"Ah! Pirates—the pirates are back!"
The panicked people on the island cried out in terror as they fled in every direction.
But when the pirate ship neared the shore, some people actually gathered together, holding wooden clubs or metal tools, seemingly preparing to resist.
Yet judging by their appearance, every one of them was terrified out of their wits.
"My lord, we've arrived. This is the nearest island!"
The pirate captain did not even look at the situation on the island and spoke to Lin Ye respectfully, almost fawningly.
Lin Ye rose and leaped into the air, landing directly on the beach by the island.
"Move, move!"
The moment Lin Ye stepped off the ship, the pirate captain immediately roared.
The islanders also watched Lin Ye, who had jumped down from the ship, with trembling fear in their hearts.
Turning to look at the pirate ship trying to turn around and sail away, Lin Ye raised Enma in his hand.
Slash! Slash! Slash!
Dozens of Flying Slashes shot out.
Boom!
The entire ship instantly came apart, its treasure, shattered people, and severed fragments of the ship plunging into the sea.
Clang.
The islanders who had witnessed everything could no longer hold onto their weapons. They stared at Lin Ye with despair written across their faces.
[Blank Trait: 501]
Not bad. Those people had died quite worthwhile deaths!
Though they had been weak, the pirates aboard the entire ship had actually dropped and been broken down into twenty Blank Traits.
Lin Ye turned and walked toward the terrified islanders.
"The treasure stolen from you fell into the sea. If you want it back, go look for it yourselves!"
As he approached, Lin Ye's gaze swept across the terrified faces before finally settling on an old man.
"My lord, aren't you a pirate?"
Under Lin Ye's gaze, the old man swallowed before speaking.
"I am a pirate."
Lin Ye nodded.
"But unlike those pirates, I'm here to ask for directions."
Ask for directions?
The old man and the others relaxed slightly.
So they would not die?
But having personally watched Lin Ye slice a pirate ship into pieces, they did not dare show the slightest negligence.
"Yes, yes, my lord, please!"
The old man hurriedly nodded and wanted to invite Lin Ye farther onto the island.
Lin Ye swept his Observation Haki across the island littered with corpses, then shook his head.
"Ohara. I want to go to Ohara."
When they saw that Lin Ye had not moved and heard him speak the name Ohara, the others looked blank.
Only the old man looked surprised.
"So my lord is headed to the Island of Scholars. But Ohara is very far from here, and this humble one has never been to Ohara."
As the old man spoke, he carefully watched Lin Ye's expression.
"I may not know, but there is definitely someone on a large island nearby who does."
Lin Ye gestured for him to continue.
The old man then took out a somewhat old pointer.
"My lord, this is a pointer for Rachisia Island. By ship, it will take at most two or three days. There are many merchants there, so someone will surely know how to get to Ohara."
Lin Ye raised a hand and accepted the old pointer. When he turned it slightly, the needle remained pointed in one direction.
"Fine. Prepare a small boat for me."
Lin Ye nodded.
"Um, there's a Marine base on Rachisia Island."
The old man said this cautiously.
Having lived so long, the old man still knew quite a bit about the affairs of this world.
Lin Ye was clearly the master swordsman he had seen in the newspapers before.
A powerhouse of the sea.
Far beyond anything ordinary people could deal with.
He did not dare conceal it. The Marines might not be able to catch Lin Ye, but if they failed and this man came back for revenge, there probably would not be a single living person left on this island.
"A Marine base."
Lin Ye nodded and waved dismissively, unconcerned.
"Yes, we'll send the boat over right away."
Seeing Lin Ye's gesture, the old man nodded repeatedly and immediately went to make arrangements.
Before long, a small boat arrived from the other side of the island.
It was about the same size as the small boat Lin Ye had taken when departing Wano Country.
But compared to the Grand Line, the environment of the Four Blues was simply far too mild.
And for a journey of around three days, there should not be any problems.
"My lord, this is a scabbard. And this is an outfit once commissioned by a nobleman, but the island where that nobleman lived was later overrun by pirates."
The old man held up a scabbard, while a girl beside him held a set of black clothes.
Lin Ye's gaze fell upon the old man. He then nodded, took the scabbard, glanced at it, and slid Enma into it.
It fit perfectly.
Lin Ye looked at the old man in surprise, but did not ask further.
He took the clothes from the girl's hands, leaped onto the boat, and the islanders aboard hurriedly disembarked.
Then the boat directly turned around and sailed away.
"Whew!"
Only when the small boat had sailed so far away it was almost out of sight did the old man's body go limp and collapse backward. The girl beside him hurriedly supported him.
"Grandpa!"
"I'm fine. We've gotten through this ordeal. There are too many powerhouses on this sea. Encountering just one of them could destroy our island."
The old man sighed.
"Right, hurry! Send people to salvage things from the wreck, and those pirates' weapons too. We have to arm ourselves."
The old man suddenly remembered something and quickly said.
The remaining young people all rushed toward the shore and jumped into the sea one after another.
Lin Ye did not care what happened on the island behind him.
Manipulating the flow of Haki, he sent the wooden boat racing toward its destination like an arrow released from a bow.
The outfit in his hands was a set of black swordsman's attire.
It looked quite luxurious, yet it was also well-suited for movement.
The inner layer was soft, while the outer layer was somewhat smooth, decorated with patterns outlined in gold thread.
They were probably something like the noble's family crest.
Lin Ye raised a hand and pulled out the gaudy golden threads from the patterns.
The entire outfit became a well-fitting swordsman's attire.
Since it had been custom-made for a noble, it seemed the old man or someone on that island was a craftsman of some kind. No wonder they could prepare a scabbard of the right size and clothes that fit him.
He gathered his long black hair behind him and casually tied it up with the extracted gold thread, then looked in the direction indicated by the pointer.
The timing should be about right. This trip out of the Calm Belt had also taken three months.
The Ohara Incident should occur within the next two months.
Of course, Lin Ye knew that if he exposed his identity somewhere, he could probably draw powerful Marines to him.
But those Marines would definitely come prepared, not just one or two of them.
He would most likely end up in a bitter battle then.
Lin Ye did not think he could currently confront the Marines' prepared top-tier forces head-on.
But facing a single Logia alone would not be much of a problem.
After all, he was not seeking a satisfying battle, but the Devil Fruit ability.
A sea journey others described as taking three days took Lin Ye only one day as he manipulated the flow of Haki through the small boat, and he saw the massive island ahead.
Sure enough, having a pointer was faster.
It seemed finding a navigator was now urgent.
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