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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Hearing his words, Yuzu stared into his eyes coldly. He was taken aback by the harshness he saw in them, but firmly glared back. /p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""You're hearing yourself, aren't you, vice admiral? I'm not an actual criminal. But I can't say the same for the people you span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"Marines/span choose to protect," she spat out. "They chain people up, whip them, set dogs on them for span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"sport/span, and if it were anyone else you'd be on them in an instant. Yet the World Government bows at their feet, kowtows to these so-called dragons who don't even deign to breathe the same air as we do, who've never lifted so much as a finger to help themselves bathe or even eat!"/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Was one of them the girl we took in for assaulting Iago-sama?" He questioned, and was met with a shaky nod. Immediately, he pinched the space between his brows and heaved a sigh. That girl... she'd never learn. /p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""T-there's something else, vice-admiral..." The poor messenger boy trembled like a leaf as he struggled to get the words out. The man's face twisted into a frown, and he spoke, "Spit it out already, officer." /p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""You... I should've expected it. What do you think you're doing? I let you go once, told you to lie low and be unseen, but at this point you're just asking for it," the bear-like man fumed behind his desk. His moustache trembled with anger as his expression became even more severe. "What the heck do you think you're doing, attacking a noble like that?"/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Leaning back in her chair, Yuzu eyed him. Despite being handcuffed, her posture was relaxed. "Didn't expect to see you here, vice admiral. What, did'ya get punished to deal with a bunch of prissy noble's complaints on Paradise Island?" She asked curiously. /p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"At this, the man's temper exploded, and he shot up, his coat fluttering behind him. With a bang, he slammed his hands on the desk, which creaked ominously. "Are you taking this as a joke, you brat? You did this in broad daylight. There's no getting out of this one, that noble isn't just any noble, he's Saint Ileus' godson! You couldn't have just controlled your ego this once? There's talk of sending you span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"back/span to Mariejois!" His chest heaved as he yelled. /p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Quiet, Yuzu looked up at him. If it had been any other marine, she'd have sent a faceful of spit at them. But she owed him. The image of pristine, marbled floors and the silhouette of a bubble-headed woman flashed in her mind, and she looked away. /p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""I'm telling you to stop pursuing this path, Yuzu. Sooner or later, you'll become an actual criminal, or worse, one of those pirates," his lip curled in disgust, "and you won't be lucky enough to escape the Marines. Not again."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Hearing his words, Yuzu stared into his eyes coldly. He was taken aback by the harshness he saw in them, but firmly glared back. /p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""You're hearing yourself, aren't you, vice admiral? I'm not an actual criminal. But I can't say the same for the people you span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"Marines/span choose to protect," she spat out. "They chain people up, whip them, set dogs on them for span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"sport/span, and if it were anyone else you'd be on them in an instant. Yet the World Government bows at their feet, kowtows to these so-called dragons who don't even deign to breathe the same air as we do, who've never lifted so much as a finger to help themselves bathe or even eat!"/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"His eyes widened, and he yelled, "Shut your goddamn mouth!"/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Bitterly, Yuzu could only smile. "I know I'm not guilty of anything, vice admiral. I'm not the lesser being here, they are. You've made your choice, and I made mine the moment I left Mariejois. There's no point trying to convince me otherwise." With that, she stood up, and calmly walked out, ignoring the sputtering of the officer outside. /p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Was one of them the girl we took in for assaulting Iago-sama?" He questioned, and was met with a shaky nod. Immediately, he pinched the space between his brows and heaved a sigh. That girl... she'd never learn. /p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""T-there's something else, vice-admiral..." The poor messenger boy trembled like a leaf as he struggled to get the words out. The man's face twisted into a frown, and he spoke, "Spit it out already, officer." /p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Well... I think it's better if you go see." /p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Then, once he reached the gates of the Marine base, his eye twitched. That girl! She'd paint a target on her back like this. /p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"There, in full view of all the curious passersby, was an image, looking as though it had been scratched into the wall itself. A familiar image, in his eyes. A very, very familiar... sun./p
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