Chapter 426 Not yet strong enough to destroy the entire planet
Chapter 426 Not yet strong enough to destroy the entire planet
Icarum was holding Yoru's bounty poster in his hand, looking preoccupied, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Seeing Icarus's serious expression on Thursday, Miss. didn't say anything, but sighed, "I'm worried you'll get us all killed."
"Although there are over a hundred bounty hunters here, you should also know that when facing an expert of Ye Yu's caliber, numbers are meaningless."
Miss Thursday still wanted to persuade Icarum, feeling that it was too risky for Icarum to try anything with Yoru, even just to test the waters.
That was risking the lives of so many people at Whiskey Peak, even though the people at Whiskey Peak were mostly outlaws.
They were all thugs from Baroque Works, but that was still over a hundred lives. If they were all lost here, she worried that Crocodile would blame them.
Icarum finally spoke, saying, "How will you know if you don't try? You should know that even though that kid has a bounty of 5 million Berries, he's just a greenhorn who's only just set sail and has no idea how dangerous the sea is."
"Moreover, none of the things he did before deserved such a high bounty, so his bounty must be inflated."
Icarum said earnestly.
Miss Thursday said with some helplessness, "But he did defeat the evil dragon, who is a master with a bounty of 2000 million Berries, and is not someone we can match."
Icarus laughed and said, "Don't be so nervous. There are plenty of guys with a bounty of 2000 million Berries at Baroque Works."
"Alright, go and get ready."
Ikaram gave the order directly to Miss Thursday. Although Miss Thursday didn't think Ikaram's approach was feasible, she kept quiet and went to prepare.
After Miss Thursday left, Icarum took out Yoru's bounty poster, stared at the words on it in deep thought, and after a long while, Icarum murmured to himself, "Could you save the Kingdom of Alabasta?"
It turns out that Ikaram didn't want to double-cross and kill Yoru as usual.
He knew very well that, according to the description on Ye Yu's bounty poster, Ye Yu's strength was far greater than that of most people in Baroque Works.
Moreover, Yoru's killing of Arlong was instantaneous. Yoru only had a bounty of 5 million Berries on his head twice, and he didn't do anything particularly heinous. He just instantly killed Arlong and a Marine captain. In Loguetown, he somehow managed to knock out a Marine captain and a group of Marine soldiers.
Afterwards, the Navy promoted Yoru to 5 million Berries, which means that the method Yoru used to stun the Navy soldiers in Loguetown made the Navy see his potential, or perhaps they saw a strength that they could not see from that action.
The reason why many pirates' bounties are so disproportionate to their strength is that they have high bounties because they commit heinous crimes, are extremely evil, or research things that are detrimental to the World Government. Naturally, such people have inflated bounties.
But Ye Yu is not like that.
The bounty list did not show that Yoru had done anything heinous. Yoru was alone, without a pirate crew, and had not conducted any research that would make the World Government wary. Yet, he still had such a high bounty.
This only shows that the Navy acknowledges Yoru's strength, and the key point is Yoru's ability to stun the Navy soldiers in Loguetown.
Yoru's strength is genuine, but they don't understand it; only the high-ranking officers in the Navy can see it.
Icarum put down the bounty poster in his hand. "Judging from the description above, you don't seem like a pirate, but rather a chivalrous swordsman."
"Just for killing a Marine colonel who colluded with pirates, he was put on a pirate bounty. The World Government is still as dark as ever, ignoring what Crocodile did, but offering a high bounty for someone who takes down a scoundrel in the Marines."
"Yoyu, perhaps you can save Alabasta. You should be willing, right?"
It turns out that Ikaram intended to ask Yoru to save Alabasta.
With Yoru's strength, he should be able to defeat Crocodile.
Ikaram sighed, "I actually have to ask someone who's considered a pirate for help. The World Government is so incompetent. This era is getting more and more chaotic."
Roger ushered in the Great Pirate Era, sparking a decades-long pirate craze, with countless pirates causing headaches for countries around the world.
However, it is also the Navy's tolerance of certain dark forces that is an important factor in the continued existence of the Great Pirate Era.
The navy is supposed to protect the order of the sea, but now there are many corrupt practices within the navy.
Although the Navy is much better than pirates, if the Navy has fallen to the point of comparing itself to pirates, it means that they are also completely rotten.
The reason Ikaram wanted to ask Yoru to save Alabasta was because he had no other options.
He knew that even if Crocodile's crimes were made public, the Navy wouldn't care because of Crocodile's status as a Shichibukai.
There is only one way to save the Kingdom of Alabasta: defeat Crocodile and disband Baroque Works.
Otherwise, relying on the navy will never be enough to save the Kingdom of Alabasta.
Therefore, Icarum was well aware that Nightfeather was an opportunity, and possibly their only one.
Icarum even risked the lives of over a hundred bounty hunters to test Yoru's strength. They were all members of Baroque Works, and although they were bounty hunters, they were no different from pirates.
However, since their boss is a Shichibukai (one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea), many of their crimes are covered up.
Icarum didn't feel any guilt when he sent them to test Yoru's strength.
On the other side, Yoru slowly walked into the town of Whiskey Peak.
The town is not large, and the population is not many, only a few hundred people.
Behind the town are several large mountains, resembling cacti.
However, the thorns on those cactus peaks are actually made up of tombstones.
The mountain peaks are covered with countless tombstones, making them look like cacti.
It's easy to imagine how many pirates have died here.
Crocodile is also a pirate, yet he has a group of bounty hunters under his command, which is quite humorous.
When Yoru reached the town on Whiskey Mountain, he had already scanned the town with his Observation Haki.
There is no expert he fears.
Of course, Ye Yu didn't know if there were any experts in this world that he needed to be wary of right now.
Ye Yu didn't know much about this world.
Yoru has met very few experts; so far, he has only met Garp and Shanks. However, Yoru knows very well that his strength is far superior to theirs.
This was actually the case ten years ago.
Ten years later, Yoru never saw Shanks again, and had no idea how much his strength had increased.
During these ten years, Ye Yu never cultivated, but his strength continued to improve rapidly, to the point where he himself could no longer know what level he was at in this world.
Of course, he's still nowhere near as strong as he was in the Naruto world.
He wasn't even as powerful as when he obtained a planetary-level energy source.
It should be noted that when Ye Yu was at the planetary-level energy source level, he already possessed the power to destroy an entire planet.
But Ye Yu doesn't have that kind of strength yet.
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