Those newspapers did nothing but give Kuro a sense of amusement.

First of all, that idiot Doflamingo would never resign from the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and Kuro was well aware of this. Although his memories of this were hazy, he could still recall them when faced with something so familiar.

"That makes sense. Law and the Straw Hats have teamed up, so they should have been to Punk Hazard..."

In the office of the Golden Lion, Kuro stroked his chin, crossed his legs, and pondered as he did so.

In other words, the scientist whose name Kuro forgot must have been arrested.

Although the scientist Kuro has forgotten his name, what he did left a deep impression.

Giant human beings and artificial Devil Fruits are his masterpieces.

It is also the most important rein that Doflamingo holds in the New World.

I guess that's why she resigned.

"It's probably still fake. Headquarters hasn't received any information, otherwise, they would have been in an uproar by now. Did they bypass headquarters and go directly to the World Government...?"

Kuro shook his head and laughed, "Really, you don't do any personnel work at all, World Government."

This kind of operation, which repeatedly undermines one's own reputation, is something only a world government would do.

Aren't they the most concerned about saving face?

Even the navy is respected by them.

Just as Kuro was thinking about this, Kuro entered the office and said, "Mr. Kuro, G-3 has arrived."

"We've arrived..."

Kuro looked out the floor-to-ceiling window. In the vast sea, there was an island ahead, with the outlines of numerous fortresses on it.

G-3, the front line of the new world, is a place even more famous than G-5.

The base of 'Naval Hero' Garp has now been decommissioned.

As the Golden Lion approached, the fortresses became clearer. Kuro frowned. There were signs of battle on the fortresses, traces of cannonballs and bullets that had not yet been erased.

Some fortresses are still in a damaged state.

“Garp has stepped down. Who has been in charge here while I was away?” Kuro asked.

“It’s Major General Bogart,” Klo said.

"Bogart, it's him..."

Kuro thought of the composed man with a hooked nose, dressed like a mafia member.

This man seemed to have wanted to teach him swordsmanship before, but Kuro refused.

After Kuro became famous, this suggestion never came up again.

"This is the G-3? It looks all dilapidated."

Lida walked to the French windows and asked curiously, "Isn't G-3 supposed to be very sturdy? Even if Garp isn't here, it shouldn't be like this."

These words gave Kuro a strong sense of crisis.

At first, he still had a glimmer of hope.

G-3, well, it's like a fortress.

One of the most prestigious branches of the Navy, it's not on par with the New Headquarters or Marineford, but at most it's a level below them.

There shouldn't be any pirates who wouldn't notice such a fortress.

That way he could stay safely in the fortress, pretend to chase after the pirates if he saw them, and then head deep into the New World to let the pirates fight amongst themselves.

The environment in the New World doesn't cause Kuro's conscience the same guilt as it did in the East Blue and Paradise.

Pirates are everywhere here; he just needs to make sure his own area is safe.

But what's going on now?

These signs of battle...

Pirates have launched an attack on the Navy?!

Generally speaking, that's impossible.

Few pirates would attack the Navy unprovoked, especially not in G-3...

With these questions in mind, the Golden Lion docked at the port.

Kuro and the others descended to the port, glanced around, and their brows furrowed even more.

There were some warships docked in the harbor, but some were damaged and unable to operate at all. As for the intact warships...

Kuro walked over, ran his finger across the hull, and a speck of dust came off.

"Dust? How long has it been since it was used?"

Kuro looked up at the cannon barrel above. Under the sunlight, he could see clearly that the barrel was filled with ash.

No one is cleaning?

No, there is clearly life in G-3.

There are quite a few.

"Strange, why is no one here to greet us? Wasn't a message already sent out?"

At that moment, Kro also frowned.

When they arrived at the port, the navy should have come to greet them, since Mr. Kuro was the new base commander and the naval officers here should have come to welcome them personally.

But the port is deserted. What is this? Is it disrespecting Mr. Kuro?

Kro pushed up his glasses and said, "It seems the people here lack a bit of respect, or perhaps Garp held back a trick when he stepped down?"

This is Kuro, the Golden Lion, a candidate for general, yet no one is there to greet him?

Kuro naturally noticed the problem as well. He waved his hand and said, "That old man Garp wouldn't do something like this. Either his subordinates did it spontaneously, or there's a problem here. Never mind, it's all just formalism. Let me tell you, formalism is unacceptable. Let's go, let's go find Bogart directly."

That's what they say, but Kuro moved faster than anyone else.

Lida and Chloe exchanged a glance and shook their heads helplessly.

They say they don't want any formalism, but in their hearts...

"Are you angry?" Lida asked.

"I suppose so." Kuro nodded. "Mr. Kuro is extremely concerned with his image..."

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