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

Garp could not hold back any longer. He spoke up and challenged the Five Elders outright!

Garp did not care in the slightest whether the Celestial Dragons lived or died!

Rono was another matter. If they let him escape here, who knew how terrifyingly strong he would be the next time they met?

This was their best chance to kill him!

"Are you trying to rebel, Garp?"

The Five Elder in a suit, who had remained silent until now, barked at him.

"Do you have any idea how exalted the Celestial Dragons are?"

"Even with their hands and feet cut off, as long as they still draw breath, they remain Celestial Dragons!"

"You Marines are nothing more than the World Government's public face!"

"You want to sacrifice nine Celestial Dragons just to kill one lowly pirate?"

"You Marines had better get that idea out of your heads. Understood?"

"Even an entire nation would be destroyed if it angered the Celestial Dragons!"

The Five Elder in a suit spoke slowly, his tone leaving no room for argument!

That was right. In the eyes of the Five Elders, no matter how useless these Celestial Dragons were, they were still Celestial Dragons!

They shared the Five Elders' bloodline!

They were descendants of gods!

The Marines?

To the Five Elders, they were nothing more than obedient dogs.

They could be cursed at whenever their masters pleased and had to bite whoever they were told to bite!

That was the Marines' place!

If the Marines had not still been useful to the World Government, what would have set them apart from commoners in the Five Elders' eyes?

"Fine! So be it!"

"Then we won't pursue them!"

Kong seemed to realize something and changed his tune.

"But Admiral Kong!"

Sengoku, Zephyr, and Garp still wanted to speak, but Kong stopped them with a raised hand!

Fine! Have it your way, Five Elders!

You're throwing away this perfect chance for a few useless Celestial Dragons.

You won't let us attack the Rocks Pirates?

Fine! Then you'll see what happens!

"Hahahaha! Dogs fighting dogs. This is great!"

"Come on, bite each other! Show your teeth, Five Elders!"

"Hahaha! Rono, you sly bastard! I was wondering why you hadn't killed all those useless Celestial Dragons!"

"That's right! Who knew those worthless Celestial Dragons could actually be useful?"

"Come and get me! Come on! You worthless Five Elders!"

At that moment, the entire Rocks Pirates crew was watching the spectacle.

The World Government and the Marines were turning on each other!

And the pirates jeered as they watched.

No one had expected those useless Celestial Dragons to serve this purpose!

Rono really had thought things through.

Otherwise, once the Marines recovered, the Rocks Pirates would have had a hard time retreating safely.

"Damned Rocks Pirates!"

The Five Elders were furious at the pirates' insults, so angry they could have coughed up blood!

But they did not dare attack the Rocks Pirates rashly!

After all, nine Celestial Dragons were still alive among them!

Ten had already died. They had to do everything they could to save the remaining nine!

"Hahaha! Farewell, Marines! Farewell, Five Elders!"

"Thank those useless Celestial Dragons in Mary Geoise for me! They saved the Rocks Pirates' lives!"

"Hahaha! Men, we're leaving!"

Seeing that neither the Five Elders nor the Marines intended to pursue them, Rocks burst out laughing.

They had paid almost no price, and every one of them was escaping safely!

"Shiki, let's send those useless Five Elders a generous gift."

Once they had retreated far enough to reach a place where the Marines could not catch them, Rono took Kaido to find Golden Lion.

"Jahahaha! Kill them as soon as you're done using them? That's just like you, Rono."

Golden Lion immediately understood what Rono meant.

The Rocks Pirates had escaped safely.

Those nine Celestial Dragons were no longer useful. Their lives ended there.

With that, Rono killed the nine Celestial Dragons.

Golden Lion carried their bodies into the sky.

A few minutes later.

Golden City.

The Marines and the Five Elders had not yet left. They were tending to the wounded.

"Something seems to be falling from the sky!"

Suddenly, someone sharp-eyed noticed objects dropping through the air!

The Five Elders Were Beside Themselves! Back to Hachinosu to Reward the Crew! (1)

"Something seems to be falling from the sky!"

Someone sharp-eyed spotted objects dropping from above!

"Are those... people?"

Several people looked closely. Something about the falling objects seemed strange.

They could not quite put their finger on it.

They looked like people, but something was missing.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

The objects falling from the sky soon slammed onto Golden City's deck!

"Those are... the Celestial Dragons' bodies!"

Once they hit the deck, everyone finally saw what they were!

The fallen objects were none other than the bodies of the nine Celestial Dragons whose hands and feet Rono had just cut off!

No wonder they had looked strange!

"Quick... report this to the Five Elders and Admiral Kong!"

The Marines who found the bodies immediately passed the news along.

"What?! The Celestial Dragons' bodies?!"

"Are you certain? Are all nine bodies there?"

When the Five Elders heard, they could hardly believe it and asked again.

After receiving confirmation, they rushed to the scene!

Kong heard the news too and arrived with Garp, Sengoku, Zephyr, and the others!

Only when they got there did they see that these really were the bodies of the nine Celestial Dragons!

They were the very Celestial Dragons the Rocks Pirates had taken hostage, the ones whose hands and feet had been severed!

"All nineteen Celestial Dragons are dead! Not one survived!"

The curly-haired Five Elder dropped to the ground, utterly losing his composure!

"Damned Most Evil Criminal! Damned Rocks Pirates!"

"Fuck those bastards! Every last one of them must die!"

"Goddamn it! We have to find a way to wipe out the Rocks Pirates!"

"That pirate scum is as good as dead! We must eliminate them!"

The other four Five Elders, including the one-armed Sword-Wielding Five Elder, erupted with rage, their power surging!

Several blasts of Conqueror's Haki shot skyward, cracking the deck beneath them!

Each man clenched his jaw so hard that the others could hear his teeth grinding!

Fury!

Blinding fury!

The Five Elders were beside themselves!

They had been waiting for the Rocks Pirates to negotiate a ransom with the World Government.

Then they could have rescued the nine Celestial Dragons!

Although ten of the nineteen Celestial Dragons had died, they could still have saved nine.

That would have given them something to say to Mary Geoise and Lord Imu.

But now every last one of them was fucking dead!

Had they known this would happen, they might as well have charged in and killed Rono, along with a few Division Commanders!

Damn it! They had let such a chance slip away!

The Five Elders beat their chests, bitterly regretting their decision!

The next time they encountered the Rocks Pirates, they would probably be even harder to deal with!

For one simple reason!

The Most Evil Criminal Rono's talent was terrifying!

And he had traded his Great Grade Sword for a Supreme Grade Sword!

The next time they clashed, his strength would likely shock everyone!

At the thought, the curly-haired Elder and the bald Elder could not catch their breath. They coughed up great mouthfuls of blood!

Kong, Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr saw it all from nearby.

There was no concern or sympathy in their eyes.

They merely looked on coldly, taking grim satisfaction in the sight!

Serves them right! They brought it on themselves!