"What?"
Hearing this, Bellamy was stunned.
Then a look of anger appeared on his face. "Damn it, don't be so arrogant. I am Bellamy. How can I not be qualified?"
"The master said you are not qualified. That's it." Warwick took a step forward, landing directly in front of Bellamy, and spoke fiercely.
Hearing again that he was not qualified, Bellamy's eyes filled with even more anger. The spring on his leg compressed and burst out suddenly as he punched toward Warwick. "Go to hell, you bastard!"
Bellamy's speed at this moment was very fast.
However, just as he approached Warwick—
Whoosh.
Warwick suddenly stretched out his hand, effortlessly grabbed Bellamy's neck, lifted him into the air, and then slammed him heavily to the ground.
Bang!
Dust and sand flew everywhere.
Warwick's powerful strength pinned Bellamy down tightly, making it impossible for Bellamy to struggle.
"How is this possible?"
"You must be kidding..."
"The boss was actually taken down directly?"
The members of the Bellamy Pirates were all stunned. They couldn't believe their captain, who had always been extremely powerful, now had no power to resist and was easily defeated by a member of the Black Crow Pirates.
"My lord."
Warwick's eyes flashed with a cold light as he looked at Mio, silently asking if he should kill him.
Although Warwick was a bit stupid, he still remembered that Mio was very interested in Devil Fruit ability users.
Mio stopped, looking at Bellamy, who was pressed into the ground, and the corner of his mouth rose slightly. He said lightly, "Have you seen the difference in strength?"
He had no intention of killing Bellamy. Upon hearing the command, Warwick let go of Bellamy.
Because Warwick had strangled him before, Bellamy kept coughing after being released, his eyes full of disbelief.
By this time, the heavy rain had already stopped. The thunderclouds in the sky dispersed, and the sun began to shine again.
Mio smiled faintly at Bellamy and said, "If you want to challenge me, go to the New World. If you become famous there, I'll give you a chance to challenge me. How about it?"
At this moment, he just wanted to see what kind of changes a character from the original story would experience under his influence, and whether it would impact the plot. Killing Bellamy would just mean losing a gene, which wasn't important to him.
Hearing this—
Bellamy was stunned.
Then he gritted his teeth, a firm look appearing in his eyes. The next moment, he said in a deep voice, "The New World... Just wait. I will definitely defeat you next time!"
After saying that, Bellamy suddenly ejected and jumped onto his ship.
"Let's go!" Bellamy shouted without hesitation, his heart still full of disbelief and wounded pride.
...
With Bellamy's departure—
On the deck, Robin stared at Mio with some curiosity and said, "Captain, I always feel like you're planning something bad."
Hearing this, Mio immediately patted Robin's head and said unhappily, "How can you say that to me? I'm a gentleman."
"Hehe." Robin rolled her eyes. Gentleman? I don't believe that.
"Huh!" As the sun came out, Mio stretched his body, twisted his neck, and grinned. "Alright, time to get to work. Everyone, move out!"
Mio looked at the island in front of them and said slowly, "Remember, only ferocious and powerful beasts are needed."
After speaking, Mio took the lead and stepped off the ship, his figure quickly disappearing into the island's forest.
Erica and the others did not hesitate and immediately rushed after him.
Soon, the beasts within the island's forest experienced a brutal massacre.
However, most of the beasts were captured first and then brought before Mio to be slaughtered.
The number of genes he collected grew steadily.
On the Black Glory, Robin listened to the distant roars of wild beasts, shook her head, and calmly continued reading her book.
A while later—
Mio returned to the shore, covered in blood. He jumped into the sea, washing the blood off his body.
At the same time, the antennae on Erica's forehead twitched, and the ants she commanded began sweeping the island to search for anything valuable.
When Mio walked onto the beach, he looked at Erica and asked, "Did you get anything?"
He was referring to Erica's command for the ants to search for Devil Fruits. It was rare to come across a good island, so naturally, they had to look carefully.
Hearing this, Erica shook her head. "No, sir."
"Then let's go," Mio shrugged, not showing any disappointment. If there was nothing, they wouldn't waste any more time.
The group boarded the ship once again and set sail for Alabasta.
The Black Glory began to move steadily over the waves.
On the deck, Mio looked at the gene collection panel only he could see and smiled in satisfaction.
Now, he wouldn't be lacking genes for a while.
Among the genes collected today, there were around thirty to forty types of beast genes. Although the quantity was large, they only brought attribute improvements without granting any powerful abilities.
With a thought, Mio closed the panel and looked at the sea map.
"Tsk, there's still quite a distance to Alabasta," Mio muttered to himself. After putting away the map, he got up and returned to the cabin.
Holding a bottle of whiskey, Mio walked to a special room.
Inside—
Four cages stood side by side.
One cage held a Nan Nan Jian bird, another a Saker Falcon.
The other two cages contained two cat Mink tribesmen.
As Mio entered, the Saker Falcon stared fiercely at him, from time to time clawing at the cage bars with its sharp talons and beak, making harsh scraping sounds.
Mio glanced indifferently at the Saker Falcon.
Then, a terrifying aura erupted from him.
Under deliberate control, the pressure shot directly toward the Saker Falcon.
The powerful force made the Saker Falcon faint instantly.
Satisfied, Mio turned his gaze toward the two cat Mink tribes.
Gulp gulp...
Taking large gulps of whiskey, Mio looked at the slightly frightened but ultimately determined Minks and asked lightly, "If there were two abilities in front of you now, one to summon a shadow warrior and the other like a ghost, hmm, with the ability to improve IQ—what ability would you choose?"
Upon hearing this—
One of the cat Minks hesitated for a moment and then cautiously said, "Well... these are three abilities, not two."
"...."
Mio glared fiercely at the Mink who had spoken. "I know there are three! No need to remind me. Just tell me what ability you want."