"Unlucky?"
Kai lazily raised an eyelid, scratching the back of his head, and said, "My subordinate wants to play a pirate game and gain some combat experience. Could you do us a favor?"
His words lacked any seriousness.
Especially Saitama's dead fish eyes and comical clothing style, which gave the impression that he was just joking.
These words, in particular, made the faces of Iron, and the other two pirate captains darken to the extreme.
Their facial muscles twitched.
However, upon clearly seeing Kouzuki Hiyori emerge from behind Kai, their eyes lit up.
No!
It should be said that more people gasped and swallowed their saliva.
After all, in their eyes, this woman was no less beautiful than the legendary Pirate Empress.
Light blue hair tied into a ponytail.
A tight-fitting kimono combat outfit, paired with a tachi in her hand, added a touch of heroism to her fair, beautiful face.
"This... this bald guy, the woman behind him is even more beautiful than that Navy woman."
"If I could have her, I'd be willing to live ten years less."
"Tch, you'd only live ten years less? I'd be willing to live twenty years less..."
The scene instantly became boisterous.
Even the Navy soldiers couldn't help but blink.
In their eyes, such a great beauty paired with a bald man, was like a beautiful flower stuck in cow dung.
"Shut up!" Iron roared, a greedy glint flashing across his face.
"Bald guy, I was originally going to let you explain and then let you leave."
"I didn't expect you to bring us such a top-tier woman. Then you can only blame yourself for having bad luck and being too unlucky."
With that, Iron gripped the giant serrated greatsword in his hand and said with a ferocious grin.
"Beautiful lady, I'll take you to play pirate pretend right now!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Iron stomped his foot and lunged towards Kai.
The serrated greatsword in his hand, glinting coldly, brought a fierce whistling sound as it slashed directly downwards.
The sudden attack instantly tensed Kouzuki Hiyori's nerves.
She had vowed to become stronger on this sea.
The approaching Iron had undoubtedly become her first touchstone.
With this thought, Kouzuki Hiyori's tachi was instantly unsheathed.
She took a step forward in a lotus-like gait, intercepting Kai.
Clang!
A dull metallic collision echoed.
The immense recoil force rapidly transmitted along the blade, causing Kouzuki Hiyori's tiger's mouth to sting.
Her tachi almost flew out of her hand.
Kouzuki Hiyori had indeed practiced swordsmanship under Kyoshiro.
However, it was fine against ordinary people, but against a pirate like Iron with a bounty over 100 million, she was no match.
After blocking this fierce attack, she felt utterly overwhelmed.
"Beautiful lady, your temper really suits my taste. Since you want to go first, I won't hold back." Greed flashed in Iron's eyes.
Looking at Kouzuki Hiyori, who was within arm's reach, he forcefully pressed down with his tachi.
At the same time, he quickly reached out to grab Kouzuki Hiyori.
The sudden turn of events made Kouzuki Hiyori's face change.
Seeing the hand rapidly enlarging in her pupils and the tachi pressing down, she had no way to free her hand to dodge for the moment.
"Little Green, use String Shot!" Kai's voice suddenly rang out.
Kouzuki Hiyori was stunned.
She was in a perilous situation.
Kai not intervening to save her had already thrown Kouzuki Hiyori into disarray.
Now, he was asking a worm to deal with Iron, which completely overturned her understanding.
However, as soon as this thought crossed her mind, a green figure darted out in full view.
Seeing this large caterpillar, many people present were taken aback.
Who were they underestimating?
However, as soon as this thought arose, they soon saw Caterpie land on Kouzuki Hiyori's head first.
And incidentally, "green-lit" her as well.
Opening its mouth, streams of white silk erupted like a volcano.
They directly enveloped Iron's outstretched hand and his entire body.
If, in the Pokémon world, Caterpie's String Shot was sprayed out strand by strand,
this special Caterpie before Kai, which might evolve into Rayquaza, was undoubtedly different.
Its mouth could spew out hundreds of silken threads at once.
In just one exchange, it had completely wrapped Iron in white silk.
Within two or three breaths, even his ferocious serrated greatsword was encased in a cocoon.
The sudden turn of events caused many people present to shrink their pupils.
Especially Kouzuki Hiyori, her pretty face filled with disbelief.
Just a moment ago, she had been full of disgust for this caterpillar that had landed on her head.
She had also harbored doubts about Kai's intention to have this Caterpie assist her in battle.
She never expected that Caterpie would capture Iron with its first move.
Looking at the scene before her, if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes,
who would believe that humans were inferior to worms!
"You bastard! How dare you toy with this captain! I wasn't planning on using my trump card."
"Now, you've completely disgraced me! I will tear you all to shreds in front of everyone!"
Iron roared.
In the next moment, the cocoon, which had been constricting, suddenly expanded by double its size.
Before they could react, a low wolf howl, accompanied by a piercing sound, suddenly echoed across the sea.
"Careful! Iron is an animal-type Cat-Cat Fruit user in wolf form!" Hina's expression changed, and she urgently warned them.
The sudden turn of events shook everyone's nerves.
The silk cocoon, which everyone had been watching intently, was burst open in full view.
Iron, whose body had visibly grown, instantly leaped past Kouzuki Hiyori and Caterpie with a fierce whistling sound, appearing beside Kai.
In his eyes, he still harbored the intention of taking Kouzuki Hiyori for himself.
At the same time, he also intended to present this peculiar caterpillar to some important figure.
Therefore, with all these factors in mind, the only person left for him to kill as a warning was Kai, the bald man.
"Black Wolf Iron Claw!" Iron roared.
The wolf claws on his right hand suddenly extended sharp nails.
Covered in black Armament Haki, they brought a fierce whistling sound as they clawed towards Kai.
For a moment, the sound of tearing air was incessant.
However, facing all of this, Kai, at the center of the attack, appeared completely unfazed.
His dead fish eyes flicked upwards, and without any fancy moves, he threw a simple punch in full view of everyone!
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