With that, he stood up. "Crocodile, aim for the Seven Warlords of the Sea and recognize the limits of my strength!"

After experiencing so much, he now even has a doubt: is it because his childhood trauma was too strong that he seriously overestimated Kuro's strength? Otherwise, why was he able to block Kuro's attack in the East Blue?

Perhaps without that childhood trauma, I might have defeated Clow Reed back in the East Blue. If I had been braver then and hadn't been haunted by that shadow, I might have broken through my mental barrier long ago and secretly manipulated an East Blue kingdom as a base to sail straight to the Grand Line.

right!

That's just how it is!!

That Major General named Sentomaru, if a real fight broke out, he wouldn't be a match for me.

Kuro is only a vice admiral, is he really that strong?

They might not even be as good as the Seven Warlords of the Sea!

As for defeating Redfield and Bondi Wald, those people weren't Shichibukai; they were just a bunch of old men.

As an old man, his strength declines with age, and he was simply taken advantage of by Kuro.

Those old men might just be famous, since no one has ever seen them actually fight.

As for the current rumors that Kuro defeated Blackbeard...

In William's view, defeating the Four Emperors and killing the Four Emperors are two different concepts. It's not like the Four Emperors haven't been defeated by the Navy before, but that doesn't stop them from remaining the Four Emperors.

As a Marine, Kuro clashed with Blackbeard using a large amount of his strength, so his victory was not entirely unexpected.

"Let's fight first!"

William's eyes hardened. "Attack first! As long as the experiment yields results..."

The experiment showed that his fear of the Golden Lion would be greatly reduced, to the point that he would look at it at eye level!