#11 - Chapter 11 The enemy cannot break through the defense
"For pirates, treasure can be even more important than life..."
Head lowered, Henry Evan swiftly pulled out a short knife from his chest.
Suddenly grinning, he was only a step away from Jin, a distance at which he was confident he could deliver a fatal blow. This was the opportunity he had been waiting for, and his last chance.
This knife was stolen from the Rocks Pirates' treasure vault when the group disbanded. It could cut through anything and was indestructible.
"Eat this!"
This Marine couldn't be killed with bullets and cannons, so he would use a sharp blade.
Thinking this, Henry Evan licked his lips, trembling with excitement, and lunged forward, approaching from Jin's side and rear with a sharp whistling sound, aiming a forceful stab at his neck.
But in the next second, he was stunned to find that the feedback from his full-strength strike was like hitting a steel plate, stopping at the skin without being able to penetrate further.
"Oh, I gave you a chance, but you're just useless."
Jin shook his head. He had deliberately exposed such a big opening, wanting to see if this person could injure him, but no surprise occurred.
Buzzing...
The short knife stopped at Jin's neck, constantly vibrating, unable to go any further.
"Forget it, I'm not playing with you anymore."
Jin turned around, grabbed the blade of the short knife, and pulled it out forcefully.
In the next moment, the short knife flipped up and down in Jin's hand, as light as playing with a wooden sword.
"This is how you use a knife."
In Henry Evan's horrified gaze, the short knife gently sliced through the air. Centered on Jin, all the pirates in his sight were instantly decapitated.
Fresh blood gurgled out, the pirates' expressions still frozen in their final moments, their heads rolling onto the ground.
In a short while, the scarlet blood instantly changed the color of the earth.
"Don't make that expression. I still prefer your initial unruly look."
Henry Evan gritted his teeth, his teeth still clattering non-stop, and suddenly roared, "You clearly had the strength to kill us from the beginning!"
He was given hope, but then that hope was ruthlessly crushed.
Jin smiled slightly and stabbed the knife into Henry Evan's head.
"In the next life, remember to be a good person..."
"Hmm... no, with all the evil you've done, it's better for you to be livestock in the next life..."
With Henry Evan's death, the entire battlefield fell silent.
"The wind is quite noisy today..."
......
"Listen, there hasn't been any sound from the coast for a long time."
"Did Major win?"
"Probably, there's no shouting or killing from the pirates at all."
People gathered together discussing, the Marines remained silent, highly focused, paying attention to the surrounding sounds.
Tap... tap... tap...
The sound of leather shoes stepping on the road grew closer and closer.
"Yo, is everyone alright?"
Bare-chested, revealing a tanned complexion, his strong muscles showed beautiful lines under the sunlight.
"Hiss..."
The sound of gasping filled the square, shy ladies hurriedly covered their eyes with their hands, but a trace of sight still peeked through the narrow gaps between their fingers.
"Major Jin!"
Kuzan stood at attention and gave a military salute.
"Take people to clean up the battlefield. Collect everything and transport it back to base. Rewards will be given according to merit."
Jin casually took the coat Kuzan handed over and put it on. It was broad daylight, why did he feel a little cold? He was fine just now.
"Hoo, that's much better..."
He took the tea handed over by a Marine and took a beautiful sip.
"You all go and get busy, don't worry about me."
He didn't like being stared at all the time, feeling like he was a monkey.
So, he simply closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.
......
Some time passed.
Kuzan walked over with his hand on his sword, his shoes stained with a little red.
"Major, it has been confirmed that all the pirates were killed with a single blow, no survivors."
Jin opened his eyes and nodded slightly. He knew what he had done.
"There were no Devil Fruit users among these pirates, just small-time crooks, easily dealt with."
"Understood, I will write it in the report."
Kuzan took out his notebook and completed the action log.
When dealing with Devil Fruit users, the Marines would avoid directly killing them, instead choosing to capture them alive and send them to Impel Down for strict surveillance, to prevent the Devil Fruit from falling into other hands.
"Our army and the civilians suffered zero casualties in this operation." Kuzan paused and continued, "All the pirates were executed, a total of 502 pirates."
"All corpses have been cremated..."
This was the Marines' standard procedure for handling corpses. If a large number of corpses were buried or discarded at will, it would easily spread disease, and would also pollute water sources after rain.
"There are 22 women imprisoned in the ship's cabin, all of whom have been rescued and placed on the warship. Their families will be contacted after returning to the branch."
Jin nodded: "You can arrange these things. Be sure to take good care of them."
Kuzan hesitated: "If some people don't have any family, what should we do?"
Jin thought for a moment: "Then ask those people what they want first. If there is really no other way, we can arrange some work within their ability for those in need in the Sorbet Kingdom."
Next was the discussion of things that everyone loved to hear.
"This is simply a great harvest. The pirate ship has 5 million Berries, 1,000 taels of gold, and 10 boxes of gems and jade."
"650 guns, 50 cannons, and 1,050 various cold weapons."
Jin nodded with satisfaction. The harvest was indeed good, which could be regarded as comforting his heart that had been hurt by the system.
[Ding!]
[Mission completed, rewards are being distributed...]
[Points +2000 Training time +1 hour]
[Please keep up the good work, marry a rich and beautiful woman as soon as possible, and reach the peak of your life]
Peak your lollipop, you're embarrassed to show off with this little thing? Why don't you just give me a Devil Fruit or something? What can these three melons and two dates do?
[You want a Devil Fruit just for killing a small fry? Then will you want to fly into the sky and stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun in the future]
Hey, I have a bad temper...
In these years, the system has become more and more improper...
[Friendly reminder, the mall has everything, as long as you spend points, you can pick and choose Devil Fruits as you like]
Jin looked at the system store.
Animal Fruit · Commoner Form: 100000
Door Door Fruit: 5000000
Dark Dark Fruit: 10000000
......
Jin rolled his eyes. It would be faster for him to search the world for these fruits than to exchange them in the mall.
The more he looked, the more helpless he felt, so he simply shielded the system page.
"Major Jin, Lieutenant Kuzan, the team is ready, may I ask if we should return?"
"Return to base."
Jin took the lead and walked directly to the warship, followed closely by the soldiers lined up behind him, heading towards the port.
Behind them were thousands of people, spontaneously seeing off the Marines. They were really grateful that they could live in the sea area under Jin's responsibility.
If they lived elsewhere, the grass on their graves would probably be taller than them......
