Chapter 43

"I keep feeling that Vice Admiral Kapu is probably exaggerating."

"I think so too."

"..."

Everyone spoke at once.

Under the curious gazes of the many Marines.

Damus's throat went dry, and in a trembling voice he spoke the truth: "What Vice Admiral Kapu just said is the truth! The White Ostrich Pirate Crew was really and truly wiped out single-handedly by a four-year-old child!"

The words fell.

The entire venue fell dead silent.

A moment later,

The atmosphere was instantly ignited in an all-out explosion!

The entire venue shook!

"Wh-what?!"

"The White Ostrich Pirate Crew was really wiped out by a four-year-old child?"

"Holy crap? How is that possible?"

"Looking across the entire East Sea, the White Ostrich Pirate Crew is one of the strongest pirate crews, and the total bounty on them reaches as high as twenty million Berries."

"Their captain, White Ostrich Kukali, carries a bounty of eleven million Berries, as a user of a Zoan-type Devil Fruit."

"Such a powerful pirate crew was actually completely annihilated by a four-year-old pirate?!"

"My heavens!"

"That four-year-old boy named Lu En just now — what on earth kind of monster is he?!"

With a piece of news Damus brought from the prison, the atmosphere over at the port was forcefully set ablaze.

Leaving every Marine at the port deeply shaken.

Damus's mood looked exceedingly bitter: "So in the end, all my decades of hard training amount to less than a four-year-old kid?"

This day.

The East Sea Marine branch base fortress welcomed an unprecedented, earth-shaking sensation.

East Sea Marine base fortress.

Office.

Luo Site returned to his own office with a heart full of shock.

Forcefully suppressing his violently churning emotions, he slowly picked up the Den Den Mushi placed at the corner of the desk, held it to his ear, and dialed through.

Bulu bulu~

The Den Den Mushi's distinctive sound echoed through the spacious office.

Finally—

The Den Den Mushi connected.

"Luo Site? This is Kong. Did something happen over in the East Sea?"

A voice brimming with authority came from the Den Den Mushi, hovering and buzzing by Luo Site's ear.

He knew.

On the other end of the Den Den Mushi was none other than Marine Headquarters Fleet Admiral Kong!

The Marines' supreme commander!

"Fleet Admiral Kong, this subordinate has a very important matter to report to you."

Luo Site drew a deep breath, yet his shaken heart still could not calm down.

"What is it?"

Kong asked.

"Today, Vice Admiral Kapu brought a pirate ship and a group of pirates to the East Sea base fortress for imprisonment. It was a pirate crew with a total bounty of twenty million Berries."

Luo Site slowly began.

"Just this? Such a small matter shouldn't warrant you contacting me personally, should it?"

Regarding Vice Admiral Kapu being in his hometown of the East Sea, Fleet Admiral Kong naturally knew full well.

Besides,

A mere pirate crew with a twenty-million Berry bounty being taken down by Kapu — wasn't that the most ordinary thing imaginable?

Therefore.

Luo Site coming to disturb him in such a big way today left Kong thoroughly puzzled and confused from start to finish.

"But..."

"That pirate crew wasn't taken down by Vice Admiral Kapu."

"It was Vice Admiral Kapu's grandson."

"A child only four years old!"

"Single-handedly, by his own power alone, he wiped out a pirate crew with a total bounty of twenty million Berries!"

Luo Site began to state the facts as they were.

The voice fell.

He could keenly perceive.

Fleet Admiral Kong on the other end of the Den Den Mushi, his breathing had begun to grow somewhat disordered.

"Wh-what did you say?!"

"Kapu's grandson?"

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