The Kind and Lecherous Uncle

As Mihawk's voice faded, the raft gradually disappeared from everyone's sight. The abyss-like chasm dividing the sea behind Mihawk also completely extinguished any thought of pursuing him.

"Hmph!"

Watching Mihawk leave, Ying said in her crisp voice, sounding somewhat unwilling.

"What an arrogant bastard."

Just as Luffy, Usopp, and Nami were about to cheer loudly for Ying after letting out a long sigh of relief, blood suddenly sprayed from Ying's body, which had remained in a sword-wielding stance, staining a large patch of her clothes red.

"Ying!!!"

At once, nearly everyone in the Straw Hat Crew shouted anxiously and hurried toward Ying.

However, before the Straw Hat Crew could even move, the scene before them blurred, and the strange masked man who had dined in the restaurant earlier appeared beside Ying.

Yet when Yaen nervously caught Ying in his arms, he immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Although Ying's face looked somewhat pale, her life force remained astonishingly vigorous—even far stronger than that of him, her father.

The next moment, Ying suddenly opened one eye mischievously. Then, from an angle no one else could see, she abruptly turned her head and bit Yaen's arm.

"Mm~"

While biting Yaen's arm, Ying's watery eyes remained fixed on him, as if exacting some kind of revenge. Her slightly puffed cheeks even seemed to be silently cursing him.

Feeling the faint prickling pain in his arm, Yaen knew Ying had not truly exerted any force, but he could also feel his dignity as a father slipping away day by day.

This idiot... She's getting completely out of hand!

If there had not been so many outsiders around, Yaen would have punished Ying properly on the spot!

Even a prank and a fit of willfulness should have their limits, right?

She clearly knew that he