Even after the girl ran into the house, the half-grown children kept throwing stones at it, refusing to let up. For some reason, though, they only dared to throw from far away and did not dare approach the house.
When they saw Dunn and the other two come out, the children immediately eyed them warily, then scattered and ran.
"Poor girl!" Although Hoffman did not know the details, he could not help sighing at the sight.
Annie gave a disdainful sneer, while Dunn frowned slightly at the house the girl had run into.
Just then, the door of that house opened a crack, revealing a faint glimpse of a pair of dark eyes peeking at Dunn and the others through the gap.
Hearing the noise, the three looked over. When the girl saw all three looking at her, she slammed the door shut again.
Evening soon arrived. The three took out the bread and jerky they had brought, built a simple fire, and heated the food for dinner.
"Right, what about Green and the others? We can't just leave them waiting there forever." Only as she ate her toasted bread did Annie remember Green.
"I already used my ability to tell them to head back to camp first."
The Vampire Fruit had the ability to manipulate sound waves. After all this time, Dunn had easily developed a way to transmit his voice privately over several kilometers.
When they had made the spur-of-the-moment decision to stay in the village, Dunn had used his ability to notify Green, telling him to take the others back to camp first and have the pirates under his command keep a low profile for the next couple of days.
They were to avoid running into the villagers. Dunn had yet to decide how to deal