Rumors about Uchiha Hikaru's strength had spread throughout the New World. The news in the papers was not entirely trustworthy, since reports that were half true and half false were usually exaggerated. So when the papers claimed that Uchiha Hikaru could crush vice admirals, Sweet Commanders, and Calamities alike, most people found it hard to believe.
That was, until today. Before countless onlookers, Uchiha Hikaru had captured CP0, the Celestial Dragons' personal guards, alive in just two moves. Everyone who witnessed it now had a direct understanding of his strength.
"How is that possible?" Inside the command deck of the luxurious warship, the Celestial Dragon stared in disbelief at Lucci, whose neck Uchiha Hikaru held in one hand, leaving him unable to resist. "Lucci lost that quickly?"
The other young Celestial Dragons were equally stunned, but their shock was soon replaced by anger.
"What a disgrace!" someone snapped. "As a member of CP0, he is actually this useless? He has utterly humiliated us Celestial Dragons! How did trash like him even get into CP0?"
Someone else chimed in, "Hmph! He is usually so quiet, I thought he was an expert. Who would have thought that the very first time we sent him out, he would immediately disgrace us? What a useless piece of trash!"
The Celestial Dragons immediately began relentlessly berating Lucci for his incompetence and how he had caused them to lose face.
After a while, someone asked, "Then... what do we do now? Lucci is already the strongest CP0 agent on this ship. If we send anyone else out, won't we just be humiliating ourselves?"
The Celestial Dragons fell silent at once. That was indeed true. Although they called Lucci trash, they knew his strength well enough, or they would not have brought him along. Now that even