"Luo!"
"Is that guy...?!"
Beside him, Bepo's eyes widened as he too spotted River and his companions walking toward them.
"This is trouble. Of all people, we had to run into him."
Trafalgar Law spoke in a low voice, his eyes already heavy with concern.
For a pirate, the last person one wanted to encounter was naturally a Marine Admiral. It meant utter disaster. But for Luo, this legendary Marine was the last person he wanted to meet.
"This is even more hopeless than running into an Admiral!"
Muttering under his breath, Luo tightened his grip on his long sword and prepared to turn away.
If he couldn't win, he would run. Against someone like this, fleeing wasn't shameful-it was the wisest choice.
Yet the moment he moved, River stepped forward from the park entrance. His figure flickered eerily several times, and he was already standing ten meters in front of Luo.
The atmosphere instantly fell silent, and an invisible pressure bore down on them.
Luo stopped abruptly, his gaze darkening. His companions nervously drew their weapons and watched the Marine before them warily.
"Trafalgar Law, a Supernova with a bounty of two hundred million."
"Hmm, one of those the world calls the Worst Generation. Sounds quite impressive."
"But why are you leaving as soon as you see me?"
River asked with a faint smile on his face.
Luo's expression was grave, his right hand gripping the hilt of Kikoku at his waist. "I have urgent business."
"Oh? Do you?"
"Then could you spare a little time and come somewhere with me?"
River asked, his smile unchanged.
"Where?"
Luo asked in a low voice.
"Impel Down."
River grinned.
He studied the Supernova before him, known as the Surgeon of Death, another highly popular character in the original story.
Of course,