The moment Kuro appeared, Zoro's beast-like instincts immediately realized that the man in front of him was powerful and that he was a good opponent.
"East Blue's new pirate hunter, said to be a monster in human skin, Roronoa Zoro!"
Kuro held up his glasses with his palms and said emotionlessly, showing that although he was hiding, he would still pay attention to various events that happened in East Blue.
This is also the importance a smart person attaches to information. After all, he has also considered the situation of being approached and discovered.
"Butler Klahadore, you, are you really a pirate?"
Merry looked nervously at this old acquaintance, the kind housekeeper, whose temperament had changed drastically, and instantly turned into a cold and terrifying pirate.
"If I kill you all, I will no longer be a pirate. Merry, I will kill these two pirates to avenge you!"
The dagger in Kuro's hand stabbed Merry instantly, showing no mercy, even though he had been with this gentle housekeeper for two years.
~Ding!~
"Hey, killing someone in front of me is not okay!"
Zoro also instantly drew his sword to block Kuro's dagger, saving a frightened Merry.
"You have ten minutes, Zoro. Or I'll take over!"
Basire picked up the frightened Merry and threw him into the house. Then he found a random place to sit down and quietly watched the two guys fight.
"Hey, Kuro, do you want to call the Black Cat Pirates to help you? Why don't you go and get your weapons as well?"
For Kuro, who has a very high IQ and is very arrogant, Basire will defeat him head-on and give him enough respect. If he can't be subdued, he will have no choice but to take more drastic measures.
"Are you looking down on me? Or do you overestimate yourselves?"
Kuro's eyes have completely turned cold. His bounty was already 16 million two years ago. If he had not faked his death to escape, it would definitely be higher than Krieg's, who is known as the 'East Blue Overlord'. That guy's bounty is only 17 million now.
So what qualifications did the two fledgling pirate hunters in front of him have to be his opponents!
"Then let's make a bet. If you lose, you must join us. If we lose, we will give you our lives!"
Basire chuckled and looked at Kuro provocatively, with endless contempt in his eyes.
"Hmph! Just a childish provocation, you're nothing more than a brat!"
Kuro didn't take the two of them seriously at all. He wanted to kill these two pirate hunters quickly, then deal with Merry and resume the original plan.
He quickly stabbed the pirate hunter Zoro, but in just a dozen moves, he found that without his signature weapons, he couldn't suppress the green-haired brat at all!
Kuro feinted, then turned into an afterimage and disappeared at the door. He quickly returned to his room, got his cat claw gloves that had long blades on each finger, and at the same time dialed Jango's den den mushi, asking him to come to Syrup Village immediately.
Even if he suspected that Jango had leaked his information, he still had to confirm it. If he found out that he had really betrayed him, he would use the chance to kill him!
Zoro, who had just gotten excited from the fight, chased him into the mansion cursing, but as soon as he entered the door, he was already lost and ran in the other direction.
This scene made Basire's eyes jump when he saw it, it turned out that Zoro's direction sense problems were so terrifying!
Well, he gave Zoro his chance to fight so don't blame him for taking action.
On the other side, the Merry found his lady Kaya in a panic and told her all the facts, and Usopp also climbed up from outside the window, just in time to hear the news that Klahadore the butler turned out to be a pirate.
"Kaya, let's run quickly!! Let's get out of the danger first!"
Usopp nervously jumped into Kaya's room and quickly persuaded the sickly young lady to escape. The battle between pirates and bounty hunters was just too scary.
Kaya did not refuse the persuasion of her housekeeper Merry and her friend Usopp to leave here first. She also did not expect that her butler Klahadore, who cared for her so meticulously the last couple years, would be a pirate.
But she still wanted to confirm with him in person, why did he deceive her?
As soon as they ran out of Kaya's room and walked to the hall, they met that familiar figure.
But the butler whom she thought was really gentle had turned into a devil with a cold face.
"I didn't expect that you guys would find out! It's really annoying!"
Captain Kuro, who had his sword gloves on his hands, pushed up his glasses with his palms and said in a sinister tone.
His appearance made Usopp and Merry tremble in fear, but Kaya, who was frail and sick, unexpectedly stood up.
"Why, Klahadore? Is it possible that all your care and love in the past two years were just a show you put on?"
Kaya said with a pale face, she has always trusted this butler.
"Miss, this traitor Merry and Usopp have colluded with pirates. After I deal with these people, I will explain it to you!"
Kuro smiled lightly and thought that after he killed everyone he was going to make Jango hypnotize Kaya to make a will in advance and let him inherit all Kaya's property. Even if some villagers would be suspicious, he had to implement the plan. As long as they didn't have proof everything would be fine.
Originally, he wanted to make Kaya's health worse so that he could inherit the family property naturally.
He assassinated Kaya's parents two years ago. After Kaya fell ill, he added something to her medicine, which made Kaya even weaker and required long-term medication.
"You damn pirate, get out of my way quickly, I am Captain Usopp who has eight thousand followers!"
Feeling Kuro's cold murderous aura, even if Usopp was extremely frightened, he still stood in front of Kaya tremblingly in order to protect her.
"Oh! Pathetic!"
Kuro stopped talking nonsense, his sword gloves showed a cold light, and instantly rushed towards Usopp who was blocking the front. He wanted to kill both this liar and Merry so he could continue to complete his plan.
"Stop!"
Kaya cried in fear and closed her eyes, while Usopp and Merry were so scared that they couldn't move.
~Clang!~
"Usopp, remember, you owe me a life, maybe I should ask your father Yasopp to pay it back in the future"
A transparent shield barrier suddenly appeared in front of the three. Basire walked in slowly, while Kuro was knocked away by the huge force of his own attack.
"It's you!" x2.
Merry and Usopp said in unison. Both of them had seen Basire, but they didn't expect this stranger to save them.
"Devil fruit power!"
Kuro narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the bounty hunter solemnly. He didn't expect that the pirate hunter Roronoa Zoro was already so strong, but this guy seemed to be even stronger.
In a small place like East Blue, there are not many devil fruit powers. In his information, the only known ones are Buggy the Clown and Smoker the White Hunter.
"Kuro, the bet is still valid! Either join or be killed, let me see your strength and ambition!"
Basire slowly pulled out Sandai Kitetsu, and the atmosphere on the place suddenly became strangely cold. Everyone seemed to feel the ominous aura of this cursed sword.