This sentence caused the smile on Mouse's face to instantly freeze.
Going to the 77th Branch?
That stubborn guy at the 77th Branch?
If this kid delivered the heads there, he wouldn't even get to smell the soup, let alone have a taste!
Mouse's patience was exhausted at this moment. The hypocritical smile on his face faded, replaced by malice and ferocity.
If soft tactics wouldn't work, he would have to use hard ones.
Click.
He suddenly drew the pistol from his waist, the dark muzzle pointing straight at Lorne.
"Kid, don't refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit!"
Mouse's voice became sharp and cruel.
"I suspect you are colluding with the Arlong Pirates. Now, I order you to stop the boat immediately and accept inspection!"
Lorne looked at the muzzle aimed at his brow, his expression darkening slightly, and finally, he sighed softly.
That sigh, falling into Mouse's ears, was interpreted as submission and fear.
The smugness on his face grew, and he sneered in his heart.
'Want to submit now? Too late!'
'The bounty is mine, and whatever treasure Arlong hid must be yours too. If I don't squeeze you dry today, my name isn't Mouse!'
He clicked the safety of his pistol, making a crisp metallic sound, and said sinisterly:
"You've been sneaky and suspicious from the very beginning! Now I seriously suspect you are carrying unspeakable crimes!"
"Men!"
Mouse shrieked at the top of his lungs.
"Seal his boat! Take him into custody and bring him to the interrogation room for a thorough questioning! Everything on his boat is stolen goods!"
The Marines on the Warship looked at each other. Although they were used to the Colonel's style, today's actions were going too far.
Someone had just eliminated the Arlong Pirates who had been plaguing the region, and now they were going to be interrogated as criminals?
A Marine who looked relatively young couldn't hold back and stepped forward, whispering a word of advice:
"Colonel! This... doing this, isn't it a bit inappropriate... He is, after all..."
Smack!
A loud slap landed directly on the young Marine's face.
Mouse retracted his hand, his face twisted, and he cursed with spittle flying:
"Inappropriate? I am the rules! I have the final say here! Are you questioning me?!"
The young Marine covered his burning cheek and retreated silently, head bowed, not daring to say another word.
Mouse roared the order again:
"What are you still standing there for! Do it!"
A slightly lazy voice clearly interrupted Mouse's roar:
"If you aren't going to use your brain, you can donate it."
Mouse was stunned. He couldn't believe his ears; someone actually dared to interrupt at a time like this.
He turned his head sharply, staring fixedly at Lorne below. Because of his extreme anger, his rat-like face was somewhat distorted.
"You... what did you say? You really are tired of living! How dare you insult a Navy officer!"
Lorne looked at his exasperated appearance and actually laughed out loud, his laughter filled with indescribable mockery.
"I'm just a bit curious."
Lorne restrained his laughter, tilted his head, as if he were truly asking for advice on a profound question.
"You already know the Arlong Pirates were completely wiped out by me. Where did you get the guts to point a gun at me?"
He paused and added another sentence, his tone playful.
"Do you think I'm just a civilian with good luck, so even if I killed Arlong, I wouldn't dare to make a move against a Navy Colonel like you?"
The moment the words fell.
Crack~!
A crisp, extreme shattering sound exploded without warning!
It didn't come from the Warship, nor from Lorne's small boat, but from the vast, boundless sea beneath them!
Centering on Lorne's small sailboat, extreme cold spread crazily in all directions!
The azure sea surface was replaced by a thick, pure whiteness in less than a second!
The surging waves of the seawater were frozen in this moment, turning into sculptures of ice crystal.
The massive Navy Warship, under the force of inertia, jerked forward, then emitted a teeth-grinding sound of twisting metal as it was frozen dead on this suddenly appeared ice field, unable to move a single inch!
The whole world seemed to have been pressed on the pause button at this moment.
A bone-chilling cold instantly pierced through the deck and the soles of their boots, rushing straight to everyone's crowns.
"So... so cold!"
Colonel Mouse felt a chill rush from his soles to his brain, making him shiver uncontrollably.
It was precisely this shiver that cleared his chaotic brain a little bit.
He suddenly came to his senses.
The person in front of him... this man... he was not some lucky civilian!
Mouse's gaze shifted stiffly from Lorne and slowly cast around.
Everything he could see was a vast expanse of white.
The once surging sea had now turned into an endless white ice field.
Their Warship, a war machine cast from steel, was now firmly fixed on the ice, unable to move.
Mouse's lips began to tremble, and the skin on his face twitched uncontrollably.
A Logia-type... devil fruit user?!"
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