The “I’m not pretending anymore, I’m laying my cards on the table” tone that Monta used was truly bold.
It was an Aura completely different from Conqueror’s Haki.
Vivi turned her neck stiffly, wanting to see who had said such a badass thing.
Hacking Golden Lion to death with one axe?
Is there anyone in the pirate world who can do that?
Even if Pirate King Gol D.
Roger were reborn, he wouldn’t dare say that, right?
She turned her head and saw a burly man with a metal jaw, bulging muscles, and a battle axe attached to his right elbow, looking at her with piercing eyes.
The man was very sturdy.
Both the metal jaw and the large axe at his right elbow exuded a scent that could be called “iron-blooded.” From Vivi’s perspective, he stood tall and straight like a javelin stuck in the ground, looking like a peerless fierce general.
For a moment, she even thought that the Marines had secretly set up a “General” rank between “Admiral” and “Fleet Admiral,” because Monta’s demeanor was just too much like a General!
“Do you know who the guy that defeated Colonel Smoker is?” Vivi asked tentatively.
Monta’s voice was very deep and heavy: “I only need to know that he is a pirate.
I hate pirates more than anything in my life!”
“Colonel!
Let’s fight that guy to the death!”
“Yeah, Colonel, let them see the power of our Branch 153!”
“With so many of our brothers here, we aren’t afraid of any enemy!”
The soldiers belonging to Marine Branch 153 stood up one after another to support their superior.
Before Vivi could speak, her newly recognized underlings, Johnny and Joseph, ran over, and they even helped the seventy-something-year-old country grandma over.
The kindly gaze the grandma used to look at everyone was like she was looking at her own grandsons.
When they arrived, they happened to hear the bold words of Monta and the Branch 153 soldiers.
The grandma smiled: “Are you discussing how to clean the grime off the glass?
Let me tell you a little trick, you can use a cloth dipped in a little vinegar…”
Vivi looked at the old lady blankly: “…”
Perhaps it was the kindly grandma who reminded Johnny and Joseph of their family back home.
These two Bounty Hunters, who seemed a bit timid in Vivi’s eyes, suddenly became hot-blooded, and the two spoke in a rush.
“Big Sister!
Leave it to us!
We aren’t afraid of any enemy here in the East Blue!”
“Yeah, Big Sister, leave this mission to us, watch us hack that bastard to death!”
Vivi hurriedly pressed them down, then looked around in extreme panic!
Golden Lion has Observation Haki.
What if he hears this and comes over to kill them?
Who is going to carry that?
Is it the hard-of-hearing grandma, the Monta who has the demeanor of a General, or these two hot-blooded youths who have no self-awareness?
Her heart was full of sorrow.
Smoker, hurry up and come back!
This team is too “powerful,” she really can’t carry them!
She could hold down her newly recognized underlings, but she couldn’t hold down those Marines.
They were originally going to Loguetown to report for duty, but were temporarily seconded to go out to sea for pursuit.
These Marine Branch 153 soldiers were already unconvinced by the elite headquarters members like Smoker and Tashigi.
When the two fought Golden Lion, they didn’t show any formidable combat power and ended up with one captured and one seriously injured, which was a total loss of face in the hearts of these Marine soldiers.
They still revered and supported their own superior, this Branch 153 Colonel Monta, who had a battle axe attached to his arm and fought with unparalleled bravery!
“Colonel!
It’s still more satisfying to fight with you!”
“Colonel!
Continue leading us to meritorious service!”
A group of remnants from the Marine branch were encouraged by their Colonel Monta, their blood boiling for a moment, wishing they could fight the enemy immediately.
Vivi was stunned by these two “sleeping dragons and phoenixes.”
These people have absolutely no self-awareness!
A Marine Branch Colonel is equivalent to a Headquarters Lieutenant.
There is a gap of three full ranks in between.
This is not only a gap in rank but also a gap in strength.
Smoker is a Colonel, and this Monta is also a Colonel, but in reality, one is a Headquarters Colonel and the other is a Branch Colonel.
The difference between them is huge.
In Vivi’s eyes, Monta only had a strong Aura.
His actual combat power could be seen through at a glance.
Relying on his fierce fighting style and desperate drive, he might be able to fight the weak-spirited female Sergeant Tashigi for twenty rounds.
After twenty rounds, he would definitely lose, and it would be a crushing defeat.
Vivi fighting him would only take three or five moves…
This Branch Colonel Monta was stronger than her newly recognized underlings Johnny and Joseph, but only by a limited amount.
If converted to a game, she could be counted as a level 30 character, and these guys were basically at the level of 10 to 15.
And what about Golden Lion?
Even taking into account the missing leg, old age, intermittent daze, distraction, and other factors, this legendary pirate who could contend with Pirate King Roger in his prime could still exert a combat power level of 80.
This was simply impossible to fight!
“Huh?
By the way, who are you?
Are you also from Branch 153?” After talking for a while, the weak-spirited girl Tashigi finally realized that Vivi was a stranger.
“I am…
I am…” Vivi pondered for a moment.
She definitely couldn’t say her real name, and saying the codename Ms.
Wednesday would be meaningless, so she casually made up a name, spoke very quickly and vaguely, and even added a strange r-colored vowel.
Tashigi didn’t hear it clearly at all, but she was too embarrassed to ask again.
As she looked, she suddenly discovered the famous sword “kazuhou” hanging at Vivi’s waist.
“Could this be!…
Can you let me take a look?”
Vivi casually unsheathed the sword and handed it to her to look at.
Tashigi, who had a somewhat confused and naturally airheaded personality, immediately glowed with a different brilliance after seeing the famous sword.
She carefully examined the blade pattern and tapped the back of the blade with her fingers bit by bit, as if she was experiencing the unique rhythm of this famous sword.
She had an extremely high appreciation for famous swords and tentatively asked Vivi: “This must be a famous sword among the Ryokai-kaji Fifty Works.
This hamon pattern is very striking…
Let me think, this should be the famous sword kazuhou!?
Right?”
She asked for the answer full of expectation, like a student who had solved a difficult problem.
“Yes, it is indeed kazuhou.
Your appreciation ability is really strong.”
“Overpraised, overpraised…
I just have this little hobby, and the Colonel always scolds me…
You are also a swordsman, right?”
“Hmm, I suppose so.
I’ve studied for a while…” Vivi suddenly thought of something and asked Tashigi abruptly: “Did you fight that guy before?
Did Colonel Smoker fight that guy for a while?”
“Yes, why?” Tashigi was embarrassed to say that she had also exchanged a move with Golden Lion.
Being insta-killed in one move was really too embarrassing to say out loud.
Vivi had the feeling of “missing out on a hundred million,” but she still returned to the wreckage of the merchant ship, pulled the Duck Karu, who was drinking milk, to the mountain col, and then “entrusted” him for “five seconds”!
The Duck wandered around the Marine warship, and after the entrustment time ended, it returned to Vivi’s side.
She was a bit regretful that she hadn’t picked up anything.
It was possible that the interval was too long, or it was possible that the battle area was considered mid-air, rather than on the ship.
It might not seem tempting right now but who knows what the future holds?
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”