As Madara's voice fell, Kent, Vians, Populun, and Asaac were all stunned for a moment.
Immediately afterward, their eyes quickly darted between Madara and Kronos.
When the four of them finally reacted, their faces changed drastically.
"Ship... Captain?!"
"Hey, hey, hey, I... I heard that right?!"
"He just called our captain 'Captain'?!"
"He's also the captain's crew?!"
The four handymen, at that moment, were as if struck by five thunderbolts.
They looked at Madara in astonishment, unable to speak.
But Kronos didn't pay too much attention to their surprise.
There was no obligation to explain to them.
Looking at Madara, who was carrying a fan, Kronos greeted with a smile.
"Let's go, let's head up and meet the others first."
Hearing this, Madara stepped toward Kronos and responded with a smile.
"Good!"
Soon, Madara followed Kronos to the second floor of the hotel, where they met Gojo Satoru and the others.
After a simple introduction and getting along for a while, the time reached noon.
It was mealtime.
Kronos knew that the restoration of the ship wouldn't be completed until the afternoon, so he did as usual.
He went to the restaurant to have dinner with Madara and Gojo Satoru.
Everyone sat down in a corner of the restaurant when Kronos overheard a conversation at the next table about the Kamui Pirates.
This discovery piqued Kronos' interest, so he listened carefully for a while.
He heard a man with a beard and a slightly plump body holding a pot of wine, talking to his colleagues at the table.
"Hey! Let me tell you about the Kamui Pirates! They're all powerful, fierce, and brutal!"
"Their captain, Kronos, is a total murderer!"
As the bearded man said this, he took a sip of wine, soothing his throat.
The five wine and meat companions at his table looked a bit worried and scared when they heard that Kronos was an out-and-out murderer.
After moistening his throat, the bearded man showed a sad expression.
"The restaurant riot that day, I was there!"
"At that time, I saw with my own eyes the killer, Kronos, killing dozens of people in one go!"
As soon as the bearded man said this, his colleagues at the table couldn't help but gasp.
They asked in shock:
"Kill more than ten people in a row?"
"Hey~ That Kronos, how cruel!"
"Otherwise, what do you think?" the bearded man asked disdainfully.
Then he began his sermon.
"They're all vicious pirates! The level of ferocity—women and children are not spared!"
"Even the big pirates with a bounty of over 100 million, the Kid Pirates, were wiped out by them!"
"I was there, and I saw it clearly!"
"You don't know."
"I was at the scene, and I just so happened to be targeted by the murderer, Kronos!"
"Boom!"
At that moment, the bearded man slammed the wine jug down on the table with an angry look on his face.
The people listening at the table were shocked!
"What?! That... that murderer targeted you?!"
"Then... what happened afterward?"
"Speak quickly!"
Everyone urged the bearded man anxiously.
Kronos, who was sitting next to them, was stunned after hearing the bearded man's story.
He even doubted himself.
Besides me, is there another person named Kronos???
Why would I kill dozens of people?
What women and children are not spared?
And what followed?
Why don't I know anything about this?
Looking at Konan and the others, Kronos looked puzzled.
"You...?"
Just as he was about to ask something, Gojo Satoru was the first to raise the question in his heart.
"Captain, after you left that day, did you sneak back?"
Gojo Satoru asked.
Kronos fell silent.
He looked up at Gojo Satoru, Madara, Konan, and the others.
They all wore curious and doubtful expressions.
Because Konan and the others were also puzzled—had Kronos snuck back by himself after leaving that day?
Seeing the crew members' expressions, Kronos understood.
They all wondered if he had snuck back.
Well, then there's no point in asking me!
If they don't know, how could I know?
At that moment, Kronos heard the bearded man speak again.
"After I was targeted by the murderer, the murderer charged straight toward me!"
"You don't know how scared I was when the killer ran toward me with a bloody long sword!"
"My hands and feet froze, and I couldn't move as I stood there!"
Hearing this, the colleagues at the table had their hearts in their throats.
They subconsciously held their breath.
The atmosphere was so tense that no one dared to exhale.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, the bearded man became excited and slammed his hand on the table with a loud voice.
"The murderer was less than two meters away from me!"
"Just when I was about to be beheaded by the murderer raising his knife, my savior appeared!"
"Is it Marines?! Is it Marines?" someone nervously asked.
The bearded man nodded solemnly.
"That's right! Here come the Marines!"
"And not just one, but hundreds!"
"The murderer saw that things weren't going well and tried to run!"
"That Marine General desperately tried to stop him!"
"The murderer's accomplices were terrified when they saw the Marine army arriving."
"They swarmed and besieged the Marine General, helping the murderer escape!"
"The Marine General was outnumbered, and the murderer was about to flee."
"I don't know what came over me, but I wasn't afraid when I saw the Marines."
"My brain was hot, and I picked up an axe and rushed forward!"
"At that time, it was just me and that Marine General fighting against more than 20 people from the Kamui Pirates!"
"And I wasn't afraid of that!"
Having said this, the bearded man's expression suddenly darkened.
He sighed helplessly.
"Alas! It's a pity, those guys in the Kamui Pirates are too strong."
"After I injured three of them, I still let them escape!"
On the other side, at the table next to the bearded man, after hearing this, Kronos couldn't help but burst into laughter.
This crap.
Kronos had no idea.
He had come to eat a meal, but it turned into a hatchet-wielding God of War scene!
He heavily injured three people!
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