Seeing Shiki and Roger actively courting death, Uranus abandoned its pursuit of the others. It would take those two down first.
"Jihahahaha! Roger, I never thought the day would come when we'd fight side by side. We might even end up dying here together," Shiki said with a laugh, looking at Roger beside him.
"Hahahaha! We might not die, Shiki." Compared with Shiki, Roger had clearly thought of more possibilities. The two of them might not die so easily.
"Whatever happens, even if it's just the two of us, we won't give up easily."
Shiki missed the deeper meaning in Roger's words. He gave a casual reply, then charged at Uranus.
But even with so many Overlords working together earlier, they had only barely managed to hold Uranus back. Now, with just Shiki and Roger, two "cripples," resisting Uranus would only be harder.
As a result, the ensuing battle did not last long. Shiki and Roger held out for only a little over ten minutes before Uranus captured them both.
Members of the Holy Knights then fitted them with Seastone Handcuffs and led them away.
At that, Shiki understood what Roger had meant.
Right. After everything I've done, why would the World Government let me die so easily? They'll definitely need to use my death to intimidate ambitious forces around the world.
The same reasoning applied to Roger. Capturing and executing the Pirate King would certainly go a long way toward restoring the World Government's prestige.
As for Shiki, he was more likely to be locked up in Impel Down.
After all, through several uses of Planetary Devastation, Shiki had fully demonstrated how terrifying the Float-Float Fruit was. This fruit had long since surpassed Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit to become the true strongest Paramecia.
The World Government had no desire to