Call Your Boss Over Here

"Where did all these titles come from?"

Beiyuan Heng picked his ear, his face full of disdain. He could not even be bothered to raise his eyelids.

"After all that talk, aren't you just Kaido's dog?"

"You!"

The pirate lackey's expression changed drastically. Veins bulged on his forehead in rage, and he wished he could rush forward and teach this ignorant young Marine a lesson immediately.

"Enough nonsense. Hurry up and bring him to see me..."

Beiyuan Heng waved his hand impatiently, his tone full of urging.

"What?!"

The pirate was completely dumbfounded. He stared at him in shock, his mind unable to process it.

What was wrong with this kid? We had him surrounded with nowhere to go, so why did it look like he had the upper hand and was summoning our boss to be questioned?!

The surrounding crowd immediately began whispering among themselves.

As expected of the world of the Pirate King—despite this kind of bloodshed-ready conflict, so many people still dared to gather around and watch the show.

"Do I need to say it again? Tell your boss to come see me."

Beiyuan Heng raised his eyes slightly. His tone was calm, yet it carried an unquestionable pressure.

His nonchalant yet relentlessly pressing demeanor instead left this group of vicious pirates at a loss, making them feel inexplicably uneasy.

"Damn it, just you wait!"

The lead pirate gritted his teeth. In the end, he did not dare act rashly. After throwing out a harsh line, he turned and ran frantically toward Roger's Bar.

It was not that they did not want to fight. They simply lacked the confidence.

They knew exactly what they were capable of. Right now, they could only barely act arrogant by relying on Lord Ryan Hunter's name.

They had seen it with their own eyes. Just a few days ago, this seemingly young Marine had acted, and in an instant, slaughtered a whole group of troublemaking pirates cleanly and decisively.

Surrounded layer upon layer by pirates, Beiyuan Heng remained perfectly calm, his expression as still as water. He even had the leisure to glance at the onlookers around him, his gaze indifferent.

The pirates surrounding him, on the other hand, were all restless and uneasy. They could not stop second-guessing themselves, quietly shuffling backward while keeping themselves ready to flee at any moment.

Before long, a tall and burly figure appeared in Beiyuan Heng's field of vision, each heavy step thudding against the ground.

He was extraordinarily tall, with broad shoulders and a thick back. His face was vicious and fierce, and he carried a gigantic spiked club in one hand. Simply standing there, he exuded a savage, tyrannical aura.

Several masked figures wrapped head to toe in black robes followed closely behind him. Killing intent boiled around them, and their eyes were sinister. One look told anyone that they were assassins with blood on their hands.

Their arrival instantly froze the already tense atmosphere. The surrounding chatter stopped abruptly, and many onlookers instinctively held their breath, afraid of being caught in the crossfire.

The leader was none other than "Undying" Ryan Hunter.

An outer-ranking officer of the Beasts Pirates in the Sabaody Archipelago, and the user of the Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Honey Badger.

"Boss, it's him. He's Beiyuan Heng."

The lackey who had gone to report earlier hurried forward, bowing respectfully as he spoke.

Ryan Hunter slowly raised his head, his vicious gaze locking firmly onto Beiyuan Heng. His voice was low and hoarse, carrying suppressed fury.

"You're quite full of yourself, kid."

He sneered, the anger in his tone nearly overflowing.

In these waters, other than Lord Kaido, no one had ever dared make him come personally.

And to be treated with such contempt—Beiyuan Heng was the first!

He now wanted nothing more than to bring his spiked club down and smash this death-seeking young Marine into pulp.

The surroundings fell completely silent.

Everyone's eyes focused on the two of them. On one side was a notorious pirate officer; on the other, a lone young Marine. They all wanted to see how this kid, who had spoken so arrogantly, would clean up this mess.

Ryan Hunter forcibly suppressed the rage surging to his head and spoke through gritted teeth.

"Why did you have to come cause trouble in Sabaody at a time like this?"

He was belligerent by nature, but he was not completely brainless.

If Beiyuan Heng were willing to back down and admit his mistake now, Ryan Hunter might spare his life, merely crippling his limbs to give the Marines some face.

Beiyuan Heng gave a mocking snort, a trace of ridicule curling across his lips.

"I was merely upholding justice."

"But what is there to say to pirates like you, who burn, kill, loot, and plunder?"

As though Beiyuan Heng's calm demeanor had thoroughly enraged him to the point of laughter, Ryan Hunter suddenly threw back his head and laughed loudly, violence filling his laughter.

He instantly regretted opening his mouth to ask. There was no need to waste words on a brat who did not know his place—he should have smashed him to death with one blow from the start!

"All right, now that everyone's here..."

Beiyuan Heng slowly swept his gaze around, looking over Ryan Hunter and the remaining subordinates behind him before calmly saying,

"Come at me together. Don't waste my time."

"Arrogant brat!"

"What did you say?! How dare you look down on us like this!"

"Let me go! I'll tear him apart!"

The moment Beiyuan Heng spoke, it was like a massive boulder crashing into still water, instantly stirring up towering fury.

The surrounding pirates went completely mad. One after another, they shouted with twisted faces that they would kill him, their furious curses deafening.

They were all pirates with bounties on their heads, men who had fought and killed on the seas. When had they ever been so looked down upon by a young Marine?

This was no longer simple provocation. It was naked humiliation!

The few masked assassins remaining beside Ryan Hunter could no longer hold back. Their bodies flashed, turning into several black afterimages as they lunged directly at Beiyuan Heng!

They moved so fast that only blurry shadows remained. Before the surrounding pirates and spectators could clearly see their movements, they had already closed in on him.

These men were all moderately famous professional assassins in the Sabaody Archipelago. Having worked together for years, they coordinated flawlessly, striking viciously with every move aimed to kill.

In an instant, the four of them tightly surrounded Beiyuan Heng, sealing off every route of escape.

At the same time, long blades slid from their sheaths, cold light flashing.

The sudden brilliance filled the eyes of the surrounding pirates, and they could not see what was happening at all!

The next second, four icy blade lights stabbed out simultaneously from four directions, moving so fast they left afterimages!

However, Beiyuan Heng was faster!

At the instant the blade lights flashed and blocked everyone's vision, he had already moved.

Instead of retreating or dodging, he stomped forward and took the initiative to close the distance!

With that single step, he precisely caught the barely perceptible opening between the assassin's moves in front of him.

Beiyuan Heng twisted his wrist and, with a backhand motion, precisely seized the other's sword-wielding wrist. His fingers tightened, instantly taking control of the sharp dagger.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Four crisp clashes of blades rang out almost simultaneously, sparks scattering everywhere.

"What kind of ability is this?!"

The restrained assassin was horrified, his pupils shrinking sharply.

This man had actually used his own weapon to block the combined attack of the other three merely by controlling his wrist?!

Before he could make any resistance at all, the blades thrust by the others had already all been deflected by Beiyuan Heng using his strength.

And this was far from over.

Beiyuan Heng exerted force with his fingers again, sending a burst of deft force through the other's arm and into the blade.

The sword seemed to come alive, suddenly trembling as it violently knocked the other longswords away.

Several more dazzling flashes streaked through the air.

This time, however, the assassins themselves were the ones whose vision was obscured by the light, leaving them briefly blinded.

Beiyuan Heng parted his lips slightly and gently exhaled several streams of air.

The seemingly soft breath, under his control, was like Shigan, striking precisely against the bodies of the blades that had been knocked away.

Splat...

Several dull sounds of blades piercing flesh rang out in succession.

The disarmed longswords, propelled by the streams of air, actually changed direction and stabbed viciously into the chests and throats of their original owners.

Blood instantly gushed out, staining the ground red.

Disbelief, terror, and shock were still frozen in the assassins' eyes. Their mouths hung slightly open, yet they could not make a sound. Their bodies crashed heavily to the ground, twitched a few times, and then went still.

Just one exchange. One round.

Beiyuan Heng had faced four alone, won completely, and killed all four!

The thunderous curses and cries around them stopped abruptly. The entire street instantly fell into deathly silence, broken only by sharp intakes of breath.

Everyone stood frozen in place, their faces full of disbelief.

How was this possible?!

Those assassins were all renowned killers in the Sabaody Archipelago.

Yet before this young Marine, they could not even last a single exchange?!