"Captain, there are warships approaching us!
"The leading ship belongs to Morgan, the captain of the Navy Branch stationed in Shells Town!"
Morgan and his men were quick to respond, heading out to sea without delay. Before long, their fleet appeared just ahead of Lu Yu and his crew.
"Perfect timing. I was just planning to look for him," Lu Yu said, lifting a corpse from the ground.
Without hesitation, he leapt straight toward the approaching warship.
"What's the captain trying to do?"
"I think he mentioned earlier that he was going to turn in the pirate's head for a bounty."
"But... we're pirates too!"
"I don't get it. Isn't this suicide?"
The crew was completely baffled. After their brutal battles with the Dor Pirates and Alec Pirates, only 21 handyman remained. Seeing Lu Yu charge forward alone had them scratching their heads in confusion.
Then Akame jumped after him, adding to their disbelief.
"Are they seriously taking on four navy warships with just the two of them?"
It was insane. Normally, pirates would run the moment they spotted a navy ship—whether they could win or not. Attacking a navy warship was a whole different level. That would make them targets of high-ranking officers. If a school officer couldn't handle it, a general would be sent.
To avoid unnecessary trouble—and because the navy was no joke—most pirates wouldn't even think of doing something like this.
But Lu Yu's actions? Absolutely confusing.
BANG!
BANG!
Lu Yu and Akame landed side by side on Morgan's warship.
"Lu Yu, captain of the Dragon Hunter Pirates. Akame, combat specialist," Morgan sneered. "Coming here yourself? You must be ready to die."
He raised his axe, its sharp edge glinting under the sun.
To him, Lu Yu's arrival was suicide.
Thud... thud... thud...
Lu Yu unsheathed his long sword and casually tossed several severed heads across the deck. Each one rolled toward the navy soldiers.
"What the hell…?"
Just when everyone thought Lu Yu was going to start a fight, he dumped a pile of heads at their feet.
"These are pirates with bounties in the tens of millions," Lu Yu said casually. "Seven heads total. I want 100 million berries."
That's right. He was here to cash in.
Going out to sea meant massive expenses—supplies, weapons, gear, you name it. And he had plans to build a super pirate crew.
Even with his system giving rewards, it wasn't enough. Not by a long shot.
"What kind of sick joke is this? You're a pirate trying to collect bounties on other pirates?" a navy soldier shouted, swinging his sword at Lu Yu.
Shh—
Blood sprayed across the deck.
The same soldier who was just yelling now had his head cleanly sliced off—courtesy of Akame.
The blood reached Morgan's feet. His eyes twitched. He hadn't even seen Akame move.
If that strike had been aimed at him, he would've been dead by now.
"I didn't come here to fight," Lu Yu said, leaning on the ship's railing with a smirk. "There's nothing here worth attacking. I'm headed for the Grand Line—straight to the New World. I don't think you, Captain Morgan, have any reason to stop me, do you?"
Morgan might've looked tough, but in a real fight, he wouldn't last a minute against someone like Arlong. Lu Yu had no interest in wasting time here. He just wanted to cash in the heads, grab supplies, and bounce.
"You damn fool!"
"I am Captain Morgan! The top dog of Shells Town! And you dare—"
SWISH!
Before he could finish, his arm was severed clean off. His axe clattered to the deck.
"AAAAAH!"
Morgan screamed in agony.
Just as he was about to speak again, Akame stomped on the metal mask on his face, shattering it as she ground his head into the deck.
"Should I kill him?" Akame asked, raising her Murasame.
"Yeah, end him," Lu Yu said calmly.
To the shock of every navy soldier present, Morgan was instantly cut down.
He didn't even get a last word before being sent to the underworld.
The surrounding soldiers were frozen in place, fear painted across their faces.
It wasn't just about Lu Yu's strength.
It was the terrifying calmness in his voice. The way he took lives like it meant nothing.
He didn't seem like a pirate—he seemed like a demon.
"Can anyone here give me the bounty?" Lu Yu asked, his voice smooth.
"If not, I'll head into Shells Town myself and collect it. And if you all prove useless…"
"I'll kill you too."
"After all… I am a pirate."
He smiled brightly as he said it—but to the navy, it sounded like the devil himself whispering from hell.
"I-I'm a righteous navy officer… I won't—"
SHH!
Before the man could finish his sentence, Lu Yu's sword, Ame-no-Habakiri, flashed—and another head hit the floor.
Lu Yu didn't feel any guilt anymore.
After so many kills, he'd grown numb.
He knew—if he didn't kill first, the enemy would.
That's the brutal law of the sea.
The anime makes it all look fun and adventurous.
But reality?
Slavery. Civilian deaths. Navy ships mercilessly blasting pirate crews to pieces.
Those horrors wouldn't make it past any TV censorship.
That's why they needed a feel-good idiot like Luffy to go around "causing trouble" for a living.
"If I exchange the bounty for you," a trembling middle-aged navy officer asked, "will you stop killing us?"
He was clearly terrified—but also prepared to die.
"Yeah," Lu Yu nodded. "I'm a pirate. I keep my word."
That answer might've sounded a bit corny, but he said it with confidence.
The navy officer took a deep breath and nodded.
"I'll take you to collect the bounty. Just… please don't kill anyone else."
He bowed his head.
Justice? Screw that.
You can't talk about justice if you can't even save your own damn life.
"Lieutenant Cross!"
"No—"
"Shut up!" Cross snapped at the soldiers trying to object.
"I'll take full responsibility. If they send me to a military court for this, so be it. It's on me!"
With that, Cross led Lu Yu away to claim the reward.
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