"Everyone, calm down! We weren't lying!
Cat Viper and Inuarashi are the ones who betrayed us!
If you don't believe us, ask them!"
Pedro and Zepo scrambled to explain themselves.
The others realized they had a point.
Both men in question were right here!
They could just ask them!
"Boss Nekomamushi, Pedro and Zepo said a terrifying enemy had arrived.
That enemy didn't come to invade us. He only wanted a stone.
Is that true?"
"They also said you refused to hand over that stone.
You'd even rather let all of us die.
Is that true?"
"Duke Inuarashi, we heard that stone was completely worthless.
Is that true?"
"Duke Inuarashi, say something!
Is it true or not?"
As the questions came one after another, Cat Viper's and Inuarashi's expressions grew uglier and uglier.
Their faces were as dark as thunder.
**"What terrifying enemy?
With the two of us working together, there's no enemy we can't defeat!
It's already dusk. Once night falls and the full moon rises, we'll tear any enemy to pieces!"**
Inuarashi suddenly roared.
The others exchanged glances and immediately believed him.
After all, their two leaders still had functioning brains whenever the Kozuki Clan wasn't involved.
"We believe in you!"
"You can do it, Boss Nekomamushi, Duke Inuarashi!
Tear the invader apart!"
"Awooo!"
Pedro and Zepo watched them with sorrow in their eyes.
Did they have any idea how terrifying the man they had ignored really was?
But they also knew it wasn't their fault.
After all, Zou was ten thousand meters above the ground, far beyond the limits of the News Coos.
They had never even heard of the Pirate Emperors.
Much less Enma, who was even more terrifying than a Pirate Emperor.
"They trust you so much, and this is how you repay them?"
Randall