Lilith arrived with a squad of fully armed Female Warriors, escorting a group of injured pirates.
These pirates had long since lost their previous arrogance. Upon seeing Charlotte Linlin's icy gaze, they were scared out of their wits, flopping down to their knees and kowtowing like pounding garlic:
"Spare us! Queen!" "We were wrong! We really know we were wrong! We were blind!" "Please let us go! We will never dare to provoke Inazuma again! Wuu wuu wuu..."
However, amidst the wailing and begging for mercy, that Mera Mera no Mi user who called himself "City Burner" Sato, while begging along with the others, had a glint of unwillingness and resentment flickering deep in his eyes.
"Hmph! A woman is a woman after all, just relying on having more people and good luck! Once I find a chance to escape, I will definitely bring my full crew back to kill everyone, and burn this broken island and this woman to ashes! The name of 'City Burner' Sato will surely resound throughout the New World!"
As he was thinking viciously, he suddenly felt a gaze land on him.
He looked up and met Redfield's blood-red eyes, which seemed to be able to see through everything. That meaningful glance made Sato feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar instantly; it was as if his inner thoughts had been seen through completely, and a chill shot from the soles of his feet straight to his skull.
Charlotte Linlin scanned the group of pirates, whose average age was barely over twenty, with indifference. The anger in her eyes was gradually replaced by a calculation of resources. She touched her chin and made a decision:
"Forget it. Considering they are still 'young and strong,' This lady doesn't want to go on a killing spree today. Hand them over to Gerd and Ripley to handle. They happen to be short on talent over there lately."
(As expected! Women are soft-hearted! She's just letting us go like this? Hmph, once I get to the labor camp, just watch how I find a chance to escape! When that time comes, I will repay today's humiliation a hundredfold!)
Sato, being roughly hauled up by two Female Warriors, was once again filled with foolish optimism and delusions of revenge. He completely failed to notice the pitying gaze Redfield directed at them, like one looking at lab rats about to be placed on the experimental table.
Redfield knew very well that what his Captain called "not a murderous person" often held a much crueler meaning behind it.
Gerd's Soul-Soul Fruit required extracting life energy to create Homies, and Ripley's Gas-Gas Fruit experiments with various gases were in urgent need of "voluntary" human subjects... Falling into their hands, death might even be a luxury.
After this group of ignorant pirates was dragged away, Charlotte Linlin shifted her gaze from the ruins and surveyed the entire Thunder God Island. After a moment of silence, she issued a new order:
"Since the old one is destroyed, we will rebuild a better one. Mia."
"Here, Captain." Mia immediately stepped forward, holding a notebook in her hand.
"Plan it out. Rebuild the Tenshukaku on the original site, make it bigger and sturdier! In addition, incorporate the twenty adam tree warships we brought back this time into the patrol sequence as soon as possible, and assign them to various major shipping lanes and islands. I don't want any more blind things to be able to sneak up to my doorstep so easily next time!"
"Yes! I will get it done immediately!" Mia bowed to accept the order.
After arranging the reconstruction and defense, Charlotte Linlin stretched her body, as if trying to shake off the bad luck from before.
"Let's go. Since the Tenshukaku is gone, it's a good time to go to Hundred Flower Island for a few days of peace and quiet. There, surely no idiots will be able to break in and set fires, right?"
Hundred Flower Island was a small, beautiful island near Thunder God Island. It was the true core resting place of the Heavenly Calamity Pirates, and ordinary residents and outsiders were strictly forbidden from approaching.
Compared to Thunder God Island, where she handled government affairs, that was the paradise where she and her core crew could relax.
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