Ship-Relying King Jack

Pica was the first to let out a shrill roar, sounding like a woman in an argument.

"Damn it! You still dare sit here drinking 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 strode out step by step. It was their master, Heavenly Yaksha Donquixote Doflamingo!

"Young master..." The three top executives were all dumbfounded.

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

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

The three top executives 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. Seeing the Marines passed out aboard the warship, they were once again shocked.

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

"No need. In return for their fine hospitality, let them keep their lives!" Ye Yu waved a hand.

A vice admiral and a few Marine lackeys were practically negligible in Ye Yu's eyes!

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

As for what they would tell the Marines, clever Donquixote Doflamingo naturally understood. He could simply say that Ye Yu had seized a Marine warship, looted supplies in Dressrosa, and fled. The Marines would not grow suspicious.

Just like that, Ye Yu boarded a Marine Headquarters warship and left Dressrosa with the various weapons, specialized medicine, food, wine, and several Artificial Devil Fruits gifted by Donquixote Doflamingo.

After Ye Yu left, everyone was confused and questioned Donquixote Doflamingo. "Young master, why 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. "Fuffuffuffu! Family, the new era is about to arrive. Make sure you choose the right side!"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And he had gained 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!

Splash, splash. Ye Yu's entire warship sped across the sea. Two hours had passed since leaving Dressrosa, and sunlight shone over the deck, bringing a warm, cozy feeling.

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

Buzzz...

The roar of a massive ship rose.

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

From the rumbling noise and the huge mammoth-bone pirate flag on the ship, he could immediately recognize it as Jack the Drought's pirate ship.

"Seriously, that idiot Jack the Drought is way too loud. Speed up and get away from him."

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

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

With one 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 telescope!"

After speaking, he snatched the telescope from Sheepshead's hands and looked toward Ye Yu.

"Strange. Is there only one person in casual clothes on the entire Marine ship..."

"Wait... that's?!" Jack the Drought's expression instantly turned furious.

Jack the Drought had discovered three boxes on Ye Yu's warship deck. They were the special boxes Donquixote Doflamingo used to hold Devil Fruits, marked with a clown insignia!

Artificial Devil Fruits were limited in number. Every one used meant one less, which meant the Beast Pirates' army of Gifters would shrink!

How could they be left with an outsider?

Ginrummy beside him also raised a telescope and looked in Ye Yu's direction, her red lips moving slightly. "Did that Marine kid steal Donquixote Doflamingo's Artificial Devil Fruits? What do we do, boss?"

Upon hearing that, Jack the Drought cursed Ginrummy for being an idiot.

"What else can we do? Pull alongside them! I'll deal with him personally! Let everyone on that warship become another soul beneath my blade!" Jack the Drought's face was filled with fury, veins bulging on his forehead as he tightly gripped his shotel.

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

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

Buzzz...

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

Ye Yu narrowed his eyes.

Ship-Relying King Jack... It looked like he had his sights on him. What a bother. It seemed he would have to get moving and make this world one reckless brute poorer!

In the blink of an eye, the Mammoth had arrived beside Ye Yu, within cannon range.

"Close in! Open fire!" Jack the Drought roared in fury and gave the order.

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

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

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

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

The thunderous blasts echoed for miles, startling the wild beasts on nearby islands and sending them fleeing in all directions.

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

"Can't this Jack 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 also 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 misfire!"

After being foiled, Jack grew even more enraged. Who was he? He was Jack the Drought of the Beast Pirates, one of the Four Emperors' crews!

Yet he had been played by a mere Marine?

He ordered the artillerymen to continue firing.

But not a single cannon on Jack the Drought's ship fired!

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

The surrounding pirate lackeys shuddered. Lord Jack the Drought had an extremely violent temper. The slightest displeasure could lead to them being punished and tortured to death by him.

Terrified out of their wits, they hurriedly explained.

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

"What?!" Jack the Drought furrowed his brow and roared in fury.

All the steel cannons had been flattened? It sounded utterly unbelievable.