Sabaody Archipelago, Island 21 Bar.
At this moment, the bar was packed with a large number of pirates. However, strangely enough, these usually lawless pirates were now unusually quiet.
"Old Dog, what should we do now? Should we quickly leave Sabaody Archipelago?" Mok asked in his rough voice, worry evident in his expression.
Sweeping through twenty islands' worth of pirates in a single morning—and these were pirates from the first twenty lawless zones at that. Although many pirates chose to flee at the end, it was still a terrifying achievement! At the very least, that Vice Admiral Stoloberry from the Sabaody Marine branch before could never have accomplished this.
"Leave? Impossible! Not to mention our ships haven't finished coating yet—are we supposed to retreat back to the Grand Line? Besides, even if we could head to the New World now, I refuse! Just thinking about letting the New World pirates know that I, the great 'Bloody Hand' Fat Ro, was forced into the New World by some mere Marine Headquarters Commodore makes me sick!"
The fat, slovenly Fat Ro viciously bit into the meat in his hand, speaking with a fierce expression.
"Fat Ro is right. If he dares set foot on Island 21, we'll join forces and kill him!" The lean, muscular pirate Old Dog declared.
At this point, some among the pirates recognized the three's identities!
"They're... 'Jackal' pirate crew captain Old Dog! 'Bloody Hand' pirate crew captain Fat Ro! And 'Giant Strength' pirate crew captain Mok!" one pirate exclaimed.
"Are they really the South Blue Trio?! They're said to be the three most outstanding pirate crews from the South Blue—called the strongest sea—in recent years! Especially 'Jackal's' bounty has reached 340 million. Even in the New World, that's considered quite impressive," another pirate blurted out.
"I heard 'Jackal' Old Dog consumed the Jackal-Jackal Fruit. Though it's not a particularly powerful fruit, they say 'Jackal' has developed his Devil Fruit ability to the 'Awakened' level! And I heard he's naturally brutal—in the South Blue, he once massacred an entire town's population! We should stay away from him!" One pirate looked at 'Jackal' Old Dog with terror, involuntarily stepping back two paces and swallowing hard.
Devil Fruit Awakening was a higher level of Devil Fruit ability. Whether Paramecia, Zoan, or Logia—all could awaken.
Awakened Zoan Devil Fruit users possessed human-beast hybrid appearances and demonic levels of power, along with incredible recovery abilities. After being knocked down, they could recover in a very short time.
Although the Jackal-Jackal Fruit could only be considered mid-tier even among Zoan Devil Fruits, once awakened, it was definitely no worse than a regular Mythical Zoan!
"Then... should we quickly leave here? I heard 'Jackal' Old Dog is unpredictable—he might just kill us if he finds us displeasing," a young pirate said fearfully.
A middle-aged pirate beside him smacked the young pirate on the head: "Idiot! No matter what, 'Jackal' Old Dog is still a pirate. However brutal he is, he won't turn on us now. Now I'm relieved—this is 'Jackal' Old Dog we're talking about! The Marines are in for it!"
...
Before even setting foot on Sabaody Island 21, Kai first saw countless pirate ships docked at the shore. He raised an eyebrow: "So that's why there were so few pirates on Islands 18 and 19—they all gathered here. That's fine, saves me the trouble."
Disembarking from the warship, Kai walked toward the center of the island. In Kai's perception, this area showed the strongest concentration of auras!
"Yo, is this a pirate convention? Can I join in?!"
Looking at the dense crowd of pirates before him, Kai asked casually. If not for the Justice cloak draped over Kai's shoulders, no one would think he was a Marine.
"Marine! What exactly do you want? Did we provoke you?!"
One pirate mustered his courage, stepped forward, and questioned Kai, voicing the confusion all the pirates present shared. They truly couldn't understand why Kai would suddenly begin eliminating pirates.
Hearing this pirate's words, Kai looked stunned, then stared at the pirate with an expression like he was looking at an idiot: "What's my identity?"
"A Marine," the pirate answered without thinking.
"And what's your identity?" Kai continued asking.
"A pirate," the pirate continued answering without hesitation.
Seeing that this pirate still wore an innocent, confused expression, Kai's mouth twitched. Even after explaining to this extent, he still couldn't understand. With this level of intelligence, how did he even survive to reach Sabaody Archipelago?
"I'm a Marine, you're a pirate. Isn't eliminating you all a matter of course?"
Kai couldn't be bothered arguing with such an idiot any longer and directly kicked out. Without using any techniques, relying purely on the powerful wind from his leg, he sent the pirate flying.
"We have numbers! Don't be afraid!"
"Attack! Kill him!"
Countless pirates charged forward one after another, trying to defeat Kai through sheer numbers, but this was nothing more than wishful thinking!
"Six Powers: Tempest Kick - Demon!!!"
Kai kicked out again. Fan-shaped air pressure waves scattered in all directions toward the crowd. The pirates who had been charging at Kai were directly sent flying!
"Die!"
One figure actually pushed through the force Kai had unleashed and charged toward him, which surprised Kai somewhat. Although Six Powers: Tempest Kick - Demon had expanded its attack range, making the force less concentrated, it still wasn't something ordinary people could withstand.
"Mok Heavy Punch!!!"
The one charging forward was none other than the pirate Mok, known as "Giant Strength." Mok clenched both fists and heavily smashed them toward Kai's location.
The entire ground trembled!!
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