Following Cass's voice, the other marines also extended their hands. As the ship sailed and the outline of the Red Line drew ever closer, the marines of the Golden Lion spoke in unison:

siluke.

"For world peace!!"

The Red Line is almost here!

Several warships, led by the Golden Lion, sailed toward a small island beneath the Red Earth Continent.

That place is called Honggang.

"We've arrived."

As the Golden Lion docked at the port, Kuro rose from his seat, descended to the fortress gate, and stepped outside. He saw a group of high-ranking marines on board all turning to look at him. Their gazes startled Kuro; they seemed strangely familiar...

He glanced at Cass and Wilbur again, and was startled; the gazes of these navy men seemed to be drawn to these two.

What's going on here?

Is it really necessary to get so excited and worked up over fighting a pirate in Mary Geoise?

But thinking about it, I can actually understand it.

They have ended the war. The battle at Mary Geoise may be the end for them. Once it's over, they will have achieved a complete victory. Then the sea will fall into the Great Pirate Era, which the Navy has been unable to end for so long!

It's perfectly normal to feel excited and passionate about such a great undertaking.

The ship docked, and steps extended from the side of the Golden Lion. Kuro led the way, guiding everyone off to Red Harbor.

He was suddenly taken aback when he reached the steps. He saw a densely packed navy force gathered at Red Harbor.

These navy officers stood ramrod straight, and compared to the slouching and unsteady naval officers behind Kuro, they clearly fit the image of the navy much better.

With identical expressions and almost identical movements, they all turned towards Kuro as he came down.

Their expressions reminded Kuro of Cass's unit...

But there weren't that many people.

This place is packed full; there must be at least ten thousand people here.

"Mr. Kuro!!"

The navy of Red Harbor shouted in unison, the sound of thousands of voices shaking the surrounding area and startling Kuro.

The degree of unanimity...

Kuro turned his head and looked over. The look in his eyes made Kuro's heart skip a beat, and he quickly stood up straight.

Oh no!

Mr. Kuro discovered that they were using cloning technology without permission!

Kuro reached out his hand and touched Kro and the others.

Kro closed his eyes abruptly.

Oh no... I'm going to get beaten up.

*Smack*

A soft sound reached Chloe's ears.

No pain...

He opened his eyes and saw Kuro patting Cass on the shoulder and laughing, "Well done!"

Cass stood with his feet together and shouted, "It's all thanks to Mr. Kuro's excellent teaching!"

"No, no, no, I didn't do anything. It's all your credit. You're a great leader, and the preparations were very thorough."

Cass has thought this through very carefully. By deploying troops in Red Harbor, he has blocked the pirates from taking the opportunity to attack Mary Geoise through this area.

"Um?"

He stroked his chin, pondering, "That's not right. With so many troops, how could pirates have attacked Mary Geoise..."

“It might be some kind of ability,” Kro chimed in from the side.

"That makes sense."

Kuro nodded. "That's that damned Doflamingo. That bastard is familiar with Mary Geoise, and with his abilities, it's not impossible for him to bring people up there. Hmph, a smart guy?"

He stepped down the steps, and the Navy below automatically made way for him to lead the other Navy personnel forward.

"Would a smart person not see the current situation? Or does that bird think that its superiors won't let it live, so it's just throwing caution to the wind?"

Doflamingo is definitely a smart man, and Kuro certainly believes that. He was able to enter Mary Geoise, so he probably used some tricks, like disguising himself as a member of the Marine Kingdom or something.

However, the higher-ups didn't hold back much... so they managed to hold out until it was their turn.

...

Pfft!

"You lowly wretch, what do you think you're doing?!"

Inside the Celestial Dragons' residence in Mary Geoise, lines gleamed like blades in the sunlight, and beneath these lines lay many people.

There were guards in armor, bodyguards in formal attire, and among them... there were also people dressed in luxurious robes, with their hair almost sticking up to the sky.

Celestial Dragons!

In Mary Geoise, the Celestial Dragons don't wear those bubble helmets, because this is their residence.

But whether you bring it or not doesn't really matter now.

Because above those lines, squatting there was a man dressed in prison clothes, who had somehow put on a cloak and was wearing sunglasses, grinning maliciously.

The one pointing at him was a Celestial Dragon covered in blood, with his hair combed like a conch shell.

"Fufufufu...lowly?"

Doflamingo stretched out his five fingers, his knuckles moving rhythmically. As he moved, the Celestial Dragon's hand involuntarily moved down, bending over to pick up a gun from the ground.

"I'm lowly? I share the same blood as you!!"

Bang!

That Celestial Dragon pointed the pistol at his own forehead, pulled the trigger, and with blood splattering, he fell to the ground.

"No, no!!"

"Where is the general? Where is the general? Come and save us!!"

The remaining Celestial Dragons tried to escape, but under the control of the threads, they had no chance. They could only howl helplessly, their faces contorted in extreme pain.

"general?"

Doflamingo grinned maliciously as he turned back, gazing at the lush greenery interspersed amidst the snow and ice in the distance. "Fufufufufu! The Admiral won't help you. You're useless now. Rather than letting Kuro kill you, I'd rather use you to vent my anger! You people, even at the very top, have already been dragged down. See..."

Doflamingo pointed to the corpses below and laughed loudly, "What a wonderful view! I never thought you'd experience it too. I've been wanting to see this for so long, and finally, finally..."

He raised his head and laughed wildly: "Fufufufu! That's great!!"

He would never forget the feeling of being hung on the wall by those people when he was a child. This feeling made him hate not only the people below him, but also the culprits behind it all—the Celestial Dragons.

Now the opportunity has finally arrived!

The scenes he dreamed of, the scenes he thought about all the time, are all here.

"Fufufufufu, I won't kill you all. I'll make you suffer the same fate as me, no, you'll be worse off than me... Witness for yourself how those people will treat you after you're dragged down, and what you'll do in return."

"The world has changed! You can no longer lie comfortably in Mary Geoise, you've lost your status, fufufu, hahahaha!!"

Doflamingo's loud laughter echoed throughout Mary Geoise.

The sound was so loud that even Kuro, who was already in the elevator and gradually ascending, could hear it.

"That voice..."

Kuro looked up at the entrance above, which was getting closer and closer, and grinned, "It really is him. How interesting."