"..."
Rayleigh felt as though he had nothing to be afraid of.
No, that's not right...
Sometimes he was still afraid of Shakky.
But this kind of fear was definitely not the same as what Shakky was talking about.
"Do you think I would be afraid now?"
Shakky extinguished her cigarette and pursued the question with Rayleigh.
"..."
Rayleigh felt that Shakky's courage left no room for fear.
"I'm scared."
Shakky no longer looked at the screen of the Image Radio Snail but turned her gaze towards the direction of the Slave Auction, her breathing becoming heavy: "There's still a mysterious woman in the Konoha Pirates that hasn't been exposed, I saw her at the Slave Auction..."
"Shakky?"
Rayleigh felt that something was off with Shakky in front of him.
"Rayleigh."
Shakky slowly turned her head to look at Rayleigh, her fingers still holding her cigarette, not realizing it was extinguished as she put it in her mouth, her motions somewhat stiff.
"What's going on!"
Rayleigh's eyes showed concern as he tightly gripped Shakky's hand, taking the extinguished cigarette from her mouth and comforted in a deep voice: "Don't be scared, Shakky, I'm here, as long as I'm here, no one can harm you..."
"Rayleigh..."
Shakky didn't seem to have lost her sanity, her gaze regained its former sharpness as she continued: "Don't worry, I'm fine, that woman just looked at me and I stepped back..."
"She didn't attack me..."
"Nor did she show any hostility..."
"But that one glance made me unable to muster any will to resist her..."
Shakky took a deep breath to stabilize her mood, recounting her feelings: "You know my sixth sense is very accurate, it tells me that if I dared to act impulsively, the outcome would only be me being killed in one strike..."
"That woman..."
"She made me feel she's even stronger than the Vice Captain of the Konoha Pirates, stronger than Roger, stronger than Whitebeard, stronger than anyone I've ever seen, stronger than all of their power!"
"..."
Rayleigh remained silent.
He had never heard Shakky speak of someone this way, her sixth sense was accurate to the point where it could almost predict possible future events...
If Shakky said so...
Then perhaps the woman truly possessed such power.
Shampodi No.1 Island, inside the Slave Auction.
Otsutsuki Kaguya sat in front of a tea table in the auction room, an Image Radio Snail's screen set in front of her, playing events happening on Sky Island.
When the hunting game began, the person in charge of the Slave Auction personally arranged everything for her comfort to watch the Sky Island hunting game, rather than squeezing with others.
"Would you need some pastries?"
The person in charge of the Slave Auction approached Kaguya nervously.
"..."
Otsutsuki Kaguya nodded, giving him a faint look, then softly asked: "The woman who just came in didn't come to make tea, why did she leave directly?"
"Woman?"
The person in charge of the Slave Auction seemed as if his soul was scared out of him, hastily kneeling and explained tremblingly: "I'll check it immediately!"
He hadn't dared to send anyone over!
The Konoha Pirates were terrifying, and to show sincerity, he personally handled everything without slack, how could someone dare to sneak in!
Especially now...
The Konoha Pirates have added yet another achievement to their record...
He was already not doing enough to flatter this mascot of the Konoha Pirates, who would have dared to sneak in, he must investigate thoroughly!
"No worries."
"The hunting game is about to end."
Otsutsuki Kaguya sipped her tea leisurely, her eyes resting on the screen, spoke calmly: "They should return here soon, I don't need to stay here any longer..."