Chapter 6

Arlong looked at the red-eyed Chu Yang, wanting to say something to beg for mercy, but the fear of death made him too scared to speak.

Arlong opened his mouth, trembling continuously.

Chu Yang looked at the blood constantly overflowing from Arlong's body, and suddenly recalled the pain when the Celestial Dragon's branding iron was pressed fiercely onto his chest.

The anger of being treated like fish and meat by others because of weakness ignited the killing intent in Chu Yang's heart.

He would never let others trample on him again! "What... do you want to do?!"

Arlong, who was about to faint, was stimulated by the chill on Chu Yang's body, and his consciousness suddenly became clear.

"If you kill me, you can't stay on the ship anymore. Big Brother Tiger won't allow someone who kills a companion to stay!"

Arlong shouted hysterically, trying to wake up Chu Yang's reason.

"Just now..." Chu Yang said coldly: "If I didn't agree to you, would you let me go? Would you let an ordinary human go?"

Arlong was speechless. As Chu Yang thought, he had no intention of letting Chu Yang go. Even if he didn't kill him, he would throw him into the sea and let him fend for himself.

Afterward, Arlong just needed to lie and say that Chu Yang left on his own. Although it might not fool Tiger, Tiger couldn't do anything to him either.

Arlong was sure that Tiger wouldn't turn against his own clan for the sake of one person.

"You are the same as the humans you hate; there is no difference in essence..." Chu Yang sneered, gave up the idea of killing Arlong, and began to loosen the trees and vines that restrained the other.

It wasn't that Chu Yang was soft-hearted. If he killed Arlong here, Chu Yang really wouldn't be able to stay on the ship.

More importantly, someone was coming...

The burly blue fat man was standing behind Chu Yang, his hands covered in Armament Haki pressing on Chu Yang's shoulders, ready to save Arlong at any time.

Chu Yang released Wood Release, turned to look at Jinbe, and asked calmly: "When did you come?"

Jinbe glanced at the blood-covered Arlong, and shock flashed in his eyes.

He tried to lower his voice as much as possible to make himself appear calm: "When Arlong said he wanted to take you to rest, I felt something was wrong. That's not his style. Just in case, I've been following you."

Jinbe smiled bitterly: "I was afraid he would do something stupid. The facts proved that I guessed right, but I didn't expect..."

Chu Yang let out a breath, as if to spit out all the depression in his heart: "Didn't expect that I almost killed him in return?"

Jinbe nodded and said in a knowing tone: "No wonder Big Brother Tiger said you saved him. So you are a Devil Fruit user."

Frequent use of Wood Release made Chu Yang's chakra bottom out. He was very tired now, drooping his eyelids, and said weakly: "If you don't intend to kick me off the ship, then take me to rest."

"I just want to lie on the bed and have a good sleep now."

Before leaving the bottom storage room, Jinbe looked helplessly at Arlong, who was seriously injured and unconscious by the door, and sighed with complex emotions.

Arlong's hatred for humans was more serious than most Fish-Men on the ship. If he didn't correct his thoughts in time, he would probably suffer a big loss at Chu Yang's hands in the future.

Out of care for Chu Yang, Jinbe specially took him to a single room and then left quietly.

Jinbe, who had arranged for Chu Yang, hurriedly asked the ship doctor to treat Arlong. Afterward, the news that Arlong was seriously injured and unconscious by Chu Yang spread like wildfire.

At first, Jinbe thought about helping Arlong cover it up, but Jinbe later dismissed this idea.

Because there were quite a few Fish-Men on the ship who had the same thoughts as Arlong.

In order to keep this group of people from doing stupid things, the necessary deterrence was essential. As such, Jinbe felt it was better to let the news out. Chu Yang, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, didn't know that because of this incident, Arlong had become the laughingstock of the entire ship.

The next day, Chu Yang, who slept until noon, appeared on the deck under the scorching sun. He found that the look in the Fish-Men's eyes when they looked at him was significantly different from yesterday.

The feeling of disgust was much less, replaced by astonishment and panic.

There was a very obvious sense of distance between the two sides.

"It seems they already know." Chu Yang looked around, the corners of his mouth raised slightly. From now on, the noise in his ears could finally be less.

Chu Yang had no intention of getting along with this group of Fish-Men, and the Sun Pirates were just a temporary foothold for him.

"It's my responsibility that this happened yesterday." Tiger walked over from the direction of the bow, looking tired and expressing his apologies to Chu Yang.

"I'm not the one who got hurt, no need to apologize." Chu Yang replied lightly: "On the contrary, that guy named Arlong probably won't be able to get out of bed for ten days or half a month."

"That's fine, lest he always looks for trouble for no reason." Tiger had a headache. Although he was a Fish-Man, he didn't like Arlong's violent and radical way of doing things.

"If you need anything, just tell me anytime." Although he had announced the establishment of the Sun Pirates, Tiger clearly didn't treat Chu Yang as a member of the pirate ship, being very polite.

They were partners who walked a section of the road together on their respective journeys, unable to walk to the end together. Both had a tacit understanding of this.

Chu Yang thought for a while, then said: "I want to learn some combat techniques from Jinbe. Can you let him teach me?"

"Jinbe?" Tiger was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Of course. You have a good eye. That kid's strength and potential are extraordinary. In a few years, he'll probably become a leader among the Fish-Men."

Chu Yang smiled.

Nonsense!

That's Jinbe, the "mere Four Emperors"! The title of Warlord of the Sea isn't given for nothing!

What Chu Yang wanted to learn from Jinbe was not just Fish-Man Karate, but more importantly, Haki. Yesterday he had already witnessed the other's Armament Haki.

Not long after, Tiger found Jinbe and explained to him that Chu Yang wanted to learn combat from him.

At this time, Jinbe still held deep guard against humans, but because Chu Yang had a favor to Tiger, he treated him specially.

Jinbe reluctantly agreed to Chu Yang's request.

Jinbe began hellish training for Chu Yang that very day.

I don't know if Jinbe had a certain sense of revenge, or if he wanted to end this task early, but his teaching method was quite rough and wild.

Almost every time the training ended, Chu Yang was carried into the room.

Miserable was miserable, but Chu Yang only spent three days to complete the introduction to Fish-Man Karate, and his proficiency climbed like a rocket.

The progress was so fast that Jinbe felt incredible. In Jinbe's view, Chu Yang's learning speed of Fish-Man Karate surpassed most of the Fish-Man race.

But Chu Yang was a thorough human...

If he didn't know that Tiger definitely wouldn't allow it, Jinbe really wanted to cut Chu Yang open to see if he had Fish-Man organs inside.

"Truly hellish!"

Jinbe, who didn't believe in evil, continued to strengthen the "torture" of Chu Yang, but Chu Yang was now like a sponge with no upper limit, crazily absorbing all content beneficial to himself.

(End of chapter)