Chapter 26: Mermaid Kemi Arrested, Charles Rose Holy Family
One thing Ren said is right, the Straw Hats are indeed a bit wasteful.
But there is a price to pay for being lazy, and it’s time for the Straw Hat Pirates to pay their tuition.
"Pleasing to the eye? That's impossible. It's not a gentleman to tease others." Nami complained dissatisfiedly.
She opened her belly and put the pizza, barbecue, vegetable salad, etc. on the table into her small mouth, as if she wanted to make Ren spend money and vent her dissatisfaction by eating and drinking.
He didn't eat for free, so in order to express his apology, he specially treated the guests at this luxurious restaurant.
He actually dared to bully her, play tricks on her, eat her, eat her... she would eat her until her body hurt.
She has never been as embarrassed as she was just now, and she wants to find a crack in the ground to burrow into.
Robin was calmer, considering his words.
She gently shook the goblet filled with mellow wine liquid in her hand, and stared at him confidently with a pair of blue-black eyes:
"You mean, we're going to run into trouble and need to ask you for help?"
"would not!"
Before he could answer, Nami yelled, "Luffy and Zoro will solve any trouble, so we don't need help from this guy with bad behavior and no grace!"
"hehe."
Ren inserted a piece of spicy steak with a knife and fork, put it into his mouth and chewed it slowly, with a playful smile, "Then I can only say that you know nothing about power."
I hope the little thieving cat can still be so confident in the future.
In fact, even if the "Celestial Dragon Incident" hadn't been triggered and Admiral Kizaru hadn't attacked, the Straw Hats would still have been "annihilated" on the Chambord Islands.
Because the leader of the Revolutionary Army, Long, knew that his son Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates were not strong enough to break into the new world.
He specially selected a suitable "trial place" for the Straw Hats.
If there is no preparation in advance to understand the abilities and information of each member of the Straw Hats, can Bartholomew Bear "just happen" to send them to a place where they can be trained?
On the trip to the Terrifying Barque, Big Bear went on a field trip.
Fighting the Celestial Dragons, attracting the Navy Admiral Kizaru...these are accidental events.
But when bears appear, it is inevitable that they will attack the Straw Hats. Before Luffy and the others leave the Shampoo Islands, he will definitely take action.
Renn can prove this. His "Delusion-breaking Eye" has just shown that Bartholomew Bear was secretly observing outside Bubble Park.
Luffy, Usopp and Merman Kemi were playing in the Bubble Park, and the traffickers had already approached them.
The trafficker was still Ren's "good friend", but because he was injured after being beaten, he took action a few days later than originally planned...
But mermaids are very valuable, especially on this island. Luffy and the mermaid Kemi are wandering around, and they are a group of people who are ambitious and not very vigilant. Sooner or later something will happen.
In short, although the time has been delayed by a few days, the "Dragon Incident" is still inevitable.
After being cornered, they would naturally turn to him for help.
In the private room of the restaurant, Robin put down his wine glass and cut a fragrant steak on the plate in front of him with his dining knife.
She didn't think much about his cover-up behavior and asked straight to the point: "Then Ren, what do you want to do with me?"
"I'd like to invite you to a place to fight... well, it's archeology."
For a moment, he almost said something about touching Captain Jin.
"Archaeology? Are there any ancient ruins there?"
Fortunately, Robin didn't understand what inverted fighting was, but his eyes lit up when he heard about archeology.
As an archaeologist, she is still a little interested in this kind of thing.
"Maybe, I'm not sure."
Renn took a sip of red wine and explained, "But there is a treasure there that I want. In order to find it successfully, I need the assistance of an excellent archaeologist."
"That's it." Robin showed a bit of hesitation on his face.
Renn is no longer a nobody now. The treasure he wants must not be simple. That place should be of great archaeological value. She is actually a little interested, but...
"What about the reward? You can't just do it for free, right?"
Nami suddenly interrupted. She looked at him, as if judging his worth - a big pirate, a rich man, someone to kill...
"One hundred million beli, or let me take one shot for free."
"One hundred million beli?"
Nami sucked in a breath of cold air, her eyes lit up and turned into a golden Pele symbol. Her fiery and hungry gaze made Ren's scalp tingle.
This woman, looking at him now is like looking at a money printing machine or a big fat sheep.
Whatever she did, she immediately forgot about it. All she saw was money...
Such a generous reward was indeed very sincere, and Robin was a little moved.
Compared with the 100 million Baileys, she cared more about Ren's chance to take action. She was very aware of his strength - it was powerful enough to rival the three generals of the Navy.
But Robin still asked calmly: "If I agree, how long will it take?"
"It's been coming and going for about ten days."
"No, it's too long."
As the navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates, Nami frowned after estimating the itinerary, "We will leave here in a week and go to Fishman Island."
Unfortunately, there is no way to make this money. She loves money, but she cares more about her companions.
Robin also shook his head: "Well, it's been too long. I don't have such a long time to go with you."
If it only took three or four days, it wouldn't hurt to go and have a rest. She still had some affection for Ren, her "childhood friend".
But she couldn't make the entire pirate group wait for her for more than a week.
The Chambord Islands are located near the Red Continent’s holy land of Mariejoia and Marine headquarters. They are not a place to stay for a long time. With Luffy and Zoro’s lawless characters, the longer they stay here, the easier it is to get into big trouble...
Even though he was rejected, Ren didn't panic at all.
His face darkened and he deliberately showed a fierce expression:
"Hey, you dare not give me face as a bloodthirsty swordsman? Aren't you afraid that I'll fall out?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he was filled with evil aura, and the murderous aura that was as piercing as a knife swept across like a violent wave, causing the temperature in the private room to drop sharply!
Facing his cold and sharp gaze, Nami's body felt as cold as falling into an ice cellar. Her mind was trembling and she felt that it was becoming difficult to breathe.
'It's so scary...this monster...'
She gritted her teeth and subconsciously wanted to stand up and take out the weather stick.
Robin immediately reached out and held her shoulders, staring at him with blue-black eyes, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly:
"Francis D. Lane, have you really become a bloodthirsty swordsman who does all evil?"
She really didn't want to believe that the little boy who helped her once in O'Hara twenty years ago would become a bloodthirsty, extreme villain.
"What do you think?" Ren's face was cold, "After seeing the news about me in the newspaper, you still dare to refuse my invitation, are you not afraid of being torn into pieces by me?"
Robin sneered: "Newspaper? This is the only despicable trick the world government can use."
The recent news about the bloodthirsty swordsman Wren is very shocking. Rape and robbery... one charge after another has been slapped on his head.
She is also one of the victims of this method of smearing and framing.
At that time, Spandain personally placed a high reward of 79 million Baileys on the young girl for the crime of "sabotaging six naval battleships", and gave her the nickname "O'Hara's Devil".
She suffered a lot.
But this can only bully her, and is of no use to a big pirate like Ren.
"That's right, Judiciary Island was clearly destroyed by the navy's demon-slaying order and bombardment by warships, but it was blamed on us..."
Nami's expression was also very disdainful.
She looked at Ren, as if she knew he was trying to scare people, and curled her lips.
"If you have done so many bad things, why was there only a bounty of 5 million Baileys some time ago?"
She pointed out the biggest flaw of the World Government. Renn's previous bounty was too low and completely failed to meet the standards of leading evildoers.
You know, "Bandit King" Sig has a bounty of 8 million.
The world government only deceives ordinary people.
Seeing that Ren was still pretending to have a straight face, Robin couldn't help but roll his eyes at him:
"Hey, do you really like scaring people? Why are you talking so much nonsense if you really want to do something?"
"Hey, it seems my acting skills still need to be improved."
Seeing that they refused to accept this trick, Renn sneered, and the majestic and fierce murderous intention on his body instantly restrained himself.
He can also browse the "past" of this identity like watching an old movie. Of course, his identity is far less important than Artoria, and he is too lazy to look through the boring memories... The only ones he can use to take action are two.
I met Robin by chance ten years ago.
Now it seems that she at least remembers him and doesn't want to believe that he is a villain with no bottom line...
Of course Renn would not really bully two women. He placed a blue jade pendant on the dining table and smiled calmly:
"This thing is my token. As long as you are still on this Chambord Islands, crush it and I will appear immediately.
If you change your mind before going to Fish-Man Island, you can use this to notify me. Besides, Robin, you have become smarter and more beautiful."
After saying that, he picked up the windbreaker jacket on the back of the chair, stood up and left.
Robin: "..."
This guy actually knows how to compliment others, and he seems to be more graceful than before.
"Are you leaving now?" Nami was startled for a moment, then got furious, "Asshole, you haven't paid for this meal yet!!"
She just ordered expensive dishes, but now...
Robin's face couldn't help but twitch a few times: "..."
All demeanor is an illusion.
Treating guests to dinner without paying, this guy...
After having a meal in vain, Mr. Lei left without hesitation, leaving only two unhappy women looking at each other in the private room.
Their eyes fell on the jade pendant on the table in unison.
"How about just throwing it away?"
Nami asked angrily with a pretty face. Her heart was bleeding when she thought about how expensive this meal was.
"It's better to put it away." Robin twitched the corner of his mouth, but still picked up the jade pendant on the table, "At least wait until we leave the Chambord Islands before throwing it away."
"yes."
Staring at the jade pendant, Nami's eyes suddenly lit up, "You can't throw it away. This piece of jade alone is worth the price of the meal... It turns out he paid for it."
Robin: "..."
Nami's greed for money is probably hopeless.
"Polupolu..."
At this moment, the phone suddenly rang, and the voice came from Nami's chest.
This is definitely a very happy phone bug. Nami skillfully took out the phone bug from the huge evil on her chest.
"No...it's not good! Kemi was captured by human traffickers!"
Usopp's panicked voice soon sounded, causing the expressions of the two women to change.
………
Shampoo Islands, Area 8.
In the lair of the human trafficker gang "Hound Pets", a burly man threw the bag on the floor.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Kemi, a mermaid with short light green hair and a pure and beautiful appearance, had her mouth sealed with a piece of cloth and her hands tied with a rope.
Her lower body was still a pink fish tail, twisting on the ground.
After the age of 30, female mermaids will separate their tails into legs. Most female mermaids will go to land and marry human men. Male mermaids cannot turn their tails into legs throughout their lives, only female mermaids can.
The tail has still not been transformed into two feet, which proves that the age of the mermaid Kemi should be under 30 years old.
However, it is the female mermaids of this age group who are the most valuable, with the starting price being over 70 million beli!
Mermaid Kemi looked at the human trafficker in front of her with horrified eyes.
He was built like a bear, with sinister eyes and a treacherous frog face, and the word "evil man" was almost written on his face.
The only thing that somewhat ruined the trafficker's image was that the left side of the trafficker's face was completely bruised and swollen, and he also had a blue or even black left eye, as if he had just been beaten.
"Hahahaha... I actually caught a female fish. I'm lucky... Hiss, it hurts!"
After returning home with a full load, the trafficker Pittman grinned, but this smile affected the injuries on his face, causing him to hiss in pain.
An extremely unpleasant memory came to mind, and he couldn't help but curse:
"Gunner Ren! You bastard, liar, you beat people if you don't pay back the money you owe! I will definitely skin you if I get the chance!"
Of course, he was so loud that he didn't dare to go to the other party to cause trouble.
I never expected that Renn would actually be the famous swordsman of the New World.
Even the giants of the underground world like King Shichibukai and "Ama Yasha" Doflamingo have been defeated. How can he, a small human trafficker, dare to go to the "bloodthirsty swordsman" with a bounty of 1 billion beli?
Trouble.
He didn't dare to ask for the 20 million Baileys Rennes owed him.
Even a few days ago, he didn't dare to go out, for fear that he would be hacked to death with a sword if he met the other party.
But today the pain is finally over.
Pitman, the leader of the human traffickers, stared at the mermaid Kemi who was struggling on the ground with very greedy eyes:
"You're actually a female fish. As long as I sell you, I can make up for all my losses and make a lot of money. Hehehehe..."
Without further ado, the auction will be held in two days.
Hurry up and send her to Area 1 Disco. In the largest auction house in the Chambord Islands, she will definitely be able to sell it for a sky-high price!
………
Two days later, Area 1.
Wren was wearing a shirt, casual pants and wooden slippers, without concealing his appearance at all, holding a piece of paper and walking openly on the street.
Many pedestrians looked a little scared and apprehensive, but they didn't panic like they did a few days ago.
Human beings are very adaptable. In the first few days, under the crazy smear campaign by the World Government, the residents and tourists on the island were indeed frightened by the bloodthirsty sword that would "use civilians as meat piles to practice swordsmanship."
If you can avoid it, avoid it.
But Renn appeared many times on the island in the past few days, and I didn't see him going on a killing spree.
Although everyone was a little scared, they were not afraid to run away when they saw it.
Renn ignored the passers-by, but read the price list in his hand with relish, which read:
Human trafficking, sales targets are criminals and nationals of non-World Government member countries, auction basic price and minimum amount table
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Human: 500,000 Baileys
Fur Tribe: 700,000 Baileys
Longhand Clan: 700,000 Baileys
Ashaga clan: 700,000 Baileys
Snakehead Clan: 700,000 Baileys
Murloc: 1 million Baileys
Giants: 50 million Baileys (male), 10 million Baileys (female).
Mermaid tribe: 70 million Baileys (female), 1 million Baileys (male), 10 million Baileys (female, over 30 years old, fish tail has turned into legs).
Ability: current price.
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"Tsk, tsk, a price list is simply a microcosm of the ugliest and dirty side of the world."
Renn couldn't help but sneer, "This watch should really be posted on the fortress of the Navy Headquarters, so that the navy who consider themselves righteous men can look up to it every day."
Zhu Yuan told him that if there was no mission, almost all the middle and high-ranking generals of the navy would not come to the Chambord Islands.
Even though this place is very close to Malinfando, many naval admirals and soldiers will subconsciously avoid it when they are on vacation.
It's so embarrassing.
I don’t know what Mr. Sakaski, who upholds the concept of “thorough justice,” thought after reading this table.
He must have seen that human trafficking with clearly marked prices is Hong Guoguo's violation of justice. No wonder he doesn't like the Tianlong people either...
In Lane's opinion, this price list on human trafficking is very "humane", the price is very reasonable, and it takes into account the buyer's feelings.
It is precisely because of this that the meaning of ridicule becomes even stronger.
For example, the cheapest ordinary human being can be found everywhere, with a base price of 50 beli.
The special races are a bit more expensive, at 700,000 beli. Among them, the fishmen have the most outstanding talents, and their power is 10 times that of ordinary people, so the base price is 1 million beli.
The most amazing thing is the giants. Men are worth 50 million beli, which is five times more expensive than women.
Mermaids are the complete opposite. The price of a female mermaid is up to 70 million beli, which is 70 times that of a male mermaid. Even if a female mermaid has long legs, it is still 10 times that of a male.
Why is this happening?
Because female mermaids are very beautiful and can warm the bed.
Especially the young female fish whose tails have not yet turned into human legs will take several years to become human, but this also means that they are still pure and have not been abused...
Female giants are just the opposite.
A toothpick cannot stir the water tank, and the size difference is too big, so the giantess "seems not useful".
Those human buyers who bought a female giant couldn't enjoy themselves at night, so they might as well buy a male giant who had better physical strength and could do hard work as a slave.
Yes, this is a very reasonably priced watch.
The more reasonable the price, the less you treat people as human beings.
Only purely valuable commodities and goods require such painstaking and thoughtful pricing.
Renn walked through several streets and came to the population auction site in Area 1.
This auction house is one of Ming Ge's properties. It is very luxuriously built with carved beams and painted buildings, as grand as a palace. The interior space is huge and can accommodate hundreds of people.
Today is the day of the auction,
The sun was shining brightly and the sky was blue. Early in the morning, a group of customers arrived as scheduled.
These customers are either rich or noble. The men are dressed in suits or dresses made of luxurious and expensive fabrics. The women are all well-groomed, wearing dazzling jewelry on their wrists or necks, and are dressed gracefully and luxuriously.
500,000 Baileys is not cheap either.
Ordinary civilians cannot afford slaves, so one must be a superior person to be so luxurious.
"It's a Celestial Dragon..."
"Shh, keep your voice down!"
"...Coming to auction slaves, you don't have to kneel down here, but you can't be rude."
At the entrance of the auction house, the nobles and wealthy people who were chatting and laughing made a commotion and then immediately became quiet.
They all respectfully moved out of the way to welcome the arrival of the world's nobles. Some ladies even lowered their heads in fear, not daring to look at the Celestial Dragons.
There are three Tianlong people coming.
The father, Roswader Saint, the eldest daughter Charuliya Palace, and the mentally retarded six-year-old Charles Saint, form a neat family.
They were accompanied by bodyguards in suits, a group of tough guards, and many slaves.
Among them, a very large giant slave stood out the most.
The three Tianlong people walked through the city in a arrogant manner. Wherever they passed, ordinary nobles and wealthy people bowed their heads respectfully and humbly to give way.
The pomp and arrogance of the world's nobles was clearly revealed at this moment.
"Is this the Celestial Dragon? It's really arrogant."
In Pirate Supernova, Eustace Kidd stood aside and watched with cold eyes.
He has red hair and a spiky head. He wears a dagger and a pistol on his chest. He wears goggles and a dark red coat, which gives people a cruel and unruly look.
As a new pirate with a higher bounty than Luffy, he is obviously a ruthless character:
"Even we have to give way obediently. It's really uncomfortable. If we don't take action, we will attract the admiral. I really want to show them some color."
"Don't be impulsive, Kidd."
Next to him, the masked "Killer Killer" Kira reminded.
"Don't worry, now is not the time to face the general... huh?"
Kidd's voice suddenly rose a lot.
Because he saw a person at the door of the auction house who did not give way to the Tianlong people!
"Is it him? There's something good to watch now."
Kira also saw the man and her pupils shrank.
At the entrance of the auction house, Shalulia Palace looked at the people who were standing on the pole and did not give way in front of them, and cursed:
"Untouchable! What are you doing standing here? Get out of the way!"
"Um?"
Ren En, who was eating Wei Bao, turned around and saw three Celestial Dragons wearing bubbles on their heads.
He didn't show any dignity at all and sneered, "Stupid woman, it's me who should be the one to say this, a good dog shouldn't do the right thing!"
