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

"So you're the one who was following me before, the Bird-Bird Fruit, the ability of convenience."

Yelena came to the tree but did not draw her sword. She wanted to see if the person nailed to the tree could escape.

As it turns out, it is possible.

Colonel Varucha's body swelled rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, his size more than doubled, forcibly pushing himself off the tree trunk!

Yelena's gaze gradually turned serious.

With a single strike, the white bear knocked Colonel Valucha unconscious. She stabbed him, and although she didn't aim for his heart, it was a genuine penetrating wound that didn't render him conscious.

This demonstrates just how powerful the physique of Zoan-type Devil Fruit users is.

This further proves the polar bear's extraordinary strength!

"Gah—damn bounty hunter! I'm going to kill you!"

Seeing Yelena standing there blankly staring at him after losing her weapon, Colonel Varucha suddenly felt a surge of confidence.

He's a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user; dealing with a swordsman without a sword shouldn't be a problem for him...

Yelena lifted her wide cloak and drew a brand-new longsword from her waist.

Right?

Colonel Varucha did not hesitate and turned to flee!

Once in his beastman form, he was nearly twice as fast as in his normal state, and in the blink of an eye, he had escaped more than ten meters away.

We must create some distance before flying, otherwise we'll get pinned to the tree trunk again like before!

boom!

Colonel Varucha's back spurted out a spray of blood, and he staggered forward uncontrollably!

"Gah!"

Yelena frowned in disgust. This guy's Devil Fruit ability looked ugly, and his voice was particularly unpleasant.

However, it was quite sturdy; bullets powerful enough to kill a bison only left a shallow wound on him.

Yelena stepped forward and held her sword to Colonel Valucha's neck. "There are some questions I want answered..."

With a slight exertion of force, the sharp blade sliced ​​through the feather, making direct contact with the skin.

"Gah—please tell me! I will answer truthfully!"

Colonel Varucha's body trembled uncontrollably; faced with the threat of death, he dared not lie for a moment.

"First of all, shut the hell up! What kind of bird call is that? It's awful!"

"Gah—I can't control it! I only ate the Devil Fruit three months ago, so I'm not very familiar with its abilities!"

Your voice isn't much better than mine!

Colonel Varucha's head was pressed against the ground, his eyes filled with malice.

This guy has an awful voice, so he must be ugly too!

Otherwise, why would they wrap themselves up so tightly?

Fortunately, Yelena couldn't hear his thoughts, otherwise she wouldn't even need to interrogate him, she could just kill him!

"Three months, huh? Some people can already make a fortune with their abilities right after eating a Devil Fruit... Never mind, why bother telling you all this? What I need to know is..."

A few minutes later, the jumbled questions in Yelena's mind were finally answered one by one.

Shortly after taking up his post at the Naval Branch on Notis Island, Colonel Valucha colluded with pirates, profiting by selling out naval intelligence.

He amassed wealth through corruption, cut back on branch funds, reduced soldiers' pay, and even diverted funds directly from the maintenance costs of warships.

Any righteous naval officers who dared to raise objections would have their whereabouts leaked and would die tragically at the hands of pirates!

Over time, he even set his sights on the special funds for dealing with pirates.

When a bounty hunter came to the branch to collect his bounty, he outwardly agreed, but secretly contacted the pirates to kill the person and pocketed the bounty.

Over time, he made a lot of money.

"I was ambushed by the Iron Axe Pirates as soon as I arrived on Notis Island. It turns out you were the one pulling the strings behind the scenes!"

Yelena pressed the blade down slightly, and blood instantly spurted out.

"No! Absolutely not! Although I instructed Polar Bear to do it, he didn't send anyone!"

Colonel Varucha admitted to having done many bad things, but he refused to accept any slander.

The blade did not move.

Colonel Varucha's voice grew even more flustered, "You have to believe me, everything I'm saying is true!"

At first, he tried to tell lies to fool the other party, but as a result, three more holes appeared on his back.

Animal-type healers recover quickly, but that doesn't mean they won't die, much less that they're immune to pain.

How could he dare to lie now?

"You admit that you notified the polar bear?"

Swish!

Yelena sheathed her longsword, and the person on the ground completely lost consciousness.

She dragged the body to the pit she had dug earlier, and was about to throw it down when she suddenly felt that it was not safe. What if it was dug out?

The death of a colonel is no small matter.

Let's just burn it.

As her ashes were scattered into the sea, Yelena finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why isn't this guy a pirate? He has amazing abilities! He's a bit ugly, but he can fly! If he could fly in his past life, he wouldn't have been pushed off a mountain and died!"

Yelena greatly admired Colonel Valuchia's Devil Fruit ability.

The two points of strength attribute she gained from that pirate with a bounty of twenty million that morning were nothing compared to the Bird-Bird Fruit, which was a huge watermelon.

Killing Colonel Valucha yielded no apparent rewards, not even a single gold coin.

All the money he had embezzled over the years had gone into the hands of the Donquixote Family, in exchange for a Devil Fruit.

Zoan type - Bird-Bird Fruit - Vulture form.

Three hundred million Berries!

What's the point of this guy eating the fruit? It's a complete waste of money!

Yelena echoed the sentiments of Captain Polar Bear.

However, the way Colonel Varucha purchased the fruit is worth noting.

The Don Quixote family's influence has even reached the North Sea!

Thinking about it carefully, it's not surprising that Doflamingo, who came from the North Sea, would send people to organize smuggling and trade in this area.

Yelena made a mental note of this.

If you have the chance, you can go to their stronghold and uproot the nail that Doflamingo has planted in the North Sea. Consider it interest he paid in advance!

Three days later, a major news story was published in the newspaper of the World Economic News Agency's North Sea branch.

Naval Commander Valcha of the Nautilus Island branch has gone missing! He is suspected of being assassinated by pirates!

Bang!

The polar bear slammed his paw down on the table in front of him, smashing it to pieces. "Useless!"

They even sent people to the vicinity of the naval branch, and yet something still happened. What a useless piece of trash!

Does he have to be a pirate who sneaks into the Marine branch in the middle of the night, delivers Valucha to his room, and gently places him on the bed to ensure his safety?

He'd rather slap someone to death!

The first mate picked up the newspaper from the floor and offered his opinion:

"It's very likely that the bounty hunter did it. Ordinary pirates don't have this ability, but he has both the strength and the motive."

Most importantly, the timing was perfect. They had just finished tracking each other when the vulture disappeared, and he couldn't believe there was no connection between the two events.

Polar Bear casually remarked, "It could also be the work of some navy officer who harbors resentment towards Vulture; that bastard has offended everyone in the branch."

Even if it really was the Black-Robed Hunters who did it, do they have any evidence?

Would the Navy believe a pirate's words?

"Hopefully, the navy officer who replaces Vulture will also be a greedy guy, that way we'll have far fewer troubles."