Chapter 104: I can make you bow

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Chapter 104: I can make you bow

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Half a month passed and Max had arrived in Mariejois after a quick journey. He was being escorted by over a dozen Cipher Pol agents towards the Five Elders building.

But the inhabitants of this place didn't take too kindly to him being here.

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A World Noble with pink messy pink hair and the normal outfit appropriate for Celestial Dragons. He was Saint Cama, an average World Noble by their standards. 

Saint Cama caught sight of Max and frowned. "Who let that dog here?"

"I believe that is Max, one of the newly promoted Marine Admirals," his bodyguard informed him. 

"Tch, what does it matter?" He didn't like how handsome the newcomer was. Many female World Nobles looked at him with a strange look in their eyes, even the married ones. It seemed like he had an aura that drew people in.

Sain Cama snorted in disdain. "I will teach that dog some manners."

He started walking towards Max, but midway, the World Noble's body stopped and a fearful look appeared on his face. 

A dark aura crawled out of Max's body creepily and two ferocious red eyes formed, looking at him. 

Immediately, Cama fell to his knees. "A -Ah… he..."

The guard noticed that his master was distressed but couldn't see anything strange. So he looked around confusedly and went to help the World Noble get up. "Saint Cama, are you okay?"

"Y -Yeah," Cama muttered fearfully. He got up and looked at Max with anger.

'What was that? Am I afraid of him? Impossible! Nothing in this world can touch me! Especially not some dog!'

With those thoughts in mind, Saint Cama strived towards the Marine Admiral. This time Max turned around and looked the World Noble in the eye, and smiled gently. 

Instantly, Cama fell to his knees and a chill went down his spine. It felt like a deadly beast had its fangs around his neck, ready to chomp down on it.

"Chomp!" Max suddenly yelled out jokingly.

"AHHHHHH!!!" Saint Cama yelled out in fear, clawing at his neck until he drew blood. His face paled like a ghost as he soiled his pants in fear and passed out. 

Someone who had never faced any difficulty or turmoil in life could never resist the will of someone like Max. He could intimidate some of the strongest people in the world, a weak-willed silly man was nothing to him.

The Cipher Pol agents escorting Max turned around and saw Cama on the ground spasming. They went to help him get up. 

"Sir Max, I will escort you towards the elders," one of the Cipher Pol agents said as the others had already gone to help Cama.

*yawn* "Sure~" Max yawned and glanced at this nonchalantly, putting an arm over the agent's shoulder as if they were old friends. 

"Anyway, let's go Rockie. We have some old folk to meet. Better go to them before they get too old and you know…" he swiped at his neck signifying death.

"My name isn't Rocky it's-"

"Well, anyway, have you seen any hot ladies around?" Max interrupted him, this annoyed the Cipher Pol agent. 

But the agent remembered and a sense of fear crushed any annoyance he might have had. After all, he was standing next to one of the most dangerous men in the seas. 

Getting on his bad side wasn't a smart thing to do.

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"Come in," The Five Elders were seated casually as they called in Max. It was a show of power. This whole meeting was just meant to be a power play and put the new Admiral in his place. 

Max came in by lightly kicking the door open and his arm was around a struggling agent's neck. "Rocky~ I knew we could grow to be quick friends."

The agent's face was purple and it had become clear to the elders that the man was suffocating. But no one moved. The Elders were too cautious of seeming weak if they showed any emotion and Max didn't seem to care and even tugged tighter, easily choking the Cipher Pol agent into unconsciousness. 

He then looked at his 'friend' and chuckled. "Seems like Rocky fell asleep. Well if he was going to sleep he could have found a better place."

Max dropped the agent on the ground like a ragdoll and turned towards the elders. A calculating look appeared in his eyes.

He then got on one knee and put his hand towards his heart. "It's an honor to meet you all. The Five Elders, that's not something everyone gets to see. I must say, you look younger than I imagined."

While his form showed that he was paying his respects. The words that came out of his mouth were very casual.

The Five Elders were shocked at his actions, they hadn't expected him to bow before they even said anything. 

This meeting was supposed to have him bend the knee in the end, but Max had thrown their expectations right out of the window.

It hadn't been even ten seconds and he had already thrown everything they had prepared to say in the trash. As a King, Admiral, and leader of people, someone like that shouldn't bow in front of anyone. 

Kings had their pride, or at least they should.

Max got up and stared at them with a smile on his face. "So, what did you call me here for?"

The Five Elders all clenched their jaws in anger. Only now they understood that they had been played. 

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-Max POV-

These old bastards thought I would play their games? Well think again, they were used to people listening to them that they forgot, authority doesn't equate to obedience. 

Pride doesn't mean anything where I come from. Survival and intelligence does, did they think making me bow would somehow destroy my confidence or something? That was a childish assumption. Such things as pride belong only to those who have been born into power. 

And all that pride was misguided, why should they be proud? Because they were born as Kings or World Nobles? 

I could see it in their eyes that they were shocked. None of the Five Elders knew what to say next. 

So instead I took charge and announced. "I heard that Sharlia has been quite bossy nowadays."

Their bodies flinched at that. The words had the effect I intended them to have. They must have assumed that I had a spy here in Mariejois and that was how I knew what went on. 

But that wasn't the case, I simply knew Sharlia. She spent time with the likes of me and Negan as we killed, dominated, massacred, and slaughtered pirates without mercy. That kind of environment makes people open their eyes and see just how fragile humans are. World Nobles were the same too.

Once she came back here and saw them, Sharlia saw what the 'Gods' of the world were like. So then she used the ultimate tool to bring the weaklings under her authority… The answer was violence. If violence wasn't enough then she just used more of it. As a World Noble herself, none of the guards could lay a finger on her.

A broken system like this always works for people like her, it's as if it was made for us.

"We called you here to congratulate you on your brave deeds and actions during the Marineford War." said the bald Elder, being the first one able to come up with something. "You can go back now, we will inform Sakazuki about what your reward will be."

I nodded and walked off without a care in the world. As soon as I walked past the door, a familiar face greeted me. It was Sharlia and she had a huge smile on her.

"Max~ I haven't seen you in a long time. Can you kidna-..." she stopped herself mid-sentence. "I mean take me away again? This place is boring."

Chuckling at her 'troubles' I went and hugged her, burying her head on my chest. "Yes, I missed you too."

I felt her smile widen at that. Now I should play my own little game against the Five Elders. Let's see if they can handle some of their own medicine.

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At the same time, in the room, the Five Elders were left with wrathful gazes. Max had come in and shamed them like it was nothing. 

"Call Sakazuki. We need a plan to get rid of that guy," mumbled the Elder with a white mustache.

The bald one agreed. "We will have to take countermeasures too. He is still too close to the Kingdoms he has under control. We don't want to have a Coup D'etat in our hands."

The others silently agreed too. 

Max was simply too dangerous of existence to leave to his plots and schemes. Because if they let him alone before they know it he would usurp their power, and next thing they knew he would have a dagger pointed at their throats.

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