Episode 334. They had just passed by the tavern when they heard someone saying that a red-eyed monster was coming.
Was a red-eyed monster scarier than the Mountain Bandit King?
Ace raised his brows, his little face full of confusion.
Sabo lowered his voice mysteriously. "I heard he can turn people to stone, and he can shoot terrifying auroras from his eyes. He's ten thousand times scarier than the Mountain Bandit King!"
"No way, is that true?"
"What kind of monster would that be?"
"Sabo, you're just making things up!"
Luffy had been startled awake by Sabo's description, while Ace spoke with a disdainful look on his face.
The next second, Luffy suddenly pointed at the sea and screamed, "A ship! A big ship!"
The three brothers turned to look. A warship flying the Marine flag was slowly approaching the shore. A man wearing a cloak of justice stood on deck. The sunlight was split in two by the sails, conveniently obscuring half his face.
The crimson pupils in the shadows suddenly opened. They were the three-tomoe patterns unique to the Blood Sharingan, gleaming with an eerie light beneath the sun. The three boys saw it all clearly.
"Ah! It's the red-eyed monster!"
Sabo turned and ran, only to trip over a tree root and fall to the ground. Ace instinctively shielded Luffy, but discovered that his legs felt as heavy as lead.
If Mu Chen knew Ace and the others had called him a monster, he would probably explode on the spot!
Mu Chen, who knew the trio well, had noticed the three little ones on the beach. He was merely bored. Four months was still too long a wait, so he had come over to take a look at them.
Not long after, Mu Chen's warship slowly stopped.