"Go! Bring that girl back to me!!"
Seeing that everyone had left, including Nayako, Sena finally gave the order, commanding two of his subordinates to go and capture Nayako.
"Yes!!"
Upon receiving the order, the two immediately emerged from the bushes and walked towards Nayako with fierce expressions.
Meanwhile, as Nayako finished packing all the medicines, picked up the box, and prepared to leave, she saw two burly men with menacing expressions grinning as they reached out to grab her.
"Hmm, who are you? What do you want?"
Upon seeing them, Nayako took two steps back in fear before questioning them.
"Hehehe, little girl, we are crew members of the Devourer Pirates. We're honored to inform you that you think this peculiar ability has caught the eye of our boss, who has specially sent us to pick you up. Just come with us obediently, or else..."
Hearing Nayako forcefully question them, the two men couldn't help but sneer and threaten her.
"No, no need. I have no interest in becoming your captain's companion. You can leave; I have to go back..."
The naive Nayako had no idea that there was a threat in the other person's words, and simply shook her head in refusal.
"Hehehe, that's not up to you anymore, little girl. You'd better come with us obediently..."
They never expected her to obediently follow them after just a few words, and seeing that she refused, they reached out to grab her despite Nayako's objections.
"You..."
Seeing their actions, Nayako understood their meaning perfectly. She immediately turned and ran forward, wanting to escape their control at once.
"Heh heh heh, you think you can escape? Stop running, give me a break..."
After saying that, the two of them chased after him.
"Hehehe... I won't listen to you guys!!"
As Nayako ran away, she didn't forget to make a funny face behind her.
"Damn little brat, you'd better stop right there, or don't blame us for being impolite..."
Seeing Nayako making a face at them, the two became even angrier, quickened their pace, and chased after her in a flash.
"Can't catch it, can't catch it..."
As Nayako ran, she turned back to mock them, fueling their anger to the point where they wanted to kill her.
Ta-da-ta-da...
Bang...
"Hey, who's here?!"
However, after Nayako toyed with the two of them and wandered around the forest a few times, Sena, who couldn't stand it any longer, made his move and appeared in front of Nayako in the blink of an eye, knocking her to the ground.
Nayako, who had just turned around to mock the two pirates, bumped into Sena and was knocked to the ground. She sat down, rubbed her head, and said in a cute and innocent tone.
"Yes, it's Lord Sena!!"
The two small pirates chasing after her, who had been getting chased around by Nayako, stopped when they saw him, lowered their heads, and said embarrassedly.
"Hmph, two useless pieces of trash, can't even catch a person, what use are you?"
Sena slung the sniper rifle over his back and said coldly.
"I'm so sorry, Lord Sena!!"
After being reprimanded like that, the two didn't dare to argue and continued to apologize with their heads down.
"Hmph, alright, little girl, you've finished playing tricks on my men. Now it's time to come with us!"
As he spoke, Sena bent down, grabbed Nayako's slender hand with one hand, lifted her up, and looked into her defiant eyes.
"Hmph, I won't go with you bad people! Put me down right now, or the uncles and elders in the village won't let you off the hook..."
Nayako didn't recognize the other person's identity and thought he was just an ordinary subordinate of Jet, so she couldn't help but threaten him loudly.
"Heh heh heh, they won't let us off? With just this village chief and his bunch of old, weak, and disabled people? Even if they came, what could they do? At most, they'd just kill them..."
Unfortunately, Sena was not intimidated by Nayako's threat. In his eyes, those people were nothing more than ants that he could crush at will, and he was not afraid of any number of them.
"You..."
Hearing Sena's words, Nayako knew that he wasn't intimidated at all and was determined to take her away. This made Nayako struggle, trying to break free from their control and escape their clutches.
"Heh, stop struggling. You can't break free from my Bind with your strength. Just come with us obediently..."
Having said that, Sena ignored Nayako's struggling protests, hoisted her onto his shoulder, and prepared to take her back like this.
"No, let me go, I don't want to go back with you..."
Nayako continued to struggle on his shoulder.
"Hehe, that's not up to you. Let's go back!"
"Yes!!"
With Sena Bind her, Nayako had no chance to struggle and was quickly taken back by them.
"Ah~ I slept so well... It's already evening, Nayako should be back by now!!"
In the small wooden house on the edge of the village, Luo Chen woke up from the wooden bed, stretched, and said lazily.
"Huh?? Why isn't she back yet? I remember she should have been back by now?"
As Luo Chen looked around, the cabin was quiet; there was no one else there except him.
Not seeing Nayako made Luo Chen a little suspicious and worried, but the thought of her returning late a couple of days ago while treating injured animals reassured him somewhat. He assumed she had gone to treat injured animals as before, so he waited for her in the cabin.
But after waiting and waiting, all he got was Nayako's return, which aroused Luo Chen's suspicion. He went outside to see if she had returned.
"What happened? Has she been kidnapped?"
Upon reaching the door but not seeing any trace of Nayako, Luo Chen's expression immediately turned cold.
"They have some nerve, daring to arrest even my people."
Then, Luo Chen activated his Observation Haki, Haki instantly enveloped the entire island. A familiar aura belonging to Nayako appeared in the center of the island.
There were many powerful adults patrolling around her, among whom were three extremely powerful figures, one of whom even possessed an aura no less powerful than hers. This reminded Luo Chen of what Nayako had once said about the pirates who had taken over the island, making him realize the predicament Nayako was in. He said coldly.
Meanwhile, in the center of the island, as Luo Chen recklessly used his Observation Haki to cover the entire island, the three strongest people on the island also noticed and turned their gazes toward Luo Chen, whose Observation Haki was located, as if they were staring at him from afar.
"Hehehe, I never imagined that such a powerful expert was hidden on this deserted island. Is he that little girl's companion?"
"That's perfect! If you want to save her, then come on! I'll use you to stretch my muscles that haven't been used in a long time, and practice my skills!"
As the captain of the pirate ship, Jet immediately noticed that Luo Chen's gaze was directed in his direction, and grinned.
"Hehehe, interesting. This Observation Haki must have belonged to someone quite powerful. I just wonder if you can serve as my testing ground..."
Hidden in the shadows, the mysterious swordsman, one of Jet's two top executives, gripped his Famous Sword and spoke calmly.
"Is this... the companion that little girl mentioned before? She's certainly very strong, but rescuing her won't be so easy. I'll have to ask the gun in my hand first!!"
Sena, having brought Nayako back, touched the sniper rifle behind him and said confidently.
Meanwhile, after confirming that Nayako had been captured, Luo Chen immediately set off for the Central Jet Pirates' base.