Kuro was very confident in his Observation Haki; it was what he relied on for a living. He had always used Observation Haki to judge strength, but back then in the East Blue, nothing could threaten him.
After arriving at the Grand Line, he did sense it a few times, but sometimes he just couldn't avoid it.
The only time this happened was with the gorillas on Runaway Island; they didn't use Observation Haki to sense the specific strength of the attack.
Could this so-called 'Flame Master' also possess similar abilities?
"Bulu, bulu, bola..."
The Den Den Mushi on my wrist rang.
Kuro opened the lid, and Kuro's voice came from inside.
"Mr. Kuro, the clearing of Areas 10 and 20 is almost complete. A large number of criminals have entered Area 0. Can we launch the final assault now?"
"Oh? That's pretty fast."
Kuro thought for a moment and nodded, "Once I get there, I'll have all the Marines stationed at Connection 0 launch a full-scale attack. We need to clear out Area 0 today."
"yes!"
Having received Kuro's reply, Kuro hung up the phone, downed his drink in one gulp, stood up, and said to Shakky:
"When your old man comes back, tell him that he should just enjoy his retirement and live out his remaining years properly. He should save up enough for his own funeral and not try to cause any more trouble. He won't be able to stay in Chambord."
"I will definitely bring it," Xia Qi said with a smile.
"They're gone."
Kuro pushed open the bar door, waved his hand, and walked out.
Shakky watched Kuro leave with a smile, then picked up two empty glasses from the bar and began to wash them. As she washed, her hand suddenly trembled, and the glasses fell from her hand and shattered with a 'crack'.
She stared at the shards on the ground, squatted down, and picked them up one by one, smiling wryly. "I don't know if it looks like a lion or a dragon. It's terrifying, that young navy man. Little Monkey, will he really be able to set off smoothly from here in the future?"
"You seem to know that woman quite well?"
From the outside, Lida looked at Kuro warily.
"Shakky, well, she's an old pirate. She quit forty years ago and is now a normal person. But her husband has a grudge against me. You've met him."
Kuro, with a cigar in his mouth, said as he walked, "Last year in Sabaody, he almost killed me with a single sword strike."
"Hades?" Lida's eyes widened in surprise. "Was that Hades' wife? Forty years ago..."
She turned around and looked at the bar entrance. "You can't tell her age at all. I'm so envious."
"You envy her? Stop joking. I heard you say that your original body hasn't grown since you were sixteen, right? Your Devil Fruit ability would make a lot of women envious." Kuro chuckled.
"That's different."
A hint of wariness flashed in Lida's eyes. "In short, you're not allowed to interact with this woman anymore. I hate her."
That woman is Rayleigh's wife. Isn't that a married woman? No matter how old she is, a married woman is no good!
Kuro shrugged: "Fine, fine, you decide. Why would I bother looking for her? She's an old woman in her sixties."
Auntie, hello! Auntie, wonderful! Do you have money in your pocket?
Are you kidding me?
Starting from 13GR, the two quickly arrived at the connection point between area 10 and area 0.
This Zone 0 has no GR classification, and the World Government has never specifically explored it before because it is too deep.
At the bridge's port, Crowe was already waiting there with a group of naval personnel.
"Mr. Kuro, there's something I need to discuss."
Upon seeing Kuro approach, Kuro quickly said, "A group of people just entered Area 0 from Area 20."
"Um?"
Kuro frowned: "Didn't I tell everyone to stay home? What's going on?"
"It was that Celestial Dragon named Charlos. Colonel Massey led him and a group of people from Area 20, and the Navy there didn't dare to stop them."
Kro adjusted his glasses. "I just got the news too."
Kuro was taken aback: "Who? That scumbag, that deadbeat? Didn't he go back to Mary Geoise?"
"I don't know... but according to the Navy's report, there was another man with Charlos, who seemed to be the original owner of the auction house. He was talking about slaves, and they went in together."
"Really..."
Kuro rubbed his temples, a headache throbbing. "Fine, let's launch the final assault as planned. Let those idiots who haven't learned their lesson experience what danger is like inside. Do they really think the Navy is their father?"
"yes!"
Kro responded, picked up the Den Den Mushi, and shouted, "Now, launch the all-out attack!"
The navy guards at the major entrances moved in unison, carrying knives and guns, and jogged forward to the other side of the bridge.
Although Area 0 is a primeval forest composed of mangrove trees, Kuro has enough resources. With three thousand marines conducting a thorough search, if they still can't find anything, it's not that Kuro is incompetent, but that these marine idiots really need to go back and be reformed.
...
Inside the primeval forest of Zone 0, treehouses sit atop giant mangrove trees. Beneath the treehouses, two groups of people confront each other. Bullet holes and fallen bodies are scattered on the ground. The people's clothes are casual, all patched up, and they wear shoes made primarily of tree bark. Their hair is long and haphazardly tied with tree tendons, suggesting they are local indigenous people.
However, these indigenous people all had broken shackles on their hands or feet.
The composition on the other side is rather strange.
Leading the way was a group of pirates wearing headscarves and various clothes, carrying knives and guns.
Beside the pirates stood a group of upright marines, led by the tall Captain Massey.
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