Chapter 682
The forehead is a vital spot; Nami doesn't believe her head can compare to a bullet in terms of hardness.
"This island is too dangerous, let's not land here!" Nami said.
"No! We'll land on this island. I want to see who dares to lay a hand on my woman! You won't be in any danger with me by your side!" Chen Fan said coldly, his eyes narrowing slightly. This time, Chen Fan was truly enraged. If he hadn't discovered it beforehand, Nami would have been in danger.
Seeing that Chen Fan had angered Nami made her feel happy; Chen Fan had that kind of sense of security. The ship sailed towards Jaya Island.
On a small house on Jaya Island, a man holding a long gun glanced at Chen Fan's ship, then put the gun away and said, "Looks like a Devil Fruit user, with Observation Haki. He's incredibly agile and fast; catching a bullet without his arm trembling shows considerable strength. This mission seems a bit difficult. Luckily, he's not a Logia user. If he were, the captain should be able to handle it. Fate is uncertain for this man." This man was Van Augur of the Blackbeard Pirates, a sniper. He had received information to scout the enemy's location. He obtained Chen Fan's location from Lafitte, in turn, used his hypnotic abilities to hypnotize a Marine at Navy Headquarters responsible for intelligence to obtain Chen Fan's location information.
The ship soon arrived at Jaya Island, a lawless area where almost everyone was a pirate. Fighting and drinking were commonplace. Money could buy you any kind of enjoyment. Pirates who came here generally didn't kill civilians, because having someone to serve them meant they could enjoy themselves even more. So the rule here was that money could buy anything—smashing tables, fighting, no problem, as long as you paid up in the end. If you didn't pay, you'd be looked down upon.
When Chen Fan arrived on the island, he also noticed this situation. Chen Fan swaggered down the street with four beautiful women, and people couldn't help but notice him. They all made way for him, and for some reason, no one dared to approach him. They felt an invisible pressure. Everyone thought to themselves, "This man is here to cause trouble."
A person walking down the street suddenly flew towards Chen Fan and his group, seemingly thrown at them. Chen Fan quickly kicked the person back.
"Hahaha! I'm the Fighting Champion!" A man stood on a rooftop, fists clenched and raised, laughing loudly like a madman.
"This guy isn't some notorious fugitive, yet he's always getting into fights and causing trouble. Where does he hang out?" a passerby remarked upon seeing the man who looked like Masira standing on the roof.
Chen Fan didn't pay any attention to that; fights were practically everywhere in this town. However, Chen Fan didn't notice that the person laughing was glancing at Chen Fan out of the corner of their eye while laughing.
Just then, a man on horseback rode past Chen Fan and his group, fell off his horse, and said, "Young man, could you please help me up?"
"You'd better get up yourself. I don't want to take responsibility if you accidentally die," Chen Fan said.
"Alas... this world, people are so cold-hearted." With that, the man remounted his horse and rode forward.
Soon, a man sat down on the street, laughing loudly at Chen Fan: "Little brother, you're really enviable! Strolling around with four beautiful women, how arrogant! I have the best peach pie here, I'll share a piece with you, can you share one with me! Wahahaha!" This man was dressed slovenly, his chest protruding, and several teeth missing; he was none other than Blackbeard, Teach of the Blackbeard Pirates.
Nami frowned and said, "I don't like this town. Let's leave."
Robin looked around and said, "It seems we can't leave even if we wanted to!"
The group looked around the intersection. The so-called champion man from before was now standing behind the street Chen Fan had walked through, and the sickly man was standing in the middle of a street. The burly man in front of them was also blocking the middle of another road. Then, a man with a sniper rifle appeared in the last road, surrounding Chen Fan and his group at the intersection.
The eerie atmosphere at the scene caused everyone to involuntarily retreat, watching from a distance as if a battle was about to break out.
Nami, Vivi, and Tashigi's expressions changed slightly; this was clearly premeditated.
"Chen Fan! A newcomer from the East Sea, the East Sea with the lowest pirate bounty, you quickly reached a bounty of 100 million Beli! Not long ago, you defeated Crocodile, Shichibukai, and your fame has soared. It's all thanks to you that I have this opportunity. The Navy Headquarters has agreed that if I defeat you, I will replace Crocodile as one of the Shichibukai! I will become famous overnight! Wahahaha!!" Blackbeard shouted with a loud laugh;
The passersby were all shocked when they heard Blackbeard mention Chen Fan's name; they never expected such a big shot as King to appear here.
"No, Captain!" the man with the sniper rifle said.
Blackbeard was taken aback and said to Van Augur, "Why not!"
Van Augur pulled out a new wanted poster and said, "He's no longer the one hundred million Beli bounty guy; now it's five hundred million Beli. Captain, it seems we've gotten ourselves into big trouble."
Blackbeard paused for a moment, then his smile widened, and his voice grew louder as he exclaimed, "Hahaha! Now there's no way I can stay unknown! A newcomer has suddenly become Great Pirate with a bounty of 500 million! The world will be shocked!"
Despite Blackbeard's lengthy explanation, Chen Fan Blackbeard n't look at him. Instead, he focused on the man with the sniper rifle and calmly said, "Just now... the one who... fired the bullet... was you, right?"
Chapter 188, is that you?
(Is that you in Chapter 188?)
"There are no ships around, and we didn't hear any gunshots before, so the bullets must have come from a very far distance. Could they have come from that Jaya Island? At this distance, how is that possible! Was it just random shooting?" Robin said in surprise, glancing at the distance between Jaya Island and here.