Pirates: From Vice Captain to Lord of the Dead

“Ooooooooooooo! It hurts! It hurts so much!”

"Please, Master! Stop hitting me. I know I was wrong! I'm sorry!"

"No! Don't hit me anymore! Please, if dad sees us!"

The boy held his head in his hands and lay on the ground crying bitterly.

At least!

At least I have to protect the front so that when I see my father he won’t worry about me.

With this thought in mind, the boy gritted his teeth and endured the painful torture. The whip left long, bloody marks on his back.

"You bastard! Stop it right now!"

Luffy gritted his teeth and jumped forward, staring at the hideous Celestial Dragon with furious eyes, and punched out with his tightly clenched fists!

boom! !

However, his fist simply passed through the shadow of the Celestial Dragon and violently slammed into the ground, causing it to collapse.

As the palace hall shook violently, the scene before Luffy's eyes shattered like a mirage.

"What exactly is going on!"

Luffy was surprised and his eyes went dark. Before he could react, the scene in front of him suddenly changed and he came to a clean street.

Several Celestial Dragons were standing in the middle of the street chatting and laughing. In front of a house, several slaves huddled in a corner, finally getting a brief respite.

"Hey! Are you okay?"

Luffy recognized one of the boys at a glance, ran forward quickly, and reached out his hand towards the other's shoulder, but passed through the boy again.

At this moment, a shadow covered him. Luffy hurriedly turned around and saw a tall man with an honest and simple expression.

"Are you okay Bear? How have you been these past two days?"

"Well, don't worry, father. My master treats me very well."

"This can be considered a kind of luck, hahaha."

The tall man smiled bitterly and reached out to touch the boy's head.

"Hee hee hee."

Xiong also started to grin foolishly. The wound on his back had not yet healed, and his new slave clothes were faintly stained with scarlet.

"What are you talking about? It's okay! You're already badly injured!"

Luffy gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, his face a little gloomy, and his eyes were filled with a bit of anxiety and helpless anger.

He already understood that the images before him were like the holographic projections on the future island. They could only be seen but not touched, and the other party could neither hear nor see him.

The father and son, one big and one small, sat on the steps, hugging their knees, their eyes fixed on the cobblestone street in front of them, and asked quietly,

"Where are my father and mother?"

"I haven't seen my mother for several days."

He didn't dare to look at his father, and he didn't even dare to hear the answer from his father.

The man didn't say anything, just staring at the ground in silence for a long time.

"Your mother. She's dead."

Xiong's heart suddenly tightened and he felt an inexplicable pain, as if being tightly grasped by a hand. His left arm went numb and the soles of his feet began to twitch involuntarily.

"You said... Mother..."

"Um"

The father clenched his fists tightly, forcing a small smile on his face as he looked at the bear, but his hot tears and snot could not stop flowing.

"Living in such a hell, perhaps death is the only way to escape.!"

“Mother. Uwaa ...

Finally, the bear couldn't help crying out loud.

"Why! Why is it so, Father? Why do we have to suffer like this!"

Luffy stood behind the two of them, leaning against the wall with his head down, his face hidden in the shadow of his hat brim so his expression couldn't be seen.

Watching the bear's father frantically trying to comfort the bear, he performed the legendary Nika Dance for him, which symbolizes liberation.

Luffy just stood there quietly, not saying a word.

Until the Tianlong people heard the noise and came over, and shot and killed Xiong's father in front of him in dissatisfaction.

What the hell is this!!

Luffy gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, the veins on the back of his hands exposed.

Soon, the scene changed and he came to another place.

West Sea, Valley of the Gods.

A hunting game of the Celestial Dragons is about to begin, and their prey is——

Natives and slaves!

Luffy found that he could only see what was happening around the bear. Once he left the bear, everything became blurry.

Soon, the hunting game began, and everyone fled for their lives. Despair and fear enveloped the entire area.

Luffy continued to follow Kuma's footsteps. Among the crowd that had lost hope and faith, two people bravely stood up.

"There's no point in hiding! There can't be any survivors in this game!"

"If we want to survive, we must escape from this island completely!"

A man with a purple afro standing on a stone pillar organizing the crowd immediately caught Luffy's attention.

"Hey! Could it be that you are!?"

"Is that Little Eva?!!"

Luffy looked at the young Ivankov and exclaimed in surprise.

In addition to Ivankov, there was another girl named Ginny.

Soon, the two spread the information that there were Blue Dragon Fruit and Meatball Fruit on the island, and planned to seize the Meatball Fruit to save themselves.

"Let me be the bait. I'm bigger, so I should be able to survive longer than the others."

Xiong Hanhan stood up with a smile and took the initiative to become the bait to attract everyone's attention.

Just as the trio began to move with the crowd of prey, a loud noise was heard from the east side of the island.

Luffy frowned and looked over, running after the bear.

It seems like someone attacked here.

No one would take a group of slaves who became prey seriously, and this just became an opportunity for the bears. Coupled with the sudden attack, the slaves' actions went unexpectedly smoothly.

While fleeing and avoiding the attacks, they moved towards the center of the island.

Soon, they actually took advantage of the chaos to steal two devil fruits that were guarded by few guards.

"Yeah! Got it!"

Ivankov held the Blue Dragon Fruit in both hands and raised it excitedly, and Xiong also took out the Meatball Fruit from the wooden box.

"Good job!"

Luffy became excited and couldn't help but feel subconsciously happy for them just by watching them.

And when the fruit is about to be eaten.

"Mamamama~"

"Finally found it, bring it to me, kid!"

A woman with long pink hair and a sexy figure suddenly appears!

Charlotte Linlin grabbed the Blue Dragon Fruit and knocked Ivankov away. She turned her head and glanced at the bear who was holding the Meatball Fruit with a panicked look on his face.

"That was a close call. I almost got eaten. Give me this too!"

"Stop it, you bastard! This is their life-saving trump card to escape!"

Luffy yelled in anger.

He didn't recognize Charlotte Lingling, as she looked and looked very different.

Luffy clenched his fists and rushed forward, and as expected, he passed through Linlin's body again.

"Damn it! I almost forgot I can't even touch them!"

Luffy gritted his teeth in anger and could only watch helplessly.

"Don't hesitate, bear cub! Eat it now, even if you're the only one saved!"

"I I know!"

At Ivankov's shout, the bear reacted quickly and took a big bite of the devil fruit.

"cut!"

Charlotte Lingling looked unhappy and sneered through gritted teeth.

"Great!!"

Ivankov jumped up excitedly.

At this time, the accident happened again.

boom!

A tall, gray-haired man knocked the bear away.

"As a Bakhanian, your only choices are death and slavery."

Saint Satan leaned on his crutches and looked down at the bear lying on the ground with indifference.

“Aaaaaaaaaa!!”

As one crisis after another arose, Luffy became extremely anxious, his teeth chattering.