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

After the explosion ended, Gladius stood there, panting heavily.

His tired eyes quickly scanned his surroundings. The nameless Zoan-type Devil Fruit user had vanished. Law hid behind a cracked rock, too afraid to show his face.

He forced a bitter smile, staggered, and turned to flee.

I hadn't gone far when I suddenly heard a whooshing sound behind me!

He tried his best to dodge, but he was a step too slow.

Puff!

The crimson sword wave entered his back, passed through his chest, flew forward for dozens of meters, and then disappeared into the air.

Gladius was startled and stopped in his tracks.

He looked down at his chest, where a bloody hole had appeared next to his heart, and blood was spurting out continuously.

He collapsed, trembling.

But before his head hit the ground, a second wave of sword energy arrived.

Puff!

Gladius's eye sockets trembled, his pupils dilated rapidly, and the light in his eyes gradually went out.

Swish!

Luo teleported to Gladius's side, raised his sword, and was about to unleash his cutting ability.

Yelena spoke up to stop him: "Save your energy, this guy is already dead."

"Dead?"

Luo crouched down and examined Gladius's eyelids, neck, and other areas.

After confirming that the other person was indeed dead, he breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed to the ground.

"It seems that Mahabais also died at your hands."

"Um."

Yelena stepped forward, glanced at the corpse on the ground, and her body quickly shrank back to normal.

After the crisis was over, a wave of exhaustion washed over her, and she covered her head and swayed a couple of times.

"I never imagined that the deaths of these two enemies had nothing to do with me." Luo's gaze remained fixed on the corpses, his expression one of regret.

"First come, first served. I offered you a chance, but unfortunately you couldn't seize it."

Yelena took a new glass bottle from her pocket and collected blood from Gladius.

"You're the Black Robe Hunter?" Luo asked in surprise.

Yelena paused, glancing down at her oversized T-shirt. She wasn't wearing a black robe today either.

"Rumor has it that the Black-Robed Hunter has a strange quirk: he likes to collect bounty posters stained with pirate blood. It seems that's true."

Luo stood up and quickly distanced himself from Yelena.

"I've heard about what you did in Spider Mile. So it seems the Don Quixote Family executives came to this island to find you."

As he spoke, a look of realization appeared on Luo's face. "It was because of you that they discovered my whereabouts."

They thought their hiding place had been discovered, but it turned out they had suffered an undeserved disaster.

Unlucky.

"So what if I am? You're lucky, kid. You only suffered minor injuries but lost two—no, three—enemies. Aren't you going to say thank you?"

A hint of confusion flashed in Luo's eyes; it seemed to make sense.

"Thank you... wait! Who are you, and why do you know so much about me and the Don Quixote family?!"

He had wanted to ask that question earlier. This guy on the other side knew the weaknesses of the Boom-Boom Fruit and understood the characteristics of the Op-Op Fruit, especially the latter, which was understood by very few people in the world.

Luo's eyes were filled with suspicion and uncertainty.

"Have you ever heard of Observation Haki?" Yelena smiled mysteriously.

Unfortunately, Luo didn't see it because of the mask.

He nodded, his gaze sweeping over Yelena and the corpse on the ground. "You both possess this skill, but what does that have to do with my question?"

"Advanced Observation Haki can sense good and evil, and even read memories by touching the head..."

Yelena used the same tactics she used to fool Violet on Luo.

The latter was taken aback and hastily distanced himself from her.

"Don't worry, I won't use that trick on you."

Luo was not reassured by Yelena's words. His gaze was wary, and even showed a hint of fear.

I understand; no one wants their deepest memories to be known by others.

Yelena did not take the initiative to close the distance.

"Let's bury this guy first."

Killing and burying the body is a noble virtue of bounty hunters, but this time Yelena doesn't have to do it herself.

"ROOM - Slaughterhouse!" Law activated his ability.

The severed arm instantly returned to Gladius's side.

He flipped his fingers, the corpse vanished, and a patch of dark soil appeared in its place.

"I buried him fifty meters underground."

Yelena nodded in approval, "Not bad."

As expected of a top-tier Devil Fruit worth 5 billion, it's an essential skill for killing and burying corpses. With it, you don't even need to carry a shovel when you go out.

I really want it!

Yelena's eyes were not hidden by the mask and headscarf, and Luo clearly caught the longing in her eyes.

He shivered and took another step back.

"There's another one on the hillside, let's bury him there too."

"I need to get back to my companions first."

Luo shook his head and turned to run southeast.

Yelena followed closely behind.

It was fine when she didn't move, but the moment she moved, Luo ran even faster.

But this speed was nothing to her, and she followed at a leisurely pace.

The two walked several hundred meters and came to a large tree.

Above the tree roots was a large hollow, and Bepo, his chest covered in blood, was lying inside.

Hearing the noise, Bepo opened his eyes and stretched his paws upwards with difficulty, seemingly trying to sit up.

Luo pressed him down. "Don't move. Let me remove the poison needle from your body first."

"ROM!"

The sight of the surgery made Yelena's eyelids twitch.

In just two minutes, Bepo was stabbed nearly a hundred times, his upper body was cut into even pieces, and he could have been deep-fried in batter.

"alright."

Luo withdrew from the operating room and stood up, his face pale.

In contrast to him, Bepo was in good mental condition after the poison needle was removed from his body.

He jumped out of the tree hole, did a few somersaults in the open space, and performed a set of punches that he didn't recognize.

"resurrection!"

Bepo jumped to Law's side. "Are the enemies still there? I'm going to give them a good beating!"

"She killed him."

"Who?"

Bepo looked in the direction Law pointed, and his beady eyes suddenly lit up.

"Yelena!"

Both of them were startled by his shout.

Yelena took out a mirror and examined the person inside.

His clothes were loose, his mask was tight, and his headscarf was sturdy, with only his hands, eyes, and neck exposed.

There's nothing wrong with the outfit.

Could it be the smell?

wrong.

It had been over a year since I last met Bepo, so there was no way he could tell who I was just by smelling me.

Moreover, when she's disguised, her scent is different from her normal scent.

This was to prevent people with a keen sense of smell from recognizing her true identity through her scent.

"How did you recognize me?"

Is there any obvious flaw in her disguise?

Bepo scratched his head, looking rather simple-minded. "Didn't you bring it with you last time we fought the bandits? I remember it very clearly!"

He looked at the greatsword in Yelena's hand.