"Unknown ships?" Bonney looked to Yuu, seemingly waiting for his decision. "No need to detour. Head straight over. If they try to stop us, cut them down!"
Yuu's voice was not loud, but his presence was imposing.
Bonney once again wore a foolish grin.
"Ah? Yes!" The crewman immediately left after hearing that.
Bonney suddenly called out to him. "Is there anything else, Captain?" The crewman was so frightened that he snapped to attention. Why had the captain suddenly become so stern with them?
The captain used to be gluttonous, but she had never been this severe before.
"No need to report to me!"
"If anything comes up later, report directly to Mr. Yuu," Bonney gave the order as captain.
Aside from that crewman, the other crew members who heard the order immediately acknowledged it as well.
At the same time, they spread the word among themselves, terrified that someone might accidentally disturb Bonney and get turned into a seventy- or eighty-year-old old man.
That would be terrible.
"What a hassle."
Yuu rubbed his ear. He had not wanted things to be this way, but judging by Bonney's state, she probably had no desire to manage the ship for the time being. Before long, their vessel drew close to the ship ahead. As the fog gradually dispersed, they realized there was more than one ship ahead.
Only then did the crew realize that these were clearly pirate ships.
"The Squard Pirates?"
One knowledgeable crew member immediately recognized the famous New World pirate crew, one of the notorious pirate crews: the Squard Pirates!
"This is bad! It's the Squard Pirates, led by Squard, who has a bounty of 210 million Beli!"
Several crew members were already panicking. They were not merely afraid of that pirate crew.
Although their captain Bonney had