Francis D. Lane has been in the limelight recently. He has a fierce reputation. It is said that he is a top powerhouse comparable to a naval admiral. His purpose is unclear and it is difficult to distinguish between friends and foes...
"There is nothing you can't do."
But Kidd was indeed very courageous. After hesitating for a moment, he smiled confidently and walked towards the empty seat next to the gunner.
"Wait, Kidd..."
Killer warrior Kira called out softly.
The remaining crew members of the Kidd Pirates also showed nervous expressions on their faces.
They were quite wary of this bloodthirsty swordsman who dared to offend even the Celestial Dragons. This opponent was not something they, the new pirates, could handle at the moment.
What if the artillery king has no good intentions and takes the opportunity to do something evil...
"It doesn't matter."
Kidd waved his hand casually and sat on the seat next to Ren.
He is worthy of being a hero who may become a legendary pirate like "Whitebeard" or "Golden Lion" in the future. His courage and courage are indeed extraordinary.
"Why would a person like you choose to return to the first half of the Grand Line?"
After Kidd sat down, he glanced at Renn, seeming curious and puzzled by his current behavior.
In his opinion, after the opponent defeats Tenyasha, they should occupy the Kingdom of Dressrosa and then develop for a period of time before challenging one of the four emperors.
His idea is not wrong. The normal path to becoming a Yonko is indeed this, provided that you don't take shortcuts...
"Because something big is going to happen soon, just pay attention to the newspapers these days." Renn grinned.
It's almost time, and the Navy Headquarters will soon announce the execution of "Fire Fist" Ace to the world.
'Big event?'
Kidd looked a little surprised. For a top swordsman to call it a big event, it was certainly not a small matter.
"interesting."
He grinned, his eyes were expectant, and he was obviously a man who was worried about the world being in chaos.
Staring at the young and handsome face of the swordsman Ren, Kidd's eyes were somewhat curious:
"Can I take the liberty of asking? You seem to be about the same age as us...why do you have such strength?"
Among the top powerhouses in the world at present, Gun King is undoubtedly the youngest one. He is indeed a little curious about how the other party becomes stronger and grows, and maybe it can inspire him.
This world also values strength, and the desire to become stronger is one of the things the heroes of the sea have in common.
Otherwise, a shrewd woman like Taotu would not have been nearly slept with by Ren in order to obtain the inheritance of the Sword Master.
Kidd is currently filled with doubts like this: How can you show off in the same nine years?
Everyone is in their twenties and living on the sea. Why are you so awesome? Do you have any secrets to share...
Renn smiled indifferently and replied:
"There's nothing else to say. I'll just remind you a few words. After arriving in the new world, try to find a way to practice 'dominance', preferably a more advanced one.
Also, don’t be in a hurry to challenge the Four Emperors and risk your life.
Let’s practice hard for a year and a half, and then we can fully master the power of domineering before taking action, so that we can avoid being beaten as much as possible.”
"Are you domineering? I've heard about it."
Kidd's eyes flickered. He was not stupid. He vaguely understood that if he wanted to survive in the new world, domineering should be a basic skill.
Renn didn't say anything more. As an "old-timer", the reminder that should be given has been given.
If Kidd really listens, he can pay less tuition in the future.
No matter which generation of pirate supernova you are, when you first go to the new world, you will be taught how to behave by some big pirates, and you will have to pay the price with blood, or even lose your life.
Kidd is one of them.
Unfortunately, he lost his left arm in the new world and became disabled like Red Hair. Coincidentally, Kidd's arm was broken by the Red Hair Pirates.
Renn even doubted whether the red-haired pirates did it on purpose...
"Everyone has been waiting for a long time. The monthly population auction for Area 1 is about to begin!"
"The person who will serve as the master of ceremonies for this auction is, of course, your old friend──Mr. Disco!"
Under the loud introduction of the auction house staff, the auction officially began.
The emcee, Mr. Disco, makes his grand entrance.
He was wearing a British classical blue dress, a yellow top hat on his head, and a pair of strange five-pointed star-shaped glasses. His rather kind-looking face was filled with a warm smile, giving people a feeling of spring breeze.
.
At first glance, he looks like a good old man with a gentle temper.
In fact, this is an out-and-out profiteer who has given up on his conscience.
The evidence is that Rennes borrowed money from Disco, about 12 million beli.
And according to the arrangement of the system master, all those who have been borrowed money by "Francis D. Lane" before are all scum who gave birth to sons without buttholes.
"You are very lucky! I have also prepared high-quality slaves for you today. I sincerely hope that you can buy the slaves you like..."
On the display stand, Mr. Disco was smiling, his voice was passionate, and he was dancing, trying to liven up the atmosphere.
With this energetic attitude, those who didn't know better thought he was holding a festival celebration.
"The scum is full of purity." Renn commented objectively.
"Hey, the human blood buns are so ugly that it makes people sick. These greedy and sanctimonious guys eat people without spitting out their bones. In comparison, the pirates are a bit more rotten." Kidd also sneered.
"The first person to come on stage is Myron, a musician who comes from a musical family in West Hytroia and is proficient in all musical instruments... He is also good at cleaning and making fine wine!"
The auction officially began, and under the enthusiastic explanation of the emcee Mr. Disco, the atmosphere gradually became heated.
A well-known musician in his prime, a pirate captain who once offered a bounty of tens of millions, a maid who is as beautiful as a flower and can do all the housework... One after another humanoid products were brought to the stage.
The nobles and wealthy people spent money like water and competed to bid.
Ren was filled with emotion when he saw it.
Because he discovered that in this world, ordinary people are not even qualified to be "good quality" slaves.
If you don't have some talent, you won't be able to go to this auction house.
If it were before, he was still a fat man, he would not be qualified to be put up for auction by the dedicated Mr. Disco.
On the way, the Straw Hats arrived late.
Nami, Franky, Chopper and Sanji, plus the fish-man Hachi and the starfish Papago, the group filed in.
They did not find a seat to sit down, but stood at the back. Nami held a bidding sign with numbers on her face, her face solemn.
"The following is an introduction to the extremely beautiful slave──dancing girl Pasia.
Look at how attractive her hot devil figure is... She is just 20 years old. As long as you buy it, you can not only appreciate her world-famous dancing, but also enjoy her most considerate service. It is definitely heaven.
Such a delicious taste!”
Disco introduced loudly and enthusiastically.
"Damn it, what do they think of a beautiful lady!"
Sanji had three cigarettes in his mouth and looked at the fair-skinned, beautiful and pitiful dancer on the stage with an angry expression.
He looked at Nami aside and asked tentatively:
"Miss Nami, can you buy her too..."
He swore that he was definitely not a slave to a beautiful woman, he just wanted to save her from the fire and water.
Snapped!
Nami reached out and hit him hard on the head, but did not answer.
This means rejection.
Franky, Chopper and the others didn't say anything either. They knew that Sanji might not be obsessed with the beauty of the dancer Pasia, but had more thoughts on saving people, but they didn't intend to meddle in other people's business.
The Straw Hats are certainly not villains, but they are by no means saintly, bad guys.
There were so many female slaves being auctioned today, of course they couldn't buy them one by one, so they had to buy the mermaid Kemi first.
"Oh, it's so sad that we can't save those suffering ladies." Sanji could only lament.
The thought of such a beautiful girl being bought by those greasy middle-aged and disgusting old men makes a gentleman like him feel uncomfortable all over.
"Vismoke Sanji has good taste. If you want to buy her, I can lend you 10 million beli."
In the last row, Ren said lightly.
Frankly speaking, this dancer is indeed the best. Her figure, appearance and temperament are first-class. Especially her sexy and hot figure is enough to kill 99% of Internet celebrities and female stars in an instant.
This can be considered a characteristic of this world.
Veteran drivers all know that the beauties in this world have devilish body proportions that can be called the eighth wonder of the world.
Even if she is a passerby girl, she can make people feel bright.
"Who are you... hmm?"
Sanji was startled when he heard this. After seeing clearly the face that often appeared in newspapers recently, his expression changed, "The great swordsman Ren?"
"It's really him."
"Why is he here?"
They were a little surprised to see the recently popular Cannon King, Franky, Chopper and the fish-man Hachi.
When Nami saw Ren again, she couldn't help but glare at him, put her hands on her hips and asked:
"Hey, why are you here? Do you want to buy a beautiful slave?"
"Beauty, don't be so pushy."
Renn spread his hands and said disdainfully, "I have no interest in buying slaves at all, and there is no shortage of women."
What a joke, if he really wants to enjoy it, he can go to the daughter country Amazon Lily and become the emperor now, and any harem beauties from across the country will be auditioned. Is it necessary to buy female slaves?
"Miss Nami, do you know him?"
Sanji asked a little confused, Franky, Chopper, Hachi and others looked curious.
"I don't know." Nami said with a dark face, "I don't know a man with such a bad personality and no grace."
Serve and tease her with "laughing torture".
Treat guests to dinner without paying.
In the heart of the little thieving cat, the great swordsman Ren has long been reduced to non-recyclable garbage, and his impression is divided into negative numbers.
"The Straw Hats?"
At this time, Kidd also looked back at the group of people and asked casually, "Why don't you see your idiot captain?"
In his mind, the Straw Hats were reckless, that's what it looked like in the newspapers anyway.
"Supernova, Eustace Kidd?"
Sanji narrowed his eyes. He had a cigarette in his mouth, puffed away smoke, and sneered, "Be careful what you say. In other circumstances, I wouldn't mind kicking you into a retard."
"That's right, Hongmao, who are you calling a fool?" Uncle Chopper looked unhappy.
Even Nami and Franky looked cold and insulted the captain of a pirate group. This was Hong Guoguo's provocation.
"hehe……"
Kidd sneered a few times and turned his head away, but did not choose to take action.
Because there were three Tianlong people in the auction house, even if there was a conflict, he would not choose to fight in such a place because he had too many worries.
"Everyone, please take a look at this beautiful and graceful figure. I believe this is what many people dream of, coming from Fish-Man Island..."
At this time, a large water tank covered with white cloth was brought over.
Under the bright light, the silhouette of a female mermaid is faintly visible.
"Oh, this is..."
"It's really a surprise."
“This trip is so worth it.”
The rich and nobles in the seats were all excited and talking about it.
Mermaid slaves have become so rare in recent years, especially female mermaids, that they are expensive but not marketable.
Because since the Four Emperors "Whitebeard" Edward Newgate declared Fish-Man Island to be his territory, few traders have dared to take risks and sneak into the bottom of the sea to catch mermaids and fish-men, for fear of offending this maritime overlord.
"Kemi!"
Fishman Xiaoba immediately clenched his teeth and expressed nervousness.
Nami, Sanji and the others stopped talking, and all of them looked solemn.
Just when Nami was about to spend all the wealth of the pirate group to bid, six-year-old Charles Saint stood up excitedly in the VIP seat in front and shouted:
"I'll give you 500 million...500 million beli!"
The whole place was silent, and the Tianlong people's wealth made all the customers give up bidding.
Nami: "..."
Cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and her fingers were clenched and turned white.
There is simply not enough money. The total treasure of the Straw Hat Pirates is about 200 million beli.
The starting price of a mermaid is usually 70 million beli. You can definitely buy it with 200 million beli, but the premise is that there is no Draco who has a mine at home to bid...
"What should I do? I don't have enough money..."
Nami's face turned pale and she was whirlwinding around anxiously. Xiaohachi and Chopper also had very ugly expressions on the side.
But Sanji was still calm. He hurriedly took a few steps forward and patted Ren on the shoulder: "Didn't you say you have money to borrow? Please, please lend us how much you have for emergency."
Nami's eyes suddenly lit up and she immediately begged:
"My attitude was wrong before. Please, we will definitely pay you back. The worst we can do is agree to let Robin help you once."
In order to rescue Cammy, asking Robin to help with archeology is nothing.
For this reason, it doesn’t matter if you stay in the Shampoo Islands for a while.
"I have 500 million beli, and I can lend them all to you."
Seeing that Nami, who had always been greedy for money, was willing to go bankrupt and bow her head to apologize for her partner, Ren was a little emotional and agreed happily.
He previously extorted 1 billion beli from Brother Ming, but gave half of it to Wen Xi and Marcel of the Lionheart Pirates, leaving him with only 500 million.
"very good, thank you."
After a sudden turn of events, Nami showed a look of surprise and raised her hand to raise the bidding sign.
Hachi and Chopper were also excited, but Sanji didn't look too happy.
Renn also shook his head slightly, not optimistic about Nami's attempt to bid with Charros Saint.
Do you still want to compare wealth with the world's nobles and the Celestial Dragons who have mines at home?
Just to add to the fun of the performance, he was willing to feed the female slave sweet fruits and two snake fruits. It was simply a horrible luxury.
Compared to the Celestial Dragons, Ren can only be considered a poor man, unless he is willing to show his heritage of sword master and supreme sharp sword.
The Straw Hats are even poorer than him, how can they bid against the rich and powerful Draco?
"Golden Emperor" Tezzolo is here...
"700 million Baileys!"
Nami loudly shouted out her extreme offer after borrowing money, planning to make a desperate move.
It's not that they haven't thought about robbing people directly, but the special slave collars that explode are very troublesome.
They have no way to safely remove it, so they can only hope to buy it.
Her bid made the entire auction house quiet for a moment, and then everyone started to commotion.
"Who is so crazy? It's exaggerated. No matter how expensive a female mermaid is, it's not worth it."
"Those people are pirates and seem to belong to the Straw Hats."
"No wonder, only pirates dare to compete with the Celestial Dragons for slaves."
Everyone was whispering or whispering to each other.
Saint Charros was startled, and Saint Roswader, together with Charulia Palace, glanced back subconsciously, staring at Nami, Franky and Sanji with a somewhat unhappy expression.
In the past, when they quoted prices, even if some people had the financial resources to keep up, few dared to compete.
"It's a Celestial Dragon..."
The fishman Xiaoba clenched his teeth and sweat broke out on his forehead.
He is not as ambitious as the Straw Hats. He really doesn't want to confront the Celestial Dragons unless he has to. The Admiral is too powerful and can kill a group of them instantly.
"What are you looking at? Have you never seen a handsome guy like me?"
Ren stood up from the back row and said to the three Celestial Dragons unceremoniously, "Would you like to come over and take a closer look? Remember my handsome face."
Everyone: "..."
This man is still fierce.
"snort."
Shalulia Palace snorted coldly, and she and her father, Saint Roswader, immediately turned their heads.
Six-year-old Charles Saint even trembled and did not dare to look back.
Straw Hats: "..."
After seeing these Celestial Dragons being sprayed, they actually sat down and did not dare to talk back. Chopper and Franky were both amazed.
The entire island is spreading rumors about how noble the Celestial Dragons are, and how serious the consequences of offending them will be, but there are still people who dare not give face.
Chopper patted the fish-man Xiaoba on the shoulder: "It doesn't seem to be as serious as you said. This gentleman has offended the Tianlong people."
"..."
Fishman Xiaoba rolled his eyes.
Not that serious?
That's because he has a strong fist, and his own strength is comparable to that of the Four Emperors, so of course he is not afraid of the threat of the admiral.
But do these newcomers have this ability?
"Awesome, little brother."
Sanji held a cigarette in his mouth, looking at the backs of the Celestial Dragons, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "It turns out that the world's nobles also bully the weak and fear the strong."
"Did you see that female Celestial Dragon?"
Ren grinned and said, "As long as you are brave, you can let her take maternity leave."
Sanji: "..."
(??Benefit?), brother, your idea is a bit dangerous.
Nami: "..."
Today she re-recognized the courage and intimidation of the bloodthirsty swordsman.
'This man is so bold and has no scruples...'
Chopper and Franky looked at each other, a little stunned.
No wonder the newspapers said that Cannon King Lane was a lawless lunatic. His courage alone was not something ordinary pirates could possess.
"..."
The faces of fish-man Hachi and Kidd twitched slightly.
"Too ugly, I can't stand it."
Sanji exhaled a puff of smoke, "Although her face is okay, she's ugly on the inside. I can smell the smell of scum on her body from a distance. I don't even want her for free."
"Say less." Xiaoba patted him on the shoulder and reminded him.
They don't have the force value of a bloodthirsty swordsman, so it's better to keep a low profile.
"A billion Baileys!"
Not the six-year-old Saint Charles, but his father Saint Roswader suddenly made an offer.
Seeing the close proximity between the swordsman Ren and the Straw Hats, he guessed that they might have some kind of relationship, and he wouldn't mind slapping the Straw Hats in the face with money.
But he didn't know that he had made things completely irreversible.
If Saint Roswader didn't offer the price, and the Straw Hats borrowed 500 million beli from Ren and owed some favors, Robin would naturally not refuse to go archeology with him afterwards.
In this way, the "Dragon Incident" may be over.
Renn may not necessarily be troublesome, and there will be plenty of opportunities to fight against the admiral.
But Saint Roswader was just being smart and tried to express his bad temper through this indirect "slap in the face" behavior.
The sky-high price of 1 billion beli made the scene completely silent.
"..."
The Straw Hats were all silent.
Nami, Sanji, Franky and Chopper all had gloomy faces, Starfish Papagu couldn't stop crying, and Fishman Hachi bit his lip with his teeth too hard...
From this moment on, the conflict between the Straw Hats and the Celestial Dragons is unavoidable. As long as they want to take away the mermaid Kemi, they must snatch people from the Celestial Dragons.
Bang!!
Straw Hat Luffy and a flying fish fell from the sky, smashing the roof of the auction house and falling to the ground. Tiles and sawdust flew everywhere, and a row of tables and chairs collapsed in the billowing smoke!
Also arriving at the same time were Zoro, Robin and Dibaru of the "Flying Fish Knights".
"What's wrong?"
"The roof was smashed."
"It's Straw Hat Luffy, and pirate hunter Zoro..."
The customers were frightened and looked back one after another. There was a bit of commotion at the scene.
"Kemi! Kemi!"
When Luffy saw the mermaid Kemi in the fish tank, there was nothing else in his sight. Regardless of the occasion, he laughed and ran over.
The fish-man Xiaoba tried to hold him back in desperation, but accidentally exposed his disguise and revealed his fish-man posture.
Bang!
Without any warning, there was a gunshot, and bright red blood splashed out from the belly of the fish-man Xiaoba. He wailed and fell on the corridor steps.
"I hit it, Dad, I hit it!"
Six-year-old Charles Saint held up a pistol and walked into the aisle dancing with excitement, "I personally caught the fishman, no money, no money, la la la..."
Renn: "..."
He couldn't stand it any longer and couldn't help but reach out and cover his face.
Is this plot inertia?
No, this is because the six-year-old is so overbearing that it is difficult not to get beaten.
Although he may be afraid of him, it does not mean that Saint Charles has changed his ways and started over.
He is still the pure scumbag and mentally retarded child, but he is just more afraid of death.
Ren is not Princess Otohime of Fish-Man Island. She does not have the kind of charm that can influence scum and make the Celestial Dragons change their minds.
"..."
Seeing the fish-man Hachi lying in a pool of blood, Luffy was stunned for a moment.
His face was gloomy and his eyes were particularly intimidating. He clenched his fists and walked step by step towards Saint Charles...
Some people are just indebted and cannot be stopped.
