Sir, we choose to go straight!

"Gulp!"

Seeing Ondo erased in an instant as well, everyone in the casino involuntarily swallowed.

Horrified expressions appeared on every face.

It was too bizarre, far too terrifying!

A chill ran through them from head to toe, leaving them frozen in place.

"My god! How did he do that?"

"Ondo said he was a Devil Fruit user, but isn't that power way too terrifying?"

"Isn't he worried Cracker will come after him for this?"

"He's an officer of one of the Four Emperors!"

The buzz of discussion caught Feng Lei's attention.

He slowly turned his head, sweeping his gaze over the pirates in the casino as his eyes narrowed.

Should I kill all these pirates?

For him, it would be effortless anyway.

And this island was a pirate paradise through and through.

Never mind the supposed original inhabitants. They were all people the pirates had left behind, because pirates had traded here in the past.

Besides.

Could a place that allowed so many pirates to run wild be a good place?

Seeing Feng Lei's gaze settle on them, the pirates in the casino trembled like startled birds.

The killing intent in his eyes filled him with fear.

Finally.

Someone could no longer bear it. He dropped to his knees with a thud and kowtowed in Feng Lei's direction, his voice trembling.

"S-sir... I'll stop being a pirate! From today on, I'll turn over a new leaf and be a law-abiding citizen!"

Whoosh!

The others stared at him in disbelief, then acted as though they had found a lifeline.

Thud!

Thud!

Every pirate in the casino dropped to his knees and shouted with a look of remorse.

"Sir, I'll stop being a pirate too!"

"Sir Marine, I'll be a law-abiding citizen from now on, and I'll stand firmly against pirates! Please show mercy and spare me this once!"

"Me too! I'll be a good person from now on! To hell with the Pirate King and the One Piece!"

At this life-or-death moment, these spineless pirates abandoned their dreams of becoming the Pirate King!

The One Piece?

The Pirate King?

Forget them all!

Against Feng Lei and his unfathomable methods, they had no chance of escaping.

Right now, their only option was to turn over a new leaf and beg Feng Lei to spare them!

"Sir, my wife and child... If you spare me this once, I'll go straight home and never set sail again..."

"Shut up!"

The pirates' pleas for mercy were making Feng Lei impatient.

"You!"

Feng Lei pointed at the pirate who had been the first to kneel and beg.

"Do you know where Curry Island is?"

"Yes, sir, I do!"

The pirate hurriedly kowtowed and answered.

"Sir, I'm willing to offer you my pirate ship to take you to Curry Island. It's southwest of this island. Cross a stretch of sea and you'll reach it. It only takes two or three days!"

"Very good. Then you'll lead the way!" Feng Lei nodded, thoroughly satisfied.

"Huh? Me?"

The pirate looked utterly bewildered, bitterness filling his heart.

Feng Lei was indeed powerful, but Charlotte Cracker wasn't someone to be trifled with either. If he led the way and Feng Lei lost, his own fate was easy to imagine.

"What? Didn't you say you were going straight? Now you're unwilling?"

Feng Lei raised an eyebrow, his gaze turning cold.

Seeing this, the other pirates began berating the man before he could even speak.

"You bastard, you're not a pirate anymore! As a law-abiding citizen, it's an honor to help the Marine apprehend a pirate!"

"That's right! This sir has already acknowledged you as an ordinary person, and you're still not grateful? Take him to Curry Island!"

"If it were me, I'd have agreed already!"

The pirate: "#￥%%&"

Fuck, you're not the ones taking the risk, are you?

But he was afraid of dying too.

If he refused, he would certainly die. If he agreed, he might live.

"Sir, I'm willing!"

"Phew..."

At that moment, the pirates in the casino immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

They had all been terrified that the man would refuse, angering Feng Lei and dragging them into it.

"Very good. It seems you really have turned over a new leaf and stopped being pirates. In that case, there's no need for me to act. After all, the Marines don't attack ordinary people." Feng Lei nodded slightly.

"That's right, that's right! We're all ordinary people from now on!"

"Sir is a Marine, and the Marines won't arrest ordinary people like us!"

"Thank you, sir, for giving me a chance to turn over a new leaf. You've made me realize just how wrong my choices were before. From now on, I'll mend my ways!"

Feng Lei looked at the pirates, their faces full of relief at having survived, and a thought struck him.

Did I just persuade a group of pirates to mend their ways?

He didn't know whether they were sincere.

But this wasn't the time for him to think about that.

"What's your name?"

"Sir, my humble name is Luno!"

The pirate who would lead the way hurriedly answered.

"Let's go!"

"Yes, sir!"

As Feng Lei left, the pirates in the casino breathed a deep sigh of relief.

Looking at the casino, once bustling but now deathly quiet, they couldn't help feeling a chill.

"That scared the hell out of me. That Marine was too strong. If he'd decided to be ruthless, we'd all have died here."

"Who could imagine that a Marine who wasn't even sixteen or seventeen could be so terrifying?"

"Speaking of which, why is he looking for Charlotte Cracker?"

"Wait!"

At that moment.

The pirates suddenly realized that Feng Lei's target all along seemed to have been Charlotte Cracker.

"Could it be... he's going to arrest an officer of one of the Four Emperors?"

Hiss!

At that thought, every pirate involuntarily drew a sharp breath.

Charlotte Cracker!

One of the strongest officers under the Four Emperors, one of the Four Sweet Commanders, with a bounty of 860 million Beli.

He was the sort of man they would go out of their way to avoid if they encountered him, yet Feng Lei was actually going straight to him?

And that wasn't all.

Behind him stood Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors, an emperor who ruled the New World!

"Surely... he wouldn't!"

Quite a few pirates found it hard to believe. "That's an officer of one of the Four Emperors!"

"Then how do you explain a Marine looking for a pirate? If he's not going to arrest him, is he going to catch up on old times?"

"If that's really the case, the seas of the New World are going to boil over. For decades, no Marine has dared do anything so crazy!"

"My god, maybe we'll witness history!"

"A war between the Marines and the Four Emperors? Just thinking about it is terrifying!"

"Fuck this, I'm done being a pirate!"

"Me too!"

All the pirates decided to go home, each to his own, to avoid being caught up in a war between the Four Emperors and the Marines.

Their unusual behavior naturally attracted a great deal of attention.

After inquiries from various parties, news that Feng Lei intended to arrest Charlotte Cracker, a high-ranking officer of one of the Four Emperors, began spreading across the seas of the New World at an indescribable speed.

Such big news naturally attracted the attention of many media outlets. With their extensive coverage, it caused an enormous uproar in the New World in just two days!

A shocking thought occurred to everyone.

Were the Marines going to declare war on the Four Emperors?