Pirate: I have a Hollow living inside me!

"A Logia-type Devil Fruit user, a user of Conqueror's Haki, how could someone like you appear in the East Blue..."

Daritz stared at Ace with a sinister gaze, also taken aback by the other's potential.

"With such talent and potential, keeping you around would only bring trouble. You're just unlucky to have met me!"

This kind of person absolutely cannot be left unchecked, otherwise the threat would be too great.

Since they are already enemies, we must eliminate them as soon as possible, or at the very least, imprison them in Impel Down!

then.

Daritz glanced at Rocks and Bucky, who had withstood Conqueror's Haki, and coldly ordered Smoker, "Colonel Smoker, you handle the other two criminals. Don't let them get away!"

"The other two?"

Smoker paused for a moment.

Only four people were able to remain conscious after being overwhelmed by Conqueror's Haki...

Taking a deep breath, Smoker reminded him, "Major General Daritz, the other one is just a bounty hunter, not a criminal..."

"It may not be now, but it might be in the future!"

Daritz interrupted Smoker with a cold laugh, saying in a tone of someone who had been there, "Quite a few people have gone from bounty hunters to pirates."

He glanced at Rocks, his tone cold and indifferent: "A bounty hunter who stands idly by while the Navy is attacked has no sense of justice. Sooner or later, he will become a pirate who wreaks havoc on the region!"

"Only by making early arrests can we completely eliminate potential threats!"

"But……"

Smoker wanted to say something more.

Daritz interrupted again, his tone turning cold: "I am the officer in charge here now, Colonel Smoker. Do you intend to disobey my orders?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Smoker remained silent for two seconds.

He then took a deep breath, his tone no longer respectful: "I'm sorry, Colonel Daritz, but this goes against my principles of justice!"

He was a troublemaker in the navy, acting independently and defying discipline.

I will directly refuse unreasonable orders from my superiors.

Otherwise, given his abilities and strength, he wouldn't have been dispatched to the East China Sea...

"If the other party is a criminal, I will do everything in my power to arrest them!"

Smoker's tone was cold and uncompromising, showing no leniency: "But the other party is not a criminal. I cannot take action against a civilian based on your side of the story. I am sorry, but I cannot carry out this order!"

Chapter 49 The threat of the weak is negligible!

"Very good! As expected of the 'mad dog' of the navy, you dare to disobey my orders?"

Upon hearing Smoker's words, Daritz's already sinister gaze turned even colder: "Do you know what you're doing?"

How dare a mere naval colonel openly defy the orders of a rear admiral like him?

This made him feel that his authority had been challenged!

An unnamed fire welled up inside me...

"You can complain to your superiors, but I will not obey your orders. I will only do what I believe is right!"

Smoker gave a nonchalant reply.

Too lazy to pay any more attention to the other party, he turned into smoke and charged straight at Ace.

There is one thing Dalitz is right about.

This Logia-type Devil Fruit user has displayed such talent and strength, so we cannot let them leave. We must nip the threat in the bud...

As for the person defined as a criminal by Daritz, given his strength... even if he is not a match for a Navy Rear Admiral, he should be able to escape, right?

He was only a colonel and could not interfere with the actions of a major general.

Let's just hope this person can escape successfully...

"Heh heh heh, what an unruly fellow..."

Seeing Smoker ignoring his orders, a fierce killing intent flashed in Daritz's eyes: "Disobeying orders from your superiors, you've already committed suicide..."

He harbored murderous intent towards his colleague, Smoker.

A person who would rush to the East China Sea for his own "personal matters" in an attempt to find the culprit who shattered his future "respectable" life is certainly not a magnanimous person.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they're vengeful!

Smoker's offense was seen by him as a provocation, a challenge to his authority as a Rear Admiral of the Navy Headquarters.

Those who provoke his authority will pay the price!

"It's really strange, why do I always seem to run into you scum of the Navy?"

Rocks' Observation Haki allows him to sense changes in emotions, and he actually sensed that the Marine Rear Admiral harbored a murderous intent towards Smoker...

That's outrageous.

For such a trivial matter, this rear admiral actually wanted to kill Smoker?

This truly opened Rox's eyes!

"You must be a hawk in the Navy, right? And a very extreme one at that. The Navy is really unlucky to have people like you around..."

Rocks figured it out.

He keeps talking about eliminating potential threats; with such an extreme personality, he's definitely the most hawkish of the naval hawks...

Rocks doesn't comment on the actions of certain naval forces, but he won't pretend he didn't see it if someone tried to impose such actions on him...

"You can remain so calm in front of me."

Daritz's sinister gaze swept over, taking in Lockes from head to toe.

A cold smile appeared on his lips: "Looks like a criminal who is very confident in his abilities and is extremely vicious."

Lox shook his head: "Why do you people always label ordinary people as criminals? What good does it do you?"

"Hahaha, any benefits? Of course not!"

Dalitz smiled.

His smile, however, looked extremely malicious and sinister: "But isn't this quite interesting?"

"It feels wonderful to see you lowly ants whose fates are decided by a single word, to be able to decide someone's life or death with just one sentence!"

Daritz's smile vanished, replaced by an arrogant demeanor: "And I possess this power, so why shouldn't I use it? It's my due!"

“You’re not only a naval hawk, you’re also a psychopath…”

Lockes clicked his tongue.

I didn't show any emotional change because of the other party's remarks.

He had heard even more outrageous things about surfing the internet in his past life...

I thought he was just an extreme hawk, but I never expected him to be a twisted psychopath.

Once again, Rocks witnessed the diversity of humanity...

Rocks said calmly, "But is it really appropriate for a lawful and righteous Marine to say such things? Anyone who didn't know better would think you were a Celestial Dragon, a world noble."

Daritz grinned menacingly: "There's nothing wrong with saying this, because all of you are going to die here today!"

everyone...

This also includes the navy.

As long as he keeps his hands clean, no one will be able to trace it back to him.

He was very experienced at this kind of thing; it wasn't the first time he'd done it!

"Are you angry? Resentful? Do you feel that as a member of the Navy, you must do the right thing?"

Daritz replied matter-of-factly, "Wrong! It's not that I'm required to do righteous things just because I'm in the Navy; it's that I'm in the Navy, so what I do is righteous!"

'Pat pat pat...'

Rocks couldn't help but applaud: "So having people like you in the Navy is the worst luck imaginable."

“You are different from some of the people I’ve met. Those people, upon hearing what I’m saying, would show anger and indignation on their faces…”

Daritz looked at Lox and said coldly, "Why don't you have any?"

"You should be just as angry and indignant as those people, then attack me with your meager strength, and finally die in despair at my hands!"

"What's there to get angry about when you see an idiot proclaiming what he considers to be principles?"

Rocks chuckled: "Even the red-nosed clown in the circus isn't as ridiculous as you."

"Besides showing me the diversity of humanity and thinking you're an idiot, I have no other feelings."

What are your thoughts on this?

Will it make him angry?

Don't be silly, he's not a three-year-old.

These words couldn't even stir his emotions.

It would only make him laugh; in his eyes, the other person was no different from an idiot...

"Hehe...You like to laugh, don't you?"

Daritz's forehead veins throbbed; he was clearly furious at Lox's words...

He licked his lips, a sickly smile spreading across his face that sent chills down one's spine, his voice even more icy: "I hope you can still be smiling so happily later!"

"I will not only kill you in the most cruel way, but I will also find your family, friends, and anyone connected to you, and they will all die because of you..."

"What you said is just as ridiculous as your stupid remarks just now."

Lockes calmly counted on one hand, "The threat of the weak is negligible; it only makes you look more like a clown. You deserve that red nose of that guy over there."

Bucky the Clown: "..."