Chapter 558 - 722 – Spandam Is So Terrified His Legs Tremble

"Y-You're really Arton?"

Hina rubbed her eyes and stared in disbelief at Arton, who had appeared behind Spandam.

"Of course it's me."

The corners of Arton's mouth lifted as he placed a hand on Spandam's shoulder.

"You… what are you planning to do?"

Feeling the hand on his shoulder, Spandam finally came back to his senses. Instinctively, he wanted to resist Arton.

But the moment that thought appeared in his mind, a terrifying pressure came crashing down directly on Spandam's body.

"C-Conqueror's Haki!"

Spandam swallowed hard, his legs trembling uncontrollably.

After all, Spandam was the commander of CP9. Even if he himself did not have much strength, he still had the knowledge he should have.

Even if he had never truly felt something like Conqueror's Haki before, anyone who had never eaten pork had at least seen pigs run.

After thinking for a moment, Spandam understood that Arton was using Conqueror's Haki on him.

So strong~!

Spandam roared in his heart, not showing even the slightest thought of resistance.

What he did not know was that his own strength was extremely weak.

Arton had not used much Conqueror's Haki on him. He had only let a little bit of it leak out and press down on him.

If Arton released his Conqueror's Haki at full force, Spandam would have collapsed long ago.

Just like the prison guards outside had on Arton's way here.

"Y-You really are Arton!"

After seeing Spandam's reaction, Hina stood up in surprise.

She had thought that Arton, who had suddenly appeared before her, was just an illusion. But Spandam's reaction was far too real.

There was no way Spandam could see something that existed only in her illusion.

So the Arton in front of her had to be real.

"I'm Arton, of course. I'll replace him if fake."

Arton smiled.

"That's great."

Hina patted her chest and let out a long breath.

No wonder Hina had been suspicious. After all, the timing of Arton's appearance here was simply too perfect.

She had just been thinking that if Arton could arrive, then Arton had directly appeared.

Anyone else would have been suspicious too.

"Arton, why did you appear here?"

"This is Enies Lobby."

Hina leaned close to the cell door and asked Arton in confusion.

"Y-Yeah, this is Enies Lobby."

"Arton, you actually dared to come here? Do you not want to live anymore?"

"I-I advise you to let me go, otherwise you'll be in for trouble."

Spandam spoke to Arton in a trembling voice.

"If you're going to tell me that, could you at least stop shaking so hard? Maybe then I'd actually believe you."

Arton spoke to Spandam with sweat on his forehead.

He was clearly such a timid person with no real strength.

Arton truly had no idea how this guy had become Enies Lobby's highest commander, someone able to order Lucci, Kalifa, and the other powerful CP9 agents around.

It could not possibly be only because Spandam was related to his father, could it?

If that really was the case, then the World Government's higher-ups were far too worthless.

No wonder the World Government had become corrupt to this extent.

It was truly strange for someone with no ability to sit in such an important position without becoming corrupt.

Arton even felt that precisely because the World Government had so many people like Spandam, Dragon had been able to establish the Revolutionary Army.

Otherwise, the mere existence of the World Nobles should not have been enough to make Dragon firmly decide to overthrow the World Government.

It was exactly because the World Government was rotten from top to bottom that Dragon had the idea of purging this world.

Thinking of revolutionaries like Dragon, Arton could not help thinking of the two heroines among the revolutionaries, Belo Betty and Koala.

To a certain degree, Belo Betty and Koala were like the Revolutionary Army's Robin and Nami in the Straw Hat Pirates.

One side corresponded to sexy and cute. Of course, Nami counted as both sexy and cute.

"Still, Nami and Robin can't exactly be counted as members of the Straw Hat Pirates anymore."

"They're members of my Flame Blade Pirates now. I wonder if I can invite Belo Betty and Koala into the Flame Blade Pirates too in the future."

"Mm… Given the nature of the revolutionaries, it should be difficult to invite those two into a pirate crew."

Arton muttered inwardly.

What he did not know was that Belo Betty and Koala had already learned of Arton's existence through their Navigation Diary copies long ago.

Belo Betty had wanted to meet Arton for a long time. She simply had never found the chance.

Although Koala had initially felt embarrassed because of the manga in the Navigation Diary copy and was somewhat dissatisfied with Arton…

After seeing everything Arton had done on these seas, Koala had also developed a trace of fondness for him.

There was nothing she could do. There were far too few people in this world who dared to love and hate as boldly as Arton.

Who else could still bravely raise a weapon against the World Nobles after being hurt by them?

Although the revolutionaries' goal was to overthrow the World Government and destroy the World Nobles, the current revolutionaries were still in the stage of gathering strength, so they had not yet taken action against the World Nobles.

What Arton had done could be considered ahead of the revolutionaries.

Deep in her heart, Koala admired Arton.

If she could meet Arton and chat with him, Koala would not refuse.

If she could obtain a template from Arton, Koala would be even more excited.

Of course, Koala also knew that if she wanted to obtain a template from Arton, she would likely have to join his pirate crew.

Koala was still somewhat hesitant about that.

As for Belo Betty, she was already considering whether she should hand the revolutionaries under her over to her deputy commander, then head to Arton's side first to gain some experience.

After she became strong enough, she would think of a way to return and help the revolutionaries.

There was no helping it. Staying by Arton's side brought far too many benefits.

If she stayed by Arton's side, not only would she have the chance to obtain a template, but Arton would also mention her more often in his diary. That way, she would be able to gain more points and grow stronger through them.

Once she thought of that possibility, Belo Betty felt a wave of excitement in her heart.

After all, she had already personally experienced the benefits that points could bring.

When she trained using points through her diary copy, her cultivation speed really became much, much faster.

For all these reasons, Belo Betty had a very real chance of joining Arton's pirate crew.

If Arton knew this, he would probably be quite happy.

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