Ignite the fire from the pirates

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Chapter 264: The Emperor's Illness on Nine Snake Island and His Promise with Hancock

South China Sea, a small village close to the Red Earth Continent.

Because of its proximity to the Red Earth Continent, this village has its own port, which is used exclusively for caravan ships to dock.

But also because it is located on the route from the South China Sea to the Grand Line, the next supply point is a large town near the Red Earth Continent, which has also become a destination frequented by pirates.

"Beep!!!"

A shrill whistle sounded, and the villagers guarding the port whistled hard and picked up the flintlock rifles beside them.

"Pirates! Get out of here!"

As soon as the warning sounded, a lead bullet hit his shoulder.

On the pirate ship, a pirate holding a gun laughed loudly: "It won't work just by holding a gun, idiot!"

A group of pirates on the deck laughed.

"The battle captain is awesome!"

"No one in the New World can do this kind of shooting, right?"

"When we climb up to the Red Earth Continent, won't the Five Elders mentioned in the New Era Newspaper have to obey us?"

"The secret that can make people immortal... it's really hard not to be moved!"

……

At this time, the whole village started to move because of the whistle.

When the pirate ship docked, villagers appeared at the dock with their weapons.

"hehe!"

The captain of the pirate group staggered forward and looked at the villagers with a mocking look.

"Old man, do you think you can stop me like this? Hand over all your money and replenish all our supplies, then you can survive!"

The words fell, but the villagers gnashed their teeth in silence and held their weapons tighter.

"Pirate, this place is very close to the Marine Branch. We are the people of the Allied Nations, you'd better leave now!"

"Think carefully, you pirates. This is not an ordinary village. Get out of here! We are not lambs to be slaughtered!"

"roll!"

"Get out of this village, pirate!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Three gunshots rang out, and the villagers who were shouting at them to get out fell to the ground.

The pirate captain raised his hand and prepared for everyone to start looting.

But the next moment, a voice sounded on the dock behind them.

"These coordinates are almost in the sea. Although I'm not afraid of falling in, the location is too ridiculous."

Kevin rubbed his wet hair, then looked up and found that everyone was looking at him.

"Who is that? Got a towel?"

Kevin asked as he walked forward casually, as if he didn't notice the group of minions around him.

This attitude also made these minions very dissatisfied.

These young men who had just been out to sea were nothing more than street thugs in the past. They knew very well that at this time they had to demonstrate their strength in order to intimidate the villagers.

"Where did this idiot come from?"

"Can't you see the situation here, bastard!"

"You're not a fool, are you?"

……

A minion came over with his shoulder tilted.

"You! Kneel down!"

He raised the long knife in his hand to intimidate.

However, Kevin seemed not to have heard it and continued to walk forward, getting closer and closer to him.

"court death!"

The long knife chopped down, but it hit directly on the wooden piles of the dock.

"Bang bang bang!"

Gunshots were heard, but Kevin easily knocked the lead bullet back, knocking down several people.

Kevin also looked over at this moment.

"Om..."

Covered by the domineering aura of the king, all the pirates on the dock fainted for a moment, even the captain with a bounty of nearly 10 million.

This scene stunned all the villagers on the dock. They could not understand why this happened, and they had no idea about the existence of domineering power.

At this moment, Kevin also walked up to the village chief and said, "Hello, can I borrow a towel?"

The old village chief nodded blankly, still a little confused about the situation for a moment.

But the villagers beside him reminded him, and the cheers also woke him up.

The pirate was tied up, and the villagers decided to hand him over to the Marine branch, and the bounty was also given to Kevin.

However, Kevin waved his hand as to the bounty and told them to distribute it among themselves. After all, this village had lost a lot of property in the past, all because of pirates.

……

After wiping his hair at the village chief's house, Kevin asked the same question he had asked throughout his journey.

“How do you feel about your life now?”

The old village chief poured him a cup of hot tea and then sat down on the ground opposite Kevin.

"Being alive and living to this age is already the best life. Asking for too much is just a dream."

Kevin looked around and asked, "Don't you have any children?"

The old village chief was silent for a while. "Seven years ago, my eldest son went out to sea with a caravan and died outside. No other news came back except that he was confirmed dead."

"Four years ago, my youngest son was killed by pirates who came to the island to rob him because he said one more word out of anger. Neither of them got married, so they didn't leave any grandchildren."

The old man described the death of his two sons so calmly, without crying or losing control of his emotions.

But this kind of reaction is what Kevin has seen most often in recent days.

It’s not that he’s not sad, but at his age, he has seen too many tragedies, so many that he’s even a little numb.

The old man was a little timid, but seemed fearless because of his age.

"You...you should be an important person, right?"

Kevin thought for a moment and replied, "He is strong, but not a big shot. Is there anything I can help you with?"

The old man thought for a moment and shook his head. "It's useless. You must be a big shot to make those pirates faint with your eyes. But being a big shot also means you can't help us much."

"The South China Sea has also produced some great figures. The current admiral of the navy was born in the South China Sea. He often appeared in newspapers before, protecting the world's nobles from being harassed by pirates."

"He was here too, and drove away a group of pirates just like you, but he left soon after."

Kuzan?

Kevin thought of the generals who came from the South China Sea, and currently the only one was Kuzan.

"Then suppose starting tomorrow, there is no need to pay for Sky Gold anymore, and pirates disappear from this sea, then life will get better and better, and richer and richer."

"But the price may be the extinction of the entire world hundreds of years later. What will you choose?"

The old village chief was stunned: "Really... is this possible?"

He wiped away his tears and said, "This village was even more difficult in the past. Back then, pirates could destroy and plunder at will, and everyone hid and dared not show up."

"Later, a newspaper called the New Era appeared, and the village began to change. Some people proposed to form a team to protect the village and began to try to resist."

"The first time, we paid a lot. Many of those young children lost their lives. But then, those pirates knew that the people of this village would fight to the death, so they also became cautious."

Having said that, Kevin naturally understood the old man's answer.

In fact, just like the answer he got before, in today's world where we don't even know whether we can survive, no one will consider the illusory future.

……

Grand Line, Chambord Islands.

Kevin stayed here for four days, and those four days were like a nightmare for a human trafficking organization.

The lawless area from Area 1 to Area 29, the slave-hunting teams, auction houses, and human trafficking shops seemed to have returned to the nightmare time many years ago.

The entire lawless area was engulfed in flames, and no hidden business was spared.

"Shh."

Kevin sheathed the Zanpakuto in his hand, and a raging fire had already started in front of him.

Wherever the flames passed, the unconscious slave traders and others woke up because of the pain, but the fire beside them completely devoured them in an instant.

"Fight... the cloaked man!"

"Gu! You...you are surrounded!"

"Hurry up... surrender quickly!"

Kevin had already sensed the movement behind him, and now he turned around and looked at the navy man who had just spoken.

There was no outburst of arrogance, but just because of his fame and gaze, he fell to the ground with one chuckle.

"It takes courage to speak out in this situation."

Kevin disappeared in an instant as he spoke, and when he reappeared he was already beside him.

"But what would you do if the person being auctioned here was your mother, or your father, brother, or sister?"

The sudden voice approaching from the side made the navy's pupils widen. He thought he would lose his life in the next moment, and the figures of his family appeared in his mind.

But as time passed, he didn't feel any pain.

When he reacted again, the cloaked man was no longer in front of him.

"Sir? The cloaked man has disappeared. Should we chase him?"

"Chase? What can we chase? Even if such a being killed a world noble in Mary Geoise, he would still be able to escape unscathed. What would it matter if we caught up with him?"

"Then just now..."

"Just now? We just encountered the cloaked man in Area 1. With the soldiers bravely blocking the enemy, the cloaked man chose to evacuate."

"Nani?"

"Follow orders! Is there anything wrong with what I said?"

"understand!"

……

The slaves in the slave auction house had fled in all directions, and the slave owner and his slave-catching team had been burned to ashes.

The navy soldier just now stood in front of the ruins, his eyes flickering.

Want to put yourself in their shoes?

If it were your own family member, what would you do?

Without the power of the Cloaked Man, I'm afraid I can't do anything.

……

In Area 13 of the No Man's Land in the Sabaody Archipelago, at the entrance of a bar that stands alone in an empty lot.

Kevin turned around and looked in the direction of the bubble tree: "I've been following you for so many days, do you want to go to the front and have a drink together?"