Don't chicken out, just fight

"Hey! Captain, are we abandoning the ship?" Rono asked with some curiosity. If they abandoned the ship, Deng wouldn't be able to play his part. Seeing the enemy destroy one of their own, Rono didn't think the Captain would do that.

As expected, Haddaway rolled his eyes. "Rono, do you even think before you speak? If we abandon the ship, what happens to Deng? We're here to wait for an informant. A CP4 informant."

Haddaway paused, considering the time, and said to Rono and the others, "You've all had a tough time sailing these past few days. You can go play near the docks for a while. Just be back for dinner. Of course, don't forget to bring me a portion."

"Yahoo!" Rono jumped up at the words.

"Rono, take it easy, I'm right behind you!" Sairona's calm voice followed.

"Aww~, Sairona, aren't you happy? We finally get to go play." Rono looked at Sairona's calm expression and instantly felt his own status drop. So Rono became unhappy. How could there be someone with higher status than him?

System Loli "..." Never seen such a shameless person.

"Huh? I'm already very happy." Sairona scratched his head.

Looking at Sairona's serious expression, Rono "..."

As for Deng, he was a bit reserved. "I won't go. I'll stay here with the Captain."

"Hmph, I'll be a captain too someday. When we reach the docks, I'll let all the crew go play." -3-

Hearing Rono's childish remark, Haddaway smiled. Here, take your allowance.

After Rono received his money, he went to the tavern with Sairona.

Haddaway watched Rono and the other walk away, his kind smile disappearing.

"Deng, do you remember Saint Atalia's orders? Don't stay with them too long and forget your identity."

"Don't worry, I'm not someone without discretion. It would be so pleasant to eliminate them before that brat grows up, hehe."

"I'll state the plan again. First objective, kill Rono. Second objective, kill Sairona. The cargo must be recovered, but you don't need to worry about that. The higher-ups have already made arrangements with Crocodile. We just need to go to the designated location to retrieve the goods," Haddaway slowly laid out the plan.

In the Holy Land Mary Geoise, not all Celestial Dragons are fools. Otherwise, the Elder Stars could overthrow the Celestial Dragons. Several families among the Celestial Dragon families raise enforcers and death warriors. CP0 members are basically bodyguards for the patriarchs of various families. Their treatment is completely different from that of ordinary commoners. The family Sunglasses Man belongs to is the Gongdongtalio Family, ranked first among the Celestial Dragon families. 50% of the Celestial Dragons' power is held by this family, showing their terrifying strength. The Atalia Family, to which Haddaway and Deng belong, is ranked second, just behind the Gongdongtalio Family. However, Atalia does not fear the Gongdongtalio Family because their second-place ranking was achieved through combat power, unlike the Gongdongtalio Family, which is involved in all aspects.

This time, the Atalia Family found an opportunity and decided to eliminate the fresh blood of the Gongdongtalio Family, Rono and Sairona.

At this moment, Rono and Sairona were unaware and were still reveling in the tavern. Rono, relying on his height, pushed his way to a good spot with Sairona, watching the Pole Dancer's performance on stage.

Outside the tavern, among a group of people in various attire, a leader held up two portraits and said to his subordinates, "Look closely. When we go in, the targets are these two."

The two in the portraits were Rono and Sairona.

Rono and Sairona were listening to the music and watching the dance, and gradually felt something was wrong. Why had the noise disappeared? This was usually impossible in a tavern.

Sairona quietly retreated to the shadow of a corner. Rono, only then realizing, exclaimed, "Huh! Where did Sairona go?"

A group of people entered the tavern. The leader scanned the surroundings. The pirates and civilians inside had already fled at the first sign of trouble. They had intended to catch Rono and the others off guard, but they hadn't even realized what was happening. The leader couldn't understand.

"Little ones, kill them! The studio said, kill one Centurion, kill two Commanders! Reward money 500,000."

The underlings' eyes turned red, and they drew their weapons and charged forward.

The leader touched his chin and muttered, "Sigh! Something's not right. Where's that brat named Sairona?"

Rono, seeing a group of people charging at him, wasn't panicked. He activated his Bone Planting Armament, and pale white Bone Armor enveloped his entire body. Rono grinned, "I don't know what's going on, but knocking them all down should solve the problem."

Instead of retreating, Rono advanced. He ignored the inferior long swords and slashed at the neck of the nearest person. The person couldn't dodge in time, and their entire head was severed.

Blood splattered onto the white Bone Armor. His red hair whipped around like a ball of flame with Rono's movements. Big Wave Kill, Wave Kill, Wow Claw Kill. Rono was aiming for a pentakill, to claim his internet fees—cough, cough, wrong—while astonishing everyone. Suddenly, a Sniper Bullet shot towards Rono.

Rono's hair stood on end for a moment. A thought flashed through his mind: danger! Chest! Rono couldn't care about anything else and barely bent over. Bang! A bullet flew past Rono's scalp. The scorched hair rapidly regenerated, returning to normal. The bullet missed Rono and hit the bar counter, shattering the entire counter as if it had exploded.

Rono's pupils constricted, not because of the bullet's immense power, but because this Devil Fruit Ability... belonged to Deng!

An ominous premonition surged through Rono's mind. "Sairona! Stay close to me! There's a Sniper on the other side too!"

"It's Deng." Sairona appeared beside Rono at some point. "That gun is mine."

Sairona's meaning was clear. There was only one person who possessed this Devil Fruit Ability and was holding Sairona's gun.

As the saying goes, good things come in pairs, but misfortunes never come alone. A bald, thick-lipped, muscular brute walked into the Tavern, waved, and killed the person in front of him. He stepped over the corpse and approached Rono. Although this brute was also two meters tall, he only reached Rono's chest.

"Who is this shorty, dressed so shabbily?" The mockery activated.

"The one who will kill you." The brute said, then struck a starting pose. Bucklow Studio's Mr.1, Daz Bones, reporting for duty.

Rono was no longer as casual as he was when dealing with the underlings. The brute before him gave him some pressure, not to mention the Sniper Deng with a powerful bullet in the dark.

"Give me 5 minutes. As long as Deng Alpha dares to shoot again, I can Counter Kill." Sairona's calm voice echoed in Rono's ear as he rolled behind a sofa.

"By the way, young man, don't you know that one of the three great illusions in life is 'I can Counter Kill'?" Rono Xu Zhu Yan quipped.