This Is a Human Idea?

Lin Yan finally spoke his mind.

No more beating around the bush with you.

I refuse.

Didn't you guys not want me joining the Whitebeard Pirates?

Weren't you racking your brains trying to kick me off the ship?

Fine.

Then I'll do as you wish!

You don't need to do anything.

I'll get off the ship myself!

After hearing the three words, "I refuse."

Whitebeard narrowed his eyes.

Had he... been rejected?

Marco, Jozu, Izo, and the others exchanged glances as well.

Izo in particular.

He could not help but grow worried.

If they really drove Lin away.

He would feel somewhat guilty about it.

And the crew members who had been hurling insults just moments ago.

Had calmed down as well.

A brief silence fell over the entire Moby Dick.

Not a sound could be heard.

There was no need to mention the current overall strength of the Whitebeard Pirates. As they continued to develop and grow stronger.

Gradually.

They had become a towering tree.

Standing at the very pinnacle of the New World.

In the hearts of the crew.

The Whitebeard Pirates held an incomparably exalted status.

Though Lin Yan's three words, "I refuse," were brief and forceful.

They struck like a devastating blow.

Each word cutting into the crew members' hearts.

What???

You fucking rejected him just like that?

Where was that arrogant look you had just now?

Where was that look of glaring down at everyone through your nostrils?

Weren't you some chosen one?

Weren't you going to blast everyone with your big talk?

Weren't you acting like no one else mattered?

If someone else had invited him.

It would have been one thing for Lin Yan to refuse.

But one had to know.

The one who had extended the invitation just now.

Was their old man!

Who was their old man?

The foremost of the Four Emperors, the leader of his era, a tyrant of the old age, one of the legendary Three Great Pirates.

You punk.

What gave you the nerve.

To reject an invitation from our old man?

From the beginning until now.

It had always been others begging to enter the Whitebeard Pirates.

Having a great tree for shade was not just an empty saying.

They had truly rarely seen.

Anyone reject an invitation from their old man!

Who would not want to attach themselves to the Whitebeard Pirates?

Who would not feel proud after joining the Whitebeard Pirates?

And the crew's conceit and pride.

Had gradually been nurtured precisely because they had the towering tree of the Whitebeard Pirates backing them!

Lin Yan was just a newcomer.

Yet he rejected them in public.

If word of this got out.

Where would they put their faces?

"Lin, who the hell gave you permission to refuse?"

"Exactly! Aren't you being too casual? You come when you want and leave when you want? What do you take our Moby Dick for?"

"Heh, you want to leave? Today, we really won't let you have your way!"

"Until this matter is cleared up, no one is leaving the Whitebeard Pirates!"

"You've caused big trouble!"

"Today, you have to stay!"

Before, they had merely been shouting.

But now.

One after another grabbed hold of Lin Yan, refusing to let him get off the ship even if it killed them.

In the eyes of the Whitebeard Pirates' crew.

They were the only ones who got to kick others away.

Since when.

Did anyone have the right to kick them away?

Now.

Lin Yan had said he was not interested in the Whitebeard Pirates.

This was simply an insult to them.

No matter what, they could not let Lin Yan have his way!

At this moment.

Lin Yan looked at the Whitebeard Pirates' crew before him with the same disgusted expression as an old man staring at a phone on the subway!

Damn it.

Calling you idiots sick in the head earlier.

Was simply insulting the word "sick."

How were you sick?!

Before a certain country left the EU, there had been an iconic line that seemed like a leak of its national profanity.

"These people are all fucking idiots. They're all fucking idiots!"

Wasn't this group of Whitebeard Pirates crew members in front of him.

Exactly a bunch of fucking idiots?

Joining was wrong.

Not joining was wrong too.

Lin Yan had lived most of his life.

And he had never seen people this mentally twisted!

He felt like he could pay out of his own pocket to get these shameless bastards a proper session with a psychiatrist.

Just how arrogant did one have to be.

To reach their level?

"What if I insist on doing this the hard way today?"

Lin Yan frowned, growing a little displeased.

So you're determined to make me the bad guy no matter what, huh!

"Then don't even think about leaving!"

When the crew heard that Lin Yan wanted to do things the hard way.

They immediately laughed.

When it came to force.

Who had the Whitebeard Pirates ever feared?

Those who could stand here.

Who among them was weak?

"Then I'd like to see what methods you have to keep me here!"

Lin Yan had originally intended to leave.

But just then.

He suddenly remembered his mission to "defeat three enemies with bounties of 300 million."

Everyone in the Whitebeard Pirates was highly skilled.

There were plenty of "stupid and rich" guys among them.

Obviously.

They were the best experience fodder.

Thinking of this.

Lin Yan smiled knowingly to himself, though his face remained calm.

"Since you've said that, then let's fight. We'll show you why the Whitebeard Pirates can become the world's strongest pirate crew!"

One crew member said with a cold laugh.

Of all things to compare themselves to the Whitebeard Pirates in.

He had chosen strength.

He was truly courting death!

Because Whitebeard had deliberately concealed it.

News of Lin Yan defeating Izo had not yet spread through the Whitebeard Pirates.

Everyone still thought he was just an ordinary newcomer.

An ordinary newcomer.

Wouldn't teaching him a lesson be effortless?

Today.

No matter what, they would properly "show off their might" in front of this newcomer!

They would let him know why the Whitebeard Pirates were called the world's strongest pirate crew!

"But a fight isn't going to be free. I have a condition too!"

Lin Yan raised one finger and said with a grin.

"What condition?"

The many crew members paused, displeasure appearing on their faces.

"Simple!"

"I don't want to serve as your punching bag for free. Money's been a little tight lately, so if you want to spar with me... um, you'll have to pay up!!"

"How about this? Since we're all acquaintances, I'll give you the friendship price: 200,000 Beli per ticket!"

Lin Yan rubbed his hands together and said with a smile that looked utterly sincere.

However.

Those words of his.

Immediately caused an uproar aboard the Whitebeard Pirates' ship!

"Two... two hundred thousand???"

The instant they heard that number, let alone the ordinary crew members.

Even division commanders like Izo and Marco could not help widening their eyes.

Holy shit?

Fuck!!!

What the fuck?

Goddamn it!!!

Did I hear that right?!

My ears aren't broken, are they?!

Where was this?

This was the Whitebeard Pirates' Moby Dick!

In the eyes of everyone in the Whitebeard Pirates,

the Moby Dick was the home they protected, the sacred place in everyone's heart, and the companion that had accompanied the Whitebeard Pirates through years of battle.

It was as holy and flawless as Mary Geoise was in the hearts of the Marines.

It stood as lofty as the goddess Athena.

To be admired, but never defiled.

And what happened?

Good grief.

This fucking bastard!

This shameless son of a bitch.

Fighting aboard their Moby Dick was one thing, but he even wanted to charge a public fee for it.

Charging a fee was one thing.

Two hundred thousand Beli???

Was that even something a human could come up with?

The key was,

their old man, Whitebeard—the strongest man in the world—was personally seated right here!

Since ancient times,

to be able to say something like that right in front of Whitebeard...

What kind of nerve did that take?

Lin.

You're a goddamn genius!

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