Kuro looked at the ships on the sea, shook his head, and walked back while chewing on his cigar.

On the ground, the navy soldiers who had been defeated by the NEO navy lay on the ground.

A quick scan with Observation Haki revealed that they all still possessed a life force.

"This old man..."

Kuro sighed.

"Here, get support quickly!"

At this moment, the other naval personnel inside the fortress also arrived.

But where can you find the enemy now?

The leading naval captain saw the only standing naval officer, looked closely, recognized him, and saluted, saying, "Vice Admiral Jinni."

They certainly recognized him; the live broadcast within the navy had made him a household name.

"Let's bandage the injured person."

Kuro said, "Prepare another meal for me, I'm hungry."

"Yes, sir!" the naval captain shouted.

...

Inside the fortress, the three giant generals, now conscious, stood there, their bodies bandaged, heads bowed before a tiny figure feasting on a large round table, looking as if they had done something wrong.

Kuro was gnawing on a huge leg of meat, biting off a piece that was bigger than himself, and said to the three giant lieutenant generals:

"No, why aren't you three big guys resting? What are you doing staring at me?"

"Kuro...we failed."

A giant lieutenant general said, "We were unable to stop Professor Zeff from taking the dynamite rock."

"That kind of thing doesn't matter anymore."

Kuro took another bite. "That old man was already very strong, it's normal that you couldn't stop him, I'll explain to headquarters. But we need to guard this island well, that old man probably won't be satisfied until it's destroyed."

The three terminal islands are essential; losing even one island will prevent the complete destruction of the New World objective.

Now that Kuro has secured the island, Zephyr has many more targets to set his sights on.

Either start all over again, or find one to destroy first.

This, in turn, makes it impossible for the Navy to determine the target he has chosen.

But this is something that the intelligence department investigates.

His mission is complete.

After filling his stomach, Kuro made a phone call to Sakazuki.

As the call connected, the Den Den Mushi transformed into Sakazuki's stern, grumpy face.

"Moshimoshi, Marshal Sakazuki, Zefa... has escaped."

"They got away?!"

The person on the other end of the Den Den Mushi was clearly startled.

"Kuro! With your abilities, how could you let that man get away?!"

"There's nothing we can do about that..."

Kuro leaned back in his chair, shrugged, and said, "He triggered the explosion of the explosive rock himself. In order to prevent the island from being destroyed, I didn't notice his movements at that moment, and he used the explosion of the explosive rock to escape. However, he should have reached the sea. As for whether he is alive or dead, I don't know."

"Yeah..."

Sakazuki paused for a moment, then said, "Never mind, you can come back first."

After saying that, the other end of the phone hung up.

Kuro closed the watch case, stood up, and said to the three giant generals, "Alright, you guys rest now. Remember to keep a close watch, and call if you see anything. I'm heading back now."

"Understood, Kuro," the three giant admirals said in unison.

After leaving the fortress, Kuro flew back to headquarters, arriving at noon.

"Old man."

Kuro didn't waste any time and went straight to Kizaru's office after returning.

"Oh~ Kuro, I know everything now, Zephyr-sensei escaped."

“Yeah, they got away. Don’t come to me with this kind of mess next time, I won’t do it,” Kuro said.

"That won't do. This isn't just your problem, it's a problem for the entire navy."

Kizaru chuckled and said, "After all, he's taken good care of us."

“So what do we do now? Zephyr has run away. The world is so big, we can’t find him.” Kuro said meaningfully.

"That kind of thing is fine. If you can't find it, then you can look for it slowly," Kizaru said with a smile.

"That's the only way..."

That old man should be made to give up on this idea altogether.

If he's just using his forces to fight pirates at sea, the headquarters won't interfere.

This guy is now the teacher of all the famous officers and generals in the navy.

Even Kuro had to acknowledge him as a teacher.

If he doesn't harm the world, who the hell would bother him?

However, things changed a few days later.

Kuro hadn't left yet when the old man summoned him.

"What's wrong?"

Having arrived at headquarters from the rear, Kuro asked directly.

"Regarding Professor Zephyr..."

Kizaru pouted and said, "He still destroyed an Endpoint. How terrifying."

Kuro frowned. "Which one?"

"He destroyed the only deserted island."

Kizaru said, "We'll talk about the rest at the meeting."

With that, he took the lead and walked towards the conference room.

Kuro glanced down from the direction of the castle tower and saw that quite a few warships had already arrived, all of them the flagships of elite vice admirals.

"They've all come..."

Kuro shrugged and followed the old man to the conference room.

A number of people had already arrived in the conference room.

Grandma Tsuru sat in the first seat on the left, her arms crossed. When she saw Kizaru and Kuro enter, she nodded as a greeting.

Smoker and Dashi stood behind her.

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