Chapter 27: The Great Pirate Dias

  "Listening to you, it seems like you're quite familiar with the origins of this pirate ship?"

  The first mate grunted: "As long as the merchant ships that frequently sail across the four seas, no one is unfamiliar with this pirate ship." The first mate paused for a moment before continuing: "That pirate flag belongs to 'Devilman' Dias, the captain of the Devil Pirates, with a bounty of 60 million Berries! He's naturally brutal, abandoning his wife and coming out to sea just a year ago, he quickly expanded his pirate crew's influence, plundering everywhere, and has territories in all four seas. The marine branches stationed in each region can't do anything about him. According to rumors, his attitude towards merchant ships is mostly to capture and sell the men, and rape and kill the women on the spot."

  "Six hundred million Berries?" Hordy exclaimed in surprise. "Is this for real? Are there still pirates with bounties as high as this in the Four Seas? If such a pirate were to appear, it should be on the Grand Line!"

  "No, the 60 million Beri bounty that can be received in all four seas is enough to represent his brutality. I'm telling you, kid, I didn't settle the score with you for that strange gale in the East Blue before, but since you're a bounty hunter, at this time..."

  "Don't worry, 60 million is very attractive to me~!" Hobodi took off the black box from behind his back and pulled out a black sniper rifle. At the same time, he said to the first mate: "Old man, tell the ship to speed up and get closer."

  The second-in-command looked at him suspiciously: "Are you sure? I don't want to die ahead of time."

  "They are now about three thousand meters away from us, just adjust the ship to 2000 meters." Hobodi came to the center of the bow, set up the sniper rifle's stand, and then crouched down.

  "Hey, Jobo, what are you doing?" Niran De's face suddenly turned red with anger as he saw Hopody's action while delivering his 'speech'.

  He was about to step forward to stop Hobodi's actions, but was stopped by the first mate. The first mate looked at him expressionlessly: "Nirland De, I won't take my own men to gamble on the possibility of surviving with just over a dozen hands after paying the toll."

  "I am the captain of this ship..."

  Bang!

  The gunshot rang out, and Niran's words stopped halfway through. The sound interrupted everyone on the deck, and for a moment, there was complete silence.

  Everyone knows what gunfire means to pirates. Nylan De An's words just became meaningless after that shot.

  The next moment, the woman's terrified shriek, the sailors' loud cries, and the furious abuse of the frightened passengers.

  "It's all over, even if we pay the toll, we won't be able to get away." Niran stood stupidly on the deck, staring at the ships approaching in the distance, his eyes devoid of any color.

  "Awesome!"

  "Did you succeed, young one?" The first mate asked hastily.

  Hobodi's face was gloomy, staring at the sniper rifle in his hand, especially the front section of the barrel, which had become a twisted trumpet shape.

  "My gun has been modified, the one I just fired was a blank!" Hobodi's forehead bulged with veins at this moment, his eyes were full of anger. This was the first time he used it after taking it back from Begabongk, no matter how hard he thought about it, he didn't expect that his gun would change at the moment he pulled the trigger.

  It was a small white ball similar to a flour lump that had just been hit out.

  Even if it is blown out, it will probably be dispersed at sea and will not reach its destination.

  Hobodi had no choice but to continue lying at the bow of the boat, observing through the sniper scope mounted on his rifle.

  3000 meters, 2000 meters, 1000 meters, 500 meters... Ignoring the terrified cries on the ship, Hobodi saw through the sniper scope.

  On the bow of a pirate ship under a Jolly Roger flag, a tall man with a pirate captain's hat on his head and curved sideburns on both sides of his face has a white cross mark branded on the front of his chest.

  "This rifle..." Hobodi stood up, quickly disassembled the sniper rifle's magazine, and took out one by one sharp bullets, a moment of puzzlement.

  The clip is fine, the bullets are fine, the gun's power is still there, only the barrel has transformed into a comical trumpet shape.

  This absolutely is what Beika Bangke did after taking over his gun.

  This technique Hobodi had never seen before, and now in this urgent situation, he couldn't possibly go to Begabongk personally to ask.

  "Look, look what you've all done..." The owner of the Rafael, Niran, was pointing at Hobody and the first mate, shouting. The flag of the Demon Sea Pirates could be clearly seen now, less than 500 meters away from them.

  Hobadi and the first mate stood on the deck, their faces expressionless as they stared at the deck, Niran De's accusations and the terrified desperate eyes of the passengers appeared before them one by one.

  "Kid, I really misjudged you." The first mate's expression was one of resignation as he gazed out at the pirate ship in the distance and bellowed loudly, "Young men, prepare to engage!"

  Now they can only grit their teeth and bear it.

  Hobodi remained silent, reluctantly picked up the sniper rifle and fired again. Once more, a small white ball flew out from the sea.

  "Enough, Ge Bo! Are you not satisfied with provoking yet?!" Ni Lan De cursed loudly, pointing at Huo Po Di: "I knew it, letting you on the ship was a mistake from the start."

  As Niran's abuse, some passenger crew also cast a hateful gaze at Hobodi, if it was pirate humiliation, it must be this person's fault.

  Hobodi was oblivious to these gazes, and several shots rang out in succession: "Bang, bang, bang!" Several small white balls flew out of the trumpet-shaped muzzle. The bullets were depleted, but a miracle did not occur.

  The bow was directly ahead, the pirate ship of the Demon Sea Pirate Group getting closer and closer until they reached a point where both sides could clearly see the number of people on each other's deck.

  The two ships were about 50 meters apart, with Captain Devil Dias' pirate ship blocking the path of the Raphael. Some members of the Devil Pirates crew stood on deck, holding curved knives and staring at the people on the Raphael with menacing faces. The sound of lewd voices could be faintly heard: "I wonder if there are any chicks on this ship, if so, we'll have to play them thoroughly~"

  "If there are any of you who are familiar with the little woman, don't even think about moving! And to the kid who just shot me with a toy gun, I'll make sure to find you when you get on."

  "The captain is really a nice person! Wife ah! Haha haha haha......"

  "Cast off! Prepare to board! Girls, the treasure is all ours!"

  The deputy commander sighed at this crazy scene and turned to Hoboldi beside him: "Hey, Jabo Xiaozi, how's your skill?"

  "Alright!"

  "From the start, the Demon Sea Pirates didn't fire a single shot at the Rafael, showing their contempt for our merchant ship, especially after those few flour bullets of yours, they looked down on this ship even more. This is to our advantage!"

  Hobodi looked at the deck, and most of the people on the Raphael were still in the Devil's Sea Pirate Gang before the attack. His eyes had already dimmed, and he didn't hold any hope for what was to come. The dozen or so sailors held knives and swords in their hands, their faces also unable to conceal their terror.

  "You're not going to just sit there and wait for death, are you, kid?"

  "Of course, but it seems like there's just the two of us."

  "Then let's capture the king first! Take down Dias! Throw away your gun, how long do you plan to hold onto that toy? A weapon that jams at critical moments is not worth treasuring."

  "That's also right!" Hoboldi looked at the sniper rifle in his hand, his eyes somewhat complicated.

  At this point, whether or not he has the gun no longer affects his strength. He is no longer the same person who needed the gun to survive when he first arrived at Pongkhathasade two months ago. Now, if he were to face those death row inmates from Pongkhathasade again, he could take them all down by himself.

  He brought this gun from Ponce de Leon, more as a memento of the past than as a weapon.

  This world has already gotten used to it, and it's time to say goodbye.

  Goodbye.

  At this moment, Hobodi's hand slipped off, but a strange scene occurred. The half-fallen sniper rifle suddenly transformed, although there was no sound, but from the connection of the sniper rifle in his hand, an idea was transmitted, and Hobodi's mind could clearly hear it.

  "Currently transforming from marker form to attack form——"

  The cold electronic sound made Hobodi stunned, he looked at the sniper rifle in his hand again, and the trumpet-shaped front section of the barrel twisted and rotated, restoring its original shape.

  Smart system? Shape memory alloy?

  A mind full of fog, but at this moment there was no more spare time for Hobodi to think. Hobodi quickly took out the last magazine of the sniper rifle from the gun case, loaded the bullets, and aimed at the tall man who was climbing over the rope ladder.

  "Hey, kid, why are you still holding onto that..."

  Bang!