One Piece System
22.GRAY TERMINAL

And then a scene happened that even the three brothers would remember for the rest of their lives. Lightning descended from the black clouds and struck every small army that Sabo's father had just brought.

That lightning is enough to fry everyone who wears a gas mask. After a few seconds, the people around can smell the burning skin in the air. Sabo and the others were horrified by this sight. The father of Sabo almost wet his head to look at this while falling down.

Legs trembling. He thought that this child was only a little stronger. He was a noble, even though he did not care about the navy he heard about their strength. But what the boy showed was truly horror.

"So, is the incentive high enough? Are you ready to pay?" ask Ken.

"You .. You .. Do you know who you're talking to? I'm a noble. If you touch me or even hurt me, soldiers will come to take you down. The Marines will be sent to kill you. Do you even know what you're doing?" The courage that had been lost, was regained for a moment as he recalled his legacy.

"You're right. You are a noble. Even though you don't live in a miserable place in Mariejoa but you still exist. But you have forgotten the fact that you came here of your own accord and you hid this information along with the fact that you were going to burn this place down. What if I let you get tied up here. You will die in the fire and nothing will happen to us. The nobles who come will not care about you for who you are. Just one of the nobles and from the looks of it, your adopted son Stelly will not be able to rule the Goa Kingdom." Ken spoke about his plans openly.

"What's? Burn this place down? What are you talking about, Ken?"

"What does that mean?"

"Is he serious?"

"How is... How the... How the... How do you know this?" Sabo's father stumbled over his words, the more he spoke. This has never happened before. He finally felt afraid. Fear of death. All the money, all the status would mean nothing if he died here.

"It doesn't matter how I know. You tell me how you're going to pay? Gold or money?"

"Please forgive me. Please. I'll pay. I'll come back and pay." This loathsome fellow finally saw a glimmer of hope and it seemed like this kid only cared about money.

Sabo's father who saw a glimmer of hope lowered his head to make sure he understood. With the power he had just seen, he knew that whatever Ken was saying was true. There really is no power match against this guy here. He actually brought lightning from the sky and fried his personal army as if it was nothing.

"Go away and don't show your face. At the gate of Terminal Grey tomorrow morning. Bring 100 million stomachs and also the treasure of the ship and all. But before you leave, there needs to be a reminder to try to hurt my brothers. " Ken said as he jumped high and hit his shoulder with a powerful force. The father could not even react to what had just happened and then he was attacked by the excruciating pain from his right shoulder. He believes his collarbone is broken and there may be more damage.

After crying out in pain, he shut up and gritted his teeth. This boy is a demon. He hurt her in front of his own son!! That is tantamount to stating that this child is not careful in doing things. He went slowly from the way he came. He saw the bodies lying down.

Some of them twitched in pain while others were unconscious. Ken didn't really kill them even though he could. Ken has the point. These soldiers are not entirely at fault because they are only employees.

Plus he was pretty sure if he killed someone, Ace and the others wouldn't be able to look at him the same way. They were just children and even Luffy sailing in the future never killed anyone. Although idealistic, he never regretted taking this decision. Ken doesn't completely agree with Luffy with these ideals all the time, he has a lot of respect for him.

Ace and the others saw a Ken side they had never seen before. Cruel, cunning and even he managed to make money for himself. This is a new way to make money.

"Sabo, I'm sorry. I hurt your father." Ken apologized.

"It's okay, he deserves it. I even wanted to hit this guy. Tell me about the place that burned. What mean?" Sabo was curious like everyone else. He never really considered his parents as his family when he ran away. Now more see the soldiers and pirates he hires.

He was disappointed to say the least.

"certain. Some nobles would come from Mariejoa and the Goa Kingdom thinking that the Grey Terminal was ruining their reputation so they would burn it down and kill everyone with it here."