World Government's Reaction

World Government's Reaction

Rocks's words stunned the Rocks Pirates members present. A moment later, cheers erupted as they celebrated the Rocks Pirates becoming even stronger because of it.

Li Yuan was stunned as well. He had not expected Rocks's idea of a draw to mean lasting one day without losing against John, rather than holding out until the end.

"Congratulations on becoming a Rocks Pirates Officer. If we were fighting on land, you wouldn't last more than a few hours against me."

After Rocks spoke, John did not continue attacking and acknowledged Li Yuan's current status.

"Jihahahaha! Li Yuan, well done! Just as expected of the man I picked!!"

Once Li Yuan returned to where the many Rocks Pirates officers were gathered, Golden Lion Shiki was the first to step forward and speak.

Clearly, Golden Lion Shiki wanted to build a relationship with Li Yuan, since they had known each other earlier.

"Brothers! Throw a feast! Welcome Li Yuan, the Rocks Pirates' new officer, into our ranks!"

Rocks called out to all the Rocks Pirates members.

"Jihahahaha! A feast is what I love most!"

The instant Golden Lion Shiki heard the word "feast," he burst into laughter.

"Mama, mama, I love feasts. I love cake."

Charlotte Linlin laughed as drool streamed from her mouth.

With Rocks's words, all of Hachinosu Island became lively.

What pirates loved most was holding feasts—stuffing themselves with meat, drinking, celebrating, and having fun.

Li Yuan let out a sigh of relief, silently withdrew from his Life Return state, and began cramming huge handfuls of grilled meat into his mouth.

Then he used the Sword God Body Tempering Technique to digest the energy from the grilled meat, recovering from his injuries and restoring his strength.

While Li Yuan ate and drank like mad, quite a few people in the darkness took photos of him and sent them out.

Li Yuan's Observation Haki had long since detected those people lurking in the shadows, but he simply did not bother with them.

After all, his Observation Haki could sense whether others harbored goodwill or ill intent toward him. No agent or spy could hide from it.

"Gurararara! Li Yuan, want a drink?"

As Li Yuan wolfed down grilled meat, Whitebeard walked over carrying an empty wine cup the size of a barrel. He picked up the fine wine beside Li Yuan and began drinking.

Whitebeard had finished the wine at his own seat. Seeing that Li Yuan had not touched any of the fine wine here and was only focused on eating meat, he came over to mooch some drinks.

"Drink!!!"

Li Yuan generously pushed half the wine toward Whitebeard, then grabbed a barrel of wine himself and started drinking with him.

"Gurararara! What fine wine!!"

Seeing Li Yuan's gesture, Whitebeard did not stand on ceremony. He raised his barrel and clinked it against Li Yuan's before drinking deeply.

Although Li Yuan had never drunk alcohol before, he had an excellent tolerance. Any alcohol that entered his stomach would be completely digested.

That meant alcohol could not numb his mind at all. That was the benefit of knowing Life Return.

Pirate feasts were joyful, but sometimes they were also sorrowful.

Drinking wildly at feasts often left people unconscious with drunkenness. Once drunk, they would vent the emotions buried in their hearts, causing some pirates to crazily attack the targets they hated.

Thus, feasts could also lead to considerable disturbances. However, the fate of such pirates was always the same: they would be killed mercilessly.

As a result, during feasts, the officers' seats were always relatively close together, while ordinary members chose to stay far away from them, afraid that some officer might get drunk and casually kill them.

At the heart of Hachinosu Island lay the most secret place of the Rocks Pirates.

Even many of the officers did not know of this place. Only Rocks and a handful of others knew that Hachinosu Island had such a location.

"I didn't expect you to really do it!"

Shakky looked at the intelligence in her hand, a charming smile appearing on her face.

She had thought that, with Li Yuan's strength, he would at most become an apprentice like Kaido. Only after growing stronger over the next few years would he become an officer.

Yet she had not expected Li Yuan to become an officer immediately after joining the Rocks Pirates.

Mary Geoise

The Five Elders were currently examining intelligence on the Rocks Pirates. More precisely, they were looking at Li Yuan's wanted poster and information.

"Li Yuan, sixteen years old, currently one of the Rocks Pirates officers. Most importantly, he is a vampire. Though he is not pure-blooded, he is indeed a vampire."

Justice God Topman Warcury, one of the Five Elders, placed Li Yuan's information on the table as he spoke.

Logically speaking, no matter how monstrous a genius Li Yuan was, he should not have attracted the attention of the World Government's Five Elders.

In their eyes, Li Yuan was not Rocks. He was merely an officer, someone who did not need their attention and could simply be left to the Marines.

However, the special vampire bloodline within Li Yuan brought him into the Five Elders' sight.

The outward sign of a vampire's bloodline was blood-red hair.

When he had lived on the island before, Li Yuan's parents had always made him dye his hair black.

But after Li Yuan's parents passed away and the memories of his previous life awakened, he had never dyed it again.

Because he had never intended to conceal the bloodline he possessed.

More importantly, he was not afraid of the World Government's slave-catching groups.

But Li Yuan would never have imagined that his identity as a vampire would draw the Five Elders' attention.

"I didn't expect vampires to still exist on the Great Sea. No, it would be more accurate to say they have always existed—we simply could not find them."

"This Li Yuan of the Rocks Pirates may be a breakthrough. Through him, we may be able to find more vampires, or even a place where vampires live."

Science Defense God Jaygarcia Saint Saturn said.

"Vampires possess special blood. Drinking it regularly can prolong one's life. In the past, we sent people to capture vampires from all over the world and bring them back to the Holy Land as blood banks."

"But vampires have low fertility, and our blood banks are nearly depleted. I never expected to see another vampire now."

"Send someone to capture this Li Yuan and bring him back. He must be taken alive."

Agriculture God Shepherd Ten Peder said, his gaze burning with fervor.

Even though they had meticulously raised the vampires they captured before.

They had made them reproduce with each other and even with other humans, yet the number of vampires only dwindled until they had all died out.

The remaining vampire blood was extremely precious, and every drop used was one less remaining.

Mary Geoise could never get enough of blood that prolonged one's life. Even among the Celestial Dragons, only the most distinguished group could enjoy it.

Now that they had found a living vampire on the Great Sea, how could the Five Elders possibly restrain themselves?

"Agreed!"

"Send the Marines to capture him openly, and have CP0 capture him in secret. The moment he leaves the Rocks Pirates, seize him and bring him back."

Environment God Marcus Mars said greedily.

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

"..."

Just like that, without knowing it, Li Yuan had already become a target of the World Government.