"Everyone who's still alive, listen up! Target the location about five hundred meters northeast, and charge there as fast as you can!"
"That guy can only kill one person with a single shot! What are you afraid of with all of us here? Go!!!"
Sai shouted, and the rest of the Happo Navy members charged toward Cage's position.
Having suffered such a great loss, they had to get revenge.
"Thinking that just proves you're underestimating me too much."
Cage, who had been lying on the ground, stood up. He stretched, working out his sore muscles, then fired another shot.
Boom boom boom!!!
What came out wasn't just a bullet; its power seemed like a nuclear bomb. The tiny bullet exploded near Sai and the others with a thunderous roar that made the sky tremble.
Fierce flames erupted, and the ground was littered with countless bodies, all severely burned.
Among the corpses was Chinjao's grandson, Sai, whom Cage had brutalized and killed.
After the matter was settled, Cage destroyed all traces of evidence and slipped away quietly.
Several hours passed, and with no sign of Sai's return, Chinjao became worried. He sent people to check the transaction site, only to find a field of corpses.
Not only Sai, but Trebol was also among them, but they had all been burned into charred remains. Before leaving, Cage had set fire to everything.
The enraged Chinjao fainted on the spot and only woke up the next day. Sai was his only grandson and the future leader of the Happo Navy. To be killed so mysteriously, and not even know who the killer was?
"It must be the Marines! In the entire West Blue, only that mad dog would be so insolent to me!!"
"That young brat has completely enraged me. Order everyone to grab their weapons and march with me to raze that Marine base!"
The furious Chinjao had reached his limit. He thought that by teaching Cage a lesson, the guy would behave, but who knew that this dog, instead of learning his lesson, had become even more vicious with his fangs and claws, directly killing his beloved grandson? How could Chinjao possibly tolerate this?
It wasn't just Chinjao. Far away in Dressrosa, when Doflamingo heard that Trebol had also died, his emotions were similar to Chinjao's, on the verge of a full-blown rampage.
"What did Chinjao say?"
Inside the lavish palace, pieces of fine porcelain lay everywhere, shattered by the furious Doflamingo.
"Chinjao doesn't know who did it either, but he's pointing the finger at Marine Rear Admiral Cage," said Diamante, one of the top executives, his voice raspy.
"Bullshit! Their feud has nothing to do with me! He's just a Marine Rear Admiral; he's not that bold," Doflamingo roared. "Besides, I never provoked that little brat! Why would he kill Trebol? There's absolutely no reason!"
"I'm a Warlord, and Trebol was my subordinate! According to the government's rules, there's no way the Marines would move against a Warlord!"
"So what do you plan to do, Young Master?" Diamante asked.
"Get me that Cage's Den Den Mushi number! I'm going to have a talk with him!"
The angry outburst lasted for about ten minutes, before the distorted expression on Doflamingo's face finally calmed down, his rapid breathing gradually subsiding.
Meanwhile, the Marines were already preparing. Cage knew that as long as Sai was dead, Chinjao would definitely not let him go. War was imminent.
Therefore, when he left the base to assassinate Sai and the others, he had already instructed Ain to begin defensive preparations.
By waiting for the enemy to come to him, with the home-field advantage, Cage was as calm as an old dog and not at all afraid. Besides, the current Chinjao was old, and his strength was not what it was in his prime.
In Cage's office, Doflamingo's call came in.
"This is a massive misunderstanding, Doflamingo. I have no grudge with you, and I've never even met you. I've never even heard of that Trebol, so why would I kill him?" Cage said, his face completely straight, crafting a plausible lie. He even ended by slandering Chinjao. "In my opinion, this is all a scheme by that Chinjao, trying to stir up conflict between the Marines and the Warlords. He wants to use you to kill me. That old geezer is trying to turn you into a weapon."
"What do you mean?" Doflamingo's eyebrow raised.
"It's simple. I've sunk a lot of the Happo Navy's ships recently, and Chinjao has been holding a grudge and looking for an opportunity to retaliate against me. He probably killed Trebol to frame our Marines. It's a despicable plan, and that damned old man is shameless to even come up with it."
Cage spoke with righteous indignation. Beside him, Ain looked on in a daze. When did Cage become so shameless?
"Why would that guy kill Trebol? There's no reason at all! I'm his supplier!" Doflamingo shouted. This Cage was even better at spinning tales than Chinjao.
"The reason is simple."
Cage paused, then said unhurriedly, "The Donquixote Family's business partners aren't just Chinjao. You have a network all over the West Blue, right? If it were just the Happo Navy, fine, but some of your weapons have even fallen into the hands of the Kano Country's enemies. It's only natural for that Chinjao to be dissatisfied with the Donquixote Family's methods."
After Cage's speech, Doflamingo was half-convinced and hung up the Den Den Mushi.
Trebol had died for nothing, and Doflamingo couldn't even find out who the killer was to get his revenge.
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