The people in the distance, whether civilians or pirates, looked at this scene.
They were all shocked into silence.
Bear in mind, from the moment Onigumo, full of presence, came onto the square with a cigar.
To now being grabbed like a chick by Shano, it has been only about ten minutes.
Defeating a Navy Headquarters Vice Admiral in such a short time?
Is this still the East Sea?
"Cack, cackle..."
Shano's face was expressionless, his grip tightened, while Onigumo's breathing grew increasingly difficult and urgent.
He naturally had injuries on his body. The fierce physical confrontation just now, hard-hitting, made it hard to avoid leaving injuries on the body.
But compared to Onigumo, whose whole body was covered in scars, looking as pathetic as a dying dog, this was nothing.
Just as he had said earlier.
Power, speed, body techniques, haki, even Life Return... He surpassed Onigumo in each aspect slightly, but combining them all in combat, it was a crushing defeat!
Enough to turn the advantage into victory within this short half an hour, utterly defeating the opponent!
"Let go of Mr. Onigumo!!!"
An angry shout burst from a distance.
Led by Hound, four Headquarter Rear Admirals, seeing the urgent situation, could no longer heed Onigumo's previous instructions, and all stepped onto the square with Moonwalk.
Each drew their swords and attacked Shano, standing in the center of the square, from different angles!
Shano glanced up and didn't care.
Just like when he first came on stage.
Behind him, four figures swiftly flew out, each blocking one Rear Admiral.
"Hey, don't mess with our captain." Zeff took off his white hood for the first time, cheerfully speaking as he fiercely kicked at Hound.
"That's right, it's not your place to intervene here!" Kuina drew the Wado Ichimonji, clashing swords with the Rear Admiral on the east side.
"And you!" Nojiko put on the metal boxing gloves and punched the only female Rear Admiral in the chest.
"Awoo—!" Ah Yin howled upward, thinking it wouldn't be complete without a howl.
Clang clang clang!!
Silhouettes flickered in mid-air, and the sound of metal clashing continuously resonated.
Kuina and Ah Yin quickly gained the upper hand, while Zeff and the strongest among the Rear Admirals, Hound, were almost evenly matched.
Nojiko was slightly disadvantaged in all aspects, suffering a bit.
But regardless of the situation.
As soon as the four Rear Admirals entered the square's edge, they were all blocked and fell into a hard fight, unable to break through the defense to get close to Onigumo at all.
Some Captain officers also attempted to help, but suddenly a wall of fire emerged from nowhere, encircling them and trapping them inside.
"...Let, let me go."
Onigumo knew he couldn't count on these subordinates, stared into Shano's eyes, squeezing out a hoarse voice from his throat:
"Today's... today's matter ends here, rest assured, as long as you let me go, your crimes, the Navy Headquarters can absolve without blame..."
"Without blame?"
Shano's eyebrows lifted, almost laughing out of anger.
This bastard, used to being aloof, doesn't even know how to plead!
He looked at Onigumo like he was an idiot, "Now you're saying this because you can't win, when you were putting on that superior face, did you consider sparing us?"
"Come over here!"
Shano's grip suddenly tightened, dragging Onigumo's body, wading through puddles and striding towards the front of the square.
Those pirates gathered in the middle retreated awe-struck to the sides.
The ordinary civilians had long shrunk back into the corners, looking at Onigumo with eyes filled with anger and hatred.
Rip—
Onigumo's back head hit hard against the execution platform steps, Shano carrying him upstairs, Onigumo's cloudy pupils reflecting everything seen along the way—
The shattered square, shops collapsed by cannon fire, collapsed residential beams, civilians lying severely injured by the wall.
In the corner, there seemed to be half an infant's swaddling, fluttering amidst the ruins...
In an instant, they were on the execution platform.
"Seen clearly?"
Thunk! Shano grabbed Onigumo's hair, pressing his face against it, "Have you seen clearly! Answer me!!!"
"Let me go..."
Onigumo gritted his teeth, desperately raising his head, inadvertently seeing the view directly in front of the execution platform, his pupils tightened suddenly.
No! What Pirate King Roger saw before he died was exactly his current perspective.
What's he trying to do?
This black-haired brat, what's he trying to do?!
Does he really dare to kill me?!!!
Rumble—
In the pouring rain, lightning cut through the gloomy sky, illuminating the two faces in confrontation on the execution platform.
"Are you crazy? Dare to kill a Headquarter Vice Admiral, you know what you will face? Do you intend to fall to be a pirate, facing endless pursuits from the Navy Headquarters?!"
Onigumo roared angrily.
The six spider-spear-like braids at the back of his head suddenly spasmed madly, flapping backward, yet failed to escape the grip of five iron-like fingers.
"Seems you really haven't seen clearly."
Shano ignored the threat entirely, merely shaking his head slightly, slowly drawing the tachi from his back:
"Indeed, an extremist who doesn't even care about his subordinates' lives, how can one expect you to understand the suffering you've caused the civilians..."
"To harbor remorse!"
Swish!
The blade gleamed, blood spurted, Onigumo's head flew high!
The headless corpse suddenly stiffened, falling to the ground.
The entire square fell into an eerie silence.
Countless astonished eyes focused on the top of the execution platform.
He really killed him...
He killed him just like that!!!
The execution platform in Log Town, since Pirate King Roger died here 18 years ago, finally saw a second person executed on this high platform, in front of all these eyes!
And it was a dignified Navy Headquarters Vice Admiral!
In the distance.
The four Rear Admirals, witnessing this scene, were dumbfounded in disbelief.
Momentarily dazed, losing their fighting spirit, they were easily subdued by Kuina and the others.
"We'll spare your lives for now, your fate is for the captain to decide!" Zeff smacked his lips, disarmed them before tying them up, kicking each one unconscious.
Around the square.
Those civilians huddled in corners and houses, still looked up dumbly at the execution platform, not recovering from the shocking scene.
But the pirates gathered at the center, suddenly seemed invigorated, excitedly raising their arms and roaring first.
"——Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!!!"