The red lightning faded into the air, and the dark sky brightened at once. Hades's gaze turned deep and terrifying.
After all these years, this was the first time anyone had provoked him so foolishly.
But he had no desire to make an enemy of Byrnndi World.
If he were still captain of the Pluton Pirates, he would have fought Byrnndi World without hesitation.
But he was now King of the Kronos Kingdom, and there was too much he had to consider.
Most importantly, he still needed Byrnndi World's strength against the World Government.
World was a crucial piece on the board. People like him were exactly what Hades needed to take on the World Government and the Marines.
If no one struck at the World Government, how could its power ever be weakened?
That was why they had nurtured the Flying Pirates, and why Hades had secretly nurtured Marshall D. Teach and his present-day Black Emperor Pirates.
As Teach grew up, Hades had used every means at his disposal to instill in him a hatred of the World Government and a vast ambition to become King of the World.
It had been an almost perfect environment in which to grow.
There were the teachers who taught at Paros Island School and the formidable fighters who had happened to notice Teach and his companions' talent and taught them Body Techniques.
There was even a mysterious master living in seclusion on Paros Island who possessed all kinds of Secret Elixirs that aided recovery and growth.
Teach had encountered countless opportunities on Paros Island.
Hades had arranged every one of them in advance.
Now Teach had set foot on the most "correct," most "perfect" path.
It was the path Hades had laid out for him. It was his destiny!
After all, Teach