Chapter 94: A rising Marine star took down a Shichibukai? Even Whitebeard was shocked!
Crocodile, whose very name struck terror into countless pirates, now looked like a dried salted fish, his tongue lolling to one side and his entire face so swollen that even his own mother might not have recognized him.
His once slicked-back hair had become a tangled bird's nest, caked with sand and mud mixed with blood.
"This is... a Shichibukai?"
Cobra felt as though everything he knew had been completely overturned.
He looked at the Den Den Mushi still chattering incessantly in his hand, then at the young Marine picking his ear with his little finger before him, and his brain froze.
Lin Xuan stopped five paces from the two of them and casually let go.
Thud.
Crocodile's massive body slammed down beside Cobra's feet, stirring up a small ring of dust.
"Stop yelling. You're giving me a headache."
Lin Xuan jerked his chin toward the Den Den Mushi, his tone as casual as if he had just gone downstairs to buy a bottle of soy sauce. "Old man Sengoku, what did you say had been lost? If you mean the wear and tear on my soles, then yes, I'll need to claim that as an expense."
The air froze.
The roaring on the other end of the Den Den Mushi stopped.
The Golden Den Den Mushi's eyes, which had been mimicking Sengoku's anxious expression, widened comically before a deathly silence fell.
Only the faint hiss of static came from the receiver.
"Lin... Lin Xuan?"
A full five seconds passed before Sengoku's slightly distorted voice emerged from the Den Den Mushi, thick with disbelief. "Was that you speaking just now? Then... what about Crocodile?"
"He's lying on the ground."
Lin Xuan glanced down at the faintly