At night, the sea breeze was slightly cool.
The thick smell of blood permeating the pirate ship's deck was scattered by the evening wind. The powerful Haki spilling across the deck gradually faded. Tsugikuni Yoriichi lightly flicked the long blade in his hand, shaking the blood from it before sheathing it once more.
Stepping over the corpses of Weevil and Buckingham, Tsugikuni Yoriichi entered the cabin.
The mother and son's ship was not particularly large. It was also a rather traditional sailing vessel, one that the two of them could easily operate.
After making a brief inspection of the cabin, Tsugikuni Yoriichi decided to take this ship to Hachinosu Island instead.
Although he had already resolved to completely erase Hachinosu Island, this gathering place of pirates, from the map of the New World, it was still best to be cautious when dealing with great pirates.
This pirate ship might prove unexpectedly useful.
After returning to the deck, Tsugikuni Yoriichi flicked a wisp of Golden Flames toward the two corpses on the ground. Then he returned to his own small boat and brought the "prisoner" and his belongings aboard the pirate ship.
Bella felt as though Tsugikuni Yoriichi had only been gone for a short while before he saw him return.
Once he was brought onto the deck, Bella's sharp eyes immediately caught sight of Buckingham and Weevil's corpses rapidly melting beneath the burning Golden Flames.
Recognizing the two of them, Bella's body trembled involuntarily, and his fear of Tsugikuni Yoriichi deepened further.
"It's actually Buckingham and Whitebeard Jr., that mother-son pair?!"
"How is that possible?! How could this be possible?!!"
"Great pirates like them were killed by Tsugikuni Yoriichi in such a short time?!"
"What the hell is this...?"
Despair flooded Bella's heart. On the small boat, he had barely