Madman Lin Ye! Bounty: 87 Million

From the current situation, it was very likely.

That was Lin Ye's judgment. He had even considered finding a Devil Fruit in the future, having someone eat it, then killing them to collect an Entry containing the Devil Fruit ability.

But there was no need to rush that now.

"Hey hee hee hee! Boys, more fools who don't value their lives have come knocking."

Having just sailed out from beneath thunderclouds amid raging wind and rain, they suddenly found themselves beneath blazing sunshine.

Then Moria's wild laughter rang out.

In an instant, the Thriller Bark Pirates entered combat readiness.

Lin Ye walked to the rail and looked into the distance.

Sure enough, more than ten pirate ships were charging toward them.

Lin Ye raised a hand to grip the hilt of the sword at his waist and turned to look at Moria, standing at the bow.

The pirates beside Lin Ye saw his movement, and a trace of awe flashed through their eyes.

Whenever Captain Lin Ye made a move, not a single enemy survived.

It had always been that way, from his first battle after joining the crew until now.

His methods were ruthless, and so was he.

But that was precisely why he had become captain of the combat division after just one year with the crew.

"Hey hee hee hee! Don't be in such a hurry, Lin Ye. Leave the captain to me this time."

Seemingly noticing Lin Ye's gaze, Gecko Moria rested the long blade in his hand on his shoulder and said with a strange cackle.

A year ago, he had casually mentioned it in Loguetown, never expecting to recruit such a little Monster.

This brat's strength had grown quickly.

Moria glanced at Lin Ye from the corner of his eye as he thought to himself.

But it did not matter yet. Lin Ye was still far from reaching that point.

Otherwise, he really would have had something to worry about.

Lin Ye did not know what Moria was thinking, and even if he did, he would not have cared.

After joining Moria's pirate crew, he had always used only swordsmanship and Armament Haki. He had never used any of his other abilities.

Lin Ye knew his own weakness: he lacked combat experience.

In the first half of the Grand Line, Armament Haki was already enough.

And after entering the latter half, both his combat experience and swordsmanship had improved tremendously.

Still, he habitually kept his strongest abilities hidden.

Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki were enough to handle almost anyone short of pirates worth hundreds of millions.

To him, encountering pirates meant harvesting Blank Entries.

Whether they were killed by others or by his own hand, Entries would drop all the same.

Even if pirates on Moria's side died, they would still drop them.

At that moment, the dozen or so pirate ships charging at them began turning around. After making a wide detour, they attempted to flee.

"Boys, move in."

Seeing this, Moria gave a sinister chuckle, swung his long blade, and pointed it at the pirate fleet trying to escape.

The enormous Thriller Bark, like an island, turned around.

It pursued the fleeing pirate fleet.

"Damn it, it's Gecko Moria!"

A burly man with a face full of beard and a mouth full of sharp teeth cursed aboard one of the pirate ships that had turned to flee.

Gecko Moria was a great pirate whose reputation had grown louder and louder over the past year.

Yet every pirate crew that encountered Moria had been wiped out.

Every last one of them had died.

Not long ago, the Marines had issued Gecko Moria's bounty poster.

The bounty was a full 300 million.

Bounties had not yet skyrocketed in this era.

In the New World, great pirates with bounties exceeding 100 million were already feared by everyone.

A bounty of 300 million placed one among the first rank beneath the New World's overlords.

Not to mention his exceptionally ruthless methods.

No one survived an encounter with him, making Gecko Moria's reputation all the more terrifying.

Of course, the true culprit was Lin Ye.

Even Moria found Lin Ye's killing intent horrifying, yet he could not bring himself to stop him.

That was how the terrifying legend of the Thriller Bark Pirates had been created.

Compared to before, Gecko Moria and his pirate crew were far more famous, though most of that fame was infamy.

"Move! We'll be safe once we enter Wano Country's waters!"

Watching the enormous Thriller Bark chase after them, the captains of the dozen or so ships roared one after another.

These ships were transporting supplies to Kaido, the overlord entrenched in Wano Country.

No matter how bold Gecko Moria was, would he really dare to go against Kaido?

"A bunch of cowardly trash."

Moria snorted as he watched the ships flee in blind panic.

The Thriller Bark continued accelerating, its enormous island-like hull directly crushing the slower ships beneath it.

The pirate ships it crushed sank straight into the sea, leaving only shattered planks floating on the surface.

Lin Ye frowned slightly.

He would not gain anything if they kept doing this.

He had already thoroughly figured out the system.

Only those who died within a certain range of him had a chance of dropping Entries.

Only bubbles he could see could be actively collected by him.

The two pirate ships that had just been crushed had not contributed a single Entry to him.

That was at least one or two hundred people. They should have contributed dozens of Entries no matter what.

Thinking of this, Lin Ye looked at Gecko Moria.

This was not the first time Lin Ye had reacted this way.

Before Gecko Moria could say anything, Lin Ye drew the long blade hanging from his waist.

The blade was dark and dull, faintly glinting with black light.

His legs bent slightly, then he suddenly exerted force, launching himself dozens of meters into the air.

With a violent kick, the air let out an explosive boom as Lin Ye shot toward the pirate ships ahead.

Then cheers erupted across the Thriller Bark.

He was coming! He was coming!

The Thriller Bark's number one battle maniac, the ruthless Madman Lin Ye.

Watching Lin Ye charge out, Moria's eyelid twitched wildly, but he did not stop him.

Moria believed he had already figured out Lin Ye's personality.

What Lin Ye had shown Moria was a bloodthirsty battle maniac who got carried away whenever he encountered a fight and showed no mercy.

Lin Ye's bounty poster and epithet from the Marines were proof enough.

Madman Lin Ye, bounty: 87 million.

In this era, a bounty of that amount would be comparable to several hundred million twenty years later.

In the Marines' eyes, Lin Ye was already a figure on the level of a Supernova.

Since Lin Ye had made his move, Moria did not remain idle either.

His huge body leaped up, and his black shadow spread like two enormous wings, carrying Moria toward another pirate ship.

Lin Ye, about to land on the pirate ship, turned and saw Moria's movement. He immediately frowned.

Stealing my prey again. Still, judging by the distance, it should be enough.

For now, five or six hundred meters seemed to be the limit. Beyond that distance, the dead did not drop Entries.

Looks like I need to speed things up.

With that thought, Lin Ye's body became like a meteor as he crashed directly onto the pirate ship beneath him.

The deck exploded, and several pirates nearby were hurled away by the blast. Before they could hit the ground, a dark blade flash swept past, and they died on the spot.

After collecting the two bubbles that dropped, Lin Ye swept his gaze around.

"Madman Lin Ye, bounty 87 million? My bounty is 93 million!"

The pirate ship's captain recognized Lin Ye the moment he saw him, then spoke in fury.

He feared Moria, but Lin Ye was merely one of Moria's officers?