“A brave navy officer who defends the peace of the sea has fled from the attack of pirates. Your fellow countrymen will be despised by others, and your wife and children will suffer the scorn of others. The wife and children of a deserter, that’s not a good name to say.”
"The battlefield is nothing special. If you're really worried about dying, then retreat to the rear. But you need to be on the battlefield, not hiding in this deserted city."
“I…” The navy man looked up, a hint of hesitation on his face.
Kuro pulled out a cigar box and handed it to the marine. "Have one to relax. This is good stuff. I got it from Admiral Kizaru. It's the kind of cigar an admiral smokes. Ordinary people can't get their hands on one."
"Thank you, thank you..."
The Marine took the cigar, and Kuro lit it for him with a lighter, saying, "So, if you really want to think about your family, then go back to the battlefield. Otherwise, if Akainu sees you, you'll really die. One option is to be a deserter and die 100%, the other is to be on the battlefield and have a one in ten thousand chance of dying. You know which one to choose."
"I see..."
The navy officer gritted his teeth, stood up, took a deep drag on his cigar, adjusted the gun on his back, and walked towards the battlefield.
"Hey, Kuro, will he really go back obediently?" Lida asked doubtfully.
How would I know about such a thing?
Kuro stood up and looked around the other corner. "Hey, those two, they're coming out."
Around the corner, Koby and Helmeppo awkwardly emerged.
“Ku, Mr. Kuro…”
Koby lowered his head and clenched his fists. "I... I'm not a deserter. It's just that images of marines dying tragically keep flashing through my mind, and I really can't participate in the battle anymore."
"Screen?"
Upon hearing this, Chloe looked at Koby in surprise, "No way, you can..."
He hadn't been awakening his Observation Haki for long, yet he could understand what Koby meant. When he first awakened it, he could "see" things he didn't want to see, no matter where he was.
It was only after being trained by Kuro and Lida that he gradually gained control.
But this Koby has already awakened, and how old is he?
Sixteen years old?
He awakened his perception of form at the age of sixteen...
Kro gave Koby a deep look. This kid has a limitless future ahead of him.
"Ah... I understand, but you can ask Lieutenant General Garp about that kind of thing after the war. He's the one who was in charge of teaching you, right?"
Kuro said, "But before that, you'd better..."
"Aaaaaah!!!"
Suddenly, a scream came from the sky.
Kuro looked up and saw a warship descending from the sky above the battlefield not far away.
That is...
Kro looked up and noticed a straw hat in the sky that seemed unusually conspicuous.
"Straw Hat Boy!" Kro's eyes widened, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "It's definitely him! How did this happen? How did he get here?!"
"Mr. Luffy?!"
Coby was also shocked: "What's Luffy doing there?!"
As he spoke, he automatically ran in that direction.
"Hey, Coby!"
Helmeppo called out to Koby, then gave Kuro and the others an apologetic smile before following them.
"Straw Hat Boy?"
Lida finished a piece of fruit, licked her fingers, and said, "How come he's everywhere? Enies Lobby, Sabaody Archipelago, wherever there's trouble, he's there too."
Who can blame them when they're chosen by fate?
Kuro shook his head and didn't say anything.
Their arrival signifies that the war is about to escalate.
Whoosh!
Just then, a dark figure broke free from the fallen ship and landed towards Kuro.
It was a strangely shaped bird that crash-landed right in front of Kuro and the others. Then, the bird's form changed like soft mud, transforming into the shape of a man.
"It's a success!"
Buck Arlo grinned excitedly, "They finally escaped!"
After encountering Admiral Kizaru's surrender on some random island, he was imprisoned in Impel Down.
Frankly speaking, considering the bounty on his head and the things he did, he should be locked up in the sixth level.
However, given that he surrendered voluntarily and showed a positive attitude in admitting his guilt, he was imprisoned in the fifth level, and then escaped during the Impel Down riots caused by Luffy.
He originally intended to run away.
But there were too many powerful people on that ship.
Crocodile and Jinbe, two of the Seven Warlords of the Sea; Ivankov, a Revolutionary Army officer; the Straw Hat Pirates, who opposes the World Government; Buggy, a crew member of the Pirate King; and Franky, who is so crazy that he dares to attack the ships of the three admirals.
The latter two, in particular, gathered a group of pirates who admired them and all wanted to recruit them into their teams.
Being watched by them, he dared not run away and could only follow them to Marineford.
But the moment the ship fell, Buck Arlo found an opportunity to transform into a bird and escape from the ship.
However, I was too hasty just now, and only turned into a bird that flew a short distance, so I made an emergency landing here.
"Think carefully, what other birds do I have left? If they fly away, I'll be free!"
Buck Arlo stood up, grinning with an unusually smug look on his face.
Then he saw Kuro with a cigar in his mouth, Lida licking her fingers, and Kuro pushing up his glasses in front of him.
“It’s you?!” Buck Arlo’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
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