The Swordsman of the Grim Reaper

Chapter 575 The City of Water

"Go to the city of meat!"

Luffy pointed straight ahead with one hand on his hip.

"What did your ears hear..."

Nami complained that she couldn't.

"Luffy, leave it to me to recruit the boatmen."

After hearing that the city of seven waters is a huge shipyard, Sanji was the first to stand up and take care of everything.

"I will definitely recruit a stunning beauty."

"Fool!"

Luffy vetoed it.

"Boat repairman, of course you have to be five meters tall and have a waist circumference of five meters..."

"Luffy, our ship can't hold such a creature~~"

"It doesn't matter what kind of person you are." Sauron was the most realistic, "As long as you have the skills, you dare to board our boat."

"Come, come, give everyone the pocket money for parking here for a week!"

After having a batch of gold that Luffy got from the snake's belly, Nami was also much more generous.

"Get rich~~~"

"Hey, look ahead."

Baishi pointed forward, and a city above the sea appeared in front of everyone.

It was a city like a water garden. In the center of the city, there was a huge fountain building that gushed seawater downwards, forming waterways that ran through the entire city. It looked like a work of art from a distance.

As the Golden Merry approached slowly, another side of this garden-like city was revealed.

Huge docks, towering chimneys, dense hanging towers, numerous factories and workers coming and going, all of which prove the vitality of this city.

"Wow, it's so spectacular. It's like an industrial city. No wonder things like sea trains are also produced here."

"This is the power of ordinary people," Shiraishi nodded in response to Usopp's emotion.

"Unfortunately, this world..." No matter how hard ordinary people try, it is still impossible to compare with monsters.

As long as Aokiji is willing, this magnificent sea city will become an ice sculpture in a second, and it will be the same for other masters.

"Hey, you guys."

The uncle fishing on the coast pointed to the other side.

"It's inappropriate for pirates to appear at the main entrance, you go around to the street at the back entrance."

"Thanks, uncle!"

As the Golden Merry detoured along the city, along the way there were enthusiastic citizens pointing out where the Straw Hats stopped, which surprised Luffy and others.

"Aren't people in this city afraid of pirates?"

"Because for the shipyard, pirates are also customers, right?"

Sanji replied thoughtfully.

Different from the four seas, the pirate elements of the great route are much more complicated.

There are scumbags who live on looting alone, armed business groups that are half merchants and half bandits, thugs supported by major forces, ambitious rising stars, and simple adventurers like Luffy.

"Maybe there are very powerful bodyguards here, even if the pirates mess around."

Facing Robin's speculation, Shiraishi glanced at her.

Indeed, there are not only a group of boatmen with a strength of about 4000 million, but also the well-known CP9 full-staff undercover.

Ordinary pirates who dare to make trouble here will go to the toilet with a lantern and seek death.

"Then, you can move freely first."

Nami, who changed into a formal lady's short-sleeved suit and tie, waved to the others, "Shiraishi, please accompany me to exchange gold with Unoka-san."

It was the first time she got so much gold, so she was really worried about accidents.

"Okay." Shiraishi nodded in agreement.

Luffy and Usopp have already rushed outside.

Robin looked at the petite Chopper.

"If Mr. Ship Doctor wants to buy medical books, I can take you there."

"Hey, has Robin been here before?"

Facing Chopper's question, the intellectual beauty smiled slightly.

"No, but when it comes to finding a target in an unfamiliar city, I believe no one is better at it than me."

"Then I'll stay and watch the ship."

Zoro leaned on the deck and closed his eyes to rest, because Sanji was definitely going to buy ingredients, so of course he could only leave him to watch the ship.

Anyway, other people dare not let Sauron go out alone.

……

City of Seven Waters, Center Street, Cash Exchange Office.

"One hundred million Bailey?"

"Yes, these gold ornaments have a lot of history and high purity, and they are worth so much."

"If you agree, I'll prepare right away."

With an excited expression on the appraiser's face, Nami snapped her fingers and said, "Now I just want to say three things."

"First, I forgot to tell you just now that our captain is a big pirate with a bounty of [-] million."

"Second, I don't accept the appraisal just now."

"Third, you can call the strongest guard here first," Nami looked down at the sweaty appraiser condescendingly, "Don't say I won't give you a chance, if you try to blackmail us again, I promise Let you not see the sun of tomorrow."

The two behind gave Nami enough courage.

"Three hundred million Baileys, I didn't expect to sell it for so much money."

Nami, who was carrying a suitcase, sighed.

"It's almost there," Shiraishi said, carrying two suitcases, "This is already close to the other party's psychological limit, and it's no longer necessary to continue to exert pressure."

"Then next..."

"I'll take you to a good place."

Shiraishi smiled mysteriously.

……

"here is?"

Waiting for Nami, Shiraishi, and Unohanaretsu to take the unique transportation vehicle Bruu of the capital of seven waters, and come here along the waterways that criss-cross the entire city like spider webs.

Nami looked at the strange building in front of her with a puzzled expression.

"There is a very powerful boatman here, and I can feel his strength."

Shiraishi can't say that the future boatman of the Straw Hats is here.

dong dong dong.

"excuse me."

After knocking on the door, Baishi directly pushed open the door of the building in front of him, and all he saw were tall, short, fat, thin, strangely shaped armed men with knives and guns, armor and cannons.

"Baishi, the difference between these people and the boatmen is too big, right?"

Everyone in the house was stunned for a moment, and then laughed wildly.

"Hahahaha!"

"The boatman? You actually came here to find the boatman, we are bounty hunters!"

"Little girl, you are in the wrong place. This is the territory of the Franky family. We only know how to dismantle ships, but we don't know how to build them."

"But if you bring money, we don't mind spending it for you, I smell pirates from you!"

"You look at the box."

Shiraishi put down the two suitcases in his hands, and moved his shoulders while walking into a building full of malicious men.

"I'm the best at communicating with people."

boom!
As soon as he stepped out, the metal building trembled, the hard floor exploded, gravel flew across, a domineering shock wave spread to all directions, and the glass windows that were closer to him shattered.

Shiraishi raised his fist and slammed it down.

boom!
A fist hit the ground hard, the air was distorted, and circles of vibrating ripples visible to the naked eye seeped into the ground layer by layer, and the entire hall trembled like a drum being beaten violently.

Large swaths of solid floor with soil and rocks were blown away by the tyrannical and powerful explosion, like dozens of heavy cannons falling at the same time.

"what happened?"

"Are we being shelled?"

"damn it!"

The bounty hunters in the hall instantly rolled into a ball and fell to the ground, and some who were far away didn't even know what happened.

"who is it?"

A tall figure in a cloak and a mask strode forward to the edge of the deep pit that appeared in the hall, and looked at Baishi who punched out a huge pit.

"Dare to come to the Frankie family to make trouble!"

"Hello, Mr. Franky."

Shiraishi withdrew his fist, jumped back to Nami's side first, picked up a suitcase and jumped in front of the tall masked man, and directly opened the suitcase in his hand.

For a moment, the eyes of the bounty hunters who were either angry or frightened just now lit up.

That was a box full of Baileys.

The magic of money is enough to make them shut up, but it doesn't include the tall masked man in front of them.

"What does that mean? An apology?"

"You can say that, but I'm here to negotiate a deal with Mr. Franky."

"About the sale of Treasure Tree Adam."

Shiraishi didn't want Usopp to be humiliated, and he also felt that it doesn't matter if these small troubles are changed, as long as the ending is good.

……

"Shiraishi, why do you trust that guy?"

Although Nami hadn't seen Franky's true face under the cloak mask, the big hairy legs and bare feet that the other party inadvertently revealed as he walked around, as well as the men in stockings and tights.

"No matter how you look at it, is it a pervert?"

"Don't worry," Baishi waved his hand, "He is definitely a trustworthy person."

The former Frankie, or Carter Fram, was also a typical hot-blooded boy.

There are tragic childhoods, there are kind teachers, and there are brothers who love to bicker but actually care about each other very much.

At the same time, he also has the loyalty, impulsiveness, trouble-making, and stubbornness of a hot-blooded boy.

Until he was framed and blamed, killing his master who was like a father, and was entrusted by his senior brother to keep the master's relics.

Under all kinds of pressure, I had to pretend to be myself.

The result is that after pretending for a long time, it really became a pervert.

"Don't worry, just take a stroll."

Shiraishi smiled.

The three briefly experienced the style of the capital of seven waters, and then returned to the Meili, the atmosphere here was tense.

Shiraishi was a little puzzled, obviously he and Nami were the ones in charge of exchanging gold and repairing ships.

It’s enough for Luffy and Usopp to play tricks and make fun of it, so how could they be making trouble again?
However, Shiraishi never thought that Luffy and Usopp, who look carefree on the outside, are actually the ones who care about the Golden Merry the most.

How could they not find someone to take a look at the situation on the Merry.

……

"So you're jettisoning the Merry?"

With bloodshot eyes, Usopp grabbed Luffy's collar, completely gone from his usual laughing and joking appearance.

"You're not a boatman, Usopp."

Luffy, whose face was also very ugly, let Usopp grab his collar to refute.

"You also heard what those professional boatmen said, so..."

"shut up!!"

"Don't put on airs like a captain, thinking you're wise and experienced to make some bad decisions!"

Usopp said angrily: "I misread you, Luffy!"

"what happened?"

Facing the returning people, Sauron quickly explained the reason.

"The professional boatman here came to see it just now. The Merry... can no longer sail, and it can't even be repaired."

Nami was shocked and said, "Why is this happening? There has been no problem since then!"

thump.

Luffy suddenly pushed Usopp to the ground and roared, "Don't go too far!"

"Do you think you are the only one suffering? Everyone is the same!"

"If you have a problem with my decision, then you are off this ship!"

Bang!
With a flying kick, while interrupting Luffy's words in an instant, the two were forced to fly away.

"Luffy, wake up!"

"You are the captain, there are some things you can't say casually."

"Sorry," Luffy, who was kicked out by Sanji, got up, "I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention just now..."

"This is your truth, Luffy."

Usopp got up and patted his pants.

Lu Fei said solemnly, "What did you say!?"

"Abandon the companions who can't keep up, and just keep going."

Usopp lowered his head, "Your dream is to become the One Piece standing at the top of the world, of course you must have great power, but I am different."

"I never thought of standing at that height, and I have been thinking seriously all this time."

Usopp's serious eyes swept over everyone on the deck, Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Shiraishi, Unokanaretsu, Nami, and Chopper.

There was reluctance and unwillingness in his lowered eyes.

"My strength can no longer keep up with you."

When I was still in Xiluobu Village, there were only a few straw hat groups.

At that time, he naively thought that being a pirate was a novel adventure and a day of laughter.

Then after going out to sea, one after another, the destructive enemies fell powerlessly down again and again.

"I'm just an ordinary person, I can't keep up with you monsters!"

At this time, Usopp finally had the courage to speak his mind. He has always been very inferior. Can he really sail with this group of people?

This low self-esteem has become a very clear meaning until now.

He, like the Merry, probably couldn't adapt to the more brutal voyage ahead.

will also be abandoned...

"Usopp, what do you want to say?"

Nami had a bad premonition in her heart, but she didn't know how to ease the situation.

Bai Shi sighed inwardly, knowing what he wanted to say next.

"Luffy, I can't continue sailing with you."

Usopp made the decision to quit the group, bowed and said, "I'm really sorry for causing you trouble before."

Lu Fei did not speak, pursed his lips, pressed his hand on the straw hat, faint veins appeared on the back of his hand.

He finally understood what it meant to be heartbroken.

Usopp turned around, jumped off the Golden Merry, took out his slingshot, and shouted, "You are the captain of this ship, Monkey D. Luffy!"

"Fight me, if I win, you have to give me the Golden Melly!!"

Upon hearing this, Nami panicked, and quickly said: "Usopp, don't be joking, haha, it's not funny at all. For the Merry, we..."

"The Merry is no longer sailable."

Luffy didn't refuse the challenge, he jumped off the boat and said, "You're not timid this time, no matter what the result is, this is the duel you asked for, don't regret losing."

(End of this chapter)