Chapter 53

Power reacted quickly and counterattacked with a large blood hammer as the opponent swung their sword in an instant.

"Swish!"

"Boom!!"

A loud clash resounded.

Power blocked the sudden attack from the woman, and a smile appeared on her face.

"Hey, hey, hey, you want to fight with me too?!"

Listening to Power's rough words, the Marine officer furrowed his brows slightly.

In the next second, another young officer wearing a white Marine coat rushed out from behind the Marine officer, drawing his sword and heading straight for Power!

"Swish!"

"Clang!"

Smartly, Power didn't engage in a direct confrontation with them. She leaped backward, evading their attacks and causing them to miss.

After steadying herself, Power looked excitedly at the two Marine officers.

"Two of you?! Perfect timing! I was just itching for a fight!"

On the other side, the two Marine officers stood side by side, not responding to Power's words.

At that moment, an elderly woman with grayish-white hair, also wearing a white Marine coat, walked forward.

"Is this chaos, your doing?"

With Tsuru's words falling.

The surrounding crowd suddenly realized.

"It's the Marines! The Marines have arrived!"

"Now we're saved!"

"She brought trouble upon herself by attracting the Marines."

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The murmurs from the surrounding people irritated Power, dampening her excited mood.

Unable to bear it, she turned her head and cursed at the gossiping crowd, "Shut up, you're all so annoying!"

Then, Power turned her gaze back to the Tsuru and her companions and called out, "Hey! You guys! Let's fight together!"

Tsuru remained silent but narrowed her eyes slightly.

The two Marine officers in front of her wasted no words either.

They slightly bowed, gathering strength, and swiftly charged towards Power.

"Swish! Swish!"

Seeing this, Power's emotions became even more exhilarated.

She also took a brisk step forward.

"Swish!"

However, unlike the two Marine officers, just as Power had barely taken two steps, she was suddenly lifted up by a large hand.

Before Power could react, she saw a man in a red suit, wearing round-framed glasses, appear in front of her in an instant and calmly speak.

"Could you all please stop here?"

The two Marine officers, who were rushing towards Power, were surprised to see this sudden figure and quickly halted their attacks.

"Vice Admiral Tsuru!" The two Marine officers spoke simultaneously as they reached Tsuru's side.

A solemn expression appeared on Tsuru's face, and she spoke in a deep voice.

"Do not act recklessly."

She could feel the dangerous aura emanating from the man in the red suit before her.

Her instinct was telling her that even if her two subordinates attacked together, they would not stand a chance against him.

But that wasn't the main concern.

The main concern was the person behind the man in red who was causing the disturbance.

A man dressed in a white robe, pale skin, and emerald green eyes.

The dangerous aura he exuded was no less than that of the man in front of her.

"These two are strong!"

Realizing this, her expression became more solemn.

Meanwhile, Demiurge didn't pay much attention to Tsuru and her companions.

He slowly turned his head and looked at Power, who was being held up by Ulquiorra Cifer like a small cat, and spoke leisurely.

"You've caused trouble, Power."

Power was startled by his words and instantly became meek, like a well-behaved cat.

"Th-That, Demiurge, please don't tell the captain about this."

"It's too late, the captain is already here," Ulquiorra Cifer interjected from behind Power.

Upon hearing that the captain had arrived, Power couldn't help but shiver in fear, and cold sweat the size of beans formed on her forehead.

"It's over, I'm going to be killed by the captain."

On the other side, as Tsuru listened to the conversation among the three, she furrowed her brows slightly.

From the moment these two appeared, Tsuru had an inexplicable feeling of familiarity, as if she had seen them somewhere before.

But she couldn't recall it at the moment.

From their conversation, it seemed that their captain... had also arrived?

As these thoughts flickered through her mind, a voice filled with some surprise came from behind Ulquiorra Cifer.

"It's you?! What are you doing here?"

Hearing this, she was slightly taken aback and instinctively turned her head to look.

A man with black hair and a silver-white longsword hanging from his waist appeared before her eyes.

In that instant, as she recognized the man's face, her eyes contracted uncontrollably, and her expression turned to shock!

"It's you?!"

Stepping out of the crowd, Carnes approached Ulquiorra Cifer and Power.

Looking at Tsuru, who was standing not far away, Carnes' face revealed a smile from the depths of his heart.

"Well, long time no see, Tsuru!"

However, despite Carnes' smile, Tsuru's face grew dark.

"It really is you, Carnes!!"

When she saw Demiurge and Ulquiorra Cifer earlier, she felt a sense of familiarity, as if she had seen them somewhere on bounty posters.

It wasn't until Carnes appeared that she suddenly realized it.

Both of them were members of the Gale Emperor Pirates founded by Carnes!

After Garp informed her that Carnes was still alive, she had been paying attention to the Gale Emperor Pirates.

Unexpectedly, she would encounter them here today!

Seeing Tsuru's reaction, Carnes was also slightly surprised.

He thought she wouldn't recognize him so quickly, but she immediately recognized him.

It deviated from what he had expected.

"It's quite unexpected that you still remember me. I thought it would take you a long time to remember."

Tsuru's face turned dark, and her words were devoid of courtesy.

"This era no longer belongs to you! You should have died back then and become a mere legend!"

Facing Tsuru's curses, Carnes remained unperturbed and continued to wear a smile on his face.

"But you didn't want me to be a legend either, did you? The existence of me, that damned captain, and others were almost completely wiped out by you Marines and World Government?"

"It's your own doing!" she sternly reprimanded.

"So what? Is that a conflict?" Carnes' smile remained.

"What exactly do you want?" Tsuru asked with a serious look.

"Aren't you asking the obvious? If it were Garp, I might think he didn't know, but you, you wouldn't, or at least you shouldn't be that stupid," replied Carnes leisurely.

With those words, Carnes slowly raised his hand and placed it on the hilt of the Eclipse sword.

Looking down at Tsuru not far away, Carnes spoke in a calm voice once again.

"So now, if there's anything to explain, go ahead and explain it!"

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