"Have the Gawain Pirates left?"
"That's right. Their ship has already departed. It looks like they took the woman Arlong's group had been toying with before."
"Good!"
"Now's our chance!"
Branch Base.
Rat listened to the news from Blazer and excitedly rose from his chair.
Without a moment's hesitation.
He immediately assembled a large number of Marines, dispatched three full warships, and set out from the harbor, heading straight down with the current.
Half a day later.
As Rat watched Cocoyasi Village's harbor draw closer in the distance, even the hand gripping his gun could not stop trembling.
After the Gawain Pirates had left, the villagers remaining here were nothing more than a meal laid out before him.
After all, if I can't deal with Fish-Men, can't I deal with a few troublesome commoners?
Blazer stood beside him. Looking at the civilians coming and going through the harbor, he ultimately could not bear it.
"Sir, are we... are we really going to go this far?"
"There are at least several thousand people in this village. Are they all going to..."
Suddenly.
Blazer's entire body shuddered, and his voice abruptly stopped. He did not dare continue.
Because Rat beside him had already pressed a flintlock pistol to his head.
"Useless pity."
The next moment.
Bang!
A bullet pierced through Blazer's skull, blasting red-and-white flesh from the back of his head.
Blood splattered.
It landed on Rat's face, making his expression look even more savage.
He had come to claim the credit for defeating the Arlong Pirates, seize Arlong's wealth, and eliminate all evidence of his connection to Arlong.
The last of those was even more important to him!
Watching Blazer's body collapse, Rat was calmer than ever. He had gradually awakened from the state of being blinded by the prospect