Boom!
With a muffled sound, his fist landed against the wall suddenly covered in black.
Sage hardened his Haki from beneath his feet, extending from the floor to the wall Bellamy struck, covering it entirely.
"Gin!"
Sage shouted, "Throw this guy into the sea to sober him up!"
Whoosh!
Gin, who lay on the ground like a ghost, quickly sprang up and flashed behind Bellamy. He punched Bellamy's cheek from the side, knocking him to the floor, and as Bellamy fell, Gin extended his leg, kicking Bellamy's body into the air. He seized Bellamy's hair, dragging him across the floor.
"Yes, Captain Sage."
Gin struggled to keep his intoxicated eyes open, following Sage's orders, and began dragging Bellamy out.
Even drunk, he would loyally carry out orders.
As for the defeated Bellamy, he didn't resist and seemed unaware of pain, mindlessly kicking his legs as if still trying to walk.
Clang...
During the commotion, a sparkling gold coin fell from his pocket, rolling across the floor until it reached the steps of Sage's Jewelry Throne, where it spun briefly before coming to a stop.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
After the gold coin fell, Bellamy suddenly coughed violently, his dim eyes abruptly clearing, like waking from a nightmare. He tried to rise in shock but, because his hair was held, showed pain as he moved.
"Hey, Gin!"
Bellamy grimaced and yelled, "What are you doing?!"
"The captain told me to throw you into the sea," Gin replied coolly.
"Throw into the sea... why? Captain Sage!"
Bellamy exclaimed, straining his neck despite having his hair held, "What did I do wrong?!"
"Gin, put him down..."
Sage squinted his eyes and gave a nod, instructing Gin to lower Bellamy.
Bellamy held his side as he stumbled to his feet, shouting, "Captain Sage, I did not disobey your orders. I haven't done anything!"
Having just joined, he still hoped to become an officer here, and since he had determined to switch allegiance, he wouldn't betray again.
Even if Sage wanted him off the ship, he deserved a chance!
No matter the cost!
Sage slowly rose, walked down the steps, and picked up the gold coin.
It was his skull-marked gold coin...
Among the treasure looted from the city of Rain Land in Alabasta, which he had discovered with his Observation Haki, a treasure worthy of collecting.
Bellamy believed it was deliberately crafted by the Anu Country.
Originally awarded to Bellamy for identifying pirates who disobeyed orders and were executed, but now, something seemed amiss.
Sage gazed at the coin in his hand for a moment, then said, "Bellamy oh..."
"Yes!" Bellamy responded loudly.
"Do you remember what you did just now?" Sage asked.
Bellamy thought for a moment and showed a hint of fear, "Captain Sage, I don't know, I only remember walking in a place of complete darkness, with only one light ahead, wanting to approach the light and leave the darkness..."
"A dream?"
Sage's mouth curved into a smile, "Very interesting. Let's try it..."
He snapped his fingers, and the coin randomly dropped among the sleeping people, landing on the sleeping Pearl.
Sage returned to the throne, picked up the gemstone wine glass, took a sip, and watched Pearl with interest.
In the hall, even the snoring of the subordinates seemed to quiet, as if all sound was absorbed by the coin.
Pop.
The sleeping Pearl suddenly extended a hand, grabbed the coin on him, and opened his eyes, rising straight like a puppet with eyes turning dim and lifeless.
He started walking toward the same location as Bellamy earlier, pressing against the wall, seemingly having discovered a barrier, taking out several firefly stones, trying to burn the barrier down.
Witnessing this, the partially drunk Gin widened his eyes and flashed to Pearl's side, punching his face with such force that it embedded into Pearl's face and knocked him to the ground.
"Gin, bring that coin here," Sage suddenly said.
"Yes, Captain Sage."
Gin spun Pearl's wrist, opening his fingers to let the coin drop, caught it, and walked toward Sage.
"It hurts, hurts!!"
At this point, Pearl suddenly awoke again, clutching his face and rolling on the ground.
"Blood! Bleeding! Who! Who dared hit the invincible Lord Pearl!"
Pearl rapidly got up, shouting aloud, his face imprinted with a fist mark, bleeding from his nose and mouth.
Scanning those who stood, his gaze fixed on Bellamy, snarling: "Was it you, Bellamy!"
"Not me..."
Bellamy shook his head, "It was Gin."
"Gin, General Commander? Why?"
Pearly faltered, instinctively looking at Gin who had reached the foot of the steps, handing the coin to Sage.
"I told him to do it."
Sage took the coin, casually replied, and observed the coin in his hand, laughing, "Interesting. Gin, did you feel anything?"
"No, felt nothing..."
Gin now realized, widened his eyes, "Captain, are you saying that this coin caused the odd behavior?"
He hadn't understood Bellamy's actions clearly, but watched Pearl closely.
The guy daring to set fire to the ship... caught Gin by surprise, as his bleeding madness supposedly cured through Tekkai training long ago, it couldn't explain him setting fire to the Death Star, an act requiring incredible nerve.
"Only affects those sleeping, Pearl, what did you dream?" Sage chuckled, asking.
"Uh..."
Pearly thought for a while, showing a look of fright similar to Bellamy, "Captain Sage, indeed I dreamed just now, dreaming of pitch-black darkness, a sole light ahead, wanting to escape the darkness, walking toward the light..."
"Curse, cursed gold coin?!"
Bellamy widened his eyes, "Does this legend truly exist?!"
Pearl's dream was identical to his!
Is it truly cursed?
"Whether it's a curse I don't know, but I know, at sea, something can cause this, Bellamy, you're very familiar with it..."
Sage flicked the coin, watched it whirl through the air, and when it landed back in his hand, he grasped it tightly, grinning at everyone: "It's an Ability User!"
The coin had accompanied him for a while, even while he slept, as he could toy with it at any time due to its small size.
He hadn't had such nightmares.
But Bellamy and Pearl had.
The two hadn't grasped Haki.
While Sage... possessed strong Haki.
Despite both being human, this was their single difference.
At sea, soul strength didn't exist, replaced by willpower.
Will transcends everything, so does Haki transcend everything.
Even abilities can be resisted through strong Haki.
Unaffected by Sage, it indicates the so-called cursed coin contains an ability.
"No one would go to great lengths to imbue a coin with an ability, the Anu Country must have gold!" Sage laughed broadly, "Find that place, I must take a look!"
Bellamy's assertions failed, given their earlier behavior aimed at heading directly into the sea in a certain direction; a lone entry into the sea is certain death.
If deliberately made by the Anu Country to allure, it wouldn't be so foolish.
No matter whether historical treasures exist or legendary Golden Country tales...
It can be affirmed, it concerns a large amount of gold!
Reaching that place, everything will be known!