Sadly, those CP0 agents would never learn the answer.
As their protectors all collapsed,
Clantonl and Baskondal finally panicked.
"Hey! Hey! You useless trash! Who allowed you to fall!? Get up and protect me!"
Clantonl screamed in helpless fury.
Oguro stepped on the CP0 corpses as he slowly approached the two Celestial Dragons.
"Y-you filthy commoner, don't come any closer!"
Clantonl shrieked in terror, scrambling to pull out the handgun he always carried.
And of course…
it was a Colt revolver made in the Holy Spirit Empire.
BANG!
With trembling hands, Clantonl fired a shot at Oguro.
This time, he actually hit the mark.
The bullet flew straight toward Oguro's chest—
But Oguro's expression didn't change at all.
He simply watched quietly.
A moment later, the bullet stopped ten centimeters in front of him, still spinning rapidly.
Before the Magnet-Magnet Fruit, bullets were toys.
Oguro could twist and play with them however he liked.
He flicked his finger, and with a sharp whoosh, the bullet reversed course, shooting straight back and piercing through Clantonl's face shield.
"AHHH!"
Clantonl convulsed, collapsing instantly.
When that bullet scraped across his scalp, he truly felt the touch of death.
"You… you monster! Go die!"
Clantonl screamed wildly, pulling the trigger again and again.
But no matter how hard he pulled, the trigger didn't budge.
Oguro simply watched him with a smile, amused by the clownish display.
With the Magnet-Magnet Fruit, he could shut down the gun completely.
If he wished it, the revolver was nothing more than a hunk of iron.
"Give it here."
Oguro snorted.
The revolver suddenly wriggled as if alive, tore itself out of Clantonl's grip, and flew into Oguro's hand.
Oguro leveled the gun at the two Celestial Dragons.
"You have two choices.
Die… or promise the world you'll release all slaves and never keep any again."
"A filthy commoner actually dares to threaten us!?"
Baskondal's face flushed with rage.
No Celestial Dragon had ever been humiliated like this.
"I'm warning you! Let us go now! Otherwise, the World Government and the Navy will never let you off!"
Even now, they placed absolute faith in the World Government.
For eight hundred years they had run wild on the seas.
Countless people had challenged their authority, yet every single one ended the same way.
A corpse without a grave.
Could Oguro possibly be stronger than Rocks?
"Heh! When you die, I'm going to stuff your body and put it in my gallery! I want everyone to see what happens when someone offends a Celestial Dragon!"
Oguro shook his head lightly.
"I was giving you a chance. But pigs like you could never understand human language."
"Leaving you alive only wastes food."
Hearing the change in Oguro's tone, Baskondal stiffened.
"W-what are you doing!? I'm warning you, don't be stupid—!"
BANG! BANG! BANG!
His answer was a string of shots.
A Mozambique drill.
Two to the chest, one to the head.
Even a god couldn't save him.
Clantonl collapsed instantly, urine soaking through his trousers.
"No—! Don't kill me! I—"
Before he could finish, Oguro fired a bullet into his forehead and ended his wretched life.
"Quick! Gunshots!"
Not far away, a crowd stirred.
A team of Marines rushed over, drawn by the gunfire.
They were stationed on Sabaody and had rushed here the moment they received a distress call.
When they saw the two corpses on the ground, the Marine captain leading them froze.
"This is bad… this is really, really bad…"
The Celestial Dragons were dead.
The sky had just been torn open.
Then he recognized the man standing nearby.
Oguro.
Even knowing he wasn't a match, the captain forced himself to speak.
"This man murdered Celestial Dragons! His crimes are unforgivable! Men, with me! Capture him!"
The Marines trembled with fear, but still raised their weapons and charged.
Oguro gave them a cold glance.
Conqueror's Haki flooded outward.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The entire squad collapsed unconscious.
Only two or three managed to stay standing.
Whoosh!
Oguro appeared before those survivors like a ghost.
Before they could react, his fists wrapped in Armament Haki slammed into their stomachs.
They were knocked down without a trace of resistance.
With Oguro's current lieutenant-level strength, fighting Marines who weren't even at Vice Admiral level was outright bullying.
He didn't intend to kill them.
Instead, he said coldly:
"Take these two corpses back and deliver my message to the Five Elders."
"I don't want to see anyone buying or selling slaves again. Tell those pig farmers to control their pigs."
"If any Celestial Dragon steps out of Mary Geoise again… this will be their fate."
By now, Oguro no longer feared the World Government.
If they wanted to fight, let them come.
As long as they could pay the price.
He weighed the revolver in his hand.
"What a fine gun. From today on, I'll call it the Gun of Judgment. Or maybe the Pig-Slayer Revolver."
"After all… it's perfect for killing pigs."
Good lord.
Not only had he killed Celestial Dragons… he wanted to nail their reputation to the pillar of shame.
If beings worshipped like gods were universally called pigs, the World Government would become the world's biggest joke.
The Marines didn't dare utter a single word.
They could only watch Oguro walk away, the revolver naturally going with him.
After all… it had killed Celestial Dragons.
Truly a valuable collector's item.
Back at the auction site, Soifon and Kizaru were still locked in combat.
Both were showing signs of fatigue.
It wasn't physical exhaustion, but mental.
Speed-type fighters needed maximum focus every millisecond.
One slip, and the other would seize the opening.
Over time, even they grew tired.
"Soifon, we're leaving."
Oguro returned at that moment, calling her back.
Kizaru let out a long sigh.
He knew then that the Celestial Dragons were probably doomed.
But what was done was done.
He couldn't change anything.
"I hope you don't regret what you did today."
Kizaru stared at Oguro with rare solemnity.
Oguro only chuckled.
"Hmph… you'd better worry about yourselves first."
According to the intel Aizen Sōsuke had sent back—
Ace had already been delivered to the Navy by Blackbeard.
Which meant the Summit War was already in preparation.
At a time like this, the World Government would be desperate to avoid making new troubles.
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