Chapter 11

But she still held a glimmer of hope; seeing Reiju surrender out of fear of this ship, she finally recognized the cruel reality she was in.

"Father was actually killed." Anna's face turned pale after reading the newspaper.

She naturally didn't believe that her father had been killed by Lin Yu.

Because when she left with Lin Yu, she had seen her father alive and well.

Coming out of the cabin, Lin Yu saw the pale-faced, tearful Anna and the dejected Charlos.

He asked curiously:

"What's wrong?"

"Father was killed; the newspaper says you killed him." Anna said blankly.

Hearing this, Lin Yu raised an eyebrow and pointed at Charlos, saying:

"It must have been the Celestial Dragons silencing him."

Hearing this, Anna immediately felt it was very likely and lunged at Charlos, grabbing her by the throat, wanting her to pay with her life.

The dejected Charlos was caught off guard and had no power to resist.

Seeing Anna's actions, Lin Yu frowned. He flicked his finger, and a ship rope fell from above, lashing hard across Anna's back, leaving a bloody welt.

"Ah!"

Anna screamed and fell to the ground.

Charlos escaped Anna's clutches and immediately ran behind Lin Yu; she had truly experienced the fear of death just now.

[Ding! Anna's friendliness toward the host has increased by 5...]

[Ding! Charlos's friendliness toward the host has increased by 10, currently -40...]

The ship rope wrapped around Anna's neck, lifting her up and bringing her before Lin Yu.

Lin Yu patted Anna's pretty face and said with a chuckle:

"It seems you forgot the rules on this ship."

On his ship, everyone except him had to get along peacefully; anyone who dared to harm others had to be prepared for punishment.

"Master, I... I'm sorry."

Anna clutched her neck, struggling and apologizing repeatedly.

Only when Anna was about to suffocate did Lin Yu throw her to the ground and command:

"Kneel!"

"Yes." The shaken Anna knelt down in a hurry.

"You too." Lin Yu then looked at Charlos.

Seeing Anna punished, Charlos, who had been feeling a bit happy inside, saw her face fall.

But she didn't dare to resist Lin Yu and could only kneel obediently beside Anna.

Reiju, watching everything that had just happened, felt her heart pounding and looked at Lin Yu as if she were looking at a demon.

Tsk, this Anna must have some special fetish; after whipping her once, her friendliness actually increased.

However, Charlos's friendliness also increased, which was something I didn't expect.

Seeing the notifications of Anna and Charlos's increased friendliness, Lin Yu smiled slightly.

However, this smile was terrifying in Reiju's eyes. ===== CHAPTER 23 =====

Lin Yu moved his gaze away from the system notifications and picked up the newspaper from Anna's hand.

"Heh, 1.5 billion for the first time, huh."

"Sengoku is truly generous."

"However, this is likely an attempt to build me up just to kill me, using others as the blade."

Seeing the headline in the newspaper, Lin Yu raised an eyebrow.

A high bounty would scare off those with low strength, but it also meant that Lin Yu would be targeted by people with bounties over 1 billion in the future; these people were clearly no slouches.

However!

A bounty of 1.5 billion already met the 100 million requirement for upgrading the pirate crew; as long as he recruited enough crew members, he could basically upgrade directly, unlock more crew slots, and receive rewards.

Tsk tsk tsk, Akainu is actually leading the team to capture me personally.

Isn't that thinking a bit too highly of me?

Lin Yu chuckled, not taking it to heart.

With the Slave of God in hand, it wouldn't be that easy for Akainu to catch him.

And he still had two Top-Tier Swordsman Experience Cards; clashing with Akainu was still possible.

However, he still needed to strengthen his power quickly.

Thinking of this, Lin Yu looked at Reiju in the distance and said:

"Miss Reiju, may I see your scientific combat suit?"

Reiju's poisonous ability wasn't obtained by eating a Devil Fruit but was a superpower gained through lineage modification, so even if she were handcuffed with Sea-Prism Stone, she wouldn't lose her ability to use poison.

For this reason, Lin Yu was so careful to keep his distance from her.

After all, although he had a fearsome reputation, his true strength was just that of a rookie with the rank of Captain.

So he was after the Germa technology combat suit; no wonder he made us surrender.

Hearing Lin Yu ask about her scientific combat suit, Reiju suddenly realized his intentions.

Thinking about her wording, Reiju looked at Lin Yu and said:

"Since you know about our Germa technology combat suits, you naturally know about our lineage factor modification technology, right?"

"Our combat suits need to be used in conjunction with Germa's lineage factor modification technology to fully exert all their functions."

"And the lineage factor modification technology requires over a decade of uninterrupted experimentation."

"So far, only the Vinsmoke family has undergone the modification and succeeded."

So that's how it is.

No wonder Vinsmoke Judge didn't equip his clone soldiers with combat suits; it turned out there was such a reason.

Otherwise, Judge could basically dominate the North Blue just by relying on things like combat suits; why would he need to seek cooperation with Big Mom?

The combat power of the Germa 66 brothers wasn't too high, only at the level of ordinary officers in a Four Emperors' pirate crew, but if they had an army of such clones, it would be extremely terrifying.

Hearing Reiju's words, Lin Yu frowned.

Then, Reiju continued:

"Of course, if you don't seek to use all the functions of the combat suit, it's not impossible to have one made for you."

"But such a combat suit wouldn't improve your combat ability much."

Lin Yu smiled upon hearing this:

"In that case, I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation later."

"As long as your father is willing to cooperate with me, I will absolutely not make things difficult for the Germa Kingdom."

Regardless of how much it could improve his combat ability, Lin Yu intended to see it for himself.

After all, seeing is believing!

"That would be best." Reiju glanced at Lin Yu and nodded in agreement.

She also wanted to get away from Lin Yu as soon as possible, because she didn't want to be punished by him like Anna and Charlos.

Then, Lin Yu looked at Reiju and said:

"Miss Reiju, are you willing to join my pirate crew?"

Reiju shook her head: "Sorry."

Seeing Reiju shake her head in refusal, Lin Yu wasn't surprised.

Although Reiju hadn't lost her emotions, she couldn't defy Judge's orders; for Lin Yu to recruit her now was clearly impossible.

However, if he could persuade Judge, then getting Reiju to join the crew would be easy.

And Lin Yu had already thought of a way to persuade Judge.

Getting the Den Den Mushi to contact Judge from the Germa ship, Lin Yu began his plan to paint a grand picture.

Germa Kingdom.

Judge took the Den Den Mushi from a servant and spoke in a deep voice:

"God-Slayer Lin Yu, what exactly is your purpose in capturing Reiju and Yonji?"

Lin Yu's unhurried voice came through the Den Den Mushi: ===== CHAPTER 24 =====