[center][h1]Zepp Kisaragi[/h1]
Conomi Island, East Blue
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[i][color=f7976a]"Alright, so Marxo, their captain, was actually a vice admiral in disguise, so uh, we won!"[/color][/i]
It was amazing how easily the words left the once-unconscious Lieutenant’s mouth. How long had he been waiting to let that cat out of the bag? While Zepp’s expression remained the same, one couldn’t say the same for many of the other Marines who had managed to hear the news. Faces twisted in anger, disbelief and all other sorts of emotions. A massive amount of people had died today, and it turned out that this was all some sort of elaborate plan? It was impossible to blame them for being angry. They had every right to be. But what was it that prompted the secret to be revealed? As far as anybody here was concerned, the Sunny Massacre Pirates were still small-time. And a crew of four, at that. So, what was Marxo trying to accomplish with this endeavour? Because, from where everyone else stood, he hadn’t done much else other than enable the slaughter of innocents and Marine personnel.

“So, Lieutenant Kahurangi…. How long had this information been in your possession for?” Zepp inquired, voice taking on a cold tone despite the smile on his face. The Marxo situation was out of their hands for now. But it would help to know just how much they could really trust Anaru. Of all the people here, Zepp was surprised to see Anaru was keeping secrets. Not that he, or Johnny for that matter, were any better. The gorilla certainly seem much like the type for subterfuge, so what were the higher-ups thinking when they entrusted said information to him anyway?
“You do realise that this doesn’t make the situation any better, right? Sure, we nabbed a few pirates, but in the end, [i]we lost[/i]. And the people of the Conomi Islands lost too.” he added, reminding the hulking man that they had essentially exchanged three pirates for the lives of hundreds of their own.