The pinnacle of pirates begins with deceiving fate!

"Not bad, Kaido."

Lockes raised his eyebrows and looked over, giving the other person his approval.

"As far as I know, this is the happiest you've ever been, hahaha!"

He himself... was also very happy.

Surprisingly, this gang, united by shared interests, still had a few members who stayed by their side when the crisis struck.

My heart feels warm!

"Kaido!!!"

A deafening roar rolled in, and Charlotte Linlin arrived riding on a cloud.

"I'm going to kill you, you bastard!"

It seemed she had come to seek revenge for having her Devil Fruit stolen, but she made no further moves after arriving.

The current Linlin is not yet the future Great Emperor who can honestly say "the pirate world also values ​​righteousness." Right now, she is a bit naive and arrogant.

They only dared to show up and help under the pretext of settling scores with Kaido.

"Oi, you bunch of bastards!"

Just then, John arrived with Alice and Teach, and landed next to the line of people.

"Stop showing off and striking poses. We've achieved our goal, let's get out of here."

"John, I didn't expect you to come too."

"You cowardly miser, you've surprised me today."

"Hmm... he's still a man."

The group was quite surprised by John's appearance, after all, this guy had a terrible reputation and would do anything for treasure.

It's unbelievable that they're abandoning the treasure to help fight instead, just like the collapse of the Red Earth and its sinking into the deep sea.

Unlike Newgate, Linlin, and Kaido's teasing, Rocks focused his attention on the woman and child being carried.

"John, what are you doing?!"

"Oh, right!"

John smiled slightly and met Lockes' gaze.

"These are hostages. I want to use them to blackmail you. Now, immediately, leave this island with me!"

"What if I don't agree?" Lox's eyes narrowed dangerously.

"You won't agree? Then I'll kill them!"

John made a verbal threat, but his body was already tense, ready to dodge Lockes's furious attack at any moment.

"John, what are you doing? Even if you're not going to help, don't hold us back and turn against us at the last minute!"

"I thought you were pretty good just now, but I was so wrong about you!"

"traitor!"

Newgate, Linlin, and Kaido were shocked and, after realizing what had happened, all began to condemn it.

However, Rocks abruptly withdrew his dangerous expression and grinned.

No, you won't.

“I will! If you don’t listen to me, I really will kill them!” John said sternly.

Lockes shook his head slightly, his smile revealing a strange air of composure.

"John, I believe you, you won't."

Having said that, he turned around and stared at the demon Satan in front of him, not even glancing at John again.

? ? ? !

John was stunned by what he saw.

You're David, not Nika! Why are you trying to imitate Luffy?!

Law!

Just as John was weighing whether or not to slap Teach on the backside to scare Rocks...

"John, I'm counting on you for Alice and Teach."

Lockes threw down a sentence, picked up his rapier "Erosion," and strode towards the ferocious bull demon in front of him.

John was taken aback for a moment, then realized what was happening.

He has already been exposed in the face of Observation Haki, which allows one to "hear the voice of all things"!

Helpless, I had no choice but to resort to patient and earnest persuasion.

"Lox, let's give up. We can't beat them. Let's go back and prepare some more."

"Can't beat them? How will you know if you don't try!"

Lockes completely ignored all advice, unleashing a torrent of fierce and domineering energy that whipped up sand and stones and shook the jungle.

Judging from the defeat of those weaklings from the Knights of God just now, the weakness of these monsters is their domineering aura!

Chapter 13 Blind Loyalty

"An eyesore of insects."

Im's enormous black shadow hovered behind the bull demon, manipulating its grotesque spider-like limbs to stomp into the muddy ground.

The earth trembled with a rumbling sound, as if countless enormous living creatures were scurrying about within it.

Immediately afterwards, thick black spikes shot out from the ground, indiscriminately piercing and slaughtering the marines and pirates present.

Very disappointed.

I thought I would see those insects tearing each other apart and killing each other, but I didn't expect that they would reach an agreement in just a few words.

It's a waste of time to let these insects fight!

"Why attack the navy? Aren't they all in cahoots?"

"Never mind him, run!"

The pirates were terrified and, ignoring the spectacle of the Rocks Pirates, hurriedly grabbed their treasure chests and fled in all directions.

A rear admiral, his face grim, could only roar as he gave instructions to his soldiers.

"Everyone back off and create distance! No attacking that person is permitted!"

Seeing the naval soldiers being pierced by spikes before they could be completely killed, Garp clenched his fists so tightly they cracked, his anger reaching its peak.

"The Five Elders, is it? This is the first time I've seen the leader of the maggots. He certainly has the appearance befitting his status."

"Vice Admiral Garp, please watch your words!"

The naval rear admiral was so frightened by Garp's words that he almost cried, and hurriedly pulled the other man back as fast as he could.

Although he had fallen into becoming a loyal dog of the Celestial Dragons who slaughtered innocent civilians, he still respected Garp, his superior who cared for his subordinates.

and……

God Valley is a "non-World Government member state," not belonging to the World Government's camp, and even holding a hostile stance.

He could deceive himself and comfort himself by massacring the civilians of God Valley, believing that he was eliminating an enemy that threatened the security of the World Government.

Garp was not only his superior, but also spoke out on behalf of the Navy soldiers.

He felt it was his responsibility to protect his superior!

Most naval commanders who succumb to power share this mentality, maintaining their ridiculous logic of "justice" amidst extreme contradictions.

Only in this way can they avoid collapsing.

"Hey, you king of rats hiding in the sewers, did you deliberately show up here to kill me?"

In the midst of the chaos, Lox drew his sword and approached the monster, raising his head to stare directly at the crowned figure behind it.

The crowned figure looked down at Lox, its strange pupils filled with the indifference of someone looking at an ant.

"Oh, it's you, Davy Jones."

"Ok?"

Lockes raised an eyebrow, then looked at him with disdain.

“I am not him, but I am a member of the David family. Didn’t you come here specifically because of the name ‘David’?”

"Why are you acting like you're only just recognizing me? What are you doing here? Have you lost your mind?"

He wasn't insulting the other person; he was stating a fact.

This rat king clearly came for "David," but now he acts like he's just discovered him.

Their actions before and after are so contradictory!

He must have lost his mind!

Enraged by the insults, the crowned shadow glared and raised its menacing spider-like limbs to stomp down on Lox's head.

“‘David,’ you must be eliminated, you must be completely erased from history!”

"If you're so capable, then give it a try!"

Locke's rapier flashed with black and red lightning as he raised his arm and slashed upwards diagonally.

tear

The moment the two met, the spider's limbs were severed by the sword, and blood gushed out.

"That bastard Rox actually dared to attack Saint Satan!"

The naval soldiers who retreated to a distance seemed to have been hurt by their own parents, and could only express their impotent rage through words.

John, standing silently in the naval ranks, tilted his head, his face full of question marks.

This blind loyalty... isn't that a bit too much?