Chapter 345

For instance, if the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is combined with the Flower-Flower Fruit, then he would be... ahem...

Shaking off the chaotic thoughts in his mind, Lin Yu turned off the system before him and walked toward the depths of the cell.

There, an Ice Witch awaited him.

The Ice Witch was a veteran of the Bai Huzi Pirates who later broke away to form her own pirate crew; she was immensely powerful and arrogant.

Given their blood feud, successfully subduing her and training her to become his most loyal servant was a highly challenging task for Lin Yu.

Of course, the challenge also made the matter more interesting.

Upon reaching the depths of the cell, Lin Yu saw the Ice Witch, Hodye, lying on the bed.

Seeing Lin Yu approach, Hodye cast a cold glance at him, turned around, and faced away from him.

Regarding the man who had killed Old Man and Ace, Hodye had no intention of speaking with him nor any thought of submitting to him; whether he killed or flayed her, she would leave it to his discretion.

Lin Yu gazed at the Ice Witch, Hodye, lying on the bed with her back to him, said nothing more, and simply watched her quietly.

Bai Huzi and Ace had only died by his hand yesterday, so naturally the Ice Witch could not show him any favor.

However, his purpose for coming here today was not the Ice Witch, but someone else.

Withdrawing his gaze from the Ice Witch's graceful curves turned away from him, Lin Yu stepped toward another cell.

Sensing Lin Yu's movement, the Ice Witch quietly raised her head to glance at him, frowning slightly.

Arriving before an empty cell, Lin Yu pressed his hand against the void, opened an air door, and stepped into the alternate space.

The moment he entered the alternate space, Lin Yu saw the Immortal Bird, Ma Erke, frowning and staring at him within the cell.

Since nothing within the alternate space could be destroyed, the cell inside it was the best place to imprison Ma Erke and Jozu.

"If you have anything to say, just say it directly."

Seeing Lin Yu appear, Ma Erke spoke calmly.

Victory makes a king, defeat makes a bandit; although the other had killed Old Man and Ace, Ma Erke showed no hatred.

As a pirate, being killed by others was understandable, after all, this was the path they had chosen.

Lin Yu glanced at Ma Erke and said:

"As long as you agree to be Smudge's sparring partner, I will not kill the Ice Witch Hodye; how about that?"

Regarding sparring, if Ma Erke was unwilling, it would serve no purpose whatsoever.

Of course, he only said he would not kill Hodye, not that he would release her; this was a small act of cheating.

Hearing this, Ma Erke glanced at Hodye in the real world and frowned.

Ma Erke, being inside the alternate space, could see the Ice Witch Hodye in the real world, though Hodye could not see Ma Erke.

Afterwards, Ma Erke leaned against the bed and said calmly:

"If my guess is correct, once Smudge successfully defeats me, I suppose my time of death will have arrived."

Lin Yu nodded expressionlessly and said:

"Indeed, and this will not take long."

Smudge already possessed the strength of an Admiral; with the boost from the training room, surpassing Ma Erke was only a matter of time.

Hearing this, Ma Erke laughed and continued:

"If you tell me why you are targeting us of the Bai Huzi Pirates, I will agree to you."

Regarding Lin Yu, the God-Slayer who had killed a Celestial Dragon, continuously targeting the Bai Huzi Pirates, Ma Erke had always been troubled, unable to understand why the other did so.

Had the Bai Huzi Pirates provoked him before?

Or had the pirates under their banner killed the other's relatives?

Although Ma Erke disdained acting against ordinary people, he also knew the nature of pirates; among the forty thousand members of the Bai Huzi Pirates, people like him were ultimately a minority.

Lin Yu took a chair from his storage box, sat on it, looked at Ma Erke, and smiled:

"Do you know why Blackbeard wanted to seize the Dark-Dark Fruit?"

"Is it not because the Dark-Dark Fruit is a Logia type with immense power? Moreover, what does this have to do with you?" Ma Erke frowned.

Lin Yu laughed and said slowly: "The greatest reason Blackbeard, Teach, wanted to seize the Dark-Dark Fruit was that the Dark-Dark Fruit could steal the Devil Fruit abilities of other Devil Fruit users."

"And the main reason he captured Ace and had the Navy execute him was that he was eyeing Old Man's Tremor-Tremor Fruit."

"What did you say!!!" Ma Erke heard Lin Yu's words, his face filled with shock.

Stealing the Devil Fruit abilities of others was something he had heard of for the first time, and he could never have imagined that the reason Blackbeard did all this was that he was eyeing Old Man's Tremor-Tremor Fruit...

Next, Lin Yu laughed again: "Coincidentally, I also possess this ability."

Ma Erke frowned, stared fiercely at Lin Yu, and said angrily:

"Is this your reason for targeting us? For the Devil Fruits on the bodies of our Bai Huzi Pirates members?"

Lin Yu shrugged and said:

"Of course; another reason is that you are pirates; is this reason sufficient enough?"

Hearing the reason Lin Yu gave, Ma Erke was stunned, and finally let out a sigh.

Whether it was the Navy, commoners, or even pirates targeting them, indeed, there was no need to find any reason.

Who could blame them for truly being pirates?

After a period of silence, Ma Erke said:

"I agree to you."

He, Ma Erke, had no habit of breaking his word.

"That is good."

Lin Yu stood up, returned to the real world, and walked toward another cell.

Since Ma Erke had agreed, he should also go persuade Diamond Jozu.