Free Web NovelChapter 214: Chapter 214: One Supernova per Kick
"You are..."
The moment Jovian stood in the hall, stepping on the Celestial Dragon’s head, all the pirates in the room became alert.
"That face... I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere before..."
Nami’s eyes trembled as she looked at Jovian. She opened the bag beside her, pulled out a newspaper, and on it was a clear report about Jovian.
"You’re that pirate hunter, the one who cleaned out the entire Sabaody Archipelago in three days and hunted down dozens of great pirates with bounties in the tens of millions?!"
Nami’s pupils shook violently as she spoke in shock.
"Ah... I’m already that famous?"
Jovian scratched the back of his head. He seemed not to have expected that he had already become so famous without realizing it.
"Are you here to fight?"
Although Luffy did not know who Jovian was, his sharp instincts told him that Jovian had come looking for trouble.
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Jovian looked at Straw Hat Luffy, who seemed eager to fight him, with a trace of disdain in his expression. In a flash, he appeared beside Luffy and pressed one hand on his shoulder.
"Hm?!"
Luffy’s expression changed as he felt Jovian’s palm on his shoulder. He could sense the immense force coming from that hand.
"I’m looking for you for something else."
Jovian’s face carried a lazy expression.
He really had not come to fight Luffy. He had other business with him. He remembered that Luffy would soon run into one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Tyrant Kuma, and would eventually be slapped away by Kuma to the legendary women’s island, Amazon Lily. Jovian simply wanted to hitch a ride.
Of course, he had once thought about spending money to build a big ship and sailing to Amazon Lily in grand, glorious style. Unfortunately, he had failed, because he had spent all the shipbuilding money he had earned on women.
"What is it?"
Luffy asked.
"You’ll know in a little while. Anyway, it basically has nothing to do with you, so relax."
Jovian patted Luffy’s shoulder.
"I see..."
Hearing this, Luffy nodded hard, then turned to look at his companions.
"Everyone, don’t worry! He’s not here to fight us."
"Don’t believe him!"
Nami and Usopp shouted nervously after hearing Luffy’s words.
"Don’t just believe someone because they said something! What if this man is lying to us? This is dangerous, okay?!"
Usopp looked at Jovian nervously, his expression full of caution.
"Huh?"
"But he already said he isn’t here to fight us!"
Luffy frowned hard. He had already confirmed that Jovian was not here to cause trouble for them or fight them.
"That’s exactly the problem..."
Nami sighed and looked at Luffy helplessly.
"Oh?"
"A lot of people seem to have arrived outside. Looks like Marines..."
"And there also seems to be an impressive guy inside this building about to come out. How interesting..."
"You all wait here for me first. I’m going to act together with you in a little while, so remember, wait for me here."
Jovian emphasized that Luffy had to wait where he was. Since he needed to catch a ride, he could not leave Luffy behind. But when he saw something interesting, he also wanted to get involved, so he could only ask Luffy to wait a while. Once he finished his own business, he would come back and meet up with Luffy and the others.
As for whether making Luffy stand still in place would change the plot and ultimately prevent Kuma from coming over to send Luffy flying, Jovian was not worried in the slightest. Admiral Kizaru would definitely come looking for Luffy. As long as an admiral came looking for Luffy, Kuma would definitely slap Luffy away for the sake of Luffy and his crew’s safety. When that happened, Jovian could hitch a ride and leave with him.
"Surgeon of Death, Trafalgar Law, right? You ate the Op-Op Fruit, didn’t you?"
Jovian walked past Luffy and the others, arrived in front of Law, and smiled faintly.
"Hm?!"
Law looked at Jovian, who had walked up to him, and his eyes trembled. While his expression turned tense, he drew his weapon, as if ready to attack at any moment.
"So scary. This man is so scary..."
Bepo, the white bear who was like a mascot brought along by Law, looked at Jovian, whose whole body radiated a terrifying pressure, and nervously bit his fingers. He seemed extremely afraid of Jovian’s horrifying aura.
"Relax. You aren’t my target either. After all, I’m a little interested in your fruit."
Jovian shook his head and continued walking toward the seats farther back. Sitting there were the man with the highest bounty in the Worst Generation, Eustass Kid, and his first mate, Massacre Soldier Killer.
"Hey! You bastard pirate hunter, you wanna try fighting us?"
Kid knew Jovian had made him his target, and his eyes immediately filled with defiance. He glared at Jovian with a hot temper, as if ready to tear him apart at any moment.
"I’m not the same as those small-fry losers you killed! I’m..."
Kid stared viciously at Jovian, his expression carrying a trace of violence.
Boom!
Before Kid could keep talking, Jovian’s figure instantly appeared in front of him and punched him in the face.
A violent gust swept across the entire auction house. Kid collapsed instantly, his entire cheek twisted and deformed.
"You talk too much, kid."
Jovian stepped on the unconscious Kid’s head and spoke coldly.
"Bastard! Let go of Kid!"
Massacre Soldier Killer saw his captain get defeated by Jovian in an instant, and anger filled his expression. He manipulated the two strange machines in his hands and arrived in front of Jovian at high speed, seemingly planning to cut him to pieces.
Clang!
However, in the next second, Killer’s two scythes sliced into Jovian’s body and lit up with dazzling yellow sparks. Then Jovian gently turned his body and threw a punch straight into Killer’s face.
"Ugh..."
With that punch from Jovian, Killer’s mask instantly shattered into pieces. His face was directly deformed by Jovian’s fist, and he fell to the ground with a thud, making no more sound.
"I’m taking these two with me."
Jovian picked up Kid and Killer from the floor and did not bother looking at the small fry from the Kid Pirates again. He walked straight out of the auction house.
"Hey, hey, hey..."
"You’ve got to be kidding me, right?"
"That guy with a bounty even higher than Luffy’s got taken down in one hit?"
Nami looked at Jovian as he left, her expression filled with shock.
"Ha..."
"That scared me to death. Good thing that man’s target wasn’t us!"
After Jovian left, Usopp collapsed onto the floor and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Just imagining what would have happened if Jovian’s target had been them was already too terrifying for Usopp to even think about.
"Someone’s coming out!"
At that moment, the outside of the auction house had already been completely surrounded by Marines. When Jovian walked out, the Marines became extremely excited. They stared at Jovian and shouted in shock.
"Form ranks! Prepare to attack!"
The commanding officer immediately adjusted his hat as soon as he heard that someone had come out of the auction house, then issued the order.
"It’s me. I’m not the enemy..."
Jovian looked lazily at the Marines aiming their guns at him and spoke in an unhurried voice.
"Wait..."
"That’s Mr. Jovian!"
"Quick! Lower your guns! Don’t hurt Mr. Jovian!"
Because Jovian often brought pirate heads to the Marine base in exchange for money, the Marines had all gradually come to recognize him. After seeing Jovian clearly, the officer immediately gave orders to the soldiers around him.
"Yes, sir!"
After hearing the order, the soldiers immediately lowered their weapons and saluted Jovian one after another. Although Jovian was not a Marine, in the eyes of these soldiers, what Jovian did was no different from what the Marines did.
"Here, exchange these two for money for me."
Jovian threw Kid and Killer, who he was carrying in his left and right hands, in front of the Marines.
"These are..."
"Captain Kid, with a bounty of three hundred fifteen million Berries, and Massacre Soldier Killer, with a bounty of one hundred sixty-two million Berries!"
"Two Supernovas! They’re two Supernovas!"
After the Marines clearly saw what the two people Jovian had brought looked like, their expressions shook one after another. Previously, some people had said that this bounty hunter Jovian’s strength was nothing special, and that the newspapers had exaggerated things. After all, the ones Jovian had defeated were only small fry with bounties in the tens of millions.
But now that Jovian had taken down two great pirates with bounties over one hundred million, these Marines were completely convinced. This proved that Jovian’s strength, if placed within the Marines, would at least be at vice admiral level.
"Ah..."
"Can you exchange these two for money?"
Jovian looked at the Marines and asked.
"O-Of course..."
Hearing Jovian’s question, the Marines’ expressions changed, and they nodded repeatedly.
"That’s good, because I really need money..."
"By the way, there are still a lot of other Supernovas on this island, right?"
"I’ll capture all of them."
"In one hour, I want to see all the Supernovas’ bounty money. I’ll leave it to you."
Jovian stuck his hands in his pockets and spoke to the Marine in front of him.
"Yes, sir!"
Hearing this, the Marine officer immediately straightened his body and saluted Jovian with great respect.
"Then I’ll leave it to you."
After Jovian finished speaking, his figure disappeared from in front of the Marines.
"Colonel, what should we do?"
After Jovian left, one of the Marines looked at their colonel and asked.
"What are you standing around for? Hurry up and prepare the money!"
The colonel looked speechlessly at his subordinate. A subordinate with so little awareness deserved to stay a Marine soldier for the rest of his life.
"Y-Yes, sir!"
After hearing the colonel’s words, the soldier immediately straightened his body, puffed out his chest, and indicated that he would go do it right away.
Elsewhere...
Jovian walked onto a street where pirates had gathered.
"The Worst Generation, huh? They’re all monster-like existences."
As Jovian spoke, his figure disappeared from the ground and flew toward those great pirates with bounties over one hundred million.
"Hey! I heard a Marine admiral is coming soon. Let’s hurry up and retreat!"
"If an admiral really comes, we’ll be in trouble."
On the street, a muscular man with huge feathers on his back, shaped like angel wings, spoke with a smiling face.
"That’s true..."
"A Marine admiral isn’t someone we can mess with!"
Hearing the strange muscular man’s words, his subordinates kept nodding.
"Bounty, one hundred eight million Berries. Mad Monk Urouge?"
Before the muscular man could prepare to run away, a light, drifting voice sounded beside his ear.
"Hm?!"
When Urouge heard the voice, he instinctively turned to look. He saw a dirty slipper, stained with fresh mud, kicking rapidly toward his face.
Boom!
Before Urouge could react, the instant that slipper touched his cheek, his body flew backward like a cannonball. The terrifying force directly smashed through the walls of an entire street.
"Captain Urouge!"
Seeing Urouge get sent flying, his subordinates shouted in shock.
"He really does look like a monster."
Jovian rubbed his chin as he looked at Urouge, whom he had kicked away. He nodded gently. He agreed with Kizaru. These Supernovas were indeed each weirder-looking than the last.
"What happened?"
After Jovian’s kick, the other Supernovas also rushed over after hearing the commotion. They were shocked that Urouge, who was one of the Supernovas like them, had been defeated in an instant. One after another, they stared at Jovian in surprise.
"You’re all here?"
"That makes things easy."
Jovian looked at the several Supernovas who had rushed over and revealed a slight smile.
The next second, time seemed to stop. His body instantly disappeared from where he stood.
"Hm?!"
As Jovian moved, all the Supernovas widened their eyes in shock, and their expressions were forever frozen in that moment of surprise.
Jovian instantly arrived beside Drake. Looking at Drake, whose pupils were slowly dilating, he casually slapped him.
Smack!
A heavy slap landed squarely on Drake’s jaw and directly knocked Drake senseless. His pupils scattered completely, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud.
"What?"
Apoo looked at Drake, who had been knocked to the ground, with disbelief in his eyes.
Zzt.
Before Apoo could fully process the fact that Drake had been taken down, a dazzling red-golden beam cut across the sky and landed on his body.
Then there was no then. Apoo, struck head-on by Jovian’s heat vision, collapsed on the spot and lost consciousness.
"This is troublesome!"
The blond-haired Hawkins took out the cards in his hand and performed several divinations in a row. He reached a shocking conclusion. The probability of him being killed by the man before him was as high as ninety-nine percent. The probability of him being defeated by the man before him was one hundred percent. And the probability of escape was zero.
In other words, the best possible outcome was that he would be captured by this man and sent to prison.
Zzt.
Before Hawkins could think clearly about what kind of countermeasure he should use against Jovian, a red-golden laser cut him in half at the waist.
"So scary. They all look like monsters. Good thing they’ve all been wiped out."
Jovian slowly stretched. He had really done a fine job.
"Marines, come clean up the mess."
Without even looking at Hawkins, whom he had taken down, Jovian shouted at the Marines who had arrived late.
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