Iai: Twin-Blade Slashing Dance

The Charging Horn Pirates claimed to be the lords of the North Blue, with the entire North Blue as their territory.

Any other pirate crew sailing these waters had to pay them a navigation protection fee.

Although Demon Claw was the organization responsible for collecting protection fees for the Ramming Horn Pirates, in terms of strength, it was absolutely one of the Ramming Horn Pirates' elite combat forces.

After all, to collect "protection fees" from others, they had to possess enough power to intimidate them.

Long Ye and Mei Terumi walked out of the cabin.

As soon as they emerged onto the deck, the two of them saw a small boat slowly approaching from the far end of the sea ahead.

As it drew closer, everyone could make out a man standing on it.

He wore a forehead protector bearing the same four claw marks they had seen earlier.

Dressed entirely in black, he came riding the wind with both hands resting on a Samurai Sword, cutting an imposing figure.

"Just as I thought—it's someone from Demon Claw!"

The pirates gathered on deck revealed the same frightened expressions.

"Quite confident, coming alone to collect the money." Long Ye chuckled.

The One-Eyed Shark hid behind Long Ye and hurriedly said:

"My lord, the strength of Demon Claw's members is beyond reason. Any one of them would be a Jonin-level figure in one of the Five Great Nations..."

"They're Jonin, after all. What terrifying combat power! When he arrives, you must greet him with a smile. There are no rules on the open sea, and killing people isn't against the law."

Long Ye merely smiled without saying anything.

As a pirate captain, the One-Eyed Shark came from a lowly background. He had rarely even seen a Chunin, while Jonin were synonymous with