"Guests, esteemed guests?"
"Wake up, let's keep drinking."
...
Cautious, Igaram called out a few times and only left once he saw that the three still had no reaction.
Even if they woke up tomorrow, it would be noon, given how much they had drunk.
Although Igaram was undercover in Baroque Works, he still deeply hated pirates.
Because it was a group of pirates who had occupied their Alabasta Kingdom.
People like that should all be killed; pirates are just pirates.
Ye Fan doing this was also giving the other party a chance, knowing that the other party was the captain of the Alabasta Kingdom's guard and not a bad person.
"Chop off their heads and take them to the Marine to exchange for fifty million Berries."
A cold tone, mixed with a hint of hatred, came from Igaram's mouth.
However, he hid it very well; he and Princess Vivi were hidden here to investigate the organization Baroque Works.
Their country was originally such a happy place, but then that group of pirates came, and everything changed.
"Don't worry, this is a great pirate worth fifty million Berries; we're going to get rich!"
"I've never seen a pirate with such a high bounty; I'm so excited!"
"Let me do it! From now on, I'll also be a pirate hunter who has killed a fifty-million-Belly pirate."
...
This small town gathered a large number of pirate hunters, all of whom used such methods to hunt down many pirates.
They had gained a lot of profit over the years, and this time could be said to be the most lucrative.
They were all very excited; this money was too easy to earn, they didn't even have to exert themselves, they just collapsed.
Ye Fan, lying there, had given them a chance; sure enough, he wasn't the protagonist.
He had only just fallen, and now they wanted to take his head for money. Since that was the case, he wouldn't pretend anymore.
There was no need to be soft-hearted towards enemies.
"Nami, wake up, these people are about to make a move."
A sudden sentence made everyone present freeze halfway, then slowly turn around to look at Ye Fan, who had been lying unconscious on the table.
They were dumbfounded, their eyes wide as if they had thyroid issues, extremely shocked.
Hadn't the other party passed out from drinking too much?
"You…"
"How is that possible?"
...
Could it be that the other party knew their plan all along and was deliberately pretending to be drunk?
Nami also woke up at this moment and heard what the other party said.
Looking at her elder sister, Nami felt that the other party was a bit too careless and should be properly trained.
Ye Fan's hands glowed as he used recovery magic to help the other party sober up, letting her witness what was about to happen.
"Hmm… what happened to me…"
Nojiko was still unaware of the situation, looking around blankly.
"Ye Fan, Nami, what happened?"
After standing up and stretching, she finally saw the situation around her: people holding knives were pointing them at them.
It looked like they wanted to kill them.
Nami slapped her forehead, looking at her silly elder sister; she really was a bit slow to react.
"Sister, these people want to get us drunk and then kill us to exchange for money with the Marine."
She walked to the other party's side, looked at her seriously, and then said earnestly.
This wasn't playing house; people could die here.
Nami also felt that her elder sister hadn't adapted to the intrigue and schemes of the Pirate World.
Her heart still retained its initial innocence, which was the most fatal thing in the Grand Line and the New World.
No wonder Ye Fan hadn't told the other party directly, but wanted to use this incident to tell his elder sister.
She also understood why Ye Fan hadn't chosen to act directly.
"What?!"
Nojiko looked at these people around her warily; she hadn't expected their hospitality to be fake.
It was all to make them drop their guard, and then…
And she had fallen for it. If it weren't for Ye Fan and Nami, she would have already died.
This made Nojiko very sad and unable to accept it, and also filled her with self-blame: why hadn't she seen through it?
At this moment, her state of mind underwent a strong change.
She wanted to become stronger, even if she couldn't help Ye Fan, she didn't want to drag him down.
At the same time, she looked at the people around her angrily; they wanted to kill her husband, how could she not be angry?
"What are you afraid of? Even if they know, so what? There are so many of us, are we afraid of just one person?"
"He's just a pirate with two burdens. I don't believe that if we take down these two girls, he won't comply."
"These two female pirates are quite attractive. It's too bad to hand them over to the Marine; we can first…"
...
Seeing that Ye Fan and the two were sober, some people were truly fearless in their ignorance, not knowing what fear was.
Did they really think that fifty million Berries could be defeated by numbers?
Even if it could, it wouldn't be with the numbers of these weaklings.
Especially when some of them revealed lewd intentions, which made Ye Fan's reverse scale light up.
They were already people who were going to die, and now they were seeking death, truly testing Ye Fan's wrath at the edge of death.
Ye Fan smiled; this was the first time he had smiled since coming to this other world.
Those who knew Ye Fan knew what that smile meant.
"Ice Seal for a Thousand Miles!"
The cold air emanating from Ye Fan's body swept out like a storm, quickly covering the entire scene.
His eyes gleamed with a blue, cold light, as if a god of ice and snow had descended upon the world.
Under the shroud of cold air, everything around began to gradually freeze. Anything affected by the cold air quickly turned to ice, and the range of the cold air expanded continuously, soon covering hundreds of meters.
But as the cold air spread, Ye Fan controlled his power to bypass Nami and Nojiko.
The cold air drew invisible boundaries around the two, excluding them and leaving them unaffected by the chill.
Everyone else present was enveloped by the cold air and, in the blink of an eye, was frozen into blocks of ice.
Some people tried to escape in terror, but under the cover of the cold air, they had no time to react and were frozen in place.
The entire scene became cold and silent, the frozen people like ice sculptures, still in place, solidifying everything, leaving only Ye Fan and the two women standing within it.
This powerful strength and control once again refreshed Nami and Nojiko's understanding of Ye Fan's power.
The entire house seemed to be made of ice, and Nojiko and Nami, dressed in thin clothes, shivered from the cold.
"Ye… Fan, it's so cold!"
"Yes… it's too freezing."
Due to the cold, both of their skin had turned somewhat red, showing how powerful Ye Fan's Ice Magic was at this moment.
Also, because both were ordinary people, they would feel cold at temperatures below just 18 degrees Celsius.
Seeing them like this, it was better to send them back to the ship first.
"I'll take you back to the ship to warm up first."
Ye Fan had left a mark on the Emperor to make it easy to return.
However, he still needed to leave a mark here in advance; he would return later to collect the valuables.
Even a small mosquito has meat.
Nami and Nojiko thought the other party was going to walk them back, but the result was…
He picked one up in each arm, and the next second, they appeared on the ship docked in the river in the middle of the town.
This sudden change made Nami and Nojiko gasp in surprise.
Their pupils widened in astonishment; what kind of method was this to be so fast?
But now they weren't cold anymore; that problem was solved.
"You two rest here for a bit; I'll go back and clean up the spoils of war."
Seeing that the two looked a bit puzzled but didn't ask, Ye Fan understood.
They were very sensible, and this time, Nojiko would also be able to recognize the cruelty of this world.
This wasn't the East Blue, but the Grand Line, a very dangerous place.
Don't be fooled by how smooth the journey had been; in reality, it was just good luck, not encountering those extreme weather conditions.
By evening, Ye Fan planned to give the two a choice.
The Vampire's Kin ability could transform people into vampires, greatly enhancing their physical abilities.
Ye Fan was of the Ancestor Bloodline, so the people he bit would become first-generation vampires, which was also a huge improvement.
"Mm!"
After Ye Fan left, the two came outside the ship's cabin, looking at everything covered in silver.
The entire town was frozen, and only then did they realize they had underestimated Ye Fan's strength.
This was power capable of changing the environment, terrifying beyond belief.