First Physical Haki Training!

"Brando, you!"

Village Chief Woop Slap was startled.

He had not expected Brando to be so arrogant even when facing so many bandits. Though he disliked Brando now, Brando was still one of his villagers, and he did not want to see him die before his eyes.

Bearing the title of village chief, he had to protect everyone!

He gritted his teeth, intending to get up and continue begging the bandits for forgiveness.

But the bandits gave him no such chance.

"You bastard, you actually dared to throw eggs at Boss Higuma."

"Die!"

One of the bandits directly drew the flintlock pistol at his waist and aimed it at Brando's head, his finger already resting on the trigger.

But what greeted him was a fist-sized stone that struck him squarely in the forehead and knocked him to the ground.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, how scary."

"Using a toy like that to scare people, you nearly made my heart jump out of my chest."

Brando lowered the right hand that had just thrown the stone, putting on an exaggerated expression as he spoke in a mocking tone.

As the village's inheritor of Haki, he naturally needed to master a means of using Haki from afar, so he could better protect himself.

Besides, these bandits made a fine choice for his first opponents.

"Looks like there's another one courting death."

"Kid, I'll show you what a person's head looks like after it's been chopped off, then I'll kill you too."

Higuma wiped the egg yolk from his face with his right hand, revealing a savage expression.

One after another, they were all provoking him.

It seemed he needed to be a little more ruthless this time, so the people in the surrounding villages would understand that he was not someone to be trifled with.

"Men, butcher him!"

Higuma immediately gave the order.

"Yes!"

More than a dozen bandits answered at once.

Then they charged straight at Brando, planning to subdue him and drag him before their boss so their boss could personally chop off this blind fool's head.

"Brando!"

Luffy looked at Brando with tears in his eyes.

He had still held a grudge because Brando had scolded him last time, but he had not expected Brando to come save him. He was deeply moved.

"Rabblers!"

Brando grinned.

At the same time, his pupils spun rapidly, and his eyes turned blood-red as he activated the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

"Shanks, should we help?"

Lucky Roux took a bite of roasted meat and asked his captain.

They had arrived just moments ago and noticed what was happening, but before they could act, Brando had made his move first.

So they all stopped and watched events unfold.

"No need. Let's watch a little longer. That kid seems to have some skill."

Shanks said.

But his gaze remained fixed on Brando. He wanted to see whether there was really something unusual about this guy.

They were still roughly a hundred meters away from the tavern, and no one at the scene had noticed them.

"Impossible!"

Higuma, who had been waiting to use the sword that had beheaded fifty-six people to claim its fifty-seventh head, revealed an incredulous expression.

More than a dozen of his men could not defeat this arrogant brat?

Higuma watched helplessly as every attack from his men was dodged by that little bastard in bizarre ways. Then, with a punch and a kick, he effortlessly knocked his men to the ground. Even after his men drew their swords and guns, it was still useless.

Anyone who drew a sword had it instantly snatched away barehanded and was then taken down with it. At the same time, the brat casually threw a stone that struck the eye of the gunman preparing to fire a sneak attack.

The dangerous red eyes that kept flashing on that brat's face quickly dispersed the killing intent in his heart. For some reason, it was replaced by an uncontrollable fear.

He understood that the person before him was absolutely no ordinary fellow. It seemed he had provoked serious trouble, not the cowardly and weak pirates he had encountered yesterday.

"Brando is amazing!"

Even Luffy, pinned beneath a foot on the ground, was dumbfounded.

He had not expected the usually unremarkable Brando to be so powerful. Surrounded and attacked by so many bandits, he had remained completely unharmed while knocking them down one by one.

"Is that Brando?"

Village Chief Woop Slap said in disbelief.

The other villagers beside him also could not believe that the person capable of this was the Brando from their village.

He had clearly been such a gentle and calm child. Why had he become unhinged and violent after choking on water?

Still, that seemed like a good thing right now!

"Are you running away?!"

Brando saw the Bandit King Higuma scoop up Luffy in one hand, turn around, and run.

When you were out in the world, there were only three rules: no loyalty, steal someone else's woman, and run first.

Brando had originally intended to use ninjutsu, but the Sharingan's extraordinary vision let him spot Shanks in the distance, and he understood that Shanks would not let anything happen to Luffy.

Besides, he also wanted to witness for himself the East Blue Sea King biting off the arm of a future Four Emperor, so he continued using his fists and feet to deal with the bandits.

About a minute later, all the bandits had fallen.

Groans of pain filled the ground, though a few had simply collapsed unconscious, red foam bubbling from their mouths. It was impossible to tell whether they were dead or alive.

"Brando, Luffy..."

Makino said anxiously to Brando.

"Leave it to me."

Brando did not offer any sarcasm this time and immediately chased after Higuma in the direction he had fled with Luffy.

Before long, Brando arrived at the harbor and found the Red-Haired Pirates standing there, watching a small boat in the distance.

Higuma was raising his foot to kick Luffy off the boat.

"I never thought a bandit like me would have to flee out to sea, but this hostage is useless now."

Higuma was deeply unwilling.

His grand ambitions had clearly been about to begin, yet he had suffered such a terrible setback in this ordinary village. Recruiting underlings was not easy, after all.

"Oh, is it coming?!"

Brando watched with great interest after arriving.

The Sharingan's extraordinary vision allowed him to see a massive black shadow emerge beneath the sea behind the small boat.

At the same time, a figure swam through the water at incredible speed toward the boat.

Higuma, who had killed fifty-six Four Emperors, was swallowed in a single bite by the Lord of the Coast of East Blue. It did not even chew once; he slid smoothly into its stomach and melted in its mouth.

Its attention was then drawn to Luffy, who was struggling wildly on the surface of the sea.

When Brando suddenly wanted to test what consequences there would be if he prevented Shanks's arm from being eaten,

he immediately felt Beckman's sharp gaze from the side, filled with warning.

"Observation Haki that can see the future!"

Brando immediately realized what was happening, so he raised his hands slightly to indicate that he would not do it.

If they really fought now, he would be no match for them. Every one of these guys was a monster.

"This guy."

Beckman realized that this fellow was not simple and understood what had happened.

He was not someone who should have appeared in a mediocre sea like East Blue.

However, the other party bore no hostility toward Shanks's plan. After hesitating repeatedly, Beckman did not make a move.