Chapter 186. The truth about the sand crocodile and the auction
The auction venue is located in the swamp in the center of the Black Zone.
Normally, how can there be a swamp in a town?
When Kazan inquired, it was artificial.
In order to hold this auction, the Crocodile King asked his vice-captain, a user with the Numuma Fruit ability, to get it in the past two days.
As for how deep it is or just the surface layer, it depends on how the Crocodile King arranges it for his deputy captain.
There is a wooden boardwalk on the swamp. It can take dozens of people to walk on it without sinking. What the structure is cannot be understood with the naked eye.
but....
Ouch.
Click.
"Tsk!"
"Hmph...I knew..."
"..."
When some people were halfway there, several extremely fast giant crocodiles suddenly jumped out of the swamp.
A crocodile bites a person and takes him into the swamp for food.
This crocodile garbage elimination system directly frightened the remaining garbage, and they stopped outside the swamp and did not dare to move forward.
Kazan felt that this move was quite good, as it allowed those incompetent guys to leave before the game even started, as well as the local gangsters and bandits who came to watch the fun and get out of here.
The quality of people in the past was also uneven.
For example, the Charlotte sisters of Auntie's family simply ignored the crocodiles, and those crocodiles were too smart to dare to mess with them; while the beasts and Don Quixote's family chose to kill the crocodiles that rushed towards them.
, the method of killing is quite strenuous; even though the more powerful pirate captains cannot escape, they can still be killed with just a few moves.
Guys like the World Government and the Revolutionary Army are completely different from others in their approach. The former flies over and the latter rows over. They are all talented people.
Kazan, for example, was very low-key and walked slowly along with the large army.
When crocodiles came, Kazan would speed up his pace a little, so that the crocodiles would bite the group of people behind him and miss him. It looked like he was lucky.
However, some smart people who happened to see Kazan would not think that he was lucky.
For example... I don't know when the "Sand Crocodile" Crocodile came to Tranquil Island silently.
"Huh...that's quite a level."
Crocodile stood on a rooftop and glanced at Kazan, blew out a puff of smoke and then turned into a ball of yellow sand and flew towards the auction house.
In fact, Crocodile didn't pay attention to Kazan at all at first, but because Kazan was wearing a black cloak like him, he took a second look and saw Kazan's hand.
He didn't come here to buy some ridiculous permanent pointer, let alone go there in person for an illusory treasure.
Naturally, there was an ulterior motive for coming here this time. Crocodile had to return to Alabasta as soon as possible, and he could not be left in charge there for a long time.
Across the swamp and the plank bridge is a large double-story casino. This casino was originally Sakuzu's property, but he had always stayed in the New World and had never been there in person.
After Kazan entered the casino, there were only dim lights. This kind of place is quite suitable for taking advantage of the chaos to kill people.
In a small attic on the second floor of the casino, like Kazan and Crocodile, a bald man wearing a black cloak looked through the window at the noisy crowd on the first floor with cold eyes.
Not only is Sakusu's nickname similar to Crocodile's, but he is also somewhat similar in his clothing and behavior.
Not only does he wear the same style of cloak as Crocodile, but he also often holds a cigar in his mouth. The difference is that his left hand is not a gold hook, but one of his left eyes is blind.
Sakuzu didn't dress like this at first, but in 1496, he heard that a twenty-year-old pirate named "Sand Crocodile" had become a Shichibukai, and he immediately became interested.
At that time, he extended an olive branch to Crocodile and asked him to become his subordinate, but he was severely rejected.
The two even fought against each other at that time, and what shocked Sakusu was that Crocodile was able to fight almost to a draw with him at that time.
Although Crocodile was very powerful, Sakusu was unhappy because he rejected her, so he started to cause all kinds of trouble for Crocodile.
Dressing himself up like Crocodile was one of the troubles he caused at that time. Many people who didn't know the truth thought that Saku Suzu was Crocodile's father when they saw their dress, nickname and age.
Crocodile, who was still young and frivolous at the time and did not challenge Whitebeard, immediately became impatient and knocked on Saku Suzui's door. The two fought again and Sakusuzu was blinded in one eye.
But Saku Suzu was not someone to be trifled with. He was injured by Saku Suzu, leaving a hideous scar on his face.
One of the reasons why Saku traveled thousands of miles from the distant New World to the starting point of the Grand Line was to avoid those monsters in the New World.
He was sure that if he held this auction in the New World, those guys would send their royal lieutenants here even if they didn't come in person.
Saku Suzu is very aware of his own level. He is already too old, and many of the injuries he suffered when he was young cannot be healed. His physical fitness is declining rapidly. Now he cannot beat the emperor's lieutenants, so he can barely survive in the new world.
It's just a little better.
But he doesn't plan to retire, he plans to die on the battlefield, die on this sea, make a big fuss as the Shichibukai and then die, so that more people will remember him.
The reason why this auction is held this time is to preserve the identity of this 'Shichibukai'.
He has people in the World Government, and it took him ten years to arrange them ten years ago. His current position is not low, and he knows some information that others don't know.
For example...the new marshal and the Five Old Stars plan to kill some of the Shichibukai who have little deterrent power, and then personally support some of the pirates they like to take over their new positions.
In the Shichibukai who were killed, he became the unanimous first choice of the world government and the navy. The reason was because he was too old and his strength had declined. Not to mention that many new pirates did not recognize him, and Sakuzu was no longer able to suppress him.
It's useless to live in a place like this Shichibukai.
Saku was reluctant to lose his identity as a Shichibukai.
Therefore, he relied on his status as a Shichibukai and sacrificed his hidden secrets for so many years in exchange for a chance to talk to the top leaders of the World Government.
In the end, the two sides made a deal. He found an opportunity to bring together most of the pirates in the first half of the Grand Line so that the Navy could catch them all. This would add merit to the new Admiral of the Navy, and at the same time help the Navy and the World Government eliminate some of their lust and strengthen them.
Dominance over 'Paradise'.
The World Government retained his position as the Shichibukai for three years and very kindly sent some people to act with him.
This is the truth behind this private auction of the 'Treasure Land' permanent pointer.