Saint Charloss did not hear a word the man who rushed out said. All he saw was another lowly commoner blocking his path. Before he could put away his pistol, he aimed it at the man, and wicked fire erupted from its black barrel!
Bang!
"Ah..."
The beautiful nurse's fiancé collapsed into a pool of blood, his beloved fiancée slowly fading from his increasingly blurred vision.
"Mary..."
Perhaps those were this "commoner's" last words...
"He shot someone! Oh my God!"
"Someone, please! Help him!"
Mary cried out and tried to rush to her fiancé's aid, but the Celestial Dragon's lackey held her firmly back. All she could do was scream in near despair.
"What? Do you have a problem with me?"
Perhaps Mary's cries had become too noisy for him. Saint Charloss slowly turned his head and gave the sobbing Mary a cold look.
"..."
As a commoner, Mary could only cover her mouth with her hands, even as tears continued streaming down her face...
"Take her to the harbor first."
Seeing that Mary had finally fallen silent, Saint Charloss spoke indifferently.
"Yes, sir!"
"Let go of me!"
"Please! Someone, please save him!"
The nurse screamed at the top of her lungs, but no one offered her or her dying fiancé any help. They merely watched it all coldly.
The Celestial Dragon's lackey immediately set about carrying out Saint Charloss's orders...
"He's even worse than the rumors."
Unlike the panicked onlookers, the pirate Urouge watched the scene with a smile. Just then, a man came strolling brazenly down the middle of the street.
"Huh?"
"Who's that?"
"The Pirate Hunter from the East Blue..."
Standing in the shadows nearby, Killer, wearing a peculiar mask, identified him in a low voice. Even Urouge turned his attention to Zoro, who was leisurely drinking