Chapitre 25: Chapter 25: Do You Take Me, Lin, for a Punching Bag?
Achoo!" It was Lin Yan's first day with the Whitebeard Pirates. He thought it would be a sunny morning. But when he opened the door, a row of burly men stood there, startling him. His sleepy eyes suddenly cleared up.
"What are you guys..." Lin Yan was surprised. So many people at the door. What are you trying to do, hold me down and lock me up? Are you serious?
Next, the commanders stated their purpose: they just wanted to spar with Lin Yan. Listening to them, Lin Yan understood the situation, but he frowned slightly. Honestly, if one or two came to challenge, he wouldn't mind. But what did they mean by all of them coming together? Did they take him, Lin, for a punching bag? No way!
Lin Yan knew he had to refuse them. Otherwise, there would be a next time. Feigning seriousness, he sternly refused, "Are you serious? Don't I have any dignity? Fighting and killing early in the morning, is that proper? Do you have any morals? Disperse!"
Hearing Lin Yan's stern words, the commanders exchanged glances, seeing laughter in each other's eyes. After yesterday's event, they had already figured out Lin Yan's character.
"Lin, challenging you with so many of us isn't fair! How about this, we'll follow your previous rules," one of them suggested.
"But we're division commanders, so the treatment should differ!" another added. "For example, ordinary crew members pay 200,000 Berries, but we commanders should start at 300,000 Berries!"
"Considering your mood and the long time you'd spend with us, it should reach 500,000 Berries!"
"Given that we'd each have a turn, it would be several hours. Just to look after us, you'd need at least a million Berries!"
"So, all 13 of us would take turns [Marco isn't here], totaling 20 million Berries. That shouldn't be too hard on you, right?"
The commanders drove a hard bargain with Lin Yan. His eyes widened as he stood there stunned. Honestly, he didn't catch what they said. But he caught the final 20 million Berries.
In other words, facing each commander, win or lose, he'd get 20 million Berries? Goodness gracious. Is earning money this easy? For Lin Yan, what's more interesting than money? Initially serious and wanting them gone, Lin's stance completely changed.
This wasn't a challenge! These people were treasures! The dignity he spoke of was thrown to the wind. In the face of wealth, dignity doesn't matter!
"You've got me figured out!" Lin Yan waved generously, ready to face all challengers. The commanders laughed and prepared to spar with Lin Yan.
To them, this was just ordinary sparring. But not to Lin Yan. They offered 20 million Berries for him to spar. If he didn't show sincerity and they wanted their money back, what then?
Lin Yan took it seriously. And his seriousness led to... Today, the commanders screamed in agony all day long!
To avoid disappointing them, Lin Yan decided to reveal everything. On the big screen, he showcased a variety of abilities: Devil Fruit powers, martial arts, swordsmanship, the Navy's six techniques, illusions, ninjutsu, the Sharingan, and more. Even someone as formidable as Jozu couldn't withstand Lin Yan's strength; he ended up battered and bruised. The other squad captains fared even worse.
What was initially expected to take about seven to eight hours to gather twenty million Berries, took less than two hours with Lin Yan in serious mode! In just two hours, the squad captains were thoroughly beaten, left trembling as if they had been squeezed dry.
After Lin Yan completed his task, Marco, the ship's doctor, got involved. When he saw all the squad captains, from the third captain Jozu to the sixteenth captain Izo, entering the infirmary bruised and battered, his expression was (ΩДΩ)!!
"Wha… What happened to you all?" Marco inquired.
Jozu soon explained everything, and Marco burst into laughter: "You all teamed up to challenge Lin, only to end up being taught a lesson?"
The squad captains shamefully lowered their heads. Paying to get beaten up – it was unprecedented! They were too embarrassed to even speak. They fell into a gloomy silence.
After all the squad captains entered the infirmary, the story quickly spread on the Moby Dick. The crew thought Lin Yan's previous feats were extraordinary, but they didn't expect even more extraordinary events to follow. This was only the second day! One person had challenged more than a dozen squad captains and single-handedly sent all of them to Marco's infirmary. This was truly remarkable!
While the crew was shocked, they also realized that this newcomer's strength had surpassed that of the squad captains. Meanwhile, Whitebeard also received the news. Since Lin Yan had swept through the Whitebeard Pirates, their discipline had noticeably improved, all thanks to him. Now, with all the squad captains losing to Lin Yan, it proved his exceptional strength.
"Gu la la la la!"
"Did all those captains lose to Lin? This guy sure can stir up trouble!" Whitebeard praised Lin Yan. But praise alone wasn't enough; someone like him deserved a suitable position. Otherwise, how would outsiders perceive the Whitebeard Pirates – as a place of favoritism and cronyism without recognition of talent? With this in mind, he made a decision: it was time to form a new squad!
Three days later, Whitebeard held an internal meeting with the squad captains, and Lin Yan was present. During the meeting, Whitebeard announced to everyone:
"From now on, the Whitebeard Pirates' seventeenth division is established! The captain is Lin Yan!"
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
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