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After being hit with Shin's verbal barrage, Nami angrily ran to her room and locked herself in to sulk.
"All you do is pick on girls. Hina can't stand people like you," Hina said, expressing her disdain for Shin.
But Shin was imdiately displeased. He hadn't seen Hina say a word earlier—in fact, she seed to be enjoying the show.
Now she suddenly cos out and accuses him? A wicked thought crossed Shin's mind.
Looking at the barbecue still on the table, he picked it up and walked towards Hina.
"What are you doing? Co any closer and Hina will have to act."
Feeling a sense of crisis rising from her core, Hina imdiately took several steps back, watching Shin warily.
"Nothing much. I just want you to eat this barbecue. Kalifa, grab her."
Shin ordered Kalifa, who was standing nearby.
Kalifa, always obedient to Shin, imdiately grabbed Hina, immobilizing her.
Because Kalifa was a bit stronger than Hina, she was completely unable to move after being caught.
"Hina was wrong!!" Hina quickly pleaded.
"Oh, so now you know you're wrong? Don't you think it's a bit late?" Shin said with a faint smile.
"No, it's not too late. Everyone makes mistakes, and everyone deserves a second chance. I'm hoping you can give one."
Hina said quickly.
Nami had already demonstrated the taste of this barbecue, and so had Baby-5. She had said it tasted even worse than a Devil Fruit.
Hina had eaten a Devil Fruit before—she knew just how disgusting it tasted.
The taste of a Devil Fruit was said to be worse than crap, and this barbecue was even worse than that.
"I'll let you off this ti. But if there's a next ti, I won't let you off so easily."
Shin warned Hina to make sure she understood.
"I understand, I will never make the sa mistake again!" Hina nodded quickly, then gestured for Kalifa to let her go.
Seeing that Shin had forgiven Hina, Kalifa released her. Hina imdiately snatched the plate from Shin's hand and threw both the plate and the barbecue into the sea.
Just looking at it made Hina's heart tremble. So she quickly threw it away.
"It's fine. Even if you throw it away, we can just have Nami make so more," Shin said with a smile.
Hina's mouth twitched.
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The Pluton continued its voyage through the New World, and anyone with sense kept their distance from him. But today, he crossed paths with soone unexpectedly formidable.
"That flag… it should be the NEO Marines' flag, right?" Shin's gaze was fixed on the ship in the distance, and the flag flying on it.
The so-called NEO Marines were a new navy established by Zephyr. Of course, that was according to Zephyr himself.
To Akainu, Zephyr was a traitor.
Compared with the original tiline, Zephyr founded the NEO Marines earlier because Edward Weevil beca a Warlord sooner. For that reason, the NEO Marines had also ford ahead of schedule, though they had yet to make a na for themselves at sea, largely due to their limited activity.
Seeing the NEO Marines now, no one knew what Zephyr intended. Though he was old, his strength was not to be underestimated. After all, he was a forr Admiral. Even if he could no longer match an Admiral's full power, he likely still possessed the strength of an Admiral candidate.
"Should we attack?" Olvia asked Shin.
They were enemies, after all. The NEO Marines hated pirates with a passion.
But even so, the current NEO Marines had no record of killing pirates, at most just defeating them.
"Attacking for no reason seems a bit rude," Shin said with a smile, making no move to attack.
Everything depended on Zephyr's choice. If he attacked Shin, Shin would not hesitate to strike back. Still, Shin had always felt that Zephyr's strength was sowhat exaggerated.
He had lost an arm to Edward Weevil long ago, and at that ti, his power should not yet have declined significantly. So was Weevil simply that strong, or had Zephyr's reputation been overstated all along?
Shin wasn't sure. Perhaps it was a bit of both.
At this mont, Zephyr also saw Shin's ship. After all, Shin's ship was so conspicuous, along with the flag on it—it was impossible not to see it.
Zephyr's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at Shin's ship with caution.
"Teacher, it seems to be Shin Uzumaki," Ain said cautiously to Zephyr.
"Yes, I know." Zephyr nodded. Though he had never fought Shin, he knew how powerful he was.
With the current strength of the NEO Marines, it was impossible to confront the Kuja Pirates.
Moreover, he had just heard that Shin Uzumaki's Kuja Pirates had destroyed Kaido's Beast Pirates. This news was definitely true, not a fake.
Ain fell silent, looking at her teacher, Zephyr, waiting for his orders.
Whether to confront them or retreat was all up to Zephyr.
"Let's et him," Zephyr didn't leave, preparing to et Shin, just as Shin had thought.
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Not long after, the two ships t, stopping at a distance of less than a hundred ters.
Shin looked at Zephyr with a faint gaze, while Zephyr was also sizing him up.
"You haven't aged a day." Zephyr looked at Shin's face with shock.
Zephyr had seen Shin before. But compared to now, Shin hadn't changed at all, as if ti had left no trace on him.
"Your presence feels weak, Zephyr," Shin said, looking at Zephyr and sensing his aura, feeling he was weaker than he had imagined.
Maybe Zephyr in his pri had been truly powerful, but the man standing before him now? Not so impressive.
The reason was simple: old injuries. Zephyr had accumulated countless wounds over his career. They hadn't slowed him down in his pri, but age had turned them into serious liabilities.
Still, regardless of his current combat ability, Zephyr's talent as an instructor remained unmatched in the Marines.
Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru had all been his students. Even most of the officers at Marine Headquarters had trained under Zephyr at so point—including Hina.
Right now, watching her forr teacher, Hina's emotions were all over the place. She'd been devastated when he left the Marines. Never in a million years did she think they'd et again like this.
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