Chapter 223: Repeating Old Tricks

"Full speed ahead! Catch up with that merchant ship ahead!"

On the Tart Ship, unique to the Big Mom Pirates, Katakuri stood at the bow issuing orders to the chess soldiers beside him.

"Brother, even if we want to plunder a merchant ship, this isn't the right time, is it?"

"The Three Navy Admirals will be chasing us any moment now."

Beside Katakuri, Sweet Commander Smoothie looked at him with a face full of confusion.

Hearing this, Katakuri said indifferently:

"The God-Slayer Lin Yu is on that merchant ship."

He had originally only intended to see who was fighting each other on the sea surface, but he unexpectedly caught a glimpse of Lin Yu's true appearance.

Hearing Katakuri's words, Daifuku, Oven, and the others were stunned.

Smoothie, however, looked at Katakuri in shock and said:

"Didn't you say the news about the God-Slayer Lin Yu was deliberately spread by Queen?"

"How has he appeared again?"

Hearing Smoothie's question, Katakuri explained:

"The God-Slayer Lin Yu can disguise himself as other people, so he might have already arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago; we just didn't know it."

"If he hadn't revealed his true form while teasing that Supernova just now, I wouldn't have recognized him either."

"So that's how it is; no wonder the World Government has been unable to find his tracks." Hearing Katakuri's explanation, Smoothie suddenly realized the truth.

"Hahahaha."

Daifuku suddenly burst into loud laughter, saying, "It seems we should thank that fellow Queen after all."

Hearing this, Smoothie, Oven, Katakuri, and the others couldn't help but laugh as well.

If Queen hadn't caused such a scene today and provoked the Navy Admirals, they probably would never have encountered the God-Slayer Lin Yu.

Even if they had met him, they likely wouldn't have recognized him.

As for the question of whether they could capture Lin Yu, they had never worried about it at all.

As long as it wasn't someone at the level of an Emperor or an Admiral, there was no one they couldn't capture by joining forces.

However.

After being happy for a while, Smoothie and the others could no longer feel joyful.

This was because they discovered that the distance between their Tart Ship and the vessel where the God-Slayer Lin Yu was located was growing wider and wider.

Just moments ago, they could still clearly see the faces of the people on the ship through their telescopes, but now they were beginning to lose sight of them.

"Why is that ship so fast!"

Seeing the Divine Slave Ship drifting further away, Smoothie said in disbelief.

The Tart Ship of the Big Mom Pirates, having souls injected into it by Big Mom, possessed a sailing speed that was not inferior to Navy warships.

Yet, their Tart Ship was now being left far behind by that unknown merchant ship.

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, Smoothie would definitely never have believed such a thing.

"Can you see what merchant guild the God-Slayer Lin Yu is disguising himself as?" Oven asked from the side.

If they knew what merchant guild the God-Slayer Lin Yu was pretending to be, then even if they couldn't catch him this time, they would know how to find him next time.

Katakuri shook his head and said, "We are behind their ship; we can't see the characters on the sails, we only see a coiled dragon on the flag."

"In that case, let me try to force them to stop."

Smoothie thrust the sword in her hand into the body of a pirate they had captured, absorbing moisture.

As moisture was continuously absorbed, Smoothie's body began to grow larger and larger, expanding from her original height of over four meters to nearly ten meters.

Next, Smoothie swung her sword toward the distant Divine Slave Ship.

Moisture Sword!

A huge pink sword energy flew from Smoothie's hand, striking the distant Divine Slave Ship with lightning speed.

On the Divine Slave Ship.

Lin Yu stood at the stern, watching the Big Mom group constantly chasing him from behind, his brows furrowed.

At the same time Katakuri and his group discovered him, he had also detected their presence.

However, facing the two Sweet Commanders, Katakuri and Smoothie, he could only choose to evade for the time being.

Just when Lin Yu was preparing to shake them off directly, he saw Smoothie's body enlarge and swing a massive slash toward him.

Seeing that enormous slash which seemed capable of cutting the Divine Slave Ship in two with a single stroke, Lin Yu felt an irresistible itch in his heart.

If he could capture Smoothie right now, his strength would absolutely continue to improve further.

Moreover, Smoothie was a sword master; she could definitely allow his currently two-star Xing's Swordsmanship to improve rapidly, enabling him to live up to the title of Great Sword Master and become a qualified orphan... hmm, a Yasuo player.

But how could he snatch Smoothie away from Katakuri, a person who extremely doted on his younger brothers and sisters?

Watching Smoothie's slash graze past not far from the side of the Divine Slave Ship, Lin Yu rapidly pondered countermeasures in his mind.

"Is this the strength of a top commander under an Emperor..."

Beside Lin Yu, Robin saw the slash swung by Smoothie and was slightly surprised.

Subsequently, Robin looked at Lin Yu and advised:

"Lin Yu, facing such a powerful slash, our advantage with cannons cannot be utilized at all; let's leave quickly."

"With your potential, it won't take long for you to surpass them; there is no need for you to take such risks right now."

Although Robin also knew that Lin Yu wanted to capture Smoothie, she still felt it would be better to be cautious.

This was because most of the people around Lin Yu were currently on the Thriller Bark.

At this moment, only she, Anna, Charlos, Mikita, Aphelandra, Perona, and others were on the Divine Slave Ship; there was simply no one who could provide significant assistance to Lin Yu in the upcoming battle.

Hearing Robin's advice, Lin Yu smiled, pulled her into his embrace, and laughed:

"It's fine, I just thought of a way."

"If it doesn't work, I'll leave immediately—no risks."

Hearing Lin Yu say this, Luo Bin relaxed and smiled:

"Then tell me your plan—let me help you think it through, alright?"

Lin Yu turned Luo Bin around, embraced her from behind, and rested his chin on her shoulder as he spoke:

"Didn't I capture a woman named Lola on that horror three-masted sailing ship last time?"

"That woman who proposed to you, then got beaten up by Anna and Xialuliya?" Luo Bin covered her mouth and giggled.

The day after Lola was captured by Lin Yu, she directly proposed to him, then was beaten up by Anna and Xialuliya.

Lin Yu also laughed: "If I hadn't thought she might be useful, I would've killed her long ago."

"I originally kept her only because she's Big Mom's daughter, planning to use her to negotiate with Big Mom later."

"But then we ran into Katakuri and the others here—so now..."

Before Lin Yu could finish, Luo Bin interrupted:

"So now you can do what you did with Leijiu—negotiate with Big Mom and trick Smokey into coming over?"

Lin Yu glanced at Luo Bin in surprise and laughed:

"I didn't know Leijiu told you all this."

Hearing Lin Yu's tone of surprise, Luo Bin smiled proudly:

"I'm quite good at winning people over."