Perona, Are You Willing to Join the Marine

Chapter 117: Perona, Are You Willing to Join the Marine?

As the Sea King was easily beheaded by Solo, the sense of crisis and fear also disappeared. Some civilians began to clean up the blood on the deck. Some of them raised their sails again to increase the sailing speed of the sailboat to the maximum to stay away from this sea.

Even though they know that Solo's strength is terrifying, like a monster, they still don't want to go through what happened just now. The sailboat set sail again, heading towards Sabaody Archipelago.

On the contrary, it was the Straw Hats who became very uneasy. They don't know what the future will be like. Worst of all, Luffy, who was seriously injured, has no sign of waking up until now. This is the biggest reason for their uneasiness.

In any case, the reason why the Straw Hats were able to make it all the way is due to Luffy. Every strong enemy was eventually knocked out by Luffy. Losing such a backbone will have an impact on the rest of the Straw Hats.

Naturally, it goes without saying it was a near-destructive disaster. As for Perona, only fear remained in her heart. After being brought back to the ship by Solo, she was treated by Chopper and regained consciousness.

Perona still felt very fortunate in her heart and was glad that she didn't die in the Florian Triangle. However, she escaped from the Thriller Bark, which saved her life.

But who knows, just after Perona felt that her physical condition was much better and wanted to get some air on the deck, she witnessed Solo beheading the Sea King.

Perona knew very well how terrifying this creature was. However, in front of Solo, it didn't even have the power to fight back and was crushed by Solo's terrifying swordplay.

Considering that Solo's identity is a Marine. Just thinking about it, Perona felt fear in her heart. Why didn't she consider it before getting on Solo's boat?

"What am I going to do? What am I going to do? What am I going to do…."

Perona returned to her room, pacing back and forth. Now she couldn't calm down at all. The corner of her mouth kept gnawing on her thumb. Due to her being a Devil Fruit User, she can't swim at all.

Solo also possesses an incomparably terrifying haki. Her true identity is hidden in the castle, which Solo easily discovers. The more she thought about it, the more scared Perona became.

Knock!

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Frightened, Perona stepped back instinctively, tripped on her heels, lost her balance, and fell headfirst to the floor.

An ominous premonition welled up in her heart. Looking at the wooden gates is like the gate of hell.

"Who... who?"

It took half a minute before Perona mustered up the courage to ask the visitor.

Crunch——

The visitor was none other than Solo. He didn't talk nonsense with Perona; he knocked on the door a few times, then pushed it open and walked in. Then, Solo looked around, finally focusing on Perona. With a flick of his fingers, he closed the wooden door behind him.

Boom!

Accompanied by a muffled sound, Perona's heart skipped a beat. Although she tried her best to keep calm, the fear of Solo in her eyes directly betrayed her.

The two sides looked at each other. Perona only felt that her lips were heavy and couldn't open them, no matter what; even her breathing was restrained. On the contrary, the sound of her accelerated heartbeat became clearer.

"Perona."

In the end, Solo broke the silence in the room. He pulled a chair over, sat on the spot, spoke slowly, and pronounced Perona's name.

"One of the Mysterious Four on the Thriller Bark, ate the Hollow Hollow fruit. Because you are a crew member of Gecko Moria, one of the Shichibukai, your bounty was no longer updated a few years ago."

Solo paused for a moment, then continued.

"However, according to the information I have, without Moria's protection, your bounty should be at least tens of millions of berries. At the same time, as Moria's crimes are exposed, you will no longer have the identity of a crew member of Shichibukai." 

Solo's voice is not loud, but these words are more like a warning to Perona to let her figure out her current identity. She is no longer a member of the Shichibukai crew but a pirate that the World Government no longer protects.

The bounty offered to her will take effect again. As a marine himself, he can deal with her at will; even killing her will not be a problem.

"Sin, crime..."

Perona rolled her throat and swallowed nervously. How could she not know what Solo said? It's just that she still needs to complete and prepare thoroughly…."

Perona took a breath and muttered to herself.

"Moria's made the Florian Triangle his territory for the past years, causing hundreds of ships to disappear mysteriously every year. Because most of them are pirate ships, the World Government is turning a blind eye. But, among the missing ships, there are many civilians. As for those people outside, they are the witness. Once Moria's crimes are revealed, his Shichibukai identity will definitely be taken away..."

Thinking of this, Perona looked at Solo again. The tension in her heart grew stronger.

"I don't want to say any extra words," Solo said slowly, looking down at Perona who was lying on the ground. 

"I'll give you three choices. Challenge me here to avenge your captain."

Although Perona's ability is rather peculiar, Solo, who has Observation Haki and Armament Haki, he can easily find out her real body and kill her instantly. Perona is well aware of this.

When Solo finished speaking, she shook her head directly. Seeing this, Solo threw out the second option, "The second option is to spend the rest of your life in the Empel Down."

And for the Warden of the Empel Down, Perona has heard about it for a long time, and it is definitely a place that any pirate would not want to go. Once locked in, it is basically equivalent to being wiped out of existence. Just thinking about that ending made Perona shudder all over.

Grunt.

Perona swallowed again, her eyes filled with fear. In her opinion, Solo sitting there was simply the God of Death who pronounced her fate.

"Then, what is the third option..."

After some silence, Perona asked cautiously. She would not choose the first two options, let alone have the courage to choose. Now, she can only pin her hopes on the third option. As long as it's not too over the top, too outrageous content, she'll nod quickly.

Crr~~

Perona clenched her fists with both hands, staring at Solo.

"Are you willing to join the Marines?"

Solo said one word at a time.