"Kuro!"

At that moment, Lida ran over, followed by Chloe.

"Ben Beckman!"

As soon as Kuro arrived, he saw Ben Beckman fighting Kizaru and immediately stopped. "That guy whose intelligence is about my level..."

Where is your face?

Kuro rolled his eyes upon hearing Kuro's words.

"What is that? Do you know?"

Kuro pointed to the enormous white shadow that swept over the pirates like a whirlwind and asked.

“It’s Cass,” Lida said, a little frightened.

"What?"

Kuro paused, looking carefully in that direction. The power of that will was indeed very familiar.

That huge white figure really was a group of marines, but the air around them was distorted and twisted, and they were moving so fast that Kuro didn't have time to react at first.

The speed was almost unbelievable.

"Is Cass really that fast?" Kuro asked doubtfully.

"It didn't exist before, but it does now..."

With a complicated expression, Chloe said, "If I had known it was this ability, I would have eaten it."

"Um?"

Kuro looked at Kro and heard Kro say, "A Devil Fruit appeared in Miss Lida's backpack. It's the ability of 'Godspeed Franky'."

Lida nodded, her face falling. "I almost ate it! It scared me to death! How come such awful food always ends up in my backpack?"

"What's going on?" Kuroton found it hard to believe. "How come there's another fruit?"

“It’s like this…” Lida began.

...

The memory returns to the time when Kuro was fighting the Blackbeard Pirates.

On the other side of the battlefield, in the rear.

"I'm starving."

Lida sat down on the spot and took out the food from her backpack to eat.

Standing to the side, Kro adjusted his glasses, watching the battle unfold, and swallowed hard.

His injuries were also quite severe at this point. In such a large battlefield, no one could enter without getting hurt; it was just a matter of degree. He was resting now so he could keep an eye on his surroundings, in case any pirates attacked.

Meanwhile, Cass and his group were resting nearby.

"Mr. Kuro, rest assured. With us here, we will hold off any pirate attacks!"

Cass clenched his fist and declared resolutely, "Even if I am weak, for the sake of justice, I will never allow the pirates to break through!"

You're not weak at all...

Kro twitched the corner of his mouth. The power inspired by that will meant that even if he rushed in, he would only suffer a few more blows.

However, Kro also discovered a problem with this willpower: only those who are inspired by and trust Cass can be infected by this willpower, and those in the Navy with their own willpower and slightly stronger abilities cannot share this willpower.

Moreover, after they calmed down and rested, Klo keenly noticed that some of the navy around Cass were already afraid.

"Anyway, I need to recover my strength quickly and continue fighting... Is Kuro alright?"

Lida quickly finished a peach and looked worriedly at Kuro's side. At that level, none of them could participate in the battle; they would only be a burden if they went there.

"This kind of battlefield..."

Kro looked at the battlefield ahead with complicated emotions. The scene of bloody carnage made even him feel a little terrified.

Before, when I was fighting, I didn't feel that way; I was completely drawn into the atmosphere of the battlefield. But now, once I leave the battlefield and look back, I just feel a chill run down my spine.

Whitebeard is dead, and Fire Fist Ace has been executed, but the war continues. Everyone is like a demon, killing and losing lives to each other. Whether they are marines or pirates, at this moment, it seems that they are all just 'one life'. It's so simple that there is no deeper concept.

puff!

Ahead, a marine was cut down by a pirate and fell into a pool of blood, while the pirate was shot dead by another marine from the side and then roared as he continued to charge into the battlefield.

Kro clenched his fist suddenly, his face turning grim.

He recognized the fallen navy officer.

He had fought against that navy officer during training at headquarters. After the training, the navy officer proudly showed him his smiling son.

At the time, he envied that kind of happy life with a wife and children...

But now, it has been reduced to 'one life,' 'one navy' member, becoming one of the many lying on the ground.

Life becomes incredibly fragile at this moment.

“It’s time to end this war…” Kro murmured.

Even he, a former pirate who had once killed countless people, was now afraid of this battlefield.

"Huh?"

Just then, Lida let out a soft "hmm," and looked at the fruit in her hand with a strange expression.

Kuro looked over, his eyes widening. "Evil, a Devil Fruit?"

In her hand was a red, pineapple-shaped fruit with spiral patterns that were unique in this world, except for Devil Fruits.

"Why is it this awful stuff again?" Lida said, throwing the fruit away in disgust.

A black line appeared on Kro's forehead. He quickly ran over, picked it up, and wiped the dust off. "Miss Lida, this is a Devil Fruit. It's worth a lot of money even if you sell it... Also, why do you have something like this?"

"I don't know, how did it end up in my bag out of nowhere? Damn it, another food item is missing." Lida seemed to remember the taste of the Devil Fruit and stuck out her tongue in disgust.

"A Devil Fruit..."

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