Big brother, I want to become the strongest pirate in the world!

"How could this happen..."

Kazan looked at the batch of redwood with a troubled expression; he certainly didn't want his ship to be all red.

The younger siblings who heard Kazan muttering to himself just glanced at him and whispered in their hearts: "Because Kazan (Nii-san/Kaka/Big Brother/Onii-chan), you represent red."

"Nii-san~ Let's use black for the remaining two, otherwise you'll think the boat's color is too monotonous, right?"

Monet leaned closer and spoke into Kazan's ear, breathing hot air into his ear, and the others nodded in agreement.

As for whether they really felt the ship's color was too monotonous, everyone had their own answer.

Kazan was probably the only one in the entire Monster Pirates who believed this reason.

Under the expectant gaze of his younger siblings, Kazan turned the remaining two pieces of wood black as well. With three black and five red pieces, these were the colors of the wood they were going to take back this time.

"So, have you decided how you're going to take it back?"

The hunchbacked old man was no longer as surprised as before. After seeing that the rainbow logs had changed color, he asked a question calmly.

Kazan nodded: "The old way, Feng, it's up to you... Old man, come with me to the shore to get the money, and could you please have your men help move some wood?"

"can."

The hunchbacked old man nodded, then nodded to the bodyguards and followed Kazan and his group to the shore.

Midway through the journey, Fon Klei left the group and flew towards the shore.

When Kazan and his group arrived at the shore, Bon Clay was already standing on a fairly large pirate ship, waving to them.

"Just move the wood to that pirate ship, the money is in the small fishing boat next to it."

Watching the monster pirate crew quietly seize someone else's pirate ship, the hunchbacked old man didn't express his thoughts. He simply had someone deliver the goods, collect the money, and then left.

……

"Alright, let's get going. We've been out for quite a while now, and that old man who builds the ship is probably getting impatient."

After obtaining the wood, Kazan immediately prepared to set off. The return journey would take some time, and shipbuilding would take even longer. By the time they entered the Grand Line, who knew how many years would have passed, and no one knew what unexpected events might occur along the way.

"Kazan, speaking of which, we're about to leave, and the navy still hasn't shown up in Rainbow Town."

"Didn't you notice that the navy we encountered in the West Blue basically ignored us? Someone must have told them not to come up here and become easy prey. Besides, there are countless pirate and gangster corpses waiting for them to clean up right now in Rainbow Town. They don't have time to cause trouble for us. We're not causing any trouble here; we're helping them clean up the trash."

"This is so boring."

The Monster Pirates will not attack the West Blue Navy unless the Navy takes the initiative. Having stayed in the West Blue for so many years, the Monster Pirates have passed through dozens of islands.

The members of the Monster Pirates have made friends on various islands, but these are mostly weak fighters who need the protection of the Marines.

"Alright, stop complaining and let's get going. Let's take a break for a while."

Kazan picked up the latest newspaper next to him and frowned as he looked at the news articles.

Although no specific events have been described, it seems that the fall of Mary Geoise has greatly displeased the World Government, which is ordering the Navy and dispatching special forces to capture escaped slaves and take their anger out on passing pirates.

It's best not to attract too much attention at times like this, lest some naval admiral who's been chasing slaves all the way to the West Sea come and kill them along the way.

Chapter 063 I Must Find You

The monster family's journey back was far from peaceful, as news of their purchase of a large quantity of rainbow logs in Rainbow Town reached the attention of pirates and gangsters in the West Sea.

One by one, pirate gangs who were usually terrified of them flocked to the scene, oblivious to their own mortality. Whenever they encountered a monster pirate crew at sea, they would immediately attack, and there were even multiple forces joining forces to come.

However, the most these guys can do is make Kazan sleep restlessly.

Basically, most of the guys were taken care of by Monet, Bon Clay, or Sugar before they even started attacking the ship they had stolen.

Meanwhile, taking advantage of their superior numbers, before the three flying monsters had even gotten close to deal with their prey, Bellamy, full of enthusiasm, had already jumped over.

Of course, there were also some henchmen who took advantage of the chaos to escape. It seems that the purpose of those henchmen was not Rainbow Log, but just to join in the fun and see if they could become famous overnight.

Although there were quite a few troublemakers along the way, Kazan didn't make a move at all, so he was relatively free.

……

On the windless belt connecting the North Sea to the West Sea, a pirate ship with a red sun painted on its sail is moving slowly forward, but they are not propelled by the ship, but by manpower!

The ship was a bizarre combination, consisting of a group of fish-men with sun-branded marks on their bodies and a group of humans with dull eyes. Almost every human had bruises and ash on their bodies, as if they had been subjected to inhuman torture for a long time.

Based on various signs, it is not difficult to identify the ship and the people on board.

It was the Sun Pirates, founded by Fisher Tiger, the culprit who caused chaos in Mary Geoise a few months ago.

The humans mentioned above were slaves who escaped from the turmoil in Mary Geoise. Some of the teenagers and those with fighting abilities had already left during the Grand Line.

The remaining slaves were mostly old, weak, sick, and disabled humans who had lost their will to live and had no fighting ability. Fisher Tiger could not stand by and watch these humans die.

Fisher Tiger already felt guilty for not carefully considering the impact of his actions on Fish-Man Island, not to mention that Queen Otohime had a dream of Fish-Man Island reaching the surface and coexisting with humans, so he wanted to do his part.

Fisher Tiger believed that if the slaves were safely returned home, they would spread the virtues of the Fish-Men and change their perception of Fish-Man Island. Therefore, he overruled objections and persuaded the Sun Pirates to take the slaves home safely.

Of course, this might also be partly due to his own past as a slave, which led him to feel sympathy for these human slaves.

"Jinbe, let's both go down and help!"

"it is good!"

Fisher Tiger, a red-skinned snapper fishman, patted the whale shark fishman Blue Fatty beside him, then jumped into the calm sea first. He used all his strength to start pushing the boat forward with his companions. Blue Fatty's chubby body was surprisingly agile, and he followed closely behind into the water.

Looking down from the seabed, you'll see not only the figure propelling the pirate ship, but also several fish-men constantly circling around it, disrupting the nearby currents. They use this method to prevent the sea kings underwater from noticing the ship's location.

As for themselves, probably because they have fish blood, the sea kings don't seem to be hostile towards them. In fact, if the fish-people want, they can even recruit some weak sea beasts or small sea kings as their underlings.

Only two or three fish-men remained on the ship, observing the surrounding waters and the pirate ship's course. To pass the time, they chatted idly.

"Is that lieutenant general crazy? He's been chasing us for so long and he still won't let go? Being chased by a human must be so frustrating."

"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, even Tiger and Jinbe together couldn't beat that guy."

"That's a Logia-type Devil Fruit user with the potential to become an Admiral, and he uses ice, which is somewhat of a counter to our abilities."

"From the moment you started following Tiger, you should have been prepared to be hunted down by the World Government and the Navy. Don't make a fuss."

……

While the three were chatting, they didn't notice that a small ear on the boat railing suddenly scattered into flower petals and disappeared.

Among a group of slaves, a girl with long black hair slowly raised her head and looked at the sky with a somewhat dazed gaze.

She was fundamentally different from the other slaves, but you really couldn't tell unless you looked closely.

That was the faint glimmer of light still shining in the girl's eyes, compared to the other slaves who had completely lost the will to live.

Robin had only boarded the ship a few months ago, and with the disguise skills she had learned over the years, she easily blended in. The fishmen didn't even notice her sudden appearance.

To be more precise, they never paid any attention to the lack of human slaves, treating them like a batch of insignificant cargo that they could transport as much as possible, with no loss if they were lost.

She felt she had been cruelly manipulated by fate when she saw Kazan appear in the West Sea long ago in the North Sea.

Especially after Kazan created the so-called Monster Pirates, she almost gave up on the idea of ​​finding Kazan.

He already has a new family, why should I bother him? I'll only cause him trouble, right? Should someone like me even exist in this world?

But Robin was still unwilling to accept it, because Kazan had made those promises with absolute certainty before he left! Having been deceived countless times, Robin still believed that Kazan would not lie to her.

He said I was his sister… He hasn’t left Xihai for so long… No! Maybe he went to Xihai just to find me!

After having this thought, Robin felt a sudden glimmer of hope in her life, and so she prepared to set off once again for the West Blue to find Kazan.

At that moment, Robin happened to encounter the Sun Pirates, who were coming from the Grand Line to send the slaves home. She overheard for a while and learned that they were heading to four seas, with their next target sea being the nearby West Blue. She immediately joined them.

What Robin didn't expect was that the guy with the ice would witness that scene.

The only thing Robin was thankful for was that the guy wasn't one to waste time talking to fish-men and pirates, so he didn't reveal her presence.

Robin still remembers that guy simply said to the Sun Pirates, "Perfect, you're also on the target list, so let's take care of you while we're at it."

Robin hid among the slaves, gently raised his head, looked back at the direction he had come from, then looked ahead at the direction he was going, clenched his little fists, and finally closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep.

This time, I must find you.

Chapter 064 Monet's Headache

On the way back, Kazan kept trying to increase the heating limit of his Iron-Steel Fruit in the middle of the deck, and could barely reach two thousand degrees.

Even with his Armament Haki at Level 3, the faint crimson hue beneath Kazan's body was still clearly visible.

Kazan now has the delusion that his steel body will melt if the temperature is forcibly increased any further.

Therefore, he concluded that the real reason limiting Kazan's temperature ceiling is actually the strength of steel, and Kazan has indeed put less effort into this aspect.

After all, he had hardly encountered any enemies who could injure him so far, so he had somewhat overlooked this important point.

The strength of steel generally only becomes truly significant when fighting against enemies of equal or even greater strength.

"It's so hot, bro! It's summer!"

"Huh? Monet is a Snow-Snow Fruit user, she should be very afraid of the heat, right? Make some snow to cool her down."

Monet, his face flushed and covered in sweat, stood beside Kazan, pointing and gesturing at him with his hands on his hips. His legs seemed to be losing strength from the heat and were starting to tremble. He was sweating even more, clearly suffering from the heat.

Bon Clay also felt unbearably hot, so he directly asked Monet to use her Devil Fruit powers to cool things down a bit.

"Huh? Yeah, Monet, why don't you just use your Devil Fruit power to cool yourself down?"

Kazan, who had originally intended to ignore Monet, looked at Monet, who was turning around because Kazan was staring at him, after hearing Bon Clay's words.

"What are you doing, twisting around like that! Can't you stand up straight? Come here!"

Kazan was annoyed when he saw Monet twisting her body and rubbing her legs. What kind of behavior was that for a girl! She had to be taught a lesson!

Ee-ya~~ My brother is so fierce, but I love it... Second brother did a good job~

Monet had one hand in his mouth, gently biting it, and the other hand on his lower abdomen. His two beautiful eyes were becoming watery, clearly indicating that he was in a very intense state.

Seeing that Monet's condition seemed to be getting worse, Kazan grabbed a nearby wooden stick and swung it twice in the air.

This wooden strip was originally broken off from a small tree along the way as punishment for Little Sugar's mistake.

Oh... it was Monet who picked it himself.

After carefully examining the rough wooden plank covered in thorns, Kazan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn't realized how terrifying the plank was before; thankfully, it had only scared Sugar.

No wonder she's the older sister; she's so ruthless towards her own sister.