Pirate: I was just slacking off, do you really think I'm bad?

"Hold me tight, Robin!"

Saul reminded Robin, who was on his back, to look at the warship in front of them, and a sense of sadness welled up in his heart.

Not long ago, he was still in the Navy, which symbolized justice, but unexpectedly, in just a few days, he had completely broken with the Navy.

But he doesn't regret it.

What he regrets is that he didn't find the justice he believed in sooner.

However, he understood the strength of the navy.

Although he had never seen the Buster Call, he was well aware of the strength of the five vice admirals. Whether it was Raleigh, Sakazuki, Borsalino, or Kuzan, they were all opponents he could handle.

Right now, he needs to break out before others notice and before they surround him.

Rumble!

Another barrage of shells struck Sauro's side.

The frightened little Robin clung tightly to Saul's clothes, clinging desperately to his back.

She couldn't cry because she had promised her mother before leaving that she would never cry.

With red eyes and clenched teeth, she could only try to encourage herself.

!

The artillery fire became increasingly fierce, and Sauro was caught off guard when a shell struck him squarely in the chest.

"Iron block!"

Saulo, who used the iron block in time, was not seriously injured.

However, this still caused a slight delay in his actions.

Kuzan stood on the boat, looking at his former friend with a complicated expression. He didn't know whether he should rush up and stop him.

If he could, he would rather knock Saul unconscious and let him be captured by the Navy. If Kuzan used all his connections, he could probably save Saul's life, at the cost of being imprisoned in Impel Down forever.

But Kuzan refused.

Because if he does that, Saul will hate Kuzan forever.

Sauro shook his head, squatted down, and said:

"Little Robin, get off me first."

"The warships ahead are too ferocious; I need to take them out."

Robin nodded, ran behind a hiding place, and Saul stretched his limbs, a simple and honest smile on his face. "Little Robin, just watch what I'm capable of!"

He then strode towards the warship not far from the shore. "He's coming!"

"Fire! Fire!"

The commander shouted, and all the artillerymen adjusted their positions, aiming at Sauro's tall figure.

Kuzan opened his mouth, but then lowered his head dejectedly.

He had no right to order the naval soldiers to stop what they were doing; otherwise, he would be disobeying military orders.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Saul charged toward the warship at an extremely fast speed. Most of the cannons were fired hastily before they could be adjusted, and a few were directly knocked away by Saul.

What if Robin gets hurt?

He jumped into the sea and grabbed the bottom of the warship with both hands.

The soldiers on the warship seemed to have drunk too much and lost their balance. Everyone was swaying and staggering on the deck, only able to grab onto anything fixed around them.

"Lieutenant General Sauro, it's us!"

Don't call him Vice Admiral Saul; he's not even fit to be a vice admiral in the navy!

"Sauro, you bastard, Kuzan will avenge us!!!"

Neither the soldiers' cries and curses could shake Sauro's resolve.

His strong arms lifted the hull of the warship with sheer force.

Whether you curse me or grieve for me, I am no longer the Sauro I once was.

I had no intention of being your enemy; I will not harm you as long as you retreat.

"But since you've blocked Robin and my escape route, I can only apologize."

Sauro said he was sorry, but there was no trace of apology on his face.

"rise!!!

"Sauro shouted loudly!"

Saul lifted this Buster Call-class warship up with his bare hands.

Countless naval soldiers who lost their footing fell into the sea from their warships, but Saullo ignored them and threw his warship far away.

Looking at the warship he had thrown far away, Saulo's face once again showed a simple and honest smile.

"You've gone too far, Saul!"

Kuzan, sporting a head of ramen-noodle hair and emanating a chilling aura, appeared before Saul.

"Freeze!"

Kuzan waved his hands, and an iceberg suddenly rose from the sea surface, growing upwards at an extremely rapid speed.

Just as the warship reached its highest point and was about to crash, an iceberg appeared at the bottom of the warship, firmly holding it aloft.

The naval soldiers who survived by sheer luck cursed Saul.

Among them were several naval soldiers who had narrowly escaped death, who ran to the cannons, intending to turn them around and blast Saul to death with a single shot.

That bastard Saul!!!

That damned thing, how dare he attack his former subordinate!!!

"I'm going to kill you, Saul!!!"

Kuzan, sensing the angry sailors on the warship with his Observation Haki, quickly spoke up to stop them.

Be quiet, everyone!

"The warship is very unstable right now. If we fire the cannons rashly, it could very well cause the warship to fall out of the sky."

Kuzan's voice jolted the soldiers, who had lost their minds in their rage.

They are not truly out of danger yet, and they must not act rashly at this moment.

When Sauro saw his friend, he wore a simple, honest smile.

"Kuzan, I didn't expect to see you again."

Neither of them expected that when they met again, they would be mortal enemies.

Kuzan was also furious:

"Sauro, I don't care what kind of influence you had, but do you know how many naval soldiers you just caused to die?!"

You bastard, those are our soldiers who have shared life and death with us.

"Even if you don't care about past relationships, he was still my subordinate, Kuzan. How are you any different from those vicious pirates who wantonly harm marines?"

Raleigh, who was not far from Kuzan, also had a very gloomy expression.

Because he rarely interacts with Kuzan, their relationship is quite strained.

But no general could tolerate such a scene!

To think they could eliminate so many naval soldiers at once is simply outrageous.

Raleigh angrily forced out a few words through his teeth:

"Damn it!!!"

Enel on the ship also looked extremely dangerous.

Because of his rapid improvement in strength and the fact that his personality was corrected by Raleigh, he became very popular in the Navy.

Enel recognized several naval soldiers on that warship.

"What the hell does this bastard think of the lives of navy soldiers?!"

"Even the most ruthless pirates aren't this bad, how dare he!"

Completely disregarding the consequences he might cause, he just shouts about upholding his own sense of justice—what an utter idiot!

"Brother Raleigh, I can't hold back anymore! I'm going to duel him!"

Raleigh nodded with a gloomy face and gave Enel instructions;

This guy can't die so easily.

"I want you captured alive! I want the world to know that betraying the Navy is not as easy as just dying!"

Upon hearing Raleigh nod, Enel's figure swiftly flew into the sky, sat on the Ark Maxim, and rushed towards Saul.

A thunderous crack resounded in the air, sending chills down the spines of everyone around.

"Everyone is on lifeboats; many soldiers who fell earlier still need rescue."

Raleigh stared blankly at the surging sea.

He didn't even think about such schemes; all he wanted now was for Saul to suffer a terrible death.

"The D Clan"

Raleigh originally didn't have any prejudice against the D. clan, but now he understands why the World Government hates the D. clan so much.

Because they never care about the so-called consequences of their actions.

They will do something if they unilaterally believe that it aligns with their own inner thoughts.

To this day, there isn't a single person in the D group that Raleigh knows who isn't disliked by him.

The only half is still Monkey D. Dragon, the revolutionary leader who led the people in their revolution.

The remaining Ds are Gol D. Roger, Monkey D. Garp, Portgas D. Rouge, and the one in front of him, Haguval D. Saul.

Fortunately, Garp was the only D among the Navy's high command; otherwise, Raleigh would have been worried that he might have launched the plan ahead of time because of his teammate's stupidity.

Raleigh recalled that carefree, smiling face from his memory, which made him feel disgusted with the entire D clan.

Rumble!

A thunderous sound, completely different from the cannon fire, suddenly broke into the battle.

A bolt of lightning struck Sauro directly in the back, causing him to involuntarily take half a step forward.

The smell of burning wafted from his back.

"Enel?"

Kuzan turned his head to look at Enel in the sky. Enel was covered in lightning and his eyes were cold as he looked down at Saul.

Saul glanced back at Robin, signaling with his eyes for her to run.

Enel had already arrived, and Saul knew that the Navy's most dazzling genius, Christian Rowley, must be watching the battlefield.

He recalled the rumors circulating in the Navy that if anyone was most likely to be promoted to admiral, it would be Christian Rowley.

Saul knew he had no chance of surviving against him, let alone with Enel and Kuzan added to the mix.

"Two spears made of ice!"

Kuzan's voice suddenly rang out behind him.

Then two long spears, emitting a chilling aura, pierced his arm.

Despite the excruciating pain, Sauro reached out and snapped the ice spear that was embedded in his body.

"Run, Robin!"

Upon hearing this, Little Robin glanced longingly at Saul's face before running away into the distance, weeping.

boom!

"Lei Ying!"

Upon discovering that Saul's movements were restricted, Enel decisively unleashed his attack.

The lightning bolt struck Sauro's body instantly.

"Aaaaaaahhhhhh!"

A painful scream rang out, but Saul continued to run forward despite Enel's attacks.

He would use the last of his life to help Robin escape the island that was about to be destroyed.

"Frozen Time Capsule."

Kuzan's icy aura struck Saul's legs, instantly freezing them. Losing his balance, Saul collapsed to the ground.

Kuzan stood beside Saulo, watching his former friend still crawling on the ground with his hands.

"Stop!"

"I told you to stop!!!"

Kuzan kicked Saul hard in the stomach, the intense pain causing Saul's body to contort. "Damn it, what do you take the Navy for?"

"What do you take me for? What do you take navy soldiers for?"

A comrade-in-arms who has fought side by side for years is worth less than someone you've only known for a few days? What's going on in your head?!

Sauro endured the pain and used the strength of his hands to pull himself up onto his back.

"Kuzan, do you really believe the Navy is righteous?"

They were just a group of unarmed scholars.

The world government treats everyone in the world like slaves, and we are the overseers managing these slaves.

They were merely trying to study those blank pages of history, yet they were seen as challenging the authority of the World Government and were subjected to the Buster Call, which indiscriminately slaughtered everyone.

"Do you know? The island wasn't just home to young scholars, but also to newborn babies and elderly people who may have never left Ohara in their entire lives, yet they were indiscriminately wiped out because of this incident."

"Do you really think this is the right thing to do?"

Kuzan's eyes were hidden behind sunglasses, and no one knew what he was thinking.

The Navy is a subordinate agency of the World Government, so it is perfectly correct for it to obey the World Government's orders.

Moreover, the Five Elders did give the scholars a chance. All they had to do was hand over the scholars researching the Void Century, burn all materials related to the Void Century, and never research it again after the initial warning.

"They refused themselves, so why blame the Navy for not upholding justice?"

Suddenly, the distant roar and towering flames caught the attention of Kuzan and the others.

They stared in disbelief at the fireball raging on the distant sea.

If I remember correctly, that ship should be a refugee ship!

But

But why did it turn into a burning fireball?

Who launched the attack?

The four people looked at the warship not far from the refugee ship.

"Why—why!"

"Who ordered the firing on the refugee ship?!"

"It's...it's Vice Admiral Sakazuki's warship!!!"

Kuzan, Enel, and Saul on the ground were all shocked by this scene. Even Robin, who had been running away, stood there dumbfounded, knowing that this scene would become a nightmare for the rest of her life.

Raleigh's lips curled up slightly; he truly hadn't expected the plot to have a fix function.

Saul ultimately sided with Kuzan, while Sakazuki eventually ordered the evacuation ships to be bombarded.

A glint of light flashed in Sengoku's eyes as he looked at the refugee ship engulfed in flames.

He had considered that Sakazuki would bombard the refugee ship, but he hadn't expected that Sakazuki would hesitate in the slightest in this matter.

Sengoku originally thought that he would need to give Sakazuki an order to see this scene.

On the warship, a brigadier general stared blankly at the scene and couldn't help but say:

"Isn't this going too far?"

His response was a merciless slap from the Warring States period.

Snapped!

The brigadier general blushed and covered his cheeks, too ashamed to speak.

The Warring States period slowly began to speak:

"The Buster Call is to completely eliminate all people and things in an area that pose a threat to the government's rule."

Sengoku sighed and said, "Everyone on Ohara Island was already dead the moment the Buster Call was launched."

"The refugee boats provided by the government are just a cover-up; they don't want to take the blame for the massacre on themselves."

"So they passed the problem on to the navy; the refugee ships definitely needed to be dealt with."

But whoever ordered the attack on the refugee ships, it would be a stain on their record for life. The government arranged for the refugee ships to be used to downplay the stain of the massacre of O'Hara.

Sengoku closed his eyes, regaining his composure as the Great General of the Immortal Stone.

Starting tomorrow, Sakazuki will be condemned by the whole world, but none of the soldiers and officers carrying out their missions on the high seas today have the right to condemn him!!!