Feeling his body strengthen, the minor injuries he had sustained in the recent battle were now completely healed.
"This is…"
Just as Lu Yu was feeling the changes in his body, a strange sensation appeared over him.
It was as if he could see things around him more clearly.
"Observation Haki awakening?"
Immediately, Lu Yu thought of this.
Then, he opened his panel.
Sure enough, the ability [Observation Haki Beginner] appeared on the panel.
It seemed it must have awakened during the recent battle.
Lu Yu then controlled his Observation Haki, allowing it to spread around him.
Soon, he discovered that there were other Life forms within the luxurious merchant ship.
After detecting them, Lu Yu entered.
A few minutes later, he arrived at the storage room below the ship's hold.
"Let me go back…"
"I miss Mama…"
"Wah, wah, wah…"
"Sir, please, let my child go. I'll be a slave, I'll be very obedient."
"Bad guy, don't bully my Mama!"
…
Various sounds converged in Lu Yu's ears.
"Slaves?"
"This is actually a slave trade ship…"
After seeing the scene before him, Lu Yu immediately understood the situation.
Although Lu Yu was a pirate, he still despised slave trading.
In the world where the Pirate King resides, slave trading was not uncommon.
But looking at the hundreds of people, confined like cargo in the lower hold, the visual impact was still very strong.
Furthermore, as a transmigrator, Lu Yu's original philosophy was individual human rights.
He instinctively disliked slave trading.
Some might call him a bleeding heart, but it truly had nothing to do with Lu Yu; his own emotional fluctuations were not significant.
There was no anger, no hatred.
There was only his instinctive aversion as a human being.
"Ding!"
Lu Yu drew his Ama no Murakumo and directly cut the chains on the nearest cage.
"Everyone above has already been killed by me."
"By the way, I'm not a good person; I'm just a pirate."
"Can you make it back yourselves?"
Lu Yu asked directly.
At this moment, the woman who had just been begging for her daughter's release, upon hearing Lu Yu's words, her face, which had been full of pleading, turned to despair.
Killed?
Those nobles, those slave traders, were killed?
"Mama, this big brother saved us, we can go home."
The little girl was like a newborn calf, unafraid of tigers.
She didn't understand anything yet.
The only thing she knew was that they were saved.
Because all those bad guys had been killed by the big brother who called himself a pirate.
However, the woman's face, in response to her daughter's words, remained ashen.
It was as if the world had suddenly lost all hope.
"Bang!"
The woman instantly lost all strength and collapsed onto the ground.
Her already weary face now lost all its luster.
"Bang, bang, bang…"
This collapse was like a chain reaction.
Soon, one person after another fell down.
"Hmm?"
Lu Yu was full of doubts.
According to his thoughts, shouldn't these guys be fighting for their freedom?
And when he came in, there were so many noisy sounds, but now he couldn't hear anyone speaking.
This situation greatly surprised Lu Yu.
"It's useless, we'll all die…"
"We can't go back. If these great nobles are dead, we'll die if we go back!"
"We've already been registered. The deaths of these great nobles will definitely be blamed on us, hahahaha… hahahaha…"
…
As Lu Yu was wondering, a strong man, holding his head, muttered softly.
Although he didn't speak loudly, Lu Yu heard him clearly.
The reason they suddenly became like this was because Lu Yu had killed those great nobles.
And they had already been marked as slaves by these great nobles.
Even if they returned to their own villages, they would become targets of pursuit.
At that time, they might even bring disaster to their own villages!
Facing such a situation, everyone's eyes lost their luster.
"Akoslan Kingdom, huh?"
Lu Yu pondered for a moment.
"If you think you can only die, then I will send you to your death."
"If you want to live honorably in this world, then recognize that you are a human being, and live!"
"When you yourselves believe you are slaves, then you can only be slaves."
Lu Yu roared.
The earlier murmurs disappeared at this moment.
Some of the bolder individuals stood up.
"I want to go back, I still have an elderly mother and young children!"
"I want to go back too, why should I be a slave!?"
"Since I'm not even afraid of death, why should I worry about this here!?"
…
Slowly, people began to stand up.
They were all people with family to rely on, with attachments.
"I just said, I am a pirate!"
"I'm taking this ship."
"If you want to go back, I'll drop you off at Coco Yashi Village."
"Figure out how to get back yourselves!"
After Lu Yu finished speaking, he directly chose to leave.
After walking out of the gloomy ship's hold, Lu Yu also let out a sigh of relief.
It had to be said, living in such an environment was indeed a torment and torture.
Soon, Lu Yu found the Great Grade Sword: Wind Breath in the merchant ship's treasury.
As for the other valuables and resources, Lu Yu also threw them all into his system space.
Returning to the deck, Lu Yu leaped up and landed on his Extremely Evil Battleship.
"Here!"
Lu Yu did not hesitate to throw out the Great Grade Sword: Wind Breath, which he had promised to Kuina earlier.
Are you kidding me?
Whether it was Murasame in Akame's hand or Ama no Murakumo in Lu Yu's hand, these were swords comparable to Supreme Grade Swords.
Their effects were even superior.
Lu Yu would not hide a mere Great Grade Sword.
"I said, I won't become a pirate!"
"No matter how you know about me, I won't…"
"I will go to Wano Country and defeat Kaido!"
Before Kuina could finish speaking, Lu Yu calmly interrupted her.
"What?!"
"Do you know what you're saying?"
"You are indeed strong, but compared to Kaido, you probably can't even break his defense."
"That's one of the Four Emperors, the Governor of the Beasts Pirates, and the current de facto ruler of Wano Country!"
…
Kuina blurted out all her disbelief in one breath.
Her small face was flushed red, even a little cute.
Looking at Kuina like this, Lu Yu couldn't help but laugh.
Indeed, no matter how tough a woman's exterior, she always has such a cute side inside.
"I naturally understand."
"That's also why I want to invite you to join my Dragon Hunting Pirates."
"Our advantage over Kaido is that we are in a phase of rapid improvement."
"And he can no longer advance further."
Lu Yu said confidently.
Then he walked to the bow of the ship.
"Do you see it?"
"That ship is full of slaves, and at this moment, isn't Wano Country the same?"
"I want everyone on my journey to tremble at the name of my Dragon Hunting Pirates."
"I want this sea to write down the era symbol belonging to my Dragon Hunting Pirates!"
"Will you join me?"
Lu Yu extended the invitation again.
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