Bang! Bang! Bang!
Gunfire rang out as bullets poured forth.
But Lawrence was incredibly fast. As he moved, none of the Marines could hit him.
Nearby, Bruller caught sight of Lawrence's face in the muzzle flashes. It seemed familiar. After thinking for a moment, his expression suddenly changed drastically, and he cried out, "Quickhand Lawrence? Not good! Everyone, fall back!"
He shouted and was the first to duck behind cover.
Didn't they say the enemy was some masked guy? Something about the Vinsmoke Family? Why was it a pirate with a bounty exceeding 40 million Beli? Why!?
Terror filled Bruller's heart. He had never expected the person who had wiped out the three major factions to be Quickhand Lawrence. If he had known it was a pirate of this caliber, he would never have dared come here, even if beaten to death.
Bounties above 40 million Beli were exceedingly rare in the Four Seas. Every one of them was a notorious and fearsome figure!
They were not opponents ordinary Four Seas Marines could contend with!
At the very least, they were not opponents a Marine like him, who only knew how to muddle through life, could contend with!
Could it be that bastard Yala deliberately gave me false intelligence? Was it all to send me to my death?
Suddenly, as though he had thought of something, Bruller's face darkened beyond measure.
He had already felt that Yala and the other Marines had been acting strangely. How could a mere family make them so wary? So they had deliberately put on an act for him!
All to provoke him into making a move!
What a scheme!
He believed Yala had deliberately provoked him and fed him false intelligence to send him to his death, thereby securing Yala's position on the island even further!
The two of them had clashed before, so this possibility was not small!
Yala, you're ruthless! Bruller gritted his teeth, his heart full of resentment.
"Hmph, regretting it now, Marines? Too bad it's too late. Since you dared attack us, there is only one fate waiting for you Marines!"
Lawrence snorted coldly, his attacks as ruthless as ever. With precise shots from his pistol, one Marine after another fell as a ghost beneath his gun.
His pistol had been modified, making it more than ten times as powerful as an ordinary handgun. Without sufficient physical strength and skill, every shot would put a burden on the user's arm.
That was precisely why none of the Marines could evade his bullets. Before long, every Marine present had been killed, leaving only Bruller alive.
The reason Lawrence had not killed Bruller was because he feared the Marines had already moved the materials. He kept one survivor alive to question him.
With an icy expression, Lawrence walked up to Bruller and pressed his pistol against his head. He asked coldly, "Marine, if you don't want to die, tell me everything you know, clearly and truthfully!"
Lawrence had received Orleans's plea for help and learned that someone was targeting the Oli Family.
Moreover, the timing was far too precise. Less than a day after the research results had been completed, someone had attacked this place.
It was difficult not to connect the dots!
Lawrence even suspected that there were World Government spies among the personnel at this experimental base, who had passed on the intelligence immediately.
Otherwise, it was impossible for someone to attack the place the very next day.
"N-No, don't kill me! I'll talk! I'll tell you everything!" Bruller had been terrified by Lawrence's slaughter. He collapsed onto the ground, trembling violently, his voice shaking without pause.
Seeing Bruller's behavior, contempt appeared in Lawrence's eyes. Still, this was better. The more afraid of death someone was, the easier it was to get information out of him!
"Why did you Marines come here?"
Lawrence crouched down, his pistol still pressed against Bruller's forehead as he stared at him with indifferent eyes.
Hearing this, Bruller's heart shuddered. He knew that if he answered poorly, only death awaited him.
Under the threat of death, thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning.
There was no way he could tell the truth. He could not exactly say they had come because of the man who had wiped out the three major factions, could he?
If he said that, he would definitely be killed.
Even if there was only a sliver of hope, Bruller would not give up.
He would try with everything he had, even if it meant dragging every living creature on the island down with him!
Since he could not tell the truth, he could only use that Vinsmoke Family as a shield.
So, in a trembling voice, he answered, "Navy Headquarters sent word that the Oli Family on this island had ties to that Vinsmoke Family..."
However, before he could finish, a bang rang out. Bruller's head exploded, red and white matter splattering all over the ground...
All that could be said was that he had not died unjustly...
Lawrence withdrew his pistol with a grim expression. As he wiped the red and white splatters from the gun, he cursed under his breath, "So the Marines really know something? Damn it! This place has to be relocated!"
"Right, the materials!! Fuck, I forgot to ask about the materials!"
Lawrence could not help firing several shots into Bruller's corpse, venting the rage in his heart.
Looking at the Oli compound, now reduced to ruins, he did not need to go down to know that the laboratory below had certainly been looted clean. Going down would be pointless.
Lawrence took a deep breath and steadied himself.
Less than an hour has passed since Orleans sent the message. No matter how fast the Marines moved, transferring the materials would still take time.
When I came over just now, I had someone seal off the port. The materials are very likely still on the island... The only possible place is the Navy Branch Base!!
Lawrence snorted coldly and looked toward the Navy Branch Base, his gaze bone-chillingly cold.
"Marines, you'd better know what's good for you. Otherwise, don't blame me for slaughtering everyone on this island!"
The perspective returned to Yun Ye.
After killing everyone in the underground laboratory, Yun Ye, like the protagonist of a game clearing a dungeon, obtained a few items.
One was a miraculous crystal card. From the researchers' words, he learned that this thing contained all the research data from the experimental site.
And that was not all. Yun Ye also obtained several strangely designed weapons.
There was the Lightning Spear that could unleash lightning, the Jet Boots, the pistol Orleans had held earlier, and a cape that Yun Ye thought looked incredibly lame...
There's still quite a while before the original story begins... The Vinsmoke Family probably couldn't have created the Battle Suits from the original story this early, right?
Yun Ye looked at these "toys" and speculated inwardly.
Yun Ye was not particularly interested in these things. He had a cheat ability, so he did not think much of them.
However, they might hold research value for others.
If they were useful to others, that meant they could be exchanged for money.
Yun Ye, whose pockets were completely empty, felt these things still had some use.
They could be sold for money!
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