I reached the top of Pirates

Chapter 137 136. Orange Cat!

The Medes Islands.

It is an archipelago consisting of several small islands.

This place is rich in citrus fruits and this season happens to be a bumper harvest time for oranges, apples and some other seasonal fruits. Mercer drove the motorboat at high speed, leaving a long white trail on the sea.

Around 3 p.m.

Looking at the global sea map in his hand, Messier came here on the way.

An island appeared in Messer's sight, close to the dock, and he could smell the scent of citrus in the air.

When the brakes were applied, the outer wheel at the rear of the motorboat was stuck, and due to inertia, the motorboat stopped just as it reached the dock.

Mercer looked at the village not far away, his observation Haki slowly spread out, his eyes closed slightly, gradually covering the island, sensing to see if there was that unique frequency fluctuation.

This is something that Moses has to do every time he comes to a strange island. He tries his luck. If he happens to encounter it, it will be free.

Although the probability is not high, it is not zero and it won’t take much time.

After a moment, after sensing every inch but gaining nothing, Moses opened his eyes.

At this moment, Xiong Bao was on the shore, watching Mercer open his eyes and grinning, "Messer, look at you, isn't it just the smell of oranges everywhere? You're so greedy. Don't worry, I'll buy some for you later."

The corner of Messiah's mouth twitched, what a fool.

He glared at him unkindly, pressed his right fist against the palm of his left hand, and a series of crisp sound of bones crackling was heard.

Xiong Bao looked at Messer blankly and asked doubtfully, "Did Xiong say something wrong? You look like you're going to hit Xiong again?"

"No, you're misunderstanding. Your hand is numb from holding the motorboat handle for too long." Messier said lightly. When Xiong Bao heard what Messier said, his bear face was speechless.

Are your hands numb? Where are the bears?

Lock the boat to the dock with a chain.

Mercer and Xiong Bao walked towards the village. Soon, they arrived at the main street of the village, which was sparsely populated.

However, there are still a few stalls selling things.

Everyone in the small village is a neighbor.

The combination of Mercer and Xiong Bao is quite novel, and the villagers they meet all look curious.

"Mom, mom, look, that teddy bear is so cute. I want to have one when I grow up."

"I can't afford to raise you. Look at how fat you are. You're obviously a meat eater. It's hard for me to raise you."

"Oh, then I don't want it. Then you can get me a rabbit."

"Well, this is fine. I'll fry it for the holidays."

"Rabbits are so cute, why do we eat them? Can we not eat them?"

"Rabbit is delicious. Add chili peppers, green onions, ginger, and garlic and stir-fry. I guarantee you'll eat two big bowls."

“Is it really that fragrant?”

"Yeah, they are really delicious. A bear can eat more than a dozen of them in one meal."

When passing by them, Xiong Bao couldn't help but turn back and interject. Suddenly, the mother and daughter looked stunned.

The corner of Mercer's mouth twitched, and he rolled his eyes at Xiong Bao: "You are the only one who talks too much."

"Hey hey hey."

I asked these two people for directions.

He walked away with the mother and daughter looking at him blankly.

After a while, Messier and Xiong Bao came to the door of a bookstore, chewing a red apple in their hands.

The shop owner was a kind-looking old lady. When she saw Mercer and Xiong Bao come in, she smiled and said:
"Guests are here. Would you like to buy some books?"

"Well, let me take a look first."

Messer said to her with a smile, and took Xiong Bao to walk around the bookshelves of the bookstore.

Mercer took some interesting books, story books, navigation books, and school books, as long as they were not available at home. Ten minutes later, Mercer and Xiong Bao came to the old woman with piles of books.

"That's all. I bought them all. How much are they?"

The old woman was a little stunned. She thought he was just here for a stroll, but she didn't expect him to be a wealthy man.

He suddenly laughed and said, "I'll give you a discount. It's not expensive. It's only 70,000 Baileys."

Mercer thought about it and decided that it was indeed not expensive, so he took out the money. Xiong Bao opened his mouth wide and swallowed the book in one gulp.

The old woman was suddenly frightened.

But I was also a little curious and asked, "Hey, little brother, is your partner one of those legendary devil fruit users?"

Moses looked at her doubtfully. Seeing the doubt in Moses' eyes, the old woman pursed her lips and smiled and said:
"When I was young, I also traveled around the world and heard about these strange abilities."

Seeing this, Messer smiled and nodded. It was nothing that could not be said.

"That's right, Xiong Bao is a person with special abilities. By the way, old lady, I want to ask which store on this island has the best-looking oranges. I want to buy some to eat on the road."

"Oranges?" the old woman said with a smile, "You've come to the right person. The oranges in our Kokoyasi Village are famous far and wide, but if you want to know the most delicious, this is it."

"Of course the oranges from Belle Mare's orange orchard are the best."

Suddenly, a small orange head popped out from the top of a bookshelf in the bookstore, and continued with a proud look on its face:
"Of course, the oranges in my house are the best."

When the old woman saw this, she burst into laughter: "Ah~ Little Nami, you sneaked over to read my books again."

Moses turned around and saw a cute little girl, about seven years old. If nothing went wrong, it must be that girl.

Nami chuckled at her, "The books I read are free, I don't have to buy them."

The old woman was immediately amused and said with a smile:
"But you didn't buy any. Although those books are free to read, you still have to pay me some venue fees if you read them here."

"I didn't land, so of course it doesn't count."

Nami argued with a smile,

The old woman had a helpless look on her face and happily argued with Nami. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the old woman really liked this girl and was just teasing her.

The little girl climbed down the ladder very nimbly, holding a thick book in her hands. Judging from her movements, this was not the first time she had done this.

She came up to the person with a pout on her face, smiling, "Grandma Maria, I'll return the book to you. What other free books do you have? I'd like to see if there are any I like."

Maria, the manager of the Old Lady Bookstore, spread her hands helplessly and said, "This is the last free book you'll read. If you want to read more, you'll have to buy it."

Nami showed regret on her face, but her eyes rolled around, as if she had thought of another way, and she suddenly smiled.

After laughing twice, he thought of something and turned to look at Moses with some envy in his eyes. Then he smiled sweetly at Moses:

"Big brother, I just heard you say you want to buy oranges, right? Then I'll help you lead the way, and you can give me a book by the way? I just saw that you bought a lot of books, and you probably can't read them all, so why don't you let me help you read them? Okay?"

The corner of Messer's mouth twitched, and he looked at her with a half-smile. She was so cunning, and she had plotted against him.

"No, I bought it for myself. Why should I show it to you? Besides, there are so many oranges here. Even if you don't lead the way, isn't Maria still here? At worst, I can pay Bailey and ask her to take me to buy some somewhere else, right?"

"Uh." Nami's face was blank and confused. "Okay, I don't want your book anymore. I'll take you there."

Nami said, looking at Maria, "Then I'll go, grandma. I'll come to see you another day."

As she said this, she waved to Moses to follow her. Maria was a little amused when she saw this scene. She thought that it would be revealed that she was the fake one and the one who came to get her book was the real one, but she did not say anything to refuse.

Because this "little orange cat" is very cute and lovable.

Followed us to the door of the bookstore,
Seeing that little Nami had to walk a long way with a strange young man, and their home was remote and in the suburbs, and the young man was armed, she couldn't help but feel worried.

After taking a quick look at the street, his eyes suddenly lit up, because the village police station was not far away, and Sheriff Ajian was there.

He really likes the little girl Nami.

He immediately said with a serious face: "Xiao Namei, I heard that bandits from the mountains have been wandering around the village recently. Go to Ajian and ask him to take you back."

Nami tilted her head, wanting to retort, but seeing her serious expression, she nodded immediately: "Okay, I understand."

Moses saw all of this and sensed Mary's vigilance towards him, but he did not care.

When the two men and the bear walked all the way to the door of the guard post, the door inside was opened, and a man in his thirties came out. He was wearing a uniform and a wide-brimmed hat, but in the middle of the hat was a small windmill that turned with the wind.

The visitor saw Nami and curled his lips, "Have you, you stinky little cat, gone to read books again?"

Nami twisted her face and looked at the person helplessly, "Ajian, it's you, I was just looking for you. Maria said there were bandits in the village recently, and asked me to find you to take me back."

"Who is this?" Ajian just glanced at her, then looked at Mercer, "Young man, you are new here, right? My name is Ajian, and I am the village sheriff." "Messer, a traveler."

Moses smiled and said to him:

"I heard from this girl that her oranges are the best, so I'm going to buy some."

"Is what she said true?"

Ah Jian nodded when he heard this: "The oranges from Bellemeier's family are indeed good, but their home is outside the village, a bit far. I'll take you there."

Mercer nodded indifferently and said with a smile, "It's all right."

A group of people walked out of the village.

Ajian looked at Messiah curiously:
"Where are you from, little brother?"

"In the Kingdom of Goa."

"That place is quite far away. It will take several days to get there by boat. Are you here with a caravan?"

Because it is the harvest season recently, many merchants come to buy oranges.

"No, I came here by boat alone."

Well, a motorboat is a boat, and a boat is also a boat, there is nothing wrong with what you said.

Ajian raised his eyebrows, a little unconvinced, but secretly looked at Moses and felt that Moses was not lying because of his temperament.

There is an indescribable charm about Messer that makes people believe.

Ah Jian thought of this and admired:
"A solo voyage? You must be pretty amazing, bro."

Mercer smiled and waved his hand: "It's just so-so."

"Ahem, how can you talk like that? Aren't bears human?"

After Xiong Bao finished speaking, he was stunned again:

"Well, it seems that bears are not really people. Bears are pandas."

Hearing this, the scene suddenly became quiet. Ajian looked back, suddenly picked up Nami beside him and jumped to the side.

"Holy crap, the panda is talking."

He couldn't stop speaking in shock.

"A talking panda?"

Nami turned around curiously, looking at Messer with an excited smile on her face and asked:
"That's amazing! Big brother, can all the pandas out there talk?"

Messi complained: "How is that possible? My Xiong Bao is special."

Ajian was a little embarrassed. He put Nami down and looked at Messi:
"Sorry, I was a little nervous just now."

Xiong Bao curled his lips and said, "I scared you just by myself. If you saw a group of talking foul-mouthed crows, wouldn't you be scared to death?"

Ajian looked confused and didn't understand what Xiong Bao said, and Xiong Bao didn't want to explain any further.

The scene suddenly fell into silence.

After a while, they walked out of the village and followed a path lined with bushes and trees on both sides. After about ten minutes, they arrived at a neat orange orchard.

Every orange tree in the orange orchard bears big, round, orange oranges that look delicious.

At this moment, a gust of wind blew past Messer and the other two. The next second, Xiong Bao appeared next to an orange tree, picking one with each hand.

At the same time, he threw the orange in his left hand towards Moses.

His left hand naturally raised up, and with a snap, the orange was caught in his palm. Mercer happily peeled off the skin, broke off a piece of the orange, and put it in his mouth to chew.

"Well, it's good. It's very juicy and sweet. It didn't scare me." Mercer bit the orange one by one and smiled with his eyes narrowed.

Nami blinked and looked at Messer, then held out her hand to him, "One orange is fifty berries, two oranges are one hundred berries."

Upon hearing this, Mercer immediately laughed. This money-grubbing look, coupled with this profiteer instinct, said, "He really doesn't want to take any loss at all."

She took a coin out of her pocket, placed it on her thumb, and pressed it with her index finger. With a ding, it bounced towards her. Nami's eyes lit up, and she stretched out both hands to take it. Seeing the face value of 500 Baileys, she immediately looked at Messer with a bright face:
"Is the rest a tip for me?"

Messer's face also brightened up, and when Nami looked expectant, he rolled his eyes at her:
"You're still asleep. How could you possibly be tipping me?"

Mercer looked at Xiong Bao and said, "Pick eight more big oranges."

Xiong Bao looked for his target with a happy face.

Ajian's forehead was covered in sweat. He hadn't seen the panda's movements clearly, and he couldn't help but look at Messi with a hint of fear.

Messi didn't care about Ajian's little tricks. It was just human nature.

They will feel wary and fearful of things that they cannot resist.

Xiong Bao picked the oranges and came up. He gave a few to Messier and peeled them himself to enjoy the food.

Messer also ate happily, which made Nami look confused. Because she didn't have a tip, her face looked a little helpless:
"Well, big brother, since my oranges are very good and you are satisfied, how many do you plan to buy?"

Mercer looked at the orange orchards around him, thought for a moment, and then smiled and said, "Does your family make wine? Orange wine?"

Nami's face froze for a moment, she blinked and looked at Ken, "Orange wine?"

Ajian raised his eyebrows, looked at Moses and said:
"Bellmaire makes orange wine. Why, you want some, little buddy?"

Mercer chuckled and looked at Ajian and said, "Do you have any oranges at home? If you do, I want some too."

Ah Jian raised his eyebrows slightly and laughed, "Yes, there are, but not as good as the ones in Bellemere's house."

"Bullshit! What's wrong with the oranges in Keke Yaxi Village? Ah Jian, you shouldn't say that. I appreciate your kindness."

At this time, a woman in her thirties came out of a wooden house in front of the orange orchard. She was slim, pretty, with gray eyes, and had long dark red hair tied up with very short sideburns. This strange hairstyle was called "Women Must Have Courage."

At this moment, she had a cigarette in her mouth, looking like a real girl. She glanced at Ajian with a smirk on her face, then walked up, squatted down, pinched Nami's face, and smiled:
"Nami is back, are you hungry?"

Nami smiled sweetly and placed the coin in her hand in front of Bell-mère like a treasure:

"I just sold ten oranges. This is the harvest."

Looking at the 500 Baileys in front of him, Bellmère raised his eyebrows, thinking it was a bit unfair, and immediately rolled his eyes, but did not preach. It was just a matter of willingness to fight and be beaten.

"Yeah, Nami is so good. So amazing."

Bellemeier casually took Bailey and stood up to look at Mercer: "Young man, do you mean to make orange wine?"

"I heard you can brew some. Do you have any at home? If so, could you let me try it? If it tastes good, I have a big business deal for you."

Messer chuckled.

Bellmère raised his eyebrows, but looked at Messer suspiciously, "Brother, you are not going to take advantage of me for free, are you?"

"Then you give it to me for free?"

Moses smiled and dropped the orange peel in his hand, then picked a few more from the fruit tree beside him. You know what, the freshly picked ones are the most delicious.

Peel and eat.

A small hand stretched out again, and Nami looked at Messer with a bright smile. Although she didn't say anything, her words were self-evident.

Mercer blinked, gave her half of the peeled orange, and placed it in her hand. Nami said "thank you" in a daze, but then her face turned embarrassed and she complained:
"I want money, not oranges."

"Is it not tasty? You don't even want to eat it? I heard that merchants don't eat their own food. I heard that there are bad things in it."

Nami's face turned anxious. She stuffed the orange into her mouth and chewed it with big mouthfuls. She looked at Messer with wide eyes, as if she could eat it.

"The oranges are rotten. We never add bad things to our oranges."

Moses chuckled and pretended to be surprised: "Oh, you ate my orange, so I won't pay you for this one."

Nami's face was stunned, and she became furious. She glared at Messer with her teeth pointed, her mouth slightly opened, and when she was about to speak,
Mercer took out two oranges from his hand and stuffed them into her mouth just right, smiling brightly and saying:
"If you spit it out, it proves that there is indeed something wrong with the orange."

Nami stared, chewed the orange fiercely, and finally swallowed it hard. She opened her mouth slightly again, but another piece of orange was stuffed in.

Nami's eyes suddenly filled with tears after hearing the constant interruptions. Mercer smiled and said:
"If you dare to cry, I won't buy oranges from your store. I'll go buy them from Ajian's store."

His mouth pursed, he wiped away his tears immediately, and then Messer smiled triumphantly, little Nami, it was so easy to control her.

Bellemeier then looked at Messer with a dark face and said, "Young man, don't play with my daughter casually."

Mercer raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Madam, I don't want to do that either, but your daughter is so interesting."

(End of this chapter)