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"She should just obey and do as she's told."
When Donquixote Doflamingo talked about CP0's loyalty to the Five Elders, Rosen didn't show any worry on his face. Instead, he showed a meaningful smile when he talked about her.
"Lord Rosen, I don't quite understand what you mean."
Seeing this, Donquixote Doflamingo couldn't help but feel curious.
Why is Rosen so confident, even certain, that CP0 will betray the Five Elders?
You know, as long as the Five Elders speak, even if it is an order to commit suicide, CP0 will choose to do it.
Would he really obey Rosen's orders for fear of his heart stopping?
"The betrayal you see is not scary; the betrayal you don't see is scary."
Rosen put his hands on the railing of the boat and watched the boat carrying Stussy and the other two slowly sail away from the dock. The smile on his face became even more intense.
"An invisible betrayal?"
Upon hearing this, Donquixote Doflamingo followed Rosen's gaze and looked at the ship leaving the dock. It was unknown what he was thinking about, and his eyes flickered under his sunglasses.
…
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The other side.
After leaving the dock by boat and being far enough away from Donquixote's base camp, Barton, who had a look of keeping strangers away, finally spoke.
"Stussy, you're not really going to follow Rosen's orders, are you?"
Barton looked at Stussy and said something shocking.
"How could that be?"
"It's just a life!"
"From the moment we became CP0, our lives no longer belonged to us. Instead, they belonged to the Five Elders. The reason we agreed to Rosen just now was just a pretense of compliance so we could leave Donquixote's base camp smoothly and then report everything to the Five Elders."
Stussy played with her hair that was blown by the sea breeze:
"We're far enough away now. Even if Rosen changes his mind or realizes something's wrong, it's too late to chase us."
"Next, we just need to report what happened tonight to His Excellency the Five Elders."
"Barton, or Sironic, you two should report. I'm a little tired."
"After all, you two only took one hit just now, but I took many such attacks."
As she turned and walked towards Barton and Sironic, she took out a Den Den Mushi from her pocket that could directly communicate with the Five Elders, and, on the grounds that she had suffered multiple Cero attacks, signaled the two to come and report to the Five Elders.
"It's no wonder that the Five Elders think so highly of you."
"This is the courage a member of CP0 should have."
"Isn't it just a heart? If Rosen wants it so badly, then just take it!"
Seeing Stussy's determination to face death and never betray the Five Elders, Barton showed a satisfied smile on his face and temporarily let down his guard.
Seeing this scene, Sironic, who had been observing Stussy from the side, also felt relieved.
Before, he also secretly suspected that Stussy wanted to betray the World Government.
After all, unlike himself and Barton, who were both selected from CIPHER POL and promoted to CP0 step by step, Stussy was a latecomer.
With her absolutely excellent business ability and her status as the Queen of Pleasure District, she won the favor of the Five Elders and was recruited into CP0.
When it comes to loyalty, they are definitely not as loyal as those with pure CIPHER POL bloodline.
"Certainly."
Stussy raised the corner of his mouth slightly and handed the Den Den Mushi to Barton.
But just as Barton relaxed his guard against Stussy and focused his attention on the Den Den Mushi, organizing his words in his mind and thinking about how to report to the Five Elders, a white jade finger, like a bullet fired from a gun with a silencer, suddenly approached his throat.
Phew
Barton's eyes widened, bloodshot streaks covering the whites of his eyes.
At this moment, his whole body was tense.
Blood slowly flowed out from the throat where Stussy's finger pierced.
"…"
Barton opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but the Armament Haki wrapped around Stussy's index finger penetrated his body and completely destroyed his vocal cords, making it impossible for him to utter a single word.
"Stussy, you!"
Sironic on the side was also stunned and looked at Stussy in disbelief.
He never expected that Stussy, who had just been ready to die and said he would swear allegiance to the Five Elders, would suddenly jump up and attack Barton with a finger gun wrapped in Armament Haki, piercing his throat with one shot.
"Flying Shigan!"
After instantly killing Barton with a shot of his finger gun, Stussy immediately pulled out his bloody index finger. The moment he pointed it at Sironic, the bloody index finger was like a bloody pistol, shooting out a crescent-shaped shock wave.
"You're looking for death!"
Sironic roared, lifted his right foot off the ground, stirred up a violent airflow, and kicked out a vacuum slash wave, which cut off the oncoming crescent impact and rushed towards Stussy like a flying bird.
"Soru!"
Seeing this, Stussy shot out like an arrow and dodged the slashing wave that broke through the air.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time."
While Stussy was dodging, Sironic used the Rokushiki: Soru as well. Like a bullet, he instantly flashed in front of Stussy, extended his index finger, and fired a Shigan straight at his throat.
Obviously.
He wanted to kill Stussy in the same way.
Phew
Facing Sironic's Shigan, Stussy was horrified and had no time to dodge. He could only watch the opponent's fingers, with the power to penetrate metal and stone, pierce his throat.
"wrong!"
After the strike was made, there was no joy on Sironic's face because he could not feel any touch.
It was like a finger stabbing the air.
As expected.
Stussy, who was said to have been shot in the throat, was like a mirage that was touched by someone. After rippling waves, he disappeared from the spot.
at the same time.
A finger as hard as black iron pierced into Sironic's back.
Phew
Sironic's body stiffened, an expression of disbelief on his face.
"Nothing surprising. Why do you think Rosen let us go so easily even though he knew you two wouldn't give in?"
"That's because before leaving the dock at Donquixote's headquarters, I was already planning how to successfully kill you two in the North Blue."
"He has already seen my intention to kill you all."
Stussy stood behind Sironic, taking in the disbelief on his face:
"Arrogant Barton, distract your attention and you can launch a sneak attack."
"As for you, seeing Barton die before your eyes, your emotions will definitely fluctuate."
"As long as I take advantage of the gap when you can't use your Observation Haki, I can hit you with one strike."
"Now, you can die in peace!"
Finished.
She pulled the finger that had pierced Sironic's heart out of his back.
"You, are you so afraid of death?"
"Stussy."
Sironic staggered forward a few steps, then fell to the ground, and scarlet blood flowed along the deck.
He didn't understand why Stussy betrayed him so decisively.
He also didn't understand. Isn't Stussy afraid of the revenge of the Five Elders?
For the traitor who betrayed CP0.
The World Government has always pursued one purpose.
That is, killing without mercy.
"I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid that Dr. Vegapunk will be implicated by me and die because of me."
"How can you, who were conceived by your parents and came into this world in a reasonable way, understand?"
"Dr. Vegapunk, he is my biological father who gave me life. He allowed me, a person who shouldn't exist, to come into this world. He is also my teacher who taught me how to be a normal person."
Stussy looked down at the dying Sironic:
"Whoever it is."
"Anytime there's a chance of endangering Dr. Vegapunk."
"Then he must die!"
This moment.
Her eyes were colder than those of a sea king.
Her voice was creepier than the devil's.