Ages looked at the spectacular sight, the corner of his eye twitching as he cried out inwardly.
"My god! With a show of force like this, anyone who didn't know better would think they were going to attack the Holy Land Mary Geoise..."
Afterward, as arranged beforehand, Ages sailed with Don Krieg to Changsiluobai Island aboard the Krieg Pirates' flagship, the Dread Naught Saber...
Ages was now strolling around the Naught Saber, exploring the ship.
Ages had asked Don Krieg for permission, and Don Krieg, believing Ages was still useful, decided to keep him happy for the time being and granted his request.
For safety's sake, however, Don Krieg sent the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man to follow Ages.
Like a curious child, Ages ran all over the Naught Saber, touching this one moment and that the next.
Ages's innocent liveliness wore the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man half to death. He had to jog the whole way to keep up with Ages, and before long he was panting as he begged for mercy.
"Little master, slow down! Don't run so fast. Oh, you're wearing me out!"
Ages looked back at the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man, who was exhausted like a dog, and scoffed at his stamina.
"Hehe, just watch me torment you to death, you little bitch."
Ages skipped over to the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man, gave him a sunny smile, and said, "All right, I'll stop running..."
The sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man had barely begun to feel happy when he heard the rest of what Ages had to say, and his face fell.
"I'm tired of running too, so why don't you carry me on your back, Uncle Monkey?"
"You... you..."
The sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man's mouth twitched. He pointed at Ages but couldn't get a word out for a long while.
Still smiling sunnily, Ages looked at the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man and said, "If you don't carry me, I'll tell Boss Don Krieg, and then... hehe."
At the mention of Don Krieg's name, the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man was so frightened that he immediately crouched down on all fours and begged Ages to climb on.
Ages jumped straight onto the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man's back.
"So heavy!"
Feeling Ages's weight on his back, the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man felt as though he were carrying not a child, but a fat man weighing a hundred jin.
The reason the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man felt that way was that Ages had doubled the gravity on him when he jumped onto his back.
Watching the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man crawl across the ground step by step, his head drenched in sweat, Ages's eyes filled with disdain.
After looking around and seeing no one nearby, Ages calculated inwardly.
"Everything inside the ship's cabins is in place. All the plan needs now is someone to draw their fire. Hmph, I'll use this piece of trash to draw it."
Ages then formed a small black ball in his hand and slapped it into the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man's back with a smack. Pretending to pat the man on the back, he urged him on.
"Uncle Monkey, at this speed, if you put on a hat, you'd really look like a turtle..."
After that, Ages toyed with the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man in all sorts of ways...
One day later.
Ages and the others finally arrived at Changsiluobai Island.
Don Krieg brought Ages ashore. Feeling the oppressive heat in the air, he looked up at the mountain range in the center of Changsiluobai Island and frowned.
"It looks like the volcano on Changsiluobai Island is about to erupt. This won't do. We have to hurry, or the treasure might be gone once it erupts."
Don Krieg wiped the sweat from his forehead and spoke to Ages.
"Ages, is this the island where your parents are trapped?"
"Yes! Hurry and save my mom and dad. They've been hungry here for days."
Don Krieg ignored Ages's urging and said, "Take us to the treasure first. Once we've found it, we'll save your parents."
Ages shook his head and said firmly, "No! You have to save my mom and dad first, or I won't tell you where the treasure is. It's hidden in a very mysterious place. You can't find it without me."
Don Krieg narrowed his eyes slightly, a murderous gleam flashing through them as he thought, "You little brat, how dare you threaten me, Don Krieg? Hmph! If it weren't for the treasure, I'd have killed you long ago, yet you still dare to threaten me... Whatever, I'll let you live a little longer. Once I have the treasure, I'll torture your parents to death right in front of you and let you see what it feels like to suffer the consequences of threatening me, Don Krieg."
Without waiting for Don Krieg's answer, Ages rushed into the forest, shouting, "Mom! Dad! I've brought people to save you!"
Seeing that Ages had already run off ahead, Don Krieg hurriedly said, "Follow that brat! Once he's helped us find the treasure, cut off his parents' arms and legs right in front of him, then throw them into the sea!"
"Hehe, yes, boss. That's my favorite thing to do."
The sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man licked his lips with a vicious look, a sinister gleam flashing in his eyes.
Don Krieg and his men quickly followed Ages.
Ages led Don Krieg and his men through so many twists and turns that they became completely disoriented.
Just as Ages turned again, heading into a patch of dense grass as tall as a person...
"Huh? Where did that brat go?"
Puzzled, Don Krieg pushed aside the grass around him, searching for Ages.
"Boss Don Krieg, how did that brat suddenly disappear?" the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man asked, equally puzzled.
Don Krieg slapped the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man on the head and snapped, "You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? You useless trash, what good are you? You even lost track of a brat! Hurry up and find him!"
"Yes, yes, I'll look for him right away..."
Just as the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man was about to start searching...
A voice rang out!
"Hehe, you don't need to look anymore. I'm right here."
Hearing the voice, Don Krieg and his men all looked up at the sky, their eyes filled with shock!
A faint smile on his lips and his hands in his pockets, Ages floated high in the air, looking down at Don Krieg and his men...