Hale Nock's unreadable expression and low voice.
They gave the others a vague sense that something was wrong.
The smile slowly faded from Kaido's face.
"What did you say?"
Charlotte Linlin and Red-Haired Shanks also grew solemn. He hadn't killed him...
Had Sakazuki turned on his own man?
Hale Nock looked at them, his expression dark.
"You heard me."
"I wasn't the one who killed him."
"I even lost one of my men."
"We were on the verge of succeeding, but that bastard Bullet appeared out of nowhere."
"He took Kuzan and my subordinate away."
"When I returned to the island this afternoon..."
"That false report had somehow already spread throughout the New World..."
Even now, thinking about it infuriated Hale Nock.
If he had actually killed him, that would have been one thing. Instead, he was taking the blame for nothing...
After he and Kuzan had fought fiercely for several hours, Lamb Leonard found an opening. Just as his Dark-Dark Fruit power was about to reach Kuzan...
Bullet suddenly appeared and knocked Lamb Leonard unconscious with a strike from a distance.
Then he grabbed Kuzan by the arm and withdrew.
Unexpectedly, he hadn't stayed to fight.
Seeing Bullet drag Kuzan away without fighting him, Hale Nock had actually breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, fighting two against one would have been rough.
As for Lamb Leonard being captured, he didn't care at all. It was his ability that he valued, but why bother rescuing someone so useless?
And since Lamb Leonard had completely devoured the island below, Hale Nock had simply led his men away.
Yet the moment he returned, news that he had killed Kuzan had spread throughout the New World, leaving him bewildered.
Then he realized that Sakazuki had probably set him up again...
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