"Well! Where do you want to go?"
Kouta appeared silently behind Vergo.
He reached out and patted Vergo's shoulder, looking at the coffee spoon on his face with a chuckle.
"Yo! Should I call you a Marine Vice Admiral?"
"Or, the first Corazon, one of the top executives of the Donquixote Family?"
Vergo was the first person in the world of One Piece to cover his entire body with Armament Haki after the Haki setting was introduced.
When he first appeared, his handsomeness and aura shocked many.
If he hadn't been careless and misjudged Law's strength, and tried to block Law's Devil Fruit-enhanced slash with his body, he wouldn't have been defeated so quickly.
Later, he was cut into more than a dozen pieces by Law, stuck to the railings of the SAD laboratory, and went to hell with the explosion of the SAD laboratory.
To be a top executive of the Donquixote Family and be appreciated by Sengoku, serving as the base commander of Marine Branch G-5, this guy's strength is indeed very strong.
In the original work, Smoker, two years later, even with his rapid improvement in Haki and his ability to project it onto his smoke, was easily defeated by this guy.
However, no matter how strong he was, he was just a small ant in front of him.
The Marines would arrive in a while, and Kouta didn't mind playing with him.
"When?"
Vergo's body instantly stiffened. The azure, star-like pupils in front of him were still there, but the person had already appeared behind him.
Gulp—!
Swallowing, Vergo's blurred vision gradually cleared.
He dared not look back, he dared not even move.
No one understood the terror of the person behind him better than he, a Marine Vice Admiral undercover.
He had heard orders from above more than once to run as far away as possible if he encountered this guy.
He used to dismiss it.
He had always stayed in Marine Branch G-5. As far as he knew, Ginpatsu was a person who leaned towards justice in his actions and would not come to the Marine base.
But he never expected that this time, he would secretly come to check on Caesar's research progress and warn him not to abduct children indiscriminately.
And he actually met Ginpatsu.
Looking at the quiet large ship docked at the shore, he didn't need to think to know that there were probably no survivors on board.
Including Monet.
If there was one word to describe his current mood, it would be "fuck."
"Speak!"
Kouta released Vergo's shoulder and appeared in front of him, staring into his eyes, his brows slightly furrowed, a hint of impatience flashing in his eyes.
As if sensing Kouta's impatience, Vergo's heart involuntarily tightened, and he felt a sense of impending death.
He stared at Kouta, his entire body reacting as if stimulated. Armament Haki instantly covered him, turning him into a true, dark "black man" with a metallic sheen.
"Hahaha!! That's more like it!"
Kouta looked at the transformed Vergo, his brows relaxing, and a smile appeared on his face.
"If you don't speak and don't make any moves, I thought you were a dead person?"
Speaking of dead people, Kouta bared his teeth and smiled at Vergo.
Kouta smiled, but Vergo could not. He looked at Kouta and asked in a deep voice, "Ginpatsu, what exactly do you want?"
He definitely couldn't win, he knew that very well.
In front of this guy, he couldn't even escape.
And since this guy hadn't killed him immediately, but seemed to be forcing him to resist, he must have some other purpose.
As for what that purpose was? He didn't know.
"Hahaha!! You'll know soon."
Kouta reached out again, patting Vergo's shoulder.
Looking at Kouta's hand, Vergo's pupils contracted sharply. He was about to resist, but abruptly, the space around him suddenly became incredibly hard, immobilizing him completely.
"What the hell is this?"
"Is this the true strength of the person in front of me? Instantly immobilizing a Vice Admiral, this strength is too terrifying!"
Vergo stared at the hand that had instantly replaced the heavens and earth, filling his entire vision, and fear struck him for the first time.
In fact, the moment he discovered Kouta, he knew he couldn't escape today.
And after Kouta revealed his identity, he knew even more that he was doomed today.
Therefore, he was not flustered by Kouta's appearance, nor was he afraid.
His decades of life experience had long tempered his heart to be as strong as iron, and the softness deep within his heart was only reserved for his family and his young master.
But now, this fear, the primal fear that arises when a creature faces something it cannot resist, the fear between life and death, he couldn't suppress it even if he wanted to.
However, just as he was about to close his eyes and wait for death, Kouta gently patted his shoulder, but did nothing.
Kouta looked at Vergo, the corners of his mouth curled up, a hint of mockery on his face.
He could certainly feel the fear deep within Vergo's heart.
He had thought this guy didn't have such an emotion as fear.
Shaking his head, Kouta changed his hand from a pat to a grip. He grabbed Vergo's shoulder, lifted him up, and then floated towards the port.
Flying to the side of the Freedom, Kouta stopped, then grabbed Vergo with his right hand and threw him towards the beach inside the port, as if throwing trash.
The moment he threw him, Kouta released his restraint on Vergo.
Therefore, Vergo did not fall to the ground but landed steadily on the beach.
Before he could recover, Kouta's voice came from behind him.
"Heh! My goal is very simple, as long as you can defeat the three people in front of you, I'll let you go, simple, isn't it!"
Kouta lay sideways on the railing, his left hand behind his head, pillowing it, his right hand raised a wine gourd, took a big gulp, and then tilted his head, looking at Vergo, who was facing off against A Hua and the other two.
Although this guy was of no use to him, he was a very good sandbag for A Hua and the other two.
It could hone their Haki.
A Hua and the other two were not geniuses, not even talented. If they hadn't eaten Devil Fruits, if they didn't have Kouta's spatial pressure, and if they hadn't worked hard themselves, they wouldn't have been able to reach this level in such a short time.
And in the New World, they would have to fight many Haki masters.
Only through countless battles with different strong opponents could they grow again.
Although in the end, they might not reach the level of an Admiral, Kouta still hoped that even if they couldn't reach that level, they wouldn't be instantly killed by an Admiral.
If conditions allowed, with three against one, he hoped that even if they were defeated, they could protect themselves, or even contend with an Admiral.
Finally, with the Devil Fruits he had collected and the special Devil Fruit weapons made from them, they could truly be fearless of anyone and anything in this world.
This was his expectation for A Hua and the other two.
"Hmm..."
"Tomb robbers, unite and live, scatter and die."
Kouta looked at A Hua and the other two, and instantly thought of the trio from the novels he watched in his previous life, chuckling and shaking his head.
Then, he no longer paid attention to the upcoming battle on the beach, but lay on the railing, drinking his fine wine, narrowing his eyes, and gazing at the sky in a daze.