After easily killing the ambushing Monet, Hikaru strode into the base without expression, as though the corpses scattered across the ground had nothing to do with him and could not stir the slightest ripple in his heart.
Jinbe took it all in. After thoughtfully glancing at the tiny entrance area filled with corpses, he turned and firmly followed Hikaru, searching through the base alongside him.
Perhaps Monet's appearance would have made some men unable to bring themselves to kill her, but she had absolutely no seductive effect on Hikaru. He would never show mercy to someone like her, whose twisted mind worshipped Doflamingo to an extreme degree, becoming his subordinate and helping him commit evil.
Whether Hikaru killed someone, as long as he was not affected by any emotional turmoil at the time, depended on whether that person's actions could earn even a trace of his appreciation.
Unfortunately, Hikaru did not like Doflamingo's dark and twisted methods, so his subordinates were implicated as well. He did not intend to leave a single survivor.
"Hm?" After the two had walked for a while, Hikaru suddenly sensed someone swiftly moving in stealth toward the other side of the base. Based on Hikaru's understanding of this base, once the massive isolation gate ahead closed, it would completely seal off the entire facility.
Hikaru knew that the person moving had to be Caesar Clown, his main target in coming to Punk Hazard this time. Caesar had clearly seen through the surveillance cameras how Hikaru had slaughtered Teabeard's men outside and instantly killed Monet's group upon entering. Out of fear, he was probably planning to release poison gas.
"You really won't give up until you're at death's door." Hikaru sighed softly and continued forward in large strides.
Just then, exactly as Hikaru had expected, the