The most courageous pirate hunter

This guy is insane!

They were chasing after this little pirate with 50 million Berries.

Neuropathy.

Hermes, standing to the side, remained solemn and did not make any rash moves.

If the other party misunderstands, they could easily kill you.

Hermes had a clear understanding of himself; with his current strength, if Kuzan attacked him, he would be instantly killed.

Thankfully, it wasn't that Sakazuki guy I ran into.

Besides, he's not a pirate. Strictly speaking, pirate hunters and the Navy are still in a cooperative relationship, so given Kuzan's personality, he probably wouldn't lay a hand on him.

However, some of the strongest characters in the world of One Piece are a bit mentally unstable. If one of them suddenly goes crazy and tries to attack him, then he can only fight back and try to escape.

Don't even think about fighting them.

The gap is really too big.

"Ah, giraffe Ent, are you coming with me yourself, or should I force you to leave?"

Kuzan glanced at Hermes, as if mentally matching the bounty.

to be frank.

He didn't remember many pirates with a bounty of less than 100 million, and it was only by chance that he knew about the character Ent the Giraffe. As for why he kept pursuing him, it was because it was on his way.

After completing his mission, he prepared to return to Marineford.

Who would have thought they'd run into the Giraffe Pirates? And since this direction was convenient, they figured they might as well take them out. After all, none of the three monstrous vice admirals of the Navy had escaped their clutches in recent years.

Kuzan doesn't want to break this record yet.

Openly or secretly, he, Borsalino, and Sakazuki are all vying for power; this is an open secret.

All I can say is that the giraffe was very unlucky.

This is the current state of the pirate world: the weak are merely objects of casual dealing or whim for the strong, whose life and death are entirely in the hands of the strong.

"Kuzan, you've gone too far."

"I didn't provoke you."

Ent felt deeply humiliated.

If you keep backing down while the other party keeps pressing you, anyone would get angry.

He wanted to see if the other party was as powerful as the rumors suggested.

Oh shit.

As a man, and a man who cares about his reputation, Giraffe Ent is going all out today.

"Men, move out!"

Seeing Kuzan yawning and looking like he hadn't woken up yet, Ent roared and gave the order. He knew that the other party was determined to take him down, so today it was either the other party's death or his own.

The giraffe pirates, who had been guarding against Hermes, launched an attack on Kuzan.

shhhhhh! ! !

Bullets pierced the air, but when they hit Kuzan, they only splashed up ice shards. Some bullets passed right through him, while others were frozen and had no effect whatsoever.

So this is a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, immune to most physical attacks?

Without Armament Haki or elemental advantage, it has no effect on the opponent at all. For someone who doesn't know Armament Haki, encountering such an opponent is nothing but despair.

"go to hell!"

Seeing that his men's attacks were ineffective, Ent roared and charged towards Kuzan.

In Hermes' view, Ent was undoubtedly foolish, but anyone who knew they couldn't escape would probably fight back.

Even if you can't defeat your opponent, you should still take a piece of their flesh.

All original sins are too weak.

Despite Ent's furious attack, Kuzan remained seated on his bicycle, showing no intention of moving. The moment Ent's hoof struck Kuzan's chest, he instantly turned into an ice sculpture.

The biting cold air spread around, causing the ground to freeze over. The cold air continued to spread unabated, freezing everything in its path.

"Run away."

"The captain is frozen."

"Help."

One by one, the giraffe pirates, their faces filled with terror, were frozen in various poses; it was an instant kill with no struggle.

Oh shit.

Hermes looked serious, but couldn't help cursing inwardly.

Because Kuzan's attack was indiscriminate, affecting an area of ​​over a hundred meters, and he happened to be within that range, even though Hermes dodged immediately, he was still entangled by the cold air, and his lower body was covered in ice.

To die, to die.

If you don't break free quickly, you'll turn into an ice sculpture, and you'll definitely end up in the Western Paradise. Even if you survive, you might end up paralyzed from the waist down.

Grass Mud Ma.

This is truly an undeserved disaster.

Only Armament Haki can resist the invasion of cold air.

Hermes desperately tried to sense that strange power, attempting to mobilize it to cover his entire body, even if it was just a thin layer, as it would be a lifeline.

Fortunately, his Armament Haki didn't fail him in that life-or-death moment.

In the instant he was completely frozen, Hermes confirmed that the strange power was Armament Haki.

three minutes.

Hermes was frozen for a full three minutes before the ice around him cracked and shattered, and he collapsed to the ground, shivering and radiating cold.

It is clear.

Hermes was able to break free only because Kuzan wasn't serious; the freezing temperature wasn't that low.

As for Kuzan, he's long gone.

The surrounding area had turned into a frozen wasteland, and the frozen pirates had all lost their lives. Once the ice melted, they would only be corpses.

"Almost."

Hermes felt completely drained.

If he hadn't just awakened Armament Haki, he would have been caught in the crossfire of Kuzan's attack and died an unexplained and unknown death.

Is this the sorrow of the weak?

The other party didn't pay any attention to such a small fry as him. Perhaps they saw him fighting with the giraffe Ent and mistook him for a pirate, or perhaps they were just accidentally caught in the crossfire.

But so what.

The death of an ant has absolutely no impact.

As a future admiral and now a renowned vice admiral, how could Kuzan not be arrogant? He may care a lot about ordinary people.

But those who can fight alongside the giraffe Ent are definitely not ordinary people.

Because civilians are unlikely to have much fighting power.

Even if he knew Hermes was a commoner, it was too late. Kuzan might apologize in his heart, and then forget about it in the blink of an eye.

In this world, no one, good or bad, is perfect; everyone has the blood of innocent people on their hands.

He shakily got up from the ground.

Hermes took a deep look at the scene. He did not hold a grudge against Kuzan, because it would be useless; the gap between the two sides was simply too great.

It's not that Hermes lacked temper; on the contrary, he was quite courageous.

Hermes knew that all of this was due to his own weakness, and if he were strong enough, the roles would be reversed.

So just holding a grudge is useless; you need to have the power to hold a grudge and the power to avenge that humiliation.

The most important thing now is to go back and take a hot bath.

My newly awakened Armament Haki is still too weak. Just keeping my life is the limit. If I don't dispel the cold energy in my body, I might develop a chronic illness.

I promise I won't be this weak next time we meet.

But he still wanted to say: Kuzan, you son of a bitch.

Hermes spat on the ground, then, with determined steps, gradually disappeared from the scene.

Twenty minutes later, Boom Wolf arrived at the scene with his men and was shocked to see the frozen scene.

He was a step too slow again.

However, it's good that this step was slow; if it had been faster, I might have gotten to the Western Paradise much faster.

The news that the entire Giraffe Pirates had perished and turned into ice sculptures spread rapidly throughout the capital and outwards to the surrounding areas.

Naturally.