stand on end.
Saint Charlos had finally come to terms with reality.
If he kept running his mouth, this guy in front of him really would kill him!
"If you kill me, the Marine Admiral will hunt you to the ends of the earth. Aren't you afraid?"
Saint Charlos could only use the Marine Admiral's name to try to scare Rono now.
"Beast, do you dare do whatever you want just because you have a Marine Admiral backing you?"
Rono found those words deeply offensive and walked straight toward Saint Charlos.
A Marine Admiral!
When the Celestial Dragons had shot his parents dead, someone had also said that angering a Celestial Dragon would bring a Marine Admiral down on him.
By the looks of it, Marine Admirals weren't so great either!
"Y-you, don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"
As Rono drew closer, Saint Charlos scrambled backward in terror, paying no heed to his serious injuries.
"Where'd all that arrogance from earlier go?"
"Aren't you the gods who rule this world?"
Seeing the Celestial Dragon in such a sorry state, Rono sneered. So these useless Celestial Dragons did know how to read the room.
"Damn it, I don't want to die yet. Please spare my life, all right?"
Seeing that he had nowhere left to retreat, Saint Charlos suddenly changed his tune and started kneeling on the ground, kowtowing to Rono!
He could see very clearly now that the guy in front of him really did intend to kill him!
Even if he notified the Marine Admiral, the Admiral couldn't get here in time.
He only had one life!
"Please, spare me! Spare my life!"
Saint Charlos kowtowed so hard that his forehead was battered and bloody.
The pirates present were all stunned at the sight!
He was actually kneeling and begging for mercy!!
So this was the world's noblest bloodline?
More like the world's most despicable bloodline!
Even pirates wouldn't kneel and beg their opponent to spare them just to stay alive.
The Celestial Dragons really opened people's eyes!
"Damn, we were ambushed by Conqueror's Haki!"
Just then, three people in the crowd that had collapsed earlier finally came to.
All three wore masks. They were undoubtedly CP0 agents.
The three CP0 agents immediately realized something was wrong.
They had been knocked unconscious by Conqueror's Haki!
Who had attacked them? Could they have been after the Celestial Dragon?
This was bad. The Celestial Dragon had better not be hurt!
"W-what's going on?!"
"The Celestial Dragon, the god who rules this world, is actually kneeling and kowtowing to someone!"
The three CP0 agents had just woken up, but after seeing this, they almost fainted again!
A god kowtowing to a Commoner?!
If the higher-ups in the World Government found out, they'd be finished too!
Of course, as the Celestial Dragons' most loyal dogs, they absolutely wouldn't allow something like this to happen!
"That man is the [Most Evil Criminal], Rono!"
The three CP0 agents quickly recognized the culprit behind the Conqueror's Haki: Rono!
The man who had hijacked the Heavenly Tribute in the East Blue.
"Hurry, hurry and rescue Saint Charlos!"
The three CP0 agents immediately stepped forward and stood between Rono and Saint Charlos.
"Saint Charlos, you must have been frightened. Come with me. We'll leave this place at once."
The fastest CP0 agent knelt in front of Saint Charlos and hoisted him onto his back.
To his surprise, when Saint Charlos saw the three CP0 agents, his face underwent a complete 180-degree change!
The Saint Charlos who had just been acting like a servant immediately put on the airs of a Celestial Dragon:
"You three bastards, where were you just now?! I almost lost my life!"
Slap! Slap! Slap!
He slapped CP0 across the face several times, then immediately pointed at Rono in front of him:
"Quick, all three of you, kill this Commoner for me!"
"Capturing him alive would be best. I want to execute him with the harshest punishment!"
Saint Charlos said viciously, wishing he could toss Rono into a snake pit right that instant and torture him mercilessly.
"But Saint Charlos, the man in front of us is the Great Pirate Rono, with a 500-million bounty. We should flee for now."
The CP0 agent, who had just been slapped several times, wasn't angry. Instead, he urged the Celestial Dragon to flee at once.
"You worthless piece of trash! What are you good for?!"
"You actually want the great me to run away?"
"Go capture that bastard right now! Otherwise, I'll slaughter every one of you when we get back!"
Saint Charlos didn't care about bounties or anything else.
All he knew was that Rono had humiliated him. Today, he had to take Rono back and torture him until he wished he were dead—that was the only way Saint Charlos could feel avenged!
Hearing this, the pirates present were shocked by the Celestial Dragon's absurd behavior!
Absurd! Stupid!
So this was how the Celestial Dragons, the world's nobles, behaved!
Someone was trying to save him, and he wouldn't even flee. Instead, he threatened to kill the very people saving him?
Were all Celestial Dragons a bunch of beasts and idiots?
Even after the Celestial Dragon had insulted them like that, the CP0 agents weren't angry at all.
They had been brainwashed from childhood, and there was no way they could defy a Celestial Dragon.
Although the Celestial Dragon had hit and berated them, the CP0 agents still decided to make sure he got away safely first.
After all, this place was too dangerous.
"Trying to run?"
Rono swept the three CP0 agents with Observation Haki. The strongest was only at Vice Admiral level, while the other two were at Rear Admiral level.
He used Flash Step to appear in front of one of the CP0 agents, drew Kotetsu, and struck with just one slash!
Splurt!
The head hit the ground!
The other Rear Admiral didn't even have time to react before Rono took him out with another slash.
After all, with Rono's current strength, killing a Rear Admiral in one hit was far too easy-like beating a little kid.
"Damn it, do you know what happens if you kill a Celestial Dragon?"
The only remaining CP0 agent, who was at Vice Admiral level, threatened him.
"Heh. What happens? Go on, tell me."
Rono raised Kotetsu in his hand and released his killing intent.
"Madman!"
The CP0 agent cursed under his breath, realizing that this kind of threat meant nothing to Rono.
For a Great Pirate with a 500-million bounty, being hunted by a Marine Admiral was just part of everyday life.
He didn't care about the consequences!
"Saint Charlos, run! I'll buy you some time!"
The CP0 agent resolved to buy the Celestial Dragon time to escape.
But with his strength, he couldn't last more than a few minutes against Rono.
Sure enough, two minutes later, the last CP0 agent was dead!
After taking care of everything, Rono leisurely walked over to Saint Charlos.
By then, he had already been scared unconscious.
"Go find some rope, and a Cross too."
Rono then spoke to a pirate underling nearest to him.
"Oh... Oh, all right. I... I'll go right away!"
Although he didn't know what Rono planned to do, given the methods Rono had just used, it was better to obey.
It wasn't long before they found a rope and a cross.
A few minutes later, a Celestial Dragon was hanging from the highest point in Mock Town, a bell tower.
Both his hands and feet had been cut off.
The Pirates present exchanged glances.
Rono had committed such a grave crime. Wasn't he going to run?
For all they knew, a Marine Admiral might already be on the way.
How could they know that Rono was waiting right there for the Marine Admiral to arrive!