Chapter 58: You Don't Have Martial Virtue
Akame had learned Lister's philosophy well: never waste time talking when you can act.
As soon as she entered the field.
She directly used Silent Flash Step, rushing towards Tashigi.
Although Tashigi had just been shouting about saving Smoker.
In reality, she was not prepared for battle.
More accurately.
She was not prepared to receive Akame's attack.
Only when Akame appeared in front of her did she belatedly react.
In her panic, she raised Shigure to block Akame's strike, but was still knocked back several steps by the blow.
"You attacked without saying anything! I wasn't ready!" Tashigi yelled, displeased.
However, what answered her was not an explanation from Akame, but Akame's sword.
The moment Tashigi retreated, Akame again used Silent Flash Step to press forward.
With a powerful slash, she directly knocked the Koye Shigure from Tashigi's hand, sending it flying!
Then, she placed her katana against Tashigi's neck.
"You've lost!!" Akame said faintly.
"You have no martial virtue!" Tashigi's face flushed red, saying with great indignation.
"We don't have 'martial virtue' here. Only winning, losing, life, and death!" Akame said faintly.
Tashigi retorted, and Akame said coldly: "Shut up. You are my prisoner now. If you don't want to be killed by me, obediently shut your mouth!"
"..." Tashigi struggled for a long while, finally choosing to give up arguing with Akame, accepting the reality of her capture.
"What a little idiot!" Smoker's mouth opened and closed. He originally had something to say, but in the end, it was summarized in a few words.
"Insightful!" Lister chuckled.
He then continued walking forward, pushing Smoker.
When they reached Tashigi's side, Tashigi apologized to Smoker with great guilt:
"I'm sorry, Captain Smoker. I lost. I couldn't save you!"
"I never blamed you!"
"Really??" Tashigi, who originally thought she would be scolded, looked at Smoker with a small, pleasant surprise.
"Really. Because I never expected you to be able to save me from the beginning!" Smoker said.
Tashigi was as if struck by lightning.
Her face became pained.
"Captain Smoker never expected me to save him from the beginning..." She kept muttering this sentence.
"Looks like those words hit her hard!" Lister smiled.
"I was telling the truth!" Smoker said coldly.
"I believe you! Such a straightforward man!" Lister smiled faintly.
"What are you planning to do with Tashigi??" Smoker ignored Lister's words and asked directly.
"She doesn't affect our departure. Why not let her go??"
"That won't do. There's something wrong with her head. If I let her go, who knows what she'll do next. It's better to take her with us! Akame, escort Tashigi and walk with us.
Sheele, bring Tashigi's Koye Shigure."
"Yes!!" Akame and Sheele responded at the same time.
Akame escorted Tashigi, walking with Lister. Sheele went to the side, picked up the Koye Shigure that Tashigi had just dropped, sheathed it, and rejoined the group.
The group continued to move forward.
This time, Lister's walk was smooth. No one else blocked his path.
About twenty minutes later.
They finally returned to where the fleet was docked.
"The Captain is back!!"
Everyone on the Money Pirates, seeing Lister returning holding a Marine hostage, cried out in alarm.
They prepared to go and support him.
But they were stopped by Lister.
"Don't move, don't disembark! Everyone to your stations, prepare to set sail!!" Lister said.
"Yes!!" Everyone on the pirate ships responded in unison, stopped in their tracks, and began preparing to set sail.
"Is everyone here? Is Zoro back?" Lister asked again.
"Everyone is here! General Captain Zoro is back too!" a pirate shouted.
At the same time, a wave of emotion couldn't help but surge in his heart.
The Captain really cares about General Captain Zoro. He doesn't ask about anyone else, only him.
"Lister, you bastard! Don't look down on me! I can walk back with my eyes closed! Do you need to remind me three or four times?" At this time, Zoro couldn't stay quiet, standing out and yelling unhappily.
"I was just worried you wouldn't come back, haha... Good that you're back!" Lister laughed.
"Nami, get on the ship first!"
"Okay!"
Nami and the others responded and were the first to board the ship.
"Akame, let them go!"
After Nami and the others were on board, Lister said to Akame, and at the same time, let Smoker go.
"Thanks for your cooperation along the way. It saved me a lot of trouble! Next... you're not going to attack me again, are you!"
Lister looked at Smoker playfully.
"Winner takes all. I lost to you this time. You didn't kill me. I'll accept this favor. I won't make a move before you set sail. As for after... that's another matter!" Smoker said coldly.
"A man of your word!" Lister smiled faintly.
"Don't get cocky. Sooner or later, I will definitely catch you and throw you into the great deep sea prison!" Smoker said coldly.
"Stop bluffing. You're no match for me at all!"
"Akame, let's go!"
After speaking, Lister prepared to board the ship with Akame.
"Wait!"
At this moment, Tashigi suddenly called out to the two.
"Hm? What is it?" Lister glanced at Tashigi.
At first, Lister had thought about abducting Tashigi onto the ship, but then he reconsidered.
After all, at this time, the Money Pirates were not lacking women.
One more Tashigi wouldn't make a difference, nor would one less.
But, if he abducted her, Smoker would definitely fight him to the death. Although he wasn't afraid, he didn't want to get into another big fight before entering the Grand Line.
So, he'd let her go for today.
In the future, if they met again, it wouldn't be too late to capture her then.
"Where's my sword? Give me back my Koye Shigure!" Tashigi said.
"Your sword?? Sorry, you lost to Akame. Therefore, Koye Shigure has become Akame's spoil of war. You want the sword? Fine. Wait until the next time you defeat Akame, then you can take it back from her hands!" Lister smiled faintly, then boarded the ship with Akame.
"Bye-bye, Smoker. The next time we meet, I hope you've become stronger. Otherwise, if you go down in a few seconds, it's no fun," Lister said to Smoker.
Smoker snorted coldly and didn't reply.
Lister smiled faintly and didn't continue to tease Smoker.
He shouted to all the pirates: "Set sail!"
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