In the blink of an eye, Van Oka was dead on the spot.

Kuzan breathed heavily, staring at Van Okka's body for a long time, feeling both guilty and shocked at the burning slaughter.

Porphyr.

Suddenly, he heard a faint sound of agitation coming from the wriggling tentacles, and realized that the attack was not over.

Now was not the time to struggle, he turned around without hesitation and jumped from the tip of the iceberg to the sea.

As his toes were about to hit the rushing waves, the plummeting temperature froze them into a small lump of ice.

He stepped on such a block of ice, speeding away from the rising iceberg.

And the trident that fell on the iceberg, countless tentacles stretched out from its halberd body, densely entangled, piled up more and more, piled higher and higher, until it turned into a human form.

David Jones is on top of the iceberg.

He picked up the trident, then glanced at the dead Van Oka and the hastily fleeing Kuzan.

Seeing that it was their strange pair of navy and pirates, he quickly guessed the reason why they had joined forces to take the Trident.

It's just that it's not a good idea, and there's no chance of success.

The trident is part of David Jones, one of his hands, one leg, one rib, and he can come to his "severed limb" at any time.

They took the Trident just so that David Jones could teleport to them.

Kuzan didn't look back, the "sight and smell" and the jet-black vortex that expanded in his palm had confirmed who it was.

Not fast enough.

He stepped on the ice and jumped into the air abruptly, trying to use the "moon step" to distance himself.

However, the hairs on his back stood on end, and he realized that David Jones was after him.

He couldn't help it after all, and glanced back.

I saw the crows in the sky flying behind him like a black tornado, and they screamed.

A dark shadow emerged from it, countless tentacles wrapped around him, and a hand pressed against his head.

Click—David Jones pops Kuzan's head, and it crumbles into shards of ice and falls to the surface.

Kuzan, who escaped by leaving the ice clone behind at the last moment, fell into the sea in embarrassment.

He waved his arms, and the ice canine fangs rose above the sea, and he landed on top of the fangs, looking up nervously.

"Kuzan the 'Green Pheasant'." David Jones slowly fell from the sky, his black robe floating above the sea, and the waves calmed gently, "This should be the fourth time we've met." ”

The first time was in the City of Water, the second time in Maryford at the Navy Headquarters, the third time on Punk Hazard Island, and now the fourth.

Kuzan had a splitting headache.

David Jones's words were buzzing in his eardrums, and he could only barely piece together what David Jones had said.

"It seems that facing me, the impact of the 'curse' on you is so great that it affects normal communication."

David Jones didn't move, but the water pushed him forward, pausing in front of Kuzan's ice fangs, his many tentacles crawling up the ice fangs like poisonous snakes.

Kuzan's eyes were already starry, and everything he saw was distorted, and the Davy Jones in front of him, the ice teeth on the soles of his feet, the water nearby, and even himself seemed to have changed.

Or is this what they really look like? What I see now is normal?

He couldn't suppress his cranky thoughts in this state at all, until he felt the slippery touch wrapped around his body.

This slimy feeling gradually stabilized his spirit.

What Kuzan's eyes saw finally returned to its original appearance, and when it became clear that David Jones had helped him, he couldn't help but take a step backwards in surprise.

David Jones's tentacles retreated from Kuzan and returned to his black robes.

"It's going to make you a little better. However, it is only a symptom but not a cure. ”

David Jones unhurriedly took out his pipe, tobacco, and matchbox from his bosom, and slowly swallowed the clouds.

"The Trident can't help you, it's a dead end. You only have three options. ”

"Either flee to the ends of the earth and get as far away from me as possible, or turn this 'curse' into a 'contract' with me, or end everything by ending your life."

Kuzan had been pondering how to lift the curse, so he had already thought of two of the "choices" that David Jones had mentioned.

As for the option to convert the "curse" into a "contract", he only knew it now.

"But your moths to the fire have killed the first option. Now, you have only two ways left to surrender to me, and to die. ”

Kuzan knew that David Jones was right.

If it weren't for this damn curse, he might have been able to wrestle with David Jones, but now he's just a fish on a chopping block.

From this, Kuzan had a doubt.

"Why did you give me a choice?"

He didn't give Sakasky "Akainu" a choice, he didn't give "Blackbeard" Titch a choice, or he didn't give "Oto-Etsu" Van Oka a choice.

"I have a good impression of you, anyone who is willing to trade fairly and abide by the contract deserves my respect."

Kuzan was stunned for a moment, and then realized that David Jones was talking about the incident in the Water City.

At that time, he and Smoker were forced to expose their backs to David Jones in order to prevent the huge tsunami from engulfing the civilians.

However, David Jones did not take the opportunity to do it, but afterwards, he used this incident as a transaction in exchange for information about "domineering".

Kuzan and Smoker also watched the horror ghost leave, and did not send warships in pursuit.

This is a tacit understanding between them.

"I regret the compromise I made to you at the time." Kuzan couldn't help but say, "Do you think I'll choose to give in to you after seeing your brutality?" ”

David Jones pulled his pipe out of his lips with some confusion: "My brutality? ”

He then realizes that Kuzan is referring to all the Navy that died at the hands of David Jones, including Sakasky "Akainu".

"No, I'm not on the top of the list when it comes to brutality, Kaido, Charlotte Lingling, Doflamingo, Wang Zhi...... Even your Navy Headquarters is ahead of me. ”

Kuzan was stunned again, if Kaido, Charlotte Lingling, Titch, Doflamingo, and Wang Zhi were actually right.

Because they have been entrenched in the "Great Passage" for decades, they have killed far more navies than David Jones, let alone civilians.

However, it is completely unreasonable to say that the "Navy Headquarters" is ahead of him, what kind of sophistry it is!

"Don't you believe it? I have many subordinates, and one of them is good at gathering intelligence, and she often complains to me that the World Government and the Navy Headquarters are the most powerful pirates, and they are the well-deserved 'head of the sea emperors'. You know why? ”

Kuzan's brow furrowed, thinking of some memories, but at this point he chose to remain silent.

Bookkeeping: 3/5 chapters owed

(End of chapter)