Pirate: My Piltover technology is far ahead!

Chapter 101 The Prison of Books, The Bear's Warning

Number One and Number Two moved through the smoke, their specially designed head scanners checking for life signs in the forest. At this combat range, their shotguns were like the scythe of death, each shot capable of inflicting a fatal blow on any target within range.

Four shots are not the limit of weapon capacity, but they are the limit of what these people can endure.

"Ahem...ahem, there are only a few of us, is there any need to use smoke bombs?"

Kate peeked out from the tree canopy nearby; an overly sensitive sense of smell can sometimes cause trouble.

Just as the smoke grenade was released, Kate pulled out a specially made cat-shaped gas mask from the equipment book issued to her by Oran. She took it off only after the smoke below had mostly dissipated, but the pungent smell left behind still made her cough repeatedly.

"Isn't this just a test? I didn't expect smoke grenades to last this long in actual combat."

Ginny's mech didn't open its cockpit.

Mech piloting safety rules: Do not open the cockpit shields before returning to camp, even if the battle is over.

Snap!

Number One stomped his foot on the ground in front of him. Although shotguns can suppress fire at close range in a very short time, they also have a drawback: occasionally some lucky people will just escape fatal wounds.

beep—

A notification sound came to Ginny's ear, and the originally red visual screen turned green, which meant that the battlefield cleanup was over and there were no signs of life activity within the detection range.

"Take this back with you, I'll continue my vigil."

Kate returned to the forest, while Ginny piloted the mech, carrying the surviving Sweet back to the camp.

Swett had fallen unconscious in extreme panic, but the sea breeze blowing from the beach and the shaking of the mecha arm on Ginny's way back woke him up again.

[A familiar beach... Where am I? Oh right, those idiots were yelling and screaming because of the enemy's weapons.]

Ginny's method of capturing him was simply to grab him casually. At this moment, Sweet could even see the mech's huge metal feet, and the muzzle of the gun in Number One's hand was occasionally pointed at his head from the side.

With great effort, Sweet raised his head and met Number One's gaze. Looking at that scarlet single eye, his neck tilted to the side, and he fainted again.

When he woke up again, he found himself in a pure white space.

His hands were stuck to the wall with a white bookmark the size of a finger. Although he felt no pain, no matter how much he struggled, he could not get his hands off.

"Sweet, a member of the Firefly Island Pirate Alliance, vice-captain of the Derry Pirates, with no bounty, joined the newly landed Derry Pirates twelve years ago."

Oran's cold voice rang out from the side. At this moment, Sweet was imprisoned in his book prison, and the bookmark that restricted his movements was Oran's power.

Although it was just an ordinary bookmark, its binding force was terrifyingly strong. Before Luffy underwent Kaido's special training, he was captured by the Big Mom Pirates and imprisoned in the book by Mont-d'Or, who had eaten the Book-Book Fruit in the original timeline.

After two years of training, he was helpless against the 500 million Berry bounty. The only way he could think of to escape was to break his own arm, which shows how strong the binding force of the Book-Book Fruit is.

Extreme domineering aura might be able to break free from this constraint, but if one cultivates domineering aura to this level, one will not be confined to this position.

What Oran had just read was a brief biography of Sweet, recorded on the left-hand page.

This is another ability of the Book-Book Fruit: the Book-Book Fruit automatically generates a biographical sketch of the object imprisoned in the book.

As a book, it interprets the things within it, and occasionally some errors will occur. After all, there is a possibility of misprints in book printing. In this respect, the Book-Book Fruit's ability is extremely close to reality, but most of the time it is correct.

The Book-Book Fruit cannot read the memories in the other person's mind, but the identity of the imprisoned person cannot be hidden.

"Tell me about yourself."

"I said! My captain is the aged Deli, the nominal leader of the pirate alliance, and a user of the Forward-Forward Fruit! Of the remaining few..."

"I can guide you and help you sneak into the Alliance's base!"

Oran had just finished reading his biography, intending to use this method to increase his intimidation and thus successfully pry information about the pirates on the island out of him.

Before Oran could even finish speaking, Swett had already answered, blurting out all about his captain.

"Brother Oran, I told you, these pirates aren't quite right in the head, now you believe me?"

"I didn't say I didn't believe it at first, but now I can better understand how you felt before."

"This guy is a coward. When I caught him, he tried to hide in the fallen leaves and play dead. Look at his boss-like attitude, tsk, looks like this isn't the first time."

[Ha, laugh all you want. Once I lure you all to the boss's side, I'll make you wish you were dead!]

Sweet's words were mostly true, but he concealed some crucial information. He wanted to use this method to turn the tables, but after he finished speaking, all that was pointed at him was a dark gun barrel.

"Everything I'm saying is true, you have to believe me!"

"I didn't say I don't believe you, it's just that after saying all this, you're no longer of any value."

Sending Ginny back alive was just to gather intelligence; after the interrogation, he would definitely be sent to reunite with the other pirates.

"Didn't you say you'd let me go as long as I told the truth?"

"You're dreaming. Have you learned to predict the future? I didn't say anything before you interrupted me."

What I really wanted to say was, "If you had said that, I would have given you a quick and painless death."

bump!

A gunshot rang out, and blood splattered across the pages of the book behind him.

Oran then closed the book, and only then did the words on it come into Stevie's view, but unfortunately, he could no longer see them.

Below his biography are numerous crimes he committed, which, according to the book's recording pattern, are at most only some of the more heinous ones.

呼啦

After leaving the book world, Oran shrunk the book and threw it into the campfire in the nearby camp. There was no need to keep the dirty book anymore, and creating another book was just a matter of a thought.

"Brother Oran, can we trust what he says?"

"I don't know, just take it as a reference. We'll compare the information when Xiong and the others come back and we'll know how much of it is true. But the ability of that ability user he mentioned is quite interesting."

"Whoosh! I'm going to knock that bad guy away!"

On the hammock nearby, Lyliana, fast asleep, made her declaration. She always slept very soundly, and even the gunshots from the other side hadn't woken her.

There were already many tents set up in the camp, and Oran's Devil Fruit ability had also built a rest area, but Leliana insisted on camping outside, so Oran didn't stop her.

Although Firefly Island is an autumn island, it is currently in the summer season, with a very warm climate. In other words, even if Leliana were to lie down and sleep in the snow, she would not be affected.

"roar"

While Leliana was dreaming of beating bad guys, her fist swung to the side, and Terra, who was being used as a pillow by Leliana, was thrown out as a result.

Two years ago, Lyliana was 1.1 meters tall, while the newborn Terra was 1.5 meters long. After removing the tail, the two were roughly equal in stature.

Two years later, Leriana had grown two meters taller, and Terra had grown two centimeters, making their family status even clearer.

Despite being a sub-dragon, it shook its head like a kitten and climbed back into the hammock, lying down again.

"What an adorable little guy! Brother Oran, aren't you going to rest?"

"You know my situation. It's common for me to go for days without sleep when I'm busy. If you're tired, you should rest first. There shouldn't be anything tonight."

"I'm fine, but I wonder how Bear Cub is doing."

"Excuse me, could you please leave from here? Otherwise you might get hurt."

Meanwhile, the bear that Ginny was concerned about was in a hotel room in a small town with Frankenstein. The bear was held up to his chest, trying to persuade the person in front of him to stop his dangerous actions.

The Paw-Paw Fruit is very powerful, and Kuma knows how much destruction it can cause, but he doesn't like to do it.

In the original timeline, he first flew into a rage and took action after King Bekley attempted to reduce the share of the Celestial Gold, divide the kingdom in two, and turn the southern islands with a large elderly population into lawless zones.

Frankenstein's appearance brought them some trouble. On this island with its unstable order, beauty was a sin, and being beautiful had become a source of misfortune.

After years of disorder, the town has become a gathering place for pirates. Ever since Kuma and Frankenstein entered the town at dusk, they have attracted a lot of attention.

"Get out of our way! We're not interested in a big guy like you. Hand over the girl in your room. We're not those trash from Kurkh's gang! We're pirates!"

They weren't the first to arrive, and seeing that the bear was unharmed, they assumed that the people who came earlier hadn't taken action for some reason.

"I see, I understand."

Upon hearing that they were pirates, Kuma stopped trying to dissuade them and instead gave up his spot by the door.

"That's more like it. You're smart to know what's good for you."

The pirates thought the bear was afraid, so they raised their feet to kick open the door, but the bear stopped them once again.

"Big guy, do you think we're afraid to kill?"

"No, don't kick down the door. The boss already has a hard life."

As he spoke, Xiong opened the door for them, but the scene inside was beyond their comprehension. A dozen or so members of the Kurkh gang were piled up in a row, while Frankenstein sat on them expressionlessly, muttering something under his breath.

"No charging available, I'm in a bad mood and don't like it here."

By the time they realized something was wrong, Xiong had already squeezed through the door, bent over, and locked the door.

"Weren't you the ones who wanted to come in? Why are you in such a hurry to leave? Please cooperate and tell us what you know about the island, or you will get hurt."

The familiar words and smiles sent a chill down their spines.

Realizing they had been tricked, the pirates immediately drew their swords and slashed at the bear, only to have the bear block the blow with the fleshy ball in his palm.

Frankenstein picked up his hammer and walked toward them; the black hammerhead seemed to be stained with a lot of blood.

The next morning, when Bear and Frankenstein went downstairs to check out, the hotel owner looked completely dazed. Behind Frankenstein, a dozen people were strung together like grasshoppers and dragged out of their rooms.

(End of this chapter)