Chapter 345 - 345 Hunting the Pirates

345 Hunting the Pirates

Not far away, a warship was slowly approaching.

When the warship arrived at the port, a few hundred experienced veterans disembarked instantly.

They boarded the pirate ships and sailed to the center of the ocean, breaking them and sinking them to the bottom.

Garp said to Tsuru with dissatisfaction, “Tsuru, what’s the meaning of this arrangement? It’s just a few pirates. Is there a need to go this far? just charge in and kill them all.”

Tsuru looked in Zhao Hao’s direction and replied indifferently, “You can do that if you only want to catch Venomous Spider Jofee, but aren’t there other pirates on this island? Our boss doesn’t want to let any of them go.”

Garp was stunned when he heard that.

After thinking about it carefully, he understood. However, this kind of thing was also nothing to Garp, so he waved his fist and said, “Haha, that’s good. Let’s get down to business. My fists are getting rusty.”

Tsuru crossed her arms and said to the crowd casually, “You guys go ahead and do what you want. I’ll lead the Marines to wander around the area and chase after the pirates who escaped.”

Zhao Hao said to Tsuru indifferently, “Be careful,”

After that, he took the lead and jumped off the warship.

Garp, Sengoku, and more than 800 Marines followed closely behind.

After Zhao Hao and the others disappeared from sight, Tsuru then ordered the remaining 200 Marines, “Move the warship to a position 500 meters away from the port. Get the gunners ready and wait for my order to fire.”

“Yes, ma’am!” The Marines responded in unison and took their positions according to the order. The warship slowly left and finally stopped by the sea. All the cannons turned and aimed in the direction of the port.

On the island, in the tavern at the center of the city…

Ferocious pirates occupied every position.

The tavern owner was pouring wine for the pirates in front of him, his head covered in sweat.

He knew who the pirate in front of him was, the one who had a bounty of 78,000,000 Berries, Venomous Spider Jofee who killed without blinking.

How could he not be afraid of serving such a super pirate?

Looking at the tavern owner’s trembling hands, Jofee said with an evil smile, “What are you afraid of? it’s not like I’m going to eat you.”

The tavern owner’s face turned even paler as he swallowed his saliva and said gratefully, “Yes, yes, thank you, thank you—”

However, just as he finished his sentence, a large blade was suddenly pulled out from the pirate’s waist and instantly pierced through the tavern owner’s neck, nailing him to the table.

“Hahaha, you can’t even pour wine, what use are you? You might as well die.”

Fresh blood trickled down the table.

Jofee laughed even more wildly. The other pirate captains in the tavern were already used to such scenes. Their expressions didn’t even change as they continued to drink.

To be a pirate was to expose the darkest side of human nature.

This kind of situation was very common at sea, and even more excessive and cruel things could often be seen.

Suddenly, a scream came from outside the door, followed by the sound of countless gunshots.

Before the pirates in the tavern could react, the door of the tavern was suddenly kicked open, and Garp rushed in and shouted at the crowd, “Is Venomous Spider Jofee here?”

Jofee turned around and frowned.

“Marines? And he’s just a small soldier? What, you don’t want to live anymore, coming to find me?”

Garp was still wearing the clothes of a new recruit.

This kind of clothing was very recognizable, and pirates who often dealt with the Marines would know.

After seeing that the people who came were not the famous ones in the Marines, Jofee became more courageous. He slowly stood up and looked at Garp with a fierce look.

However, Garp did not notice that he was being looked down upon.

Instead, because he was the first one to find Jofee, he was very happy. He didn’t say anything more, for fear that the others would rush over and snatch his target. He directly rushed toward Jofee.

Jofee naturally didn’t show any weakness, and he also rushed toward Garp’s direction.

A loud sound echoed. Jofee’s figure was like a cannonball, directly breaking through the tavern and flying out. Garp also followed closely and rushed out of the tavern.

At the same time, Zhao Hao was wearing a new recruit’s uniform as he slowly walked into the tavern.

Behind him, Sengoku and 600 Marines were surrounding and annihilating all the pirates outside the tavern.

Zhao Hao asked softly as he looked at the nervous pirates in the tavern, “You guys must be the captains and officers of the other pirate crews, right?”

The pirate captains had long since been frightened by the sudden appearance of the Marines.

They thought that the Marines were about to make a big move, so they didn’t have the mood to answer Zhao Hao’s question.

Everyone came to an agreement at the first moment and attacked Zhao Hao together.

“Kill our way out!”

“Let’s charge!”

“Kill…”

Zhao Hao wasn’t surprised at all.

Considering that he wanted to end the battle as soon as possible, Zhao Hao directly used the Devil Druit’s ability.

This was the first time he used his full power after obtaining the Devil Fruit.

In an instant, an azure dragon that was a thousand feet long appeared.

Zhao Hao thought about his skills and was about to fire a dragon breath at the tavern below.

However, considering that the skill’s AoE damage was too large and that it might hurt his allies, he directly swung his tail and smashed it down on the tavern’s roof.

The tavern was reduced to dust, and all the pirate captains inside were turned into meat paste by Zhao Hao’s move.

The pirates were still trying to resist the Marines.

After seeing Zhao Hao’s powerful move, they all knelt and surrendered.

All the Marines looked at the azure dragon in the sky with reverence.

Zhao Hao slowly removed his dragonform and returned to his normal appearance. Then, he directly issued an order to all the Marines, “We don’t need any prisoners.”

It was a simple sentence.

The pirates on the island were completely wiped out, and the massacre began.

On the other side…

Garp had already beaten up Jofee, but he didn’t kill him.

Even though Garp’s current strength was rather abnormal, his heart had not been tested, and he could not kill the pirates.

Jofee had lost all its fighting power.

Garp carried Jofee with one hand and walked to Zhao Hao’s side.

Zhao Hao said in dissatisfaction when he saw that Garp had not killed Jofee, “What? Do you also feel pity for these pirates? Look at the people on this Island. If it weren’t for them, how could they be in such a miserable state?”

Every island that was visited by pirates basically didn’t have a good ending..

After all, there were not many kind-hearted pirates.