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

But just as he picked up the package, before a second had even passed...

Li Mingyuan's expression froze.

"..."

He slowly lowered his head, looking at the somewhat deflated pocket in his hand.

So light.

It's incredibly light.

Was this package always this light?

Li Mingyuan stared blankly at the package, as if time had frozen. He didn't know how long it took before he finally came back to his senses. Although he was back in reality, his hands began to tremble.

Immediately afterwards, his expression turned into a half-smile, and the veins on his forehead bulged.

Li Mingyuan put down the package in his hand, closed his eyes, looked up at the ceiling, and took a deep breath, trying to calm his mind.

But I just can't do it.

1500 million Pele...

That's 1500 million Berries!

What does 15 million Berries mean in the East Blue? Nami's adoptive mother, Bellemere, was killed by Arlong because she couldn't afford 100,000 Berries. Nami was almost crushed by the 100 million Berries ransom. She risked her life and spent eight years in the East Blue stealing money from various pirates. Before meeting the Straw Hat crew, she was still a few million short of 100 million Berries.

Not to mention, Li Mingyuan originally planned to save up 1500 million Berries to buy a ship and go to the Grand Line.

During those few days in the village, I spent less than a third of the peso that Joseph and Johnny had given me.

Now, his 1500 million Berries are just gone like that?

It was money he earned personally from arresting wanted criminals, his first pot of gold in this world, and it just vanished like that?

"Haha, hahaha."

Li Mingyuan couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Aside from laughing, he really didn't know how to react to this situation.

Just now, he was completely indifferent, simply listening to the thief walk past his door.

Now look what happened, he's become the clown.

They just stood by and watched the culprit get away so easily...

What is a thief thinking when they pass by your door and see your room? Do they secretly laugh at themselves for being so stupid as to not even realize they've been robbed, or do they simply forget where their target is, which is why they dare to swagger past a room that's clearly occupied?

Just imagining such a scene made Li Mingyuan feel his blood pressure rise.

I thought I was just watching the drama unfold and having some fun, but I never expected that I would end up getting caught up in the drama myself!

"They actually dared to steal it! And of all times, they stole it from me."

"I initially thought it had nothing to do with me, so I let you go... But since you've chosen to die, there's nothing I can do about it."

Li Mingyuan let out a long breath, and when he reopened his eyes, a 'kind' smile appeared on his face.

"I need to settle this 1500 million Berries debt with you properly."

I think you really don't know how to write the word "death"!

There's no need to even open it for confirmation.

Li Mingyuan casually tossed aside his obviously empty pocket, his face dark, and pushed open the door to walk toward the deck.

The heavy footsteps made the wooden planks creak with almost every step.

Around them, sailors who had been anxiously searching for the thief looked around, but at that moment, upon hearing the footsteps, they almost instantly felt a tangible pressure coming from them.

Subconsciously turning around, the crew members discovered that it was the ship's hired "guard," a young man who had seemed relaxed and easy to talk to these past few days, now walking towards them with a cold expression.

Sweat dripped down his forehead.

The sailors looked at Li Mingyuan in front of them, not understanding why, even though it was the same person, he was almost completely different from the Xiao Ge they remembered. Just by his approach, the surrounding space seemed to become dark and gloomy, and they didn't even have the courage to ask what was wrong.

Until Li Mingyuan's figure passed by.

After the footsteps faded into the distance, they seemed to wake from a dream and began to breathe heavily again.

"W-What happened...?"

Someone murmured.

Even after they came to their senses, none of the people present dared to step forward and ask what had happened.

In the dead silence, the sailors looked at each other, their eyes filled with a deep fear.

Li Mingyuan strode across the ship's cabin corridor.

Following the direction from which the footsteps had left, he continued toward the deck.

He passed by the mess hall and the living quarters along the way, but even though he had brushed past many sailors who were looking for the thief, no one dared to speak to him.

Among them were even crew members who had chatted with him and shared their experiences at sea just a while ago; now they stared at him in stunned silence, not daring to breathe.

This is because, although they didn't understand it, they were genuinely affected by the chakra present in Li Mingyuan.

Even a slight bad mood is enough to make those around her tremble with fear.

Even worse, some people may experience the pain of suffocation.

Of course, even if these reactions occur, it's not really strange. Chakra is refined from both spiritual and physical energy, and to some extent, it can even be said to represent the abstract concept of the soul.

Yes.

The abstract concept of killing intent also exists in the Naruto world.

The earliest instance was when Naruto, in his Tailed Beast Cloak form, fought Haku; his killing intent was evident in the story, and at one point, Haku was almost overwhelmed.

Later, during the Chunin Exams arc, Orochimaru suddenly unleashed his killing intent, which terrified Sakura and Sasuke so much that they couldn't move. They thought they had fallen under his genjutsu, and Sasuke, who was the focus of attention, was so shocked that he even vomited.

Through the magical power of chakra, a person's will, much like a mental shock, can indeed influence the surroundings.

In a sense, it is somewhat similar to the release of Conqueror's Haki in the world of One Piece.

However, its power is not as great as Conqueror's Haki, which can make tens of thousands of people dizzy at once. Moreover, this kind of mental impact of chakra is only effective against people with a huge gap in strength. But correspondingly, unlike Conqueror's Haki, this kind of chakra has no qualification requirements. As long as you have strong chakra, you can use it. The threshold is much lower.

Li Mingyuan was in a bad mood and didn't want to talk to anyone around him, so the oppressive aura he unconsciously exuded was enough to keep the crew from wasting their time talking to him, and Li Mingyuan didn't intend to take it back.

Incidentally, I wonder if this kind of pressure has been felt by the thieves in the neighborhood.

If you can make the other party feel regret and fear, then you have achieved your goal.

Boom!

The hatch was suddenly flung open, and Li Mingyuan appeared on the deck.

At the moment, since the sailors had all run down to the cargo hold to search, only the captain was still on deck, deep in thought. When he saw Li Mingyuan suddenly appear on the deck, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"What happened? We're suddenly on the deck."

The captain frowned and asked tentatively, "It's not time to need help here yet..."

"Stop the boat immediately."

Li Mingyuan said, "No one is allowed to land on the shore until I say it's okay."

With just one sentence, the atmosphere in the room changed.

Upon hearing this, the captain's eyes widened instantly, staring at Li Mingyuan in astonishment.

"What?!"

The captain exclaimed in surprise, "What are you suddenly saying?"

"I'm not going to explain anything, but all I can say is that I've lost some money, and I suspect not only the thief you're looking for, but also you."

"You lost a shipment at the port a few days ago, right? You said back then that it could be a matter of life and death. I'm sorry, but I actually saw it from not far away. Now I suspect that you might have stolen my things to cover your losses."

Li Mingyuan remained calm. Facing the captain's shock, he said indifferently, "This is not a discussion, it's a notification."

"Next, if you dare to refuse this proposal, I will immediately kill everyone on the ship and slowly search every corner of the ship until I find it. After all, as you said before, there are only thirty minutes left before the ship docks, right? At this distance, even if I kill you all, I can still swim to the shore."

"On the contrary, if the ship is going to dock, the thief could slip off the ship with the sailors in thirty minutes and be gone forever. Less than thirty minutes is too tight a search period. I can't risk never getting the money back by searching urgently in those thirty minutes. So, I can only extend the search period a little."

"Don't worry, if I find the thief later, besides my own things, the stolen items will also be returned to you as compensation for the misunderstanding. That shouldn't be a bad outcome for you, right? After all, as you said, this shipment is related to your lives, isn't it?"

That's all I wanted to say. Now, you can take action.

At this point, Li Mingyuan thought for a moment and added, "Of course, if you want to test whether I have the ability to do what I said and kill everyone on the ship, you can try it. I don't mind. However, considering that we've been on the same ship for so long and that we've prepared food, I personally do not recommend that you do it."

"My patience is limited, and I hope you won't challenge it like this thief did."

"Believe me, you don't want to see the consequences."

After saying that, without waiting for the captain's reaction, Li Mingyuan went straight to the bow of the ship, picked up a stool he had grabbed on the way, and sat down.

He sat down with his legs crossed, just like a naval admiral, arms folded over his chest, and back against the ship's railing.

They were already waiting for the sailors to assemble.

Li Mingyuan acted immediately, his expression as natural as if nothing had happened.

Only the captain remained standing there, his eyes fixed on Li Mingyuan not far away, speechless for a moment.

Is this considered digging one's own grave?

They invited this man onto the ship because he seemed mysterious and unpredictable, but now he has become the noose around their necks.

The captain had no doubt about the truthfulness of Li Mingyuan's words.

Because at this moment, facing Li Mingyuan, he felt the same strange sense of oppression as when they first met, and this time it was even stronger than before, almost making him breathless and giving him goosebumps.

During their time living together on the ship, he found Li Mingyuan to be quite ordinary and even wondered if he had overreacted or been hallucinating, which was why he valued someone he had just met so much and let him on board.

Now, the captain was certain.

will die.

If the man in front of them makes a move, he will surely die, and everyone on the ship will die as well.

His instincts were frantically screaming an alarm!

"Damn thief! Stealing cargo from the ship is one thing, but how dare he steal from this unknown man? Didn't he see us when he was on board? This man is a specially hired guard; his treatment is different from that of ordinary sailors."

The captain gritted his teeth, "Now look what's happened, this is a really big problem!"

While it's not impossible, it's possible that the fact that there was this person on the ship who did nothing but was served good food and drink all day long attracted the thief's attention and led him to target Li Mingyuan.

However, the captain intentionally or unintentionally ignored this point and blamed the thief entirely.

After all, it's true that he lost his goods, and now he's lost them a second time. It's also true that he might be implicated and his life might be in danger.

That means the thief hasn't been found yet.

Otherwise, with both old and new grudges combined, he would really want to tear the other person apart alive.

Seeing that Li Mingyuan had no further instructions, the muscular captain dared not remain alone with Li Mingyuan on the deck any longer and hurriedly stepped into the cabin.

Li Mingyuan ignored the captain's reaction.

He simply kept staring at what was in front of him, a faint crimson light beginning to appear in his eyes.

When he followed the direction the thief had left and arrived on the deck, only to find the captain alone, he knew something was wrong.

In this situation, if the culprit is not the captain, it means that the thief has most likely hidden somewhere that the captain didn't notice and lost track of right under his nose.

The thief's agility is most likely extremely high.

He was truly out of ideas.

If this continues, what if the ship actually docks and the thief runs to the island and disappears without a trace? Where will he catch him then?

He wouldn't be surprised if the thief hadn't been caught despite making several attempts, even if he were just a sailor. Besides, what he had just told the captain wasn't entirely false.

When Li Mingyuan saw that only the captain was on the deck of the destination, he genuinely suspected that this was a show put on for him by the people on board as they were about to dock, and that they were actually stealing from the ship.

After all, although his current ship is a cargo ship with many places to hide, in the end, according to common sense, the cargo ship has already been robbed once before. Anyone with a brain should know that the ship will definitely be on guard and will be thoroughly searched next.

If he were a thief, he would have left the island immediately after stealing this ticket last time and gone home long ago. How could he still be on the ship where the risks have increased so much?