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"A little-known pirate captain already had second-order cultivation. It seemed the standards of these Foreign Spirit Ruins were not low—"

The thought flashed through his mind. Zhu Yu followed the shell's habits, raised his foot to shut the tottering wooden door, and dropped onto a bench.

Ignoring the looks from the other captains of the "Hungry Wolf" Pirate Crew, he picked up a barrel of fruit wine from the table, slapped a hole into it, raised it, and poured it straight into his mouth with loud gulps.

The wine was bland, somewhat sweet, but even more sour and astringent.

After he drained more than half the barrel in one go,

a pot-bellied pirate captain with a huge nose, rough features, and two missing front teeth came over. Throwing an arm around his shoulders, he laughed heartily. "Jin, the food collection went smoothly, right? Did you run into those damned World Government Marines?—"

The moment those words fell,

the sounds inside the ruined house abruptly stalled.

"Hungry Wolf" Joel and the other five oddly shaped captains all looked over.

Zhu Yu set down the barrel, shrugged, and said flatly, "Missing Tooth, if I had run into the Marines, do you think I'd still be back?—"

As his words fell,

"Cackle cackle cackle cackle cackle—"

A burst of sinister laughter like a night owl rang out. "Hungry Wolf" Joel drained the pale yellow fruit wine in his barrel, casually tossed it aside, and bared a mouthful of savage fangs.

"Marines?"

"Once I master Haki, the first thing I'll do after setting sail is slaughter a Marine rear admiral to consecrate the flag!—"

"Boss Hungry Wolf is mighty!"

"The Hungry Wolf Pirate Crew is mighty!—"

"Slaughter the rear admiral!"

"Do it!—"

The six captains, Zhu Yu included, spewed flattering words as if they