Chapter 253: The Sun Rises From The Sea Surface
The Golden Girl just stood quietly at the ship’s bow, looking down at the crowd below with her crimson eyes.
Beasts Pirates’ other two executives, the Fish-Man Burufaruto and Ember who joined midway, stood on either side of the girl, faintly seeming to treat her as the leader.
This made Sengoku involuntarily form a very ominous guess. The two little ones earlier had already worn him out somewhat, and now this one, though appearing harmless and unremarkable in Observation Haki perception…
But just from her aura and positioning, he knew she was absolutely terrifyingly strong!
“Have you all come to declare war?”
The extremely ethereal and gentle voice evoked thoughts of sunlight in the forest at dawn, carrying dewdrops.
Clearly a declaration of war that should be tense and hostile, yet the crowd detected no enmity or malice.
The warm voice was like an ordinary greeting. Except for Sengoku, everyone else on the scene unconsciously relaxed both body and mind.
……
“Haha, why send a little girl like you out?”
“Where’s Kaido?”
“Yeah, where’s Kaido? Tell him to come out!”
“I was just wanting to take him on~”
“Little girl, why not come to my ship? Don’t follow that coward Kaido anymore.”
The suddenly appearing floating fleet was indeed shocking, but seeing only a little girl step forward, the pirates who had detached from the large fleet and were preparing to break into Beasts Pirates’ territorial waters gradually grew bolder.
Some arrogant and frivolous ones even began verbal provocations.
With the army pressing in and intruding into territory… this behavior, theoretically equivalent to declaring war, meant Boss Kaido as the Pirate Crew captain would inevitably show up.
But these pirates hadn’t seen his figure even now, which could only mean one thing… Sengoku’s intelligence was real; Kaido had indeed met with trouble.
Then there was nothing to fear~
At the same time, there was no need to hesitate over such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Thud!
“Damn it! These ragtag bunch dare to insult Boss Kaido!”
Burufaruto punched the fence, denting the iron-wrapped railing.
Meanwhile, Ember beside him said nothing, merely placing his hand on his sword hilt, his whole body radiating killing intent.
But the two tacitly made no further actions or issued any orders to open fire and attack, instead both casting their gazes toward the figure ahead with her back to them.
Not just the two of them; including Taolong, a crowd of mid-level executives and bottom-level combat personnel were all waiting for her action.
……
She was very strong; this was the consensus of everyone in the Beasts Pirates.
Whether it was the ability to effortlessly make the fleet float like the Golden Lion, or Kaido’s attitude toward her, all proved that this elegant and gentle little girl possessed unimaginably terrifying strength.
You know, within the Beasts Pirates, the simplest way to judge if someone is strong is to look at Kaido’s attitude toward them.
If your strength is lacking, no matter how good-looking you are, how high your loyalty, or how fun your magnetic field TikTok, Kaido won’t even glance at you.
If your strength reaches mid-level executive level like Taolong, then Kaido will remember your name and be willing to drink with you.
If you reach the level of Burufaruto and Ember, you’ll qualify to make suggestions to Kaido, and he’ll seriously consider them.
And higher up, like Aoxi, that’s like treatment for his own son~ When in a good mood, call out ‘Boss Kaido’; when in a bad mood, just ‘bull-headed pirate bastard’. As long as it doesn’t involve principles, Kaido basically indulges her.
As for her… anyway, whenever Kaido wants to ask her for money or do something, it’s basically the same as with others: honestly write an application and wait for notification.
……
But words are words; her true strength level has actually never been settled within the Beasts Pirates.
After all, strictly speaking, among everyone in the Beasts Pirates, the only one who’s truly seen her battle stance is Kaido.
The others have seen her at most quietly sitting in a chair carving wood or knitting yarn.
Aoxi once half-jokingly said that if her combat power were a number, it was 42,000, then hers should be 530,000.
But at the time, everyone just took it as a joke. After all, Aoxi’s strength was obvious to all; the power that could injure a fully serious Kaido had already created a chasm-like gap with veteran executives like Burufaruto.
If it were really as she said, wouldn’t her real strength mean she could pin down Captain Kaido single-handedly?
With that power, why isn’t she dominating the world, instead acting like a retired old lady knitting and cooking every day?
Quite a few members have remarked that she reminds them of their late mother.
……
Ignoring the provocations from the pirates below, she waved her hand to set down the two little ones floating beside her, then looked toward Sengoku as the enemy’s leader, seemingly waiting for his response.
However, her silence only further fueled the pirates’ arrogant flames.
“Hey! Little girl, don’t ignore us!”
“We’re about to enter your most important territory next~”
“Beasts Pirates and Kaido are done for. If you come to my side now, I can take you and run together.”
“Screw you! This little chick is the one I saw first.”
……
“A bit… too noisy.”
The incessant clamor finally brought a trace of annoyance to her.
She slowly raised her right hand, the plain white wide sleeve cuff sliding down along her smooth skin, revealing a forearm emitting faint light.
Golden flame patterns started from her fingertip, spreading upward until disappearing into the unseen area covered by her sleeve.
After a long time, Burufaruto finally saw her Armament Haki again—the same strange Colored Drawing visible to the naked eye as Aoxi’s and Obei’s.
Like the masterpiece of the top artist pouring heart and soul, completed under a flash of inspiration from the god—gorgeous and brilliant, perfect and divine.
『Finally planning to make a move…』*2
Sengoku and Kaido, who had woken up on the deck but was still choosing to keep pretending to sleep, both had this thought flash in their minds simultaneously.
The next moment, a marble-sized ‘Little Sun’ emitting golden light appeared in her palm, quietly floating.
If Wright were here, he would instantly recognize that this small light orb was identical to the ‘Night Light’ she kept in the small room by the warehouse.
Looking at the various Pirate Crews below still chattering noisily, she lightly tossed the small light orb from her palm downward, landing amid that group of pirates.
?!?!!
“Everyone! Close your eyes!”
“Get down!!!”
This time, Sengoku’s Observation Haki finally reacted at the last moment, ‘seeing’ the infinite light and heat about to erupt in a few seconds, he shouted out almost roaring.
His voice was so loud that not only the Navy, but even the pirates who had sailed far away and the Beasts Pirates in the air instinctively covered their ears.
The golden light orb sank into the sea, and seconds later, people saw the ‘sun’ rising from the sea surface.
