Chapter 39

"This person…"

"Who on earth are they?"

"When did a monster of this level appear in the East Sea!"

Standing at the port, Damus, his eyes filled with shock, stared at the massive warship, desperately yearning to learn the truth.

Warship.

On the deck.

Lu En stood at the edge of the railing, his expression tinged with curiosity as he surveyed the full view of the Navy branch base fortress.

This was a colossal fortress, like a bastion!

Easy to defend, hard to attack,

Impregnable.

Even if a full hundred thousand pirates completely surrounded this stretch of sea, it would be absolutely impossible to easily take down this massive Navy base fortress.

When this Navy base fortress was built, the Navy had clearly taken every factor into consideration.

Not only was it difficult to breach the fortress from outside, but even the pirates imprisoned within would find escaping from this base fortress as hard as ascending to the heavens.

"So this is the largest Navy branch base in the East Sea?"

Lu En was intrigued.

Not long after,

The warship neared the port.

Anchor dropped,

Ship stopped.

Immediately after,

Lu En followed a group of Marines down from the warship and arrived at this port area.

From every direction, pairs of eyes filled with curiosity and reverence gathered of one accord.

"All hands, listen to the order — bring every pirate off the ship under escort."

Bokato, a trusted subordinate of Captain Kapu, took the initiative to act in Kapu's stead, issuing orders as the on-scene commander.

Kapu naturally had no need to attend to these trivial matters personally.

Long before heading to this Navy branch base, Kapu had already used a Den Den Mushi to contact the Vice Admiral responsible for garrisoning this base.

By now, the other party was presumably already on the way to the port.

Sure enough.

In less than a moment.

A pot-bellied middle-aged man jogged over from afar to the port.

He wore the Navy's distinctive 'Justice' cloak; his build was round and plump, looking utterly lacking in the dignity and bearing of a Navy Vice Admiral.

From his appearance alone, no one would ever guess this was actually a Navy Vice Admiral.

His name was Luo Site, the Navy Vice Admiral responsible for garrisoning the East Sea Navy branch base fortress.

His strength was considerable,

Though not on par with a Navy Headquarters Vice Admiral, within the East Sea, apart from those hidden old monsters, this Vice Admiral Luo Site could absolutely be called top-tier combat power.

Navy Headquarters Vice Admirals and Navy branch Vice Admirals were two entirely different concepts.

The disparity in status was vast.

"Vice Admiral Kapu, thank you for your hard work."

Luo Site came before Kapu, his face constrained, utterly deferential.

Not to mention,

Kapu's distinguished status as a Navy Headquarters Vice Admiral — just the renown of Hero Kapu alone was enough to make Luo Site show him the highest respect.

"Vice Admiral Luo Site? Please order your men to take all the pirates here and lock them up in the base's prison."

Kapu's face was calm.

"Yes, Vice Admiral Kapu."

Luo Site hurriedly nodded in assent.

Next,

Following Kapu's order, Luo Site promptly issued commands to the surrounding Marines, ordering them to take over that battered pirate ship and escort the pirates, already in handcuffs, to the prison.

At this moment,

The surrounding Marines, upon seeing Kapu's figure, finally realized the truth.

"So it was Vice Admiral Kapu who wiped out the White Ostrich Pirates."

"Now everything makes perfect sense."

"If Vice Admiral Kapu personally took action, a mere White Ostrich Pirates would naturally be nothing to fear."

"I said it — how could such a powerful figure suddenly appear in our East Sea? Turns out it was Vice Admiral Kapu who made a move."

Speculation buzzed all around.

Damus also realized.

Kapu's illustrious renown was thunderous even across all four seas.

Within the Navy,

Hero Kapu's fame ranked among the very top tier!

Even the current Navy Fleet Admiral, Kong the Bonecrusher, might not possess the renown and influence of Hero Kapu.

"So the monster who wiped out the White Ostrich Pirates was Vice Admiral Kapu."

Damus was deeply moved.

Gradually,

as every pirate aboard the entire pirate ship was taken into custody and locked up in the prison, Luo Site, the commander of the largest Marine base in East Blue, hurriedly stepped forward to express his gratitude to Lu En.

"The White Ostrich Pirates have been utterly lawless. Recently they've been running rampant across East Blue, burning, killing, and plundering, leaving the people of East Blue unable to earn a living."

"But fortunately, Vice Admiral Kapu, you were willing to step in and rid East Blue of such a massive cancer."

"Otherwise, the consequences would have been endless."

"Vice Admiral Kapu, rest assured — I will definitely report this operation faithfully to Headquarters."

Well aware of the illustrious fame of the hero Kapu, Luo Site naturally wouldn't dare commit such a foolish act as trying to claim credit for himself.

Besides,

a mere pirate with a bounty of just over ten million was, for Vice Admiral Luo Site, really nothing to speak of.

He simply hadn't had the spare time to deal with the White Ostrich Pirates — that didn't mean he lacked the ability to wipe out this cancer.

Luo Site, a distinguished Marine Vice Admiral, naturally wouldn't give a second thought to such a minor achievement.

"Hold on a moment."

Just as Luo Site was about to leave, Kapu suddenly called out to him.

"May I ask what other orders you have, Vice Admiral Kapu?"

Luo Site asked.

"Didn't I just say?"

Looking at Luo Site's thoroughly puzzled gaze, Kapu pointed at Lu En standing beside him and said bluntly, "The one who wiped out the White Ostrich Pirates wasn't me."

"It was…"

"My grandson, Lu En!"

"He single-handedly annihilated the entire White Ostrich Pirates! And he solo-killed Captain Kukali, that Zoan Devil Fruit user!"

"So this is his credit!"

"Make sure you remember this clearly — when you report upward, don't you dare get it wrong."

With that said,

the noisy scene fell utterly silent!

Not a single sound!

Pair after pair of stunned gazes fixed, one after another, on Lu En standing beside Kapu.