The other villagers: “…” Even more shameless than the village chief!
The pirates: “…” A rival has appeared…
Our positions are no longer secure!
At this moment, the way Alvida looked at Moke had already changed from scrutiny to extreme satisfaction.
Although the pirates under her command praised her every day, none of them had ever praised her in a way that made her heart flutter like this boy had.
“Hahaha…” Alvida burst into laughter once again.
Only this time, there was a hint of bashfulness on her face.
“This…” Moke felt his scalp go numb.
He thought to himself, Did I overdo it…?
What if this woman takes a fancy to me?
I don’t even have the ability to resist.
Looking at Alvida’s freckled face, her barrel-shaped figure, and that fierce aura of hers, the corner of Moke’s mouth twitched.
This was no longer a question of whether turning off the lights would help.
This was a question of whether he would survive at all…
Fortunately!
What Moke feared did not happen.
Alvida quickly returned to normal.
However, she still asked Moke in a rather friendly tone, “What weapon are you good at?” Moke thought for a moment.
“I’m good with guns.
Within two hundred meters, I never miss.” He was not just boasting.
Back when he had undergone live-fire shooting during university military training, his shooting results had been the best in the entire school.
Later, an instructor had taken notice of him and given him some special training.
With a rifle, two hundred meters was no pressure at all.
The instructor had said he had the potential to become a sharpshooter and had even tried repeatedly to persuade him to join the army.
Unfortunately, that was not where his ambitions lay.
The instructor had been deeply regretful, but still respected his choice.
Alvida said, “Good.
From now on, you are the captain of the musketeer squad on my ship.” “Huh?” The pirates all opened their mouths wide, their faces filled with disbelief.
The village chief and the villagers were also dumbfounded.
“She’s this willful?” Even Moke was extremely shocked.
He had originally thought that Alvida would at least test his marksmanship.
He never expected that she would appoint him directly.
Moke was completely caught off guard.
However, what he felt most clearly from this was the lawless freedom of the strong.
As long as you possessed absolute strength, every order you gave would be obeyed by your subordinates, no matter how willful or ridiculous that order was.
Just like that, Moke boarded Alvida’s pirate ship and became a glorious pirate.
…
Watching the Alvida Pirates sail away, the villagers all revealed worried expressions.
One elderly man could not hold himself back and directly voiced his concern to the village chief.
“Village chief, that Moke won’t take revenge on the young men from our village, will he?” “That’s right!
My Xiao Hai also boarded that ship.
Now Moke is the captain of the musketeer squad in the Alvida Pirates.
If he targets my Xiao Hai, won’t my Xiao Hai be doomed?
Wuwuwu…” As the middle-aged woman spoke, she broke down in grief and began crying.
Because something like that was very likely to happen.
The parents of the other young men also turned to look at the village chief.
Their gazes carried a trace of hostility.
Then their eyes all shifted toward a young man standing beside the village chief.
This young man was the youngest among those of suitable age in the village.
Originally, they had felt quite sympathetic toward him.
But now, because of him, their own children had fallen into danger.
Their positions had changed.
To endanger several young men of the village for the sake of one person—what an unwise choice that was.
Even though they knew that becoming pirates basically meant death, without Moke involved, at least they still had some hope in their hearts.
But now, all that remained was despair.
At this moment, the village chief’s expression also changed.
Previously, he had only been thinking about using Moke to fill one of the required spots.
That way, the village would lose one fewer person.
But now he realized that this had been a doomed question from the very beginning.
No matter what he did, he would be criticized.
If he did not let Moke take the spot, the villagers would say he could not distinguish between outsiders and his own people.
If he did let Moke take the spot, the villagers would say he had been foolish and had endangered several young men for the sake of one person.
But if Moke had taken the place of their own child, they would probably have shown an entirely different face.
This was human nature.
Sigh!
The village chief could not help but let out a sigh, his heart incomparably heavy.
Because he had never imagined that after abandoning the kindness in his heart…
and abandoning his own principles, what he received in return would be the villagers’ misunderstanding and accusations.
…
At this moment, Captain Alvida was standing at the bow of the ship, holding half of a map as she gazed ahead.
“Straw Hat brat, just you wait!
Once I find Lireya’s treasure, I’ll be able to recruit troops, expand my forces, and then I’ll definitely make you pay.” “Lireya’s treasure?” Moke, who was standing not far from Alvida, instantly caught the key point.
His eyes suddenly lit up.
Because in his view, the Paramecia-type Slip-Slip Fruit that Alvida obtained might very well have come from this treasure.
Thinking of this possibility, Moke could not help but clench his fists.
However, he suppressed the restless excitement in his heart to avoid letting anyone notice anything unusual.
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, half a month went by.
Alvida circled the nearby seas countless times, and finally, a tiny island only a few li in circumference appeared before their eyes.
Alvida was so excited that she unconsciously waved the iron club in her hand.
“Captain, bad news…
A pirate ship has appeared on our left side!” “Huh?” Alvida was stunned at first.
Then her expression changed drastically, and she quickly looked toward the left.
Moke did the same.
He saw an extremely distinctive pirate ship rapidly approaching them.
Why call it distinctive?
Because its figurehead was very special.
At first glance, it looked like an elephant.
But on closer inspection, at the end of the elephant’s long trunk was a red nose unique to clowns.
Looking even more carefully, one would discover that the red nose was actually a huge cannon muzzle.
“Oh my god…” Moke froze on the spot.
Because this ship was far too distinctive.
It could be recognized at a glance.
This should be the pirate ship of Buggy the Clown…
Sure enough, when Moke looked at the other ship’s pirate flag, the skull that represented the pirates also had a red nose.
Now, it was one hundred percent Buggy the Clown.
After all, in One Piece, there was no other pirate flag like that.
His gaze then shifted back to Alvida.
In other words, these two had met here, and afterward formed an alliance to take down Straw Hat Luffy?
So…
Moke’s gaze landed on the tiny island not far away, so small it could barely be called an island.
Because if that was the case…
The chances that the Paramecia-type Slip-Slip Fruit was on this island had risen sharply.
Moke was so excited that his entire body began trembling.
Perhaps many people looked down on the Paramecia-type Slip-Slip Fruit.
But it had to be said.
Some Devil Fruits were truly underestimated.
For example, the time-related Slow-Slow Fruit.
What an incredible Devil Fruit that was.
Yet after falling into the hands of Foxy the Silver Fox, it turned him into an existence no better than small fry.
Another example was the Slip-Slip Fruit that Alvida ate.
Not only did it have a beauty-enhancing effect, but it could also make attacks slide off her body.
If it were developed to the extreme…
It would definitely be heaven-defying.
So, in the end, Devil Fruits mainly depended on who ate them…