"Kid, I was young and arrogant once, just like you. I thought no one could touch me. But after I went to the Grand Line, I learned how vast the world really was. There are enough powerful Pirates on the seas ahead to scare you to death. Don't get so full of yourself."
Before Hendry could finish, Ye Chen cut him off. "Like you? Don't make me laugh, idiot. What, you've been to the Grand Line? Must've lost pretty badly. Well, I've been there too. Cowards don't survive in that place, and you're clearly one of them."
"What? You've been to the Grand Line?"
Hendry's eyes widened in surprise.
Ye Chen snorted and puffed out his chest. "My home is on Sabaody. What do you think, idiot?"
Idiot, coward, fool—Ye Chen kept throwing insults at him, and Hendry was nearly beside himself with rage. But when Ye Chen mentioned Sabaody, Hendry still shuddered despite himself.
If Ye Chen knew about Sabaody, he must have been to the Grand Line.
He called it home because Rayleigh and Shakky's home was his home too.
Most people sailed from Sabaody straight into the New World. Ye Chen, however, had headed back the other way, against the tide of Pirates. Otherwise, he would have entered the New World long ago. But going there too soon might not have been a good thing for him. He was still far too weak.
"Come on, then. I'll be your opponent." Ye Chen crooked a finger at Hendry and laughed contemptuously.
"You little brat, who do you think you are?"
A Pirate nearby seemed eager to show off in front of Hendry, but before he could finish speaking, a cold flash crossed his vision. A thin sword cut had appeared on his neck.
The next moment, his body