Pirate: It’s not a phantom beast, it’s a phantom god!

Chapter 79 Unlucky Shiki

"Does Jhin know about this?" asked Burfat after he came to his senses.

Ra shook his head.

"I haven't met Jhin, so I'm not sure. But I think he should be soon..."

"Mr. Kaido, the Golden Lion is fighting with the navy!"

Before La could finish his words, Jin, wearing a black leather jacket, walked in with a newspaper in his hand.

"Well, I already know." Kaido said, shaking the identical newspaper in his hand.

"Jin, what do you think about this?"

"Why did that guy Shiki suddenly get into conflict with the navy, and even after knowing that Garp and Zephyr were on the ship, he still chose to fight them?"

"I am not sure as well."

"Is he in a bad mood because he didn't find John's treasure?" Jhin made a guess that he himself was not quite convinced of.

"Could it be that the Navy has clues to John's treasure?"

La had already heard Osi and the others talk about the outcome of the battle on Beehive Island on the boat.

Osi also vividly described some battlefield details he heard from the pirates who returned from the front lines.

"How is that possible? The Navy didn't even see the shadow of Honeycomb Island this time, so where did the clues come from?" Burfat did not agree with La's guess.

"They don't necessarily have to be present on the scene; it's possible they discovered something on their return."

"For example, is John really dead? Or has anyone seen his body?
Captain Kaido, have all of this been confirmed?"

La adhered to the principle of 'eliminating all the impossible, and what remains, no matter how impossible it is, is the fact' and did not easily believe John's death.

"Shiqi said he was blown to pieces, and his men at the scene also said he was killed immediately after the explosion. Hmm..."

As he spoke, Kaido began to recall the scene at that time.

[John's body was never found, nor were any debris found. And then there was Shiqi's reaction at the time, and his somewhat calculated attitude when the treasure was later divided...]
The thick fingers twisted unconsciously, and the fragile newspaper in Kaido's hand turned into powder and fell to the ground bit by bit.

La sighed and tried to find a broom to clean up.

But a gust of wind blew through the hall, and the scraps of paper were blown all over the sky.

"!"

Kaido seemed to have thought of something, and he took the newspaper from Jin and stared at the photo on it carefully.

Since this was the first time since Rocks' death that the navy had fought a large-scale battle with pirates in the New World, the related reports occupied almost the entire page of the newspaper.

Several photos of the scene taken from different angles are interspersed between each paragraph of text.

Kaido carefully observed the photo in the newspaper, his eyes scanning the somewhat blurry ink spots inch by inch.

Suddenly he seemed to have found something and slammed the newspaper onto the table.

"Woo-la-la-la~ So that's how it is!"

"Shiqi and John, they are indeed the two most sinister guys on the ship back then!"

Seeing Kaido like this, several people also gathered around the table. La was not tall enough so he stepped directly on a stool.

"See this ship?"

Kaido saw everyone gathered around and pointed at one of the photos.

In the background of the photo there is a pirate ship with only the bow showing.

The boat in the picture was very small and blurry because it was out of focus, but Burfat recognized it at a glance.

"This bow... that's that Fowl guy's ship! Why is he there?!"

As Forle's old rival, Burfat is very familiar with his car.

When Burfat heard that Kaido and his men did not meet him on Beehive Island, he thought that he had missed the battle and felt a little relieved.

Now, seeing the enemy ship appear in waters that are completely unrelated to Beehive Island...

After ruling out the option that Fowle was afraid of death and ran away, he could only think that this was an order from the other captain, John.

John is still alive!!!

"That guy John is probably still alive!" Kaido gave the conclusion directly.

“And Ski got ahold of John after that!
But unfortunately, the navy suddenly appeared in the same sea area, and even accidentally stumbled upon the pirate ship where John was hiding! "

"Well, that makes sense."

La nodded slightly, then smoothed out the newspaper that was slightly wrinkled by Kaido, and said with emotion:
"But now it seems that Lady Luck does not favor these two calculating people."

"Woo-ha-ha-ha~ Shiki has always had bad luck.

Every time I plan and calculate, something always goes wrong at the last step. This time, there’s a high probability that I won’t get anything.”

Thinking of Shiki's probably furious expression at this moment, Kaido wanted to fly over and see it with his own eyes.

In a cheerful mood, he unconsciously picked up his wine gourd and was about to take a big gulp when he felt an unexpected resistance on his arm. "Captain Kaido, you drank enough last night.

For the long-term future of the Pirate Group, I hope you can set an example and exercise some restraint in drinking.

After witnessing the lewd scene last night, La formally put forward his proposal to Kaido.

"Shut up! What kind of pirate is he if he doesn't drink?"

Kaido didn't care and pulled his arm hard - but it didn't move.

"I'm not against you drinking, but excessive alcohol can cause irreversible damage to your thinking ability and physical health, so I hope you can exercise some moderation."

La still held the thorn ring decoration on Kaido's wrist without letting go, and spoke seriously.

"Woo-ha-ha-ha~ You little brat are controlling me now."

Seeing that the other party refused to give in, Kaido did not get angry.

"Don't worry, I've drunk more alcohol than you've drunk water. Do you think I'm in trouble now? Let me go and let me drink some wine to sober me up."

pull:"……"

"Are you awake?"

……

"Snapped!"

An exquisite lacquer wine cup was thrown hard to the ground and flew far away.

"Damn it, Garp!"

On the flagship of the Hiku Pirates, the bandaged Golden Lion Shiki stood in the center of the meeting room, and rarely lost his composure and threw things to vent his anger.

On both sides of the hall were still the cadres.

At this moment, almost all of them were injured, and the air could still smell the slightest bit of blood and medicine. A few seats were vacant, and the atmosphere in the hall was very depressing.

"No news yet on the two ships we sent in pursuit?!"

"No news yet." Chet, with his arm in a sling, stepped out and responded.

"Useless trash!"

Another valuable table was kicked over.

"Captain Shiki, please calm down."

Heinar, who was also bandaged, advised from the side.

"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, no one expected Garp and Zephyr to appear on John's escape route at the same time."

"Yes, Boss Shiqi, this was an unexpected situation. We will definitely catch that guy John next time."

"That's right! Then we'll teach those navy a lesson!"

"Correct!"

……

"But after this incident, John should be more cautious. If he escapes to the four corners of the world, then we..."

Unlike everyone else's comforting tone, Chet lowered his head and spoke in a somewhat dejected tone.

When everyone heard this, they fell silent.

Yes, if John really escaped to all corners of the world, it would be difficult for them to find him even with the life card.

"Whoo~"

“Forget it, let’s leave it at that for now.

John will continue to send people to monitor the life card, you guys go back and recuperate first."

After venting his anger, Shiqi gradually calmed down.

The failure of this operation caused his Flying Pirates to suffer heavy losses.

Not only did he lose several cadres and countless ordinary members, he himself was also seriously injured, but in the end he still gained nothing.

However, Golden Lion was the top pirate of this era and a hero on the sea. He quickly emerged from the shadow of failure and began to make new plans.

[This surprise attack failed. John probably won't show up again.

In that case, let's focus on "Ancient Weapons" next.]
[Wealth], [Fame], [Power], these three things that almost everyone in this ocean is pursuing, Shi Ji has already obtained them all.

At this moment, he was undoubtedly one of the people standing at the top of the world, but his ambitions went far beyond that.

To him, so-called wealth and fame are merely accessories to power. What Shi Ji has always pursued is the power to dominate the world!
For Shiki, who possesses the ability of the Float-Float Fruit, this world has been regarded as a treasure that he will obtain sooner or later since he first looked down from the sky and captured the earth and the ocean in his eyes.

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(End of this chapter)