"What?" Pekoms bared his teeth, glaring fiercely, "Who are you? State your name!"
"This lord is called Nine-Tailed Fox."
"Nine-Tailed Fox? Hmph, never heard of you. What small-time pirate doesn't know the Four Emperors' renown!"
Pekoms was furious. If he wasn't seriously injured right now, he would have killed this ignorant thing with one punch.
Vladimir crossed his legs, looking down, "Nine-Tailed Fox is not a name you can call. Call me Nine-Lord."
"You... You're courting death!"
Pekoms was instantly driven mad. It was truly a case of a tiger falling into the plains being bullied by dogs and a fallen phoenix being worse than a chicken.
Enraged, he angrily attacked.
With a punch, a majestic force was unleashed. His entire right arm turned pitch black, full of destructive power.
"Armament Haki..." Vladimir shook his head, feeling like any powerful pirate knew this move.
However, the other party was clearly not planning to damage the ship. This punch was locked onto him. He leaped up, flying over, and the punch was already in front of him.
"Youkai Fox Cloak!"
Vladimir's gaze narrowed, and instantly, a layer of golden power enveloped his right arm. The next moment, he met the punch head-on.
Boom!
The two fists collided, and the force of the punches clashed. After a loud bang, a shockwave was unleashed, causing both ships to sway non-stop, as if they might capsize at any moment.
"What!?"
Pekoms' expression changed slightly. He never expected the other party to have this kind of strength.
Just as he was preparing to retreat after a single strike, Vladimir changed his fist into a palm, grabbing his wrist. The next moment, he was spun around by a great force and slammed hard onto the deck.
Boom!
"Pekoms!"
Just then, a boy around thirteen or fourteen years old on the deck exclaimed.
This person's face was pale, and he seemed to have not eaten for several days, weak and unsteady.
Vladimir's gaze turned towards this person, "And who are you?"
Being glared at by the golden fox eyes, this boy was immediately startled and quickly said, "Don't attack us. I'm Charlotte Kanten, the 27th son of the Four Emperor Charlotte Linlin. As long as you save us once, we will definitely repay you handsomely!"
Hearing this, Vladimir's eyes lit up and he laughed, "I see, the Four Emperor's son, I wonder how much he's worth?"
Hearing this laughter, Charlotte Kanten's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.
"Y-Y-You... You want to capture me!?"
"Y-Y-You... You want to capture me!?"
Charlotte Kanten's eyes widened, looking at Vladimir in disbelief.
Hearing that he was the Four Emperor's son and still daring to have this kind of thought was extremely audacious.
Suddenly, he thought of something and shivered, "Y-You... Could it be that you're with that group of people from a few days ago!"
"That group of people?" Vladimir seized the key point and asked, "Who attacked you? Don't worry, I'm not with those people. I won't kill you, I'm just looking to get some pocket money from your mom."
Hearing these words, Charlotte Kanten's heart settled down a little. If he was just being taken as a hostage, it meant that his life wasn't in immediate danger.
Thinking of this, he immediately replied, "I don't know who that group of people were. We met them at sea. Pekoms was surrounded and injured by a few of them, and another combatant was killed... They wanted to capture me, but Pekoms protected me with his life, allowing us to escape."
"People from the other three Four Emperors?" Vladimir asked again.
"No."
It wasn't Charlotte Kanten who answered him, but Pekoms, who had been spun around by Vladimir. This lion-head looked at Vladimir warily and said, "They should be from other forces."
The Four Emperors Pirates represented the top four forces in the New World, but beneath them, there were many other forces aiming for the Four Emperors' position.
Among these forces, there were no lack of experts, and some were even at the Admiral level.
The New World was vast, and there were all kinds of demons and monsters.
Vladimir nodded, accepting this explanation. However, he didn't completely believe it. In fact, he was just curious about what the other party had encountered.
Now, he just wanted to capture this Four Emperor's son and then ask Charlotte Linlin for a ransom.
You can never have too much money!
Perhaps seeing through Vladimir's thoughts, Pekoms said in a deep voice, "Don't dream, Mama won't be threatened by you. I advise you to send us back to the BIG MOM sea area. We will naturally give you a reward then."
"That's right, that's right!" The little boy immediately said, "As long as you send me back, I can give you a generous reward! Even, since you're so strong, I can have my sister marry you and form a marriage alliance with our BIG MOM Pirates!"
Hearing these words, Vladimir spat out, "You're just the 27th son, what can you promise me? Can you make the decisions?"
The Four Emperor Charlotte Linlin was the only female among the Four Emperors.
However, this woman was extremely ugly and didn't discriminate in her tastes.
If he remembered correctly, this woman had 43 husbands, 39 daughters, and 46 sons. It was simply opening a reverse harem, and her daughters were often used for marriage alliances to win over other forces.
Because of this, she had an extremely large Four Emperor-level force.
"Stop talking nonsense, capture them all."
Vladimir looked at the burly man, thought for a moment, and then said, "Forget it, just capture that boy and that lion-head, don't worry about the others."
Hearing this, the burly man wanted to refuse. He didn't want to get involved in the conflict between the Shichibukai and the Four Emperors.
However, under Vladimir's warning gaze, he could only obediently take action.
Faced with this situation, Pekoms wanted to resist, but he was easily suppressed by Vladimir. This combatant of the Four Emperors Pirates, if he was in full strength, Vladimir might have to put in some effort, but being so seriously injured, Vladimir easily suppressed him with a flip of his hand...
After finishing the work, the two were tied up and locked in the storage room on the lower deck.
At this time, the burly captain walked over, licking his face and smiling, "Nine-Lord, you see, I have such small arms and legs and don't dare to have any big ideas. After I send you to the shore, can you let me leave?"
He was afraid. After capturing the Four Emperor's people, if the other party came to his door, his small pirate crew would be slapped to death.
"What are you afraid of? You can't be so timid." Vladimir glanced at him and said calmly, "Even if the sky falls, I'll be there to hold it up."
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