Leiyin's Other Side

"If I set out from the Marine base and head to No Man's Land, I should pass through the Specialty District."

Leiyin recalled the map of the Sabaody Archipelago.

As he walked along, colorful bubbles constantly rose into the sky beneath the sunlight. It was a unique sight of the Sabaody Archipelago, one that could not be seen anywhere else.

Before he knew it, he had reached Area 45. This was the Tourist Specialty District. Leiyin rented a unique vehicle found only here—a Bubble Car—and rode it toward No Man's Land.

When he reached Area 8 of the Sabaody Archipelago, he sensed a decadent atmosphere. There were ruins everywhere, with assorted riffraff gathered in small groups atop them. If these people were not pirate hunters, then they were probably pirates.

"What kind of era is this? How could any residents still dare to come to No Man's Land?"

"He must not understand the situation."

"Grab him and sell him to the Human Trafficking Shop. We can trade him for some drinking money."

As they spoke, these men surrounded Leiyin, who was riding the Bubble Car, brandishing swords, knives, and firearms.

A burly man holding a knife, apparently their leader, said to Leiyin, "Kid, things have been a little tight for us lately. Sorry for the trouble, but you'll have to come with us."

Hearing this, the underlings beside him all gave Leiyin lecherous grins.

The big man meant for Leiyin to surrender meekly so they could sell him as a slave for money.

So these people were pirate hunters.

Could they really be called pirate hunters?

For the sake of a little money, they sent people to the Human Trafficking Shop, where they would never see daylight again and spend the rest of their lives in misery. What they did was even more despicable than the actions of those utterly wicked pirates.

"If you think you're capable, then come and try to catch me," Leiyin said indifferently.

"Damn it, grab this brat who doesn't know when to quit and sell him!" the leader shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, a crescent of white energy suddenly flashed into existence.

White Blade!

The pirate hunters barely had time to react before Leiyin cut open all their chests. Some had their hearts sliced open, while others had their lungs cleaved apart. They lay on the ground, twitching in agony as blood stained the earth red. Each of them died an unbearably gruesome death.

However, Leiyin deliberately spared one man. Seeing the blood covering the ground and the gruesomely dead pirate hunters, the man wet his pants in terror.

Leiyin jumped down from the vehicle and patted him on the shoulder. "Hey, I want to ask you something. You'd better answer me honestly."

The man's body trembled violently. He looked at Leiyin as though he were looking at Satan himself, his eyes filled with terror. He stood rooted to the spot, not daring to move at all. After all, the blood covering the ground was real blood, not ketchup.

The man still said nothing, so Leiyin continued asking, "Where is Capone Bege?"

Leiyin had come here specifically to find him. In a place this large, searching blindly would be almost impossible.

The man still did not speak, perhaps because Leiyin's White Blade had terrified him too badly.

Seeing that he remained silent, Leiyin continued, "If you still refuse to speak, I'll have to find a way to make you talk. Let me tell you, I have ten thousand ways to kill you. But how long you suffer and how much pain you endure—that will be up to you."

Hearing this, the man felt as if he had heard a voice from hell and immediately spoke. "Big brother, I really don't know the person you're talking about. Please, let me go..."

Leiyin's face darkened. "Oh, is that so? Then don't blame me..."

"W-wait..." Seeing that Leiyin was about to make a move, the man immediately dropped to his knees. "Big brother—no, sir! All I know is that Capone Bege is a wanted criminal with a bounty of over seventy million. As for where he is, I really don't know! Please spare me..."

The man knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, knocking his head against the ground like a pounding pestle.

Leiyin thought for a moment. From the looks of it, he might really not know. He then asked, "Do you know any other wanted criminals? The higher the bounty, the better."

Hearing this, the man stopped kowtowing. "Oh, sir, since you put it that way, I really do know someone. He has a bounty of over fifty million Beli..."

The man told Leiyin about the pirate he knew, and Leiyin left without another word...

Leiyin followed only one principle when dealing with people and matters: judge them by who they were.

For people who treated him well or were gentle and kind, such as Garp and Ain, he would likewise treat them with kindness.

For people who wanted to threaten and suppress him, such as Beligood and Brannew, Leiyin answered them with his fists.

As for these so-called pirate hunters, who sent others into an inescapable hell for the sake of their own selfish desires, Leiyin revealed his most vicious and sinister side. If that man had refused to speak just now, Leiyin would not have minded killing him by cruel means.

Since they were devils, they should be sent to hell.

As for the poor people they had sent into the Human Trafficking Shop, those people could consider themselves lucky to have died so easily.

Angels should have angelic faces; devils should have devilish faces.

This was Leiyin's principle when dealing with people—the other side he showed to those "devils"...

Following the location the man had given him, Leiyin headed straight toward a place in Area 16.

Most of Areas 1 through 29 of the Sabaody Archipelago were No Man's Land. When Leiyin reached Area 16, he found that it was entirely different from Area 8.

Area 8 was mostly ruins destroyed by pirates or pirate hunters, whereas Area 16 had clean streets and rows of luxurious houses. It did not look like No Man's Land at all.

Of course, not every pirate knew only how to destroy things.

That pirate should be here...

Just as Leiyin was thinking this, a young woman ran out of a large compound. Her expression was frantic and her eyes were filled with terror. A group of people chased after her as she fled.

"Don't let her get away! If we lose her, the boss will blame us, and we'll all die!" shouted the man leading the group behind her.

A woman's stamina and strength were ultimately inferior to a man's. Before long, the woman was surrounded by those people once more.

"Run! Go on, run!"

"This is our territory. Looks like you still don't understand."

"No matter how you run, you'll never escape our grasp."

"Go back obediently and serve our boss!"

The girl's face went deathly pale. Like a frightened kitten, she trembled in terror as those men reached out their claws toward her from all sides...

Flying Thunder God Slash—White Blade!

Leiyin suddenly appeared in front of the girl. A white ripple of energy swept through the air, and a crescent-shaped blade scattered outward in every direction...