One Piece, I will gather the faith

In the distance, the villa was burning in a raging fire. In the sea of ​​fire, more than a dozen people were wailing in despair, which was very miserable.

And Lake just watched all this quietly, without any ripples on his face.

Perhaps, after coming to this world, he had already prepared himself mentally. This road to harvesting faith is destined to be not smooth sailing. For the sake of faith, using extreme means may sometimes be inevitable.

After all, what is more terrifying than death?

And what is more exciting than escaping death and surviving by chance?

Under strong emotional reactions, thanking God may be a subconscious action.

Therefore, for the sake of faith, it is necessary to use extraordinary means in extraordinary times.

Maka and his brothers stared at everything in front of them in amazement, watching Scar and his most trusted confidant tied to a stake, being ruthlessly devoured by the raging fire, and shuddering.

Suddenly, fear surged into his heart like a tide, and then spread to his whole body.

They looked at Lake tremblingly, with a difficult swallowing sound rolling in their throats.

Obviously, Lake's ruthless approach completely shocked them. In comparison, the verbal threats they made when collecting protection fees were just like a child's game.

Therefore, when Lake asked them if they believed in God, they nodded without hesitation.

After all, hesitation for a second is disrespect for life.

So, they saved their lives.

Of course, Lake did not intend to let them go easily.

Although they verbally claimed to believe in God, could Lake not know whether it was true or false? At this time, they had no real faith in their hearts, only the desire to survive.

He wanted to bring these dozen people back, and he wanted to verify how to target these people who liked to get something for nothing. Perhaps they should all be physically eliminated.

Of course, if these people still did not truly believe in God after a year, they would be ruthlessly eliminated.

Therefore, these people were just his test subjects. Perhaps their cowardice, coupled with the lack of mockery before, gave them a chance to survive.

As for the other gang in Beifeng Port, he had no intention of taking action for the time being. After all, if too many people died at once, it would easily cause a social uproar and attract unnecessary attention.

Although those gang members were all scum and scum, and it was very likely that no one would care if they died, he did not want to take risks and wanted to be safer.

Besides, God is merciful, and it is enough to punish him occasionally. Too many disasters will inevitably destroy God's image of mercy.

However, if killing a chicken to scare the monkeys does not work, he will still take action again and kill those disobedient monkeys.

In the next few days, Lake did not leave, but chose to stay in Beifeng Port.

He needed to observe the subsequent fermentation of the incident. After all, so many people died at once, although they were all gang members, he also wanted to know whether this would cause a major impact.

After all, he was not familiar with the rules of operation of this world, and he wanted to take this opportunity to figure out the attitude of national power towards such things in relatively peaceful countries such as the East China Sea.

Although Maka had told him that the gangs' fight for territory and armed fighting were customary, as long as it did not affect civilians, the security team would generally not care and would not report it to the higher authorities.

However, he still wanted to witness it with his own eyes.

As it turned out, the collapse of a small gang did not attract much attention or trigger public opinion.

The security team and the news media seemed to have reached a tacit understanding, avoiding talking about the dark side of society, and seemed to be trying to create a peaceful social atmosphere.

The security team only sent people to check the scene briefly, and hastily closed the case after confirming that it was the gang's base.

Lake was also relieved. He also had some gambling elements, and he also did not want to make a big deal. After all, he still wanted to stay alive and become stronger?

Fortunately, the bet was right.

If it really attracted widespread attention, it might cause uncontrollable consequences, which he did not want to see now.

Although this incident was not widely spread among civilians, it was widely spread in the underground world of North Wind Port, and of course Lake's promotion was indispensable.

At this moment, all the gangs knew that there was a strong force behind the Balabala BBQ Bar, so no gang members had appeared in the Balabala BBQ Bar on another street for several days.

Lake was very satisfied. This was the effect he wanted. Killing people was not his purpose. Showing force and killing chickens to scare monkeys were his purposes.

As for staying in Beifeng Port, he had another purpose, which was to recruit believers. Especially now, there were far from enough manpower, and believers had to be developed as soon as possible, and the orphans here were exactly what he valued.

Before, with the help of the free food at the Balabala BBQ Bar, some orphans had learned about the Creator God. This time, he wanted to seeSee if he can really gain believers. .

Of course, this is an opportunity for the orphans to change their fate, and he will not force it. For those who can seize the opportunity, he can only say congratulations, and the future life will be smooth.

And for those who did not seize the opportunity, he can only sigh that those abandoned by God will have an extremely difficult future.

However, the effect this time was good, and nearly 200 orphans expressed their willingness to follow him to Harlan City.

He was very satisfied with this.

He found that the number of orphans in this port town seemed to be abnormally large. He speculated that perhaps it was because of the frequent population movement and excessive hormone production, which led to accidents.

He was purely curious and would not study too much. Perhaps this should be a topic for sociologists.

After the troubles in North Wind Port were solved and the situation stabilized, Lake took everyone back to Harlan City.

After returning, he asked Allen to lead three teams of guardian knights to the other two towns to also accept those orphans who were willing to come here, and to deter the local forces by the way.

The effect was very good. The local gangs really stopped interfering with Balabala BBQ.

His work was going smoothly, but some people were getting restless.

The atmosphere in the Mab family mansion was depressing.

"Father, things seem to be out of control. The kid from the Winks family has become powerful. I didn't expect the Hague Gang to destroy him at will. Their methods are really powerful." Victor reported, with a hint of stubbornness in his tone.

The middle-aged man's face was gloomy, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with the current situation.

"Do you know what he relies on? Is it really relying on those young believers?" He asked in a deep voice.

"Not sure, maybe. It is said that his Guardian Knight Captain is very powerful, and he is the only one who can defeat Scar." Victor sighed.

"What are the reactions of those gangs?" The middle-aged man continued to ask.

"They all said they would not attack Balabala BBQ Bar again. After all, the news of the destruction of the Hague Gang has spread in the underground world, and he sent those guards to Yantie Town and Yinyue Town in a swaggering manner. No one wants to wade into this muddy water."

"Forget it, the next time we trade, let's ask our admiral to help solve it." The middle-aged man sighed.

Obviously, Lake has become a force to them. It is obviously not appropriate to rely on their own strength. Relying on the power of pirates is also a helpless solution.

But this also means risks. After all, colluding with pirates will be severely cracked down by the navy.

"Well, that's the only way." Victor pondered for a moment and nodded.