Let's Turn This World Upside Down!

Fortunately, Will had already informed everyone that he would take care of the hidden threat on the way.

So the villagers weren't overly worried.

Just before setting sail.

Nami reluctantly hugged and said goodbye to everyone in the village one by one, then turned with a firm gaze and followed Will and Carina aboard the ship to leave.

"Goodbye~! Everyone~!" Nami shouted loudly, waving her hand vigorously from the stern.

The villagers also stood on the shore, yelling toward the ship.

"Take good care of Nami~! Will!"

"Wipe out those scumbag Marines! Leave none alive!"

"Stay safe!"

"Will! Turn this world upside down!"

"Make it through smoothly!"

"Will! Attaboy! Keep your spirits up!"

A Jian listened to the shouts around him, a faint smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

Though he felt some strange words seemed mixed in, he didn't pay them much mind.

He took out the book Will had given them from his bosom and glanced at it, his heart still full of gratitude.

"A man must rely on himself..."

Recalling Will's words back then.

A Jian couldn't help but gaze again at the ship gradually fading into the distance, silently vowing to himself:

"Rest assured, Will, we will definitely use this power to protect our home well!"

A few hours later.

With Nami at the helm.

Will and the other two sped across the sea, smoothly arriving near Marine Branch 16 just before nightfall.

They dropped anchor and moored the ship in place.

Standing on the deck, the three of them used telescopes to carefully observe the nearby Marine base.

Every building inside Marine Branch 16 was adorned with rat-head-shaped sculptures as decoration.

Clearly, this place had already become Rat Captain's lair, turned into his personal military stronghold.

And the Marine Branch 16, located on the island, had also spotted Will's ship by now.

Because Will hadn't chosen to hide the vessel; instead, he parked it directly opposite the base, with no cover at all.

Watching the movements of the personnel over there.

Will lowered his telescope and said expressionlessly, "You two stay on the ship and prepare dinner. I'll be back in a moment."

The moment he finished speaking.

Will's figure vanished from their sight in an instant.

"Should be fine, right..." Nami muttered to herself subconsciously, watching the figure streaking through the sky.

Though she had great confidence in Will's strength.

Since this matter involved the village.

She worried that if things weren't handled properly, it might affect the village's safety afterward, so she still felt a bit anxious.

"Relax." Carina smiled and patted her on the shoulder:

"Even a guy like Arlong was easily dealt with by Will."

"You think these Marines could cause him any trouble?"

Nami looked a bit surprised, then quickly explained:

"You've got it wrong, I'm not worried about that."

"I'm just afraid a few Marines on the island might slip away, and if word gets out, things will get troublesome."

"Huh?" Carina was taken aback, then twitched her mouth:

"You... I've noticed that after following Will for a while, your way of doing things is starting to resemble his more and more."

"Really? I didn't notice." Nami looked puzzled.

Carina immediately said, "Of course. Will likes to wipe out anyone who might cause trouble in one go."

"Now, facing those Marines who could threaten your village, you've got the same idea as him."

At that point, Carina shifted her tone and couldn't help but laugh: "But I don't think there's anything wrong with that."

"And I've found that even my own thoughts seem pretty similar to yours."

After spending a few days with those simple villagers, the kind-hearted Carina also didn't want those villagers to suffer retaliation from the Marines.

She just didn't say it outright like Nami did.

Because Carina knew very well in her heart.

When Will dealt with the Marines in the branch, he would only handle it more thoroughly than they imagined.

"You bastard... and you have the nerve to talk about me." Nami smiled helplessly at that.

But after chatting with her like this, she didn't feel as worried as before.

So she turned and walked toward the cabin, waving her hand: "Come on, let's make dinner together."

"Hmph, Little Thief Cat."

Carina let out a light snort with a smile, then unhurriedly followed behind.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

After rapidly crossing a great distance through the air, Will finally landed steadily on a spacious flat area within Marine Branch 16.

It looked like this was probably where the Marines usually gathered or trained.

And just as Will was observing his surroundings, a large number of armed Marines quickly surrounded him, lining up in formation and raising their guns to aim, seemingly well-trained.

"Who are you! How dare you trespass into Marine Branch 16!"

One of the Marine Sergeants leading them, staring warily at the tall intruder before him, shouted loudly.

Will ignored the man's question and directly used Observation Haki to quickly scan the distribution of personnel across the entire island.

To avoid any stragglers slipping through later.

However, after sensing for a moment, Will looked slightly puzzled toward a certain direction underground.

Seeing that the other party completely ignored him, the Marine Sergeant grew furious:

"You damned intruder!"

"What are you here to—"

Before he could finish speaking, Will furrowed his brow, his eyes suddenly sharpening, a flash of red light flickering within them!

Whoosh—!

Immediately after.

A vast, overwhelming aura burst forth from Will's body, instantly enveloping everyone except for a certain spot underground.

All the Marines present suddenly felt as if the entire sky had collapsed on them.

And they themselves were like weak ants, crushed beneath it with no power to resist.

The next second.

Every Marine in Marine Branch 16, over a hundred in total, all rolled their eyes back, foamed at the mouth, and collapsed unconscious to the ground.

Seeing that everyone around him had fallen, Will immediately stopped releasing his Haki.

After going through all the battles along the way, his patience for the small fry jumping around in front of him had grown thinner and thinner.

Using Conqueror's Haki to deal with these people was the most efficient and fastest method.

After confirming once more with Observation Haki, Will strode toward a certain building nearby.

Inside was a hidden passage leading to an underground space.

Due to his height and build, Will had to manually widen the path along the way, though fortunately the underground space was relatively spacious.

As soon as he came down, he was hit by a damp, foul stench.

Will walked deeper with a blank expression, his gaze passing over the many empty cells on both sides.

It seemed this was where the Marine branch held prisoners.

Going straight to the very end.

Will arrived at the largest cells in the underground space, each one holding dozens of people or more.

The moment he approached, the people in these cells immediately cast terrified looks at him, instinctively shrinking back.