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Mercer feigned terror: "You, you're a bad guy."

Then she saw the man's eyes grow even more ferocious. Mercer immediately shut her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes, and her body shrank back slightly.

The man's lips curled into a smile as he carried Moses down the stairs. A dozen seconds later, he pushed open an iron door, revealing a spacious dungeon chamber.

There was a passageway in the middle, with square cages on both sides, and the iron bars looked exceptionally sturdy.

Each cell contains varying amounts of "goods," mostly children and women, as well as some strange and unusual races.

At this moment, there were three guards in the dungeon, one fat and two thin. When the fat man saw the newcomer, a cruel smile appeared on his lips: "Ciri, it shouldn't be your second team going out to scout for prey today, right?"

Ciri smirked: "A silly roe deer, a fat sheep, ran right into it."

The fat man licked his lips and looked at the fair-skinned Mercer, letting out a strange "heh heh" laugh.

Ciri frowned, glanced at the trembling Mercer, and said coldly to the fat man:

"This is top-quality goods. Zhu Jie, don't be stupid and ruin it. If the boss finds out, he'll skin you alive."

As if he had thought of something, Zhu Jie shivered and said with an awkward laugh, "I understand, I understand, I'll just take a look, I'll just take a look."

Ciri nodded, picked up the keychain from the table, scanned the cells, and a few seconds later, pulled Moses to the door of a cell in the corner with only three people.

Mercer looked at the three people inside. They were three girls, all with dusty and dirty faces, and different hair colors: black, green, and orange. They were all around ten years old.

Just then, when Ciri came over, the little girl with black hair inside spread her arms and shielded the other two little girls behind her, backing away like a mother bird with her feathers ruffled.

Opening the cell door, Ciri grabbed Moses by the arm and tossed him inside, coldly saying, "You'll sleep here tonight, and you can get out in a couple of days. Behave yourself."

Mercer was thrown heavily into the arms of the black-haired little girl, knocking all three of them down.

Several cries of pain followed.

Ciri chuckled, locked the door, tossed the key behind her as she passed the entrance, and strode out of the dungeon.

After the person walked away, Zhu Jie slammed the door shut and spat out a mouthful of phlegm. "What a piece of trash, a dog that relies on its master's power."

The other two skinny guards smiled wryly:

"Well, what can you do when your cousin is the boss?"

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Chapter 15 Everything is OK!

"Ouch, that really hurts."

Mercer climbed off the little black-haired girl, rubbed his nose, and his eyes were now really about to well up with tears.

A sour feeling welled up in my eyes.

Just then, a clear voice rang out: "Hey little brother, are you alright?"

Mercer pinched the bridge of her nose to relieve the discomfort, and looked up to see the black-haired girl.

Her face was covered in dust, and two strands of hair hung down on either side of her forehead, each tied at the end with a copper buckle. She was wearing a beautiful outfit of an unusual style.

"Messer, my name is Messer, not little brother." Messer sniffed. "And thanks for being my cushion earlier, I'm fine."

"Oh, you were also captured by them?"

At this point, the girl became very angry, her cheeks puffed out, and her deep blue eyes filled with rage.

"Yeah, I got caught." Mercer nodded. "And you? How did you get here?"

Upon hearing this, the girl's face grew even angrier, as if she had finally found an outlet for her anger.

"These bastards actually used such a despicable method as sleeping pills. If it weren't for that, we wouldn't have been captured by these scoundrels."

I'm a trainee soldier in Kuja. I'm an excellent crew member permitted to go to sea with the ship.

"And so, you were arrested."

Messer pursed his lips. "Trainee and excellent, no matter how I look at it, these two words don't seem to go together at all."

The girl blushed instantly, pointed her right index finger at Mercer's nose, tilted her head back so her nostrils were facing him, and her lips trembled:

"You, you, you're so rude! How could you say that to me?"

"What else?" Mercer turned to the other two girls: "Are you also from Kuja?"

The green-haired girl nodded, but looked at Mercer curiously: "So how did you get arrested?"

The other orange-haired girl was equally curious, but a hint of fear flashed in her eyes: "You're so young and you've already been captured, how pitiful."

"Don't ignore me! I'm talking to you!" The black-haired girl slapped the ground angrily. "Sonia, Gordo, you're not allowed to talk to this rude guy."

Upon hearing the black-haired girl's words, the two girls named Sonia and Gordes shrank back, turned their faces away, and whispered an "oh".

Messer watched this scene with a slight smirk, his eyes fixed on the black-haired girl, and said calmly, "As expected of a brat, getting angry when she can't win an argument. By the way, what's your name?"

hum~

The black-haired girl turned her face away, looking displeased. "Who wants to tell this guy my name, you little brat?"

Mercer ignored her and looked at the other two girls, "Aren't you worried?"

Seeing that they all secretly turned to look, Mercer raised an eyebrow at the dark-haired girl and then said:

"These people are slave traders. In a few days, they'll transport the prisoners to Sabaody Archipelago and sell them as slaves. You seem quite optimistic; do you have any chance of escaping?"

A look of confusion crossed the eyes of the two girls. Slaves? They didn't quite grasp the weight of that word. However, the black-haired girl seemed to understand.

"No, we will definitely be rescued. The Nine Serpents are definitely trying their best to find us. We will definitely be rescued then. Don't be afraid, you two. Your sister will protect you."

As she spoke, the black-haired girl glared at Mercer, clearly displeased with his words.

"I heard that this ship was the slave-hunting ship of one of the kings of the underworld, and the captain of this ship is also a famous hunter in the underworld, as well as a Devil Fruit user."

Are you really sure you can be rescued?

The truth is often the sharpest blade.

Mercer looked at the three of them with blank eyes, which showed that the dark world was a blind spot for them.

The black-haired girl glanced at her sisters, took a deep breath, and glared at them, her expression a mix of bravado and fear:

"Who cares what kind of king he is? Our Kuja Pirates aren't afraid of anyone. We'll definitely be rescued. Don't say another word."

Mercer touched his nose and gave a somewhat embarrassed smile. "Okay, let's change the subject. Have you thought about saving yourself?"

"I've thought about it, but the iron cage can't be opened, and the food here makes me weak, but I can't go without eating. We've been captured for almost seven days. By the way, my name is Hancock, Boa Hancock. I'm the future strongest warrior of Kuja."

"Oh, my name is Hancock. I've been captured by the slave trade and I'm feeling weak. I'm trying to escape, or maybe I'm waiting for my family back home to rescue me. I'm so pitiful."

Mercer muttered under his breath, "Is that so?"

Hancock's face froze, then turned bright red, and her body trembled. "I, I, I'm going to kill you. You annoying brat."

Hancock screamed and lunged at him, baring her teeth and claws. Mercer leaned back against the iron bars, covering her head with her arms and curling up in the corner.

In an instant, Hancock's frail hands grabbed Mercer's arms and began to pull, while she let out unintelligible screams.

Mercer peered through the gap in his arm at the trio at the door, and as expected, the commotion in the cell had caught their attention.

"What are you doing?!" A loud roar rang out, and a figure rushed over. Zhu Jie arrived at the front and saw Hancock pinning Moses down and bullying her.

"You brat, stop right now! That kid is worth more than you."

Duang!

He kicked the cage hard, staring fiercely at Hancock, who stubbornly stared back.

Zhu Jie's lips twitched violently. He felt offended, but when he thought of the girl's fierce methods that day, which were like those of a female leopard, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

However, considering that she had already been drugged, the girl didn't have much strength left.

With a sinister laugh, Zhu Jie glanced at Messer with lust and said to Hancock, "You little brat, I'll teach you a lesson today. How dare you hit someone!"

He quickly turned around, went back to get the keys, and then quickly came back. The two skinny men following behind him knew that Zhu Jie would be careful with his actions, so they both looked at him with amusement.

"Click click click".

The lock was opened, the iron gate was pulled open, and Zhu Jie looked at Hancock, who had already stood up and was wary of him with her fists clenched.

The next second, Zhu Jie took a step forward and reached out his right hand to grab Hancock's hair. Hancock leaned back slightly to dodge the claw, then spun around and kicked Zhu Jie in the waist.

With a sharp "smack," Zhu Jie was kicked in the side, the stinging pain spreading throughout his body. He grimaced and cursed, "You brat, you're asking for it!"

"Zhu Jie, you'd better step up your game. You can't even handle a little girl who hasn't even grown her first hair. Aren't you ashamed?"

"Haha, how embarrassing."

The two men's mocking spectators made Zhu Jie's eyes bloodshot. With a roar, he lunged at Hancock in a spread-eagle stance.

Seeing this, Hancock, who was about to dodge, realized that her two sisters were behind her. She had no choice but to grit her teeth, clench her fists, and swing them forward.

Moses had already gotten up. Seeing this, he grinned and, using his Observation Haki to anticipate the attack, quickly rushed forward and kicked Moses' left leg as he jumped off the ground.

Splat!

The considerable force caused him to lose his balance instantly, flying past Hancock and landing face down on the ground. The next second, Moses stepped closer and stomped on the back of his neck.

Crack! The neck bone broke.

Immediately afterwards, his Observation Haki spread out, sensing the movements of the remaining two people. He took the scalpel he had just taken out of his boot in his right hand, flipped his wrist, and threw it forcefully.

Whoosh! Pfft!

A spurt of blood shot from the left eye of one of the thinner men, and the considerable inertia caused him to fall backward.

At close range, thanks to the physical application of breathing, coupled with the aid of Observation Haki, there is no possibility of missing the target.

Mercer didn't stop. He rushed towards the last remaining skinny man. The distance of less than five meters was covered in the blink of an eye. The skinny man realized something was wrong and was about to shout when Mercer's right leg whistled as it kicked him hard in the groin.

With a crisp "crack," the kick, delivered without reservation, sent the person jumping up.

Mercer pushed off the ground with his left foot, jumped up, grabbed his chin with both hands, and slammed it down hard.

With a muffled thud, the last skinny man lost consciousness, blood trickling from his mouth and his eyes rolling back.

Suddenly, a prompt appeared in Moses' mind, and the next moment, three irregular crystals, each the size of a grain of rice and shimmering with a mysterious luster, appeared.

[Obtained 3 F-grade Soul Crystal]