Chapter 72: Iron Fist

  This is probably not just the thief's stealing technique, but also learning to deceive and gain trust, betray, be cunning, and even use girls' words or bodies.

  Hobodi asked himself if he couldn't do it, even though the young killers of his past life had killed important figures in a certain country without facing as much difficulty as he was now.

  Making a bet on life once and having a mindset of making bets on life every moment are completely different.

  "Hmph, this money will be confiscated..."

  As he was lost in thought, a sudden annoying voice brought him back to reality.

  Why did he dislike it? A daze crossed his mind, and he seemed to have experienced the illusion of being in the Barati restaurant again. Lately, he had been dreaming of an underwater world.

  Looking at that back figure, Hobbit subconsciously walked out.

  "Are you going to take action?"

  "Hmm..." Hobodi muttered to himself, the turmoil of anger in his heart left him perplexed, and he saw that illusion again, the one he had seen before in Barati.

  Underwater palace, giant mermaid's sympathetic eyes!

  Was the female mermaid in the illusion affecting her emotions?

  Hobbit walked up to Colonel Mouse's face, and the latter saw Hobbit's expression, suddenly feeling a bit uncomfortable: "What's with that look in your eyes?"

  "A piece of iron..." Hobodi stretched out one fist.

  "Steel!" The next moment, he suddenly saw his muscles bulge with blue veins, and his muscles made a few creaking sounds, as if steel was twisting together.

  The old mouse colonel instinctively sensed something was wrong and hastily ordered his troops: "Give me a shot..."

  "Iron Fist Eight Extremes: Charge!"

  Boom!

  The last word of Colonel Mouse had not been spoken, when a fist as hard as steel suddenly struck his face. The moment the fist touched his face, Colonel Mouse felt an extreme pain, followed by numbness. The sound of his cheekbone being crushed was like "Ka Ka Ka". No, he even felt that half of his skull had been crushed.

  Consciousness lost in an instant, Old Mouse's eyes turned white, his standing body, along with the aftershock of his fist, suddenly tilted and fell to the ground, his entire face was punched into the mud.

  Boom boom boom boom boom boom...

  "Watch out, young man!"

  The naval soldiers aimed their guns at Hop Toad and fired bullets at the same time as Hop Toad fell to the ground.

  "Igloo."

  "Snow Rabbit!"

  A wall of white snow suddenly appeared, enveloping the entire body of Hobodi, and then a burst of snow rabbits popped out from the snowy wall, counterattacking the soldiers, and the naval soldiers who were firing were hit one by one as if they had been attacked by bullets, falling to the ground.

  "You can't let them harm their superior, or else it's a court-martial ~" Mona licked her lips, recklessly exposing her cruel and murderous nature.

  A few minutes later, Monet's snow-covered hut was removed, and Hobodi looked at the villagers who were staring blankly at them, casting his gaze towards Monet.

  "This is Marine Headquarters Major Hobodi, and I am his secretary Mona! Everyone, don't worry, we're here today to deal with Fishman Arlong, of course, our superior, the marine scum, will also be dealt with."

  Monet's words brought the villagers back to their senses, and Village Police Officer Jianzhu looked at him suspiciously: "We've only heard that there's a Colonel Smogg in Rog Town, Headquarters of the Navy. Generally, people from the Navy are all on the Great Voyage, aren't they? And..."

  Jian Zhu pointed at their attire, casual wear that looked like a couple on a date, where was the military bearing?

  "Shouldn't you recognize this?" Monet pulled out a school cloak from his backpack and put it on Hobody: "Will it look normal now?"

  "Mmm!" The villager nodded numbly.

  "That's great, since it's the main department's officer, then the crime of beating up the branch school's principal shouldn't fall on our heads either~" Kenji let out a sigh of relief.

  "Yes, the Lieutenant Colonel of our department should be equivalent to a Major General. If there are naval officers coming to our island to investigate and pursue, we will definitely tell them that this old mouse colonel deliberately disturbed the people and was taught by you."

  "You people..." Mona didn't know what to say anymore.

  "Give up, Monet. What they're saying now is just unacceptable reality. Is there anyone normal here? I need to know where Arlong is right now." Hobo temporarily pushed aside his doubts and asked the crowd.

  "Ah Long!?" The crowd was shocked, Jian Zhu hurriedly walked to Hobodi's front and dissuaded: "I know you're very capable, young man, but going straight to Ah Long is not a good idea! Fishmen have more than ten times the arm strength of humans, and Ah Long is one of the best among them. Why don't you contact Colonel Smoker in Rogue Town?"

  "Are you looking down on us?" Mona said.

  "No, no, no, it's not that I look down on you. It's just that every time the warship comes, it gets sunk, and with only two of you...” Kenzo hesitated to say. Now that these two naval officers had finally obtained information about the island, if they went straight to find Aron and got killed, when would they be able to escape again?

  "Ah, I'll take them!" The orange-haired girl, who had been sitting on the ground, got up slowly, covering her shoulder and walked in front of Hobody: "Thank you for helping me protect Bellmer's orange garden. My name is Nami, I know where Luffy is."

  "We've actually met before, strong girl," Hobody said.

  Nami was taken aback: "Really? No wonder I thought you looked familiar, Uncle."

  "It seems like they completely don't remember you ~ Commander-sama ~!"

  Hobodi ignored Monet's mockery and turned his head towards Nami's shoulder: "Can you hold on like that until we get there?"

  "It's okay." Nami bit her lip and endured the pain, forcing a faint smile on her pale face.

  "Let me lead the way! Nami." Noriko hurriedly supported Nami and brought her to Kenjo and the other villagers.

  "No, you two girls go ahead, I'll lead the way..." To be honest, Jianzhu had seen how terrifying Ah Long was and with his middle-aged rationality, he still didn't quite trust that Hobardy and the other two could really take down Ah Long. He didn't want these two girls who were like daughters to him to die with those two sailors.

  "Jian, you're the village policeman, let me take you there!"

  "Let me go!"

  "I'll lead the way..."

  Everyone was vying to lead the way, arguing incessantly, until finally everyone decided to lead the way together. Monet looked back at the vast crowd behind him and smiled playfully: "I feel like the Commander has become a hero or something~"

  "I should have quietly gotten rid of Ah Long and slipped away." Hoboldi's expression was one of resignation, but his eyes still held a hint of puzzlement.

  What connection does the mermaid woman who can affect his emotions in that underwater palace have with him (this body)?

  The Sea King didn't attack his problem, Hobodi vaguely felt... The key lies here.

  After entering the great trajectory, it seems that an investigation is needed.