Looking from a distance, this is an island with beautiful mountains and clear waters.
Even under the morning sun, the outline of the island seems to be edged with a layer of golden lace.
A small sailboat painted with butterflies and ladybug skull patterns slowly sailed toward the shore... However, this was obviously not a coast. There was nowhere to dock, and there might be a risk of running aground or running aground. The small sailboat was still some distance from the shore.
When we were more than fifty meters away, the canvas was suddenly folded and the speed slowed down.
Then, there was a crash from the bottom of the boat, and it actually broke away from the sea, and the entire hull levitated.
The small sailboat seemed to be held up by invisible hands, passing through the waves on the sea, drawing an arc in mid-air, and leaping straight to the shore.
It did not fall. After the boat reached the shore, it was still floating in the air, more than two meters above the ground.
Three people walked out of the cabin. Lynch and Robin jumped off calmly. They looked back and saw a certain princess, Rose, holding on to the side rail of the ship, staring blankly at the floating hull.
Lin Qi ignored her and held the "storage bag" in his hand, Xiao Lu, and knocked it gently against the wooden board of the ship's hull.
With a "whoosh" sound, the entire small sailboat suddenly shrank and flew into the phone bug's body.
Rose let out a soft cry and fell from a height of more than two meters, but she did not fall.
Her feet were hanging off the ground, and the back of her neck seemed... to be held up by something.
It's a ghost... Rose thought this, and then she felt the strength on the back of her neck loosen, and she felt her feet on the ground.
After "B.I.B" let go, he glanced at the stunned Rose, then turned around and followed the main body and Robin towards the island.
Lin Qi held the record pointer in his hand. The pointer trembled slightly and pointed to the island at his feet. It was storing the magnetism of this island. It would point to the next island only after it was full.
Robin observed the scenery and features of the island along the way, and soon knew which island they were on by comparing the natural environment with the names of the islands they had collected along the magnetic route.
"This is the Kingdom of Halahitanya." Robin put Xiaolu into his shoulder bag, took out a book, flipped through a few pages and read, "It is an island rich in gold, silver and other precious minerals, so this
The island is also nicknamed the 'Island of Real Money', and the Kingdom of Halahitania is also called the 'Rich Country'..."
"The Island of Real Money," Lin Qi touched his chin, "What an arrogant name..."
The two of them walked in the lead towards the inhabited town on the island, followed closely by the dark shadow armor.
And "B.I.B" turned around and saw the girl Rose who was silently following him and others.
Rose naturally couldn't feel the sight of the stand-in armor, and the events of that night flashed back in her mind...
【"The only female Shichibukai?"】
[After hearing what Rose and Robin said, Lynch was a little confused at first, but after thinking about it, he quickly turned around.]
[Hancock is not the Shichibukai now...]
[And I just played with Hawkeye a while ago, so I know that guy is not a Shichibukai now. 】
[In addition, Big Bear should still be following Dolag to connect revolutionary comrades. I wonder if he has received an invitation from the World Government's King Shichibukai...]
[In this case, an obvious conclusion is that the number of Shichibukai under the King in the current era is either vacant and less than seven; or except for Crocodile and Moonlight Moria, the other five people are Lynch's
The great pirate of this era that I don’t know...]
[However, Lynch usually doesn’t pay much attention to newspapers and has no interest in current political news in this world.]
[Robin is different from him. When he goes to every island, he will quietly open his eyes and ears in the dark, firstly as a warning, and secondly, to collect some necessary information; in addition, as long as there is a chance to meet him,
Newsbirds will always buy the latest newspaper. If they haven’t bought it for a long time, they will buy a lot of old newspapers and read them all at once after landing on a new island.】
[Even so, Robin does not know much information about His Majesty Shichibukai Laut Haina. 】
["She is the Shichibukai who became almost eight years ago." Robin recalled. 】
["Eight years ago?" Lynch calculated, "Isn't that the year Roger was executed?"]
[Robin nodded and said: "The words of the Pirate King before his death opened the curtain of the Great Pirate Age. Several times the number of pirates in the past swarmed into the Grand Line. The navy was tired of dealing with it for a while, and soon the navy general
The Warring States Period proposed the 'Shichibukai under the King' system with legal rights to plunder, in order to curb the almost crazy situation on the sea at that time... and Lauter Heina was one of the seven great pirates at that time."]
["After becoming a Shichibukai, the bounty order will be revoked." Robin added, "Before it is revoked, Lauter Heina's total bounty is..."]
[Loss sighed: "Seven hundred and ninety million Baileys..."]
["Wow!" Lynch exaggerated, "Seven hundred and ninety million? How scary..."]
[He touched his chin, "Good guy, one person is equivalent to ten 'sons of the devil'."]
["..." Robin wanted to hold his forehead or poke this guy with his finger, but it was all intentional. 】
[But with Rose present, Robin tensed up.]
[Lose didn’t react at all, and didn’t even think about what the “Devil’s Child” was. For most people in the world, the “Devil’s Child” Nicole Robin with a bounty of 79 million Baileys was only a moment.
It's just something to talk about after dinner. In the West Sea, it is possible for people to pay more attention to it. If they catch the little girl worth tens of millions of gold, they can report it and receive the reward. But for people in other sea areas, it seems too much.
Far away.]
[A princess like Rose who was carefree a few years ago actually doesn’t know what a “son of the devil” is. 】
[She only knows that 790 million beli... this is a desperate number. 】
[The bounty in the One Piece world is not completely equivalent to the individual's strength, but similarly, the bounty number is not completely without reference to the individual pirate's combat strength.]
[Bounty level, most of the time, is a very effective criterion for measuring the strength of a pirate, and it is also the most intuitive number. 】
[And a bounty of 790 million, what is this concept? 】
[List the bounties of a few well-known figures and you can get a feel for it.]
[Swordsman Zoro of the Straw Hats "Two Years Later", 320 million. 】
[Straw Hat Luffy before he was hailed as the "Fifth Emperor" by Morgans, 500 million. 】
[Ace, the captain of the second division of the Whitebeard Pirates, 550 million.]
[Charlotte Snag, the biological son of the Emperor of the Sea and one of the four dessert generals, only has 600 million beli. 】
[Katakuri, who is regarded as the "Emperor's Deputy", and Jack, one of the three plagues, have bounties of just over one billion. ]
[As for Lauter Heina seven years ago, the bounty was as high as 790 million beli...]
[Look at how heavy the shadow is on the face of this girl Rose at this moment, and you will know how terrifying the other party is.]
[However, Lin Qi felt that unlike Lao Sha, Ming Ge and others who received an invitation from the Shichibukai when they first emerged, so the old bounty did not match their true strength at all, Haiina was one of the first batch of Shichibukai. She originally
The bounty is probably quite consistent with her actual corresponding weight class.】
["The Fufu Fruit..." Robin recalled carefully, shaking his head and saying, "I haven't heard anything about her Devil Fruit... maybe she rarely showed off her Devil Fruit abilities, or maybe the Fufu Fruit was her...
What you get after becoming a Shichibukai.”]
[Lin Qi nodded thoughtfully: "Yeah!"]
[Lynch and Robin both looked at Rose sitting on the carpet, but the girl lowered her head in silence, turning a blind eye to their gazes, and did not react for a long time...]
If we ask for their help to defeat Laut Heina...
On the "Island of Real Money and Silver", Rose looked at the backs of the two people from behind, her eyes filled with sadness, and she thought to herself, what can I do if I ask them?
Heina is not Crocodile. Heina’s previous bounty far exceeded that of the Sand Crocodile who was also a member of the Shichibukai...
Giorno can chase sand crocodiles all over the sky, but Haina? That female pirate's bounty seven years ago was more than the combined bounty of Giorno and Xu Lun today.
Besides...
Rose clenched her fists, feeling a sense of guilt in her heart. She thought painfully: I actually want to let two people who treat me very well die...
People like me are so pathetic and hateful...
I really want to disappear like this, so that there will be no pain.
"Ah, we're in town."
Giorno's voice interrupted the melancholy expression on Rose's face. She seemed to wake up and looked up to see a town ahead that looked very prosperous, but looked a little dilapidated upon closer inspection.
Residents on the street wear local costumes.
Many people's clothing styles have exaggerated styles and exquisite patterns. Some of them seem to be made by famous designers and are worth a lot of money at first glance. But Robin quickly noticed that most people are flashy.
The clothes all looked old, and a few people even had patches on their clothes...
"A rich country on an island of real money..."
Lynch glanced at the residents passing by on the street, "That's it?"
With his height of over two meters, physically speaking, the sound produced by his voice cannot be made small.
Many passers-by heard it, some glared at him and murmured in a low voice; some looked at him angrily, looked up again, then quickly lowered their heads, pretending that nothing happened, and hurried past.
Some people looked at him and the tall woman next to him with a confused expression, thinking that they had seen this combination before somewhere...
"B.I.B" floated up from the side, its mask disintegrated and covered the main body's face.
Through the narrow and shimmering visor eyes, Lynch saw his past memories recalled by the substitute.
The comic pages flashed by quickly, finally settling on Chapter 524. The island where the skeleton Brook arrived after being blown away by the big bear...
The "poor country" on the "shattered iron island" is also called the Kingdom of Halahitania.
In the comics, this island is basically a dilapidated desert island. The houses of the residents on the island are in tatters. Not one of them is intact. There are ruins everywhere. I am afraid that even the pirates are too lazy to bother with this island.
, there is only little information, and even normal humans regard Jianshan Island’s neighbors, the Changshou Clan, as rare and exotic beasts, and they will come over as bandits from time to time to visit...
"This handsome guy, this beauty, do you want some clothes?" Suddenly a man ran over to the roadside holding some beautiful clothes and showed them in front of Lynch and Robin, "These are top designers from the Shampoo Islands.
How about you only count your 30 million Baileys for your works? You can take away 30 million Baileys!"
Robin reached out and touched it. It seemed to be the real thing.
"Thirty million," Lin Qi commented, "With these two sets of clothes, you can go to the East China Sea and buy baskets of pirate heads."
Thirty million beli was exactly the amount of money Luffy received when he was first offered a reward after defeating Arlong. In the end, it was only worth two pieces of clothing in the hands of ordinary residents of the "Rich Country" in front of him.
This men's suit is very good, Robin really wants to buy it for Lynch...
But before she could speak, someone from the other side jumped out and cursed: "Bah! Thirty million is too expensive!"
Lin Qi and the people in front of them immediately became upset and yelled back: "Why is it expensive? I spent 80 million Baileys to buy it for collection three years ago. I have never worn it at all. Now it is sold for 30 million and it is still expensive?"
!”
"That makes sense." Lynch nodded, "But, 80 million Baileys?"
As if they had a telepathic connection, he met Robin's eyes as he raised his head, and they seemed to be able to communicate with each other and understand their eyes.
——"The son of the devil is only worth two sets of clothes. The navy is really stingy."
——"..."
The person who jumped out also took out two sets of clothes that were obviously well-preserved from the patched bag. They were also one set of women's clothes and one set of men's clothes. And he had a good eye. The women's clothes were a black leather lace dress with a slightly gothic style, and one was a men's suit.
The suit is a white casual suit that suits Lynch's figure very well. The two sets of clothes complement each other.
Robin's expression changed slightly. If the price wasn't too exaggerated...
"Eight million beli!" The man held out two fingers and said decisively, "I also bought these two sets of clothes in the Chambord Islands five years ago for 100 million beli. Eight million beli
, you take it away!”
Lin Qi lowered his head and saw, oh, this man was wearing worse clothes than the one just now.
I guess I am poorer now and need more money.
Soon, many hidden clothing sellers on the street saw the opportunity and rushed over.
"Me! Look at my clothes! Isn't eight million a lie?"
"Two of my three sets of clothes cost seven million!"
"I'm not going to brag to you. I bought this set of clothes for 50 million beli. If I didn't need the money urgently and had no choice but to pay heavenly gold, I wouldn't be willing to sell it to you two. In this way, the price is 5 million."
"..."
When Lynch and the others walked out of the crowd and entered a restaurant with a cracked nameplate, Robin already had several bags containing clothes in his hands.
Rose seemed a little silent, and looked back at the crowd that had just arrived, as if they were crazy about selling to Giorno and Xu Lun. They dispersed in a hurry, showing their desolation after prosperity.
Far away on the street, soldiers passed by. Several people who had been selling to Giorno and Xu Lun just cried in front of the soldiers. Rose vaguely heard words like "Heavenly Gold", "Hai Chess", "Loan" and the like.
words.
The princess followed Lynch and Robin and sat down in the restaurant with mixed emotions. When the latter two were ordering food, she suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the next table behind her: "It's really sad..."
Gance?! Rose's eyes turned pale and she secretly turned her head to look. The figure of the person sitting at the table behind her with his back to her was clearly her father's guard captain Gance.
Why is he here!?
"The Rich Country will change its name soon..." Gance said with his back to her.
The person at the same table with him took a sip of wine, looked out the window and smiled: "Are you sympathizing with them?"
"No," Gance turned and looked out the window, "I'm just enjoying the beautiful scenery."
boom!
Suddenly there was a gunshot, and among the soldiers who were noisy with the residents outside the restaurant window, someone fell to the ground with blood pouring from his forehead.
"Someone shot!"
"Ah! Killing!"
The streets outside the window immediately became chaotic, with soldiers and residents confronting each other and the crowd commotion.
The same was true in the restaurant. Many people seemed to hear gunshots nearby, but they didn't see anyone holding a gun at all, and there wasn't even any trace of gunpowder smoke left.
Lynch showed no reaction and just ate at the table full of food.
"..." Robin heard the noise and turned around to observe twice. Several people sitting next to her left the restaurant in confusion. Suddenly, she saw Rose lowering her head and her shoulders seemed to be trembling slightly.
Rose's eyes were full of disbelief and horror. When Gance and others passed by her, she clearly heard Gance's tone that was completely different from the gentle tone before, and said with a chuckle: "This will be more interesting..."
Gance, it was Gance who fired the gun!
Rose was horrified, why did he do this? Why was he here? What happened to him?
Guard captain Gance is a user with the spear fruit ability!