Mark put his hands in his pocket and observed the gunmen surrounding him; these guys had the latest marine gun models.
Then there was Doll, who had powerful armament Haki and was strong enough to smack an elbaph giant.
These guys were a powerful force for sure, but was that enough to take down a god?
"Sigh, I told you people not to move."
Mark shook his head.
"You guys don't stand a chance against me. Also, Vice Admiral Doll—"
"It makes me upset that you have armament Haki while I don't. Are you showing off?!"
Hearing Mark's jealous complaints made Doll chuckle; if he wasn't trying to hijack her ship, she would have given him tips.
Shaking her head, Doll decided to subdue Mark first. He was only trying to get a ship to travel with so she didn't blame him.
"I will subdue Mark Rose; you guys give me cover from the back."
Doll gave her men orders and ran towards Mark. She knew only someone like her stood a chance against Mark.
Using Shave, Doll rushed towards him with armament Haki wrapped around her fist; she wanted to take him down as soon as possible.
"You are quite slow, much slower than teacher Saturn."
While muttering to himself Mark sidestepped Doll's punch; her attack missed, and the air vibrated around her fist.
This showed how much force was behind her attack; Armament Haki had definitely upgraded her strength by a lot.
Mark was curiously observing her armament Haki, while Doll herself kept attacking him but was starting to feel a little scared.
No matter how much she hit Mark, none of her attacks connected; she felt as if all her attacks were being read.
"Does he know where I am going to strike next?"
Doll's eyebrows jumped.
"Could he be predicting my attacks using observation Haki?"
"Or is he reading my mind? Can observation Haki do that?"
Observation Haki of this level wasn't something Doll was used to fighting against; she had never seen anything like this.
She thought Mark was bad at Haki due to his lack of armament Haki, but his observation Haki was crazy strong.
Neither her reaction speed nor her strength meant anything if her attacks didn't connect with her target.
Then losing this match was only a matter of time. Doll realized that neither she nor her team could win against the warlord.
"Ugh, can we talk about this?"
Doll started wondering how to surrender peacefully.
"We might have been too hasty in refusing you; I was wrong."
"How about I personally take you to your destination? Would that be okay with you?"
Ambiguous justice was all about work flexibility and having a low moral bottom line. Doll believed in such ambiguous justice.
She had no issues surrendering when she needed to; she doesn't get paid enough to fight pointless battles.
After her old boss, Saul, was killed in a buster call, she fully changed her justice to Admiral Kizaru's ambiguous justice.
"Huh?! Vice Admiral Doll, we can't give up; he was trying to hijack us!"
"That's illegal even for a warlord!"
Scarface was out of words. He didn't realize Doll could be so shameless as a Marine; where was her justice?
"I am not fighting him if I can't beat him. You want to fight? Then go ahead, be my guest."
Not caring about Scarface, Doll stopped attacking and ran back to safety, somewhere away from Mark Rose.
Scarface was blue in the face out of sheer embarrassment; Doll's nonchalant attitude had put him on the spot.
At this point Mark had also stopped dodging. At first he was thinking of killing them all, but Doll's attitude was so refreshing.
"I have never seen a Marine act like this; you have opened my eyes."
Mark respected her laid-back attitude.
"Usually Marines shout justice while doing whatever we nobles tell them to."
"You, on the other hand, know what's up; you are just here for the pay."
"Good work ethics; I like your style, Vice Admiral Doll."
Mark gave Doll a thumbs up and then continued.
"Although that doesn't erase the disrespect you showed to me before."
"Here's what I'll do: you have two options to choose from."
"Option one, we fight to death right here, right now."
Mark raised a second finger.
"Option two, you guys will take me where I want to go."
"Meanwhile, Scarface here will be tied to a rope and dragged behind the ship."
"He can live if he survives the journey and doesn't drown midway."
Doll was speechless; both options were a bit too much.
These conditions were so harsh that she didn't want to follow them; Scarface was still her subordinate after all.
Her Marine subordinates, on the other hand, were more open-minded; they had seen Mark's strength and refused to fight him without Doll's support.
For their own survival, it was best when option two was selected.
"Scarface, agree with him quickly; don't drag us down with you."
"Yeah, he just needs a lift; there is no reason for us to fight."
"If you don't jump in the water right now, I will kick you into the sea myself."
"I never liked you anyway; what an absolute loser."
To save their own butts, his Marine brothers turned on him so quickly that Scarface had become a stuttering mess.
Not allowing Scarface to defend himself, the Marines ganged up on him and threw him into the sea.
They even had the audacity to clap their hands afterward and congratulate each other on a job well done.
"These guys…"
Doll rubbed her forehead; she should have expected her subordinates might do this. Scarface wasn't very popular after all.
'Fine, let him cool off in the sea; I will keep an eye on him so he doesn't die.'
Doll adapted to the circumstances and ran with the best option; that's what ambiguous justice was all about.
"Ahahaha, I am starting to like you guys a little."
Impressed by the rough Marines, Mark took something out his pocket.
"Say what? Next island, you can party as much as you want."
"All expenses are on me."
He flashed everyone a VVIP gold bank card, and the Marines were taken aback and then started cheering loudly.
Many went ahead and started dancing with Mark shoulder to shoulder; him being a warlord no longer mattered before free booze.
Doll smiled but she did not join the crowd. She went into the map room with Mark's log pose to check which island he wanted to visit.
After all, the log pose Mark gave her looked ancient and had prehistoric creatures carved onto it, she was curious where it was pointing to.