Two hundred and twentieth eight chapters, yin and yang
"sure."
Lovett flapped his wings and flew to the bar less than one meter away from the dragon, placing his cane on the table.
"But before that, I have something to ask."
An inexplicable depressive atmosphere enveloped the small tavern. Aka slowly backed away, stood on tiptoes like a cat and moved laterally, moving to the blind spot of Long's sight.
In response, Long's expression remained unchanged.
"I know what you're going to ask."
"We robbed the goods, but we didn't spread the rumors."
He took a sip of wine: "Actually, we were fooled by the Navy just like Hancock. We thought that even if you were in charge of the shipping industry behind the scenes, you would track down the disappearance of an entire shipload of jewelry."
"Then you shouldn't be here..."
The answer was now clear, Long was not lying, Lovett could see it.
He said calmly: "My people didn't tell me that they found your trace, Mr. Long, but you showed up here...are you waiting for me?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"for……"
Putting the wine glass on the bar, Long's eyes were deep and he said in a deep voice.
"Return a favor!"
"oh?"
Lovett folded his wings and pressed on his cane, tilting his head curiously.
"Carlos Hart, you must have never heard of this name, right?"
"No, I've heard of it."
dragon:"……"
"A poor painter whose true identity has been exposed, a person with sketching fruit ability, who was quite famous in the Grand Line a few months ago."
With a mage's memory, even if you just briefly glance at the relevant information, you can remember it for a long time.
After being choked, Long smiled bitterly and said: "Inferior painter... This description fits that guy very well."
"But it's a pity that everything is an illusion."
Long's expression became serious: "His fruit awakening ability allows him to draw the target's appearance and write down the target's name without knowing the other party's existence... For this reason, the World Government directed and staged a farce, okay?
Let him evaporate."
Hearing this, Lovett's pupils shrank.
"A very dangerous ability!"
No wonder they have the ability to make things such a big deal, that's why.
Lovett finally understood where the throbbing in his heart came from, and it was this being named Carlos Hart.
Because of some of his own interventions, he took a different life path.
"Yes, it's very dangerous."
Long took a sip of wine: "Because of him, we suffered heavy losses, so after investigating his existence, I sent people to assassinate him."
I think it was the day of the fight with Kaido.
Lovett nodded silently.
"But, all this is within his plan."
At this time, Long's tone changed.
"He expected that we would investigate the cause of the intelligence leak afterwards, betting that we would discover his existence."
"He wants to live?"
"Not really."
Long shook his head: "He wants revenge more than surviving."
"So, he used the teeth he had hidden after being knocked out during torture to carve a portrait of a character that he read through the fruit's ability on the skin of his back, and asked us to kill him for revenge.
From now on, remember to peel off the skin and take it away."
"He is a cruel person!"
Lovett couldn't help but be moved.
Carlos is very smart and knows that he alone cannot complete his revenge, so he can only entrust his hope to the revolutionary army.
But the chances are equally slim!
He didn't even know if the revolutionary army could detect his existence. In that situation where there was no hope at all, God knew how much courage it would take.
"Yeah, that guy..."
Long Zuiyan was slightly tipsy and his eyes were empty.
"Even if I haven't met him, I can still imagine what he looked like at that time."
What kind of hatred supported a painter who had never seen blood to withstand severe torture and make this step-by-step plan with rationality and clarity?
Whenever he puts himself into it, Long's spine will inevitably shiver.
After a pause, he continued.
"And this list includes the spies that the World Government has planted in various forces, the pirates who have secretly cooperated with them, the traitors who have diverted troubles to the east to curb the development of non-franchised countries, and even the New World and them
Now we know all the people who have connections."
In an understatement, Long said a big news that could shock the world. "Of course the most important thing is that we know who poses the greatest threat to the revolutionary army, so we can make preparations in advance."
"Sounds like I'm on that list?"
Lovett laughed.
Then he raised his head and said calmly.
"That's why you want to force me to show up through the robbery of that ship of jewels, use my mouth to tell the world government about it, and threaten them to stop targeting you, otherwise everyone will die... This is the safest way.
It’s just a business matter, so Wu Laoxing doesn’t have time to help me out.”
Lovett shook his head: "Isn't it hard to bear a debt of gratitude?"
There is no doubt that what Carlos wants to see most is for the revolutionary army to overthrow the government.
It's a pity they can't do it.
But as an enemy, he didn't ask for life, and as a benefactor, it's a bit unreasonable that he hasn't received anything in return.
Thus, what Long himself was waiting for happened.
"Well, I'm not surprised at all that you can guess this."
Long was startled for a moment, then smiled and said: "The government knows Carlos better than I do. As long as they know this, they will naturally be able to tell whether I am lying."
"but!"
"Originally...that's how it should be!"
After a pause in his aggravated tone, Long looked away and looked at the door where he had appeared at some point. He stood with his hands tied and stared at his white suit without saying a word.
Owl mask, white suit and coat, government cross pattern, the identity of the visitor is obvious, CP0 commander, the undefeated owl!
"But I didn't expect that there would be problems with this plan from the very beginning. The rumor itself was a bureau of the Navy!"
"Although I don't know their purpose, we just accidentally... bumped into each other."
Quietly glancing at the owl, Lovett chuckled.
"That's why I said you shouldn't be here!"
"The Navy obviously only planned to blame this matter on others to lure me into action, but it accidentally bumped into a big fish like you. There is no reason to let it go."
"But I can't come if I don't come...it's not just for favors."
The dragon held the wine glass tightly.
"Do you know...the government's Skynet project?"
Turning his head, seeing that the owl had no intention of stopping him, Lovett shrugged his wings.
"have no idea."
Long explained.
"They have had enough of this era of great pirates, but due to the vastness of the sea and the delay in delivering information in a timely manner, they can only passively fight back every time without being able to strike first."
"So, they made the dangerous decision to spy on the whole world."
The corners of Lovett's mouth twitched.
"Phone bug?"
"Yes."
Well, it’s really...
For a moment, Lovett didn't know what to say.
This technology tree is crooked, this magical style is very good, very piratey.
At this time, Long continued.
"If you pay careful attention, you will find that in recent years, apart from the Telephone Island on the Grand Line, other islands rich in telephone bugs have either been destroyed by pirates, or sudden changes have made the economy collapse, and craftsmen have turned to other professions to make a living."
"If things continue like this, in a few years, more than 70% of the telephone bugs you buy will be produced by Telephone Island and have monitoring equipment installed inside."
"Okay, I probably understand...but I think this technology must not be mature yet, otherwise it will be too late for you to take action."
Lovett stretched and looked towards the door: "So what should we do now, Lord Xiao?"
In this regard, Xiao Xiao, who had been silent all this time, answered the question with action...
call out!
The air flow was noisy, white light exploded on the hands, and the white coat was hunting in the strong wind. The owl raised his hands and crossed them. The air was continuously pulled from all around, compressed and tightened, forming an eagle's claw-like air blade on his fingers, and then suddenly
Blast out.
Heaven's Hunt·Eagle Strike!
laugh……!
Click!!
The air blade was extremely sharp. With just one blow, the bar and the wall behind it were instantly torn open with six huge gaps.
Through the gap, it can be seen that the air blade is destroying everything along the way, penetrating half of the communication town.
Intense murderous intent erupted from the owl's body, compressing both sides of the white light, and the air was like a mirror filled with white cracks.
Looking at Long who turned into a breeze and reappeared in the corner of the bar, Xiao's calm voice finally came out from behind the mask.
"Try it if you can, dragon!"
Then he raised his right paw toward the sky and turned his palm.
"Great Annihilation·Black Star!"
Suddenly, Long's eyes became solemn and his whole body tensed up.