Everyone who had just been watching the two people on the Execution Platform had their attention drawn by that voice.
All the Marines and agents looked around.
"Who? Who is it?"
"Who's talking?"
"Where did that voice come from?"
"Why can't we see anyone?"
Yet as everyone searched for the source of the voice, they saw no one.
A violent commotion broke out across the square.
Kuzan's tightly furrowed brow finally relaxed a little.
He looked up at the distant sky and called out, "So you've finally come? Monkey D. Dragon!"
Everyone in Brown Square looked nervously toward the horizon at Kuzan's words.
"What?! He's in the sky?"
"Monkey D. Dragon? Isn't he the world's most wanted criminal?"
"The leader of the Revolutionary Army!!"
"Everyone, prepare for battle!!"
In an instant, everyone gripped their weapons tightly and watched the distant sky warily.
"Heh, quite the gathering you've got here. It looks so frightening." As that voice drew closer,
a tiny black speck on the distant horizon gradually grew larger and clearer.
Only when it was several hundred meters from Brown Square could everyone make it out.
An enormous ship had appeared in the distant sky.
The entire ship was dark in color, with a massive black dragon's head and a pitch-black body extending from it along both sides of the hull.
The whole ship looked imposing.
"It's the Dragon!"
"It's here! The Revolutionary Army's flagship, the Dragon!"
"Why is a ship flying in the sky?"
"Never mind that! Prepare to attack!"
"Look, there are lots of ships following the Dragon!"
"That's... the Revolutionary Army's main force! There look to be at least several dozen ships!"
Everyone aimed their guns at the Dragon.
But without Kuzan's orders, none of them dared fire the first shot.
As the fleet approached, a hurricane