"Master!"
The title of "Master" was a name no one else would call Alucard but Hancock. Even her sisters, Marigold and Sandersonia, usually referred to him as "Alucard-sama." Alucard looked up and saw three girls, all under fifteen, running from the direction of the burning Mariejois.
When they arrived in front of Alucard, the green-haired man on the ground, twitching from the gunshot wound to his shoulder, naturally attracted the attention of the three girls, who looked at him with questioning eyes.
"What's going on?" Alucard walked right past the man on the ground. Unlike the slaves, he wasn't running toward the exit but was heading toward the burning Mariejois.
The three Boa sisters followed closely. Hearing Alucard's question, Hancock said, "I-It's said that the fish-men invaded." After saying that, Hancock stammered, "Ma-Master, that way is... is Mariejois..."
If Alucard were in the form of the Celestial Dragon Aptheim, it would be one thing, but now he was using his own face.
"So what if it is?" Alucard turned his head slightly, his red left eye sweeping over the three Boa sisters. "Mariejois? What about it?"
The three sisters were speechless with shock.
What about Mariejois?
How many people in this world would dare to say such a thing? They didn't put the World Government in their eyes at all. Even the Empress of Amazon Lily, whom they used to worship the most, never had such guts.
In front of the palace of Mariejois, which had become a purgatory, the Marine forces led by Kong were short on fighting power. They didn't even have time to rescue the nobles inside the palace, so they didn't have time to deal with the pirates.
As for the wily old foxes of the Gorosei... who knew what they were up to?
"Shahahaha! What a thrill! I never thought that I, Arlong, would have a day when I could set fire to Mariejois!" In front of the palace gate, a group of people remained. Among them were fish-men and a small number of humans. One of them, a shark fish-man with a saw-like nose, wearing a vest and shorts, threw his hands open and laughed maniacally.
"Thwack!" At that moment, a plump whale shark fish-man with blue skin smacked him hard on the head. "What are you shouting about? I told you to keep a low profile! Hurry up and get ready to retreat!"
"I'm just expressing my inner joy! If I don't act so fearlessly, how will I be able to shake the world in the future?" The fish-man who was hit, Arlong, retorted indignantly. The one who hit him was none other than the future Warlord of the Sea, Jinbe. Besides these two, many other prominent figures participated in this slave liberation mission.
There were Tiger, the captain of the Sun Pirates, his crewmate Hachi, and Revolutionary Army cadres like Ivankov and Inazuma, who followed Dragon. If you looked closely, you could also see Hack, one of the future fish-man cadres of the Revolutionary Army.
With so many strong people, it wasn't impossible to take advantage of the situation and burn the Government. More importantly, Dragon had used the Celestial Dragons to lure away most of the Headquarters' forces.
As for the Government, why the old foxes of the Gorosei didn't send out their top-tier fighting forces... only they knew.
"Don't worry, you're about to become famous anonymously." Suddenly, a voice entered Tiger and the others' ears. They quickly turned around and saw a man with three girls standing behind them.
Fish-Man Island was ten thousand meters deep in the ocean, so information didn't travel very fast. They also couldn't get information from newspapers, so Arlong, Hack, and the others didn't recognize Alucard at first glance.
However, Ivankov and Inazuma, as former pirates, recognized Alucard instantly.
Ivankov, who could no longer maintain his hearty laugh, felt goosebumps all over his body, and his forehead was covered with black lines of fear. "No, no, the Immortal..."
"Wh-Why, why is one of the Three Monsters who disappeared for half a year here in Mariejois?!" Inazuma was also trembling with fear. More importantly, Alucard's killing intent was seeping out of him. You could feel it without even trying to!
"Huh? Who's that? Why are you so scared?" Arlong scoffed. He pulled out a large cutlass specially crafted for this mission and charged fiercely at Alucard. "You're just a human, after all!"
"You idiot, Arlong! Don't you feel the killing intent coming from him?!" Jinbe said anxiously, but it was too late to stop him. Arlong had already charged out.
"Graaah!" When Arlong's huge cutlass was less than half a meter from Alucard's face, Alucard suddenly smirked. Arlong only saw a black shadow flash past his eyes, and three heavy blows landed on his arm holding the cutlass.
Bang!
Another strike came, and this time, Arlong saw it clearly. It was a little girl around thirteen years old who was attacking him.
Arlong wanted to fight back, but Hancock was just too fast for him. In just two moves, she easily forced Arlong to retreat to his original position.
"Hehehe..." Alucard sneered as he walked past Hancock. He was getting closer and closer to Tiger and his crew.
"You bastard..." Being repelled by a thirteen-year-old girl was a huge humiliation. Arlong was about to charge out again, but Tiger had already grabbed his head and slammed his face hard onto the ground. Enduring the intense pain, Arlong turned his head to look at Tiger in confusion. "A-Aniki..."
"You ruined my plan, you know that?" Alucard suddenly said. At the same time, he took out his white gun Casull and black gun Jackal from his coat, a look of madness on his face.
Although he hadn't planned on being a Celestial Dragon for long, the feeling of being interrupted midway was incredibly annoying.
"Leaving of my own accord is one thing, but if you force me to leave, then I'll just shoot you. It's as simple as that."
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