Under One Person, the system says I'm the Pirate King.

[Hate level with Bartolomeo increased by 5, and a bond level of 50 is awarded.]

Qin Lang, who had just left the Linglong Fan Club building with Liu Yanyan, received a notification from the system not far away.

Bartolomeo?

Luffy's little fanboy?

Who is this?

Nobody idolizes Zhang Chulan right now.

Besides, I didn't do anything that would incite hatred... Wait! Could it be those Quanxing from earlier?

Previously, Qin Lang had gathered all nine people and was preparing to go to the mall to meet up with Liu Yanyan.

However, neither of my two phone calls went unanswered.

He then realized something was wrong.

Fortunately, when he used Liu Yanyan's phone before, he had already shared his location with his own phone.

He quickly located the other party's position.

"Office building?"

When Qin Lang arrived at Liu Yanyan's location, he already knew that Liu Yanyan must have encountered danger.

Before he left, he had told Liu Yanyan to go to a crowded shopping mall. Unless Liu Yanyan was stupid, she wouldn't have ended up in an office building for no reason.

Moreover, it's a 35-story office building.

What puzzled him was that the guards didn't seem to care much. Logically speaking, with this level of security, Liu Yanyan should have been able to leave even without his intervention.

And the clothes they were wearing were also a bit strange.

The walls inside the room were covered with posters of Lu Linglong.

It feels like he's a die-hard fan of Lu Linglong.

But Qin Lang didn't think much of it. Since the other party had kidnapped Liu Yanyan, they were his enemies.

Because it is uncertain whether the other party is Quanxing.

Therefore, Qin Lang did not use the Bomb Ghost but instead used the Negative Ghost to control the opponent, and then revealed himself to save Liu Yanyan.

It was only upon closer inspection that he realized Liu Yanyan's acupoints had been sealed.

The closed-loop needles were removed from Liu Yanyan's body:

"They didn't give you any trouble, did they?"

"No, they want to know about you, but I refuse to say anything, and they can't do anything about it. These Quanxing people are far less capable than the Four Madmen."

"That's natural, after all, the Four Madmen are considered formidable figures within the Quanxing... Are they also from Quanxing?"

As they were talking, Liu Yanyan had already been led out of the conference room by Qin Lang:

"Of course!! Otherwise, why would they have tied me up?"

Qin Lang thought that made sense.

Moreover, he guessed that the reason the system did not determine that they had escaped the Blackbeard Pirates' pursuit was probably because Liu Yanyan had been captured, while the group was still around.

So it seems I still have to take good care of Liu Yanyan.

However, Qin Lang was somewhat bothered by the strange clothing.

Could it be that this group of Quanxing members disguised themselves as Lu Linglong's fans and wanted to do something to harm the Lu family?

If that's the case, I need to investigate thoroughly; it might give me more leverage in joining the Lu family.

However, the first priority is to settle Liu Yanyan in properly, and at the very least, to prevent a repeat of this situation.

Just as I was thinking this, I received a notification from Bartolomeo about his aggression level.

He considered two possibilities.

One possibility is that one of the nine people he initially knocked unconscious may have woken up, and another possibility is that the group that kidnapped Liu Yanyan has escaped the state of negative ghosts, thus giving him hatred points.

Logically speaking, if they were the first group of people, they shouldn't have only given themselves five points of hatred, right?

As for the second group of people, if they want to get rid of the negative ghost state, they should all get rid of it, so why is it that only one person hates themselves?

Aside from this point of doubt.

What puzzled Qin Lang the most was why he hadn't noticed this second group of people before.

And how did these people manage to grab Liu Yanyan in a crowded shopping mall?

"Brother Qin Lang, thank you so much, you saved me again."

"It's nothing, I just didn't expect there to be other people here."

"The nine people I initially spotted all headed towards me, so I assumed you were safe."

"Huh? So there are still people you haven't discovered?"

"Hmm...that's possible, but where were you arrested? Weren't you in a crowded shopping mall?"

"I went there, but in a specialty store over there, they just blindfolded me, knocked me unconscious, and took me away."

"Right inside the store?! Didn't anyone call the police?"

"Huh... I don't think I heard anyone..."

Qin Lang felt that something was very wrong with the situation.

In broad daylight, under the clear sky, someone openly kidnapped a minor girl, and no one around stopped it.

Is this still the China I know?

Something is wrong!

Unless... the person who kidnapped Liu Yanyan was an acquaintance of those people around them.

And this is indeed Lu family territory, that should be true.

The Quanxing gang really dares to arrest people so blatantly!?

Absolutely not!

There must be something you've overlooked.

Thinking about this...

Qin Lang immediately asked Liu Yanyan about the details of her arrest and all her conversations with the other party.

After listening to Liu Yanyan's description.

Qin Lang probably had a guess.

This second wave of people is very likely not all of them.

You can tell from their attitude towards Liu Yanyan.

If it really is Quanxing, Liu Yanyan would likely be missing an arm or a leg.

Then there's only one possibility: they're from the Lu family!

In other words, that group of people are Lu Linglong's true fans!

Why would they arrest me?

Qin Lang recalled when he and Liu Yanyan first came to this commercial street and asked the shop assistants about the Lu family. They would always ask him if he had joined the "Linglong Fan Club".

Looking back now, maybe this Linglong fan club has some kind of power that I didn't know about.

This point wasn't emphasized in the original work; Qin Lang only knew that Fatty Canglong was a die-hard fan of Lu Linglong.

You may have overlooked something important.

He stopped in his tracks as he pondered.

"What's wrong, Brother Qin Lang?"

"Don't go any further. We've probably already run into the Lu family. Let's find a place to wait."

"Huh? What if the Quanxing gang comes after us later?"

"Don't worry, I'm going to make them chase after us."

Qin Lang pulled Liu Yanyan to sit on the sofa in the lobby on the first floor. He figured that since "Bartolomeo" harbored hatred towards him, he would definitely come looking for him.

Having just fought against the nine members of the Quanxing Sect and spent half a day searching for Liu Yanyan, I am indeed a bit tired.

Sit here and wait.

If it's a member of the Lu family, then just state your identity and see if you can see Lu Jin.

If it's the Quanxing sect, then take advantage of your remaining strength and defeat them directly, then wait for the Lu family to arrive.

Most importantly, he needed to log into the website built by Canglong to see what exactly the Linglong Fan Club was.

Upon closer inspection, he finally understood what kind of organization the so-called Linglong Fan Support Group was.

Based on the experience just now and Liu Yanyan's description.

He had confirmed that it was this group of people who had kidnapped Liu Yanyan.

Judging from their mild attitude, they were probably just inquiring about the situation.

After all, it was normal for them to be suspected since they had been asking about the Lu family as soon as they came in.

Qin Lang just couldn't understand why they put a hood over her head and grabbed her right away.

Shouldn't we ask first?

Moreover, they even used the Closing Yuan Needle on Liu Yanyan. Could it be that everyone in this fan club is an extraordinary person?

If that's the case, if I manage to become the head of this support group, would that count as recruiting a pirate crew?