Tom's smile gradually became more unbridled.
"Boy, if you know what's best for you, hand over all your money!"
In the alley, four burly criminals with knives surrounded a young man. Each of them had a fierce look in their eyes, and the one who spoke at this time was obviously the leader.
The four strong men were robbing such a frail young man, and they seemed sure of their success, with evil grins on their faces.
The young man who was surrounded looked only about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a normally-proportioned body and an upright posture.
There was a blue cat lying on the young man's shoulder. Judging from its appearance, this cat was probably a British shorthair..
The cat seemed to be very smart. Looking at the four men with knives, a vivid expression of "fear" appeared on its face. God only knew how a cat's expression could be so rich!
"Boss, I really don't have any money!" The young man showed his fear appropriately, rolled his eyes and said, "Can you please let me go and wait until I make some money?"
"Kid, are you joking?" The leading man was furious and took out a bounty order and shoved it in front of the young man. "I am the machete Sword with a bounty of 8 million Bellys! I have killed 56 people like you!"
"Then there's nothing we can do." The young man's eyes lit up. After carefully comparing the bounty order to confirm that it was the same person, he put the cat on his shoulder to the ground. "Tom, go! Kill him!"
The air was silent for a second, and then the four of them burst into laughter.
"Hahahahahaha!"
"Boss, he's going to let a cat kill you!"
"Do you want to make us laugh to death so that you can exchange us for bounty money!"
"Hahaha!"
The four brothers laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt. What could a cat do? Look at his silly look, staring at his boss in a daze. Could this poor little cat be so scared that he even forgot to run away?
Sword wiped his eyes. He had just laughed so hard that tears came out. It took him a lot of effort to regain his ferocious expression. "It seems that I have been completely underestimated."
It was no wonder they laughed. Tom did not look intimidating at all. When he stood up, Tom was about the same height as Chopper, and he did not look like he had any fighting power at all.
Tom stood on his feet, looking at the young man with his big eyes innocently. He put a finger in his mouth, his face full of confusion: I'm just a cute little kitten, and you asked me to deal with such a scary guy!
But Tom did not have time to think now, because Sword's big knife had already chopped down on his crown. Not to mention a mere house cat, even a tiger would be killed by one blow from Sword!
However, this time, Sword failed.
When Tom saw Sword's actions, his hair stood up and he subconsciously turned sideways. The sharp knife grazed his back and chopped down, scaring Tom's little heart so much that it started beating wildly.
It was really thumping hard, and there was a heart-shaped area on Tom's chest that was popping out and then shrinking back very quickly.
Tom's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He finally used his two little paws to calm his pounding heart. He turned his head fearfully to look behind him, and then left behind sad tears.
He saw his bare back, a small pile of short blue hair on the ground... and the white tip of his tail.
"Wow, wow, wow..." Tom knelt on the ground sadly, tears dropping to the ground.
Tom carefully gathered the fur into a pile, held it up and spread it on his back, and his back was restored to its original shape. Then he picked up the tip of the tail, aligned it with the cut on his tail, twisted it a few times like twisting a bottle cap, and gently stroked it, and the tail returned to its original shape. Then he looked at Sword in fear and anger.
The robbers stared at Tom's actions in amazement. What was the principle behind this cat?
With their brains, they naturally thought of a possibility. "Could it be... a devil fruit user?"
The eyes of the four big men lit up instantly. There was a slave auction house on this island where people with special abilities were very valuable. Catching one could be worth hundreds of thousands of Bellys at the minimum!
However, the people with special abilities they had encountered before were all powerful pirates. With the abilities of a few small bandits like them, they did not dare to do anything.
And now, just a cat!
Why rob the guy? If they could just catch and sell the cat, it would be enough for them to live a carefree life for a long time!
Sword immediately shouted, "Be careful, don't beat him to death!"
"Got it, boss!"
The four men surrounded the trembling Tom with wicked smiles, while the "sensible" young man had already retreated to the corner and was ignored by them.
The young man watched the show silently, seemingly not worried about Tom's safety at all: Come on, if you can kill him, I lose.
Although he thought so, his right hand was already on the back of his left hand, as if he was making some preparations.
"Go!" Sword gave an order, and the two younger brothers immediately opened their arms and rushed forward.
Tom was so scared that he gasped, opened his mouth wide, stuck out his tongue, and then the cat fell to the ground with his head in his hands.
As a result, the two little brothers in the air were in trouble. With a bang, they collided face to face, and they saw stars.
The two pairs of hands that originally wanted to grab Tom happened to meet each other, with their fingers intertwined. The two of them stayed in the air for a second before falling smoothly to the ground, with circles in their eyes, and fainted beside Tom.
As if he heard the noise of two people falling to the ground, Tom secretly raised his head to observe, and after seeing the stupid looks of the two people, he jumped up excitedly.
"Ah~ hahahaha..." Tom covered his stomach with one hand, pointed at the two idiots with the other, and made a very humane laughing sound.
"Those two idiots!" Sword was a little annoyed. He was actually laughed at by a cat. "Block his way. I will deal with him myself!"
The only remaining younger brother obediently held a knife and stood behind Tom, while Sword raised the big knife and chopped at the cat. Because he was worried about killing Tom, he deliberately used the back of the knife.
What happened next was beyond Sword's imagination.
He slashed left! Tom dodged right.
He chopped right! Tom dodged left.
He swept! Tom dropped swiftly.
He swept down! Tom lifted himself up by the tail!
...
Three minutes later, Sword was panting and sweating profusely. Normally, he could still be full of energy even in an intense battle that lasted for an hour or two, but today, for some reason, he became so tired much more quickly.
A young man who was watching the show not far away yawned. This Sword guy only used a few moves over and over again, and did not even call out the names of any cool techniques. He really was noob fodder worth only 8 Million.
After Tom dodged more than a hundred hacking blows in three minutes, his movements became more and more skillful and smooth, and his smile became more and more unrestrained.
This guy was even dumber than Tom had thought. Jerry and Jerry's relatives were countless times better than this guy.
Seeing that Sword had stopped with his sword, Tom opened his mouth with both hands and stuck out his tongue. "Lelelelelele~~"
This style of provocation was very effective.
Sword's eyes were red, he held the knife with both hands and slashed out with all his strength. This was the strongest slash he had made today, and he no longer used the back of the knife, but the blade.
At the moment of swinging the knife, Sword even had a premonition that this knife would definitely not miss again!
"Ah~" a scream was heard, but it did not come from Tom. Sword's knife landed hard on... his only remaining brother.
Tom stretched out his legs at some point and tripped his younger brother who was trying to dodge. The poor younger brother fell to the ground and was hit by Sword.
"Boss! I..."
A deep wound appeared on the younger brother's chest, and blood was spurting out of the wound. His eyes rolled back and he fell down. The knife in his hand was thrown up with the swing of his arm.
As luck would have it, the knife flew over Sword's head and the handle of the knife hit Sword on his head. Sword, who was exhausted, was strangely hit so hard that his eyes rolled up and he was on the verge of falling.
Tom smiled triumphantly, hopped lightly on one foot, bent his fingers and flicked the back of Sword's head lightly.
The man flopped over.
Tom looked triumphantly in the young man's direction and clapped his hands up and down to indicate that the problem was easily solved.
"Well done Tom! Let's get a snack later!" The young man came over and stroked Tom's head, praising him happily.
Tom rubbed the young man's palm with great enjoyment, and his saliva flowed uncontrollably when he heard about the promise of food.
"First tie them up and send them to the naval base. If they are really worth eight million, we can move out of uncle's house soon and even buy you a comfortable bed."
Tom imagined his beautiful little nest, nodded happily, reached behind him, took out a rope from somewhere, and skillfully tied up the robbers.
Young people were no longer surprised by this scene. As long as Tom flipped the fur behind him, he could always take out various props. No one knew how many things Tom had hidden in there.
If you lifted Tom upside down and shook him, matches, firecrackers, mousetraps and all sorts of miscellaneous items would fall out. It was like there was a four-dimensional pocket behind him. It was very magical.
Just like now, Tom even took out a bunch of tools, found a lot of wooden boards around, built a simple flatbed cart on the spot, and piled the four big men on it.
The four big men were stacked in a disorderly pattern and looked like they might fall down at any time, but they swayed strangely back and forth and left and right without falling out of the range of the cart.
A man and a cat worked together to pull the flatbed cart towards the nearest naval base.