Chapter 314: Deserter

The rear town of Marineford.

"Go back."

Akainu, who had just defected Scully and was preparing to return to his post, stared coldly at the deserter before him.

"General, I don't want to die—I have a wife and children waiting for me at home. Please, spare me."

The naval deserter pleaded desperately before Akainu.

Facing the naval man's plea, Akainu spoke indifferently:

"Go back!"

Thud!

The naval soldier knelt before Akainu and pleaded again: "General, please spare me—I have parents, wife, and children at home. I don't want to die here..."

Seeing the naval soldier before him, Akainu fell silent for a moment, then spoke coldly:

"Precisely because they exist, you must return. If a naval officer chooses to flee when facing pirates, who will protect your parents, wife, and children?"

"Once you've donned the naval uniform and draped yourself in the cloak of justice, you must be prepared to sacrifice."

With those words, magma surged over Akainu's body, instantly burying and melting the naval soldier before him.

"I will remember you as having died in battle."

After glancing at the melted remains of the naval soldier, Akainu turned and rushed toward the battlefield.

There, Whitebeard—the monster—awaited him.

At a distant corner, Koby and Buggy, who had witnessed the scene, scrambled to hide, preparing to sneak away.

But just as the two took a few steps, Sister Tina, clad in pale red naval uniform and smoking a thin cigarette, stood before them, expressionless.

Behind Sister Tina followed Averandela and several others.

Although Sister Tina was Lin Yu's liaison officer, she was also preparing to enter the battlefield.

As a Colonel of the Navy, she had no intention of watching comrades die while hiding behind the front lines.

As disciples of Vice Admiral Karp, Koby and Buggy were naturally known to her, Sister Tina.

Yet she never imagined the two would become deserters.

In Sister Tina's eyes, their shameful act was an insult to Vice Admiral Karp!

Color Trap · Passivity!

Miss Huang Jinzhou, seated in Averandela's cleavage, launched the first attack, immobilizing Koby and Buggy.

Shave!

Thud! Thud!

Sister Tina appeared instantly behind Koby and Buggy, delivering two swift kicks with her long legs, sending them flying.

Averandela, now a giant, caught the two thrown by Sister Tina, gripped their necks, and twisted without expression.

Crack!

Koby and Buggy's necks were snapped instantly by Averandela's monstrous strength, dying on the spot.

With a disgusted glance at the two corpses casually discarded by Averandela, Sister Tina and the others turned and left for the battlefield.

As they walked, Sister Tina mentally grumbled: Another bet lost with Lin Yu—now the swimsuit punishment is definitely unavoidable...

Within the alternate dimension.

【Ding! Killed naval soldier Koby...】

【Ding! Killed naval soldier Buggy...】

Seeing the sudden prompt before him, Lin Yu smiled.

Koby and Buggy really did become deserters.

Although Lin Yu was not a naval officer, he found their desertion deeply repulsive.