It Truly Is Hilarious, Puff~

"Can you take me to your captain now?" Wude looked at the pirate leader sent before him by Kuroh.

"Of course." The pirate leader nodded repeatedly.

He was suffering inside, to put it mildly.

Since he was a bigshot, how nice it would have been if he had just laid his cards on the table instead of toying with them...

Wude waved his hand, and Kuroh released the leader. The pirate leader led the way in front, while the other pirates cleared a path on both sides.

An unkillable person, an invisible and flying existence—such a combination was simply terrifying.

The pirates: To think we were merely cannon fodder yet bore the brunt of a powerhouse's attacks, what an honor...

"Sigh." The pirate leader walked in front, sighing in his heart.

This bigshot's strength far overestimated their captain; he figured swearing allegiance to the other party and directly supporting him as captain would be fine.

In the center of the island, within the forest.

A group of the pirate crew's upper echelons were still wildly drinking alcohol and tearing into roasted meat with huge bites.

"This is bad, Captain!" A lesser pirate ran over from afar, shouting anxiously.

The pirates turned to look at this pirate, putting down the wine cups and roasted meat in their hands.

"Someone has come attacking single-handedly." The pirate lackey panted heavily, his face filled with panic.

"What is there to panic about? Just finish them off," Elton's confidant Krieg said disdainfully.

"That's right, any hundred of us just stomping our feet can wipe out that trespassing bastard. Haha, drink!" The pirate captain laughed and raised his wine cup.

"That guy brought an invisible monster, wiped out dozens of people, and everyone else surrendered!" The pirate lackey dropped a bombshell.

"Bastard, what kind of joke are you playing!" Krieg glared at the lackey, grabbing him by the clothes and lifting him up.

"I-I'm not joking, it's real! That guy is unstoppable!" The pirate lackey spoke in a continuous panic.

Krieg threw him straight to the ground, rolled his eyes, and pondered something.

While they were speaking, Wude had already arrived.

The pirates who had originally blocked him now turned into sycophants, following closely behind.

With a crash, Elton angrily hurled his wine cup at the newcomer.

Wude sidestepped, wine and cup fragments splashing everywhere.

"You've got quite a temper." Wude put his hands in his pockets and looked at the fellow.

"Are you bastards standing with the enemy tired of living!?" Elton pointed at the pirates behind Wude and roared, trying to use a captain's prestige to regain control of these people.

"Elton, your end has come! Why aren't you kneeling down to the new captain immediately? Otherwise, no one can save you!" The pirate leader sharp-toned and rebuked, borrowing another's tiger skin to roar his majesty.

"Pfft~" Wude couldn't help laughing out loud, quietly watching this fellow.

He hadn't said he would spare these guys, nor did he want to be any captain.

Grand Captain Elton's face turned gloomy, and he reached out to draw his gun directly.

Kuroh came before him and reached out to grab Elton's hand.

Elton yanked hard, but his hand was fixed by something invisible, frozen in mid-air without moving a fraction.

The next instant, Kuroh's sharp claws pierced through Elton's body. Krieg at the side stared with wide eyes, wiping away sweat frantically.

Plop.

Krieg dropped to his knees right before Wude, his face unable to hide his natural sycophantic colors: "We surrender! From now on, you are my big bro, the greatest captain of our pirate crew, and under the captain's leadership, the pirate crew will conquer the East Blue."

As he spoke, Krieg even dragged his knees across the ground, closing in toward Wude.

How he, Krieg, had survived until now, even reaching the point where he could become the captain of the Krieg Pirates—

It relied on ingratitude, a vicious heart, and being utterly despicable and shameless!

Being able to survive and latch onto a powerful backer, kneeling isn't shameful—Krieg.

"Whoever beats him to death, I'll spare that person." Wude pointed at Krieg with disgust.

The pirates stared at Krieg with burning-hot eyes, raising their weapons and surrounding him one after another.

"Bastards, you..." Krieg had barely shouted halfway when he found his body grabbed by an formless entity.

"Ahahaha--!"

Miserable screams echoed through the forest, mixed with the sounds of stomping feet and spitting.

Not long after, the crowd dispersed, and Krieg died a truly wretched death.

Meanwhile, Wude had finished flipping through the bounties.

Aside from Krieg and Elton, there were also several other pirates carrying decent bounties.

"You, him, and..." Wude pointed at a few pirates. "All of you, step forward."

Several pirates with bounties stepped forward one after another, looking at him with joy. Was this picking confidants?

"Whoever has killed civilians, step forward too and stand on the other side." Wude said.

This time, even more stepped forward, easily several times the number of bounty criminals.

"Good. The two of you groups fight each other; whoever survives will win my regard." Wude spoke absolute nonsense, smoothly tricking people. "Those who survive can share Elton's treasure with me."

Pirates loved the strong, and Wude's approach had the implication of raising gu insects to pick the strongest.

Coupled with the temptation of money, pirates really fell for this routine. A group of pirates howled wildly, all wanting to be chosen.

Wude looked at the twenty-odd remaining pirates who had never killed anyone, pondering how to deal with them.

The two selected groups of pirates had already started fighting, with exceptional intensity.

Swords and blades hummed, gunshots rang out from time to time, and the temptation of money and status instantly ignited these fellows' killing intent.

They hadn't been this excited even when resisting Wude.

Wude sat to the side, taking a piece of fruit handed over by a young boy.

This boy was also a pirate who had never killed anyone.

He ate the fruit, watching the two groups of pirates put on a fierce, dog-eat-dog spectacular show.

"Tsk tsk tsk, truly wonderful." Wude smiled.

"Toying with people's hearts, what a demon..." The boy looked at Wude, a chill running through him.

Time passed, and the sky grew dim.

Torches were erected on the open ground in the center of the forest, illuminating the surroundings.

The last five living pirates were dyed red like little red men, utterly exhausted. They walked over unsteadily, looking at the "new captain" with wild joy.

"Not bad." Wude sat on a large chest, clapping for the five little red men.

There were two large chests in total beside him, filled with Berry inside.

After those twenty-odd utility men counted them, it totaled 40 million Berry.

The money in just these two chests alone was worth more than Krieg and Elton combined.

"Let's go, get on the ship and leave." Wude yawned and stood up.

The utility men behind him hurriedly helped carry the chests, following right behind.

"Wait, we're leaving this place?" One little red man asked in confusion.

"At least let us rest for a few days." Another little red man pleaded.

"Captain, we're..." The third little red man said halfway, then was directly stared into silence by Wude.

"First, I am not your captain. Recognizing someone who is going to join the Marines as your captain—it's hilarious enough."

"Second, isn't might makes right among pirates? Then weaklings like you might as well just drop dead."

Wude smiled coldly, and as he finished speaking, Kuroh appeared, consecutively piercing through the bodies of those five little red men with wet thuds.

"So shameless." A utility man sighed.