The samurai who incited the people to protest clearly did not expect the Marine to act with such brutallity.
Fleeing through the streets and alleys, they inadvertently plunged many citizens of the Flower Capital into panic.
In one alley of the Flower Capital, six samurai lay in pools of blood, their wounds continuously gushing blood.
Five of them had already dead, while the remaining one, though still clinging to life, was not yet dead.
His eyes were wide open, filled with disbelief as he stared at the two Marine soldiers laying opposite them.
The two Marine soldiers were also covered in blood, with several wounds from katana slashes revealing their white bone.
Yet, despite their injuries, neither of them let out a cry of pain, as if they were numb to it.
They looked at the six samurai lying in the alley and grinned with a fanatical smile.
"Cough, cough..."
Suddenly, one of the Marine soldiers coughed violently, then spat out a mouthful of blood.
Immediately after, the soldier used his rifle to prop himself up and stood shakily to his feet.
"You... invaders!"
Seeing the Marine soldier stand up, the last remaining samurai mustered his final ounce of strength and struggled to his feet, trembling as he gripped the hilt of his katana.
The blade pointed directly at the Marine soldier as he gritted his teeth and said.
"The Land of Wano has been ruled by the Kozuki Clan since its founding!"
Hearing this, the Marine soldier tilted his head slightly, glancing at the barely standing samurai, then grinned with a bloodthirsty, almost crazed expression.
"It doesn't matter which family ruled the Land of Wano before. From now on, the Land of Wano—and the entire world—will belong to the Fleet Admiral!"
Before the words had fully left his mouth, the Marine soldier decisively raised his rifle and thrust the bayonet forward with brutal force.
The samurai who barely able to stand had no strength to dodge or even swing his katana.
He could only watch helplessly as the bayonet pierced his chest.
"Three!"
After finishing off the last samurai, the Marine soldier could no longer hold on.
He collapsed with a thud, falling on top of the other Marine soldier and let out a triumphant laugh.
"Rook, I killed three too! We're even now, haha—"
"You're going to crush me, Douglas!"
Rook, pinned beneath him, shouted weakly.
"Get off me!"
"Haha, I can't move. Let me rest for a bit!"
The soldier named Douglas lay on top of Rook for a moment, then rolled over.
The two of them helped each other up, dragging their battered bodies as they staggered out of the alley.
"Halt!"
As soon as they stepped out of the alley, they saw several ronin wielding katanas running toward them.
Behind the ronin, four Marine soldiers were in pursuit, decisively raising their rifles and firing at them.
Soon, only two of the fleeing ronin remained.
As the two ronin reached Douglas and Rook, gunshots rang out behind them once more.
Moments later, both ronin fell to the ground in quick succession!
"Keep running!"
The pursuing Marine soldiers quickly caught up to the fallen ronin and without hesitation, raised their rifles to deliver the final shots.
After confirming that the ronin were dead, the lead Marine soldier looked up at Douglas and Rook.
Seeing their bloodied and wounded state, the lead soldier couldn't help but laugh.
"Douglas, Rook, what happened to you two? You look like you've been through hell!"
"How did a Marine with both a gun and a sword end up so badly injured?"
"Out of ammo!" Douglas shook his head with a smile, then pointed to the alley behind him.
Seeing this, the leading marine soldier didn't hesitate for a moment.
He decisively rushed into the alley and fired additional shots into the six samurai lying in pools of blood.
[A/N : Ngl bros the marines act more and more like a pirates compare to pirates 😭]
"Did you two take down all six of them?"
The leading soldier returned to the two men and gave them a thumbs-up.
"Impressive."
"We had no choice!" Douglas shrugged slightly, exuding an air of coolness.
"They not only refused to surrender but even dared to fight back with their swords!"
Hearing this, the leading soldier's mouth hitched slightly.
He then waved his hand and shouted to his two companions behind him.
"You two, escort Douglas and Rook back for bandaging. The rest of you, follow me!"
"Still chasing?" A soldier beside him couldn't help but say.
"They've already fled into civilian homes. If we keep pursuing, it's likely to cause even more chaos."
"What do you know?"
The leading marine soldier glared back at his companion. "They're not ordinary civilians. We must strike hard and eliminate their root!"
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Meanwhile, because Ashura Doji had been forcibly detained by Admiral Sakazuki at the temporary marine base, all members of the Mt Atama Thieves from Mt Atama had gathered at a courtyard on the outskirts of the city.
A few idle members of the bandit group squatted in front of the gate, some lost in thought, others sharpening their blades.
Suddenly, one of the bandit group members sitting on the threshold widened his eyes and quickly stood up, looking ahead.
In his line of sight, several samurai dressed as ordinary civilians were rapidly approaching, wielding katanas.
Behind them, more than a dozen marine soldiers were in hot pursuit, firing their guns as they chased.
"What's going on?"
Seeing the samurai being chased by the marines, the bandit group members in front of the courtyard stood up, their eyes wide as they watched the figures rapidly closing in.
"Hey, hey, don't come this way!"
Seeing that the samurai were clearly heading straight for the courtyard, the leading bandit group member quickly shouted.
"Don't come here! Turn back!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
A series of sharp gunshots rang out and in an instant, three of the samurai at the back fell to the ground.
The remaining two didn't slow down, urgently shouting to the bandit group members in front of the courtyard.
"Are you brothers from the Mt Atama Thieves? Help us stop the marines behind us!"
As soon as the words fell, the two samurai had already reached within five meters of the courtyard gate.
Before the bandit group members at the gate could react, the sharp crack of gunfire sounded again.
In the next second, the two samurai fell to the ground one after the other.
"!!!!"
"What's going on here?"
"They're not ordinary civilians—they're samurai!"
After a brief moment of stunned silence, one of the bandit group members was the first to snap out of it.
He quickly stepped forward to the nearest fallen samurai.
When he saw the crescent moon mark on the samurai's ankle, his pupils contracted sharply and he looked up with a sense of urgency at the swarming marine soldiers.
"Stay where you are!"
As more than a dozen Marine soldiers swarmed in, aiming their guns at the dozen or so members of the bandit gang in front of the courtyard gate, a commanding and domineering figure quickly strode out from between two soldiers.
It was Captain Morgan, holding an axe.
"Report, Captain!"
A soldier who had been sent to inspect the fallen warriors quickly returned and reported to Morgan.
"They all have moon marks on their ankles!"
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