Fangs Revealed, Enemies All Around

There was no longer any need to ask. He understood everything.

The siblings had used Xiluo's Devil Fruit ability to threaten people.

The younger sister had controlled them with hypnosis.

But one thing was still strange.

"Why do you like me? We've barely even met," Wude asked.

"I told you yesterday, didn't I?" Daisis replied.

"That's it?"

"Mm."

Wude rubbed his forehead. "Your view of love is way too cheap."

"Who cares what you think? Put down your weapon and obediently become my husband, wouldn't that be nice?" Daisis drew a dagger and held it against the old man's neck.

"Anything can be discussed. Put the knife down first. Feelings can be cultivated slowly!" Wude hurriedly waved for her not to cut him.

Daisis tilted her head back smugly and looked at him.

The dagger in her hand moved away. "They can be cultivated?"

"They can." Wude hurriedly nodded.

Daisis happily turned back to her brother.

Xiluo ignored his foolish sister and nervously observed his surroundings.

Suddenly, Daisis's hand began to hurt.

She cried out as Kuro seized her.

"You're courting death!" Xiluo roared.

The clothes on Daisis's body transformed into strips of cloth and lashed backward.

"So you're an ability user who can control cloth. That ability—hahaha." Wude laughed without the slightest restraint.

Kuro's claws instantly tore apart Daisis's silk cloth.

He reversed his grip on her dagger, held it against Daisis's neck, and dragged her backward.

"Brother, I can see it! A black monster shaped like a woman!" Daisis rested her head against Kuro's chest and awkwardly tilted her head up to look at him.

Faced with the threat of death, her emotions had run high enough for her to see Kuro clearly.

But as she was dragged toward Wude, she licked her lips and stared at the man greedily.

The excitement of coveting a man's body washed away her fear of death.

She could no longer see Kuro.

"At a life-or-death moment, could you please take this seriously, you stupid sister?" Xiluo was furious.

He had been counting on his sister to point out the location of the invisible entity.

"Pfft, hahaha... Sorry, I couldn't hold it in." Wude suppressed his laughter, raised the knife to Daisis's neck, and pulled her beside him. "Xiluo, it looks like we should exchange hostages."

"Fine. I think that can be discussed." Xiluo had been defeated by his foolish sister.

"What a warm chest. I'd be willing to lie here for the rest of my life." Daisis leaned into Wude's arms.

Both men's expressions changed in an instant.

"Sister, he's going to kill you!" Xiluo pleaded bitterly with his lovestruck sister.

"No way, he's mine." Daisis rubbed her head against Wude's muscles.

She wants the man and not her life?

Two words suddenly occurred to Wude. Could this woman be...

Daisis leaned against his chest and awkwardly looked up at him, her sickly, twisted expression filled with satisfaction.

"Yandere?"

Wude felt a huge danger sign appear above his head.

He hurriedly pushed Daisis toward Kuro.

"Haah." Xiluo sighed.

Swish, swish, swish!

All the clothes on Daisis's body transformed into silk and tightly bound her to Wude.

"You're mine now~"

Wude felt his mind slipping, so he hurriedly slammed his head against Daisis's.

Daisis's vision spun, and she shifted her gaze away, her voice trembling slightly. "So this is skin-to-skin contact. I love it~"

Wude regained his senses and, with Kuro's help, tore apart the silk Daisis controlled.

Knock her out, then hand her to Kuro.

Kuro carried Daisis, who was left wearing only her underwear.

"Running into a female pervert is too dangerous." Wude wiped away his cold sweat.

This woman wasn't strong enough to defeat him, but he had nearly been sexually harassed. It would be too embarrassing if word got out.

"My sister's not bad, is she? Do you like her?" Xiluo teased.

"Shut up. If you say anything irrelevant again, I'll kill her!" Wude held the knife in front of the unconscious Daisis.

"Don't be so heartless. I'll release one person first, and you release my sister." Xiluo tried to negotiate.

Wude took out a piece of black cloth and blindfolded Daisis.

One glance was enough to hypnotize someone. Her hypnosis was far too dangerous.

"No deal. Release all of them." Wude haggled.

"Then you'll have to trade places with them." Xiluo grinned viciously.

Wude held his long blade and waved it threateningly over Daisis's body. "You don't love your sister?"

"Bastard, move that blade away!"

"Why should I listen to you? And how long do you plan to keep talking? I'm losing my patience."

Xiluo clenched his fists and gnashed his teeth, his eyes wide with fury.

Suddenly, he laughed angrily and clapped his hands. "Could it be that you don't even want your own people anymore?"

A group of people appeared, escorting more than twenty others.

They were the people who had been helping Wude sail the ship all this time.

"Didn't you siblings already control them? This is unnecessary." Wude snorted coldly.

"You guessed wrong. I only threatened their lives. My sister didn't hypnotize them. They must be heartbroken that you refuse to save them." Xiluo laughed arrogantly.

Wude looked at those people. They'd only turned over a new leaf a few days ago, and now they're going to die?

"Cut the crap. I think your sister is worth trading for all of them. What do you say?" Wude pressed the knife against Daisis's neck and glared at Xiluo.

"We've only met a few times, yet I'm this important to him?" Daisis had just woken up, and her face flushed shyly.

Wude ignored the bizarre woman.

"My lord, don't surrender!" A suddenly shouted.

"That's right! We deserve to die!" B chimed in.

"My lord, being able to die for you is already an honor!" The other pawns glared angrily at Xiluo and shouted.

"Bastards, all of you shut up!"

Xiluo, who had been laughing, angrily kicked A to the ground and stomped hard on his face.

What a negotiation-wrecking nuisance!

"My lord, my life would be worthwhile if I could take a beating for you!" A said with a swollen, pig-like face.

Not long afterward.

The negotiation went smoothly. Xiluo handed all the hostages over to Wude and removed the blood poison from their bodies.

Kuro gripped Daisis with his claws as they retreated in a tense standoff.

"My lord, the Log Pose hasn't finished recording the time. We can't leave at all!" B reminded him.

"I know." Wude covered the retreat and led a large group of people backward.

On the street, all the original customers—the pirates—and the women drew the hidden knives, swords, and firearms at Xiluo's command.

It turned out that all these people had been controlled by the siblings.

"Do you see now? Many places along the Grand Line hide terrifying killing intent beneath their tranquility," Wude said to the people behind him.

At that moment, everyone on the entire island had become Xiluo's tools and his weapons.

"Could all these people have been poisoned?" A felt a chill run through him.

"Looks like it." Wude suddenly felt confused and turned to look at the old man and the little girl.

"My things are safe. Don't worry, you're fine." The old man comforted Wude instead.

"It's nothing. That's not what I was thinking about." Wude shook his head and continued leading the retreat.

There was something wrong with the old man. He had been controlled long ago.

Of course, Wude wasn't afraid of being controlled. He could always just kill himself.

"Daisis, tell them to clear a path!"