Above Pirate King - Chapter 114
One month later,
Grand Line, Mock Town.
In the early morning, after a night of revelry by the pirates, the town had a rare moment of tranquility.
“La la la… la la la…”
On the streets, a seven or eight-year-old girl wearing a red princess dress, black shoes, and long golden hair skipped and Shion with an innocent smile, passing through the quiet and empty streets.
The entire town seemed peaceful and serene. Without prior knowledge, one wouldn’t think it was a pirate town.
“Boom!!!”
Suddenly, a huge explosion shattered the tranquility of the town.
“Damn it!”
“Who dares to disturb my sleep?”
“Son of a…”
“Who the hell is firing this early in the morning?”
“Kill that bastard!”
…
A large group of pirates wielding swords and guns rushed out from the two taverns on the sides of the street, cursing and grumbling.
As soon as they came out, they witnessed a scene that made their eyes bulge.
At the pier, a raging inferno had engulfed everything.
All the ships of the people were set ablaze.
“Ah, my ship!!!”
“Who did this, you bastard?”
“What about the people on the ship? Are they all dead?”
…
The pirates were filled with rage and were about to head to the pier to investigate.
At that moment,
A large pirate ship with a flag depicting a top hat, a collar adorned with fur, and a waving skull emerged from the sea of fire, appearing on the pier.
On the ship,
“Eliminate everyone in the entire town!” Katakuri, holding a steel trident, said coldly, pointing at the town.
“Yes!” The excited underlings responded.
Subsequently, Katakuri’s pirates jumped directly off the ship and rushed towards the town.
“Ah!”
“Help!”
” Spare me!”
“I’ll join you!”
…
Soon, the town was filled with screams.
After carefully observing for a while, Katakuri didn’t notice any issues, so he stopped watching.
He turned around, and behind him was a girl carrying a long sword.
It was Smoothie.
Smoothie looked at the town in front of her, but her thoughts were elsewhere, lost in a daze.
Katakuri glanced at this scene, pursed his lips as if he wanted to say something, but ultimately gave up.
“Pant.. Pant…”
Before long, a bloodied pirate wielding a large knife returned.
“We’re done cleaning up!”
The pirate said breathlessly.
“Good!” Katakuri nodded slightly.
One vast ocean… Beneath it, a whale-shaped yacht was heading towards Mock Town.
“Hah…”
Milo lay on the couch and let out a bored yawn.
Outside the window beside him, coral reefs, seaweed, and various kinds of fish created a beautiful marine scenery. However, he had no interest in any of it.
On the first day, Milo was excited to see all these sights, but by the second day, the third day… after more than twenty consecutive days of looking at the same things, he couldn’t take it anymore.
But to avoid trouble, Skybreaker was submerged underwater for most of the day, which meant he had to keep looking at these scenes.
At that moment, several Marine battleships passed overhead.
Milo only glanced up briefly and paid no further attention.
He was no longer surprised.
Thanks to the Skybreaker’s radar and optical camouflage, they could detect approaching ships in advance and choose to either bypass them or remain invisible. At most, they would dive underwater.
Although the Skybreaker was a massive two-hundred-meter vessel, it moved like a ghost. Since their departure from the Kingdom of St. Martin, no one had noticed the ship’s existence.
“So boring!” Milo sighed.
“Don’t you have enough entertainment on this ship? So many recreational facilities!” Shion sat cross-legged on the couch, speaking casually.
“I’ve played everything. With my reflexes, those games offer no challenge. I breeze through them effortlessly!” Milo replied helplessly.
“Then let’s play something challenging, like cards. We can even involve Skybreaker,” Shion suggested with a light laugh.
“Uh… Well, I think I’ll stick to playing games!” Milo scratched his head, forced a smile, and stood up, heading towards the game room.
It’s not that he didn’t want to play, but he didn’t want to play with Shion and the Skybreaker—those two maniacs!
When he played with them before, he achieved thirty victories but suffered over a hundred and seventy defeats. Most of the thirty wins came from when he played with them as a team while playing Landlord. If he played alone, he would lose ninety-nine percent of the time.
No way around it!
Shion had a cool head and strong calculation abilities. When playing cards, he planned three steps ahead!
And the Skybreaker wasn’t easy to deal with either. It was a robot with a never-heating brain. When it played cards, it calculated all the data meticulously.
Both of them treated card games as a technical challenge!
And poor Milo was just an ordinary player caught in the middle, always ending up as the loser. Unless he got extremely lucky, he would always lose.
At that moment, another military ship passed overhead. However, this ship was different from the previous ones, primarily because of the person standing at the bow.
Standing at the bow was a muscular man with a resolute face, wearing a dark red suit, a Marine hat, and black leather gloves, with a rose-shaped brooch on his chest.
On the Marine battleship.
“Purupurupurupuru!”
A Den Den Mushi rang.
A Marine soldier by the side immediately answered the call.
“Hello… Yes… Okay, please wait a moment!” After receiving the information, the soldier hung up the phone and hurriedly approached the bow.
“Vice-Admiral Akainu, the Charlotte family’s ship has entered Mock Town and has already cleared the port of other vessels,” the soldier respectfully reported.
“Okay!” Akainu nodded and said in a deep voice, “Have all nearby ships covertly surround the area, be careful not to be detected. We’ll take them down all at once when their intended targets arrive!”
“Yes!” The soldier nodded respectfully, then turned and ran to the Den Den Mushi, dialing a number.
In fact, the Marines had already discovered the Charlotte family’s ship as soon as they entered the Grand Line from the New World.
However, the Marines knew that simply finding them was not enough. The most important thing was to find their intended targets, to find what they were marrying into. Only by finding that could the mission be considered complete.
If they only found the people, even if they defeated or killed them, they would continue their next move. Only by finding the object could they resolve everything once and for all.
So, from the moment they entered the Grand Line, the Marines had secretly followed their ship, continuously tracking them until they stopped in Mock Town.
During their covert pursuit, the Charlotte family rarely stopped, at most just replenishing their supplies before setting off again within half an hour.
Now, they had stopped in Mock Town and attacked the port. That meant this place was likely the meeting point for both sides.
“Mock Town is also a pirate den. This time, let’s destroy the entire town!” Akainu murmured. His arms, embraced against his chest, dripped droplets of magma, emitting a crackling sound.
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