Chapter 237: Lu En: Lu Qi, step back—let me handle this! [9/10 request auto-subscription]

Gradually.

Lu Qi walked to Lu En's side, his hands caked in blood, his gaze solemn and heavy, fixed unblinkingly on Garte, not daring to let down his guard.

He had already summoned his utmost focus.

Clearly.

From the moment he embarked on this rescue mission today,

he had already investigated the Sword Lion Pirates inside and out!

He knew.

That the Sword Lion Pirates' captain, Sword Lion Garte, was an absolute monster of immense power!

Even Lu Qi had no confidence at all in defeating him.

At just thirteen years old, he had no chance at all of defeating a notorious pirate with a bounty nearing fifty million Berries.

Therefore,

the moment he saw Garte appear,

Lu Qi's heart sank to the bottom, becoming particularly heavy.

The pressure was immense,

his shoulders weighed down by a crushing burden.

"From now on, you and I each take a different direction to escape the scene."

"Only then can we increase the chance of one of us surviving."

Lu Qi whispered.

He hadn't even entertained the thought of fighting Garte.

"Escape?"

"We can't escape."

"Look at the surroundings of the warehouse."

"It's been completely sealed off by over three thousand pirates!"

"And…"

"Besides Sword Lion Garte, the other four officers of the Sword Lion Pirates are no pushovers."

Lu En shook his head.

"Then we're left with only one choice: fight them to the death."

Lu Qi, as always, wore his blank expression; though his eyes showed solemn and heavy gravity, he revealed no trace of fear or panic.

As a trained spy…

he had long since placed life and death beyond his concern.

To him,

mission failure was worse than death!

"Unfortunately…"

"This mission seems destined to fail."

Lu Qi sighed.

"Fail? Not necessarily."

Lu En suddenly smiled.

"What do you mean?"

Hearing this, Lu Qi raised an eyebrow, staring at Lu En in confusion.

"I mean,"

"why are we running? Who said anything about running?"

"From the very beginning…"

"I never had any intention of fleeing."

Lu En spoke slowly.

"Are you really going to fight a monster like Sword Lion Garte?"

"Fine!"

"I'll go mad with you!"

"Even if I die, I'll die on the battlefield!"

Lu Qi's expression hardened.

"Don't keep talking about death."

"We won't die!"

Lu En said.