Chapter 84: Executing Onigumo [Requesting First Subscription]

People in the distance, whether civilians or pirates, watched this scene.

For a moment, all were shocked into speechlessness.

After all, from the moment Onigumo strode onto the square with an imposing aura, a cigar clamped in his jaws,

until now, where Siano held him gripped in his hand like a small chicken, the entire process had taken less than half an hour.

Less than half an hour...

In such a short time, he had defeated a Vice Admiral of Marine Headquarters?

Was this still the East Blue?

"Gah, g-gah..."

Siano remained expressionless, his Hukou tightening ever more, while Onigumo's breathing grew increasingly labored and rapid.

He naturally bore injuries himself; the fierce physical clash just now, the method of meeting force with force, made it nearly impossible to avoid leaving wounds on the body.

But compared to Onigumo, who was covered in scars and looked as wretched as a dying dog, this amount was simply nothing.

Just as he had declared moments ago.

Strength, speed, martial arts, Haki, even Life Return... in every single aspect, he surpassed Onigumo by a little, but combined together, in actual combat, it amounted to an all-around crushing dominance!

Enough to allow him, within this brief half-hour, to turn advantage into victory and completely crush his opponent!

"Let go of Mr. Onigumo!!!"

An angry roar suddenly erupted from the distance.

It came from four Rear Admirals of Headquarters, led by Hound; seeing the critical situation, they no longer cared about Onigumo's previous instructions, all stepping onto the square using Moon Walk.

Each drew their sword and attacked, rushing from different angles to strike Siano, who stood in the center of the square, in a pincer assault!

Siano glanced up briefly and paid them no heed.

Just as when he first appeared.

Behind him, four figures had already swooped out in a flash, each intercepting one of the Rear Admirals.

"Hey, don't cause trouble for our Captain," Zeff said with a grin, removing his white hood for the first time, while simultaneously delivering a vicious kick toward Hound.

"That's right, this isn't your place to interfere!" Sister Sister Guyina drew Wado Ichimonji, her blade clashing thunderously with the sword of the Rear Admiral on the east side.

"And you too!" Nojiko donned metal knuckles, slamming a fist into the chest of the sole female Rear Admiral.

"Awooo—!" Ah Yin also threw back his head and howled; he didn't care either, feeling something was missing if he didn't join in the howling.

Clang! Clang! Clang!!

Figures flashed in mid-air, and the sound of metal striking metal rang out continuously.

Sister Sister Guyina and Ah Yin quickly gained the upper hand, while Zeff and Hound, the strongest among these Rear Admirals, were nearly evenly matched.

Nojiko, however, was slightly inferior to her opponent in every aspect, suffering a minor disadvantage.

But regardless of how the battle unfolded,

the moment the four Rear Admirals breached the edge of the square, they were all intercepted, plunged into bitter struggle, and completely unable to break through the defensive line to get even an inch closer to Onigumo.

Several Captain officers also tried to rush over to help, but from somewhere unknown, a wall of fire suddenly erupted, roaring as it formed a ring, sealing them inside.

"... L-let me go first."

Onigumo knew he could not count on these subordinates; staring into Siano's eyes, he squeezed a hoarse voice from his throat:

"Let... let today's matters end here. Rest assured, as long as you release me, Marine Headquarters will overlook all your crimes..."

"Overlook our crimes?"

Siano's eyebrow twitched; he was almost laughed into anger.

This bastard, accustomed to looking down on others, didn't even know how to beg for mercy properly!

He looked at Onigumo as if viewing a Bai Chi, "Only when you can't win do you know to say such things. When you were putting on that high-and-mighty face earlier, did you ever consider showing us any mercy?"

"Get over here!"

Siano's Hukou suddenly tightened, dragging Onigumo's body through a pool of water as he strode toward the front of the square.

The pirates gathered in the middle all retreated to both sides in awe.

As for the ordinary civilians, most had long shrunk into the corners, their eyes filled with anger and hatred as they looked at Onigumo.

Riiip—

The back of Onigumo's head slammed heavily against the steps of the execution platform; Siano simply dragged him up the stairs, and in Onigumo's clouded pupils was reflected everything seen along the way—

The shattered square, shops on both sides collapsed by cannon fire, residential houses with collapsed beams, and civilians lying by walls with grievous injuries.

In a corner, there seemed to be half a baby's swaddling clothes, fluttering amidst the ruins...

In the blink of an eye, they had arrived atop the execution platform.

"Did you see clearly?"

Thud! Siano grabbed Onigumo by the hair and pressed his face against it, "Did you see clearly or not! Answer me!!!"

"Let me go..."

Onigumo gritted his teeth and desperately strained his head upward, but inadvertently catching sight of the scene directly in front of the execution platform, his pupils contracted sharply.

Wrong! What the Pirate King Roger saw before his death was clearly this exact perspective he now held.

What is he trying to do?

What does this black-haired brat intend to do?!

Does he really dare to kill?!

Rumble—

Amidst the pouring rain, Lei Guang tore through the gloomy sky, illuminating the two confronting faces on the execution platform.

"Are you mad? Daring to kill a Vice Admiral of Headquarters, do you know what you will face? Do you intend to willingly degrade yourself into a pirate, thereby facing endless pursuit from Marine Headquarters?!"

Onigumo roared in fury.

The six spider-spear-like braids at the back of his head suddenly thrashed wildly backward, yet he still could not break free from those five fingers, hot as branding irons.

"It seems you truly failed to see clearly."

Siano paid this threat no heed, merely shaking his head slightly as his right hand poured in ever greater force:

"Of course; an extremist who does not even value the lives of his subordinates—how could one expect you to feel any remorse for the suffering of the people you yourself caused..."

"... to have a heart of repentance!"

Crack!

A crisp sound of shattering bones suddenly rang out, drowning all the clamor.

Onigumo's twisted neck suddenly drooped at a bizarre angle; the light in his pupils gradually scattered, and the six spider-arms behind his head, after stiffening for a moment, crashed heavily to the ground.

The entire plaza instantly fell into an eerie silence.

Countless gazes focused incredulously upon the area above the execution platform.

He really killed him...

He really just killed him!!!

Since Gol D. Roger died here eighteen years ago, the execution platform of Loguetown finally had a second person executed upon this high dais, in full view of the public!

And it was none other than a full-fledged Vice Admiral of Marine Headquarters!

In the distance.

Upon witnessing this scene, the four Rear Admirals all froze in place, utterly unable to believe their eyes.

Momentarily dazed and losing their will to fight, they were easily subdued by Sister Sister Guyina and the others.

"We'll spare your lives for now; how to deal with you is up to the Captain!" Zeff clicked his tongue, disarmed them, bound them, and kicked each one unconscious.

Around the plaza.

The common folk, who had been cowering in corners and houses, still looked up, staring blankly at the execution platform, unable for a long time to recover from this shocking scene.

It was the pirates gathered in the very center who, as if injected with chicken blood, were the first to excitedly raise their arms and roar.

"—Ooooooooh!!!"

(End of Chapter)