Gari's Night Raid

At that moment, he remembered Teach's question. He hadn't expected Teach to know his identity and race. He couldn't help but feel excited. Teach had given him the key to unlock his shackles and had no hostility towards him.

"Gari, I am Mink Tribe, ten years ago..." As he unlocked his shackles with the key, Gari began to recount his experiences.

He is Lion Mink Tribe of the Mink Tribe, and a rare White Lion.

When he was four years old, he accidentally fell off Zunesha's body and into the sea. Fortunately, he did not die. He drifted on the sea, clinging to a broken tree trunk. After an unknown amount of time, he drifted to an island with many wild beasts, where he was rescued and adopted by a powerful hunter.

There are several villages on this island that live by Hunting Island's wild beasts, and the hunter who saved him is the strongest hunter on the island.

He learned to hunt from the hunter and fought against the wild beasts on the island. He stayed there for twelve years, but he always thought about leaving and returning to the Mink Kingdom.

Some time ago, he saw a ship moored on the shore. It was a slave ship. He didn't know that at the time and thought he could leave, so he excitedly ran over.

However, he didn't expect the wickedness of human nature. These human traffickers shot him several times with tranquilizer guns, which enraged him. In a short period of time, he killed five human traffickers. However, the tranquilizer numbed his body, and he was also shot. In the end, he was captured by these human traffickers and sold to this archipelago.

Gari remained wary of Teach and didn't reveal much information about the island, a decision Teach approved of.

At the same time, he was also curious about the other Hunter Gari had mentioned. Gari had become one of the two strongest young Hunter on the island in ten years, but what about the other Hunter?

The Mink Tribe is a powerful fighting race. Their fighting style involves using electricity to wrap around their bodies or weapons to attack their opponents. The Mink Tribe is known for its strength. Even the elderly, women, and children have the strength to defeat pirates of low rank. Even infants possess basic self-defense skills. It can be said that there are no weaklings in the entire country.

As a member of the Mink Tribe, Gari is White Lion with fur, possessing innate and powerful combat talent. Teach has some understanding of the Mink Tribe, having spent four years on the Moby Dick, including two years with Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, both powerful Mink Tribe with immense potential.

Teach was very interested in another young powerhouse who could compare to Gari. Gari was not weak; he exuded the aura of a ferocious beast, coupled with his keen intuition. His only remaining eye flashed with a faint fierce light. He stood two meters tall, and his body was a powerful physique honed through constant battles.

However, Teach didn't ask any further questions. After all, it was their first meeting, and they hadn't reached that level of trust yet. "You should know Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, right?" Teach asked, looking at Gari.

A long time had passed, so when Gari heard those two somewhat familiar names from Teach while recalling the events, he was somewhat surprised, "Is it Nekomamushi and Inuarashi- nii? You actually know them?"

The Mink Tribe can fight at the age of one, so even though it's exceptionally early, Gari quickly remembered Nekomamushi and Inuarashi.

"Heh! We were on the same ship for two years. Now, you should be in Wano Country, or you've already returned to the Mink Kingdom." Teach chuckled, glancing at Gari. "You don't know where you're going either? Why don't you come with me?"

"Alright, I'll follow you for now." Gari's wariness of Teach was decreasing, and he didn't know where else to go. It was better to follow Teach, Teach was stronger than him, and he wasn't afraid that Teach would betray him.

As he continued walking, he saw a slave shop on the side. A flash of anger and hatred crossed Gari's eyes. He had not forgotten the scene of being captured by these human traffickers.

"When we leave, you can kill the slave shop that's holding you and your human traffickers. As for the others, forget about them. The connections and profit chains behind them are too huge. Besides, you can't kill all these human traffickers. You kill one batch, and another batch will come." Teach smiled faintly, his gaze sweeping across the black market shops on both sides. His Observation Haki had been released without him even realizing it, enveloping the entire black market.

Unlike the Holy Land Mary Geoise, here Teach could unleash his Observation Haki without restraint. He didn't believe that there were any Admiral- level powerhouses or top-tier Observation Haki experts guarding the black market in the Sabaody Archipelago.

This is, after all, Paradise; having a force with the strength of a Vice Admiral is already considered top-tier.

Teach's Observation Haki was already at its peak, and under his exquisite control, it became even more subtle. Teach had already discovered the shapes that appeared as Devil Fruit. In the entire black market of the Sabaody Archipelago, there were a total of twenty-three Devil Fruit. Fourteen were openly displayed for sale at the entrance, while nine were hidden in secret. These Devil Fruit should be of higher quality.

Throughout the black market, Teach discovered three strong individuals at the Vice Admiral level, though they were only at the level of ordinary Vice Admiral. All three were also Devil Fruit User, as Vice Admiral are already top-tier combatants on the high seas, especially in Paradise, where they can command respect in a region.

Unlike the New World, the Underworld is full of powerful figures, assassins, and bounty hunters, with bounties exceeding 500 million being commonplace. When that Half-Demon fruit was auctioned, there were seven Great Pirate present with bounties exceeding 300 million, and the auctioneer was a Great Pirate had retired for many years.

However, no matter how high the quality of these Devil Fruit is, they can't be that high. The truly rare Devil Fruit have definitely already been taken away, eaten, or sent to auctions.

He could only pin his hopes on those few hidden Devil Fruit.

Upon hearing Teach's words, a strong killing intent flashed in Gari's eyes, but he concealed it well, perfectly controlling his aura. One could sense that Gari was somewhat excited.

Teach was unaware that Gari had a reputation as "the Hunter," meaning that once he set his sights on a prey, there was no escape; he would relentlessly pursue it until he killed it.

During a hunt, his prey was stolen by a more well-hidden Ghost Mantis. Enraged, he brandished his fangs, claws, and double-edged daggers at the Ghost Mantis, discovering Gari. The Ghost Mantis fought Gari, and its sharp scythes robbed Gari of his eyes. The two fought from sunrise to sunset before reluctantly parting ways.

The Ghost Mantis is a variant of the mantis, a very powerful creature with explosive power, speed, and stealth capabilities. Its sharp twin blades can easily cut through stone, making it one of the top hunters in the forest.

However, newly hatched Ghost Mantis are very weak. They are born with the instinct to hunt and grow stronger with each hunt, eager to hunt powerful prey. A fully grown Ghost Mantis is incredibly terrifying.

As for Gari, the reason he had this Ghost Mantis on his head wasn't because the Ghost Mantis had taken his left eye, but because it had stolen his prey. And so, Gari kept an eye on the Ghost Mantis for a full year.

He abandoned other hunts and focused solely on the Ghost Mantis. The Ghost Mantis, being intelligent, realized that Gari had his eye on him after one or two attempts.

The two clashed thousands of times in the dense jungle, and finally, Gari successfully killed the Ghost Mantis. For this, Gari earned the title of "The Hunter".

Teach certainly had the idea of taking action against these Devil Fruits, but not now. If he did, the entire Sabaody Archipelago would descend into chaos, making it much more difficult to leave.

Along the way, Teach learned some things and told Rain Gari about the situation at sea. Rain Gari is the full name of this Lion Mink Tribe. The hunter who adopted him was named Rain. The Mink Tribe does not have its own surname, so he took his surname.

Teach led Gari away from the black market. Along the way, Gari attracted the attention of some people, but didn't do anything significant. Mink Tribe were mostly priced around 700,000 on the black market, and there were still some Mink Tribe on the high seas.

In a restaurant, Gari devoured the food on the table, wolfing it down. He had been starving for a long time and hadn't had a proper meal in ages. Teach had specially treated him to a meal on this trip.

For Gari, this was the first time he had ever tasted such delicious food. It was different from the food of the Mink Kingdom. On that hunting island, he usually ate roasted meat. Gari ate bowl after bowl of rice like this. With his powerful physique, he had a large appetite.

In this world, one's physical condition can be judged by how well one eats; the more one eats, the stronger one's constitution and the more energy one has.

After the meal, Teach took him back to the hotel.

Pito looked at the Mink Tribe brought by Teach with some curiosity. During her time on the Moby Dick, she naturally knew about the Mink Tribe, but Mink Tribe relatively rare; Pito had only seen two in total. In contrast, she had seen many other rare races in the Whitebeard Pirates, such as the Long Arm Tribe, the Long Leg Tribe, and the Snake-Head Tribe.

"Let's stay here for now. I have something to do tonight," Teach said to Pito and Gari.

Hearing that Teach was leaving that night, Gari felt uneasy. If he were in the jungle, facing prey, he could stay for days and nights without any problem. However, on this bustling island with a predominantly human population, and after being captured by human traffickers, he felt very unsafe.

"I'm going to kill someone." Teach looked at Gari and couldn't help but smile, seeing through Gari's thoughts at a glance.

"Then I'll go with you." Hearing Teach's words, Gari's eyes lit up, and he immediately stood up from his seat.

Looking at Pito, who was standing to the side, Pito's eyes showed some interest. She was also a little bored and wanted to follow Teach.

"Let's go together then," Teach said with a smile, glancing at the time.

Soon, night fell. It was a dark and stormy night, and three figures quietly walked on the outskirts of Area 3.

House, the human trafficker, is also the leader of the group of human traffickers who are targeting them today, and the leader of one of the top human trafficking groups in the Sabaody Archipelago.

His main base was on the outskirts of District 3, with a large area of land belonging to him, and a small port on the shore that was exclusively for them, where slaves from other places were transported by ship.

At the heart of this place stands a castle, where House usually resides. It is heavily guarded and has been meticulously developed by House over many years, taking a considerable amount of time to reach this point.

House has been very happy lately, and he doesn't hide this fact. Not only his subordinates know, but other forces on the island also know, especially the slave traders in the same industry. Even though they know that once House gets on the good side of the Celestial Dragons, his power will expand rapidly and he will encroach on some of their profits, none of them stop him, for fear of accidentally angering the Celestial Dragons.

Moreover, most of them have Celestial Dragons backing them, so it's just normal competition and there's nothing to be afraid of.

Because of the importance of this matter, House became even more cautious, rarely appearing in public and hiding in the heavily guarded castle he had built.

Outside, he was surrounded by armed guards, and he had also hired many powerful individuals and bounty hunters. Even though he knew that few would risk offending the Celestial Dragons to steal the gift he had prepared for Celestial Dragons, he was a cautious man and wanted to be fully prepared, as this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

If—and there are no ifs—he would have been executed by the enraged Celestial Dragons, with no chance of escape.

Only after having a foolproof plan did he relax, and the closer the date of the Celestial Dragons' arrival got, the more excited he became.

The same was true of the bounty hunters and assassins hired both inside and outside the castle; they didn't believe anyone would take such a great risk to come.

Moreover, with these Daimyo powerhouses protecting them, they can easily take away a large amount of Beli in just two more days. Compared to the previous battles where they were constantly on the verge of death, this feeling is simply too wonderful. You know, countless of their peers are envious of them.

House spent over 150 million Beli just to hire these powerful individuals.

However, what they didn't expect was that someone actually had their eyes on House's Devil Fruit, and not only that, but also on their lives.

Looking at the castle with its lights twinkling in the distance, he used his Observation Haki to scan the area and gained a clear understanding of everything.

"Pito, how many people are there?" Teach smiled and turned to look at Pito beside him.

Pito listened and said without hesitation, "432 people, 136 on the left, 143 on the right, Pito the rest are in the central castle."

Pito has Awakening Observation Haki and possesses extraordinary talent in Observation Haki. The range of her Observation Haki is very far, and its expansion is faster than Teach's. Given more time, her Observation Haki range will surpass Teach's.