Ronald: (‧_‧?)
What...exactly happened
Why..why did everyone behind me fall down
Standing in place not daring to move at all, Ronald glanced at the soldiers lying around him with his peripheral vision, swallowed subconsciously, and swallowed the blood and water in his mouth into his stomach. Only then did he finally react and realize how the guy in front of him had done it.
"Heroic Haki?"
He murmured.
But why would a man with such domineering aura appear in the Taro Kingdom
Could it be that... this guy was sent by the new government to get close to me so that they can use me to threaten my father to surrender
He thought so.
But the fact is, Vivian just happened to be eating in this restaurant and ran into him by chance.
As for using this thing to threaten the King of the Taro Kingdom...
Glancing at Ronald who was looking at her with horror, Vivian couldn't help but shook her head.
He didn't think that the king of the Taro Kingdom would choose to surrender for such a guy.
What's more, they are not my own children.
As for the reason why Ronald did not faint, it was not because he was stronger than the soldiers behind him, but simply because of Vivian's current control skills of the Conqueror's Haki.
So, under the dull gazes of the boss and his wife and the guests, Vivian walked up, grabbed Ronald by the collar, and said without turning her head: "Boss, your food is delicious. I wish your business will prosper."
As he was about to fly to the roof, he suddenly remembered something and added, "The money for this meal and my saving your life will cancel each other out. Also... don't worry, this guy won't bother you again, because..."
Having said this, he and Ronald disappeared from everyone's sight, leaving the Carusi couple and others staring blankly at his disappearing back, standing there in a daze for a long time.
It was not until a long while later that the boss's wife finally reacted. She patted her husband on the shoulder and said, "What did that person say before he left?"
"He said... because our country will be liberated soon."
“Welcome to liberation?”
"Um."
Carusi nodded heavily.
Liberation..
That person must be the subordinate sent by the Thunder Swordsman Vivian in the new government, right
Kalusi thought so with great joy in his heart.
...
"Hey... Hey! Damn pariah, let me go quickly, otherwise my father will tear you to pieces!"
Ronald, with blood on his mouth, fear in his eyes and excruciating pain all over his body, had completely lost his mind at this moment. He was madly threatening and insulting Vivian all the way.
And what about Vivian
He pretended not to hear anything and didn't even bother to pay attention to the other party. Until Ronald's voice was almost hoarse, he found a park to stop, pulled down the brim of his hat, and threw it beside the pond.
"You...what on earth do you want to do!" Ronald was still shouting.
The next moment, a large number of soldiers from the Taro Kingdom rushed out from all directions and surrounded the entire park.
Looking around, there were three layers of soldiers inside and outside, and every soldier was wearing armor, holding flintlock rifles that were much more powerful than those of the Navy Headquarters. Some even carried cannons and Gatling guns. The firepower was enough to scare ordinary people to death just by looking at it.
But who is Vivian
The former admiral of the navy and current leader of the new government, he has even experienced Yinmu, who was able to emit the power of a nuclear explosion. How could a small-scale scene like the current one scare him at all
So when facing thousands of soldiers, he remained calm and started smoking a cigar.
"Outsider, listen to me, release Master Ronald immediately, otherwise we will suppress him with firepower!" A leading soldier shouted loudly with a loudspeaker.
Before Ronald could show a smug expression on his face, Vivian had already pulled out a long knife from thin air, put it on Ronald's neck, and said with a smile: "What if I don't let go?"
Ronald: ┏(゜口゜;)┛
"Then... I'm sorry, Master Ronald."
The soldier said this with a stern face, and Ronald almost peed himself on the spot.
"What do you mean?!"
"I am Ronald, the nephew and adopted son of the Taro King Kenneth Scanf. If you dare to do this to me, my father will never let you go!"
"I'm sorry, Master Ronald, this is the order King Skandf gave us. When necessary, we can ignore your safety as long as we can kill the man next to you." The soldier explained.
"oh?"
Vivian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this. "It seems that your king expected that I would come to this island?"
"Of course, the king's wisdom and decisiveness are beyond the reach of ordinary people." The soldier said proudly.
In an era when pirates are rampant, a country can stand in the Grand Line for such a long time without the help of the World Government, relying solely on the strength of one country, and its scale is growing, and its military power is so strong. It is unlikely to say that this king has no special qualities.
but..
Vivian still didn't think that the king of the Taro Kingdom could have expected that he would appear here at this time.
"I think it's Zero who is giving advice to your king, right?" Vivian said.
"Zero? Who's that?"
The soldier frowned upon hearing this, and then he was too lazy to waste words with Vivian, so he waved to the soldiers behind him and said, "Everyone, get ready, shoot!"
boom!
Boom-boom-boom!
The artillery fire instantly swept towards the pond in the center of the park.
Smoke quickly rose up, covering the entire park, but the artillery fire still showed no sign of stopping.
The flames from the gun muzzles continued to flicker for about five minutes before the leading soldier raised his hand to signal everyone to stop shooting.
"Is it resolved..."
He muttered quietly.
Thousands of soldiers were staring at the front. After a long time, the smoke completely dissipated and a large number of deep pits and ruins appeared in everyone's field of vision. They breathed a sigh of relief and whispered to themselves: "It has been bombed to this extent. There is no way we can survive, right?"
"Don't be careless. What if the opponent is a natural devil fruit user? Archers, get ready!"
The leading soldier shouted again, and the next second, dozens of archers immediately rushed to the front, drew their bows and arrows, and attached a layer of armed color domineering on the arrows.
But who knew that there was no time to shoot the arrow.
Buzz!
Another wave of ripples spread out.
In just a blink of an eye, most of the 1,000 soldiers who were standing just now fell down in an instant, leaving only less than 300 people still barely holding on, sweating profusely and gasping for breath.
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