Pirates: Starting with Refusing Red-Hair's Invitation

In an instant, information about the Mystical Palm Technique appeared in Lin Mo's mind.

This was a medical ninjutsu from Naruto. Whether for internal or external injuries, it could use Chakra to achieve an astonishing rate of recovery.

This technique could even heal someone from a distance of one meter without requiring close contact.

In short, it was an extremely powerful skill.

Wrapping his cotton-padded coat tightly around himself, Lin Mo stopped thinking about it and continued forward.

Along the way, quite a few people hurried toward him, carrying heavy luggage on their backs.

Lin Mo did not even need to ask for directions. He followed the flow of people for nearly half an hour and arrived at a Small Town consisting entirely of one-story brick houses.

The residents of the Small Town were in terrible shape. Everyone was panicking.

Lin Mo had originally wanted to find a tavern and have a good drink first.

But after going around in a wide circle, the tavern he had finally found was actually closed...

Even the only two hotels in Town had their doors tightly shut and were not accepting guests.

He stood on the disorderly streets of the Town, letting the chilly, snow-laden wind blow against him.

Even wrapped in a thick coat, no one could stand being outside for too long.

Not to mention Lin Mo, who had never been to such a cold place before.

At that moment.

The Drum Kingdom Guard, a group of people wearing identical black cotton-padded uniforms and carrying hunting rifles, rushed into the Town.

Each of them held a stack of papers bearing the photographs and names of all the doctors on Drum Island. Amid the panicked crowd, they began searching for their targets.

Whenever they found a doctor, they immediately restrained and arrested them. Those who refused to cooperate were even shot dead.

This was the doctor-hunting policy issued by Wapol, the current ruler of the Drum Kingdom and its heir to the throne.

Before long, a barrage of gunshots rang out across the Town.

One of the guards chased a target toward Lin Mo.

The person being pursued ran past Lin Mo with terror written all over his face.

When the guard saw that Lin Mo was blocking the way, he barked viciously, "Brat, get out of my way!"

Lin Mo did not move at all. He turned his head and looked coldly at the man drawing nearer.

He could not get any Wine, nor could he find a warm inn to stay in. Lin Mo was in a terrible mood.

"Hey, I told you to move! Don't you understand human speech?" The guard did not slow down at all and rudely shoved at Lin Mo.

Lin Mo merely sidestepped, preventing him from making contact.

As the man ran past him in surprise, Lin Mo raised his hand and struck, hitting him squarely in the back with speed and precision and knocking him face-first into the ground.

Drum Island: That Kid Is a Monster!

The guard Lin Mo had knocked down swallowed a mouthful of ice and snow.

When his companions saw that he had been floored by a child, they not only failed to help him but also began mocking him.

"Hey, Will, are you any good? You can't even beat a kid. What a waste of your size, hahaha..."

"What a useless guy. You've brought shame on our Guard. Don't tell people I know you when you go out from now on."

"Hahaha, I could take down ten brats like that with one finger. How could an adult get beaten up like this by a kid? This is hilarious."

Will—the man Lin Mo had knocked down—clenched his fists furiously. His face flushed red as he climbed out of the snow. He glared angrily at Lin Mo, who remained composed, and gritted his teeth. "This is all your fault, bastard! You actually made me lose face like that! You brat, you're finished! I'm going to kill you!"

As he spoke, Will immediately picked up his rifle and aimed it at Lin Mo. Without another word, he fired.

The bullet sped toward Lin Mo.

Lin Mo raised his hand and caught the bullet with ease. Then, using Armament Haki, he crushed it and casually tossed the fragments onto the ground.

Will, who had looked so fierce just moments ago, immediately lost his nerve. His face was covered by disbelief and fear.

Even the people who had mocked him earlier stood frozen in place.

"No way... This has to be a joke! Did that kid just catch a bullet with his bare hand and crush it?"

"Impossible! I must have seen wrong. Yes, it's definitely because the weather is too cold and I'm hallucinating!"

However, when everyone rubbed their eyes and looked at Lin Mo again,

the bullet fragments crushed into the snow were still glaringly obvious, forcing them to retreat two steps.

Lin Mo silently walked toward Will.

Will's legs gave out in terror, and he fell to the ground.

To him, the seemingly frail Lin Mo was like a demon, an existence that left him unable to move. He did not even have the strength to run.

Lin Mo stopped in front of Will.

He stared at him expressionlessly and asked, "How do I get to the neighboring Town?"

In Lin Mo's memory, Drum Island should have had more than just this Town near the port. There should have been several other Towns.

Will froze for a moment before asking in a trembling voice, "Y-you mean Kokowitt Town?"

Lin Mo casually gave a quiet "Mm."

Trembling, Will pointed toward the direction of Kokowitt Town.

Lin Mo expressionlessly walked around him and headed in the direction he had indicated.

He had not gone far.

Several other guards who had not seen Lin Mo crush the bullet hurried over.

Seeing Will and the others standing there dumbfounded, staring at the back of a child walking away, one of the guards said irritably, "Hey! What are you doing? Have you forgotten our mission here?"

"N-no, that's not it." Will pointed at Lin Mo. His face was extremely pale as he looked at the guard who had spoken. "That kid... he's a monster..."

"A monster?" The guard was stunned, then burst into laughter. "I think you've gone stupid. That kid looks like an ordinary brat. How does he look like a monster?"

"It's true!"

"Exactly! He crushed a bullet with his bare hand."

The guards around Will immediately pointed toward the bullet fragments, which had been almost completely buried by the snow.

The guards who had arrived later took a look, but they could not make out that the inconspicuous bits in the snow were bullet fragments. They all burst into laughter.

"What a joke. Those bits are bullets? If you don't want to work, can't you come up with a more believable excuse? Hahahaha!"

"It's true, it's true! Those fragments are bullets! They really are bullets!" Will said shakily.

The guards who had arrived later grew impatient. One of them directly raised his rifle and aimed at the back of Lin Mo's head. "Useless. You actually got scared by a child? I want to see whether this brat is really as powerful as you claim."

With that, another gunshot rang out.

A bullet shot toward the back of Lin Mo's head.

Just before it struck him, Lin Mo tilted his head slightly. The bullet grazed his hair and pierced straight through a pine tree in front of him.

"Huh?" The shooter froze. Thinking Lin Mo had merely gotten lucky, he raised his rifle and fired twice more.

Two bullets flew toward Lin Mo at the same time.

Lin Mo appeared to casually sway his body, dodging both bullets.

"That's impossible!" the shooter exclaimed in disbelief. "Everyone, fire together! I refuse to believe that brat can dodge a hail of bullets!"

Then, apart from Will and the people who had previously seen Lin Mo crush the bullet, the other guards all raised their rifles and began firing at Lin Mo in a rapid barrage.

Countless bullets filled the air as they shot toward Lin Mo.

Lin Mo stopped in place speechlessly and turned around to face the storm of bullets rushing toward him. With a thought, he drew on his power and condensed a glowing golden spherical barrier that enveloped him.

Since obtaining the Fairy Sphere, Lin Mo had not used the skill even once. This was the perfect opportunity to try it out.

Every bullet that struck the Fairy Sphere seemed to have all its power drained away and fell feebly to the ground.

After the last bullet landed,

Lin Mo dispelled the Fairy Sphere. Then he looked indifferently at the guards nearby, whose expressions had drastically changed and whose mouths hung open in shock. With a single burst of Conqueror's Haki, he made those ignorant fools collapse to the ground in silence.

Afterward, Lin Mo turned around and continued toward Kokowitt Town.

Only after he had gone far away did the townspeople hiding behind the houses cautiously emerge, shocked and frightened.

Lin Mo walked through the snow for another half hour before finally seeing Kokowitt Town.

However, Kokowitt Town was not much better than the Town he had come from.

The kingdom's guards had already thoroughly searched the residents there. Those who remained were cleaning up the aftermath, and every face carried varying degrees of indignation and despair.

Lin Mo entered the Town expressionlessly.

As he passed an ordinary household, a man rushed out of the house while carrying a girl burning with fever. Tears streaked his face as he shouted sorrowfully, "Doctor! Is there any doctor still hiding here? Please, I beg you, save my child! Please!"

The only response the man received was a chorus of sighs.

The man desperately hugged his child and knelt in the snow.

"Does this Town have a tavern?" At that moment, Lin Mo walked up to the man and stared at him expressionlessly.

The man raised his tear-streaked face to look at him. He had initially wanted to curse at him, but after thinking it over, he sobbed, "There's no tavern here. Only the Town near the port has one."

The man did not blame Lin Mo.

Instead, the surrounding townspeople, unable to contain their anger, began shouting one after another.

"What's wrong with this child? Can't he see that someone is grieving? How could he ask such a question?"

"Exactly. Where did this insensitive child come from?"

"What an ill-mannered brat..."

Lin Mo ignored the voices around him. He pointed at the two bottles of Wine placed on a shelf inside the man's house and asked, "Can you give me the Wine in your house?"

The man gritted his teeth tightly and said sorrowfully, "What's wrong with you, child... Sob, forget it. Do whatever you want. If you want them, take them."

Lin Mo nodded lightly.

Amid the accusations of the surrounding townspeople, he entered the man's house and took the two bottles of Wine.

Then he came back out and stood in front of the man. Freeing one hand, he held it half a meter above the girl's forehead without touching her.

A luminous green glow spread from Lin Mo's palm and slowly merged into the girl's body.

The man stared in shock at Lin Mo's strange action. He was just about to scold him and ask what he was doing

when the girl in his arms suddenly moved.

The man immediately lowered his head to look. The girl's face, flushed red from her high fever, gradually returned to its normal color.

After a moment of stunned silence,

the man reached out and touched the girl's forehead. Then he exclaimed in shock, "Ah! Her fever's gone!"

Drum Island: The Book-Stealing Boy, Tra-guy

After healing the girl with the Mystical Palm Technique, Lin Mo carried the two bottles of Wine he had taken from the man's house and left calmly.

The man excitedly hugged his daughter. Turning toward Lin Mo, who had not yet gone far, he said with tears of gratitude in his eyes, "Thank you, thank you so much! Benefactor, what's your name?"

Lin Mo ignored him and continued walking forward.

The surrounding townspeople were all wearing expressions of unbelievable shock.

"What did he just do? How did Old Xing's daughter suddenly get better?"

"That's incredible. His hand was glowing just now. Was that light what cured Old Xing's daughter? Who is that child? Does anyone know him?"

"No. There are only a few Towns on Drum Island. Judging by the style of the cotton-padded coat he's wearing, it wasn't made on our island."

"Ah, so he took the Wine as payment for treating Old Xing's daughter. We misunderstood him just now."