Chapter 228 Arriving at Whiskey Peak

The lion Leakey staggered across the deck with lifeless eyes, looking no different from a kitten that had just been neutered.

“Puchi, hahahaha! What kind of outfit is this?! Has Licky turned into a lioness? But a lioness also has hair on her neck!”

Usopp looked at the poor lion and laughed. There was nothing he could do. Originally, Usopp was at the lowest point in the ecological chain on this ship. Even the lion Niche often threatened him.

It would be strange if Usopp didn't smile now that he saw the lion was in such bad luck.

As if hearing Usopp's smile, the lion turned his head and looked at the long-nosed shit shoveler, revealing his sharp teeth, and bit him without saying a word.

Usopp had experience of being bitten along the way, and when he saw that the lion's expression was not right, he immediately turned around and ran away. However, the lion roared wildly, and a pair of wings instantly grew behind it. It flew into the sky, and the original lion head turned into a sharp bird head.

"Griffin?! What the...what's going on?"

Usopp screamed as he was grabbed by the collar by the flying lion. The lion's claws turned into eagle claws, which made Usopp roll his eyes.

Nami on the deck ignored Usopp's scream in the sky, and looked around the bald griffin, then at Uchiha Feiyu:

"Feiyu, what's going on? Why did this lion suddenly become like this? Is it because of that devil fruit user?"

As she spoke, Nami glanced at the wooden barrel filled with sea water. The user of the Vulture Fruit who was originally soaking in the barrel had long since turned into a mummy and was thrown into the sea by Uchiha Feiyu.

"Yes, I extracted the devil fruit ability from that devil fruit user and gave it to this lion, so he can evolve into a griffin."

Uchiha Feiyu nodded and said something, looking up at the griffin in the sky with a strange expression on his face:
"But... I never expected that this lion would shed its neck hair like a vulture... Theoretically, if the animal-type devil fruit does not transform, there should be no impact, right?"

For example, Chopper, the little deer who ate the Human-Human Fruit, although his human form looks strange, but in fact, he is no different from ordinary reindeer in reindeer form, except for a blue nose - that is also his congenital defect and has nothing to do with the devil fruit.

Uchiha Feiyu has never seen an image of a devil fruit that could actually affect the main body.

According to Uchiha Feiyu's guess, it is probably because the ability of the devil fruit is directly extracted from the body of the ability user, rather than obtained by eating the devil fruit.

But it doesn't matter. We'll know the result after doing a few more experiments. Devil Fruits are not easy to find on the Grand Line, but there are a lot of people with Devil Fruit abilities.

Not to mention the unlucky Usopp and the Lion Leakey who didn't know whether to be sad or happy, the Golden Merry was moving very fast. In less than a day, Whiskey Mountain, commonly known as the bounty hunter's nest of Cactus Island, appeared in the distance.

When the Golden Merry appeared, many bounty hunters gathered on Cactus Island, holding wine and food, singing and dancing, looking welcoming. However, when the Golden Merry got closer, the bounty hunters found that there was no pirate flag on the ship, so they cursed it for bad luck.

These bounty hunters are not very powerful and dare not arrest pirates with real guns and swords. They always block the entrance of the Grand Line and deceive some new pirate groups who have just entered the Grand Line.

If the rookie pirates were a little more vigilant and got drunk by them, they would become their prey.

Seeing that the other party was not a pirate gang, the bounty hunters naturally felt unhappy. However, some of the bounty hunters looked around and saw that the people on the ship did not seem to be very strong, and they had some evil thoughts.

After all, there is no clear dividing line between bounty hunters and pirates. Even some bounty hunters who have been doing it for a long time often play the role of pirates.

However, one of the leaders of these bounty hunters, Ikalem, who wore a large curly wig and looked like a gorilla, did not leave the dock and stopped the bounty hunters:
"You idiots, the people on the boat are our companions from Baroque Studio! Don't you see that it's Mr. 9 and Miss Wednesday?"

In fact, those bounty hunters didn’t really notice... Princess Vivi had her hair down and was no longer dressed like a spirited little sister. As for Mr. 9, the crown on his head was split in half. Without this biggest feature, this guy looked unremarkable.

Everyone in the world of pirates has some degree of face blindness. Luffy is one of those with a very serious condition, but other people are also more or less face blind, so there's nothing to say if you can't recognize them.

"Really? Where's the crown on Mr. 9's head?"

"Miss Wednesday turned out to be so pretty. You couldn't tell with that hairstyle before."

While the bounty hunters were still discussing, Uchiha Feiyu had already jumped off the boat and looked at the curly-haired guy:
"Are you all bounty hunters from Baroque Works?"

Ikalem, the curly-haired man, was a little impatient. Who are you? How dare you talk to me like that? However, Princess Weiwei, who had also jumped off the boat, quickly winked at him, which made him more respectful:
"Yes, this entire Whiskey Peak is the base of Baroque Studio, and everyone here is a bounty hunter..."

"Okay, I get it. In that case, you can pick out a few people who are not completely on the same page with Baroque Studio, and leave the rest to me!"

"Uh... wha... what do you mean? Who are you? What do you want?"

"Mr. Uchiha Feiyu, do you want to help us deal with Baroque Works?"

A surprised smile suddenly appeared on Weiwei's face and she looked at Uchiha Feiyu. Although she didn't know Uchiha Feiyu's strength and whether he could deal with the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Crocodile, she knew that he was definitely the strongest man she had ever seen in her life.

If there is such a person helping Alabasta, at least they will have a better chance of dealing with the Shichibukai.

"No, I just need some experimental subjects. To put it bluntly, these bounty hunters are just the periphery of Baroque Studio. Even if we kill them all, that Sand Crocodile may not care."

"If you want me to help you solve the country's problems, at least be prepared to pay me!"

When Princess Vivi heard Uchiha Feiyu asking for payment directly, her smile froze for a moment. To be honest, Alabasta is indeed one of the largest countries in the entire Grand Line, with a standing army of 60 soldiers alone. Logically, it should not be short of money. However, the royal family of Alabasta does not have much money. In recent years, the royal family's private treasury has been used to subsidize civilians, and it is even more stretched.

In the past, the national treasury was still full, so the worst that could happen was to take some money from the treasury as compensation. Anyway, the money was originally for this country. However, the severe drought caused by the dancing fans in recent years has made the national treasury dry up.

In this situation, Princess Vivi herself was not sure that Alabasta could offer a reward that would satisfy the other party.

"Um...how many Baileys do you want?"

"How much money can you have in Alabasta?"

"Well... I'm not sure, probably a few hundred million Baileys..."

Very good, a country with a standing army of 60 actually only has a few hundred million Baileys. Speaking of which, the bounty of a slightly famous pirate in the New World is probably several hundred million!
Uchiha Feiyu didn't know whether to say that Alabasta was too poor, or that King Kosa was really so selfless, but the speechless expression on his face clearly expressed his meaning, and made Vivi blush.

"Well... Alabasta has had some difficulties over the past few years, but as long as we defeat Sakrock Fall, I believe that the whole country will soon be better."

That's not necessarily true...Alabasta's current situation is certainly largely due to Shaklockfall, but the country itself probably has a lot of problems - you have to know that this desert country has lasted for 800 years, and any system that has been operating for 800 years is bound to be plagued by problems and will be difficult to reverse.

Perhaps it's because of the character of the people in the pirate world, and the fact that it is a supernatural world after all, it is better than the real world, but it is probably not much better. The people at the bottom can just barely survive, not to mention the quality of their lives.

This kind of thing is not something that can be solved by the king being kind and loving his people like his own children. Emperor Chongzhen worked 18 hours a day, ate only four courses, and had patches on his clothes. Can you not say that he was diligent and frugal? Can you say that he had no feelings for the country? But in the end, the Ming Dynasty was still doomed.

The tide of the times cannot be changed by an individual. Even the World Government now shows such signs. The so-called Great Pirate Era is no different from the peasant uprising.

"Forget it... We'll talk about Alabasta later. I'll just deal with the bounty hunters here first."

"Uh, wait a minute, I'll go call one of my companions over first!"

Mr.9 spoke and then ran over. A moment later, he dragged a muscular woman over and walked over:
"I'm the only companion... I don't know the rest of the bounty hunters very well..."

After Mr. 9 finished speaking, he started whispering to the muscular woman. Although the muscular woman looked very macho, she had a good temper. After listening to Mr. 9's words, she nodded and stopped talking, as if betraying Baroque Studio was not a big deal at all.

As for Princess Vivi, in addition to the curly-haired girl, she also brought over a running duck. She said she was not familiar with the rest of the people.

Speaking of it, it’s only Mr. 9, the companion, who is with Princess Vivi every day and they have a pretty good relationship. Those other bounty hunters are nothing but rotten tomatoes and watermelons, who would dare to scam a princess of a country?
"Very good, then leave these bounty hunters to me."

Uchiha Feiyu nodded, looked at the group of bounty hunters who were still somewhat confused, and said lightly:

"Does anyone want to quit Baroque Studio and join the light?"

Quit Baroque Works? A group of bounty hunters looked at each other and suddenly burst into laughter:
"Where did you come from, you fool? How dare you mess with our Baroque Studio!"

"Haha, you probably don't know the power of Baroque Works! Just a guy who came from all over the world..."

Some bounty hunters also looked at Princess Weiwei and the others with cold eyes:
"It seems that you have betrayed Baroque Works! Have you forgotten the horror of Baroque Works?"

"You are just a bunch of low-level agents. The studio will send strong men to kill you soon!"

Very good, Uchiha Feiyu nodded. He was really afraid that these bounty hunters would surrender directly. After all, opportunities to kill were rare, and he didn't want to massacre ordinary civilians. Now that these people were so determined, it really helped him a lot.

"Very good. I don't know whether Baroque Studio will send out strong men to avenge you, but I know that you will definitely not see that day!!"

The knife flashed in an instant, and the Sandai Kitetsu had already stabbed into the heart of a bounty hunter. The mutated armament domineering and blood nerves were activated at the same time, and the bounty hunter was sucked into a mummy almost in an instant.

Without waiting for the other bounty hunters to react, Uchiha Feiyu shook his sword and the corpse was broken into two pieces. The sword light was all around, and the bounty hunters standing near him were cut in half before they could even say a word. Their blood was instantly drawn out, merged into the Sandai Kitetsu, and then transferred into Uchiha Feiyu's body.

The magic power of the blood nerves appeared in Uchiha Feiyu's body again, and this time it dissipated a little slower. Uchiha Feiyu immediately used the magic power of the blood nerves and began to construct his own Shura body.

The blood began to become refined, the heart became more energetic, the internal organs seemed to be burning, and the skin could vaguely see the shape of scales...

This is a complete change to the original physique. With the power of the blood nerves, it is impossible to do this in this world - unless you keep killing people to practice and extract blood!
And now, Uchiha Feiyu is constantly killing people and draining their blood!
Several bounty hunters picked up their guns and fired at Uchiha Feiyu, but Uchiha Feiyu did not dodge. With a flash of the knife, the head fell to the ground and the body turned into a mummy.

A bounty hunter took out a bazooka and fired at Uchiha Feiyu, but the rocket was split in half. The sharp knife light pierced through his eyebrows, and a new shriveled corpse appeared.

Ten, twenty, thirty... More and more bounty hunters turned into dry bones under the terrifying knife light. The courage of this group of bounty hunters, which had been gathered by their numbers, finally collapsed completely. Some bounty hunters began to drop their weapons and run away. This situation was like an infection, and soon all the bounty hunters began to run for their lives.

"Monster...monster!"

"You can't win, damn it, this isn't even the standard of the Four Seas pirates!"

(End of this chapter)