Dark Maru wandered in the waters at the entrance to the new world for two full days, and the number of people tied up in rice dumplings on the boat went from the original few to the last few dozen.
In the past two days, there have been many pirate groups who came to visit, because Dark Maru is not a big ship, and the number of people who can ride it is limited.
So in the end, Wood even threw those guys that were not very valuable into the sea and fed them to the Neptunes.
In addition to these bounty pirates, Wood also plundered approximately 300 million beli worth of property from the ships of these pirate groups.
It’s no wonder that others always say that you can get rich quickly by doing the gold belt of killing people and setting fires.
Because there were so many people and treasures on board, the "waterline" of the Dark Maru's hull was about to reach its limit, so Wood and the others planned to stop.
However, just when Wood and the others were about to leave the New World, return to the first half of the Grand Line to avoid the limelight, and make plans to open a company, the accident happened again.
The pirate group that appeared in front of Wood and the others this time was not one with two ships, but five ships, and they were all large pirate ships.
From the size of these pirate ships, we can roughly judge that the number of pirates that appeared this time is probably in the thousands!
"It seems like a big guy is here this time. From this perspective, no matter how you look at it, it's unlikely that the other party is a small character."
Looking at the pirate fleet that appeared in front of him, Wood relaxed a lot when he saw that the flag hung by the opponent was not any pirate group he knew.
"Judging from the flags they hang, they should be the official pirate force from the Kingdom of Flowers.
And judging from the number, they should be the Eight Treasure Navy of the Kingdom of Flowers. I heard that their mainstay, Qingjiao, is a very powerful man, and the bounty even exceeds 500 million beli."
Russ has been working as a civilian in Impel Down for many years, and he already has a wealth of information on criminals in the world.
Seeing the flag of the Babao Navy at this moment, Ruth, who was comparable to the criminal encyclopedia, immediately told some general information about the origin of the opponent and the pillar Qingjiao.
"It turns out to be the Babao Navy... But this is interesting. Qingjiao's enemy should be Garp. Why is this guy targeting me?"
Qingjiao, the twelfth generation pillar of the Babao Navy, Wood's only impression of this guy is his spinning and bouncing moves on the ground like a top.
Based on the strength shown in the play, Wood feels that the bounty of more than 500 million Baileys for Green Pepper is actually very high.
Of course, it is also possible that the navy set a higher reward for the opponent because he was backed by the officials of the Kingdom of Flowers.
Taking the strength of Luffy in second gear two years later as a reference, Wood believes that the so-called "green pepper of the cone" poses far less threat to him than Doflamingo did before.
However, just when Wood cracked his knuckles and planned to rush forward to learn from the master of the Eight Treasure Navy, another pirate ship suddenly entered the battle between Darkmaru and the Eight Treasure Navy.
In the middle of the fleet.
Looking at the newly-appeared pirate ship and the flag hanging on it, Russ, who was comparable to a criminal encyclopedia, carefully searched through the memories in his mind, but found nothing.
In the end, Russ could only shake his head and said: "I don't recognize the flag of this pirate group. It should be an ordinary fish pirate group."
After hearing what Russ said, when Wood saw a skull pirate flag with claw marks painted on the opponent's pirate flag on a black background, his eyes looked at Russ with a strange expression.
Russ is so confused. The holder of the Face Fruit, one of the future "Four Emperors" pirate groups, the famous red-haired pirate group, is actually regarded as a fish pirate group...
But if Wood thought about it carefully, Wood felt that it was normal for Russ not to know the red-haired pirates.
It was only a short time ago that Roger, the Pirate King, disbanded the pirate group, and it was not many years ago that Red-haired Shanks went out on his own to go it alone.
When Russ and the others boarded the Wood Pirate Ship, Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates had not yet fully prospered, so it seemed quite normal that they did not know each other's information.
"Here comes a very troublesome and troublesome guy. Once the battle breaks out, you can sail back to the first half of the Grand Route.
Don't worry about my comfort. I can use the Moon Walk. Even if there is no boat, I will have no problem finding the next island to land on with my physical strength.
As for my life paper, Robin has it in his hand, and we can reunite through the life paper later."
If he were just a green pepper who was the mainstay of the navy, Wood would be absolutely sure to defeat the opponent.
But the intrusion of red-haired Shanks made Wood, who was originally unsure, instantly lose his confidence.
The current Shanks cannot be as powerful as Whitebeard, Kaido and Big Mom.
But it is undeniable that the opponent is now a super potential stock like the three generals, and his strength will skyrocket in the next ten years!
No, maybe Shanks, who inherited Roger's straw hat, started to skyrocket in strength after Roger's death.
All in all, the threat that Shanks brings to Wood is far stronger than that of Doflamingo, and even Wood now puts it on the same level as when facing Garp.
Garp is one of his own, and even when fighting, he still deliberately holds back his hands and takes risks.
But Wood had little interaction with the face-saving Shanks, and he didn't think the other party would be merciful to him.
With Shanks's character, he shouldn't make things difficult for Robin and the others who are escaping. As long as Robin and the others don't have to worry about it, Wood will be confident enough to escape unscathed even if he loses to Shanks.
"The Babao Navy is indeed the strongest among the pirate forces in the Flower Country, but I think with your strength, Captain, you shouldn't be afraid of Green Pepper.
It is said that Green Pepper of the Cone had a fight with Lieutenant General Garp before and was seriously injured by him, and now its strength is less than half of its original strength."
What Ruth was talking about was, of course, the cone-shaped head of Green Pepper, which was beaten into a bun by Garp.
And everyone on the ship agreed that the troublesome existence Wood mentioned was Qingjiao, the pillar of the Babao Navy.
"Idiot, who said the troublesome guy is Qingjiao? The troublesome existence I am talking about is the guy you think of as a member of the bastard pirates!"
Seeing that Wood's expression didn't look like he was aimless, Russ looked at the opponent's pirate flag with a solemn expression, trying to search out some of the forgotten bosses in his mind.
Unfortunately, no matter how carefully Russ thought about it, he was always sure that he had never heard of the "red-haired pirates" and red-haired Shanks mentioned by Wood.
In order to confirm that he had not remembered wrongly, Russ looked at the other people on the ship, only to find that other former colleagues and subordinates all shook their heads and said that they had never heard of this pirate group.