Chapter 22: Kuzan and Saul
After walking for five minutes, Rosse and the others suddenly stopped in their tracks.
"Yo, Teacher Zephyr, and Commander kid," Ahead of them, several tall marine figures suddenly appeared.
"Kuzan," Zephyr's eyes narrowed slightly, and he spoke the other party's name, his body instinctively taking a step forward to block Rosse.
Kuzan had his hands in his pockets. He took in Zephyr's movement and a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
The heroic teacher he respected was completely different now.
Back when he was teaching him, it was right after Zephyr's wife and son had been killed. At that time, in Kuzan's eyes, Teacher Zephyr was still a hero with firm will.
As time passed, the beloved Teacher Zephyr disappeared, replaced by CP0 Zephyr in a black suit.
Now, for Kuzan, only Garp remained as the teacher who trained him after graduation from the training camp.
Kuzan never looked at Rosse from beginning to end. After staring deeply at Zephyr, he turned and walked away gracefully.
"Lord Rosse...", Zannie quietly came to Rosse's side and asked in a low voice.
Disrespecting a Celestial Dragon, in the ideology instilled in her since childhood, was also a capital crime.
"Vice Admiral Kuzan," Just as Kuzan's figure was about to disappear, Rosse suddenly spoke up.
Watching Kuzan pause slightly, Rosse spoke unhurriedly, "I order you to return to the warship and prepare for the destruction of the Tree of Knowledge."
"Commander kid, I've got an order from headquarters here to deal with the marine traitor Jaguar D. Saul."
Kuzan didn't even turn his head and continued walking forward.
He had just taken one step when he was forced to stop.
"Teacher Zephyr, are you going to stop me from carrying out headquarters' orders?", He slightly raised his head, looking at Zephyr standing in front of him, his entire body exuding a slight chill.
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[Kuzan]
[Overall Rating: S-]
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If it were ten years ago, he wouldn't have been able to take even one punch from Zephyr.
But ten years had passed. His ice was no less sharp than Zephyr's punches.
"The duty of a marine is to follow command. I remember I once taught you that," Zephyr frowned slightly. He had neither affection nor dislike for Kuzan.
Among the students he had taught, Kuzan was undoubtedly one of the best.
But Kuzan's overly lazy personality made him displeased, just like how he disliked Borsalino.
"Teacher Zephyr, am I not still following command?"
As soon as Kuzan's words fell, he suddenly frowned and sidestepped to the left.
Almost simultaneously, Zannie's figure appeared at his right side, holding a Den Den Mushi in the shape of Admiral Kong.
["Kuzan, follow the orders of Zephyr and Lord Rosse. This is headquarters' command to you."]
Hearing Kong's voice, Kuzan sighed, "Received."
After speaking, he still had no intention of turning around, but walked to the left on an ice path he formed.
Even though he still ignored Rosse, he followed Rosse's order.
"Lord Rosse, please allow me to take action...", Zannie returned to Rosse's side and respectfully handed over the disconnected Den Den Mushi.
"You're still not his match. As long as he doesn't defect from the marines, he poses no threat to me," Rosse spoke calmly and continued walking toward Robin's direction.
Kuzan's appearance was just a small episode.
His identity as a Celestial Dragon meant he would never get along with marines like Garp and Kuzan.
In the eyes of those marines who couldn't tolerate even a speck of dust, Celestial Dragons were also targets to be dealt with.
It's just that with pirates being the main contradiction right now, the Celestial Dragons and the world government weren't in a hurry to deal with it.
And because of the combat power of Kuzan and Garp, the world government tacitly allowed their existence.
As long as they didn't betray the world government, what they thought didn't matter.
But Rosse knew in his heart that Kuzan would eventually betray the marines.
If he had enough strength now, he'd want to keep the other party here on the spot.
'Strength, huh.'
Zephyr and Gion looked at Rosse's back as he continued forward, each with different expressions, but still silently followed behind him.
From Kuzan's attitude, Zephyr could roughly understand Rosse's toughness and his stance on justice. But since he had chosen the path of eliminating pirates through the world government, he didn't plan to change anymore.
Unless Rosse really couldn't do it, he planned to just observe for now.
Gion, on the other hand, was relatively simple.
Up till now, all she knew was that Celestial Dragons couldn't be offended. If one didn't satisfy their demands, even dying was easy.
But all those were just hearsay. Kuzan's example was right in front of her.
It was normal for him to suppress a newly graduated elite marine like her. But Rosse easily made Kuzan yield, which was an eye-opener for her.
Someone like Kuzan, ranked among the top five in the marines, could only submit to Rosse's command.
Unconsciously, Gion felt a bit lucky about her choice.
At least, she wouldn't have to suffer unnecessary disasters.
Of course, what mainly changed her attitude was that Rosse wasn't just nobly born, but also ridiculously strong himself.
Every time they played around, Rosse's stamina was stronger than hers by a lot, and he could even carry both Stella and her.
In terms of appearance, strength, talent, status, and ability, Rosse was absolutely among the top men she'd seen. For other men to match Rosse's average level, they'd have to be 20 years older than him.
Whenever she thought of this, Gion would feel like she was Cinderella, like she had climbed too high for Rosse.
Their movement speed wasn't slow, and they quickly reached Saul's hiding place.
Speaking of hiding place, it was actually a small cove under a cliff.
Saul's several-dozen-meter tall fat giant body was hiding inside, but it didn't seem that conspicuous.
"You are...?"
Rosse's arrival immediately triggered Saul's alertness.
"Admiral Zephyr!", When Saul saw Zephyr's face, despair appeared on his face.
Knowing that he drifted to Ohara was already despair-inducing enough.
He didn't expect that he'd run into an admiral.
"Admiral? Saul, that's the highest combat power in the marines?"
On Saul's giant hand was a cute black-haired little girl, who was curiously observing Rosse and the others.
"Jaguar D. Saul, Nico Robin, no mistake."
Rosse stood at the front of the group, calmly gazing at the large and small duo.
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[Jaguar D. Saul]
[Overall Rating: A-]
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[Nico Robin]
[Overall Rating: E+]
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Sure enough, even if they were plot characters, if they hadn't grown, their ratings were still ridiculously low.
Rosse sighed inwardly and immediately lost interest in Robin.
He wasn't into little girls. What he liked was Robin after her twenties, he had no interest in the current little 'Radish'.
"That's right. Who are you? Are you here to capture us?", Saul stood up. His several-dozen-meter-tall giant form carried an overwhelming sense of pressure just by standing there.
Ever since he realized he'd drifted to Ohara and accidentally learned Robin's identity, he knew what would happen.
He just didn't expect this day to come so soon.
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