Chapter 568

This man was tall and thin, wearing fine armor with a red cloak draped over his shoulders. Carrying a bow, arrows, and a long saber on his back, he looked quite imposing.

"Hmph! Impossible!"

The man addressed as Captain said coldly, "How could monsters exist in this world? I suspect this must be some trick played by that gang from the Straw Hat Hall!"

"Then what... should we do now? We can't just stay here waiting, can we?"

The adjutant asked in a low voice.

The Captain was silent for a moment before shouting, "You guys from the Straw Hat Hall, as a famous gang in the martial arts world, why are you resorting to such sneaky tactics?"

"Don't you think acting like this is beneath you?"

The Captain's shouts echoed throughout the Green Forest, causing the surrounding branches and leaves to sway.

Yet, apart from the occasional chirping of insects and birds, there was absolutely no response.

"Hmph! Since you like playing hide-and-seek so much, don't blame us for being impolite! Brothers! Prepare to attack!"

Seeing this, the Captain sneered and swung his long sword, hacking toward a certain spot!

His subordinates, the Imperial Guards, also continuously used crossbows and long spears to attack anything that could conceal a person's figure.

Just as everyone was about to end this boring game.

A voice came from the surroundings: "Hey! I say, that's enough. I'm not from the Straw Hat Hall; my name is Su Leinuo!"

"Who? Who is speaking there? You're courting death!"

The Captain cursed angrily, wielding his long sword as he charged in that direction!

But this guy named Su Leinuo moved extremely fast! In the blink of an eye, he had vanished from the team's field of vision!

"Damn it, chase him!"

The Captain said, gritting his teeth.

At this moment, in a lush tree.

Su Leinuo was sitting on a branch, eating a fruit.

Su Leinuo was very short, standing less than a foot tall.

"Hey! Robin Ke! What kind of thing is that little person?"

Usopp, observing from the shadows, was immediately astonished upon seeing Su Leinuo.

"Such a short guy?"

Robin Ke, who was also staring at Su Leinuo, revealed a puzzled look: "Could he be a descendant of the Spirit Monster clan?"

"Will he attack us?" Usopp asked with some concern.

"I once read in an ancient book that descendants of the Spirit Monster clan love peace and usually do not take the initiative to attack other races!"

Robin Ke said slowly, "Therefore, I don't think we will suffer any harm!"

Hearing Robin Ke say this, Usopp immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good! You scared me to death!"

"Phew! Finally shook them off!"

Su Leinuo sighed in relief: "But those guys attacked me without figuring things out. Partners! Let's go and take all their belongings!"

After Su Leinuo finished speaking, many more Spirit Monsters appeared around the group of Imperial Guards.

These Spirit Monsters had all been summoned by Su Leinuo.

"Wow! There are actually so many treasures here!"

"Hehehe, Boss, looks like we'll have meat to eat tonight!"

"Let's act quickly!"

Su Leinuo led the group of Spirit Monsters and began frantically looting the treasures from the Imperial Guard team!

By the time the Imperial Guards realized what was happening, the armor on their bodies had been stripped clean by Su Leinuo's gang.

"Oh no! There really are monsters here!"

"Brothers, retreat quickly! Why have our weapons disappeared too?"

"Ahhh! Our blades!"

"Run!"

The Imperial Guard team immediately fell into chaos!

Su Leinuo looked at the fleeing soldiers with excitement, his heart filled with satisfaction.

At this moment, Robin Ke suddenly activated her ability, and arms made of flower petals continuously grew from the surrounding ground.

One of Su Leinuo's Spirit Monster partners was caught by Robin Ke by mistake.

Meanwhile, on Liu Zoro's side, he had also caught the Spirit Monster thief who stole his Autumn Water sword.

Liu Zoro held her in his hand, curiously examining her.

"Hmm? So this is the true face of a Spirit Monster. You really are small!"

The one caught by Liu Zoro was a female Spirit Monster, who was currently looking at Liu Zoro with a pitiful expression.

"Big Brother! I was wrong! Please let me go!"

The female Spirit Monster's voice was soft and sweet, causing Liu Zoro's ears to turn slightly red.

"What exactly are you? Are you some kind of doll?"

Liu Zoro asked curiously, looking at the female Spirit Monster in his palm.

"A doll? Not at all!" The female Spirit Monster shook her head: "I am a descendant of the Spirit Monster clan. My name is Liu Xu'er. Big Brother, can you let me go now?"

"A Spirit Monster?" Liu Zoro muttered, then shook his head.

Liu Xu'er's body instantly stiffened.

Tears suddenly flowed from the corners of her eyes: "Captain! Where are you? Come save me! They found out I took human things, wuwuwu!"

"Eh? Wait, don't cry! I was just playing around with you!"

Liu Zoro hurriedly comforted her: "But why did you steal my sword? That thing is very valuable, you know!"

"I know! But... but the humans here usually give us things voluntarily. We just take them from them. Who would chase me as far as you did!

I still have very important intelligence to tell the Captain!"

"Intelligence, you say? Well, I'd like to hear it."

The corners of Liu Zoro's mouth curled into an arc: "If the intelligence is useful to me, I might consider letting you go."

"Really?" Liu Xu'er said, pleasantly surprised.

Liu Zoro nodded, reached out to pat Liu Xu'er on the head, and said: "But the prerequisite is that the intelligence must be useful to me!"

Liu Xu'er was stunned for a moment, then said: "No! We are not allowed to tell you humans the intelligence we know!"

"So that's how it is! Looks like I wasted my breath!"

Liu Zoro sighed.

Liu Xu'er immediately tensed her body, seemingly afraid that Liu Zoro would suddenly launch an attack.

"Big Brother, can you take me to the flower field in the Green Forest? Because while you were chasing me, I forgot the way back!"

Liu Xu'er asked Liu Zoro timidly.

The corners of Liu Zoro's mouth twitched: "Huh? Why should I take you there? I have my own things to do!"

Liu Xu'er's expression became somewhat flustered: "Isn't it because of you? If you hadn't chased me, I wouldn't have gotten lost!"

"I..."

The corners of Liu Zoro's mouth twitched a few more times: "Did you misunderstand something?"

Liu Xu'er's eyes were slightly red: "You humans are truly annoying! I already said the intelligence was very important to me! Why did you still catch me!"

Then, Liu Xu'er kept patting the ground, and the powerful force actually caused the soil to fly up.

Liu Zoro hurriedly covered his head to avoid the dust filling the sky!

Having no other choice, Liu Zoro had to pull Liu Xu'er up.

"Calm down, will you!" Liu Zoro shouted at Liu Xu'er.

"If I don't go to the flower field, there's no way I can tell the Captain the news that Tang Tang Tang Mingge's subordinates are attacking the Straw Hat Hall's Sunny ship!"

Inadvertently, Liu Xu'er let slip the intelligence she had discovered.

Liu Zoro narrowed his eyes as he looked at Liu Xu'er.

This situation was truly serious!

"I am from the Straw Hat Hall! Thank you for providing this intelligence. I'll forgive you for stealing my sword. Now, I'm going to support our companions."

Liu Zoro let go and sprinted toward the direction of the Sunny.