Most of the people who come to the Seven Islands to build ships are pirates on the sea.
Pirates are usually unruly and arrogant beings. Relying on their large numbers and ferocious appearance, it is not uncommon for pirates to default on their debts.
But why the Seven Islands of Water can still stand today is because the shipwrights on the islands are not only united, but also not easy to mess with.
Those pirate groups that are strong and courageous don't even bother to default on their debts, but those who want to default on their debts are destined not to be great people.
As evening approached, Wood and Robin braved the bullet and came to Tom's studio, and met the legendary Master Tom.
Tom is a horned fish-man of the fish-men tribe. His body is as round as a large wine barrel, his skin is greenish-yellow, his arms have red tattoos, he has a pair of small horns on his head, his beard and hair are both white, and he looks like a
Fat big civet cat.
Next to Tom, there were two young boys. One of them had blue hair, wearing goggles and swimming trunks.
The other one had purple hair and wore a white turban. When Wood and the others arrived, the two were still strangled with each other.
"Kokoluo said you know Tiger, and are you friends introduced by him?
But I have seen your bounty lists. You are the Navy traitor Wood, who has a bounty of 120 million Baileys, and the devil's son Nico Robin, who has a bounty of 80 million Baileys.
How can a former navy lieutenant commander and a criminal wanted by the world government have any contact with us fish-men?"
Old Tom held the beer glass in his hand and looked at Wood and Robin in front of him with careful eyes.
It is not surprising that he would know the identity of the two people. After all, when the shipwright on the island takes an order, it is necessary to conduct an investigation on the pirate who is his employer.
There are many pirates who are deadbeats. Who would have known that the order he took was more reliable, and if the pirates were too troublesome, most shipwrights would choose to reject them.
Since the incident involving Roger the Pirate King broke out, Tom has not built a ship for pirates. After all, he is still in the trial period.
Although the merit of building the sea train is enough to offset the crime of building the ship for Pirate King Roger, at this juncture, Tom does not want to make a mistake at all, and is therefore caught by the Island of Justice.
"Actually we..."
Faced with Tom's suspicious eyes, Robin was about to speak, but was interrupted by Wood on the side.
"Actually, we really know Fisher Tiger, or to be more precise, the guy who introduced us here is a guy who calls himself the Murloc Sword Master Yasuo."
Robin was stunned when he heard what Wood said, because it was completely different from what they had discussed before.
Didn't we agree to abandon this commission because we didn't bring enough money? What's the matter with this happening now?
Wood wouldn't be so naive as to think that if he changed his original excuse from knowing Fisher Tiger to knowing another big shot of the fish-men tribe, the other party would believe them...
"Ever since I famously built the Oro Jackson for that man Roger, I haven't built a ship for other pirates for a long time.
You don't want to build a ship, but just modify it, so that's not an exception, and you were introduced by your compatriots, so there's no problem.
But how do you prove that you know my compatriots Tiger or Yasuo?"
Although he has been busy working on the Sea Train, Tom's studio also needs to eat. If it is normal, Tom would not mind accepting some other jobs in his spare time.
But Wood's identity was too sensitive, and the other party turned out to be a former major of the Navy Headquarters.
Today, Tom is still guilty, and the reason why he has not been punished is entirely because of the merits of the Sea Train.
But a while ago, a man named Spandam from the World Government actually learned that he had the blueprint for the ancient weapon "Hades" and forced him to hand it over.
Of course, if a guy with a sensitive identity like Wood appeared here at this juncture, Tom would obviously think that he was someone sent by Spandam.
The purpose is probably to use the fishing and law enforcement trick to coerce him into handing over the blueprint of "Pluto".
Faced with Tom's doubts, Wood was not angry, but took out a piece of white paper and a golden fish scale from his arms.
"This paper is Fisher Tiger's life paper. As for this scale, I believe Master Tom and Granny Cocoluo should be able to tell who it belongs to."
When he parted with Fisher Tiger, since Tiger recognized Wood as a friend and recognized him as the benefactor of the fish-men tribe, it was naturally impossible that he did not leave any tokens to him.
The paper of life and golden fish scales in Wood's hands at this moment were the things Tiger left for him on the isolated island.
Among them, the paper of life does indeed belong to Tiger. As for the golden fish scale, Wood honestly doesn't know what it is.
However, according to Tiger at the time, if Wood was lucky enough to go to Mermaid Island one day, as long as he took out this golden scale, he would be able to receive courtesy from the residents of Mermaid Island.
When they saw the paper of life and the golden fish scales that Wood took out, Tom and Granny Kokoro looked at Wood with suspicion and suspicion, but now they had obviously completely disappeared.
Life paper is a thing that can easily identify other people's whereabouts and dangerous situations. Generally, it will only be given to people who are important to you.
Whether the paper of life in Wood's hand belonged to Tiger or not, Tom and Granny Kokoro had no way of telling, but it was impossible for them not to recognize the golden fish scales.
Creatures of different races have different ways of identifying objects. Humans simply look at faces, but fishmen and mermaids can indeed identify objects through skin, smell, and even scales on their bodies.
The golden fish scales that Wood took out, if they read correctly, should belong to Princess Otohime of Mermaid Island!
Princess Otohime is a goldfish mermaid, and the scales on the fish's tail are this bright golden color. At the same time, Tom and the others also know that Princess Otohime sometimes uses her scales as lucky charms and gives them to outstanding fish-men warriors when they go out.
Otohime is the wife of King Neptune of the Dragon Kingdom and the princess of the Ryugu Kingdom. However, among the basic people of Mermaid Island, she is even more popular than Neptune.
Because of her warm-blooded and compassionate personality, and her ability to hear other people's voices and understand their pain, Otohime is affectionately called "Otohime Empress" on Mermaid Island.
Being able to produce this kind of thing means that he is a friend of Mermaid Island, and his identity will naturally be no problem. After Old Tom dispelled his concerns, he enthusiastically invited Wood to come over for a drink and asked about the renovation of the pirate ship.