One Piece: Starting with Creating the Strongest Character Design

Having dealt with Vergo, Kitahara Tsune walked toward Corazon, who was leaning against the ruins.

"Mr. Cora, how are you doing?"

Kitahara Tsune looked at the dozen or so gunshot wounds on his body and said without batting an eye.

"It's just a minor injury; he won't die anytime soon."

Corazon spoke weakly, managing a forced smile.

"But we still need to stop the bleeding quickly."

To be honest, he was completely stunned when he saw Kitahara Tsuneo and Vergo fighting.

He knew Vergo's fighting prowess well. Even if he were injured, or even in his prime, he couldn't defeat a powerful opponent like Vergo.

Kitahara Tsune's fight with Vergo felt like a veteran playing with a child; with just a casual strike, he had left his opponent bleeding profusely and unable to get up.

"Mr. Cora..." Seeing his weak appearance, Luo's eyes welled up with tears again.

"Dori—" Kitahara Tsune called out into the distance.

Unlike Law, who had a deep bond with Corazon and stayed by his side, Dolly was a very shrewd guy. Don't let his dull and malnourished appearance fool you.

As soon as he saw that a battle was about to break out, he hid far away in the ruins on the other side.

Only after all the noise had subsided did he peek out and watch from a distance.

Hearing someone call his name, Dolly rushed over and said, "Sir, what can I do for you?"

"Do you know how to bandage?" Kitahara Tsune asked.

Dolly shook his head blankly.

As far as he knew, their pirate crew did not have a ship doctor and operated on a law of the jungle, where anyone who was injured and did not survive would be eliminated.

"I know how to bandage it, but... but... I don't have any bandages..." Luo said anxiously.

Kitahara Tsune looked around, and finally fixed his gaze on the cloak in Dori's hand.

That was what Vergo gave to Dolly for safekeeping when he attacked him.

Kitahara Tsune reached out to Dori, gesturing for him to take the cloak from his hand.

The next instant, the sound of fabric tearing suddenly rang out.

Hiss, hiss—

Kitahara Tsune took the naval commodore's cloak embroidered with the word "Justice," and with a burst of strength, tore it into strips.

After finishing, Kitahara Tsuneo casually handed it to Luo.

"Take this; use it to stop the bleeding and bandage the wound."

Luo was stunned, staring at the fabric handed to him.

If he hadn't misheard, this was a direct instruction for Dolly to take good care of the clothes.

But now, the other party is tearing it apart with their own hands without hesitation, just to bandage the wound of someone they've just met and don't even know anything about.

"Hmm!" Luo nodded firmly, without hesitation, and took the cloth directly, clumsily but methodically treating the gunshot wounds on Corazon's body.

Corazon did not refuse, but simply lay silently on the ground and accepted Luo's bandaging.

He was already quite satisfied with the situation.

His brother, Doflamingo, the demon who crawled out of hell, ultimately did not obtain the Op-Op Fruit.

Luo also ate the Op-Op Fruit, so his Platinum Lead Disease will definitely be cured afterward.

The only regret is that he went against the wishes of the person who was like his adoptive father and lied to Sengoku.

The Warring States period had told him to stay away from this place as much as possible during this time.

However, for the sake of Chira's life, he verbally agreed, but in reality, he resolutely brought Chira here.

He certainly fulfilled his own wish, but the navy gained nothing.

"Mr. Sengoku must be very disappointed in me," Corazon murmured.

Touching the soft texture of the wound, Corazon looked at the word "Justice" embroidered on the bandage, then at the young naval officer standing beside him.

The boy, Rona, was still young and had never been in contact with the navy, so he didn't know what the rank insignia on the cloak meant.

But Corazon knew that was the rank of commodore, while he himself was only a lieutenant commander.

The other person is so young, clearly a promising young naval star, yet he actually used his naval cloak as a bandage to wrap himself up.

Yes, it's because of people like these that he joined the Navy.

If only the navy were full of people like that.

Seeing that Corazon had recovered, Kitahara Tsune nodded to him and said, "Now we can talk about serious matters."

"Hmm." Corazon nodded slightly, but even this slight tug caused him to cough.

Seeing this, Luo quickly helped him up.

"Just call me Corazon. I'm a direct subordinate of Marshal Sengoku, on a secret mission, working as an undercover agent within the Don Quixote family."

As he spoke, he looked at Luo, who had helped him up, with an apologetic gaze.

"I'm sorry, Luo, I lied to you."

With tears streaming down his face, Luo said, "Mr. Cora, I knew it all along."

Kitahara Tsune extended his hand and shook hands with Corazon, introducing himself as "Kitahara Tsune, Commodore, and apprentice of Admiral Zephyr."

"This mission was dispatched by Marshal Sengoku."

Upon hearing this, Corazon's eyes widened immediately, ignoring his coughing:

"Does Master Zhan Guo know I'm here?"

"Hmm..." Kitahara Tsune hesitated for a moment before replying, "Marshal Sengoku has not told me anything about you."

Hearing this, Corazon finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If Sengoku-sensei knew he was here and had specifically dispatched this naval commodore to rescue him, his guilt would only intensify.

Kitahara Tsune added, "I came here for two purposes. First, to obtain the fruits of the surgery, that is my top priority. Second, to wipe out the Don Quixote family as much as possible."

"As per the arrangements given by Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Vice Admiral Tsuru's two warships are lying in wait near Haiyan Island, awaiting Doflamingo's pirate ship."

"However..." Kitahara Tsune looked at the gunshot wound on Corazon's body and said, "Lieutenant General Tsuru received intelligence that an explosion had occurred on this Nion Island, so I came here to investigate what happened."

"I encountered some pirates before, and only after interrogating them did I learn that the Op-Op Fruit had disappeared."

"Do you know... where the Op-Op Fruit is now?"

Faced with Kitahara Tsune's sharp gaze, Corazon stammered.

"I...I don't know where the Operation Fruit is..."

Seemingly feeling that his words were not persuasive enough, he snapped his fingers.

An invisible domain unfolded instantly, and Kitahara Tsune found that he could no longer hear any sound.

The silence lasted for about 5 seconds.

"I am the Silent Person who ate the Silent-Silent Fruit. As you know, the same person cannot eat two Devil Fruits."

"So, it wasn't me who took the Operation Fruit..."

Kitahara Tsune stared into Corazon's eyes, nodded meaningfully, and said, "Alright, I believe you."