“Pirates! Icey, those are all pirates, right? If we cash them in, won’t we strike it rich?!”
Aqua waved her arms excitedly.
Even now, she still held a grudge over not getting a single Beli from the bounty when they defeated the Kuro Pirates.
Seeing such a massive pirate fleet now, she felt like a huge chunk of meat was tempting her.
—To her, these pirates were as dumb as can be, even capable of hypnotizing themselves, so there was no reason to back down!
“Icey, Miss Aqua, these aren’t ordinary pirates! They’re the overlords of the East Blue, pirates who don’t even care about the Navy!”
Seeing Icey and Aqua’s reactions, Gin grew more anxious.
He turned to the most composed person, King, hoping he’d help persuade them, but all he saw was King’s unyielding and imposing face.
Thump thump thump! Thump thump thump!
The deep, urgent rumbling echoed through the entire Infinite Dream.
Although he didn’t know where this terrifying noise came from, Gin knew it was King preparing for battle!
How could he persuade this battle-ready man?
Gin opened his mouth several times but couldn’t speak, finally giving up the childish notion of persuading King to flee.
Under his increasingly desperate gaze, Krieg’s pirate fleet advanced quickly.
Keeping a safe distance from the Infinite Dream, they slowly stopped.
In front of this massive fleet, the Infinite Dream seemed as small and fragile as a three-year-old child!
At the forefront, on the flagship Dreadnought Sabre.
Surrounded by hundreds of pirate underlings, Admiral Krieg, clad in golden armor and holding a massive battle spear, slowly rose from his luxurious seat and walked to the bow.
“Gin, what the hell are you doing? Have you forgotten the mission I gave you?!”
Krieg looked down at Gin, standing with Icey and the others.
Living in Krieg’s shadow for so long, Gin trembled under his brutal gaze.
Despite his shaking limbs, he mustered the courage to step forward, pleading, “Captain! Icey and his crew are true men of justice! They even killed Navy Captain Morgan! Please, let them go!”
At these words, the entire pirate fleet fell silent.
Hearing their usually ruthless combat captain speak such absurd words, the thousands of pirate underlings showed disbelief.
Some underlings, who joined the pirates because of Gin’s fearsome reputation, rubbed their eyes vigorously, afraid they were seeing things.
Krieg’s expression darkened, and after a moment of silence, he coldly said, “In just a few days, you’ve been brainwashed by these people? Or have you forgotten who I am, Gin?”
“As long as I can get a lot of treasure, whether it’s the Navy or pirates, justice or evil, it doesn’t matter to me!!”
Feeling the killing intent in Krieg’s words, Gin gritted his teeth, still trying to persuade, “Captain, they’re different, they’re really different from others. I’ll help you get the treasure, please…”
“Shut up!”
Krieg swung his massive battle spear, interrupting him sharply, “The treasure I’ve set my eyes on, there’s no letting it go, even if you beg!”
“Unless you can make them hand over all their treasure along with this ship, I’ll consider sparing their lives.”
Hearing this, hope appeared on Gin’s face.
Before he could turn to persuade, Aqua angrily stepped forward.
“Are you Gin’s captain? Such an ignorant, vile, and ugly guy, daring to touch my ten-year-old wine?!”
To her, the most valuable thing on the ship was the wine given by Makino.
And wanting to steal this “treasure” that even she was reluctant to drink was a crime worse than death!
“Ten-year-old… wine?”
Krieg was baffled by Aqua’s sudden outburst.
Ignoring this trivial matter, he looked past Aqua to Icey.
“You’re the owner of this sea restaurant, Icey, right? Hand over the treasure and bounties you got from the Buggy Pirates and Kuro Pirates, and I’ll spare you.”
After all, the news described these people as formidable. If possible, he didn’t want to start a fight that would damage his hard-won fleet.
However, Icey had no intention of responding to Krieg.
Under the gaze of thousands of pirates, he slowly took out a bounty poster from the East Blue and compared it to Krieg.
Then, smiling, he said, “Admiral Krieg, I’m very satisfied with your bounty, so could you kindly cut off your head and hand it over?”
“Heh, such arrogance, you dare ask for my head?”
Krieg sneered, “I’ll see if you have the strength to back it up!”
Despite his caution towards these people, the sight of his fleet of thousands, capable of sweeping any force in the East Blue, filled him with strong and blind confidence.
As the overlord of the East Blue, being intimidated by a small sea restaurant would be laughable!
With this thought, Krieg’s killing intent bloomed without restraint.
Even at a cost, he’d make these disrespectful people perish in the sea!
“All ships, aim all cannons at that sea restaurant and sink them!”
As long as we maintain a safe distance, even if you’re Devil Fruit users capable of destroying beaches, what can you do?
Krieg thought.
As for the treasure on the sea restaurant, he could send people to retrieve it later.
“But Captain, Gin is still on board…”
The pirate officer in charge of the cannons couldn’t help but speak.
“That fool who dared defy my orders can die.”
Krieg’s eyes narrowed, “Or do you want to defy me too?”
“I wouldn’t dare!”
The pirate officer was startled, and quickly running to give the attack order to the other ships.
Creak, creak, creak.
Soon, over a hundred cannons on the ten pirate ships slowly turned, aiming their dense barrels at the Infinite Dream.
Seeing this, Gin’s legs gave out, collapsing on the deck.
He never expected Krieg to be so ruthless!
Boom boom boom!
As the gunners lit the fuses, smoke rose, and countless cold, black cannonballs streaked across the sky at high speed!
The battle between the sea restaurant and Krieg’s pirate fleet began at this moment!
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