Go Away, I Won't Agree to Your Request

"What? Was I wrong? Aren't you the son of a pirate? Don't you have the blood of filthy Pirates running through your veins? Everyone knows about this, and as for what you've done, don't you have any idea yourself? What, do you want me to list everything one by one?"

"A person like you makes every word filthy. And your father—well, what kind of person, what kind of son does he produce?"

However, Klahadore didn't care at all about the fury in Usopp's eyes. He merely sneered coldly and continued speaking to himself.

"Bartel, shut up! Stop it!"

Kaya couldn't help shouting.

Although she was bedridden with illness, she had heard her servants mention Usopp and vaguely understood the situation. She didn't dislike Usopp, but Bartel's words had gone too far!

"How dare he call us filthy!"

"That's really unpleasant to hear!"

"Hmph!"

Luffy and the other three were also filled with displeasure when they heard Bartel's words.

However, they were helpless. They couldn't exactly attack an ordinary person!

Besides, there was nothing wrong with what Bartel had said. In this era of great Pirates, Pirates ran rampant and killed and looted wherever they went. They represented evil, so he wasn't wrong to say that.

Moreover, if they were afraid of being criticized, why become Pirates in the first place?

Therefore, the four of them ignored him!

"Captain Usopp!"

"Damn it! How dare that guy look down on us! Bastard!"

"Captain!"

However, their ignoring him didn't mean the same for the three boys. When Onion and the others heard those words, they became furious and were about to attack Bartel.

But someone beat them to it!

"You bastard! Don't you dare look down on my father!"

Usopp's face instantly turned livid. With a roar, he swung a punch at Bartel!

"Bang!"

Bartel didn't dodge and took the punch head-on!

His body staggered back five steps in a row, and the glasses on his face were knocked flying!

"Bartel!"

Kaya cried out again, her voice filled with worry.

"Miss, don't worry. I'm fine."

Bartel gave a faint smile. He picked up his glasses from the ground, put them back on, adjusted them with his palm, wiped the blood from his injured face, and then looked at Usopp disdainfully.

"As expected of the filthy descendant of a pirate. You only know how to solve things with your fists. It seems I wasn't wrong at all."

"You!"

Usopp was enraged and was about to attack again.

"Stop, Usopp! Cough, cough..."

Kaya shouted loudly, but because she had exerted herself too much, she began coughing violently.

"Kaya!"

Usopp's heart tightened when he heard that, and he hurriedly turned to look.

"Miss, it's time for your medicine. I'll bring it up right away!"

"Get lost already. Don't climb over the back wall to come in again. And as for your request, I won't agree to it."

Bartel sneered coldly. His gaze swept over Luffy and the other three before finally settling disdainfully on Usopp. After saying that, he returned to the room to deliver Kaya's medicine.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Usopp was filled with unwillingness, but seeing that Kaya was seriously ill, he could do nothing. He left dejectedly.

"Captain! Captain!"

Pepper and the other two hurried after him.

"Hey, hey, hey, what did he mean by that last sentence? Did he reject us?"

"Probably. Otherwise, what else could he mean?"

"Ah, so our ship is a lost cause!"

Luffy and the other two became dispirited when they heard Klahadore's final words.

He had directly rejected them.

Their hopes of getting a ship had clearly gone up in smoke!

"Captain Kuro?"

Moonlight watched in the direction Bartel had left, a glint flashing through his eyes.

In particular, he recalled the striking way Bartel had adjusted his glasses with his palm. That definitely wasn't something a normal person would do.

"Since that's fallen through, we can only find another way somewhere else!"

Luffy said dejectedly as he left the villa.

He couldn't exactly steal one. Now that he had been rejected and had offended the butler, he could only think of another solution.

"Usopp, Usopp!"

Then he suddenly remembered Usopp and hurried after him.

"Hey, hey, hey, Captain, where are you going?"

"Luffy!"

Seeing Luffy abandon them and run off, Zoro and Nami couldn't help calling out.

However, Luffy was already far too fast and had vanished without a trace.

"Damn it, he's far too irresponsible for a captain!"

Seeing this, Nami and Zoro couldn't help complaining.

"Heh heh, don't worry about it. Perhaps he'll discover something different. Besides, I've noticed something interesting!"

Looking at their speechless expressions, Moonlight smiled.

"Something interesting?"

"What did you discover?"

The two of them couldn't help asking.

"Don't you think that butler is a little strange?"

Moonlight smiled.

"Strange? He is somewhat strange. The way he adjusted his glasses was odd. How would a normal person adjust them like that?"

"Exactly. Now that you mention it, it really was abnormal!"

After recalling it, the two of them nodded.

"The answer is obvious: he isn't a normal person. Of course, we can't rule out some illness or perhaps a habit, but that habit is far too unusual. Setting illness aside, habits can't be innate—they can only be acquired. Think about it. On this sea, with those abnormal movements and habits, and the master of this villa dead, leaving only a young lady and a butler behind, what comes to mind?"

Moonlight smiled faintly.

The logic was simple enough, but no one had paid attention before. Now that they carefully thought about it, it was horrifying—and the answer was practically obvious!

"Now that you mention it, it really is abnormal. Are you suspecting that the butler isn't an ordinary person? Could he be a pirate or a bandit?"

"Moonlight, this..."

The two of them froze. The more carefully they considered Moonlight's words, the more frightening they seemed!

Nami was the first to draw a conclusion.

"Exactly. On this sea, besides ordinary people, what else is there but Pirates? We have no evidence, but I have a feeling he's not simple. Forget about Luffy—this butler really annoys me!"

"As a servant, he actually oversteps his position and makes decisions in place of the master. I don't like that at all. Besides, without a ship, we can't go to the Grand Line, and I don't want to waste time here."

Moonlight spoke faintly.

"What are you going to do?"

Nami nodded, agreeing with Moonlight first.

"I'm getting a little curious too."

Zoro also nodded, his curiosity piqued.

"It's simple. We'll split up and search the mountain behind the village and the other directions to see whether any pirate ships are moored there. Since he's a pirate, he must have a ship."

"If we can find the pirate ship, everything will become clear."

Moonlight said.

"Good. We came from the west, and there's nothing unusual there. I'll take the east, Zoro the south, and Moonlight, you take the north."

Nami nodded and immediately assigned their routes.

"Hey, can you stop arranging my movements? When did I say I was going south?"

Zoro couldn't help protesting Nami's decision.