Chapter 406

"Lu En, are you alright?"

Including Tina walked cautiously to Lu En's side, knelt down, her beautiful, delicate face filled with deep worry and concern.

While the other trainees were only paying attention to Lu En capturing and defeating Bai Huzi II.

Only Including Tina…

She saw—Lu En was nearly covered in wounds.

She knew.

To defeat the terrifying sea king Bai Huzi II, the five-year-old Lu En paid an agonizing price and bore injuries of extreme severity.

Seeing the dozen or so knife wounds on Lu En's chest, even glimpses of exposed bone, made Including Tina's heart ache; her lovely face twisted with pain.

"Not dead yet."

Lu En took a deep breath, feeling the stabbing pain radiating through his body.

He felt helpless.

These injuries…

Would likely take several days to heal at best.

That's only because of his formidable physique.

If this were an ordinary person, such injuries would take at least a fortnight to fully recover.

But for Lu En…

With his tenacious body and the help of the Ghost Back System…

He was confident.

In three to five days, he'd return to his usual vigorous state.

"Including Tina, take this kid to get treated."

"Otherwise, hidden injuries and complications might linger—that'd be troublesome."

Master Zefa instructed Including Tina.

"Yes, Master Zefa."

Including Tina nodded quickly in response.

Then,

she summoned several trainees, and together they carried the severely wounded Lu En to the infirmary for treatment.

During this time,

Lu En had closed his eyes and fallen into deep sleep.

He was utterly exhausted.

He was utterly drained.

His eyelids felt as heavy as a thousand jin, constantly pulling him toward closing them.

Moments later,

Lu En's figure vanished from the deck.

Watching Lu En being carried away for treatment, Master Zefa finally lowered his gaze, shaking his head with a wry smile: "What a headache—having a genius student like this puts immense pressure on even his teacher."

His gaze shifted,

landing on Bai Huzi II, Webull, not far away.

He stepped forward,

arrived beside Webull, and carefully examined the countless injuries on his body.

After a long while,

Master Zefa was certain.

Webull's injuries were far more severe than Lu En's!

Though not life-threatening, Webull wouldn't recover for quite some time.

"A severely wounded Bai Huzi II, bound with specially made chains—no need to worry about him waking up and causing chaos on the warship."

Master Zefa mused.

As long as Webull's injuries were kept under control, he could be held completely in check.

Webull's strength was immense.

That was unquestionable.

Ordinary iron chains had no chance of restraining Webull.

Even specially made chains could hardly lock him down completely.

But…

If Webull remained severely wounded, and was forbidden from eating to prevent him from absorbing nutrients to heal,

then,

his chance of recovery would be completely eliminated.

A Webull with no food intake, combined with his severe injuries, would grow weaker and weaker; his body, deprived of nourishment, would lack even the strength to move.

Not even Bai Huzi II.

Even the strongest man in the world, Whitebeard, if severely wounded and deprived of food for a long time, would be reduced to a dying, powerless shell.

Moreover,

the Webull before him had already been nearly broken by Lu En.

"Issue my order."

"Capture all pirates floating in the surrounding waters!"

"Not a single one escapes!"

"These pirates are all unconscious now; there's no need for you to be overly tense. Of course, you must still maintain necessary vigilance."

Zefa continued to issue orders.

The wrecked pirate ship had originally carried a full hundred pirates.

Now,

with the ship's hull shattered, all these pirates had scattered into the sea.

Some sank into the ocean,

others barely survived by clinging to floating planks.

But none of them had regained consciousness.

Pirates stunned by Lu En's earth-shattering Conqueror's Haki were not so easily awakened.

"Yes, Master Zefa."

A group of cadets, led by Smoker, swiftly obeyed Zefa's command.

As a Devil Fruit user, Smoker naturally did not enter the sea himself; instead, he used the unique ability of his Smoke-Smoke Fruit to fly through the air and capture the pirates floating on the surface, bringing them back to the warship.

The other cadets leaped without hesitation into the sea.

About half a quarter-hour passed.

All surviving pirates in the area had been captured and brought aboard the warship, and under Zefa's orders, each pirate was shackled with wrist and ankle restraints, rendering them immobile.

"Count the number of prisoners."

Zefa said.

Moments later,

the count of captured pirates was complete.

"Master Zefa, we've captured forty-three pirates."

Smoker stepped before Zefa and reported truthfully.

"Only forty-three?"

"It seems…"

"the rest of the pirates have all unfortunately fallen into the sea."

Zefa shook his head.

What fate awaited those pirates who fell into the sea?

It goes without saying.

Even if they weren't drowned, they would become food for Sea Kings.

The Great Line here harbors no shortage of Sea Kings.

On the contrary,

the number of Sea Kings in this sea area is extremely high.

A single misstep could bring you face-to-face with several.

These unfortunate pirates who fell into the sea are certainly beyond salvation!

"Forget about them."

"Lock all forty-three pirates in the warship's brig."

Zefa waved his hand.

Soon after,