Chapter 277

Seeing Peggy Wan in this state, Lin Yu couldn't help but laugh helplessly and said:

"Rest assured, I actually quite like that little explosive temper of Runti's."

"You don't need to worry about all this nonsense."

Runti is crucial to his Conqueror's Haki cultivation plan.

And the Conqueror's Haki cultivation plan requires Runti's unyielding, fearless, and never-say-die personality.

Lin Yu would not only not suppress this personality of Runti's, but would instead seize opportunities to constantly encourage her, firming her resolve to become a Yonko powerhouse and then knock the General of Wano Country on the head.

Therefore, in Lin Yu's eyes, Peggy Wan's worry was completely unnecessary.

Hearing Lin Yu's words, Peggy Wan breathed a sigh of relief and laughed:

"In that case, I shall take my leave."

"Brother-in-law, please tell my older sister for me."

Lin Yu was stunned and quickly said, "Won't you go personally to bid farewell to Runti?"

Peggy Wan walked toward the study door, waved casually, and said, "Better not, or I'm afraid I won't be able to leave."

Having spoken, Peggy Wan opened the study door and walked out.

Just as Peggy Wan stepped out of the study, Makino, Anna, and Shakky carried in several trays of food and placed them before Lin Yu.

After setting down the meal, Anna and Shakky walked out of the study.

Meanwhile, Lin Yu kept Makino in the room.

"Lin Yu, you kept me behind. Is there something you need?"

Watching Lin Yu devour the food she had made in large mouthfuls, Makino smiled happily.

As a chef, Makino naturally hoped others would finish the food she cooked completely.

Because for her, that was both an affirmation and a compliment.

After finishing all the food, Lin Yu drank a cup of light beer before looking at Makino and smiling:

"Makino, your cooking skills are getting better and better."

Makino laughed and said happily:

"That's because I've been sparring with Jessica on cooking skills these past two days."

"And with Bonney around, there's no fear of wasting food."

Hearing Makino's words, Lin Yu couldn't help but laugh; the two of them had truly taken Bonney's gluttonous attribute to the extreme.

Afterwards, Lin Yu stood up, sat on the genuine leather sofa nearby, and beckoned to Makino.

Seeing Lin Yu's gesture, Makino's face flushed red; she obediently walked to Lin Yu's side and sat in his lap.

Smelling the faint fragrance on Makino, Lin Yu smiled and said:

"Makino, if I meet Luffy and the others in the future, what do you think I should do?"

Although Straw Hat Luffy and the others had already been exiled by Lin Yu to another Sky Island, given their protagonist group treatment, they would surely return safely to the Blue Sea and continue heading toward the New World.

And the matter of the Navy about to execute Portgas D. Ace, captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' Second Division, at Marineford, is now known throughout the world.

Straw Hat Luffy will surely learn of this news through certain channels, and with his temper and personality, he will inevitably go to the Summit War to try to rescue Ace.

If that truly happens, then Lin Yu fears he will encounter the other party again at the Summit War.

At that time, he will no longer hold back!

And to prevent Makino, Vivi, and the others from developing a rift with him because of the Straw Hat crew, Lin Yu felt it necessary to communicate with them in advance and give them a dose of preventive medicine.

Makino, who had originally been holding Lin Yu's hand to stop him from doing anything rash, instantly turned pale upon hearing the other party's question.

After a long while, Makino looked at Lin Yu and said with a pleading expression:

"C-couldn't you just let Luffy and the others go one more time?"

Luffy and Ace were children she, Makino, watched grow up.

And now that Ace is about to be executed by the Navy, Makino truly does not want Luffy to be killed by Lin Yu as well.

Lin Yu lifted Makino's chin, looked straight into her eyes, and smiled:

"Makino, having traveled this path with me, you should know what kind of scum those so-called dream-chasing pirates are. Do you still have expectations for Luffy?"

Upon hearing this, Makino's face turned pale once more, and her body trembled slightly.

During the time she sailed with Lin Yu, she had seen many towns and villages ravaged and massacred by those pirates.

Regarding those so-called dream-chasing pirates, she naturally detested them deeply.

Just thinking that Luffy, whom she had watched grow up since childhood, would one day become that kind of vicious person, Makino felt sorrow well up from her heart.

Plop!

A tear fell from Makino's eyes onto Lin Yu's hand; then came two, three...

Leaning back on the sofa, Lin Yu simply let Makino cry in his arms, quietly waiting for her to calm down.

After a long while, Makino wiped her tears clean, opened her bloodshot eyes, and said seriously to Lin Yu:

"If Luffy truly commits these heinous acts, you need not hold back."

Having spoken, Makino rose from Lin Yu's embrace and went to clear the tableware from the desk.

Afterwards, she left the study directly, preparing to take a walk outside the castle to clear her mind.

Watching Makino leave, Lin Yu sighed.

Seeing familiar people turn into someone you dislike is indeed quite hard to accept.

However, even if it is hard to accept, this is something they must face.

As long as King Luffy does not give up his dream of becoming the Pirate King, then for Lin Yu to clash with him is inevitable.

Next, Lin Yu successively notified Vivi, Kaya, Noko, and others connected to the Straw Hat crew, asking them the same question to let them prepare mentally in advance.

Thus, there were three more people taking a walk outside the castle to clear their minds.

Of course, Nami was only putting on a show.

She felt no real attachment to the Straw Hat crew; she was merely pretending because of Nami's sake.

Nami and Luo Bin returned from Sabaody Archipelago and saw the four of them looking utterly dejected outside the castle, leaving them completely bewildered.

"Vivi, what has happened to you?"

Nami grabbed Vivi and asked curiously.

Vivi looked at Nami, tears streaming down her face, and said in a low voice:

"Lin Yu said that Luffy might get involved in the war between the Navy and Bai Huzi."

"Lin Yu also said that if Luffy really dares to help the Bai Huzi Pirates rescue Ace, and they meet, he will no longer hold back."

Upon hearing Vivi's reply, Nami and Luo Bin froze in place.