Chapter 176
Lucky Arlo
At this moment, Kuro had already retreated to the square because he wanted to evacuate quickly.
Kaz and his people made strange noises. He just thought they were noisy. After all, human beings have different joys and sorrows. He didn’t hear what they were shouting.
In this world, shouting is too normal.
He was already used to it.
Kuro looked down from the square and saw pirates rushing in from the front like ants. The number of pirates was also not small. There were 16 teams of Whitebeard, 100 elites in each team, and 43 pirates, which added up to more than 20,000 pirates.
It also looked boundless.
In addition, the combat power of these pirates is actually stronger than that of ordinary Marines. Although they are all elites, the pirates who come out of the New World killing field are really different from most of the Marines who came out in the first half.
At present, it would take some effort to lure the pirates to the designated location.
Kuro did not want to fight anymore. Since he had already attacked Whitebeard, he would only be focused on if he fought now.
It’s too dangerous. Even lazing around is dangerous now.
It was better to retreat first.
On the battlefield, Kirby gasped for breath. He was clearly at the rear, but the images of the fallen Marines and pirates suddenly flashed in his mind. They were all powerful people, but at this moment, they were lying in a pool of blood.
“No, I can’t. It’s too terrible. I can’t do anything. They are so strong and they became like that. I, I…”
Kirby retreated and the images in his head became deeper and deeper, making him increasingly unable to bear it. Finally, he took a step back and ran straight back.
“Hey, Kirby, wait!”
Behind them, Beru Maybo chased after them.
One or two Marines retreating would not be noticed on the chaotic battlefield.
Unless someone was like him.
Kuro’s eyes followed Kirby’s body as he moved back and watched them enter the city behind Headquarters. He shook his head and took out a cigar.
“It’s easy to get into trouble if you run there now.”
He just saw Akainu walking that way.
Kuro glanced at the battlefield and exhaled smoke. “It’s not so easy to escape from the battlefield…”
With that, he walked back.
“Kuro, where are you going? Wait for me.” Leda took out a fruit from her backpack and bit it as she followed.
The wave just now made her a little hungry. She had to eat something to nourish herself.
If it weren’t for Admiral Kizaru, she would have had to spend more effort to lift the ice on the ground. Fortunately, she didn’t have to do that.
Behind the headquarters was the city of Marin Vando, but it was unusually deserted now.
The people had already evacuated.
Currently, the only ones who have not retreated from the rear are those medical teams, but it is wartime now and medical teams are not deployed, and no one will come to the rear.
Except… the deserters.
Kirby ran backward. As he left the battlefield, the inexplicable images in his head gradually disappeared, which made his head relax.
“Hey, Kirby, what are you going to do? Escape from the battlefield? Wait for me.” Beru Maybo complained behind him.
“Return to the battlefield!”
Suddenly, a loud shout came from the side.
Kirby stopped in his tracks and hid beside a building. He said in surprise, “Is that… Akainu?”
In front of Akainu, a Marine with a gun on his back begged, “Please let me go. I don’t want to die. What will happen to my family if I die? When I think of them, my legs will go weak. If I go to the battlefield, I will definitely die.”
Akainu looked at him and took off the hat on his head. He adjusted his head and put the hat back on.
“If you really want to think about your family, don’t embarrass yourself. Go back to the battlefield now and I can pretend that I didn’t see anything.”
“No, no, let me go!”
“Is that so…”
Akainu clenched his fist and a large amount of magma wrapped around his fist. He raised his fist and was about to attack Marine.
“General Sakasugi.”
At this moment, a voice sounded behind him.
Akainu paused and looked back.
Kuro came over with Leda and Crowe.
“Kuro, what are you doing here.”
Kuro scratched his head. “Because I saw some Marines who can’t think straight for the time being, so I came to see if I can take care of this place.”
Akainu frowned and said, “Kuro, there is no honor in desertion. Instead of running away, it is better to let me end him. If he dies on the ‘battlefield’, his family will not be ashamed.”
“They just have some mental problems. I’ll solve them.”
Kuro pulled out Autumn Water and said, “After all, it’s a pity for a living person to die like this. If he doesn’t listen, I will send him on his way.”
Akainu looked at him. Kuro raised his head and looked at Akainu for a while. Then, the magma on his fist converged.
“Then I’ll leave it to you.”
With that, he missed the trembling Marine and walked forward.
Kuro watched Akainu disappear before saying to the Marine, “Hey, did you hear that? Go back to the battlefield.”
“Let me go, let me go, I will really die on the battlefield!” The Marine suddenly knelt on the ground and begged loudly.
Kuro put away Autumn Water and said, “Actually, I can understand. The battlefield is so dangerous that even a general may die if he goes up, but you are a Marine.”
He walked over and squatted in front of the Marine and said, “You participated in the war and your family is proud of it. I can spare you, but if the news reaches your hometown, your hometown, your wife, and your children, they will know that you are a deserter and what they will think.”
“A heroic Marine who defends the peace of the sea ran away under the attack of pirates. Your compatriots will be despised by other people. Your wife and children will suffer the disdain of others. The wife of a deserter and the children of a deserter. That’s not nice.”
“There’s nothing great about the battlefield. If you’re really worried about dying, then retreat to the rear, but you need to be on the battlefield, not hiding in this empty city.”
“I…” The Marine looked up and hesitated.
Kuro took out a cigar box and handed it to the Marine. “Give me a Slower. This is good stuff. I got it from Admiral Kizaru. Ordinary people can’t get a cigar from a Admiral.”
“Thank, thank you…”
Marine took the cigar and Kuro took out a lighter and lit it for him. “So, if you really want to think about your family, then go back to the battlefield. Otherwise, if Akainu sees you later, you will really die. One is when deserters are 100% dead, and the other is on the battlefield. One in 100,000 will die. You know how to choose.”
“I understand…”
The Marine gritted his teeth, stood up, took a deep puff of his cigar, adjusted the gun on his back, and walked towards the battlefield.
“Hey, Kuro, will he really go back obediently?” Leda asked.
“How would I know about that kind of thing.”
Kuro stood up and looked at the other corner. “Hey, those two are out.”
Around the corner, Kirby and Beru Maybo came out awkwardly.
“Ko, Mr. Kuro…”
Kirby lowered his head and clenched his fists. “I, I’m not a deserter. I just have some images of Marines dying miserably in my head. I really can’t participate in the battle.”
“Picture?”
Hearing this, Crowe looked at Kirby in surprise. “No way, you can also…”
It hadn’t been long since he awakened Kenbonshoku (Observation) Haki, but he could understand what Kirby meant. When he first awakened, he could ‘see’ things he didn’t want to see no matter where he was.
Only after being trained by Kuro and Leda could he slowly control it.
But this Kirby actually awakened now. How old is he?
‘Sixteen?’
Awakening Kenbonshoku (Observation) at the age of 16…
Crowe took a deep look at Kirby. This kid’s future is limitless.
“Ah… I understand, but you can ask Vice-Admiral Garp after the war. He is responsible for teaching you.”
Kuro said, “But before that, you’d better…”
“Ah ah ah ah!!!”
Suddenly, a scream came from the sky.
Kuro looked up and saw a Battleship landing not far from the battlefield.
“That is…”
Crowe looked up and felt that there was a straw hat in the sky that was unusually eye-catching.
“Straw Hat!” Crowe’s eyes widened and he gritted his teeth. “It’s definitely him. What’s going on? Why is he here!”
“Mr. Luffy?!”
Kirby was also shocked. “Why is Mr. Luffy there?!”
With that, he automatically ran in that direction.
“Hey, Kirby!”
Beirut shouted at Kirby, then smiled apologetically at Kuro and the others and followed.
“Straw Hat Kid?”
Leda finished a fruit and licked her fingers and said, “Why is he everywhere? He is in Judicial Island, Sabaody Archipelago and all the troublesome places.”
Who asked him to be the Son of Destiny?
Kuro shook his head and said nothing.
Their arrival means that the war is about to escalate.
Whoosh!
At this moment, a black shadow separated from the falling ship and landed towards Kuro.
It was a strange-shaped bird. At this time, the bird landed in the air in front of Kuro and others. Then, the shape of the strange bird changed like soft mud and turned into a man.
“It worked!”
Buck Arlo smiled excitedly. “Finally escaped!”
Ever since he met Kizaru in an inexplicable island and surrendered, he was locked in Impel Down.
To be honest, with his bounty and deeds, he should have been locked up on the sixth floor.
However, in view of the fact that he surrendered on his own initiative and confessed, he was locked up in the fifth floor and escaped from the Impel Down riot caused by Luffy.
Originally, he wanted to run away.
But there were too many powerhouses on that ship.
Under the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Crocodile and Jinbe, Revolutionary Army cadre Ivankov, the Straw Hat Kid who confronted the World Government, Pirate King Shipman Bucky, and Frank who was crazy enough to attack the ships of the Three Generals.
In particular, the last two gathered a group of pirates who admired them and wanted to recruit them.
Being stared at by them, he did not dare to escape and could only follow them to Marin Vando.
But the moment the ship fell, Buck Arlo found an opportunity to turn into a bird and leave the ship.
However, he was too anxious just now and only turned into a short-distance flying bird, so he was forced to land here.
“Think about it, what other birds do I have? If I fly away again, I will be free!”
Buck Arlo stood up and bared his white teeth, unusually proud.
Then he saw Kuro biting his cigar in front of him, Leda licking her fingers, and Crowe pushing his glasses.
“It’s, it’s you?!” Buck Arlo’s eyes almost popped out.