One Piece: I'm a Hunter on the Grand Line

Yelena turned to look at the unconscious Iron Axe, thought for a moment, then kicked him on the head again before tying him to a tree.

After doing all that, she went around to the side and came to the back of the pile of rocks, quietly approaching the pirates.

"So much time has passed, why haven't they come back yet? Could something have happened to them?"

"Are you drunk? The captain himself went out with so many men. What could possibly go wrong dealing with a bounty hunter? He's probably just lost."

Several pirates were chatting idly, unaware that danger was approaching. The pile of rocks they had used to ambush their target was now successfully obstructing their view.

"What is that?!"

A pirate saw a dark figure dart out from behind the nearest reef and immediately cried out in surprise.

The other pirates instinctively gripped their weapons, but it was too late.

puff!

Yelena stopped in her tracks. Of the pirates present, only the one who spoke first escaped unharmed; the rest all clutched their throats and collapsed.

He looked behind Yelena with trembling eyes, but did not see the captain or the others. His heart sank.

"I ask, you answer." A deep, husky voice came from under the hood.

Lucky Guy's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground, nodding frantically.

How many pirates are still on the merchant ship?

"Ten, ten! The captain left ten men to keep an eye on the caravan, to guard against, to prevent them from..."

The pirate swallowed hard and continued, "To prevent them from leaving prematurely out of fear, so you'll notice something's wrong!"

"Where's my money?"

"What money? I remember now! It's the money Big Beard prepared. The brothers wanted to divide it, but the captain said to wait until we kill you, no, no, we'll divide it after we defeat you. It should still be on the merchant ship now."

The pirate pointed to the people slumped on the ground not far away, just like him, and said, "If you don't believe me, you can ask them. They came from the ship."

Yelena turned her head and saw the bearded man lying in a pool of blood, with his two men guarding the body. Whether they were terrified or truly loyal to their captain, it was unclear.

Yelena remembered that when she sensed danger and made a strategic retreat earlier, she seemed to have heard screams. Now it seemed that the pirates had killed the man because they thought the bearded man was not doing his job well.

Sigh, this guy is really unlucky. He has no strength of his own, but he cooperates with vicious pirates. What good can come of it?

The two caravan members noticed Yelena's gaze and hurriedly nodded. "Sir, the money is on the ship. We'll go get it right away. Please, spare us!"

"We really didn't know the captain would betray you! Please, please don't kill us!"

As they spoke, the two knelt down on the ground, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.

The bounty hunter had left a deep impression on them during the night of carnage the day before yesterday, and they could only hope that he wasn't in a killing frenzy today and would spare them.

With Big Beard dead, Yelena had no interest in continuing to argue with the caravan members.

"You two, bury him and those pirates, bury them deep."

Yelena looked at the pirate Lucky Guy, "You, come with me, let's go to the ship and get the money."

None of them dared to refuse, and they quickly nodded in agreement.

The lucky man rowed his small boat quickly toward the merchant ship.

The pirate was enormous, over two meters tall, and Yelena, who was less than 1.7 meters tall, sat behind him, completely obscured. From the direction of the merchant ship, she was nowhere to be seen.

As the small boat approached the merchant ship, Yelena quickly plunged into the water and swam towards the other side of the merchant ship.

"Why are you back? Did the captain and the others take care of that guy?"

Some pirates were drinking on the deck. Hearing the noise, they leaned out to look at Lucky Guy.

"Done, haha, done! The captain told me to come back for more wine."

"Then we should celebrate properly, I'm off!"

"what!"

A scream suddenly came from the merchant ship, followed by more screams!

The lucky man slumped on the small boat, clutching his head, his face pale and filled with fear.

Boom!

The small boat suddenly rocked. He slowly looked up and saw the bounty hunter standing opposite him, holding a sword in one hand and a box in the other.

"S-Sir!"

"Let's row the boat, and we'll let you go once we get ashore."

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"

Yelena plunged the sword into the seawater and stirred it a few times until the bloodstains were washed away before bringing it up for a closer look.

There are more than a dozen nicks on the blade, some the size of a grain of rice, and some large enough to fit a finger on. The curve at the tip has also lost its smoothness, with a corner broken off.

After her battle with the iron axe, her weapon was nearing the point of needing to be forged and repaired.

To restore it to its original state, it would cost at least 300,000 Berries.

Yelena sighed, "Fighting costs money." She wondered, "If Zoro didn't carry a famous sword when he set sail, would he be worthy of being called a swordsman?"

Speaking of money, Yelena looked at the lucky rowers and asked, "Where's your boat?"

If we take the Iron Axe Pirates' ship to the black market, we should be able to get a good price for it.

The lucky guy guessed that this big shot had his eye on their ship, and hurriedly explained:

"The captain sold the ship for scrap. Recently, it first fought with the Navy, and many of its cabins were destroyed by cannon fire. Later, it clashed with the number one ship of the White Bear Pirates, and that woman broke its keel with a hammer..."

Thinking about what had happened before, the lucky guy suddenly shuddered.

"If Polar Bear hadn't happened to be there and stopped that woman after defeating our captain, the entire ship would probably have been smashed to pieces on the spot!"

Yelena sighed. Well, the windfall was gone.

"The Iron Axe Pirates have been completely destroyed. Change your profession and don't be a pirate anymore."

After getting off the small boat, Yelena left a message and, without paying attention to Lucky's reaction, headed straight for the woods to the north.

She arrived at the tree where the iron axe was tied and found that the person was still unconscious. She nodded in satisfaction at the few kicks.

Lifting her up again, Yelena crossed the beach and the bustling dock, arriving at the Naval Branch on Nottis Island amidst the gasps of passersby.

Yes, she planned to hand the iron axe over to the navy.

According to the Navy's procedures for handling criminals, even if Iron Axe were to be executed in public, it would still take a long time.

For at least the next two weeks, he will be locked up in jail.

The blood has been collected. As long as Iron Axe is still alive before the first of next month, it will not affect the use of the item.

Outside the branch headquarters, in front of numerous civilians and reporters, Colonel Varucha wore a forced smile and looked at Yelena with adoration.

"You are the Navy's most important ally and a partner of justice. On behalf of the entire island of Nautilus, I sincerely express my gratitude to you!"

His heart was bleeding!

Yesterday's 12 million Berries haven't been settled yet, and today this bastard sent over another pirate worth 32 million Berries!

This is all his money!

Why should we give it to that damn bounty hunter!

What is that polar bear good for?!

Why haven't they killed him yet?!