Chapter 37 Microcosm
As part of Mad Hat Island, the residential area covers less than half of the area of other blocks.
There are huge differences in popularity.
Because, residential areas are prepared for some pirates who are willing to stay and those in the underground world.
But the people living here are more elderly pirates like Thor who have returned from the sea, or pirates who have been injured and disabled in battle, but have a pension fund.
These people have lost the capital to look forward to the future, and have only a way of living that can continue to survive.
Under such influence, the overall atmosphere of the residential area tends to be lifeless.
Walking in every alley, surrounding you always have a stench like a "dead rat".
It is common to have dead bodies on the road.
After all, not every pirate eliminated by the times can be like Thor...
Have the capital to trample money.
Being able to open a store in such a position that is destined to be the result of bankruptcy.
You can also go to the Huajie Tavern to enjoy the consumption every day.
When you have nothing to do, you can spend a huge amount of money to buy a famous knife that you will never use.
In contrast, all they can do is spend all the remaining money.
Or buy a bottle of wine, sit in the tavern, listen to the energetic boasts of the young pirates, and use it to remember the past and then lick the last drop of wine.
Or go to the colorful flower street and exchange money for the familiar and exciting gazes that made you in the past, even if those gazes are falsely made of money, it doesn't matter.
Until the last penny is spent.
Then wait for death, or struggle again.
They are also pirates, why are the final treatments very different?
Maud knew the answer very well.
It is a force, a force that can make decisions on its own.
To live a better and more wanton life, you must have the power to reverse the will of others.
This is especially true in such a world.
Otherwise, he may eventually fall into the same as these eyesightless pirates in front of him.
Mode raised his eyes and looked at the pirates blocking the front of the alley, with broken legs and rusty machetes in the hands of the alley.
His eyes flew past his body, which was hollowed out by wine, and felt that there was no vitality, leaving only a malicious gaze.
Mod drew out his dagger in silence.
After walking through a few more lanes, you should be able to leave the residential area.
At the moment when he was blocked and robbed, Mode was thinking that there were still a few meters left from the block.
Then, before taking action, Maud heard a conversation.
"The one on the belly...is mine."
"I, I just need to be below my knees."
"Yes, the rest will be mine."
Rarely, I encounter such young and so white boys in residential areas.
The few pirates who were already few were so excited that they were trembling with a slight trembling speech.
Just a dagger, what kind of deterrent power can it have?
If it hadn't been for the flintlock rifle to exchange for alcohol early, it would have been even more labor-saving to kill the boy with one shot.
The future that was almost compressed to the verge of death was like cold darkness holding their thoughts.
It doesn't matter what it is.
As long as you can experience the feeling of having a full meal again.
Just try to taste the pleasure of the wine sliding across the tongue and throat again.
They could not wait to determine the right of ownership, and after they held up their long sword and slashed at Maud.
It seemed as if they had seen a reignited future.
Even one day is fine!
They imagined it so much.
However, the "prey" in front of him disappeared in vain.
Before my thoughts could catch up, a long-lost chill came from somewhere in my body.
Has been cut?
They each fell to the ground, and blood flowed out of the wound.
They overestimated themselves and underestimated Maud's threat.
Realize that hope is shattered, and realize that death is approaching.
They wailed.
Maud passed the three pirates and took no pause in the slightest steps.
Considering that he didn't want to be splattered by blood, when he took action just now, he deliberately avoided parts such as the carotid artery with exaggerated bleeding.
This means that before the bleeding volume meets the standard, these three pirates who are not worthy of Maud's waste of pen and mom will be approaching death bit by bit.
Ignoring the wailing sound of despair coming from behind, Maud walked into a corner and continued to move forward.
This irrelevant episode is nothing more than a microcosm of the world of One Piece.
Although there are still lights that are enough to break through the darkness in these microcosms, under the influence of the era of the Great Pirates, people are more willing to face the inevitable darkness.
Before actually embracing this world, Maud knew very well what he should do.
Before you want to gain a foothold, you must first gain a foothold.
Being stronger as soon as possible is what Maud is working hard to do now.
After walking through several crooked alleys, Mode finally walked out of the residential area and came to the wide street under the sun.
The "stinky smell" and "death" that always floated in the air was finally dispelled by the bright sunshine.
On the street, pirates carrying weapons came and went, with a lot of people, and it looked quite lively at first glance.
After the auction ended, most of the pirates attracted were not in a hurry to leave.
Rest and enjoyment are often more important than going to sea.
Furthermore, after the grand event, they could imagine the scene of warships wandering out of the sea.
Because Mad Hat Town is an area where the Navy cannot intervene at this stage, it is not a bad idea to cast a net outside the sea to catch fish.
Experienced pirates will avoid this potential risk as much as possible.
Maud walked into the crowd and observed the pirates passing by without a trace.
They are basically powerful men with Kong Wu, and there are also female pirates, but very few, and they are as strong as walking bears.
In contrast, the waitress in the tavern is simply an angel.
"Go to the tavern."
Mode expected to rush back to the weapon shop before the evening, and time was limited, so he had no time to hang out.
Last night, Maud could take advantage of the night to leap over the roof of the building to avoid the disadvantage of not recognizing the destination.
Now it's different. It's really a bit difficult to walk on the street normally and ask him to find the tavern he went to last night.
But he didn't think about going to the tavern last night.
In Crazy Hat, taverns are everywhere, and there are every neighborhood, but they are of different sizes.
Mod walked along the street and walked through the crowd.
When you see a tavern, you will slow down directly.
Small scale won't go in.
Those with large scale but no guests didn't go in.
Just pick and choose and move forward.
Before I knew it, I walked a kilometer or two, but it also allowed Mode to find a tavern with a large scale and a lot of passenger flow.
【Tomahawk Tavern】
Mod looked up at the signs of two blood-stained axes crossing the wine bottles, then pushed open the door of the tavern and walked in.
About half an hour after Maud entered the Tomahawk Tavern, the carefully dressed wolf rat also came to the gate of the Tomahawk Tavern.
The wolf rat looked at the tavern gate and then took out a small mirror to look at it.
Looking at the "handsome" self in the mirror, the wolf rat whispered intoxicatedly: "It's not worth my shower for more than an hour."
Immediately, I tried to squeeze out a kind and approachable smile.
So handsome and so kind, isn't it a trivial matter to make friends?
The wolf nodded with satisfaction, then put away the mirror, pushed open the bar door and walked in, not paying attention to the strange gazes that the pirates looked at him not far away.
"What a slutty guy."
A pirate gave a real comment on the wolf rat’s smile just now.
Chapter completed!