"What a disgrace. A mere merchant family actually forced you to ask headquarters for help!"
"What's even worse is that you not only asked Cipher Pol and the World Government for help, but the Navy too. Haven't you embarrassed us enough?"
Aboard the World Government ship, a middle-aged man in a suit and cape spoke to Spandine, his face full of anger.
"Yes, sir. I was foolish, but I was only trying to carry out the Celestial Dragons' mission. I made a foolish decision in the heat of the moment. Please forgive me, sir. After all, if the Celestial Dragons blamed us, we really would have trouble explaining ourselves," Spandine said ingratiatingly.
Although Cipher Pol and the Navy were both organizations under the World Government, they were also rivals.
Neither could stand the other, so Spandine's request for naval assistance was a serious embarrassment to Cipher Pol.
"Hmph. In light of the Celestial Dragons' orders, I'll let you off this time. But we must settle the Brunei Family matter before the Navy arrives. Otherwise, if the higher-ups get angry, never mind you-even I won't escape the consequences!"
"But the Brunei Family is extremely difficult to deal with, especially that brat Brunei Feiluo. More often than not, our men die before we even catch a glimpse of his flying knives. Otherwise, I wouldn't have requested help. We're only an intelligence organization, after all. Wouldn't it be better to leave the fighting to the Navy?"
"Hmph. Haven't you disgraced Cipher Pol enough? Don't worry. I've brought CP9 with me this time. Come out!"
At those words, three figures instantly appeared in the cabin.
The World Government's standard attire was a black suit, and all three wore one, yet each wore it with a different style.
"Reporting, sir. What are your orders?" asked a powerfully built man five meters tall.
"Just give the order, sir, and I, Lampkin, will carry it out even if it kills me!" a young man said with a cheeky grin.
"..." The last man said nothing, his face stern and silent.
"Youpi, Lampkin, and Jason are the very best in CP9. With them taking action, never mind a mere merchant family-they can even handle pirates from the New World. Frankly, sending them against a little Brunei Family is using a butcher's knife to kill a chicken. But because of your stupidity, we have to settle the Brunei Family matter before the Navy arrives. That's why I deployed them. They're candidates for CP0!"
"You three know what to do!"
"Sir, are we allowed to kill? Sir?"
"Since you're being deployed, naturally, you are to kill without mercy! I want the Brunei Family's fate to show everyone what happens when they defy the Celestial Dragons and the World Government."
"Yes, understood, sir!"
Hearing their Cipher Pol superior's words, the three CP9 experts revealed bloodthirsty smiles.
"Who are you?"
"Judging by their clothes, they're from the World Government!"
"They got beaten so badly a few days ago, and they still dare come back!"
The three CP9 agents slowly stepped onto the island where the Brunei Family resided.
They made no attempt to conceal their movements and headed toward the Brunei Family without a care. The family's guards soon spotted them.
"Which of you is taking them?" Youpi asked.
"I'm not interested in these weaklings!" Lampkin said.
"I'll do it!" Jason said with a sinister smile.
With that, Jason vanished from where he stood!
"Ah! Ah!" Screams rang out without end.
A figure moved at a ghostlike speed.
As he moved, people fell into pools of blood, each with a finger-sized hole in their forehead.
In the blink of an eye, a large number of guards lay on the ground.
The three CP9 agents stepped over the corpses without a care and continued forward.
Before long, however, they stopped again.
"Hmm?" The three looked up with frowns.
Just then, blades flashed, and several flying knives shot toward them in an instant.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Figures flickered as Lampkin and Jason vanished simultaneously, dodging the flying knives.
Youpi, however, stood utterly still, letting the flying knives strike his body.
"Tekkai!" Clang! Clang! Clang! Sparks flew as the knives struck Youpi's body.
"Hee hee hee, kid, throwing knives around is very dangerous."
Lampkin instantly appeared beside Feiluo, who had thrown the knives, and lashed out at him with a fierce kick.
"When it comes to danger, I can't compare to you guys, with every part of your bodies turned into weapons!" Feiluo said with a sneer.
At the same time, four flying knives whirled rapidly around him, forming a defense of flashing blades.
Whoosh! At the sight of that dense defense of flashing blades, Lampkin immediately abandoned his attack and darted back.
"Oh, you're pretty slick with those flying knives, kid!"
"He can control flying knives. He should be the Brunei Family's Devil Fruit User mentioned in the intelligence."
"Once we finish him off, there'll be nothing left for us to do!"
"Hahaha, what an interesting ability! Leave him to me! Let's see whether your knives are sharper or my Tekkai is harder!" Youpi stepped forward with a laugh.
As he spoke, Youpi charged swiftly toward Feiluo.
"Hmph!" Feiluo snorted, and eight flying knives instantly turned into streaks of cold light, slashing toward Youpi.
An ordinary person facing such swift flying knives would probably be struck before they could even dodge.
Even Youpi's two companions would immediately use Soru to evade those flying knives.
But Youpi did not dodge at all. Instead, he charged straight toward them.
Under Feiluo's full control, his eight flying knives struck Youpi's body like rays of light.
Once speed reached a certain point, it became power.
With Feiluo controlling them with all his strength, the flying knives carried considerable force.
Yet they still could not break through Youpi's Tekkai defense.
Even if an ordinary marine could use Tekkai, their entire body would become rigid, preventing them from making any other movements.
But after using Tekkai, Youpi could still move as swiftly as normal.
In the moment Feiluo froze, Youpi had already forced his way through the flying knives and thrown a punch at him.
Only when he saw Youpi appear before him did Feiluo snap out of his daze and direct his remaining four flying knives to defend himself.
But Youpi's fist smashed straight through the defending knives and struck Feiluo.
Feiluo was sent flying and finally slammed heavily into a building.
"Hahaha, let's kill to our hearts' content!"
Youpi moved his feet, and his body shot after Feiluo like a rocket.
In the blink of an eye, he appeared where Feiluo had fallen.
Youpi's punch had been heavy, making Feiluo cough up blood. Now he could no longer move.
Looking at the immobile Feiluo, Youpi revealed a savage smile and raised a fist high, about to strike him again.
Gritting his teeth against the pain, Feiluo directed his flying knives at Youpi. Unfortunately, the knives only sent showers of sparks flying when they struck him, accomplishing nothing else.
At the sight, Feiluo could not help feeling somewhat desperate.
The savage grin on Youpi's face grew even wider, and he drove his fist viciously toward Feiluo's head.
If Youpi's punch landed, Feiluo's head would burst like a watermelon, splattering red matter everywhere.
But just as Youpi's fist was about to strike Feiluo's head, it suddenly stopped.
"Hey, could you move aside? That guy underneath you seems to be my little brother!" At that moment, a voice came from behind Youpi.