Pirates: It's not a mythical beast, it's a phantom god

Now, including Miss La, there are five of you."

Dirk pointed to a place not far ahead, where there was a row of two-story villas with courtyards.

The exterior walls of the villa are somewhat old, with bullet holes and traces of artillery bombardment in some places.

"Because the islands in the New World often change hands, these houses are rarely taken care of, and over time they became like this.

But it’s still very clean inside.”

As if noticing the curiosity of the three people, Dirk glanced at the exquisite clothes of the three people and explained additionally.

"Ordinary members like us have dormitories, but we usually prefer to live on the ship. Only the cadres have independent residences near the base for the convenience of discussing matters with Boss Kaido."

"Oh right, that's Boss Kaido's residence over there. That's also where the pirate group usually holds internal meetings."

Dirk pointed to a very spacious building not far away, which was of the same style as the villa here.

However, the walls and roof of the building clearly showed many signs of repair, both new and old. It seemed that Kaido usually did not like to go through the main entrance.

"That long building over there is the canteen. When it's time for dinner, the big bell in front of the door rings. Three meals a day are provided, and the food is all you can eat."

Dirk finally pointed to a long row of sausage-shaped houses at the foot of a nearby hill.

It’s not time for dinner yet, but there’s already smoke rising from the roof. I guess they’re making preparations in advance.

"Okay, that's all the important stuff. Here's the key to the villa."

Dirk took a silver key from his waist and handed it to La.

"If you have any questions later, just use Den Den Mushi to contact me. Here's my number.

As for the Den Den Mushi and daily necessities, they will be delivered soon."

After saying that, Dirk waved and prepared to leave, letting the three little ones get familiar with the residence on their own.

"I didn't expect that Uncle Dirk, despite looking so big and strong, is actually such a considerate person~"

Ossie praised him. She was so impressed by Dirk's meticulous service that she even stopped calling him by his nickname.

"Haha, it's okay~"

Dirk actually blushed a little at the praise.

Unlike his rough and sturdy appearance, this man is actually a bit shy.

Just as he was about to leave to arrange for people to deliver daily necessities, a four-meter-tall fishman with horns on his head came from a distance.

The fishman saw La and his men standing in front of the villa and asked with some confusion:

"Hey! Dirk! Who are these little brats? They look so delicate and tender. Which slave trader did they steal them from?"

"Brother Burfat, you're back! How was the battle with those guys from the John Pirates?"

Dirk was also a little surprised to see this person, and quickly explained: "This is Miss La, the newly appointed cadre of Boss Kaido, and the other two are her sisters."

"Ah? Cadres?! Isn't this some abducted noble lady?"

The fishman named Burfat looked the three of them up and down again, and suddenly said, "Hey! Kids, you are not the daughters of Boss Kaido!"

"The three of us have no blood relationship with Captain Kaido. We were simply invited by him to join the Beasts Pirates, Mr. Burfat."

La responded politely as always.

"That's right, how do you know that we have any connection with that guy with horns on his head?" Ou Bei was not so polite.

"That's right. Boss Kaido only values ​​strength. Even if she's really his daughter, he wouldn't treat her any differently." Bulfat nodded.

"Then what strength do you have that makes Boss Kaido take a fancy to you?

Let me tell you, we don’t play pirate games here. If you don’t have the strength, you will die at sea.”

Burfat said seriously with a stern face, staring at La.

[It seems he is a person with a cold exterior but a warm heart.]

La labeled the other person in her heart.

"Ohhhh! Is this coming? The legendary map-changing, must-have part where you show off and get slapped in the face!

Sister La, can you give me the chance?"

Osi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he obviously didn't want to miss this opportunity to play the pig and eat the tiger.

"Mr. Burfat was just giving us a kind reminder and didn't mean to embarrass us. Ossi, please don't be so rude."

La gently patted Ossi's little head as it leaned over.

"Okay, got it~"

Osi covered his head and turned to ask Burfat: "By the way, Uncle Burfat, are you a minotaur? I see you have horns on your head just like Kaido~"

"I'm a murloc, and the strongest fighting fish murloc, not a minotaur!"

Burfat was a little annoyed to see that Ossi was so nonchalant and ignored his words.

[We still need to teach these little brats a lesson...

Tsk, why would Boss Kaido bring such young children back? It’s too early for them to start pirate life~]

At this point, Burfat decided to correct Ossi's attitude first.

"From what you just said, little brat, do you want to fight me?"

"Uh... no, Sister La won't let me."

“It doesn’t matter if she doesn’t let me, I’ll just let her.

Take it, let me see how much you are capable of."

After saying that, Burfat threw a punch at Ossi.

The punch was neither heavy nor fast.

But it is difficult for an ordinary eight or nine-year-old child to dodge it, and a big bump will inevitably swell on the head.

Of course, Ossi easily dodged it with just a casual tilt of his head.

"Huh? That's interesting."

When the first blow failed, Burfat threw another punch.

This attack was much faster than the previous one, approaching the reaction limit of a normal adult.

But Osi just dodged it by turning his head casually, just like before.

"Sister La, the other side attacked first, it should be okay for me to fight back~" Osi said to La with a smile.

La nodded, which was considered as agreement.

"Don't overdo it. This Mr. Burfat means no harm."

La could see that the other party just wanted to test their strength, and did not really dislike them or want to make things difficult for them.

"Hey, don't worry about me taking care of things~" Osi said, patting his plain chest.

"Oh? Red-haired kid, are you serious?"

After two tentative punches, Burfat realized that the girl in front of him was not an ordinary little girl, so he punched for the third time.

This time the speed was much faster than before, it was his normal punching speed.

Osi directly punched back, and the two fists, one big and one small, collided with each other, making a heavy sound.

[This kid has so much strength!]

As soon as they started fighting, Burfat felt his entire right arm go numb.

You should know that the arm strength of a murloc is several times that of an ordinary human, not to mention that as a fighting fish murloc, his strength is among the best in the entire murloc race.

Before Burfat could adjust, Osi's follow-up attack followed.

One punch after another left afterimages, and because of his height, Burfat was forced to defend in an extremely awkward posture.

Osi's fists hit the opponent hard, leaving him no time to breathe. Burfat was suppressed and retreated repeatedly.

[This can’t go on!]

After dozens of steps, seeing that the opponent showed no intention of stopping, Burfat directly covered his calves with Armament Haki.

He then kicked Osi's fist away and followed it up with a punch in the face.

Chapter 22 Seeing and hearing the domineering power

[Hmm? That energy again.]

La keenly sensed the energy emitted by the Armament Haki, and the nature of that energy was exactly the same as the one Kaido used at that time.

"Gah! It hurts! What kind of power is this?"

Osi covered his nose and looked at Burfat's calves and arms through the tears that seeped out unconsciously. He obviously noticed the existence of the domineering power.

"Hmm? Don't you know Haki, kid?"

"Should I know?"

Osi rubbed his slightly red nose, his tone carrying a hint of grievance.

"Oh~ In that case, let me, your senior, teach you!"

"Fishman Karate, Thousand Tiles Punch!"

Burfat, who had already roughly understood the other person's physical strength, had no intention of showing any mercy.

In an instant, countless fists wrapped in armed color domineering attacked Osi, but she dodged them one by one with her amazing dynamic vision and reaction ability.

"Don't hide! Getting hit is the fastest way to awaken your Armament Haki! Use your body to feel my Haki attack."

"Are you kidding me?! Only a fool wouldn't hide!"

"You're using this trick to trick me into getting beaten. You're 20,000 years too early, Minotaur uncle!"

Ossi jumped left and right, narrowly avoiding every punch.

"You little brat! In that case, let's use the Fishman Karate technique - Water Vapor Mysterious Fist!"

Seeing that ordinary attacks were unable to reach the opponent, Burfat decisively used the fishman karate he had been practicing.

Drops of water seeped out from his broad palms, and as he swung his fist at high speed, they instantly turned into mist, completely concealing Burfat's punches.

"Quack! How despicable!"

Osi, who couldn't see the direction of his opponent's punch, was hit so hard that he screamed and could only wave his hands to block it.

Ober, who was standing by, watched Osi being beaten around like a ball of dough. He took a step forward and couldn't help but rush forward, but was stopped by Zhan La's hand.

"Big sister? You..."

"Don't worry, such an attack can't hurt Osi." La is still very confident in Osi's physical defense.

"This is a rare opportunity. Let her experience the feeling of battle. This kind of thing will be inevitable in the future."

"Well... even so, it's not a good idea for her to keep getting beaten like this."

Although they bickered frequently, it was still hard for him to bear seeing Osi being beaten like a punching bag by a stranger.

"Right."

La thought about it and felt that just being beaten was not enough, so he reminded:

"Osi, don't use your eyes to capture the opponent's attack. Use your consciousness to sense the opponent's energy."

This is the method he figured out when fighting Kaido. It is to predict the opponent's movements by sensing the flow of energy in the opponent's body.

Now, this body with divine power flowing inside has extremely strong resistance and adaptability to external energy.

High resistance means reduced damage from energy attacks or even direct immunity. For example, La is completely immune to fire and other high and low temperature attacks.

High adaptability means that in terms of energy manipulation and energy perception, the three of them can easily do things that are difficult for ordinary people to accomplish or even unimaginable.

Just like the user of the Flame-Flame Fruit is completely unable to use flames to weave a piece of clothing that looks normal like Ra.

This is because there is an order of magnitude difference in the accuracy of manipulating one's own energy.

Back to the present, asking Osi to sense Burfat was actually asking her to make use of the fact that this body was very sensitive to energy changes, and to grasp the other party's movements directly without using her eyes.

But Osi, who was being beaten, had no time to carefully understand the meaning of La's words.