A week passed in the blink of an eye!
Just as Rayleigh thought the little girl was just talking, and even felt he was making a fuss over nothing.
Shakky finally received news: Esdeath's operation had begun!
"I hope you won't disappoint me!"
Thump!
Rayleigh and Shakky's glasses clinked together.
They never expected that even after retiring, they would have to come out again.
"Esdeath-sama, assembly complete!"
Tina appeared before Esdeath in full uniform.
Beside Esdeath at this moment was Carina, also dressed in a Marine uniform.
She had already become one of the official Marines!
Although Carina's strength was limited, she could now handle four or five ordinary people.
"Depart!"
A smile appeared on Esdeath's face; after a week of training, she had become familiar with the Marine soldiers below her.
As for those old Marine hands, Esdeath did not treat them leniently, but rather used violence to suppress violence!
Some even tried to rally Marine soldiers to resist Esdeath, but they were, of course, directly suppressed by force!
Living in the chaotic Shambles was originally quite comfortable, and there wasn't much need for strict management.
After all, it was a lawless zone; the initial passion they had when they first arrived had long since faded, and they had begun to idle away their days.
But now it was different!
"Yes, Esdeath-sama!"
All the Marine soldiers replied in unison; they could feel that Esdeath-sama truly wanted to clean up Shambles!
Initially, they didn't believe her and lacked the motivation to act.
However, after a week of interaction, they discovered that this officer wasn't just all talk; she trained with them every day.
Furthermore, they couldn't even achieve one percent of her training volume, and slowly, a heartfelt reverence grew within them.
Fully equipped Marine soldiers left the Navy Base, with Tina leading the way, beginning to clear one of the districts!
If there was one thing Esdeath lacked most right now, it was capable subordinates; currently, she only had Tina.
"Should I call Smoker over?"
She couldn't help but think of Smoker; if he was merely reassigned to the East Blue just for contradicting a superior, it would be a bit of a waste.
Having him as her subordinate would be a good plan; a Logia-type Devil Fruit user still had great deterrent power against pirates not from the New World.
She couldn't waste her connections; once this district was dealt with, she would directly call Sengoku!
...
Many people looked at the rapidly moving Marine soldiers, feeling a bit confused.
How could the usually slacking Marine soldiers be so diligent today? Could some important figure have arrived?
Crash!
"Damn it!"
Many nobles gathered together, their faces livid!
They had wanted to connect with this new Marine officer, but they were directly thrown out by a young woman!
"I must report this to the World Government!"
"That's right! We must report them!"
A corpulent noble smashed another vase, furious that they dared to bully them like this!
Did they really think they were made of clay? Today, they absolutely had to report this new Marine officer!
"Bad news, my lord!"
"A bunch of Marines entered our businesses, claiming we're involved in human trafficking!"
A lackey stumbled and crawled in, his face panicked as he spoke to one of the nobles.
"Let's go, we'll see for ourselves!"
How dare they stir up trouble right under their noses!
They wanted to see if this Marine had three heads and six arms!
Six or seven nobles, including a beautiful female noble, looked disdainfully at the people walking ahead.
"They actually dare to try and lay hands on Esdeath-sama."
"If it weren't for the Marine's support, how could Esdeath-sama lay hands on you useless lot."
How could Esdeath have done nothing in a week's time?
Since Esdeath dared to claim the Sabaody Archipelago, she must have received Sengoku's approval.
She even certainly represented the Gorosei's will.
The original words were like this:
"These nobles have been too arrogant recently; you can lightly teach them a lesson. Let them know who is the master."
Unfortunately, Esdeath didn't interpret it that way, but rather as being able to slaughter them all!
As for the consequences afterward, that would be for the Gorosei to handle; at worst, she would just say she misunderstood, and they couldn't do anything to her.
A group of people were escorted out by Marine soldiers, their hands bound with iron cuffs; these ordinary people would certainly not be sent to Impel Down.
Instead, they were to be detained on the spot!
"Stop!"
The leading noble immediately roared in anger, "Who told you to do this? Stop!"
"Continue."
The soldier glanced at Tina next to her, asked a question, and continued the escort after receiving the answer.
"You!"
"Who are you? I am a noble from a World Government affiliated country!"
"Be careful with your position!"
Tina glanced at the leading noble, saying nothing, waiting for Esdeath-sama's arrival.
"You! I'm talking to you!"
Seeing that the woman ignored him, he reached out to grab Tina's clothes.
Snap!
A black barred spear pierced through the man's palm.
His pig-like body instantly collapsed to the ground, clutching his hand and letting out a pig-like squeal.
"Assaulting a public official, be careful or I'll kill you."
Aside from her warmth towards Esdeath, Tina was cold towards everyone else, let alone someone trying to touch her.
Many people around showed expressions of satisfaction!
This noble had done evil for many years, and today someone finally taught him a lesson, but then they became worried again.
They understood the Marine's objective this time, but could they truly succeed?
They didn't dare to imagine or believe; on one side were the nobles who preyed on them, and from time to time, they also had to guard against pirate incursions.
Finding the Marine was useless, and the World Government officials were all corrupt.
No way to heaven, no door to hell!
This was their true living situation.
To avoid being bullied, they could only become bad people themselves to live better.
"You actually dared to!"
Two nobles stepped forward to help the corpulent noble up, looking at Tina as if she were an idiot.
"You're finished, you're finished!"
"When I get back, I'll have your superior remove you from your post, and then you'll be on your knees begging me!"
The pig-like noble's expression was distorted as he looked at Tina, his mind racing.
"Oh?"
A figure descended from the sky.
She landed between the two, her long sword directly slitting the corpulent noble's throat.
"It's bad enough to be ugly, but you're scaring people."
She wouldn't tolerate these nobles; as for who would restrain the pirates, that would naturally be her!
"Do you know the identity of this lord?!"
The nobles on both sides couldn't believe what had just happened before their eyes; he was actually killed!
"Sorry, not interested."
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