Chapter 14 Even More Cruel

"The sail... was torn..."

"When did this happen!?"

"How can this be!!"

"..."

On the Oro Jackson, the members of the Roger Pirates looked at the sail slowly hanging on the deck in front of them with pale faces. Looking at the golden wave bearded skull pattern cut from the center on the sail, they felt a wave of A biting chill ran through my heart.

Unlike naval warships with power systems, the vast majority of pirate ships on this sea are sailing ships without power engines.

Sailboats mainly rely on sails to sail with the help of wind, and rely on oars, oars, etc. as means of propulsion, berthing, and sailing when there is no wind.

Once the mast or sail is destroyed, the ship will directly lose the power to sail. This is why in most naval battles, masts and sails are always the first targets protected by the crew.

But now, their sail was cut open by a dagger that came out of nowhere!

This is unbelievable!

"My dagger!?"

At this moment, Bucky suddenly screamed and pointed at the dagger with trembling fingers.

"How did you get there!?"

Everyone was stunned.

They had just faced the exaggerated pressure of the storm, with countless baggage flying around. In the chaotic situation where the pirate ship was almost falling apart, no one among them would have noticed a dagger floating up in the chaos!

They stared at the dagger that was suspended in mid-air and bowed gently towards them, mockingly.

"Why did the dagger move on its own?"

"Did someone infiltrate our pirate ship?"

"No, my Sensei Haki didn't sense an enemy at all!"

The members of the Roger Pirates quickly calmed down and looked solemn.

"Rayleigh, what do you think?" Roger's expression was equally unimpressive.

Riley frowned.

Cannonballs continued to explode on the surrounding sea, with fire rising and thick smoke billowing.

Behind him, Garp's ship was getting closer and closer, less than a hundred meters away.

At this time, a sudden change occurred!

The dagger hovering in mid-air suddenly trembled violently under the influence of some strange force field.

"It's moving!!"

"This is……"

Whoosh! !

The dagger whizzed out and turned into a silver-white trajectory in the air. The sudden increase in speed made a low explosion sound appear in the air.

The target... turned out to be an inconspicuous figure.

——The red-haired kid wearing a straw hat! !

"Shanks!!"

"careful!!"

clang! !

A deafening buzzing sound exploded, and the strong wind suddenly drowned Shanks' figure.

He stood there in a daze, his feet becoming weak, as if he had lost control, his face was pale, and he could not react at all to what had happened.

A long knife lay in front of his eyes, and the blade blocked the dagger that was about to penetrate between his eyebrows.

"Vice Captain Rayleigh..."

Shanks swallowed with a groan, feeling his throat extremely dry.

Rayleigh, who was holding the knife in one hand, narrowed his eyes and waved his hand.

"Shanks, take Bucky and retreat. Protect yourselves."

After saying this, he slowly raised his head, his deep eyes gradually narrowed, and his eyes were filled with anger when he looked at the slowly approaching warship.

The dagger with its tail constantly trembling and shaking suddenly shot out backwards, drew a straight line, and fell into the hands of the Commodore.

"What a nice trophy."

Darren weighed the dagger, which was inlaid with rubies and shone with cold light, and smiled.

He glanced at the red-haired kid.

Shanks, who was retreating, seemed to feel something. He raised his head and met those eyes, and was shocked all over.

Indifferent, cold, and unruly eyes,

The cold and threatening feeling of death just now flooded into his heart again. Even under the protection of his companions, he felt that the surroundings were full of extreme dangers, and his body felt like falling into an ice cellar.

It was as if in front of this man, his life would be easily taken away by him at any time.

"Sure enough, it's not that easy..."

Darren withdrew his gaze and laughed a little.

Taking action against Shanks, the future Yonko, was barely a test.

After all, if you leave this kid alone and let him grow up, he will be in big trouble in the future.

Of course Darren didn't have high hopes either.

It was one thing to quietly cut off the sails with a few hands and feet, under the cover of Dorag and the chaos caused by the storm.

The difficulty of killing Shanks, the "favorite" of the Roger Pirates, is another story.

"I see...you were the one who cut off the sail."

Rayleigh lowered his long knife and stared at Darren with stern eyes.

"It's just that... the world-famous 'King of the North Sea', the Navy Supernova who killed the 'World Destroyer' Bundy Waldo, only has the courage to attack children?"

Roger also held the knife in one hand, with black and red lightning dancing around the blade, and stared at Darren.

He will never forgive anyone who dares to hurt his friends! !

As their eyes fell, Darren seemed to feel a terrible sense of oppression as the sky collapsed and the earth tore apart.

In his biomagnetic field perception, the intensity of the biomagnetic field energy emitted by these two guys was simply something Darren had never seen before in his life.

That feeling was like two huge black shadows slowly opening their eyes from the dark and treacherous sea, and their blood-red pupils locked onto him.

As Rayleigh's low voice fell, all the pirates on the Oro Jackson stared at Darren with anger on their faces.

Waves of murderous intent that seemed to be real emanated from every member of the Roger Pirates.

The strong wind and waves on the sea gradually calmed down, as if they were shocked by the oppressive atmosphere.

"Temperament? Of course I have that kind of thing."

Darren's mouth curled up with a hideous sneer.

"It's just that pirates don't deserve it."

"As for attacking a child... When your Captain Roger slaughtered an entire country's army for an insulted crew member, he didn't consider these things."

As soon as the voice fell, angry rebuttals came like a tide.

"You're talking nonsense!!"

"Captain Roger would never lay a hand on a child!!"

"Damn you navy!!"

"..."

A pair of hateful eyes stared at the commodore like nails, with murderous intent surging.

Drag took a step forward and stood beside Darren to share the pressure with him.

Seeing his action, the navy behind him, such as Gion and Kake, also took a step forward suddenly and drew their sabers.

The sound of the sabers being unsheathed was hoarse, and the two sides were on the verge of a fight.

"Well, I was wrong."

Darren raised his hands in surrender, staring at the people of Roger's pirate group with a teasing smile.

"You really didn't lay a hand on the child."

He hooked his finger.

The countless bullets and gun barrels on the deck of the warship behind him trembled slowly, and then floated up, and a dense mass hovered in the air.

"But you slaughtered their fathers who were in the army."

"This is better than just killing them..."

Darren grinned, full of sarcasm.

"More cruel!"

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I'll be grateful for everything.