Ye Chen helped Paig into the house. One glance was enough to darken his face. "You people have gone too far."
Drawers had been pulled out and cabinets overturned. The room was a wreck. Conis had been frightened to tears, and Magician Rad was pestering her, drooling as he pawed at her. Ye Chen waved a hand and snapped, "All of you, get out."
"Huh... What did you say?"
Rad looked up at Ye Chen in annoyance. "Who are you, brat?"
"Who am I?" Ye Chen had no patience for talk. With a cold snort, he grabbed a member of the Fierce Wolf Pirates and threw him out the window.
Zoro drew Kitetsu with a grin. "Captain, since you've already started, I won't hold back."
He sized up Payton, then crooked a finger at him. "You're a swordsman. Good. Fight me."
Zoro walked outside. Payton paused. Zoro was only a teenager, but he had challenged him. If Payton refused, everyone would laugh and say he was afraid.
With a clang, Payton drew the Flame Saber and strode after him.
Zoro found a Kong and stood tall, taking up his Three-Sword Style stance. His eyes shone, and a fierce, beastlike aura radiated from him.
Payton swaggered forward, dragging the Flame Saber behind him. Its sharp edge scraped across the ground, spraying dazzling sparks.
Zoro glanced at the scorched-looking ground. If anything, he grew more excited.
They stopped a dozen meters apart. Payton shook his head. "Don't regret this, kid. I'm going to cut your head off."
"Can you? Or are you all talk?"
Zoro drove off the ground with both feet and shot toward Payton like an arrow from a bow.
"So fast!?"
Payton was startled. In the blink of an eye, Zoro was upon him, and he hurriedly raised his