"Is it you? The one G who delusionally wants to cooperate with our family?"
A sturdy middle-aged man wearing a tight suit with a blue upper part and an orange-red lower part, at this moment, was making a strange G gesture with both hands and looking at Merlin with an unkind gaze.
Looking at the several people standing at the ship's railing: Gladius, Lao G, and Senor Pink with sunglasses, a suit, a tie, and slicked-back hair. As for the remaining three, he recognized them all.
"Dared not come?"
Merlin looked at Gladius and chuckled lightly, "Are you talking about me?"
"Arrogant brat!" Lao G's gaze became increasingly unkind, "Since you want to cooperate with our family, then let this old man test your mettle first, G!!!"
And as his rapid G rising tone fell, Lao G jumped up agilely and leaped off the ship. With a light tap, he landed on the ground.
But as soon as he landed, his legs bent slightly. Bang! Stomping the ground, his whole person turned into a residual shadow and sprinted over.
And this short distance of about ten meters, almost in the blink of an eye, he had already rushed over. Lao G shouted loudly: "Brat who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, let me, Lao G, teach you what humility is, G!!"
At the same time, as he closed in, a ferocious punch carrying a violent wind smashed towards Merlin's head. At this moment, the airflow like knives was already scraping Merlin's cheeks. However, as early as the instant he moved, Observation Haki had already perceived his attack method and angle.
A moment before, under the neural reflex ability far exceeding ordinary people and Merlin's equally extraordinary agility, his right foot suddenly retreated into a bow stance, his right fist simultaneously pulled back to his waist, his body already poised.
Boom!
Lao G swung a precise punch smashing onto Merlin's head. But in this instant, Merlin's figure exploded silently under his fist.
Lao G's pupils constricted suddenly, shouting in disbelief almost voicelessly: "Afterimage?"
And at this time, Monet standing beside Merlin had already been blown back repeatedly by the strong wind brought by Lao G's punch.
And at this moment, the right fist had already finished accumulating power. Merlin's right foot stomped the ground fiercely, looking levelly at Lao G in front of him, and swung out his punch.
Boom! An air explosion ring burst on the fist edge. The atmosphere turned into ribbons wrapping around the arm. The fist, turned orange-red from friction with the atmosphere, landed on Lao G's chest like a cannonball with a thud!
At this moment, accompanied by a crisp cracking sound of the sternum, a column of shockwave pierced out from Lao G's back.
Lao G's eyes bulged instantly, his mouth opened wide spraying out a mist of blood, and his whole person flew out backward in a sideways U-shape.
Accompanied by a whistling sound, he flew out a hundred meters away in a blink of an eye, and then crashed straight into a pile of discarded junk boxes stacked by the shore.
Boom, crash, crash!!!
The junk boxes were sent flying all over the sky by his impact. After crashing through, Lao G rolled backward on the ground continuously until he lay on the ground motionless.
Merlin straightened his body slowly at this moment, exhaling a white mist from his mouth. His right arm was trembling. At this time, Monet, who had steadied herself and looked over, constricted her eyes sharply, covering her mouth with both hands and looking at Merlin's right arm.
"Your... your arm!"
And at this time, on the opposite ship, it was already a deathly silence.
Sounds of swallowing saliva rose and fell. Law looked at Merlin with shock in his eyes: "Are you a monster?"
Baby 5 beside him also covered her mouth in shock.
However, at this moment, Baby 5 suddenly exclaimed in shock: "Big Brother Merlin's right arm?"
At this moment, everyone stunned on the spot looked at Merlin's right arm in unison. They saw flesh turned outward and charred black, and even sections of finger bones were exposed at the knuckles.
"Is he crazy? Using a mutual destruction move, doesn't he want his right arm anymore?"
Gladius cursed in a low voice with an incomparably complex gaze. At the same time, looking at Buffalo, he said hurriedly: "Go find Lao G quickly."
Buffalo was stunned but reacted quickly, jumping off the ship hurriedly and running over fast with his two spindly legs.
Gladius moved at the same time, jumped off the ship, and came in front of Merlin. Looking at Merlin's right arm already seeping dark red blood, and the faint smell of burning in the air, he gritted his teeth and said: "Is there a need to go this far? With a crippled arm, do you think you are still qualified to cooperate with us?"
Merlin's gaze was calm, "He came to pick a fight, I took it. Using my full strength is respect for him.
"And showing you my power can also make you put away that arrogance.
"Even more to save me from being bothered by some bullshit trifles on the road later!"
The corner of Gladius's mouth twitched. He was about to speak, but at this time, pitch-black Calamity flames rose from Merlin's body.
Gladius's eye corner jumped, and he jumped back hurriedly. However, he also sensed that Merlin wasn't preparing to attack.
In the blink of an eye, the black flames on Merlin's body dissipated. He raised his right arm in front of him, moved his fingers, clenched his fist, tilted his head, and looked at him with a faint smile, saying: "Crippled? My hand? Whose hand are you talking about? What about now?"
Looking at Merlin's injury turning into a healing state, Gladius couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva. He gave Merlin a deep look involuntarily, and said after a few seconds: "Fruit ability user?"
Merlin chuckled lightly, "Only you are allowed to be an ability user?"
"Get on the ship! Since you want to cooperate with us, help heal Lao G's injury later too. By the way, you can do it, right?"
After a brief silence, he said.
A moment later.
The ship had already sailed away from Black Pearl Island.
Heading towards a sea area.
On the deck.
Everyone formed a circle, looking at the sunken and charred injury on the chest of Lao G, who was lying flat on the ground and had passed out at this moment, recovering as before in the black flames.
The Donquixote members all breathed a sigh of relief. If Lao G went back seriously injured, they would lose big face.
Merlin glanced at Lao G lying on the ground with closed eyes, able to detect his eyes moving under the eyelids. Faking unconsciousness.
He immediately ignored him and looked at Gladius instead: "Arrange a cabin for Monet and me!"
Hearing Merlin's tone like ordering a subordinate, Gladius's eye corner twitched. He said with a dark face: "There are no spare living quarters for you on the ship. The woman you brought named Monet will live with Baby 5. As for you, sleep with Law, or any of us men, whatever you want."
Merlin curled his lips: "Stingy!"
Gladius's masseter muscles bulged. Suddenly he found that this guy could always provoke his emotions with the fewest words.
"Sleep or not. If you don't want to sleep inside, then sleep on the deck outside."
Baby 5 pulled Monet's arm at this time, with a brilliant smile on her face: "Monet, let's go! I'll take you to see the room. Although my room and my bed are not big, they are enough for us to sleep."
At this time, Law still looked at Merlin with residual shock in his eyes, but said stinkily on his face: "Then you come with me too. I'll take you to see my room."
As the four left here, Gladius glanced at Buffalo at this time and said directly: "You go to the lookout post for duty."
Buffalo blinked, then left obediently. He wasn't an officer, so he had to be obedient.
After people left, Lao G opened his eyes, sat up from the ground, looked at the two still here with a solemn gaze, and said: "That kid named Merlin is very strange. He knows Observation Haki, I perceived it. Also, his ability is equally strange."
Saying this, he touched his chest with lingering fear. It was almost completely fractured just now. He gritted his teeth and cursed secretly: "That guy is very weird. His kind of self-harming punch, in our family, probably only the Young Master can take it head-on.
"Some time ago, we reported to the Young Master. The Young Master said to bring him back to the family. But now, this person is very dangerous..."
As his voice fell, Senor Pink said softly at this time: "Since Doffy agreed to bring him back, then we just follow Doffy's orders. When we get to the family then, he alone can't stir up any big waves!"
Gladius also said at this time: "Pink is right. But during this time, just get along with him as usual. All results will be decided by the Young Master when we return to the family."
The three looked at each other and decided on the mode of getting along in the future.
Time on the sea passed quickly. This ship was also a fast ship. In a blink of an eye, a week passed.
This day, the weather was fine.
Noon, ——————
11:00 AM.
On the deck.
Bare-chested, Merlin changed his footwork, holding Night Earl in his hand. With light swings, Law and Monet holding swords in front of him were repelled repeatedly.
Law's face was solemn. Gritting his teeth, holding the sword, he sprinted over, raising the sword high and swinging it down swiftly. Under Merlin's eyesight, it was very clear. He raised his sword casually to block.
Clang! With a sound, the huge force on the sword rebounded. Law retreated step by step. And at this time, Monet held the sword, shouted delicately, rushed out from Law's side, and slashed with a cold light.
However, she was still forced back by Merlin's swing.
Although she had some foundation in swordsmanship since childhood, it was only a foundation.
Just then, Baby 5 shouted delicately: "Big Brother Merlin, be careful."
Immediately after, both index fingers transformed into gun barrels. Bang, bang, bang! A series of bullets shot over.
Merlin's pupils shrank slightly. His body speed surged suddenly. Amidst this rain of bullets, he dodged and shuttled quickly, Night Earl in his hand waving out afterimages.
Ding, ding, dang, dang! Crisp sounds appeared one after another.
Until several minutes later, Baby 5 knelt on the ground panting heavily, looking at Merlin with admiration on her face: "Big Brother Merlin is so amazing. At such a close distance, you can dodge all my shooting barrage."
Merlin slowly exhaled a breath of stale air from his mouth, looked at Baby 5, and grinned: "You're not bad either! Better than Law."
Law on the side said unhappily with a dark face: "Do you know how to talk? If not using abilities, I can easily beat her until she cries."
"Uhe-he!" Monet covered her mouth and snickered at this time, "Law, don't you know?
"Fruit ability is also part of one's strength."
At this moment, seeing everyone talking about him, Law ground his teeth and glared at Merlin fiercely.
However, at this time, seeing an island appearing in the distance, along with over a dozen chimneys on it, Law suddenly said, "Spider Miles has arrived!"