Chapter 582

Lu En had been slowly walking toward the edge of the railing.

As his steps halted,

he stood right beside the railing, his eyes calm and detached, looking down upon the group of pirates at the shoreline, their expressions wild with excitement.

From start to finish,

a wry smile had never left his face.

He felt no panic or fear from having entered the lion's den.

Meanwhile,

as the two thousand-plus pirates at the harbor caught sight of the five-year-old figure standing at the edge of the sailboat's railing,

as they stared at…

the five-year-old figure, draped in a white Navy justice coat,

in an instant,

their excited emotions froze solid.

As if doused with a bucket of ice water.

The atmosphere turned eerily strange!

"This!"

"Wait…"

"Could he be…?!"

"No way?!"

"How is this possible?!"

The pirates all simultaneously widened their eyes to their fullest, frozen like wooden statues as they stared at Lu En.

Silence!

Not a sound!

After a long while,

Glug!

They involuntarily swallowed hard.

Every pirate present felt their scalps tingle, their bones chilled.

"Lilith."

"You didn't bring us a fat sheep…,"

"you brought us…"

"a terrifying monster!"

"The Navy's strongest prodigy in history!"

Yes!

With just one glance, the two thousand-plus pirates on the shore of Baker Island Harbor recognized Lu En's identity without doubt.

Nowadays,

one might say…

Across the entire Grand Line, no one could possibly not know Lu En!

A five-year-old Vice Admiral of the Navy Headquarters!

The monster who once captured Whitebeard II, Vegapunk!

Fist Demon Lu En!

What a coincidence.

Lilith, standing on the deck, had never heard of Lu En's reputation nor seen his face.

So,

she never imagined…

in these waters near Alabasta,

she would actually encounter Fist Demon Lu En!

And what's more,

the most horrifying part was…

she had mistaken him for a fat sheep!

Silence!

At this moment,

the atmosphere grew unbearably strange.

Baker Island,

shoreline.

Over two thousand pirates stared with bulging eyes, their gazes filled with terror.

They stared dumbfounded at the sailboat moored at the harbor's edge, where stood a five-year-old figure clad in a Navy justice coat.

Seeing this, they trembled uncontrollably all over.

They could not suppress the fear surging within them!

Intense fear flooded their hearts.

Precisely because of his identity,

so,

They became even more terrified!

They deeply understood.

The one now standing on the ship's deck…

What a terrifying monster this opponent truly was!

Even across the entire Grand Route,

this one was a figure of legendary renown!

Gulp!

A group of pirates couldn't help but swallow hard, their throats rolling.

The excitement and exhilaration that had filled their hearts moments ago had, at this very instant, vanished without a trace along with Lu En's arrival.

"He, he can't possibly be…"

"Him?"

After a long silence, a trembling voice rose from the crowd.

No one answered.

No one dared to respond.

Moments later,

an elderly pirate, voice shaking, finally replied: "You're right—it's him!"

Instantly,

even the air in this region seemed to freeze.

Sensing the eerie atmosphere,

Lilith, standing on the ship's deck, was bewildered.

This…

What the hell is going on?!

Just moments ago, these people were so excited.

After all,

she had finally caught herself a fat sheep!

A fat, fat sheep!

But now—