Decalvan Brothers

Days later, in a certain sea area.

Rumors were currently running rampant through the Underground World as the Beasts Pirates increased their bounties on Luo Ji and Yamato.

Although Luo Ji and his companion had destroyed six pirate ships of the Beasts Pirates, leaving practically no survivors.

Yet Luo Ji and Yamato left far too many clues behind on Kura Island.

Beast Kaido flew into a towering rage upon learning that Luo Ji and Yamato had formed a new pirate crew.

He had still been planning to fetch Yamato back and have her serve as the shogun of Wano Country.

Yet now Yamato had actually run off with that bastard Luo Ji for real.

Having joined someone else's pirate crew, Yamato was no longer his daughter from now on!

Spies planted by the Marines within the Beasts Pirates also easily learned of the Luo Ji Pirates destroying the Beast fleet.

They were even more shocked by the formidable strength of Yamato and Luo Ji.

The Beasts Pirates had lost six pirate ships, and they subjected the people of Kura Island to several rounds of severe interrogation.

They basically figured out the whole story of Luo Ji and Yamato landing on Kura Island.

Luo Ji possessed scroll-type abilities and could summon all sorts of monsters, which truly was a rather rare power.

It was just that his limit remained unknown.

Poor Kojiro was beaten to within an inch of his life by the Beasts Pirates and interrogated for all kinds of information just for rubbing shoulders with the Luo Ji Pirates.

Even the Mikami Family was implicated by Kojiro.

However, the Head of the Mikami Family flipped back and forth once again, decisively abandoning Kojiro and even offering up a massive family fortune to curry favor with the Beasts Pirates.

Coupled with the fact that other nobles also had no desire to play the part of this troublesome king.

The Head of the Mikami Family genuinely won the approval of the Beasts Pirates and secured his status as king.

Miss Kikuhime was transformed into Princess Kikuhime, once again biding her time for a high bidder.

Sailing along their way, the Luo Ji Pirates finally encountered their first enemy on the open sea.

"Mwahahaha! This pirate crew only has three people. Hand over your treasures, and we might consider sparing your lives!"

A pirate ship flying a double-skull pirate flag rapidly caught up to the vessel of the Luo Ji Pirates.

"It seems the pirate ships of the Beasts Pirates really aren't up to much, after all."

Luo Ji lamented the performance of this pirate ship, though primarily it was because the Luo Ji Pirates had far too few members and not even enough crew to run the ship properly, leaving them to sail entirely by chance.

"The Decalvan Brothers!"

Luo Ji recognized the two pirates, recalling that these fellows were elite pirates who were only subdued alongside 4th Division Commander Thatch after Fire Fist Ace became the 2nd Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates.

The combined attacks of these two brothers could fight to a draw with Thatch and also hold off a Marine headquarters vice admiral.

"Mwahahaha! Looks like they know us! That's right, we are the great pirates with a bounty as high as 440 million Beli!"

The Decalvan Brothers laughed with excitement, clearly bursting with pride over their bounty.

"Is that so? Then how come your wanted posters say 220 million Beli."

Luo Ji pulled out the newspapers and wanted posters he had been frantically purchasing recently, locating the wanted posters for these two fellows.

They were truly an elite pirate crew of the New World to have caught Whitebeard's eye and prompted him to dispatch two division commanders to subjugate them.

"Damn brat, who the hell do you think you are? You don't even have a wanted poster! I'm going to slaughter you!"

Wearing toothed gloves, the Decalvan Brothers leaped together onto the deck of the Luo Ji Pirates' ship and launched a swift attack.

"Wait a moment, Yamato! I want to test out my swordsmanship!"

Seeing Yamato stir with eager anticipation, Luo Ji called out in haste, choosing not to summon any mythical beasts, but instead drawing Kikunojo's treasured sword Zansetsu and Kin'emon's Kakusan.

"God Snow Style: Cold Prison!"

"God Fire Style: Blazing Flames!"

Chilling white fog and raging flames erupted from Luo Ji's two blades as he met the exceptionally coordinated Decalvan Brothers.

The swordsmanship intent and styles of this world were wondrous.

Even without being a Devil Fruit user, one's sword intent could still transform into flames, frost, or even petal-like sword qi.

"So strong! You're no rookie!"

The Decalvan Brothers hastily coated themselves in Armament Haki to deal with this swordsman who had comprehended sword intent.

"I am too a rookie. Didn't you just say it yourself, I really don't have a wanted poster!"

"How about the two of you help boost my bounty instead!"

Ice-Fire Style: Ninefold Sea Route!

Luo Ji also felt that he and Yamato ought to stir up something major and earn their very first bounty.

"You're going to destroy your own pirate ship like this!!"

The Decalvan Brothers could hardly believe this man was utilizing such formidable swordsmanship aboard his own vessel.

"If the ship is gone, it's gone!"

Luo Ji's berserk sword qi surged layer upon layer, sweeping toward the Decalvan Brothers as the entire deck and shipboard structures collapsed.

"Lunatics! We admit defeat!"

Wounds continually appeared across the bodies of the Decalvan Brothers, marked by both frozen sword cuts and searing burns.

They scrambled in panic back to their own pirate ship!

"Hard-hitters! Run!!"

The Decalvan Brothers shouted frantically to their subordinates, judging that risking their lives against such lunatics was not worth it.

They worried their own pirate ship would be destroyed as well.

"Don't even think about running!"

"Freezing Breath!"

Yamato leaped into the air and unleashed a blast of frigid breath directly at the pirate ship of the Decalvan Brothers.

Although this effect could not compare to the sheer absurdity of Aokiji Kuzan, it was still capable of icing over the seawater around a pirate ship within a matter of seconds.

"Hehe~! Come keep us company for some sparring practice, great pirates with a 440 million Beli bounty!"

Luo Ji grinned broadly; since these two fellows had sought him out on their own initiative, he would farm some bounty from them and officially make his debut in this world.

"I recognize you now! You're the Luo Ji Pirates hunted by the Underground World?"

"Gol D. Luo Ji, underground bounty of 500 million Beli!"

"Yamato! Underground bounty of 1.2 billion Beli!"

The Decalvan Brothers seemed to recall something as their eyes suddenly widened.

It appeared they truly had run into formidable, uncompromising hard-hitters.

Who could possibly believe that anyone could command bounties so high from the Beasts Pirates without possessing real strength!

It was even possible that the Beasts Pirates, who lacked the World Government's wealth, had actually lowballed the bounty.

"An Underground World bounty?"

Luo Ji raised an eyebrow. His sources of information were truly sparse right now; aside from the details he spotted in newspapers, he had yet to make contact with the Underground World.

Yet most pirate islands possessed branches of the Underground World.

It seemed that charging blindly ahead without landing on islands to gather information was also a problem.

He needed to find an opportunity to integrate himself into this world.

Otherwise, aside from a few pieces of plot information, he genuinely shared the status of a country bumpkin with Yamato.

"Captain Luo Ji, we didn't mean to provoke you. We'll compensate you with the treasures on our ship, just spare us this once!"

The Decalvan Brothers spoke in a rush, for a man with an underground bounty of 500 million already caused them to feel immense pressure.

How terrifying must this woman with a 1.2 billion underground bounty be.

She had frozen their pirate ship solid with a casual puff of freezing breath!

"Fight us first, and we'll all be good friends afterward—more friends mean more paths to take."

Luo Ji smiled faintly, currently intent only on grinding out a bounty.

He had no thoughts of recruiting these two one-eyed, ugly men.

After all, with Luo Ji and his companion currently wanted by the Beasts Pirates, surely few people would be willing to join this newborn, dangerous pirate crew.

Luo Ji merely wanted to extract intelligence regarding the Underground World through the two of them.

Once they joined the Whitebeard Pirates, he would gain yet another contact, and could occasionally cause some trouble for Blackbeard if necessary.