The One-Eyed Shark Pirates

Pirates in the waters near the Shinobi World generally consisted of two kinds of people:

The first were civilians who could no longer survive in their own countries. They banded together to form pirate groups and committed robbery and plunder, at least ensuring that they would not starve to death.

The second were missing-nin from various countries. With no place for them on land, they could only flee to the sea, taking up the lowly and despicable profession they had once looked down on.

These missing-nin all shared one characteristic: their strength was neither particularly high nor particularly low.

If they were too weak, they could not escape pursuit. If they were too strong, there was no need for them to flee to the sea.

This was just like Raiga Kurosuki, one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist who had defected from Kirigakure. With enough strength that he did not fear pursuit, he would never stoop to becoming a lowly pirate.

Therefore, there were almost no exceptionally powerful ninja among the pirate groups.

Knowing the strength of these people, neither Long Ye nor Mei Terumi felt the slightest ripple of emotion as they faced the mighty ship sailing toward them.

When they were still about a hundred meters away, someone on the other side began shouting:

"People on the ship, kneel down and raise your hands in surrender! We'll spare your lives..."

The man shouting wore a black eyepatch over his left eye. His right arm had been severed at the elbow and replaced with a sharp silver hook.

Standing behind him was a hunched, large-rat-like man who nervously advised him, "Captain, something seems a little off!"

"We heard that our fleet was wiped out by a Jonin from Kirigakure. How did it suddenly appear here? Could those three