Pirate: I'm an admiral now, what's wrong with taking a little extra money?

A gentle voice came from beside the pile of explosives.

The pirate henchman responsible for detonating the explosives felt a chill on his wrist.

He looked down and was horrified to find that his right hand, which had been holding the detonator, had somehow slipped from his wrist and was lying flat on the ground, with no blood even spurting from the cut.

"This...this is..."

puff!

Kane's fingers pierced through his chest without any resistance, shattering his still-beating heart.

Immediately afterwards, a foul stench swept through the hall.

"Finger Gun: Chaotic Waves!"

Kane moved through the crowd like a ghost. Every pause he made took a life.

Moreover, their deaths were extremely gruesome.

Some pirates had their spines broken by kicks, their bodies folded in half like blankets; some had their throats crushed, collapsing limply; some were even torn in two by the powerful wind pressure, their internal organs spilling out onto the ground.

Blood stained the precious marble floor of the auction house in just three seconds.

The hostages were terrified and forgot to even cry out. They could only stare wide-eyed at the "Grim Reaper" in his white naval uniform as he reaped lives.

Every drop of blood that splattered on his face made his originally sunny smile appear even more bewitching and terrifying.

Is this the navy?

This is a million times more brutal than pirates!

[Ding! Extreme bloodshed and violence displayed in front of civilians!]

[Ding! This incident has caused severe psychological trauma to 128 hostages!]

[Disciplinary points are flooding the screen: +50, +50, +50...]

Hearing the pleasant notification from the system, Kane's smile widened even further.

Five seconds.

Just five seconds.

Apart from Galdo, who was still on the ceiling, the twenty-odd pirates on the ground had all turned into mutilated corpses.

Kane stood in the middle of the pool of blood, elegantly taking out a handkerchief from his pocket and gently wiping the blood from his fingers.

He looked up at Gardo on the chandelier.

"Gudong."

Gardo hung from the chandelier, his back soaked with cold sweat.

madman……

This navy guy is absolutely insane!

"You...don't come here!"

Gardo's voice trembled, his legs compressed to their limit, "If you dare move, I'll smash the main load-bearing column of this building! Everyone will die!!"

"Oh?"

Kane tossed the handkerchief aside, tilted his head, and said, "Then go ahead and crash it. Even if the building collapses, I can escape. As for these hostages..."

He glanced at the nobles and commoners in the corner who were already terrified, and sneered: "It is their honor to sacrifice themselves for justice."

"Waaaah..." The hostages broke down in tears again, and some even fainted from fright.

[Ding! Published extreme remarks that disregard life! Disciplinary points +1000!]

“You…” Gardo completely broke down.

Just then.

"call out--"

A dazzling yellow flash gathered at the entrance of the hall.

Borsalino stood with his hands in his pockets, staring at the mangled flesh on the ground, his eyes slightly widening behind his sunglasses.

"Wow~ How terrifying~ Is this Kane's rescue method? It's enough to give me nightmares~"

Immediately afterwards, a wave of scorching heat swept over.

"Ming dog!!"

Sakazuki, enveloped in billowing smoke and lava, stormed in with a furious expression.

He was originally prepared to come in and wreak havoc, but when he stepped into a pool of blood, he froze.

ended?

What happened to all these severed limbs and broken arms?

"Sakazuki, you're late." Kane even had the leisure to tidy his slightly messy hair.

"asshole!!"

Sakazuki roared at the terrified hostages, "Where is justice in such brutality?!"

"face?"

Kane's smile vanished instantly.

Moonwalk!

Kane did not answer, but instead flashed into mid-air.

Gardo was preparing to escape while the two were arguing when he was horrified to find that a large hand, like an iron clamp, had already gripped his face tightly.

"Trying to run? Have you asked the civilians you killed?"

Kane's voice was icy and chilling.

"Stop! Zephyr's orders are to capture them alive! Lock them up in Impel Down!!" Sakazuki roared from below.

"For such trash, death is the greatest mercy and the only salvation."

Kane's eyes were indifferent. He pressed Gardo's head down and used the acceleration of gravity to slam him into the ground like a meteorite.

"Go down and repent!!"

boom!!!

A loud bang shook the entire auction house.

A crater ten meters in diameter cracked open in the ground. Gardo's head, like a shattered tomato, was covered in red liquid mixed with fragments of his internal organs, splattering all over Sakazuki's trousers.

The scene was deathly silent.

Even the crying hostages were so frightened that they shut their mouths, afraid that if they breathed too loudly, they would attract the attention of that "god of death".

"You...disobeyed military orders..."

Sakazuki pointed at the corpse at the bottom of the pit, his fingers trembling slightly, but the anger in his eyes gradually subsided, replaced by an unprecedented sense of confusion and shock.

"I did disobey military orders."

Kane slowly emerged from the pit, covered in blood, his back to the sunlight, shadows shrouding his face except for a pair of terrifyingly bright eyes.

He walked step by step up to Sakazuki, ignoring the churning lava on the other man's body, and looked directly into the eyes of the future marshal.

"But I have eradicated evil."

"Sakazuki, you're too naive. So-called mercy will only make pirates think we're weak. And that's the root of their arrogance."

Kane reached out his blood-stained hand and gently patted Sakazuki's stiff shoulder.

“If we compromise even once, more pirates will follow suit. If even one pirate leaves alive, more civilians will suffer.”

"What we need to do is not to be moral exemplars."

Kane leaned close to Sakazuki's ear and whispered:

"What we need to do is use the most absolute and brutal methods to kill them until they are terrified! Kill them until they don't even dare to have the thought of becoming pirates!"

"Even if it means bearing a bad reputation, even if it means having blood on your hands, it's all worth it as long as it can eradicate evil completely."

"This is the kind of awareness a navy should bear."

"This is the real..."

"Absolute justice".

Boom!

It was as if a bolt of lightning had struck Sakazuki's mind.

At this moment, time seemed to stand still.

Sakazuki's pupils contracted sharply. Looking at the blood-soaked man before him, and at those "unwavering" eyes, he felt his blood boiling.

Absolute... justice!

No room for compromise, no room for leniency! We must eradicate evil completely!

This... isn't this the path he's been searching for but has never been able to clearly describe?

His gaze toward Kane gradually shifted from initial anger and confusion to deep agreement, and even... a hint of fanatical worship.

"Been taught a lesson."

Sakazuki took a deep breath, lowered his hat brim, and said in a deep but firm voice, "I will write an explanation for your report of disobeying military orders, stating that it was an 'accidental death'."

[Ding! Through extreme actions, Sakazuki's ideology of "absolute justice" has been successfully ignited!]

[Determined to be: A major ideological influence affecting the trajectory of the world line!]

[Incredibly disruptive! Disciplinary penalty: +8000!]

Upon hearing that the huge sum of money had arrived, Kane almost burst out laughing, unable to maintain his serious expression.

awesome.

Not only did they obtain a huge sum of 10,000 points, they also successfully tricked the future marshal into becoming crippled!

It's so addictive!