"Lady Shalria, please stop!"
"Lady Shalria, don't do this...!"
The CP0 agents were in complete disarray as Shalria stormed toward them. Faced with her relentless attacks, they didn't even dare to fight back—only dodge and flee.
In the end, after realizing she wouldn't relent—and with Reiju and Anna having already taken out the other World Government agents—those CP0 members finally used Moonwalk to escape to the last remaining tribute ship.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
While Sora and the others were raiding the Celestial Tribute fleet, the G8 Marine Base deployed warships to provide cover fire, bombarding the ships where Sora's team was located with a storm of cannon blasts.
Despite the interference, Sora and his crew managed to seize three of the four World Government tribute ships.
The last one was escorted by Marines into the G8 fortress, with the surviving CP0 agents taking refuge inside as well.
『Ding! Successfully seized three World Government Celestial Tribute ships. All treasure onboard will be automatically acquired.』
『Ding! The cargo hold of the Divine Slave is full. Auto-loot failed...』
Sora was momentarily speechless at the prompt.
His Divine Slave ship was currently stored in a dimensional storage box—and, truthfully, its hold was completely full.
After discovering the golden city of Shandora on Skypiea, not only had Sora filled his own storage box with gold, but even Makino's box had been crammed to the brim.
Altogether, the haul was worth over 5 billion Berries.
Of course, if Sora wasn't using a box to store the Divine Slave and Makino hadn't used hers to hold the Going Merry, they could've carried even more.
"Well, forget it. Let's go collect those CP0 heads instead."
"Anna, Shalria—stay here and comb the ships. See if there's any loot we missed."
Since there was no more space for treasure, Sora didn't press the issue. After giving his instructions, he and Reiju, using their combat suits, flew straight toward the G8 Fortress.
He had promised to give Robin the heads of CP0 as a gift—and he intended to deliver.
"Our targets are the CP0 agents. As for the Marines—just knock them out."
Sora gave a quick order to Reiju.
He respected the Marines of G8 and had no intention of killing them.
"Understood," Reiju nodded.
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G8 Marine Base.
In the commander's office—
The CP0 squad leader, having fled here, was now yelling at Jonathan furiously.
"Commander Jonathan, in the name of the World Government, I ORDER you to dispatch warships immediately and recover the three tribute ships!"
"Did you hear me?!"
If they didn't retrieve those three tribute ships, death awaited them.
But even staying here meant death—if Sora caught them.
That's why the CP0 agents were desperate to use G8's Marines and a flood of numbers to turn the tide.
Because at this point, all they were staring at… was certain doom.
And whether the ordinary Marines lived or died—they couldn't care less.
Jessica, watching these arrogant CP0 agents bark orders after they'd just been saved by G8's protection, was seething.
If not for their intervention, these bastards would already be dead. And now they dared to strut around here?!
"Forget those three ships," Commander Jonathan said, shaking his head. "I won't send my men to their deaths."
He had seen with his own eyes how quickly Sora had disabled an entire ship.
Sending more Marines out there would be suicide.
Their best option now was to hunker down inside the G8 fortress, tighten security, and stall for time while requesting reinforcements from Marine HQ.
Finger Gun!
Without warning, the CP0 squad leader in the sun mask drove his finger into Jonathan's chest—right through his heart.
If Jonathan wouldn't obey, then he would seize control.
Death for failure. Death at Sora's hands. It didn't matter anymore.
Since death was inevitable, he had nothing left to lose.
"You…" Jonathan looked down at the growing bloodstain in disbelief.
"Jonathan!" Jessica screamed, rushing to catch him and trying to apply pressure to his wound.
"Jessica… run… they've gone mad…"
Jonathan's eyes met hers one last time before he collapsed and died.
The CP0 leader looked down at Jessica with cold indifference, blood still dripping from his finger as he walked toward her.
Jessica glared up at him with fury in her eyes, as if she wanted to tear him to pieces.
Then, something made the CP0 leader freeze. He instinctively backed away, eyes locked on the office door.
Bang!
The door was kicked open.
Sora stepped through.
"Tch tch… CP0 really is ruthless, huh?"
He looked down at Jonathan's corpse and shook his head.
Had he arrived just a little sooner, perhaps Jonathan wouldn't have had to die.
Jonathan had trained G8's Marines to be disciplined and tightly unified. That was why Sora respected him.
Even though Sora had Logia-level Rumble-Rumble powers, the base was stocked with seastone nets and other anti-Devil Fruit weapons. He'd only gotten this far because Reiju drew most of the fire.
To die because you were too competent… what a cruel irony.
"You… you followed us here?!" the CP0 agents stammered in terror.
Sora ignored them. He walked straight over to the freshly widowed Jessica, tilted her chin with one finger, and smiled.
"Miss Jessica, if you'd like to come with me… I'll help you get your revenge."
With his ship's crew growing, Makino was getting overwhelmed. Sora needed another cook.
Jessica was the perfect candidate.
Without hesitation, she pointed at the CP0 squad leader and said coldly:
"I want to kill him with my own hands!"
Her grief had already consumed every shred of reason.
"Scatter!"
The CP0 agents didn't hesitate. They burst through the windows and used Moonwalk to flee into the sky.
Sora's reputation—slaughtering CP0 members like nothing—was legendary.
And they were just ordinary agents. They had no courage left to fight.
"Got it."
Sora gave a low chuckle and transformed into lightning, shooting into the sky after them.
Fifteen minutes later, he returned to the office—carrying the heads of the CP0 squad leader and his fleeing men.
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