Alabasta: Princess Vivi Lets Her Imagination Run Wild / Alabasta: A Ruthless Bounty Hunter...

When Igaram saw Lin Mo there too, he looked as though everything had clicked into place. He blocked Lin Mo's path. "I knew there was a reason you were so rude this afternoon! You and that man planned to kidnap Princess Vivi together!"

The man he meant was the one in black whose shin Lin Mo had broken with a kick. He was still rolling around on the ground.

"No, Igaram. Lin Mo, um, saved me," Vivi hurried to explain.

"Huh? Really?" Igaram said in shock. "Wasn't it Pell who took down that man in black?"

Pell shook his head. "It wasn't me..."

"Huh?" Igaram was stunned all over again. "But this kid only looks a few years older than Princess Vivi. How could he beat an adult?"

"He could," Pell said with a faint smile. "I didn't see it myself, but plenty of people saw him drive off a gang of Desert Thieves who could easily injure the guards."

"Huh? Him? A scrawny little kid drove off a whole gang of Desert Thieves?" Igaram looked skeptically at Lin Mo, who had already walked past him. No matter how he looked, he couldn't see a trace of a master in the rude, arrogant brat.

Lin Mo couldn't be bothered with him. Without looking back, he kept walking toward the inn.

Igaram pursed his lips. "Pell, are you sure you've got the right person?"

"I'm sure." Pell watched Lin Mo's receding figure. "It was him. Everyone in the tavern saw it. I trust the people of Alabasta wouldn't lie to me."

Vivi looked up at Pell, her eyes shining. "Pell, do you know how he drove those Desert Thieves away?"

Pell nodded. "The people in the tavern said Lin Mo dodged every bullet they fired. Someone struck him with a blade,