Streusen's Fury

When Streusen heard that Charlotte Linlin was going back to the Grand Line to find that so-called Hell Pirates crew, he was furious. He also guessed that the person behind the Mobile Den Den Mushi was definitely some bastard from that crew!

He immediately gathered information about the Hell Pirates. Their captain, Brook, had a bounty of only 200 million Beli. How could that compare to Charlotte Linlin's 550 million?

How dare they ask Linlin to join their pirate crew? They were lucky if he didn't wipe them out.

He had witnessed Linlin's Hunger Pangs with his own eyes. She had devoured Mother Carmel and all the orphans. How could Mother Carmel still be alive?

"Linlin, that Brook is definitely someone pretending to be Mother Carmel. Don't fall for it! You're much stronger than him now. You don't need to join their crew at all!"

Streusen was determined to expose Brook's scheme. You dare show your hand? I'll make sure you regret it!

"What? You dare say the nun is a fake?"

Charlotte Linlin's eyes turned bloodshot. She snatched Streusen up. She wouldn't let anyone speak ill of Mother Carmel. She also wanted to fulfill the nun's dream: joining the Hell Pirates, building a big family, and bringing all races together in harmony!

"Linlin, Mother Carmel is dead. I saw it with my own eyes. That person must be an impostor!"

Streusen tried to explain things to Linlin and make her give up her plan to go to the Grand Line, but he still didn't want to tell her the truth about her eating people!

"Damn you!! How dare you curse Mother Carmel and say she's dead? Unforgivable!!"

Charlotte Linlin let out a shocking, guttural sound. The shock waves made the ground ripple like waves. She clutched Streusen tightly in her hand and glared at him.

Streusen was horrified. He'd miscalculated. He'd been too eager to get his way and had only made things worse, crossing Linlin's line and saying something he shouldn't have!

He should have guided Linlin into discovering Brook's deception for herself. Linlin's immense strength and monstrous voice had squeezed Streusen until his eyes bulged and blood seeped from his mouth and nose.

"Lin... Lin... Mother Carmel... I'm fine. I can help you find them~"

Streusen felt as if his bones were about to be crushed. He quickly went along with what Linlin wanted and forced out the words!

"Don't ever speak ill of the nun again. Next time, I really will kill you!! Now go make me something to eat, and find a route to the Grand Line!"

Charlotte Linlin had calmed down, and let go of Streusen, her great chef and guide!

"Cough~ cough~ All right, all right. I won't say it again. I'll make you something delicious right away!"

Streusen coughed painfully a few times, then put on a smile as he spoke to Linlin. Inwardly, though, he was cursing Charlotte Linlin, the ungrateful wretch who couldn't be tamed.

He had looked after her for ten years, and she'd squeezed him until he was injured over some liar. He wiped the blood from his mouth and nose, then turned to cook, his expression darkening.

Brook, you'll pay ten times over for the pain I suffered because of Linlin today! And you too, Charlotte Linlin. You'll never escape my grasp in this lifetime, you man-eating monster!

Streusen chopped down a huge tree and used the Cook-Cook Fruit to slice it into steaks. They looked colorful and delicious!

"Streusen, didn't I tell you not to eat things made with Devil Fruit powers? They have no flavor at all!!! What about the treasure we stole? Let's go have a feast!"

Charlotte Linlin looked at the food made with the Cook-Cook Fruit in disgust. She wanted to eat something truly delicious!

"Linlin, we've already spent all the treasure we stole last time. You ate it all up. We'll have to go to sea and raid again, or we'll really run out of money!"

Streusen had always found Linlin's appetite a headache. At first, he paid with the treasure they'd stolen. But later, after Linlin had eaten her fill, he simply had her wreck the restaurants and leave without paying!

Every island they visited was left in ruins. That was why Charlotte Linlin's bounty had risen so quickly. As for the treasure they stole, they always split it one-to-nine. What did Linlin, an ignorant girl, know about arithmetic?

Streusen had hidden most of the treasure away. Only when Linlin asked would he take out a little, lying that it had all been spent and they needed to go out and steal more!

"Is that so? Why does everything we steal get spent so quickly? Didn't I smash the tavern too?"

Charlotte Linlin counted on her fingers, looking utterly clueless. As long as it didn't involve Mother Carmel or food, she was still a naive girl.

"Yes, Linlin. Your new clothes and hat cost a fortune! That batch of pastries you ate last time was precious too. It cost a lot of money!"

Streusen kept deceiving Linlin. He'd done it so often that it had long since become second nature. Thinking of the mountain of treasure in his secret hideout made him a little excited.

Hadn't he raised Charlotte Linlin all these years to use her immense strength to seize gold and jewels?

That only made him hate Brook even more for trying to steal Linlin away! She was his money-making tool, and even his guarantee of future power and status. He had to expose that bastard Brook, no matter what!

"Then let's hurry out to sea and steal some things! I need to prepare a greeting present for Brook!"

Charlotte Linlin seemed pleased with her thoughtfulness. She immediately dragged Streusen aboard the pirate ship they had stolen and sailed toward the nearest island!

Linlin's words made Streusen's expression shift. Was she already so interested in that blasted Brook?

Brook, I'm going to kill you! Streusen clenched his teeth and cursed Brook.

Meanwhile, Edward Newgate was left on a nearby island with a commercial port after Ryan, captain of the Lion-Man Pirates, gave him some Beli and treasure.

Watching the pirate ship in the distance, Newgate felt disappointed in Captain Ryan, but also hopeful about the future. A pirate crew that's like a real family?

The tall Newgate had a black cloth wrapped around his blond head. He wore an open-chested hemp vest and black trousers tied with a gray sash, and carried a small bundle on his back as he walked into town.

As a pirate, Newgate rarely stayed on islands. Apart from going ashore to plunder, eat, and have fun, he spent the rest of his time sailing the seas.

He asked around town about passenger ships heading to the first half of the New World. He wanted to board a merchant ship and get closer to the Grand Line. His home was in the New World, and he had remained there after joining a pirate crew.

Come to think of it, he had never been to the Grand Line. He hadn't even visited Fish-Man Island, said to lie ten thousand meters beneath the sea!

He hoped the Golden Ship Number 2 had mentioned really existed. If it did, life would be exciting from then on!