Sailing: I was falsely accused of watching Nami bathe, but I'm blind.

With the few remaining berries he had, he bought the cheapest ticket to Anvil Island (usually a crowded, slow cargo ship's lower deck), and then, carrying his "Meditation" cane knife, embarked once again on a turbulent sea voyage.

Chapter 50 Admiral Kai! Swallows a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit!

Target: 'Bonebreaker' Laggle.

Crimes: Long-term looting of several nearby villages, using cruel methods, especially fond of breaking the bones of those who resisted, resulting in numerous victims.

Most recent sighting location: abandoned mining area in the eastern part of Iron Anvil Island.

800,000 Berries is nothing to the seasoned veterans of the Anvil Island Bounty Hunter Guild.

The amount is not high, which means the target is not very strong. However, the location is in an abandoned mining area with complex terrain. Moreover, although Rag is not very strong, he is said to be cunning and very good at hiding and ambushing, making him a bit troublesome.

So the bounty poster has been hanging there, but no one is willing to accept it.

But for Kai, this goal is quite suitable.

The low bounty means the risk is relatively controllable; the target is notorious for bullying civilians, which aligns with his principle of "executing justice"; the location is an abandoned mining area, and the complex terrain is actually conducive to him using his perception and stealth advantages; moreover, the target's "cunning and aggression-savvy" characteristics can be used to test his Observation Haki's predictive and counter-surveillance capabilities.

That's him.

Kai made up his mind, reached out, and tore the bounty poster off the wall.

His action immediately attracted the attention of some veteran hunters who were looking at the bounty posters nearby.

When they realized that Kai had torn off the bounty poster for "Bonebreaker" Rag, many people wore expressions of sneer and anticipation.

"Ha! This blind man actually dares to accept the challenge?"

"Eight hundred thousand Berries? That probably wouldn't even cover the cost of medicine, would it? That guy Lag is ruthless!"

"Even a normal person could easily get lost in that abandoned mining area. If a blind person went in, he'd probably fall into the mine pit and die!"

"Just wait and see, we'll probably find his body in the mine in a couple of days."

"

Various sarcastic and pessimistic comments resounded once again.

Kai ignored the noise.

He took the thin wanted poster, turned around, walked to the bar, and placed it in front of the one-eyed bartender.

"Take this mission."

Kai's voice was calm and even.

The one-eyed bartender glanced at the bounty poster, then raised his single eye and scrutinized Kai closely, his gaze filled with a hint of inquiry.

"Newbie?"

"Yes.

"

Do you know the rules?

"Complete the mission, bring back the token, and collect the reward."

"Kay answered succinctly."

He had already "heard" about the relevant procedures.

The one-eyed bartender nodded, picked up a pen, and made a few notes in a thick notebook.

"Name?"

Kai paused for a moment.

He didn't want to use his original name, as it represented a past he wanted to sever ties with.

He thought about the cane-sword that Fujitora-senpai had given him.

"Calm your mind."

He gave a code name.

“Jingxin?” The one-eyed bartender raised an eyebrow, seemingly finding the code name a bit strange for a bounty hunter, but he didn’t ask any further questions and simply wrote the name down in his notebook.

"Alright, complete the task within three days."

If you fail or die, no one will care.

"

"clear.

Kai picked up the bounty poster, turned around, and walked towards the guild gate.

Behind him, the sneers and whispers did not stop; instead, they became even more unrestrained.

But Kai's steps did not falter at all.

He knew that the only way to prove himself was through action and results.

He wanted these people to know that even in darkness, his "insight" could accurately hunt down evils that the light could not reach.

He's determined to claim his first bounty!

Leaving the bounty hunter guild, which was filled with noise and malice, Kai immediately threw himself into the mission of tracking down "Bonebreaker" Rag.

The bounty poster provides very limited information, only that Rag was last seen in the abandoned mining area in the east of Anvil Island.

That area is vast and has complex terrain; for ordinary people, finding a pirate deliberately hiding there is like finding a needle in a haystack.

But this was not difficult for Kai, who possessed powerful Observation Haki.

Tracking is one of his areas of expertise.

He first arrived at the eastern part of Anvil Island, near the edge of the abandoned mining area.

The area is sparsely populated, with only some poor residential areas where people rely on scavenging for a living, as well as some abandoned sheds and mine entrances.

Instead of rushing into the mining area like a headless fly, Kai first carefully "searched" for clues in the edge area.

He fully deployed his "Mind Network," like the most sophisticated sonar, scanning everything around him.

He was capturing the various scents lingering in the air.

He could distinguish the metallic and sulfurous smells of ores, smell the stench of garbage and sewage in the slums, and also detect... unfamiliar smells that didn't belong here, smelling of the sea and violence.

One of the scents was particularly strong and pungent, carrying a ferocity like that of a wild beast and a... unsettling, bone-chilling coldness.

It's Rag! Kai was almost certain that the owner of this aura was his target!

Besides his breathing, he also carefully "listened" to the sounds around him.

He doesn't just listen to the surface sounds; he tries to capture the faint echoes hidden beneath the background noise.

He could "hear" the echo of water droplets deep in the underground mine, the sound of rocks rolling down the distant mountain wall, and... some deliberately hushed conversations, with a wary and commanding tone, seemingly coming from the direction of an abandoned shed.

He even used a deeper level of perception to capture the "emotional residue" attached to objects or the environment.

He could feel the "echoes" of fear and pain emanating from certain areas, evidence of recent violence.

He could also sense the hurried and frantic footsteps left on some of the paths.

What Kai found even more useful was his ability to perceive the emotional fluctuations accompanying other people's words.

While talking to several well-informed thugs near the slums (in exchange for information with a small amount of Berries), Kai could clearly sense the fleeting tension and fear in their voices when they mentioned "abandoned warehouses" or "a stronghold deep in the mines," even though they claimed they didn't know Lag's whereabouts.

By integrating information from various sources, including smell, hearing, and emotional perception, Kai, like a seasoned detective, quickly constructed a three-dimensional map in his mind about Rag's range of activity and possible hiding places.

Like a silent ghost, he began to navigate the intricate environment of the abandoned mining area.

His steps were light and swift, always able to sense loose rocks, hidden pits, or steep slopes in advance.

He can easily avoid areas that might expose his whereabouts and choose the most hidden and safest path to proceed.

The tracking process was not without its challenges.

The abandoned mining area is not only complex in terrain, but also harbors other dangers, such as ferocious mutated mining beasts, or other outlaws who also regard this place as a hiding place.

But Kai, with his powerful senses and increasingly refined combat skills, managed to defuse these threats one by one.

As time went on, the encirclement gradually shrank.

The scent left by Rag grew stronger, and the clues pointing to him in the surrounding environment became clearer.

Finally, after tracking for most of the day, Kai locked onto a huge, long-abandoned ore warehouse deep inside the mining area.

This warehouse was built against the mountain, with only one entrance. The surrounding terrain was treacherous, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Kai could clearly sense at least a dozen pirate auras inside the warehouse, the most powerful and ferocious of which was undoubtedly "Bonecrusher" Lag himself.

They seem to have used this place as a temporary base.

found it!

Kai did not act immediately.

He first carefully surveyed the terrain around the warehouse, looking for possible infiltration points and escape routes.

Then, he found a secluded spot and began to wait patiently.

He was waiting for night to fall.

Darkness was his best ally.