A pillar of blood shot into the air as Graffit Bass's corpse slowly collapsed to the ground. His head fell straight into the sea, splashing up a pink wave.
"!!!!"
Graffit Bass's sudden death brought the pirates who had been charging at Tsugikuni Yoriichi to an abrupt halt. Several meters in front of him stood more than a dozen pirates, each dressed differently.
All of them held blades, staring at Tsugikuni Yoriichi in shock. Whenever their gazes fell upon the headless corpse before him, their eyes were filled with disbelief and suspicion.
"D-Dead?"
"Graffit Bass, with a bounty of 330 million Beli, was actually killed just like that?!"
"Who is this brat?"
The pirates looked at Tsugikuni Yoriichi in uncertainty, as if they could not believe what had just happened before their eyes. With a bounty as high as 330 million, Graffit Bass was no insignificant figure on these seas.
One had to know that in the future, even Monkey D. Luffy's bounty had only just reached 300 million after the Enies Lobby incident. In this era, before Pirate King Roger had ushered in the great age of pirates, pirates with high bounties were extremely rare.
A pirate with a bounty of 330 million Beli could absolutely be called a great pirate.
Yet such a great pirate had just been killed by an unknown brat with a single slash!
Such a sensational event had actually unfolded before everyone's eyes.
"Who are you, brat?!"
One pirate realized that this red-haired brat before them was no ordinary person and called out.
Tsugikuni Yoriichi looked in the direction of the voice and happened to see a "properly" dressed woman holding a rapier, watching him warily.
"Lady of Desire, bounty of 150 million Beli, Subani Koman."
The moment he spoke her name, Tsugikuni Yoriichi