Sailing: This Bounce-Bounce Fruit is a little different.

"Given his current condition, staying here won't do him any good..."

Although Hawkeye's final strike didn't land, Zoro still suffered significant blood loss from both the earlier dagger strikes and the blows from when his weapon was broken.

Staying any longer would only become a burden.

"how about you?"

Usopp stared at the knife wound in front of him, which was even more severe than Zoro's, and said with a solemn expression, "Is that chef really that important? Is he worth you getting so badly injured and staying behind to clean up the mess?"

"If it were you, I would do the same..."

Seeing that the other party was still worried, Huang Hai smiled, stood up and slightly pulled off the bandage, revealing the wound inside that was healing rapidly due to peeling.

"My constitution is a bit special; the more serious the injury, the faster it heals. Look, the wound is already scabbing over and peeling off..."

"After hearing what you said, I'm also a little worried about Kaya and the others' safety... So, I'll leave them in your care for now. We'll come right away once Sanji finishes up here..."

"Oh right! Nami's destination should be [Cocoyasi Village]. Johnny Yosa and the others might know how to get there..."

"I see, then I understand..."

Seeing that Huang Hai's wound had actually begun to scab over and peel, Usopp breathed a sigh of relief, then nodded vigorously and ran towards Zoro and the others.

"Zoro and I will definitely protect Nami and Kaya! We'll wait for you to join us, and then we'll head to the Grand Line together!!"

"Alright! If we keep raising these flags like this, we're probably all doomed..."

Rolling his eyes, Huang Hai smiled after seeing Usopp and the other two carrying Zoro away on the ship. He then stuck the [Heavenly Cloud Flow] in his hand onto the broken deck on the left side and turned to watch the surging waves that swept everything as the two seas met.

despair!

"Aren't you leaving?"

Smoking a cigarette, Sanji looked at Huang Hai's retreating figure with a complicated expression.

"Why did you stay..."

"Of course it's for you!"

Removing his blood-stained clothes, Huang Hai wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and smiled slightly, "I've always been a rather stubborn person. Now that you've agreed to join my pirate crew, I'll naturally find a way to ensure you have no worries..."

"Otherwise, if you, the cook, sneak off halfway through the journey, we'll all starve to death on the ship..."

"It can't be that exaggerated..."

Sanji chuckled and shook his head, took a drag of his cigarette, and turned his gaze to the many figures struggling to swim out of the sea in the distance. He slowly exhaled smoke and said:

"They can't even be killed by this, they really have a tenacious will to live..."

Chapter Eighty-Eight: Incitement!

"So he's still alive... Krieg!"

With a forceful rip of the bloody skin that had peeled off his chest, Huang Hai's black double pupils had been fixed on the sea area where Klee and the others were from the moment he turned around.

Perhaps it's because the Eagle Eye can see through the essence of things.

In addition, the fusion of "Insight" with "Far-sightedness" and "Precision"...

Since the beginning, Huang Hai had been vaguely aware of the difference in his eyes.

Not only in terms of visual perception, he felt that as long as he focused his gaze directly on something, he could see through its essence.

Just now, it was because he saw the life force pulsating in mid-air above the sea where Krieg and the others were that he immediately realized that those guys had not been killed by Hawkeye's single strike.

In addition, Huang Hai seemed to be able to vaguely see all things around him breathing at different frequencies through the [Eagle Eye].

Rocks, the sea, even the wreckage of giant ships...

Everything fell silent; the world became utterly still at that moment.

only...

huh~~~

woohoo~~~

huh~~~

Various unique breathing sounds, as if personally experienced within the double pupils, continuously emitted soft, murmuring calls.

Zheng!

Gently pulling out the [Ten-Yun-Liu] sword stuck in the deck, Huang Hai's black double pupils fell on the iron plate of the wreckage on the right. As if inspired, he extended his will to the blade of the [Ten-Yun-Liu] sword, and then gently slashed down at the iron plate with his breath.

click!

The blade flashed, and the remaining iron plate turned into two smooth surfaces.

"So this is the realm of [Slaying Iron]? Then it seems I've so easily stepped into the level of a swordsman..."

Huang Hai felt no strangeness whatsoever. His eyes were extremely calm, as if everything was nothing surprising in his double pupils that could see through the essence of things.

"Such a powerful talent, it seems more suited to the Bounce-Bounce Fruit than swordsmanship..."

Thinking of the unresolved issue of materializing the concept, Huang Hai suddenly had a number of solutions flash through his mind.

"What the hell is this?"

Beside him, Shanks, who was smoking a cigarette, was astonished to see Huang Hai casually chop the thick iron plate in two with a single stroke, as if it were easier than cutting tofu.

When... could steel be cut so easily?

Even if I use my full kicking power, I can only leave footprints now, right?

Hmm… Was agreeing to join his pirate crew the right choice…?

far away.

"Alright, brothers..."

Looking around and seeing that Hawkeye had disappeared, Krieg smiled sinisterly, glanced at his somewhat disheveled pirate subordinates, and said coldly:

"Although there was a minor problem, it's nothing serious!"

After a pause, Klee glanced at the wreckage of the giant ship around him, then looked at the Baratie floating restaurant in the distance.

"It's just that the old, dilapidated ship that was originally intended to be abandoned has become even more of a mess...that's all!"

"Did everyone see that clearly? That ship's ridiculous shape... With that ship, we won't have to fear the Grand Line anymore! After all, it's much better than pretending to be a naval ship..."

"Disguise it as a surrender ship...it will make it easier to get close to enemy ships!"

"Not only can it be used for surprise attacks, but it is also suitable for striking people with hidden arrows..."

"I see……"

The exhausted pirates nearby nodded in realization.

"No one would have imagined that such a ridiculous ship would harbor vicious pirates, hahahaha..."

Hahahaha!

"There are tons of pirates in this era!"

At this point, Klee grinned sinisterly and said ruthlessly, "Rebuilding the fleet is too easy! Just issue a call, and those guys will naturally come and obey orders..."

"But...but..."

Among the crowd, a pirate swallowed hard, saying in fear:

"Boss... if we go to a place like the Grand Line again, what if someone like Hawkeye comes out again?!"

boom!

Gunshots suddenly rang out.

Holding a flintlock pistol that was emitting smoke, Klee stared at the man who had been hit in a vital spot and fallen into the water, his expression turning cold.

"You bunch of useless bastards, are you afraid of him?!"

"Do you really think anyone can cut a large sailing ship in two alive?"

"what?!"

Looking at the still surging waves, and recalling the scene of the sea being cut in two, the pirates stammered, "What does this mean? Could it be... could we have seen wrong just now?"

"nonsense!"

Krieg yelled impatiently, "That guy must be a Devil Fruit user! Just like my paralysis ability!"

"There are definitely tons of Devil Fruit users like us, who are treated like legends, on the Grand Line!"

"That guy must have used some strange ability when he was cutting down the ship... Knowing the truth, there's no need to be so afraid. Didn't you see we're all alright?"

"This must mean that guy's abilities can't actually cut anyone!"

"But... just in case, Zeff the Barefoot, who has been sailing the Grand Line for a year, must know how to deal with those monsters!"

"And those methods must be recorded in his [Sailing Log]! Maybe even information about the great treasure [ONE PIECE]!"

Upon hearing this, the pirates seemed to have been brainwashed; their dejected expressions turned ferocious, and they all revealed vicious grins.

"As expected of Leader Krik..."

"So that's how it is -9756288,41!"