The slums of Caribbean City were as messy and dirty as the shantytowns of the place where a certain divine oil was produced in later generations.
The people living here are the lowest level of manual workers in the city, fishermen, craftsmen, dock workers, odd jobs, the lowest prostitutes, liars who make a living by pranking, thugs in gangs, and so on.
The buildings are all low and dilapidated, built simply with stones and wood. They are rough, crude and ventilated.
The houses are staggered and crowded together, revealing the twists and turns of the alleys. From time to time, malicious figures flash out of the dark alleys. Behind the broken doors and windows, there are also prying eyes.
There is a fishy smell floating in the air, and there is also an indescribable unpleasant smell that can make people stun.
Sewage flows across the ground, and there are no sewers in the haphazardly built houses, so all kinds of sewage is poured directly into the streets.
The dry road surface was filled with dust, and a gust of wind blew up the floating dust on the ground, covering people's heads and faces.
There were all kinds of garbage thrown everywhere on the ground, with swarms of flies buzzing around, and dogs and cats escaping from time to time, turning over the garbage everywhere.
The first time he set foot here, Lorraine frowned and curled his lips. Although Nadel City also has slums, the environment is much better than here.
The scale of Caribbean Port is larger than that of Nadel City, and the urban area is far more magnificent and luxurious than Nadel City, but on the other side of the lavish life, it seems to be in a dilapidated state.
The environment here can easily breed plague and infectious diseases.
In this era, the way to deal with the plague was very simple, which was to seal off the areas where the plague occurred and then let them fend for themselves.
Just imagine what would happen if a disease occurred in such a densely populated residential area. It is no wonder that a Black Death could kill one-third of the living people in Europe.
Vera also looked uncomfortable, covering her nose and looking at Lorraine with a grimace.
Leo found it quite new. Out of curiosity, he didn't pay much attention to the messy environment around him.
And Xiaobai stood in front of a house, looking at the crooked house. Out of the violent nature of the war elephant, he really wanted to try to see if he could knock the house down with one kick. But he was worried that the people there would run out.
Ask it for compensation.
Therefore, I felt a war between heaven and man in my heart, with a look of hesitation on my face.
Lorraine looked at the house in front of him, this was his destination today.
The low eaves, the cracked wooden door, the tattered and blackened fishbone signboard on the door, the writing on it has long been blurred.
Even a blind guesser would be able to figure out that it says "Fishbone Tavern".
"This is it." Lorraine greeted Vera and Leo, pushed open the wooden door of the pub, and stepped in.
A wave of hot air mixed with the stench of sweat rushed towards my face.
The tavern was already full of people, wearing vests and short shirts, or simply shirtless people, sitting around the greasy tables. Various swear words were mixed in with the unbridled laughter of the big men, and there were also
You can hear the sounds of women flirting with people.
If you look around, you can still see scantily clad women with heavy makeup and carrying a five-cent bucket of low-quality perfume walking through the tavern. The heavy makeup has completely covered her face, leaving only a bloody mouth.
The moment Lorraine walked in, the tavern suddenly became silent, and everyone looked at the uninvited guest who suddenly appeared in front of them.
But soon, these people went back to what they were doing, but their eyes glanced at Lorraine and the others from time to time. The malicious eyes flashed past.
Lorraine frowned slightly and thought to himself: There is a mixture of fish and dragons, this is indeed a good place to hide people. Whitebeard has set this place as a contact point, which is indeed good.
Although on the surface it seems that their place is extremely chaotic, in reality it is loose on the outside and tight on the inside. Not to mention a secret agent, even a stranger like himself will stand out like a beacon in the dark night.
He just glanced briefly and already noticed a few things that were wrong. The bearded man sitting at the counter, although his eyes were blurry due to drunkenness, his right hand never left the handle of the war hammer next to him.
The tall and thin man leaning against the fireplace, although he was arrogant, his hands were extremely clean, and from the flash of light under his clothes, we knew that he was a master of throwing knives.
Although the dancer sitting next to her was wearing revealing clothes, she sat like a green pine with her back straight. No one around her dared to come forward and strike up a conversation. It was obvious at a glance that she was a practicing practitioner, and her status was not low...
While Lorraine was sizing them up, those people also noticed Lorraine and kept turning around to look at him.
At this time, Leo jumped out from behind him.
He looked at the lively pub in front of him, grinned and said with a smile: "It's so lively here~!"
Accustomed to the dance parties of the upper class, Leo walked into the simplest tavern for the first time, and was naturally very surprised.
Leo was especially envious of those strong, shirtless men. Unfortunately, every time he did this, he showed off the two hairtail fish that were carefully drawn on his body, the black cat Sheriff, Astro Boy, or the Crayon Kid.
When he was young, he would be caught by Catherine, and he would be beaten without any explanation.
Later, when Vera walked in the door, there was a burst of exclamation and noise in the tavern.
These lowly roughnecks had never seen such a beauty before. At that moment, all of them stared at the pretty and lovely Vera with their eyes wide open and drooling.
That kind of disgusting look made Vera extremely dissatisfied. She stamped her foot slightly and was considering whether to throw a fireball or something here to make them calm down.
Lorraine glanced around the tavern with a straight face, and then snorted coldly.
Looking at Lorraine's outfit, the old people in the tavern who were looking for a living knew that this was not a rich person who should appear here.
Although many of them are desperadoes, they are not fools who just look for trouble - all those guys without eyes have long since died.
These people have been around for a long time and know that they cannot afford to offend the wealthy young men from the city. Although they don't know why people like Lorraine and others appear here, many people still avoid looking at them knowingly.
A plump woman in an apron came quickly to Lorraine and the others, and said with a coquettish smile: "Hey, it's rare to have a few distinguished guests come to the door. Young Master, please come and take a seat."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to hold Lorraine's arm, and then half of him leaned on Lorraine's body, his chest kept rubbing against Lorraine's arm, and he pulled Lorraine into the tavern.
Several women not far away shouted in dissatisfaction: "This slutty bitch got the better of me again."
Xiaobai was following at the back and had just poked his head over.
It walked towards the tavern, but suddenly stopped, shook its head and looked left and right, and found that it was stuck by the tavern door~!
Seeing Lorraine and Leo walking inside, Uncle Xiaobai became anxious. He arched his body and exerted his strength. With a click, the old and cracked threshold deformed and broke in the middle. Xiaobai let out a cry, and then shook the broken pieces on his body.
Scum, and then rumbled his steps to catch up with Lorraine and Leo.
Hearing such a loud noise, Lorraine turned her head and looked at the doorway, which was missing a large piece of it. She slapped her forehead and sighed helplessly.
These two little guys are all top-level dog-skin plasters. I didn’t want them to follow me at first, but I was afraid that they were too young and their identities would be exposed accidentally. I had to acquiesce.
Leo patted Xiaobai's head and said, "Xiaobai, look, I told you to lose weight a long time ago, but you still eat so much every day, now you're better."
Xiaobai looked at Leo innocently, as if to say, "It's not my fault."
"My door~!" A shrill wail sounded, and then a huge black figure rushed towards Lorraine and the others, and its momentum was no less powerful than Xiaobai's running.
When he arrived, Lorraine saw clearly that he was a fat man with a chubby body.
As he ran, the fat on his body trembled, his legs were no thinner than Xiaobai's legs, and he was wearing a dirty and black clothes.
He rushed past Lorraine and the others with a demonic wind, then hugged the door frame that Xiaobai had knocked open, and howled loudly.
"My great-great-great-grandfather, I am unfilial to my child~! I failed to save our family's heirloom~! I'm sorry for you~! Our family's treasure that has been passed down for eight generations has been ruined like this..."
The howling sound is like killing a pig, and it can make people's eardrums hurt.
Vera and Leo stared at the fat man with their mouths open. Even Xiao Bai was startled and looked at the howling fat man inexplicably.
Lorraine looked at this familiar scene and couldn't help but feel nostalgic at the moment. She couldn't help laughing softly.
The fat man howled for a long time, but no one came to say a word. Lorraine and the others just watched him.
Howling so loudly takes a lot of effort, and soon the fat man's throat becomes dry.
He rolled his eyes, jumped up on the ground, walked to Lorraine, and said fiercely: "Boy, your pet damaged my family heirloom, how do you think you should compensate me?"
Lorraine tilted her head and looked at the fat man in front of her, and said, "Heirloom?"
"Yes, it's this door." The fat man spat out his saliva and said loudly: "This door in my house is an old thing with a history of three hundred years. It was made and used by my great-great...grandfather in his life.
But the best huanghuali wood was hired from the most famous carpenters at the time. It took three years just to carve the flowers on the door frame, and now...now you actually..."
Lorraine sneered and said, "You just don't know what you are doing."
"What?" The fat man shouted angrily as he was filled with evil thoughts.
He took off his clothes, revealing the thick long hair on his chest, as well as the tattoos on both sides. Then he threw the clothes heavily on the ground, jumped on his feet, and shouted: "You dare to say that I don't know the goods? The whole pub, no, the whole neighborhood
Anyone can prove to me that this wooden door in my Yule house is inherited from my ancestors~!"
The people in the tavern started making noises loudly.
"Yes, yes, we prove that this is an antique."
"A full three hundred years of history."
"This was consecrated by the high priest back then."
"If you damage it, you have to pay for it. You can't be unreasonable."
"That's right, that's right..."
When he heard that someone was supporting him, the fat man became more courageous. He held his head high and looked at Lorraine confidently.
Seeing this, Leo clapped his hands and suddenly realized: "Oh, it turned out to be a porcelain touch. Grandma, I finally got to touch it~!"
He immediately turned around, climbed onto the table next to him, and then looked down at this side with joy. He wanted to learn some excellent experiences from middle school so that the young man could digest and absorb them, consolidate and improve.
Lorraine smiled and said: "You say you don't know the goods, but you really don't know the goods. Is that huanghuali wood? That one is obviously rosewood, which is much more valuable than huanghuali wood."
"Ah?" The fat man was stunned for a moment, a little confused, and said: "Rose sandalwood? Ah... yes, it's made of red sandalwood, red sandalwood. Yes, it's made of red sandalwood~!"
This damn fat man must have extorted a lot in the past, and he is used to seeing others bargaining and paying back the money on the spot. He suddenly met someone who was willing to give more money, and he was very uncomfortable. He couldn't help but feel nervous.
But then I looked at the gangsters around me. They were all scheming and planning to blackmail this pretty boy. At that moment, I couldn't help but feel bold.
He slapped the table, spitted and shouted loudly: "Boy, tell the truth, if you don't come out with fifty gold coins, you won't be able to leave my house today. I will have to take off one of your legs~!"
Lorraine was not angry, but rubbed her chin and said thoughtfully: "Fifty gold coins? Too little? This door must be worth three to five hundred gold coins."
The fat man was stunned and said with a dull expression: "Three to five hundred...gold coins..."
Lorraine looked at his expression and couldn't help but wonder: "What, too little?"
The fat man's face shone with joy, and he kept saying: "It's quite a lot, it's quite a lot. Bring the money quickly. Since you are so honest and sensible, I will give you another discount."
As he said that, he stretched out his fat palm in front of Lorraine. He was afraid that if he took a step forward, the pretty boy would understand and wouldn't give him any money.
Lorraine lowered his head and looked at his black oily hand, and said calmly: "Okay, then I will write you a note, and you go to the city guard's house to find Fiona to get the money."
"City...Cheng Shoufu." The fat man's eyes were as wide as those of an ox, his face suddenly changed, and he stammered.
The waitress next to her came close to the fat man's ear and whispered: "You damn fat man, you didn't see me winking at you for a long time. They came in the city guard's car, otherwise I would sacrifice my appearance."
?
If lard has deceived you, you will die~!"
The fat man was so frightened that the color drained from his face.
Seeing Lorraine looking at him with a smile, the fat man suddenly became smart and rolled his eyes. Then his big oily face twitched a few times and forced a smile.
He bent down deeply, then said with a smile: "Sir, my lord, I just made a joke.
Although this door is an antique, it is nothing compared to the visit of your distinguished guest.
Don't tell me, from the moment you walked in, I felt that my century-old store suddenly became brighter. Please sit down, Munna, Munna, are you lazy girl again? Come on, please sit down. Munna, Munna, are you lazy girl again?
, go and get the bottle that I have treasured for sixty years.
And you, you despicable scoundrels, what are you looking at? Why don’t you make way for me now?”
Lorraine said: "What about this door?"
The fat man waved his hand and said: "Why don't you know the door? Ouch, I didn't hurt this cute little elephant of yours."
The fat man reached out to touch Xiaobai, but Xiaobai looked at his big black and oily hands, took a half step back, and raised his big teeth at him.
The fat man retracted his hand nonchalantly, looked at Lorraine with a flattering smile, bowed repeatedly and said: "Please, please."
Lorraine smiled and said: "Sir, I am not an unreasonable person, so I will compensate you."
Lorraine popped out a gold coin, rolled up into the air, and then landed in the fat man's hand.
When he saw a yellow gold coin in his hand, the fat man bent even lower, smiled brighter, and said loudly: "Muna, where are you? Why don't you clean up the table quickly and go get the set I saved when I got married?"
Bring the tablecloth."
The yellow golden light also stung other people's eyes.
Although everyone was a little jealous, they all just heard Lorraine calling himself Lord.
Nobles with titles are not something ordinary people like them can afford to offend. Most people can only covet the fat man's good luck.
At this time, a pale-faced drinker stood up unsteadily. It was obvious at first glance that he was drunk.
He was smelling of alcohol, his hair was flying, and he staggered towards the door.
When the drinker passed by Lorraine and the others, his feet staggered and he stumbled. He rubbed against Leo and said with the smell of alcohol: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
As he said this, he struggled to stand up, staggering and trying to walk out.
Leo's expression changed immediately, then he reached out and grabbed his wrist, and then punched the man in the stomach.
The man immediately screamed and bent over in pain.
Leo did not hesitate, and slapped him in the face with a big mouth.
The drinker covered his face and said loudly: "Why are you hitting people?"
Leo shouted angrily: "Boy, touch my wallet, you are too young~!"
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to grab a string around his waist and pulled hard. Suddenly, a wallet fell out of the drinker's arms, and several more money bags fell out next to it.
At this time, all the people screamed in surprise.
"My wallet."
"My wallet is missing too~!"
"..."
Leo ignored them, but put away his wallet, then raised his leg, kicked the drinker on the butt, and cursed angrily: "Get out!"
The drinker was immediately kicked and staggered a few steps, and then took advantage of the situation and ran away quickly.
At this time, the guests who had lost their wallets also chased them out angrily and cursed.
The fat man saw it and immediately chased him out, shouting loudly: "Asshole, you haven't given me the money yet, you haven't given me the money yet~!"
But it was obvious that he couldn't run as fast as those people. In the end, he had to turn back with a sad face. He cursed angrily: "These bastards always use excuses to escape the bill, and they still say that my wine is not good.
Next time I’ll make sure to put urine in their wine~!”
Lorraine couldn't help but frowned.
He looked at everyone in Lorraine and immediately realized his gaffe, and hurriedly said: "I'm just angry, but I just said it casually. Sir, don't be offended, don't be offended, haha, hahaha..."
He led everyone in Lorraine to the table, picked up the wine bottle and was about to pour the wine.
Lorraine waved his hand and said with a smile: "Forget it. Don't take out these watered-down things to embarrass yourself. I'm here to find someone. Is the one-eyed Duke here?"
The fat man was stunned for a moment and said, "Oh, well, I've never heard of this guy."
"Oh?" Lorraine looked up at the fat man, and saw that he still had a simple and honest smile on his face, but his eyes were rolling around. Lorraine smiled and shook his head, took out another gold coin and kept it on the table, and said: "Tell me
He was sent to me by the director of the theater. I have a big deal to discuss with him."
Fatty's eyes immediately flashed with a sharp look, and then he muttered in a low voice: "That old dog."
He hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Sir, please wait a moment."
After saying that, the fat man quickly walked to the back door and disappeared into the dark doorway.
Leo rolled his eyes, picked up the wine bottle on the table and poured himself a glass, then took a small sip, and then squirted out with a "poof~" sound.
"Bah, bah." Leo vomited twice and said angrily: "This is also called wine, it's similar to cat urine."
Lorraine shrugged and said: "Otherwise you think, look at them, they are still envious of the bottle of wine in your hand."
Leo glanced around and saw that many people were looking at the half bottle of bad wine on the table.
"Bah, the common people are already living like this, and the demons still want to invade us. They are mentally ill." Leo said bitterly.
Lorraine smiled and said: "That's why they envy us for having good things, but don't want to do it themselves. The easiest way is of course to grab it."
The two chatted for a few more words.
At this time, a figure appeared in the doorway. Lorraine felt that he was looking towards her. When Lorraine raised her head, the figure had already flashed past.
Then the owner of the tavern came out and whispered in Lorraine's ear: "Sir, please come with me."
Lorraine and the others followed the fat man through the back door. After Lorraine and the others, several people in the tavern looked at each other, stood up and followed Lorraine and the others.
After passing a messy courtyard, the fat man opened a door and said, "Please come in."
Lorraine and the others walked into the house and saw a big man wearing a turban sitting in the middle looking at them coldly.
As the name suggests, this big man had deep scars on the right half of his face, across his eyes, and the eye sockets sunk deeply, leaving only a deep, chilling hole.
The big man used his remaining eye to look at Lorraine carefully up and down for a long time before he said, "I heard you were looking for me."
Lorraine also looked at him carefully, and then said: "Are you Duke?"
The big man nodded.
Lorraine pulled up a chair and sat across from him, saying, "I heard that you know Whitebeard?"
Duke squinted his eyes and looked at Lorraine. After a while, he nodded slowly.
"I want to discuss a business deal with him." Lorraine hesitated and finally said.