"Captain! Are we heading straight for Water 7, or Gaya Island?"
On the bow of the Freedom, Kong Tai lay on his back on the railing, lazily basking in the sun.
Nowadays, when he basked in the sun, he liked to lie on the bow railing, or on the windmill at the bow.
Because this allowed him to feel the breath of the sea and the wind more intimately.
He liked this feeling.
They had left Asca Island early this morning.
There was no reluctance to part. Whether it was Saka or Maya, who had just become friends and family with everyone, they all understood everyone's ideals.
So, when they saw them off at sea, besides silent blessings, they also gave them a lot of delicious ingredients from Asca Island.
Of course, there was also wine.
For example, the juice they were holding now was made by Ah Hua using fruits from Sky Island and the unique spices of Asca Island. It was a type of fruit juice, similar to the milk tea Kong Tai drank in his previous life.
It had to be said, it tasted very good.
Kong Tai took a sip of the juice in his hand through the straw, turned to look at Robin, then shifted his gaze to A Luo, "A Luo, how long will it take us to reach Water 7?"
"Hmm!"
A Luo stroked his chin in thought, then looked up and said, "At this speed, it will take about... three to four days!"
"Actually, if we hadn't changed direction from drifting down from Sky Island, we could have reached Water 7 in a day, but now..."
He shrugged and took a sip of his juice, leaving the rest unsaid.
"Haha!!"
"It's not a bad thing, after all, we've met old friends we haven't seen in years, haven't we?"
"Mm! That's true."
A Luo's lips curved upwards, a smile appearing on his face, "If it weren't for us, that guy Saka would probably have been miserable for a long time!"
He didn't say Saka would die, because he knew that although Saka's personality would change drastically after coming into contact with the Seven Star Sword, his strength would also increase correspondingly.
He didn't know what he was thinking, his lips stretched wider and wider, and finally, he burst into laughter.
Kong Tai shook his head, withdrew his gaze, and looked towards the horizon where the water and sky met, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.
"Pirates!"
"Pirates?"
The laughter stopped abruptly. A Luo put down his juice, hurried forward, took out the telescope at his waist, and leaned his upper body over the railing, looking into the distance.
His eyesight wasn't as good as Kong Tai's, so he could only use a telescope.
"Yeah! They really are pirates!"
"Looking at the flag on that ship, I think I've seen it somewhere before."
A Luo put down the telescope, stroked his chin in thought, then his eyes lit up.
"Remembered? Which pirate crew is it?"
Kong Tai turned to look at A Luo, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes.
Usually, A Luo and the others would be the ones reading the bounty newspapers delivered to the ship. He mainly read entertainment news and some world-shattering major news. He wasn't interested in the bounties of other pirates at all.
After all, in the first half of the Grand Line, how could anyone's bounty be higher than theirs?
Moreover, he knew more about the famous pirates in this world than most people.
A Luo didn't speak. Instead, he walked to the coffee table, put down the telescope, and took out a bounty poster from under the coffee table.
"Yes, it's this guy."
Looking at the bounty poster, he smiled slightly, turned around, walked next to Kong Tai, and handed it to him, "Here! Take a look!"
"I'm not looking!"
Kong Tai didn't take it. He took a sip of juice and then said, "Just tell me."
"Alright!"
A Luo shrugged, withdrew his hand, and looked at the large sailing ship, whose general outline could now be seen, a cold light flickering in his pupils, and said with disgust.
"The ship opposite belongs to 'Hartymay,' with a bounty of 90 million Berries. Their pirate crew is called the Mayhem Pirates, a group of ferocious and heinous pirates."
He paused here, then continued, "I've seen news about this guy in the newspaper. This guy supposedly loves nothing more than slaughtering towns, just like the pirates we encountered on Asca Island."
"The only difference is, the pirates we encountered on Asca Island were mostly low-level thugs, and even their captain was an unknown minor pirate. But Hartymay is different."
"Oh..."
As Kong Tai thought, the empty cup in his hand floated to the coffee table behind him. He glanced at Kuina, smiled slightly, and turned his head to look at A Luo, "How is he different?"
The sea was boring, nothing but the sea. If there was any pleasure, it was the various pirates.
So every time they encountered pirates, regardless of whether they were good or bad, they would get excited for a while.
A Luo withdrew his gaze, turned his head, and said to Kong Tai, "It is said that guy used to be a Marine."
"Marine?"
This point piqued Kong Tai's interest even more.
"Mm!"
A Luo nodded. "I can't find out why he defected from the Marines, and there's no news about it in the newspapers. But after becoming a pirate, this guy is even more of a pirate than the real pirates. He does things that pirates don't do, and he does the things that pirates do even more thoroughly."
"And every time he plunders a town..."
He paused slightly here, took a deep breath as if suppressing something, his eyes filled with a cold glint, and said, "Every town he visits is basically wiped out, not a single civilian is spared."
"Mm!"
Kong Tai's body stiffened, then relaxed.
He didn't judge this guy named Hartymay, who used to be a just Marine and was now an utterly evil pirate.
Because no matter how he became this way, it had nothing to do with him.
What had something to do with him was that the other party was about to report to hell.
He was absolutely certain of this.
"Trying to escape?"
At this moment, A Luo suddenly noticed something, raised his head abruptly to stare ahead, and his right hand touched the grip of the Meidogun, a killing intent rising from his body.
The ship ahead suddenly turned, clearly having discovered them and recognizing them, and was attempting to flee.
"No rush, they can't escape."
Kong Tai patted A Luo's shoulder and then turned to Kuina, smiling, "Kuina, do you want to try your new ability? We have a perfect target."
Upon hearing Kong Tai call Kuina, A Luo's tensed body instantly relaxed. His right hand also left the grip of the Meidogun, and he turned his head to look at Kuina with curiosity.
He also wanted to know what Kuina's new ability was.
During their two days on Sky Island, besides searching for the Golden Bell and the Golden City Shandora, Kong Tai and Kuina spent all their other time in Kong Tai's spatial domain, doing who knows what. It was all very mysterious.
However, despite the mystery, everyone had some guesses, they just hadn't been confirmed.
After all, Kuina, Kong Tai, and that god, Enel, had spent quite some time in Kong Tai's spatial domain.
Now, hearing that they could witness Kuina's new ability.
Ah Hua in the kitchen, Indigo in the infirmary, and Ah Tao in the cockpit all seemed to have agreed, coming out of their respective rooms at the same time, quickly walking to the deck at the bow, and then all looking at Kuina with curiosity.