Jack, King of Pulling Alongside

Pica was the first to let out a shrill roar, sounding like a woman in the middle of a quarrel.

"You bastard! You still dare sit here and drink our young master's treasured red wine? Our young master will definitely kill you!"

"Idiot! Don't act rashly! Haven't you embarrassed yourselves enough?" an angry voice rang out.

A figure appeared at the palace's main entrance.

Wearing a pink feathered coat and pointed shoes, he stepped out slowly. It was their master, the Heavenly Yaksha, Donquixote Doflamingo!

"Young Master..." The three highest-ranking officers were collectively dumbfounded.

Their young master had actually called them idiots because of an outsider? And this outsider had violated a taboo of the Donquixote Family by daring to attack the officers!

"Ye Yu is now our business partner. Don't be disrespectful toward Ye Yu again!" Donquixote Doflamingo said, giving Ye Yu plenty of face.

The three highest-ranking officers wanted to say something, but their master had already made his stance clear. Unable to defy him, they all shut their mouths.

Everyone saw Ye Yu off to the shore. When they saw all the Marines aboard the warship unconscious, they were shocked once more.

"Should we kill them?" Donquixote Doflamingo struck a killing pose.

"No need. In return for their hospitality, let them keep their lives," Ye Yu said with a wave of his hand.

A vice admiral and a few Marine grunts were practically negligible in terms of combat power to Ye Yu!

Even if he did not kill them and let them return to Marine Headquarters, he could settle them with a single burst of Conqueror's Haki during the war!

As for how to explain it to the Marines, the clever Donquixote Doflamingo naturally understood. He could simply say that Ye Yu had seized a Marine warship, then looted supplies in Dressrosa before escaping. The Marines would not become suspicious.

And so, Ye Yu boarded a Marine Headquarters warship and left Dressrosa, hauling away all kinds of weapons, specialized medicine, food, fine wine, and several Artificial Devil Fruits gifted by Donquixote Doflamingo.

After Ye Yu left, everyone was confused and asked Donquixote Doflamingo, "Young Master, why did you let him go? You even gave him so many gifts! You even gave Ye Yu the specialized medicine and those Artificial Devil Fruits!"

Donquixote Doflamingo narrowed his eyes and gazed into the depths of the sea. "Fufufufu! Family, a new era is about to arrive. Make sure you choose the right side!"

"A new era..." The officers all fell into thought.

"That's right. That guy represents the new era!" Donquixote Doflamingo said, anticipation gleaming in his eyes.

With the great war approaching, Ye Yu remembered that in the anime, at this time, Kizaru would be dispatched to the Sabaody Archipelago because of the Celestial Dragon incident to wipe out the Supernovas.

He could use this opportunity to take down an admiral from Marine Headquarters!

Ding! Congratulations to the host for intimidating the Heavenly Yaksha, Donquixote Doflamingo. Reward: 200 points of Conqueror's Haki!

Congratulations to the host for reaching an agreement with a Seven Warlord. Reward: Magma-Magma Fruit ability! (Ignores the sea's side effects)

His Conqueror's Haki had now reached over 5,600 points...

He had also obtained a Magma-Magma Fruit.

The trip to Dressrosa had gone very smoothly. His next destination: the Sabaody Archipelago!

After activating the Search-Search Fruit, it was like turning on navigation. Combined with the acceleration effect of Ye Yu's Conqueror's Haki, he would reach the Sabaody Archipelago before long!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. Ye Yu's entire warship sped across the sea. Two hours had passed since they left Dressrosa, and sunlight shone across the deck, bringing a warm feeling.

Ye Yu stretched and lay on the deck, basking in the sun and sleeping. It was even more comfortable than the Marine dormitories.

Hummm...

The roar of a massive ship sounded.

Ye Yu frowned and activated his search ability. Directly ahead, a pirate warship was sailing in a straight line in the opposite direction.

The roaring engine and the enormous mammoth-bone pirate flag on the ship made it instantly recognizable. This was Jack the Drought's pirate ship.

"Seriously, that idiot Jack the Drought is far too noisy. Speed up and get out of here."

With that, Ye Yu's warship veered slightly and accelerated.

Jack the Drought, aboard the Mammoth, also noticed Ye Yu's warship.

With a ponytail and two braids, ivory ornaments on his head and shoulders, Jack the Drought slowly opened his metal jaw. "A Marine warship? Bring me the binoculars!"

As he spoke, he snatched the binoculars from his subordinate Sheepshead and looked toward Ye Yu.

"Strange. There's only one person in casual clothes on the entire Marine ship..."

"Wait... that is?!" Jack the Drought's expression turned incomparably enraged.

Jack the Drought had discovered that there were three boxes on Ye Yu's warship deck. They were precisely the special boxes Donquixote Doflamingo used to store Devil Fruits, with a clown emblem printed on them!

The number of Artificial Devil Fruits was limited. Every one used meant one fewer, which meant the Beast Pirates' army of Gifters would be reduced!

How could they be left with an outsider?

Ginrummy, beside him, also took out binoculars and looked toward Ye Yu. Her red lips moved slightly. "Did that Marine brat steal Donquixote Doflamingo's Artificial Devil Fruits? What should we do, Boss?"

After hearing her, Jack the Drought cursed Ginrummy for being an idiot.

"What else can we do? Pull alongside! I'll deal with him personally! Everyone aboard that warship will die beneath my blade!" Jack the Drought's face was full of fury, veins bulging on his forehead as he tightly gripped his Schotter blade.

"Who the hell does he think I am? He actually dared steal what rightfully belongs to our Beast Pirates!"

Under Jack's orders, Jack's pirate ship accelerated toward Ye Yu's warship.

Hummm...

The piercing noise rang out again. The Mammoth kept closing in on Ye Yu.

Ye Yu narrowed his eyes.

Jack, king of pulling alongside... Looks like he had his eyes on him. What a nuisance. It seemed he would have to get moving again and rid this world of one more reckless brute!

In the blink of an eye, the Mammoth had pulled up beside Ye Yu and entered cannon range.

"Get closer! Open fire!" Jack the Drought roared furiously as he gave the order.

"Yes, Lord Jack!" The Beast Pirates turned their cannons one after another, aiming them directly at Ye Yu's warship.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Under Jack the Drought's command, shell after shell was fired from the Mammoth.

The sky instantly filled with a dense barrage of cannonballs, enough to make anyone's scalp tingle.

The thunderous blasts echoed for several kilometers. The sea beasts on nearby islands were startled and fled in every direction.

Ye Yu finally rose slowly from the deck. Squinting at the cannonballs in the sky, his face was full of disdain.

"This Jack... can't he ever settle down? He's far too noisy!"

With that, Ye Yu unleashed the Conqueror's Haki within his warship. Every cannonball in the sky turned into a dud and fell into the sea.

Sheepshead was completely dumbfounded. Every shell they had just fired had misfired? How was that possible?

Ginrummy was equally stunned, having no idea what had happened.

"Bastard! Is that Marine some kind of Devil Fruit user? Keep firing! I refuse to believe every shell will be a dud!"

Having suffered a setback, Jack became even more enraged. Who was he? He was Jack the Drought of the Beast Pirates, one of the Four Emperors' crews!

And he had been played by some mere Marine?

He ordered the artillerymen to keep firing.

Yet not a single cannon aboard Jack the Drought's ship fired.

"Bastards! Do you want to die? You dare disobey my orders?!" Jack the Drought's eyes instantly turned cold.

The surrounding pirate grunts shuddered. Lord Jack the Drought had an extremely violent temper. The slightest displeasure could get someone punished and tortured to death by him.

Terrified, they hurriedly explained.

"R-Report, Lord Jack, the cannons... all the cannons have been flattened by some mysterious force!"

"What?!" Jack the Drought frowned deeply and roared in fury.

Cannons made of steel had all been flattened? It sounded utterly unbelievable.