~Khah-Khah-Khah-Khah~

The leader turned his head to watch the dying slave before snapping his hands hard.

~Snap.

Instantly, a hidden guard appeared. And before the slave knew it, he was tortured 5 times before actually dying from the poison.

(x_x)

All this happened in just under 5 breaths?

Everyone looked at the slave's dismantled corpse and only felt their bodies shiver.

Indeed. Their leader was a cruel man.

But they liked it!

.

~Drrr~~~

The body of the already dead taster was quickly hailed away amidst everyone's discomfort.

And even though many were now wondering who would be trying to poison the leader, it was very typical for their leader to be poisoned daily.

In fact, if no one tried to poison him, it would be bizarre. Well, the culprits were definitely not themselves.

No. It was the handwork of other powers around too. Their leader was a man who controlled too much.

So daily, 3 or 4 tasters always died.

People also tried creating new poisons and sneaking them in, hoping that their leader would die. But fortunately, their leader was too smart for that.

In truth, for the fact that the poison could make it this far meant that it should be another influential enemy trying to kill the leader.

Without a doubt, if the powers belonged to ordinary people or even the 'wealthy' people of the world, it still wouldn't be able to make it this far.

Meaning only someone as tough as their leader could get it this far.

There are a lot of speculations, but does it really need mentioning?

Deep down, they already know who it is.

And just as that side kept trying to kill their leader, their leader also did the same to that side as well too.

As a matter of fact, right at this very moment, that side should be getting their own poison in their food as well.

What could they say? Strong people had too many enemies. So it wasn't weird.

Of course, there was another matter that they had to handle.

That is... Who captured the leader's brothers?

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Everyone felt like the world would soon be turned upside down because of the news.

Were their ears deceiving them? Or was this some joke?

The fact that someone even had the balls to do it was beyond them.

Even if they one day grew 50 heads, they still wouldn't be able to be that bold and daring.

Who was their leader?

He was the freakin' Head and Leader of the Pirate Organization!

He was the Alpha. The big dog. The big boss. The Almighty. The most powerful authority here.

The one whom the direct supreme Adonis leader himself kept trying to poison daily and failed.

Do you know how great the leader was?

Moreover, do you think that he could become a leader without strength?

The leader had a unique gift.

His entire body was strong as stone without any training.

That is, an arrow shot right for his heart might not even do the trick.

It was as if his entire body was a shield.

And damaging him required a lot... They meant A LOT of work.

They had seen their leader on the battlefield back in his teen years.

And they swore with their lives that even after getting hit, sneak attacked and so on, there were only scratches on his body.

Heh. Unless one was absolutely sure of their kill, it wasn't advisable to make a move against their leader.

.

Who doesn't know that when it came to their leader, all the legends about him were already extraordinary at his early age before he had even begun training the secret techniques?

So imagine the combined strength he had now?

That's why most people who think of killing their leader result in using poisons instead.

But they didn't know that back in the leader's early teen years because the leader's teacher had pointed out this point, he had been trained to be poison resistant from the age of 11.

So for decades now, the leader had long been able to resist so many things.

Of course, he still kept his poison tasters there to confuse the enemy and let them maintain the notion that he could quickly die from poison.

Additionally, it was also a great way to get new poisons and study them too.

That's right. The food or drink that the taster ate wouldn't be thrown away but studied. 

His Pirate research team at headquarters would hop on board to study it. And they typically partnered with others from the Morg institutes to study them all as well.

Any contribution to Morgany as a whole was a great thing.

And this was why Morgany would always remain on top.

Thinking of how powerful their leader was, they still couldn't imagine who would dare to pick a fight with the leader so boldly.

.

The burly man's terrifying aura instantly choked everyone on the table, making their hearts skip a beat: "How did it happen? I want answers, and I want them now. So speak!"

"Yes!" Everyone responded obediently before looking at themselves helplessly.

You look at me. I look at you... Who goes first?

Everyone swallowed their saliva dryly before someone began retelling all he found after asking his subordinate about it all for the hundredth time.

"Leader... It's said that Whitebeard's ship was found somewhere far in the dead of the sea in Area 3 waters, nowhere close to any empires or continents. And when they found his ships, they were all emptied and a bit damaged too. There were also blood streaks around as well. But for now, we can't say for sure whether he's dead or alive. But we mostly think he's alive."

"Oh?"

Bang!

The entire wooden table split in half, and the food and drinks all dropped to the floor in one big swoop.

Without a doubt, their leader was pissed!

But why take it out on them?

Didn't the leader know how terrifying he was?

(:w_w:)

Mommy...