Mitsuki lowered the blade slightly. "Another thing. If you bother the kind citizens of this town again...I won't let you off this easily," he said, his voice lowering into a growl as his eyes narrowed. "I don't want to have to have this talk again. I can assure you. If I do, it will be your last. Am I understood?"

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Baku's arm had already lifted as Ryu got his bearings. The cannon was now pointed directly at the boy. Without giving him a chance to recover too fully, he let the cannon launch, intending to break the boy quickly before he could recover. He refused to let this upstart have his way out here. It was already a travesty that anyone would dare defy him, a captain of the Marines. He would snuff this upstart out and regain full control of this island. He had to in a hurry. This would be an embarrassment if the Admiral's agent arrived to inspect the port during this issue.