Chapter 92: Heaven’s Killing Intent
How important La is in Kaido’s heart now goes without saying. Although he had considerable confidence in her strength, Kaido still didn’t want to take any risks.
However, contrary to Kaido’s expectations, La shook her head and refused his company.
“Captain Kaido, if you make a move, the factions around us will definitely notice.”
“Right now we haven’t established a foothold yet, and we should avoid unnecessary trouble.”
“I can go on this action alone.”
Hearing this, before Kaido could say anything, Burufaruto couldn’t sit still.
“Hey! La brat, don’t be so reckless!”
“That guy John was at least an overlord on the sea before, and although he’s said to be injured now, he’s not something ordinary cats and dogs can compare to!”
It had to be said that Burufaruto’s advice had quite the mature big brother demeanor.
No way around it; after all, among the entire Beasts Pirates’ higher-ups, besides Kaido, he was the only adult, and Kaido wasn’t one to manage things much.
“Thanks for the concern, Burufaruto. I know my limits.”
“If I find the situation untenable, I won’t force it and will prioritize my own safety.”
La smiled as she responded to Burufaruto, her tone still reassuring.
Meanwhile, Skipgate, who had been standing by silently listening to the conversation, couldn’t hold back any longer.
“Wh-what… you, you’re really sending this brat?!”
“Lord Kaido, you know John’s strength too…”
Hearing this, Kaido just glanced indifferently at him.
“Of course I know that guy’s measure, but I also know La’s strength just as well. Her going is no different from me going.”
At these words, not only Skipgate, but even Foll and Burufaruto found it hard to believe.
Although they were all executives of the Beasts Pirates and had guessed that La’s strength was above theirs, they had never imagined she could rival Kaido!
She’s only so young!
As for Aoxi and Obei nearby, they didn’t react much; both had a mysterious confidence in La.
Even if it was said that La could punch and explode Earth, they could accept it.
“Y-you’re joking, right?”
Skipgate swallowed and tried to struggle a bit more.
“I don’t have time to joke with you!”
“And remember, in this action, whether La kills that guy John or not, that navigational log and you yourself will become things of the Beasts Pirates.”
After saying this in an irrefutable tone, Kaido turned and left, leaving Skipgate stunned in place, at a loss.
……
By the time he came back to his senses, Skipgate and his group had already returned to the sea.
He didn’t remember how he had agreed, nor how he had boarded the ship; he just left Fenrir Island in a daze.
“Mister Skipgate?”
“Ah… yeah?”
“Good, looks like you’ve sobered up.”
“Not long ago, your companions called via Den Den Mushi, saying John and them are preparing to head to Greed Island, and after resupplying there, they’ll return to ‘Paradise’.”
“So they decided to take action there.”
The heart-soothing voice conveyed extremely urgent news. After hearing La’s words, Skipgate practically jumped up immediately.
“Those guys, didn’t I tell them not to act and to wait obediently for my reinforcements!”
“What difference does what they’re doing make from sending themselves to die?!”
Seeing their boss so agitated, the pirates who had been gathered around La snapped out of it and began to pacify him.
No way around it; although she looked only seven or eight years old, La was just too beautiful.
Plus that unconsciously sacred and affable aura about her basically instinctively attracted any creature.
Of course, the pirates didn’t do anything improper; after all, getting too close to her body would trigger instinctive protection measures.
Just like how humans instinctively squint if they stare at the sun.
“Don’t get agitated, Brother Skipgate. We should still make it if we go now.”
“Yeah, we just need to stop them before they act.”
“What we need most right now is to hurry on our way.”
……
Calmed down, Skipgate heard the crowd’s comforting words and glanced at La, then slumped back down dejectedly.
“Sigh~ Even if we go, what can we do.”
“With just us, there’s no way to help big brother get revenge.”
The pirates fell silent upon hearing this; they actually didn’t expect La to defeat John either.
They just wanted to use the Beasts Pirates’ speedboat to catch up to John, then fight to the death with their brothers, which would at least honor their gratitude to Foll.
La sat primly on the deck, saying nothing to the words from the people on the ship, just spreading out her Observation Haki while looking at the Eternal Pose in her hand.
This was obtained from Fenrir Island after receiving contact from the other side.
It had to be said their luck was pretty good; the island happened to have an Eternal Pose for Greed Island, a rather remote small island.
However, fearing exposure of Wright on the other side, La’s group hadn’t actively contacted them, just sailing quickly ever since learning the destination.
The Beasts Pirates’ ship was originally a scouting speedboat: light and fast but not large, barely able to carry Skipgate’s group.
As for supplies and such, they only brought enough for a one-way trip; after all, La didn’t need them, and the others boarded with a resolve to die, not thinking of returning.
Whether it was the Sun God’s blessing or something else, along the way the group encountered no storms or tsunamis, no Sea Kings harassing, not even a single pirate ship.
The route had only bright sunlight and uninterrupted sea breeze day and night.
……
After five days of uneventful sailing, the group, harboring anxious moods, finally arrived near Greed Island at dawn on the sixth day.
“Huh? Why has the wind stopped?”
About ten sea miles from Greed Island, the Beasts Pirates’ speedboat stopped on the sea surface.
After days of habitual constant sea breeze sailing, the sudden disappearance of the wind left Skipgate and the others somewhat at a loss.
“Ugh! And fog’s suddenly rising. Is it because we’re nearing land?”
“No worries, we’re almost there anyway. We’ll row the rest of the way.”
After a brief stunned moment, Skipgate immediately decided to row forward.
“Yeah, probably just about ten sea miles left.”
Said the squad leader among them with the best eyesight.
He was standing on the deck, squinting at the small island vaguely visible at the limit of his vision due to the fog.
Without doubt, that was their destination—Greed Island.
“Not sure if Wright and them have landed already; we haven’t dared use the Den Den Mushi these past few days.”
Someone on the ship said uneasily.
“They probably haven’t; our speed this time was very fast, so Wright and them shouldn’t have arrived earlier.”
“Him not contacting us is probably because John’s been on the ship, so he worried about being detected.”
With the destination in sight, Skipgate had actually calmed down now and was searching around for oars.
However, after searching around, the group didn’t find any oars on the ship; this nimble little boat seemed to have no propulsion besides the sails.
“Damn, the fog’s getting thicker. Miss La, lend us the Eternal Pose.”
The squad leader could barely make out the island’s outline now and wanted to use the pointer for direction.
But unexpectedly, La shook her head and refused the request.
“We’ll stop right here; don’t move.”
“What? How can we do that!”
“John and them could land anytime!”
“Shouldn’t we get to the island first to set up an ambush, then move together when Wright and them arrive?”
Hearing this, Skipgate paused in dismantling a wooden barrel to make oars and said agitatedly to La.
The others on the ship just thought La was scared and crowded forward to persuade:
“Don’t worry, Miss La. When the time comes, just us will act; we won’t implicate you.”
“Right, Miss La, you just hide on the island then; no need to mind us.”
“Yeah, you’ve already brought us here; we’re extremely grateful.”
“Having such a gentle and beautiful person like you with us on this journey, we can die without regrets!”
“Haha, exactly. Meeting someone like Miss La before dying, I have no more regrets.”
……
La listened to their words but gave no response.
At this moment, her gaze pierced through the trees and rocks on the island, calmly staring at the other side.
There, a somewhat dilapidated pirate ship was slowly approaching shore—it was exactly John and Wright’s group’s ship!
La hadn’t just now discovered them.
As early as a few hours ago, when still quite a distance from the island, she had already locked onto John and his group’s ship.
Based on La’s sensitivity to energy changes and excellent energy control, by sacrificing precision to expand the range of her Observation Haki to the limit, she could detect targets from far beyond visual range.
A veritable clairvoyance.
And with the opponent’s position already mastered, the rest was simple.
After predicting their possible landing point, La shifted the wind direction to keep their side always in the opponent’s blind spot.
Then she raised fog to deprive the opponent’s vision, completely hiding their position.
As for why the wind shifted and the fog rose?
Nothing else but “the Sun God’s protection.”
Whether making air flow or water vapor condense, it only required slightly altering the surrounding temperature, which was no big deal for La.
In fact, La could now effortlessly manipulate the weather in an entire sea area without anyone noticing—a true weather hand.
And after confirming John and some others had landed on Greed Island, La finally withdrew that extremely broad-range Observation Haki and switched to a higher-precision energy vision.
In an instant, the every move of over a dozen people on the island was clearly reflected in La’s eyes.
Flecks of golden light swirled in her pupils, like a lake shimmering under sunset, or the brilliant Milky Way in the night sky, captivating the gaze.
The starlight shone earnestly, its brilliance speaking volumes.
No one noticed that deep within those exquisitely beautiful yet unusually calm eyes, a killing intent powerful enough to shift stars and change the heavens was slowly brewing.
The juvenile god who had accidentally fallen into this world would, right here, for the first time personally take the life of an intelligent being native to this world.
