As Kuro lured Charlos away, a green-haired man holding an iron bar watched the scene unfold right outside the door.
"You don't need me anymore...?"
He looked at Shirahoshi, who was gradually returning to normal from her frightened state in the distance, and then at Neptune, who had already calmed down, before relaxing his grip on the iron bar.
"That's fine, that's fine too... I have no face to see them."
The green-haired man smiled, turned, and left.
Inside the gate, Kuro glanced outside and caught a glimpse of the green-haired man's back, frowning slightly.
"Another Celestial Dragon? Trying to join the fun?"
"It is Don Quixote Musgarud."
Lucci walked over and said calmly, "Unlike other Celestial Dragons, this one doesn't seem to keep slaves."
"Don Quixote..."
Upon hearing this, David glanced in that direction as well. "Is that the Don Quixote family who live in Mary Geoise?"
As the head of the Panza family eight hundred years ago, the Don Quixote family certainly garnered David's attention.
But that's all I care about now. Pansha now has a new master, a master who has returned after eight hundred years.
The Don Quixote family, who have abandoned them and chosen to become 'gods', are no longer worthy.
"Thank you so much."
Neptune swam over, flicking his tail, and thanked Kuro.
"I never expected that you, as a member of the Navy, would help us."
"Thank you, thank you!"
Shirahoshi swam over and hurriedly bowed to Kuro.
Kuro waved his hand, "I'm not saving you, I'm just doing this for the sake of our Navy's reputation."
"Pfft, hahaha, yes, you are protected by this old man. If anything happens to you, I will lose face too." Garp laughed heartily.
"Then why didn't you stop it, Garp!" Kuro roared.
Garp patted Kuro on the shoulder and laughed, "You have more face than I do."
“Thank you very much, in any case!” Neptune bowed his head. “I really don’t want to disappoint Princess Otohime’s wish.”
Shirahoshi also secretly looked up and glanced at the navy man smoking a cigar.
He doesn't seem as terrifying as Luffy's companions described.
He seems like a good person...
"Come on, Neptune. Just keep an eye on your fishmen and make sure they don't cause trouble in the sea," Kuro said directly to Neptune.
Do you really think this person is a naive and patient girl?
Those fish-men roaming the seas are not simply 'pirates'. If the king really wanted to manage them, he could. After all, even that Tiger seemed to have reported to Neptune before he climbed the continent with his bare hands.
It's impossible to say that he can't do it himself.
In Kuro's view, he had been lying low all this time, in order to fulfill his wife's wish, since the time his wife died.
But that doesn't mean there's no resentment. So many merfolk went onto the surface because Neptune didn't want to control them.
Kuro didn't want to get to the specifics, but last time in the G-3 sea area, because of the fishmen, his men had a ship destroyed, and if he hadn't arrived in time, he almost wouldn't have made it back.
He held a grudge.
Upon hearing this, Neptune gave an awkward smile: "I can't stop my people from doing what they want."
"Just remember that. I'm giving you face, and I hope you can give me the same in return," Kuro said, chewing on his cigar.
“I’ll try,” Neptune nodded.
Kuro ignored him and continued looking around.
The Celestial Dragons' departure didn't cause any trouble for the royal family members, who continued to eat and drink as usual.
"I once got a man to spend 30 million Berries on me with just three sentences!"
In the crowd, a group of women were gathered, and in the center, a very ordinary-looking woman was speaking loudly:
"I'm a very perceptive female lecturer who's very good at getting men to spend money on me..."
Kuro raised an eyebrow.
Understanding human nature?
Humans generally don't claim to be human-like; they only use that term to praise animals.
"This seems quite interesting..."
Lida, her face full of curiosity, was about to lean closer when Kuro grabbed her by the back of her collar.
"What are you doing? This is obviously a trick to fool people, why are you even trying to pull it off?"
Kuro rolled his eyes and said, "In this world, anyone who can get you to spend money with just three sentences is either your family member or a kidnapper."
"Well, so many people are listening..." Lida said with some regret.
Kuro glanced over there. "You think they're listening to what others are saying? They're learning from experience and going back to deceive their own people, especially those greedy and short-sighted women. Only those kinds of women would believe it."
But when one party is willing to give and the other is willing to receive, there's nowhere to reason with them.
"Princess Vivi!"
At that moment, a man with tattoos on his face ran over to Weiwei and said urgently, "I came over when I heard the commotion. Are you alright?"
"No..."
Vivi shook her head: "The minor disturbances have been quelled. What about Father?"
"The king is in a room discussing something with Admiral Fujitora, who sent the messenger. I don't know what they're discussing..." the man said, shaking his head.
Kuro happened to overhear these words.
He looked into the interior of Pangaea City, sensing the aura belonging to Ikko, and narrowed his eyes: "Speaking of which, shouldn't we be leaving, Garp?"
"Pfft, hahaha, yeah, it's not good to stay too long, looks like we're about to have a meeting." Garp laughed heartily.
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