Starting with Kengan beating up the Pirate King

Chapter 17 Pirate Hunters in the Shadows
"Huff... Huff... Huff..." Nami had never realized before how far the distance was from Bellemere's graveyard to Dragon Park.

She tripped and fell while running, getting covered in mud and scraping her knees until they bled, but she didn't stop at all. She got up, took another step, and continued running.

As she got closer, she gradually heard the roaring sounds from Dragon Park and saw the smoke and dust kicked up by the continuous collapse of buildings.

The buildings in those Dragon Park were all forced upon the villagers by the dragon, and each one is stained with the blood of the villagers and her.

Nami dreams of destroying them, but she only has nightmares that terrify her.

When Nami reached the vicinity of Arlong Park, the roaring sound had stopped, and Arlong Park in front of her had been completely reduced to ruins.

Her heart was pounding.

"As expected, they came here..."

Was that person his friend?

"He's here to avenge the old man? But..."

She cursed herself for not learning from her mistakes. She had promised herself not to have any more naive ideas, but seeing this situation, she couldn't help but feel hopeful.

With such a commotion, surely some of those damned mermen will die, right? But... what if we can't defeat the dragon and anger it, and the village...

This conflicting thought didn't last long. Just as she was about to rush into the ruins park, she saw a figure walk out from inside.

"Please do me a favor and contact the Navy to exchange the fishmen inside for bounties. I'll come back in a few days to collect them. If the Navy asks who did this, don't reveal my identity. Just say it should be 'The Pirate Hunter in the Shadows,' and that you didn't see my face."

Nami finally saw Guan Yi's face clearly.

"You! You're the one from that day..."

He's the man who captured the pirate Van Bu in the town of Cisicono! Yeah, that uncle who stole my money is also in Cisicono, they know each other!

Nami froze for two seconds before suddenly realizing what Guan Yi's words meant. Feeling suffocated, she rushed straight into the ruins park.

All that could be seen were the corpses of the fishmen lying on the ground.

Her greatest nightmare, the strong and ferocious fishman Arlong, had his teeth smashed and was silently thrown onto a flat ground, with the corpses of two Arlong Pirates officers lying beside him.

Those faces that were once brutal and fierce were now filled with fear and despair, their expressions just like the ones that used to be on her face.

The only one that seemed to be still alive was the octopus, Hachi, which was bound with countless ropes.

As the dust from the ruins gradually dissipated, the midday sun shone down, and Nami was already in tears.

This scene came so suddenly that Nami even doubted whether she was dreaming. She pinched her thigh hard and started crying and laughing at the same time.

After a long while, she finally came to her senses, wiped away her tears, turned around and ran out, but Guan Yi was nowhere to be seen at the entrance of the ruins park.

Meanwhile, in the distance, villagers from Cocoa West Village, having heard the noise, were tentatively approaching the area.

Nami snapped out of her daze, looked at the villagers, and after three years, a smile returned to her face.

We're saved, folks!

[Hit Value +600]

[Hit Value +1100]

Two prompts flashed by in succession in the project proposal, and Guan Yi's eyes lit up slightly as he returned to the port of Cocoa West.

Sure enough, compared to Nami's side, what a piece of trash Alvida is! Although she occupies the spot of being the first pirate Luffy defeated on his voyage, there's always another Alvida, and anyone can replace her.

Nami is different.

For a long time to come, I probably won't need to worry about gaining life points!

He leaped onto the shore to await the ship that would pick him up. Alvida stood on the deck, carrying her spiked club, her eyes twitching uncontrollably.

"Hey, don't tell me... you really defeated that dragon with the highest bounty in the East China Sea? You were doing hard labor just over two months ago!"

That's right, as of today, Guan Yi has been in the One Piece world for exactly three months. ...

"The true Shadow Hunter strikes, and the Arlong Pirates, with a total bounty of 40 million, are annihilated!"

Two days later, a news story spread at an alarming speed throughout the East China Sea region, causing a stir across the entire area.

In recent months, a pirate hunter known as the "Pirate Hunter in the Shadows" has become famous in the East Blue.

It is said that no one has ever seen his face, and he only strikes at night. Several pirates with bounties of millions of Berries were beheaded by him in their sleep, and their heads were not discovered by their crews until dawn the next day.

Half a month ago, Arlong, the captain of the Arlong Pirates, who has the highest bounty in the East Blue at 2000 million Berries, claimed that he was assassinated by Shadow Hunters, but had killed them in return, which made his fearsome reputation even greater.

However, this move seemed to have angered the real Shadow Hunters. Two days ago, the Shadow Hunters stormed into the territory of the Arlong Pirates at noon. After a fierce battle, the entire Arlong Pirates, including their captain Arlong, with a total bounty of nearly 4000 million Berries, was wiped out!
With almost no survivors from the Arlong Pirates, we still don't know the true identity of the Shadow Hunter. It's likely that all the pirate crews in the East Blue are living in fear because of his existence, which will affect public order...

At the 16th Branch of the East China Sea Navy, Jiang Xue read the latest newspaper, her face filled with shock.

She had seen the Arlong Pirates many times, both after joining the Navy and before entering the secret realm, based on intelligence provided by the military.

That was the pirate with the highest bounty in the East Blue, a symbol and emblem. Although he wasn't as famous as East Blue Admiral Krieg, according to intelligence, the Arlong Pirates were destroyed several years later in the previous two expeditions, and it had nothing to do with the explorers.

This premature annihilation, even a fool would know, must be related to some explorer! Perhaps this Shadow Hunter is even one of those explorers?
How did he do that?
Over the past three months, Jiang Xue has endured hardships she had never experienced before. Through rigorous training and bribing the base's lieutenant colonel, she finally graduated from basic training a few days ago and became a glorious... Navy sergeant.

I just got the beginner gear, and they're already getting godlike?!

Are we the same group of explorers? Which expert are you from, or are you a leader from the military?
Jiang Xue never imagined that the Shadow Hunter would be someone in her group. Some were old, some were young, and some were chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur). How could that be possible?
Who knows, if we get together again in the future, those three guys might need my help!

Not only Jiang Xue, but most of the other explorers were still struggling to make a living every day, and when they saw the newspaper, they were all dumbfounded.

Meanwhile, in Rogge Town, upon hearing the news, Zhou Yingxiong and Long Qi exchanged glances and exclaimed in unison, "Zhang Sangu!"

Zhou Yingxiong immediately shook his head and exclaimed in amazement, "As expected of a legendary assassin, it seems his improvement speed is even faster than Guo Yan's and mine. This guy just didn't enter the secret realm earlier. If he had, he might already be a very important figure by now!"

Long Qi nodded slightly: "Indeed impressive."

"This combat power is invaluable; he will definitely become our main force in the future as we enter the Grand Line and understand the level of the Four Emperors. It's a pity that he rarely contacts us. Should we try to get in touch with him?"

Long Qi thought for a moment and said, "No, let's not force him. Let him do what he wants. I think he might do something else next."

Sure enough, over the next two months, the 'Pirate Hunter in the Shadows' struck one after another, slaying several pirates with bounties of several million Berries.

For a time, all the pirates in the East Blue were in danger. Even Buggy was so scared that he hid. Only the East Blue Admiral Krieg shouted that he wanted to kill him.

Ordinary people in the East Blue were overjoyed, and the "Pirate Hunter in the Shadows" became a household name, known for stopping children's crying and preventing pirates from coming to their door.

This turmoil intensified, and eventually even the powerful figures along the Grand Line heard about it.

Long Qi felt increasingly uneasy: "If this continues, it may bring uncertain waves to the East China Sea, rendering all the previous intelligence useless."

So he went to the Donghai newspaper and published a sentence that seemed very strange to the people of Donghai.

"We've missed you terribly in Loguetown."

"It's like a secret agent rendezvous." At the laborers' camp in the small town of Sicico, Guan Yi tossed the newspaper aside speechlessly. "They even got the wrong person to meet with."

Although this was intentional on his part, I'm sorry, uncle, I'll use your name for now.

However, he also knew that he couldn't continue hunting indiscriminately, otherwise, special events might occur such as "Vice Admiral Garp returning to the East Blue to visit relatives" or "Hawkeye Mihawk coming to find someone to kill him out of greed."

Of course, the most important thing is...

[Wealth: 8832 million Berry]

[Life Points: 1785]

We have enough money for infrastructure construction in the sixth and seventh years, and enough for the first few rounds of actual combat! We must give a special thank you to the top contributor, Evil Dragon, who contributed 3850 million Berries with just one team!
Next, we need to let things settle down for a while.

(End of this chapter)