Recruit Luffy at the start and build the strongest navy.

The expressions on everyone's faces changed instantly, and then they all turned their heads to look in a certain direction.

What came into view was an incredibly handsome black-haired boy, exuding an aloof aura.

The group was momentarily stunned, feeling that the face opposite them seemed strangely familiar.

The next moment, they all made the same move in unison, turning their gazes toward the newspaper in Kin'emon's hand.

After glancing at it twice, he looked up at the front again, then looked at the newspaper, and finally looked ahead again.

"Kyle!!!"

The five of them shouted at the same time, their bodies instinctively taking several steps back, their faces filled with extreme horror, their eyes staring incredulously at Kyle in front of them.

Although the Kyle in front of me looks slightly different from the Kyle in the newspaper, it's only a little bit; the Kyle in front of me looks a little more mature.

Therefore, everyone could recognize Kyle's identity immediately without any doubt.

The hearts of the group pounded violently. The person they had just been discussing had suddenly appeared in front of them.

Anyone would be shocked by this, right?

Moreover, Kyle's strength far surpasses theirs. If their opponent were not strong, they wouldn't be so panicked.

But when the opponent's strength completely overwhelms them, they can't help but panic.

Who knows if Kyle is a friend or foe?

If they were enemies, they...

Gudong!

Kin'emon's Adam's apple bobbed slightly as he swallowed, his gaze fixed intently on Kyle, and he asked:

"Kyle, why are you here? What is your purpose?"

"My purpose?"

Kyle murmured softly, a faint smile appearing on his lips. His gaze swept over Kin'emon and landed on Momonosuke behind him.

The moment Momonosuke met Kyle's gaze, his face turned pale, and a layer of cold sweat seeped from his forehead. His legs trembled uncontrollably, and he stumbled and fell to the ground.

"Hehehe!!!"

Momonosuke suddenly gasped for breath and screamed, his voice filled with deep fear.

"Ah, don't kill me, don't kill me!!"

"Please don't kill me!!"

"I don't want to die! I don't want to die!!!"

!!!

Momonosuke's sudden change startled everyone else.

"Lord Momonosuke, what's wrong?!"

Kin'emon shouted in panic.

But Momonosuke showed no sign of answering him, continuing to tremble on the ground, his hands covering his head, repeatedly screaming in terror:

"Don't kill me! Don't kill me!!"

"Momonosuke-sama! Momonosuke-sama..."

Kin'emon called out several more times, but Momonosuke only kept repeating the words "Don't kill me."

Seeing that there was no way to break through Momonosuke's defenses, Kin'emon immediately turned his gaze to Kyle not far away, glaring at Kyle with immense anger and shouting:

"Kyle, what have you done? Why is Momonosuke-sama like this...?"

Before Kin'emon could finish speaking, his pupils suddenly contracted as a gust of wind slapped his face, followed by a fist that seemed to grow larger and larger in his field of vision.

bang——

A dull thud followed, and a powerful force erupted from Kyle's fist, causing Kin'emon's body to be drawn into an arc and sent flying backward at an incredible speed.

This unexpected scene startled the others, but before they could react, a dazzling purple light entered their eyes.

boom--

Purple lightning erupted instantly, and crackling sounds filled the surroundings. As the noise gradually subsided, the other three Kanjuro were turned into human-shaped charcoal, with plumes of black smoke constantly rising from their bodies, and the smell of roasted meat spreading all around.

The dull thuds of them landing came almost simultaneously, and they were now three corpses, devoid of any life.

Kyle didn't want to waste time talking to them, so he figured he might as well just send them down as soon as possible.

To save myself the trouble of bothering him later!

Even if it's just a bug, it can be really bothersome if it keeps bothering you, like a mosquito bothering you while you're sleeping.

So to prevent this from happening, just kill the bugs as soon as possible.

As for why Kyle wouldn't give these guys a chance, it's because of their Momonosuke-sama!

As the saying goes, "Hate the house because of the crows!"

If Momonosuke disgusts him so much, then these retainers of the Kozuki family must also disgust him just as much, so there's nothing more to say about them.

After doing all this, Kyle finally turned his gaze to Momonosuke on the ground, his eyes indifferent and his voice cold.

"How long are you going to keep up this act?!"

Kyle didn't use any special methods on Momonosuke when he glanced at him just now.

and so--

Momonosuke's pathetic state has absolutely nothing to do with him, so he won't take the blame. Do we still need to guess what the real situation is?

It's nothing more than this guy putting on a show for himself.

"What? You think that by putting on a child's appearance and pretending to be insane, you can make me feel pity?"

"Don't tell me you're faking it. Even if you really are insane, I still won't show you any mercy!"

Kyle spoke again, his tone tinged with a hint of sarcasm.

Momonosuke's actions would have been completely ineffective against any even slightly brutal pirate.

It was Kaido who underestimated the strength of the remnants of the Kozuki family, which ultimately allowed Momonosuke to escape.

He won't be like that stupid guy!

With that in mind, Kyle slowly walked up to Momonosuke, grabbed him by the neck, and lifted him up.

Uh, um, cough cough cough...

In an instant, Momonosuke's face turned bright red, his body struggled violently, and veins bulged on his forehead.

This time he wasn't faking it; Kyle really did pinch him.

Kyle looked at Momonosuke with indifferent eyes and said:

"Even though you don't know me, that doesn't stop me from getting to know you, and I absolutely hate you!"

"There was a time when you were the person I hated most in the world. Although you were eventually dethroned, it wasn't because you became less disgusting; it was simply because someone even more disgusting took your place!"

"In other words, you're just as disgusting!"

"So, for you, I'm going to give you a death unlike any other!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kyle threw Momonosuke into the sky, and in the blink of an eye, Momonosuke was dozens of meters in the air.

Kyle raised his hand, and a purple sphere appeared in his palm. The color of this purple lightning sphere was much deeper than the normal purple lightning of Kyle, and the lightning energy contained within it was also more violent.

With a wave of his hand, Kyle sent the purple lightning sphere flying toward Momonosuke at an incredible speed, arriving in front of him in an instant and landing on him.

In an instant—

Boom—

Purple fireworks exploded!

……