Ninjas Were Too Good at Killing

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Junichi strolled across the deck, flicking his wrist as he sent senbon flying.

Each one found its angle, piercing precisely through the temples, penetrating the brain, and instantly killing the sleeping pirates.

Clean! Efficient!

Ninjas were simply too good at killing.

Ninety-nine percent of their techniques had been created for the purpose of killing.

Before long.

Only two living people remained on the deck.

Junichi had deliberately spared them, intending to interrogate them later.

He drew a kunai, nailed their limbs to the deck, and stuffed towels into their mouths.

"Mmph! Mmph...!!"

The two woke from the agonizing pain and stared at Junichi in terror, unable to move.

"Wait a moment. This will be quick," Junichi reassured them kindly. He covered their eyes with cloth, but they thought they were about to be killed and whimpered even harder.

It was not until Junichi had gone far away that they gradually quieted down.

Junichi headed toward the cabin and skillfully reached into his ninja tool pouch, taking out wire to set traps.

He also placed explosive tags.

If anyone burst through the door, they would be met with kunai fire and exploding tags.

After setting the traps.

Junichi leisurely made his way toward the captain's cabin above.

He cleared his throat and shouted, "Captain, there's something strange in the sea ahead. Come take a look!"

At the same time, he pounded hard on the door.

Bang! Bang! Bang...

The captain's door shook from the blows.

After doing that, Junichi slipped aside and gripped his ninja blade.

Inside the room.

A middle-aged man with dark crimson hair and an unkempt beard instantly flipped out of bed.

Listening to Junichi's words.

A cold gleam flashed through his murky eyes.

An enemy!

He immediately judged that the person outside was not one of his crew.

The voice, tone, habits—none of it matched the style of the Red Hound Pirates.

"Someone actually boarded the ship... Are the night watchmen all useless?" the man fumed inwardly, his face cold as he took out his pistol.

He walked toward the door, deliberately pretending to have fallen for it as he called out loudly,

"What's going on?"

As he walked, he raised his gun.

Without waiting for a response from outside, he yanked open the door and aimed at the boy outside, pulling the trigger with a savage grin.

Bang!

The bullet left the chamber and struck the boy between the brows.

The boy wore a stunned expression, as if he had never expected his ruse to be seen through, much less that the man would fire so decisively.

"Hmph!"

Hound snorted and was about to smile smugly.

Then suddenly.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a figure pounce from the side.

Stab!

A burst of searing pain erupted from his chest.

"Impossible!"

The captain of the Red Hound Pirates looked down in shock.

An identical boy had thrust his blade in at an angle, accurately piercing his heart through a gap between his ribs.

Ahead of him.

The boy who had been shot slowly dissipated, as though he had been an illusion.

Clone Technique!

One of the basic three body techniques every ninja in the Naruto World had to learn!

"A... Devil Fruit user?" But the captain did not know.

He stared at Junichi in astonishment. Even as he died, his eyes remained filled with confusion.

He could not understand.

How had his insignificant pirate crew provoked a Devil Fruit user?

"Rest in peace."

Junichi pulled out his ninja blade, lowered the corpse to the ground, and kindly closed the man's eyelids.

Then he glanced around the captain's cabin.

After casually taking a few things and picking up the captain's gun, Junichi headed for the cabin entrance.

Inside the cabin.

Boom!!

Many pirates were awakened by the sudden gunshot.

"Gunfire!"

"An enemy?"

"Get up!"

"Prepare for battle!"

All the sleeping pirates were roused by their comrades.

The moment they heard there was an enemy.

They sobered up at once, grabbed their weapons, and their expressions turned fierce.

At the same time.

In the prison cell deeper inside, Hancock's two younger sisters were also awakened by the commotion and looked uneasily outside the cell.

Hancock quickly wiped away her tears and hugged her sisters.

As the three girls listened to the pirates talking, joy gradually appeared on their faces.

"Someone's attacking this ship!"

"Is it everyone from Kuja?"

The two sisters looked at Hancock in delighted surprise.

"No, we can't be sure yet." Hancock was calm and composed instead. "But no matter what, this is a good thing."

"Only chaos will give us a chance to escape."

Hearing their sister say that.

Sandersonia and Marigold calmed down as well and listened closely to the sounds outside the cell.

"Charge out!"

At the first mate's command, several of the lowest-ranking pirates gritted their teeth and rushed toward the cabin door.

The instant they pushed it open.

Snap!

The wire Junichi had set up snapped, launching more than a dozen ninja tools.

There were shuriken, kunai, and senbon.

They had been launched at angles specifically aimed at their faces.

"Argh!!"

The three immediately clutched their faces and fell to the ground screaming.

The pirates behind them dragged them back and found that one had his throat slit, while the other two had been blinded.

They had lost three men outright.

The first mate frowned and said in a low voice, "Keep going!"

He did not believe the mechanisms outside could go on forever.

Another three pirates ran toward the outside. This time, they had learned their lesson and found barrel lids to use as shields in front of them.

"Too bad I used explosive tags for the second trap."

Outside the cabin door, Junichi shook his head with a light laugh.

Snap!

The next moment, the second wire snapped, triggering the trap.

The explosive tags that had been placed earlier detonated instantly, unleashing a powerful shockwave and flames.

Boom!!

The second group of three pirates were torn apart by the shockwave like rag dolls.

They died before they could even scream.

The first mate's face immediately darkened.

He had not expected the second wave of traps to be even deadlier, blowing people to death on the spot.

"First mate, what do we do now?" a pirate asked uneasily.

The first mate looked back.

All the pirates looked away, not daring to meet his gaze.

In this situation, going out was no different from courting death.

No one wanted to sweep for mines with their own body.

The first mate sighed inwardly, knowing he could not force them.

Pirates had no loyalty to speak of. If he forced them to go, he would only drive them to turn against him and shove their first mate out first.

"Wait for now. Let's observe the situation," the first mate could only say.

At that.

The surrounding pirates all breathed sighs of relief, and the faint malice in their eyes disappeared.

The cabin suddenly fell silent.

There were no sounds.

No one came out again.

"Oh?"

Junichi had originally raised his gun, intending to shoot whoever came out. He had only set up two traps.

But the people inside seemed frightened.

"If you're not coming out, then don't come out." Junichi smiled and lowered his gun, reaching into his ninja tool pouch.

He rummaged around and found three pellets.

Poison gas bombs, poison gas bombs, poison gas bombs...

Whoosh!

He hurled the three poison gas bombs forcefully into the cabin.

As soon as they went in.

They struck something amid the violent collision, and the pellets burst open one after another.

Hissss—

Poison gas poured out from within.