"We took it upon ourselves to handle this. Young Master Feiluo is kindhearted. As long as you leave the Brunei Family and never show yourself again, Eldest Young Master, he won't make things difficult for you. He'll even give you some compensation!"
"Young Master Zesi, don't you like going out to sea? Since you chose to leave, isn't it a little embarrassing to come slinking back just because you couldn't make it out there?"
"Young Master Zesi, please don't make this difficult for us. You'd be better off leaving the family yourself. We've already prepared a boat, food, and money for you, enough for you to enjoy yourself out there for a while!"
"Whew!" After hearing the three of them, Zesi let out a breath.
Fortunately, that brat Feiluo hadn't planned to kill him.
Otherwise, after crippling him, it would be hard to find someone else to stay home and run the Brunei Family in his place.
Besides, if he crippled that brat, Pops probably wouldn't take it well either!
"Hehe, Eldest Young Master, a wise man knows which way the wind blows. It looks like you've made your decision. This way, please!"
Seeing Zesi let out a breath, they thought he had given in.
"Heh, as the family's guardians, no matter what your reasons are, none of them justify turning against the family you serve."
"What's more, as members of the Shadow Wings, all you need to do is fulfill your duties and follow orders. As for who becomes the family head, that's not for you to decide. Pops Kalai has focused only on developing your strength over the years and neglected to teach you the rules. I'll have to put some effort into that in the future!" Zesi said.
Zesi had made up his mind. Since he had some free time for now anyway, he would first take over the Brunei Family, resolve some of the crises it faced, and whip it into shape before handing it back to Pops or Feiluo.
That way, he could venture out without worrying.
After all, this was his home. When he grew tired of life out there, he would have somewhere to return to.
"What?"
"It looks like you'll have to suffer a little, Eldest Young Master."
"Eldest Young Master, the Brunei Family is no longer what it once was. It's all thanks to the master that the family enjoys its present glory. How dare you show him such disrespect? Even if you are the eldest young master, we may have to teach you a lesson!"
The expressions of all three changed at Zesi's words.
Then they charged at Zesi together.
"Glory? Yes, compared to before, the Brunei Family can indeed be called glorious now. But that glory is built on sand. One wave, and it'll all fall apart. Even Pops can't sleep at night. I have no idea where you get your confidence!" Zesi said, shaking his head.
It had to be said that Zesi's pops had poured enormous resources into the Shadow Wings over the past few years.
Of the three Shadow Wings members, one was a swordsman, one was a hand-to-hand combat expert, and the last was actually a Zoan Devil Fruit User.
Judging their strength by pirate standards, they were all capable fighters worth bounties of over ten million.
An ordinary person really would have been no match for them.
But the person standing before them was Zesi.
They didn't even see him make a move. He merely glared, and all three rolled their eyes back and collapsed to the ground.
"I have no idea who gave you the courage to attack me!" Zesi said, shaking his head.
"Since you're here, come out and have a chat!" Zesi said then, turning toward another direction.
"As expected, someone who's returned from tempering himself at sea isn't someone Biggs and the other two can handle. You took all three of them down so easily. No wonder Father thinks so highly of you. Are you a Devil Fruit User too?"
A youth standing on a throwing knife slowly descended from the sky.
The youth was none other than Feiluo.
He didn't know about Conqueror's Haki. Moreover, Zesi had already been able to control his Conqueror's Haki completely just now. Only those subjected to it could feel it; no one else had sensed anything.
So Feiluo thought Zesi had used some Devil Fruit ability.
"Heh, are you here to kill me?" Zesi asked calmly.
"You're standing in my way. Why should I lose everything the moment you come back? Why should you get everything I've ever dreamed of just by coming home? The worst part is that you keep making excuses to turn it down. What I treasure, you treat as something barely worth keeping. If that's how you feel, why did you come back at all? I won't accept it! I'm the only one who can revitalize the Brunei Family. Only I can make it stronger," Feiluo said indignantly.
"Oh, you seem very angry. You think it's unfair? You want to take those things back with your own strength? But can you do it? To tell you the truth, after these years of tempering myself at sea, I'm far stronger than your average person!" Zesi said with a smile.
"If you can still say that in a moment, I'll give you credit. You're not the only one with a Devil Fruit ability!" Feiluo said with a cold laugh.
At the same time, eleven gleaming golden throwing knives appeared behind him.
"Controlling throwing knives? Is that your Devil Fruit ability?" Zesi asked with a smile.
"Hmph!" Feiluo snorted coldly. Without any visible movement of his hands, the eleven golden throwing knives shot toward Zesi at ghostly speed.
Without reaching a certain level of strength, someone really would have had no way to dodge that kind of speed.
What's more, there were eleven throwing knives, which he could control at will as though they were his own hands. A mere thought was all it took for the knives to follow his commands.
It had to be said that this was a very good Devil Fruit ability, and Feiluo controlled it well.
Normally, even a pirate with a bounty of over a hundred million could be struck by those lightning-fast knives in a moment of carelessness.
Unfortunately, he had chosen the wrong opponent today.
"You're planning to take back what you want with these sluggish throwing knives? Are you joking?" Zesi shifted nimbly, evading every attack from the throwing knives.
"Impossible, impossible! How could you dodge every attack from my throwing knives? My knives are so fast!"
"Fast? In my eyes, your throwing knives are as slow as a crawling turtle!
Out at sea, there's a power called Haki. One type of Haki is called Observation Haki, which lets you sense danger and attacks through a special perception.
Those with sufficiently strong Observation Haki can predict your next attack, and even achieve Future Sight.
Speeds so fast that ordinary people can only see afterimages have nowhere to hide from Observation Haki's perception. They're like a turtle crawling. And I happen to be someone who has mastered this kind of Observation Haki!" Zesi said calmly.