Chapter 744

He glanced at Little Lufei beside him, wolfing down his food, then looked at Ace and Sabo.

"The mysterious Master of those three?"

Toward this person, Lu En felt a spark of curiosity and.

In Lu En's impression.

He certainly remembered.

When Little Lufei, Ace, and Sabo were children, they had run into a powerhouse-level strongman from the old era.

As their Master!

Teaching them true combat methods.

All along,

what Captain Kapu had taught Little Lufei and Ace was, for the most part, only survival ability—tempering their tenacious vitality, and their capacity to survive in all kinds of environments.

Therefore.

Captain Kapu had never taught Ace and Little Lufei any combat techniques.

Strictly speaking.

Captain Kapu was Little Lufei and the others' first Master.

And the second was the old man they had run into in the deep mountains and old forests of Windmill Village.

That man was their second Master.

Also the Master who truly taught them combat methods!

Many of their combat techniques were learned from this person.

"A mysterious strongman from the old era?"

Lu En's eyes narrowed slightly, and he felt a touch of interest.

He didn't mind,

clashing with the man!

A top great pirate of the old era!

That man was certainly no ordinary sort.

Anyone who could possess Conqueror's Haki was absolutely no run-of-the-mill nobody of "one-two-three."

On this point, there was no doubt.

The weak are not worthy of possessing Conqueror's Haki!

This was the consensus of everyone on the sea.

"What is his name?"

Lu En asked.

"Naguri!"

Ace answered.

"Naguri?"

As for this old man's name, Lu En did seem rather unfamiliar with it.

He had never heard of him...

Soon,

he let it go.

On this sea, the strong were as common as clouds.

Far, far too many top strongmen of the old era had retired into the mountains and forests.

That he did not know the man was, after all, understandable.

Not every top strongman of the old era could manage to keep his fame still ringing across these seas.

Naguri, this great pirate of the old era, had clearly become obscure as a loser.

"If there's a chance, by all means take me to meet him."

Lu En said.

"This!"

Ace started to speak, then hesitated.

Beside him,

Sabo asked meekly, "Is this really appropriate? He is a great pirate of the old era. And he said that once, he crossed swords with the Pirate King, Luo Jie."

"It's just that..."

"In the end he lost—lost to Luo Jie."

"From then on, he withdrew from this sea, retiring completely into the mountains and forests, no longer concerning himself with any news or intelligence of this sea."

Yes!

Just as Sabo had said.

That was a man who had once crossed swords with the Pirate King, Luo Jie!

Although he had been defeated,

he had not been killed by Luo Jie.

That alone showed this man possessed uncommon, extraordinary qualities.

Either he had earned Luo Jie's admiration.

Or, relying on strength powerful enough, he had forcibly broken free from Luo Jie's pursuit!

If it was the latter...

GLOSSARY:

- Lu En

- Luo Jie

- Captain Kapu

- Little Lufei

- Master

- Kapu Sect

- Ace

- Sabo

- Naguri

- Windmill Village

- Conqueror's Haki

That alone shows just how terrifying this person's strength is!

Being able to escape from Luo Jie's hands is, by itself, enough to show how fearsome this person's strength truly is.

Pirate King Luo Jie — that's a ceiling-level powerhouse of the sea.

Not the slightest bit inferior to the Navy's hero, Captain Kapu.

"You're afraid I'll clash with him?"

Lu En laughed. "Afraid I'll lose to him? That little faith in me? After all, I just saved you lot."

Hearing that,

Sabo was at a loss for words for the moment.

Ace picked up the thread: "It's not that I don't believe in you, it's just that Naguri really is extremely strong. I feel the pressure he gives me might be no less than the old man's."

Precisely because of this,

Ace was unwilling to let Lu En and Naguri cross paths.

He was worried.

Once the two of them clashed, it would erupt into an intense battle!

"No less than the old man?"

"Now that's an exaggeration on your part."

"You simply don't understand just how much influence the old man wields on this sea, nor how terrifyingly strong he is."

"I dare say—"

"If you asked him to his face, asked him how his strength compared to the Navy's hero Captain Kapu, how do you think he'd answer? He'd surely feel himself inferior."

Lu En laughed.

Old man Kapu rarely takes action in normal times, yet no one dares look down on him.

Especially…

the veteran Great Pirates of the New World seas.

The stronger a person is, the more clearly they understand how fearsome Kapu's strength truly is.

Only greenhorns like Ace, Little Lufei, and Sabo, just out of the gate, would compare Naguri to a ceiling-level powerhouse like Kapu.

"Hearing you put it that way—"

"I'm looking forward to meeting him even more."

"Don't worry…"