"Huh?"
"Are you joking, Kong? What do you take us for?"
Hades could not help sneering.
When he received a call through the World Government, he had assumed it concerned something important.
Instead, it turned out to be a call from Marine Headquarters.
They actually wanted the Kronos Kingdom to intervene and send his son to rescue a group of Marine cadets training in the East Blue.
What was this supposed to mean to Hades?
What did this have to do with the Kronos Kingdom? He did not care in the slightest whether those Marine cadets lived or died.
And what benefit would it bring the Kronos Kingdom?
Hades had pieced together the cause of the incident. It was the Marines' own problem, an accident brought about by bad luck.
Since it had happened, they should resolve it themselves and bear the consequences.
Whatever losses they suffered, what did that have to do with the Kronos Kingdom?
Hades was so angry he almost laughed. What did they take the Kronos Kingdom for?
They had even gone out of their way to relay the message through the World Government.
The Kronos Kingdom had countless matters to deal with every day. Even Hades would not concern himself with something this trivial.
In Hades's eyes, it truly was a trivial matter.
The atmosphere grew increasingly tense. Even through the Den Den Mushi, they could feel Hades's anger threatening to erupt.
Hades did not think much of the Marines.
He had all too many ways to bring them down.
He simply preferred to wear them down gradually without exposing himself, rather than openly targeting them.
Otherwise, he was perfectly capable of provoking a major war between pirates and Marines, inflicting devastating losses on the latter.
Although the Marines were asking him for help,
Hades