“So... what do you plan to do? Are you really going to investigate the Marines?”
Momonga furrowed his brows, lighting a cigar without thinking, concern showing in his eyes as he looked at...
2025-03-26 23:59:04 +0000 UTC View PostNorth Blue, Batia Island.
A private estate.
“This way, please. Captain Daren is waiting for you in the parlor.”
Momonga looked at the CP0 agent who had come to the door and ge...
2025-03-26 23:58:21 +0000 UTC View Post“The Marines?”
As Topman Warcury finished speaking, the remaining four Five Elders all froze for a moment. Then, one after another, they turned to him with expressions of disbelief—conf...
2025-03-26 23:57:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day.
Batia Island, City Hall meeting room.
After a full day of intelligence gathering and investigation, the final meeting on the Celestial Dragon attack officially began.
<... 2025-03-26 23:57:20 +0000 UTC View PostBatia Island.
City Hall, conference room.
Everyone else had tactfully left, leaving only five people seated: Daren, Momonga, Gion, Sengoku, and Borsalino.
This was an internal mee...
2025-03-26 23:56:46 +0000 UTC View PostNorth Blue, Kyiv Island.
Kyiv Island was a small, neutral territory in the North Blue. With only a town of a few thousand residents and no allegiance to any nation, it had slowly become a hav...
2025-03-26 23:56:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe waves rolled and churned.
On the deck of the warship, Sengoku paced back and forth restlessly, hands clasped behind his back, his expression heavy with concern. Snowflakes drifted down fr...
2025-03-26 23:55:34 +0000 UTC View PostNorth Blue.
Area where a World Government official ship sank.
The vast sea stretched endlessly under a gray sky, where snowflakes as big as goose feathers continued to fall.
"Yes,...
2025-03-26 23:55:05 +0000 UTC View PostLate that night...
Fleet Admiral Kong was abruptly awakened by his personal aide. Suppressing the irritation of being pulled from sleep, he boarded his flagship and made a night voyage to the...
2025-03-26 23:54:20 +0000 UTC View PostAt the same time...
On the blood-red cliffs, the towering Red Line rose like a blade into the sky.
Holy Land Mary Geoise.
Blue-roofed, white-walled buildings lined the immaculate ...
2025-03-26 23:53:23 +0000 UTC View Post“You... killed him...”
The naked, bruised woman stared in horror at the Celestial Dragon lying in a pool of blood. Her body trembled as she looked at the blood spreading across the floor,...
2025-03-26 23:52:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe Celestial Dragons's miserable screams resounded throughout the World Government official ship at that moment.
In the cabin, the woman, covered in whip marks and blood, lay in a pool of bl...
2025-03-26 23:51:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe saxophone's melody gradually reached its peak.
The wide-ranging notes surged like the furious waves of the sea—rising, falling, and crashing with power.
Inside the cabin, Saint Xi...
2025-03-26 23:50:45 +0000 UTC View Post“Remember to deliver the food on time. I can't have my beloved wife going hungry.”
After stepping out of the cabin holding the slave cage, Saint Xildes gave a haughty order to the CP1 mem...
2025-03-26 23:50:03 +0000 UTC View PostIn the hospital corridor, the two stood facing each other from afar.
Outside the window, snowflakes drifted through the air.
Yet Momonga felt the chill inside was far worse—cold to th...
2025-03-26 23:49:24 +0000 UTC View PostBatia Island.
Hospital.
“Although there was head trauma, strangely, the impact wasn’t severe. With some rest, he should recover.”
“Understood. Thank you, doctor,” Momong...
2025-03-26 23:48:47 +0000 UTC View Post“Seize her!”
Saint Xildes-sama burst into triumphant laughter as he gave the order to his two CP bodyguards.
“No... please don’t…”
The little girl’s eyes were swolle...
2025-03-26 23:47:43 +0000 UTC View Post“Rogers Daren, Admiral of the North Blue, Supreme Commander of the North Blue Marines, Captain of Marine Headquarters—at your service, Saint Xildes-sama.”
Captain Darren's voice was lai...
2025-03-26 23:47:00 +0000 UTC View Post“I want her!!”
Saint Xildes-sama’s feverish laughter echoed through the dead-silent street.
Gion and Tokikake’s faces drained of all color.
At that moment, a man covered i...
2025-03-26 23:46:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Take the money, do the job.”
Momonga didn’t bother to explain. He just kept walking steadily, speaking flatly.
“That’s Daren’s rule—and the rule of the North Blue.”
... 2025-03-26 23:45:42 +0000 UTC View Post“Really?”
Gion nodded with a smile.
“Of course. That’s what we Marines are here for.”
She glanced at the flowers in the little girl’s backpack.
“Let me have on...
2025-03-26 23:45:07 +0000 UTC View PostBatia Island.
City Hall.
Led by a sultry secretary in a business suit, Daren stepped into the mayor’s office.
The decor was lavish and high-end. A fur rug lay stretched across t...
2025-03-26 23:44:28 +0000 UTC View PostNorth Blue, Batia Island.
The warship slowly pulled into the harbor.
As the anchor dropped, Daren led the North Blue 321st Marine Division down the gangplank at a steady pace.
The...
2025-03-26 23:43:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe sky was clear and blue, the sea stretching endlessly beneath drifting white clouds.
A massive warship cruised steadily across the open ocean, leaving a long white wake behind it.
In...
2025-03-26 23:43:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, a news report was released from the Germa Kingdom, a member of the World Government.
“Yesterday, Germa 66 and the North Blue Naval Fleet conducted a joint public military exer...
2025-03-26 23:42:23 +0000 UTC View Post“Base Commander Daren!”
On the deck of the warship, the North Blue Marines on duty immediately raised their hands in a crisp salute the moment they saw Daren appear.
“Thanks for y...
2025-03-26 23:41:35 +0000 UTC View Post“Damn you, Daren! You've betrayed the ideals of justice! You're a disgrace to the Marines—a stain on everything we stand for!”
Gion’s furious voice echoed from behind, but Daren just ...
2025-03-26 23:40:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs Daren clapped his hands, the ornate doors of the side hall swung open.
One by one, soldiers of the Yadis Kingdom, clad in regulation military uniforms, began hauling in massive wooden crat...
2025-03-26 23:39:29 +0000 UTC View PostThat evening...
Yadis Kingdom, capital city of Verna.
Inside a lavish side chamber of the royal palace.
“Daren, you little bastard!! That was Germa! A member of the World Govern...
2025-03-26 23:38:40 +0000 UTC View PostDust swirled in the air.
Cold steel thrashed wildly.
Vinsmoke Judge stared at the wreckage that was once the Germa Kingdom, his eyes bloodshot with rage.
“Damn it! I was suppose...
2025-03-26 23:38:06 +0000 UTC View Post