Fighting through pirates with Fairy Tail

Chapter 158 The World's Most Dangerous Criminal! Id, with a Bounty of 5 Billion Berries! (Please Subscribe)

East China Sea.

On a naval warship flying the Fairy Tail guild flag.

"Tsk!"

"Why haven't you caught any fish yet?"

Id is sitting at the bow of the warship, holding an enormous fishing rod, and is working on his "sea fishing" skills.

As for the "bait" that Ido used for sea fishing, it was naturally Garp's grandson, Monkey D. Luffy.

"ah."

"I lose all my strength as soon as I come into contact with seawater."

"I'm so hungry!"

"I really want to eat meat!"

Luffy was soaking in the seawater, looking completely listless.

He had been in the sea for a full three hours.

"You, who ate all the food on the ship, have no right to say that."

Id sat at the bow of the boat and said in a cold voice.

Yes, logically speaking, they did steal a naval warship!

The food on a warship should have been enough for them to eat for a very long time, but the problem is that Luffy, that troublemaker, actually got up in the middle of the night while everyone was sleeping and ate all the food.

As punishment, Ido decides to use Luffy as bait in exchange for everyone's future food.

"They're here!"

Just when Luffy was starving and dizzy, and was about to be tormented to death by the double blow of seawater and hunger, Ido's Observation Haki discovered something extraordinary.

"Buzz!"

Then, Ido gently lifted Luffy, who was being used as bait, upwards. Immediately, the calm seawater in front of everyone began to tremble violently. A colossal sea king, with its jaws wide open and a body a thousand meters long, burst through the water and lunged at Luffy in mid-air.

"Well."

Zoro and Gray, who had been prepared for battle thanks to Ido's warning, were utterly astonished upon seeing the enormous sea king. They exclaimed in shock, "Are you kidding me? How did Luffy manage to attract such a monster?"

"Hey! Hey! Hey!"

"Are the seas of this world really this dangerous?"

"Such terrifying monsters actually live in the ocean?"

"Even an S-rank mage from a regular guild, if they weren't proficient in water magic, would likely face certain death if they encountered this thing at sea and their ship was destroyed, or they fell into the water."

"If these things were in large groups in the ocean, even a 'Tenth Saint' level mage would have a major headache, right?"

Gray was stunned by the sheer size of the sea king before him.

Yes, the masters of this ocean have never been humans, but these super-large sea monsters that are hundreds or thousands of meters long.

Unfortunately, this sea king encountered Ido and Gray, who were proficient in ice magic.

And so.

As blue light flashed across the sky, this colossal sea monster was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture.

"Zoro cut him in half!"

After freezing the kilometer-long super-sized sea king, Ido directed Zoro to do the work.

Well, everyone on this ship needs to work, except for him, Id.

"Bang!"

Zoro raised the Wado Ichimonji and forcefully slashed at the steel-like ice, successfully cutting through some ice shards.

Zoro, staring at the frozen sea king that even the Wado Ichimonji couldn't cut through, couldn't help but complain, "Mr. Ito, aren't you freezing it a bit too hard? This ice is probably harder than steel! How could I possibly cut it with a knife?!"

As he spoke, Id fetched a kitchen knife from the kitchen.

"Um."

Zoro nodded slightly. Like Luffy, he never hid his dream. He said, "If I want to be the world's greatest swordsman, I will be the world's greatest swordsman."

"If it can't even cut through steel, then forget about being the world's greatest swordsman; even making a name for oneself on the Grand Line would be a struggle!"

As Ide spoke, he held a kitchen knife in each hand and unleashed a flying slash, instantly soaring into the sky and slicing the thousand-meter-long sea king into transparent thin slices.

"Are you kidding me?"

Zoro's pupils dilated sharply. He stared at Ido, who had sliced ​​a thousand-meter-long Sea King into sashimi in the blink of an eye, and shook his head incredulously, saying, "Is the sky of swordsmanship really this high?"

"Forget about the swordsmanship and the sky problem, set up the hot pot for me! Today's lunch is the Sea King's Eighteen Ways of Eating," Ido said, handing the kitchen knife to Gray and going to the kitchen to find the sauce, leaving the task of setting up the hot pot to Zoro.

After half an hour.

Zoro brought out the largest pot from the kitchen and placed it on the deck of the warship.

Beside Zoro, Gray had already prepared Sea King sashimi, Sea King fried fish fillets, Sea King barbecue, steamed Sea King, Sea King fish balls, Sea King fish liver—plus Sea King fish hot pot, so they could say they had completed the eighteen ways to eat Sea King.

"Let's eat! Let's eat!"

At this moment, Luffy, who was almost soaked in seawater, immediately revived after smelling the aroma of fish. He started to devour the fish.

In response, Ido and the others did not stop Luffy, after all, the size of this Sea King was really big enough that it was impossible for them to finish eating it before the Sea King's flesh spoiled.

"Mr. Ido, are you also a swordsman?"

After Zoro ate some sashimi, he sat down next to Ido and asked.

With Zoro's keen eyesight, he could certainly tell that Ido used swordsmanship when he cut the Sea King.

"A swordsman?"

"That was true before."

Ide ate the fish in large mouthfuls, speaking indistinctly.

"Was it like that before?"

Zoro paused for a moment, seemingly unable to understand the meaning behind Id's words.

"Where is your sword? May I see it?"

After thinking for a while, Zoro asked Ido for advice.

You can judge a swordsman's skill by looking at his sword.

"My sword?"

"My sword is in my daughter's hands."

"I gave 'her' to my daughter as a birthday present."

Id smiled and indicated that he no longer had a sword.

"ha?"

"You, as a swordsman, actually gave away your own sword?"

Zoro was stunned and said in disbelief.

You must understand that for a swordsman, the sword is like a second life.

How could you just give away something so important?!

Even blood relatives won't do!

"I've already said it, I'm no longer a swordsman."

Id shook his head, indicating that he had long since stopped practicing swordsmanship.

"So you are now—"

Zoro raised an eyebrow and asked tentatively.

"Magician!"

Id smiled and answered truthfully.

Zoro fell silent, thinking that Id was most likely just teasing him.

What is a mage?

This was a profession he had never even heard of!

"ah."

"Where are the fish slices I just put in the hot pot?"

Just as Id was chatting with Sauron, he suddenly realized that all the fish slices he had cut and put in the pot had disappeared.

"I didn't eat it."

Luffy wiped the sauce from the corner of his mouth and looked at Ido's nonsense with a serious expression.

"You're the one who stole the food, you bastard!"

After a twitch at the corner of his eye, Ido punched Luffy in the face, yelling, "If you want to eat, go cut it yourself! You little brat!!"

"boom!!"

Perhaps it was because Ido was too strong that Luffy was sent flying, soaring into the clouds like a rocket, and finally disappearing into the sky as a shooting star.

"ah----"

"Oops, I accidentally hit Luffy too hard and sent him flying!"

As Ido watched Luffy disappear into the sky, he narrowed his eyes slightly and said this.

"You're so careless!"

Zoro, standing to the side, could only helplessly mutter a few words of complaint.

"Anyway, Luffy is my captain, and I have to find him no matter what—"

Zoro sighed helplessly and prepared to take a small boat to find Luffy, who had been knocked away by Ido's punch.

"Zoro, wait a moment, we'll go with you."

"I sensed the presence of someone I knew."

Ido gazed in the direction Luffy had disappeared, his Observation Haki catching a whiff of something strangely familiar.

"All right."

After a moment of silence, Zoro sighed softly.

And so, Ido, Gray, and Zoro embarked on their journey to find Luffy.

the other side.

Orange Town.

"call out!"

"boom!!"

Luffy, who was sent flying by Ido's punch, glided freely in the sky for a full ten nautical miles before finally plunging into the town!

"Grab her!"

"We absolutely cannot let this thief get away with this!"

As Luffy descended from the sky, several pirates were hot on their heels, chasing a girl with short orange hair.

The orange-haired girl held a treasure map in her hand; this treasure map was the reason the pirates relentlessly pursued her.

"Ouch, that hurts!"

"That guy Ido, how on earth could he ignore my rubber body?"

As the orange-haired girl sped past Luffy, he was still trying to figure out why his rubber body had lost its effectiveness in front of Ido and Garp.

Unfortunately, this is still too advanced for Luffy at this point, and he simply can't understand it.

"Big brother!"

At this moment, the orange-haired girl, who had been desperately running away, noticed that Luffy had smashed the wooden house next to her to pieces while she herself was unharmed. Her eyes lit up slightly, and she immediately stopped, quickly approaching Luffy. She presented the treasure map with both hands as if offering a treasure, and said loudly, "Your subordinate has lived up to your mission and finally found the treasure map for you."

"ha?"

Luffy stared at the girl in front of him and the treasure map in her hand, clearly taken aback.

"What?"

"You're this girl's boss?"

"Go to hell!"

The bandits who had followed the orange-haired girl roared in anger upon learning that Luffy was actually the mastermind, and charged forward with their knives.

"ha?"

Although Luffy didn't know exactly what had happened, it was true that these pirates had provoked him and even intended to kill him.

And so.

"Bang! Crack! Boom!"

In almost a single encounter, Luffy defeated all the bandits who had followed the orange-haired girl.

"You're really amazing!"

"My name is Nami, and I'm a thief who specializes in stealing from pirates. What's your name?!"

The orange-haired girl's eyes lit up when she saw Luffy's clean-cut skills. Overjoyed, she introduced herself to Luffy and started a conversation.

"My name is Monkey D. Luffy."

Luffy gently pressed down on his straw hat, and after confirming that it was safe and sound, he also gave his name.

the other side.

Ido, Zoro, and Gray arrived in Orange Town aboard a Navy warship flying the Fairy Tail flag.

at the same time.

At the same time that Ido and his crew arrived in Orange Town, the town's overlord—the super pirate "Clown" Buggy, with a bounty of 15 million Berries—was in the pirate crew.

A panicked pirate rushed into Buggy's tent, shouting frantically, "Reporting, Lord Buggy, something terrible has happened!"

"What's making you so surprised?"

Bucky sat on the throne, eating an apple, and said resentfully.

"A naval warship is docked at the port of Orange Town!"

After taking several deep breaths, the pirate finally caught his breath and truthfully reported the situation outside to Buggy.

"puff----"

"What did you say?!"

"There's a naval warship docked at the port of Orange Town?"

"Why didn't you tell me sooner that this was so important?"

When Bucky heard that the Navy was coming, he panicked. He didn't want to fight the Navy head-on.

In particular, his current status does not allow him to confront the Navy head-on. Once a familiar Navy member discovers his former identity, he will definitely be targeted by high-ranking figures within the Navy.

"Which naval officer or captain's warship is it?"

After a brief moment of surprise, Bucky asked the young man in front of him.

Even within the vast navy, only high-ranking officers at the rank of admiral or colonel have the authority to independently command warships.

Bucky thought to himself that if the other party was just an ordinary officer or colonel, he would deal with them personally. But if the other party was one of those famous naval officers, he would have to ask that person to take action.

"I don't know!"

"But the flag on that naval warship is very strange—"

"It's a pattern similar to this, not the cross of the World Government."

As the pirate spoke, he took out a paintbrush that he had prepared beforehand and, relying on his memory, drew an incredibly distorted Fairy Tail pattern.

"This, this pattern is—"

Bucky's pupils contracted slightly upon seeing the pattern before him, then he shook his head and said, "I don't recognize it at all! Perhaps you've made a mistake. That's not a naval warship at all; it's just a merchant ship that looks like one."

"Too."

After thinking for a moment, Bucky's men nodded in agreement.

"Boss Bucky! I have something to offer you—"

Just when Buggy was convinced that his prediction was absolutely correct, a clear, melodious female voice, like that of a nightingale, suddenly rang out in Buggy's crew.

"Um?"

Buggy looked up and saw Nami, who had stolen his treasure map earlier, now leading Luffy, who was tied up, into the Buggy Pirates.

That's right, Nami and Luffy have fallen out.

The reason for this was that after Luffy learned that Nami was a navigator, he invited her to join his crew as the captain of a pirate ship.

Nami's greatest hatred in life is "pirates".

So Nami tied Luffy up and sent him to Buggy in exchange for his bounty.

"Are you the thief?"

Buggy glared at Nami and said through gritted teeth.

That's incorrect!

"I was just doing what my older brother asked me to do."

Nami pointed at Luffy, whom she had captured, and said with a grin, "But I had a falling out with my older brother, so I brought him here."

"Is he your older brother?"

"Your choice of a 'big brother' isn't very good, is it?"

"Why don't you just hang out with me from now on—"

Buggy glanced at Luffy, then shook his head at Luffy's overly youthful face and his slender, almost dog-like build.

Based on Bucky's years of experience in judging people, he could tell that the boy in the straw hat in front of him wasn't anything special.

"Wait, a straw hat?"

Buggy seemed to have caught a key word. He turned his head back to look at Luffy, who was being held by Nami, or more precisely, at the straw hat on Luffy's head. His eyes twitched, and he roared, "Hey, kid! Where did that straw hat on your head come from?"

"what?"

"You mean the straw hat on my head?"

"This straw hat was given to me by Shanks!"

Luffy spoke the truth.

"Just as I expected! Just as I expected!"

Upon hearing the name "Shanks," Buggy reacted violently. Pointing at Luffy's face and then at the straw hat on Luffy's head, he roared, "Put this kid in a cage!"

"Yes, sir!"

Under Buggy's orders, his men immediately locked Luffy in the animal taming cage.

"Hello!"

"Your name is Nami, right?"

"Now I'm giving you a chance to become my subordinate: kill him right in front of me—"

As Buggy spoke, he shoved a pistol into Nami's hand and said angrily.

"ha?"

Nami was stunned. She had only wanted to teach Luffy, who was planning to become a pirate, a lesson so that he would repent and give up being a pirate. She never intended to kill Luffy.

"If you don't kill him, I'll have no choice but to kill you."

Bucky's eyes flashed with intense murderous intent; his malice towards Shanks and his disappointment in Shanks had filled him with rage.

"Well."

Upon hearing this, Nami trembled slightly as she pondered her next move.

"Take this!"

Just as Buggy was staring intently at Luffy's straw hat, waiting for Nami to make her move and eliminate Luffy and everything related to Shanks.

Nami suddenly dropped her pistol and used a long, retractable stick she carried with her to send Buggy flying.

"Ouch, that hurts!"

Buggy, clutching his throbbing nose, glared at Nami, who had suddenly turned against him, and roared, "Men, take this guy down!"

"oh!!"

At Buggy's command, his men drew their weapons and charged toward Nami.

"Wow, it's so lively!"

Just as the huge Buggy Pirates were thrown into chaos because Nami had betrayed them again, a voice filled with teasing and mockery suddenly rang in everyone's ears.

"Um?"

Bucky instinctively looked toward the direction from which the sound came.

However, what he saw nearly scared Bucky out of his wits. Staring at the speaker, his eyes filled with utter disbelief, he whispered, "Impossible! This is impossible! Shouldn't you be dead already? In that Ohara incident, second only to Captain Roger's execution—"

It was also in Bucky's whispers.

Ido led Gray and Zoro to the circus base where Bucky was located.

"Who are you people?"

"How dare you trespass on the base of our 'Buggy Pirates'?"

Do you know who our boss is?

"That's the legendary pirate with a bounty of fifteen million J, 'The Clown' Ba—"

Just as Id entered Bucky's stronghold in Orange Village, which was also Bucky's Circus, Bucky's men immediately surrounded him, blocking him outside the circus while chanting about the powerful strength of their captain, "The Clown" Bucky.

"Idiot, you idiot!"

"You bunch of idiots!"

"Shut up right now!"

"Do you know who this guy is?"

When Bucky saw his underlings actually provoking Id, he was terrified. His body immediately turned into countless fragments, which flew to Id's front and forcefully covered the mouths of the two underlings who had provoked Id.

"Long time no see, Bucky."

"You, who were once an apprentice in Roger's pirate crew, have really made something of yourself now~"

"You have a bounty of fifteen million now!"

After glancing at Bucky, Id chuckled and said.

"Is it really you? You're still alive?"

Buggy was now certain that the guy in front of him was Ido, the world's most notorious criminal who had challenged Captain Roger and traveled with the Roger Pirates for a while.

"?!"

"What was that guy just saying?"

"He said Captain Buggy was actually a crew member of 'Pirate King' Gol D. Roger?"

As for Buggy's crew, after Ido revealed Buggy's long-hidden secret, they all showed incredulous expressions. They looked at Buggy in disbelief, never imagining that Buggy, who looked like a clown, was actually a member of the crew of the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger.

"Captain Bucky, take him down!"

"Yeah yeah!"

"Captain Bucky! Cheer up! Don't embarrass yourself!"

In response, Bucky's crew, who seemed to have been injected with adrenaline, shouted loudly to encourage Bucky and try to get him to demonstrate his formidable strength as Roger's crew member.

"Shut up!"

"Do you even know who this guy is?!"

"Ido, who once defeated Oden and Bullet, and even Rayleigh was no match for him, a monster on par with Captain Roger, known as the enemy of the Celestial Dragons," and "the world's most dangerous criminal!"

Bucky was on the verge of collapse. As if venting his frustration, he revealed Id's identity, crying out in his heart with sorrow, "I hit Id? Really?!"

As Buggy finished speaking, the entire pirate crew fell silent. Among them were Buggy's underlings who pulled out the wanted posters of various powerful figures that Buggy had kept hidden in his study.

When he saw the face on a wanted poster that looked exactly like Id, his legs began to tremble uncontrollably.

Especially when he saw the long list of bounties on Id's wanted poster, he panicked even more, muttering to himself, "Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions, billions!"

"A bounty of 5.528 billion Berries! Second only to Edward Newgate, the world's strongest man, the Whitebeard, as the world's most dangerous criminal, the legendary Id, living on the high seas."

"ha?"

"A bounty of five billion Berries?"

After Buggy's underling revealed Ido's bounty, the entire Buggy Pirates were stunned, even Nami was dumbfounded.