"Why does this king seem a bit… eccentric?" The sudden change in Harald's attitude was unexpected for Kenji.
He had already released his Conqueror's Haki and raised his hand.
But then the other party suddenly declared: What was said before is not important, we are willing to cooperate!
"Since you're willing to cooperate, why were you so indignant and said so much?" Kenji frowned slightly.
At this moment, he would rather suspect that he had overlooked a layer than believe that the King of Elbaph on the other side was simple-minded.
After all, dealing with idiots is often exhausting, especially since what Kenji was about to obtain was a vast amount of knowledge, which might involve the secrets passed down orally by the Giant race.
If the other party were simple-minded, would they be able to explain things clearly?
Kenji remained skeptical about this. However, the current situation was finally resolved.
At least the other party had the willingness to cooperate, and the subsequent matters would face little obstruction within the Elbaph Giant Tribe.
Due to the severe injuries of the Giant warriors present, the group rested in the Temple for a moment before they could barely get up and move.
During this time, Kenji noticed that the pure white light shining down from above the Temple seemed to have some auxiliary healing effect on the Giants, with their healing speed visibly accelerating.
However, the effect was limited to merely speeding up wound healing and could not directly cure injuries.
"Thank you, great Elbaph God…"
Before leaving, Harald led a group of Temple Guards in a series of "mutterings" towards the statue in the center of the great hall.
Or rather, prayers?
In any case, Kenji wasn't very interested. At the moment, he was checking the important system prompts displayed in his vision.
[Due to your active attack on CP0 and God's Knights members, based on a possible change in stance, future missions will undergo certain changes!]
[Your performance in the choice mission has met the criteria for hostile faction determination!]
[Attention: Future hostile missions related to the World Government and Celestial Dragons will be triggered!]
"Hostile missions? Like those for subjugating pirates?" Kenji chuckled after carefully reading the system prompts.
"Good heavens, is this system trying to lure me with missions because I refused to 'defect'?"
"Hmm, but these hostile subjugation missions also require certain trigger conditions."
"I'll see what the mission rewards are like then… If I utilize various conditions, I feel like I can just lie back and collect rewards!"
Kenji pondered for a moment until Harald and a group of Giant warriors arrived, interrupting his thoughts.
After exiting the Temple, the group of Temple Guards outside still hadn't woken up. They only finally regained consciousness after enjoying Loki's 'free lightning strike wake-up call' service.
When these people saw Kenji, their eyes immediately turned red. If it weren't for Harald's command, they would most likely have charged for the sake of warrior dignity.
After the two groups converged, they continued their journey to the edge of the Heaven world, taking the 'Island Cloud' back to the Sun World.
Upon arriving at Western Village, where the Giant citizens of the Sun World resided, intense clamor mixed with bursts of loud noises drifted over.
Everyone looked down and saw a large number of Marine personnel besieging a tall, beautiful woman, with a group of Giant villagers standing further away.
"Charlotte? How did she escape?" Kenji frowned slightly, very displeased with Sakazuki and the others.
His expression darkened, and he descended from the cloud to the ground, arriving near the battlefield where Charlotte was being besieged.
Then, he noticed that Charlotte, who was being besieged, had Sea Stone cuffs on each of her wrists.
And there were also many fragments of cuffs on her body, clearly indicating that the complete Sea Stone cuffs that had originally bound Charlotte had been forcibly broken.
There was no need to ask who broke them. Besides Charlotte, who else could it be?
"Oh, I forgot about this." Kenji's heart stirred, and he hit his forehead.
"Even the young Kaido is difficult to imprison, let alone Charlotte with her Steel Balloon Physique."
"Such a monster… is indeed very difficult to bind completely…"
At this moment, Kenji understood the headache that Kong often felt.
How to deal with monsters like Kaido and Charlotte who cannot be imprisoned?
After much thought, Kenji had an idea: send her to Marineford and let Kong have the headache.
"It looks like I'll have to capture her again…"
Kenji rolled up his sleeves, looking at Charlotte, who was 'slaughtering' within the encirclement, with a hint of anticipation on his face.
"I wonder what kind of reward this triggered mission will have…"
"Heh, I'm really looking forward to it!"
With eyes like he was looking at a 'treasure trove,' Kenji walked into the encirclement and came face to face with Charlotte.
In the battlefield, Sakazuki, Magellan, and Kuzan surrounded Charlotte in a triangular formation, while other Marine soldiers, under the command of officers, fired bullets and cannonballs from a distance.
In fact, the loud noises emanating from the field were mostly from the firing of cannons.
Dense cannonballs and bullets almost formed a rain curtain, covering Charlotte overwhelmingly.
However, Charlotte didn't even bother to glance at the deadly bullet rain, letting the barrage pound her body.
Under the continuous bombardment of deadly 'rain curtains,' it finally helped Charlotte brush off the dust from her clothes and the shattered Sea Stone cuff remnants.
"Hey! This attack is completely useless!" Kuzan raised a hand to cover his forehead, saying with a helpless expression.
"Let them stop quickly, save some ammunition…"
"Admiral Shirojishi is back!"
Kuzan visibly relaxed when he saw Kenji's figure.
As the Marine soldiers ceased firing, the intense noise within the battlefield finally subsided somewhat.
At this time, the Giant villagers who had woken up earlier from the Conqueror's Haki tremor, led by Harald, all came near the battlefield.
"Charlotte …"
Harald looked at the tall and graceful figure surrounded in the center of the battlefield, his brows tightly furrowed.
"To cause trouble at such a time…"
The severely injured Harald and the Temple Guards clearly did not have enough combat power to stop Charlotte again.
Just as the Giants showed troubled expressions and glared at Charlotte, Kenji was also very angry.
Not long ago, he had told the Giants face to face: Charlotte has been subjugated.
But upon arriving, this was the scene?
Slapping him in the face, huh?
However, although Kenji was angry, he did not rush to act.
Is the system ready? Where's the mission?
He felt very strange.