A moment later, Vicious Dog Torf, who had climbed onto the boat, was on his knees, weeping and begging for mercy. The other pirates who had been swimming this way had already turned around, frantically trying to get away from Cyrus's boat.
Just a moment ago, their captain had been the first to board that boat. As the other pirates thought they could take it over, they witnessed a horrifying scene.
The person on the boat pinned their captain down and, with clenched fists, began to beat him relentlessly.
Even from a distance, they could hear their captain's wails.
It was a sound that would make any listener's heart ache and eyes tear up.
But it was better for the captain to bear such hardship alone.
Although being without a boat in the vast sea meant a ninety-nine percent chance of becoming fish food, boarding that boat meant being beaten to death.
Cyrus looked at the pirates swimming frantically away from him, then his gaze fell on the weeping pirate before him.
"Do you know any other pirates?"
Cyrus's voice rang out, and Vicious Dog Torf's crying came to an abrupt halt.
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Torf nodded repeatedly.
"Do they have bounties?"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
"Do you know their location?"
"Yes, ye—ah, no, I mean, I know, I know!"
Torf quickly corrected himself.
"Take me there."
Cyrus sat down at the bow of the boat after speaking.
Hearing Cyrus's command, Torf scrambled to his feet. Enduring the pain in his body, he grabbed the oars. As he turned his back, a sinister smile spread across his face.
Hehehe!
There were indeed pirates at that place, but not just one—a whole group of them. It was a default gathering spot for pirates, a place where they offloaded their plundered goods.
This bastard dared to hit me.
Once we get there, I'll make him pay a hundred times over.
Little did he know, his every move was under the watch of Cyrus's Observation Haki.
Cyrus could even guess what the man was thinking.
But for Cyrus, this was actually a good thing. It saved him the trouble of searching.
After all, his knowledge of things like Sea charts was rudimentary.
He could probably understand a small-scale Sea chart and find a location with it.
But a large-scale Sea chart was beyond the comprehension of someone like Cyrus, who didn't know much about Navigation skill.
Having a fish to lead the way now was a good thing.
However, the boat journey took several days.
The people in the world of pirates truly had special constitutions.
Torf received no prisoner's treatment. He hadn't had a sip of water or a bite of food in days, yet he could still barely hold on.
It wasn't until he saw a strangely shaped island in the distance, like an upside-down mushroom, that a look of ecstasy appeared on Torf's desperate face, and his rowing speed increased.
Cyrus tossed the orange peel in his hand into the sea, stood up, and looked at the distant island. He activated his Observation Haki and immediately saw the situation on the island.
There were a lot of people, mostly pirates, but also some merchants of unknown identity.
It's quite lively.
Cyrus sat down again, watching the frantically rowing Torf with a slight nod.
Indeed, the instinct for survival can truly unleash one's greatest potential.
At the island's dock, a heavy Pirate ship pulled up and stopped. A large group of pirates disembarked excitedly.
After all, opportunities to land and rest like this were rare.
"It's Lone Wolf!"
"Why is that bastard here too?"
Seeing the pirate wearing a wolf pelt with a wolf's head on his own disembark from the ship, many people's faces showed apprehension.
A pirate with a bounty of 7,800,000 Belly was already a top-tier pirate in the East Blue.
Moreover, this guy not only frequently attacked inhabited islands but also liked to attack other Pirate ships.
Even other pirates didn't want to run into this guy.
Because most who did met a bad end.
In any case, many Pirate Crews that had encountered this guy had completely vanished, never to be heard from again.
"You bastard, you're here too?"
Some feared the pirate with a 7,800,000 bounty, but others were not afraid of him.
The pirate who spoke was nearly four meters tall, carrying a giant axe larger than an average pirate's body, his face full of disdain.
"It's Giant Axe Onwa!"
"Giant Axe Onwa, with a bounty of 8,500,000."
Many pirates swallowed hard and quietly backed away.
These two aren't going to fight, are they?
If they start fighting and we get caught in the crossfire, we'll probably lose our lives.
Pirates were vicious toward ordinary people, but they too felt fear when faced with someone stronger than themselves.
"Onwa, I don't want to clash with you right now. Since you're here too, you should know why I've come. That dog-headed bastard is back again."
Lone Wolf snorted coldly, tightening his grip on his sword.
Hearing this, the faces of everyone around changed drastically.
Dog-headed bastard?
Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral, Garp, who's from the East Blue?
That guy is back in the East Blue?
At this, everyone fell silent.
If that guy was back in the East Blue, then it was perfectly reasonable for these infamous pirates to come here to hide.
After all, when Garp encountered pirates, he would throw countless cannonballs at them with a flick of his wrist.
The few pirates who had been lucky enough to escape had a very deep impression of that scene.
Just as the two pirates with bounties of seven or eight million were facing off, a wild laugh echoed from the dock.
A small boat had just docked, and a figure who looked completely drained rolled off the boat, laughing maniacally.
"Hahaha, you fell for it, you bastard! This is a pirates' nest! You bastard, you're going to die here!"
Torf, who had tumbled off the boat, laughed wildly.
His laughter drew the attention of the pirates on the dock.
Then, they saw a young man holding a sword stand up from the small boat.
Damn!
The pirates who saw this figure were stunned for a moment, then their faces filled with disgust.
How can he be so handsome?
This guy really deserves to die.
This was the thought that arose in the hearts of all the pirates.
Cyrus's eyes swept across the dock, and then he pulled out a stack of Bounty Posters from behind him.
"Hmm, Lone Wolf, 7,800,000. Giant Axe Onwa, bounty of 8,500,000. Bloody Hand..."
Cyrus muttered as he flipped through the Bounty Posters, comparing them and calculating the total bounty amount in his head.
However, his voice made the faces of the pirates on the dock grow more and more ferocious.
Torf, who had fallen off the boat, now barely had the strength to laugh.
He had been running on a burst of adrenaline, but now that it was gone, he was taking in more air than he was letting out.
"Hmm, 33,210,000 Belly."
Amidst the hostile glares of the pirates, Cyrus satisfactorily put the Bounty Posters away behind him before looking up at them again.
"You are all surrounded," Cyrus announced, raising his voice.
"Wahaha, what did this kid say?"
"Gagaga, he said he's surrounded us. That's hilarious."
"What a braggart. This guy can't be a Pirate Hunter, can he?"
One pirate blurted out the truth.
But these pirates didn't care.
After all, there were hundreds of pirates here, and he was just one person.
No matter how you looked at it, there was only one conclusion.
The advantage is mine!