Starting with two Kamui, they raised the flag of rebellion in One Piece.

Chapter 116 Your Hell, My Paradise

"You really don't seem to feel any tension at all. It seems that no matter how much I say, you won't want to move until you actually encounter danger."

Looking at the two people slumped together, Li Mingyuan couldn't help but shake his head.

He proposed another evacuation because he was worried that Garp would chase after the female captain and turn the place into a battlefield, but the two of them didn't appreciate his subtle reminder at all.

However, at this point, they have no choice.

"I really can't do anything with you guys."

Li Mingyuan sighed softly and walked towards Nami and Karina.

Then, under the questioning gazes of the two men, he leaned down slightly and suddenly exerted force with both hands.

He suddenly swept the two of them up in his arms, carrying them one on each shoulder!

"Wait a minute! What?!"

"Li Mingyuan, what are you doing!"

Nami and Karina exclaimed in surprise.

I never expected Li Mingyuan to do something like this.

At this moment, facing the two somewhat panicked people, Li Mingyuan's expression did not change in the slightest.

"Two idiots, they still haven't figured out who I went through all this trouble to retreat for."

"But there's nothing we can do."

"It is the captain's duty to help the clumsy crew survive."

Li Mingyuan said calmly.

Nami and Karina were completely baffled by the current situation.

With his abilities, he would be safe under any circumstances. Even if he were to directly confront Garp now, Li Mingyuan was quite confident that he could remain undefeated.

What is the point of running away?

Ultimately, it all comes down to the safety of the crew.

Kamui's power is indeed formidable, but when faced with area-of-effect attacks, even if he himself remains unharmed, he cannot guarantee the safety of his crew, especially when facing an opponent of Garp's caliber.

The current situation is completely different from when he fought Ace.

"Hold on to my clothes."

"I'm not responsible if it falls from mid-air."

After saying that, Li Mingyuan didn't give the two a chance to refuse and looked up at the distant sky.

He leaped into the air like a cannonball!

"The beast is here!" Faced with this unexpected turn of events, Nami and Karina both opened their mouths in horror and couldn't help but scream.

I never expected Li Mingyuan to act so decisively.

What was even more unexpected was that this guy made the decision without even consulting them.

They were clearly exhausted!

"We're going to fall! We're really going to fall!"

"Captain, I promise I won't speak ill of you behind your back again, please let me down! I beg you!!"

Karina's screams nearly echoed through the sky, and tears streamed down her face.

Li Mingyuan leaped high into the air and then plummeted rapidly. The extreme drop felt like experiencing unprotected bungee jumping, making one feel as if their heart was about to jump out of their mouth.

Karina, who had no expectations of this turn of events, was now on the verge of a mental breakdown.

"Don't open your mouth to speak, or you'll bite your tongue."

As Li Mingyuan spoke, he observed the surrounding terrain with his eyes.

He quickly found a suitable place to stay.

"The roof over there looks fairly sturdy."

Suddenly accelerating downwards, Li Mingyuan ignored the even more piercing screams around him and plummeted toward the roof of a mansion.

As the ground drew ever closer beneath their feet, even Nami began to lose her composure.

"Watch your step! Watch your step!!"

Nami screamed in terror.

Although Nami was in slightly better condition than Karina, she was still not much better off. Her face was pale, and she was tightly gripping Li Mingyuan's clothes. Her hands were so weak that she could barely control her body as it floated up.

If things continue like this, Nami can almost foresee herself being thrown around and smashed to pieces.

However, that's what Nami thought.

But when Li Mingyuan actually landed on the roof...

"Huh————?"

Nami and Karina both widened their eyes in surprise at the scene before them.

Just as Li Mingyuan was about to crash into the roof with the two of them, they could clearly see that Li Mingyuan suddenly lightly touched the roof with his toes, and for some reason, his whole body leaped into the air again like a feather.

No accidents occurred.

Next, Li Mingyuan started jumping around on the rooftops as if it were the most natural thing in the world!

"Really? Are the three of us really that light?"

Karina couldn't help but exclaim in shock, "They fell from that height and they're still okay?"

Nami didn't say anything at the moment, but judging from her expression, she thought the same thing.

Li Mingyuan was speechless at this.

"Don't forget, I was moving back and forth on the rooftop before, wasn't I? You not only saw it, you followed me the whole time, so what are you surprised about now?"

Li Mingyuan said helplessly, "Or do you think it's someone else?"

After being reminded, Nami and Karina belatedly realized what was happening and showed expressions of sudden understanding.

They exchanged a glance and couldn't help but give an awkward smile.

After a long while.

"Perhaps you acted too suddenly and forgot for a moment—"

"But even if it wasn't us, or even if it were someone else, how could they have thought of so much in that situation? Seeing with your eyes and experiencing it yourself are two different things. Anyway, I don't think anyone could remain calm and collected after suddenly realizing they're about to fall."

Nami's face flushed slightly, and she tried to save face by offering a few words of explanation.

Strictly speaking, this is indeed true, because no one expected Li Mingyuan's sudden action, and with the situation diverting attention, it's normal for a normal person not to think of anything else.

However, Nami was clearly unaware of this at the time.

Because she was so surprised earlier, she overlooked more than just this one thing.

"Speaking of which, so this is what it felt like when you were running around up there, Captain?"

Karina looked up, feeling the sea breeze on her face, her expression one of surprise.

"I feel like it's really amazing."

The three of them then retreated in a direction far from the port.

Li Mingyuan didn't continue chatting; he simply observed the surroundings and paid attention to the allocation of his chakra.

It has to be said that although Li Mingyuan had always complained about the lack of crew and the deserted state of the ship, at this point, this very thing that he had previously disliked had become a benefit.

He could take at least two crew members with him, one in each hand. If there were more crew members, he might not know what to do at this point.

Soon, under Li Mingyuan's rapid footsteps, the edge of the port town gradually became clear.

It was a road that cut through the forest and led to another bustling town in the heart of the island.

At this point, unless Garp specifically pursues them, he will leave the port to ensure Nami and Karina's safety.

One last look.

Before leaving the town, Li Mingyuan looked back.

The image of the female revolutionary army captain who had been standing in the corner of the town could still be vaguely seen.

Goodbye, or rather, I hope we never meet again.

"Revolutionaries of this corrupt world."

Li Mingyuan thought to himself quietly.

Although he had no plans to meet with Garp, he did have plans to meet with the Revolutionary Army.

But that's not now.

Li Mingyuan's only real expectation regarding his contact with the Revolutionary Army was that if one day he found himself unable to fulfill his ambitions and build his own power to become the world's king, then as a compromise and backup plan, he would choose to engage in contact and cooperation with the Revolutionary Army.

While that would guarantee him a higher completion rate, it would also make him just doing tasks for the sake of doing tasks, which wouldn't align with his desire to be a free and unrestrained king. Therefore, he didn't want to go that way unless absolutely necessary.

Currently, since the other party has not taken the initiative to come forward to talk, Li Mingyuan also has no intention of contacting them.

Besides, on the other hand, Li Mingyuan hadn't forgotten his current situation.

After all, the other party was dressed so thoroughly that if he hadn't known the original information and recognized the Encouragement Fruit, he wouldn't have known at all that the other party was a member of the Revolutionary Army.

If someone is completely unaware of what's going on, and suddenly sees a mysterious person wrapped up tightly on the street, their first reaction should be to be wary. If they were to approach and strike up a conversation out of nowhere, the other person might turn around and treat them as a suspect.

Therefore, from any perspective, avoiding the other party at this time is the right choice.

On the other side, the streets reeked of blood.

"Did they leave?"

Betty watched Li Mingyuan and his two companions leave and whispered something.

My body, which was tense just now, has finally relaxed and I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Dealing with those dangerous bounty hunters, while it may not involve combat, is not necessarily safe."

"It would be best if it could end peacefully."

Whispering this, Betty turned her head and looked at the little girl beside her again.

Are you alright?

Speaking in the gentlest tone possible, Betty intended to comfort the little girl.

But it wasn't until she turned around that Betty realized that the little girl had somehow managed to dodge her hand and was now staring blankly at the bloody scene before her, trembling all over.

It's highly likely that he relaxed his guard because he was overly focused on Li Mingyuan's affairs.

While Betty inwardly cursed, she quickly pulled the little girl to her side and hugged her.

"Don't be afraid, your big sister is here with you, there's nothing to be afraid of."

Betty tried to comfort her.

She quietly activated the power of the Encouragement Fruit, hoping to give the little girl the courage to face this situation again.

But the next second, Betty heard the words beside her and realized she was wrong.

Big mistakes.

"Big sister, those lying on the ground over there look like my parents."

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The little girl's trembling voice echoed in Betty's ears, "Can you let me go and let me see over there?"

Courage has indeed been awakened.

But that courage wasn't in the face of bloodshed, but in the courage to confront the cruel reality.

Betty instinctively loosened her embrace and watched the little girl sway as she walked to the two corpses on the side of the street.

"Dad and Mom were covered in blood."

"Is that why you didn't come looking for me before?"

With tears streaming down her face, the little girl forced a smile as she knelt before the two corpses, sobbing, "If I had brought my older sister here sooner, would things have turned out this way?"

Betty stood behind the little girl with a sullen face, taking another drag on her cigarette.

"call----"

Betty gently exhaled a cloud of smoke, trying to calm herself down.

"Seriously, this kind of garbage place is full of garbage things."

Betty said with a gloomy expression, "There's not even a moment to relax."

I never expected that escorting them all the way here would end up like this.

If I had come a little earlier, this wouldn't have happened, right? Maybe that's true.

But Betty didn't think this assumption could become a reality at all.

She had seen many such hypotheses by now, such as if she had killed that nobleman sooner, if she had resisted sooner she might have saved her family, and if she had come into contact with the revolutionary army sooner she wouldn't have lost everything.

Everyone lives in the present, and reality is reality, proceeding coldly and ruthlessly.

But just then...

As Betty looked at the corpse with mixed feelings, she suddenly noticed something else.

"Was this also done by that guy earlier?"

A hint of surprise flashed across Betty's face.

Besides the little girl's parents, she could also see several other corpses lying nearby, their deaths extremely gruesome, exactly like the scenes of bounty hunters killing people on the street.

Although I hadn't noticed these corpses when I glanced at them earlier, they blended in perfectly with the horrific background of the street.

But upon closer inspection, Betty suddenly noticed that the skin of several corpses around her had sunburn marks left from long-term exposure to the sea, and that there were some completely incongruous decorations on their bodies.

If she guessed correctly, these corpses were pirates, and they were the murderers who killed the little girl's relatives.

Did the bounty hunter help the little girl clean up the trash?

She looked up and gazed once more at the devastated street.

Just moments ago, she was looking at this scene and couldn't help but frown at its shocking nature, but now, her perception has completely changed.

"No, I was wrong just now."

"As expected, Ashel is right. I still need to make contact with him."

After a few seconds of silence, Betty's eyes gradually sharpened.

She changed her mind.

She wants to formally get to know Li Mingyuan!

"Although these scenes may seem too cruel to outsiders who don't know the situation, when I became one of the people involved, these scenes were more comforting than anything else."

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"Because it means that these villains died in the most gruesome way."

Betty couldn't help but mutter to herself, "Whether the man did it intentionally or not, objectively he did help the little girl get her revenge."

I never imagined that even I could be deceived by appearances and fail to see the truth behind them.