One Piece: Starting with Breathing Techniques

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Looking at the sly little boy in front of him, Kiro couldn't help but chuckle.

Does the other person see me as a stowaway trying to illegally enter a new world?

Judging from the other person's practiced manner, it was clear that this wasn't the first time they had done something like this.

After thinking for a moment, Kiro pulled out a large wad of peals from his backpack and tossed them in his hand.

"Yes, but I don't plan to smuggle myself in."

The little boy's eyes were fixed on the Bailey that Kiro had taken out, and his brows immediately furrowed when he heard Kiro's words.

"So what do you want to do?"

"I need you to take me infiltrating Mary Geoise and familiarize me with the city."

Upon hearing this, the little boy quickly shook his head, looking at Kilo with a strange expression.

"No, this is too dangerous!"

"Besides, Mary Geoise is extremely dangerous for a pirate like you. If you're discovered, you'll definitely die there! And I'll be implicated too!"

"I don't want to lose my life in that damned city!"

However, Kiro didn't say anything, but instead continued to rummage through his backpack and pulled out a large wad of baileys, stuffing them into the little boy's arms.

As stacks of Baileys were tossed out of Kilo's backpack, the little boy swallowed hard, his hesitant gaze darting back and forth between Kilo and Baileys.

Finally, his face hardened, and he gritted his teeth, saying:

"Okay! I'll take it!"

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Following behind the little boy, Kiro bypassed the main gate of Mary Geoise from the right and came to a hidden tunnel outside the city.

Looking at the little boy leading the way, Kiro knew that his intelligence plan was more than halfway complete.

Compared to peles that can be earned anytime, a local familiar with Mary Geoise is clearly more useful.

Besides, those Pele are the Revolutionary Army's funds, so there's no harm in using them.

"Hey, what's your name? My name is Beg!"

"My name is...Kid."

"Kidd? What a weird name..."

Bege muttered something under his breath, tucked the Pele in his pocket, and continued to fulfill his duty of leading the way.

After many twists and turns, Kilo, at Beg's behest, changed into a construction worker's uniform and emerged from a hidden alleyway through a tunnel.

As he reached the ground, a breath of fresh air filled his nostrils.

Clearly, they had bypassed the main entrance and entered Mary Geoise.

Compared to the thin and dry air outside, the air inside Mary Geoise is incredibly fresh, giving people a refreshing feeling.

"Don't say anything, come with me!"

Beg lowered his voice, picked up a ladder from the side for camouflage, and carefully walked along the edge of the avenue with his body bent over.

As Kilo followed Bege's steps, he curiously looked around at his surroundings.

Compared to the outside world, the interior design here is extremely luxurious.

Almost all the buildings are synonymous with magnificence, and even the bases of the streetlights are inlaid with countless tiny diamonds.

Pearls and gems, which are rare on the sea, are also found everywhere in Mary Geoise, placed along the roadside like ordinary stones.

On the street, most people, like Bege, walk along the edge of the street, trying their best to hide their presence.

Most of them are businessmen and world government officials who work and live here, and occasionally there are people from the service industry, such as waiters and waitresses.

"Get up!"

Suddenly, a somewhat jarring, comical sound rang out from the street ahead.

Kiro looked closely and saw a young Celestial Dragon with a pointed mouth and monkey-like face riding on the neck of a strong man, moving forward down the street.

While whipping the slave beneath him with a spiked whip, he chatted with his Celestial Dragon companion beside him without changing his expression.

The strong slave who was crawling on his knees had bloody welts all over his back, and beads of cold sweat dripped from his face onto the ground.

Even when faced with such humiliation, he merely gritted his teeth and dared not retaliate in the slightest.

"Alas, that's the fate of slaves in Mary Geoise."

Beg shook his head, pointed to the explosive collar around the slave's neck, a hint of sympathy in his eyes, and sighed softly.

Only after the Celestial Dragons left did the pedestrians on the street dare to continue moving, and the situation returned to its previous state.

After walking for several hundred meters, Bege and Kiro gradually entered a relatively simple area of ​​buildings, and the number of ordinary pedestrians around them gradually increased.

"This place is specifically for ordinary people like us to live in; we usually call it the rat zone."

Bege shrugged. "Because ordinary people living in Mary Geoise are like rats in the street, never knowing when they might be killed or enslaved by a Celestial Dragon in a bad mood."

"For ordinary people, Mary Geoise is hell!"

His tone turned heavy, and a hint of pain appeared in his eyes.

Upon arriving at the so-called rat zone, the pedestrians around them no longer maintained their caution but instead became normal.

"Generally speaking, the Celestial Dragons don't come to this area, so there's no need to worry too much."

After a few turns, Beg stopped in front of a somewhat dilapidated courtyard.

He pulled a key from his pocket and was about to unlock the door when he glanced at Kiro with a hint of wariness.

"Wait here for me."

Having said that, he took the Bailey that Kiro had given him, turned around, and went into the courtyard.

However, Bege was unaware that this simple wall could not block Kiro's perception at all.

With his keen Observation Haki activated, Kiro clearly heard the sounds coming from inside the courtyard.

Those were several noisy and childish voices.

"Wow, Brother Beige, you brought back so much money again!"

"We can buy so much food, enough to feed all of us for a long time!"

"Brother Beige, are you staying for dinner tonight?"

Beg's voice rang out.

"I'm sorry, brother, I have some important things to do these next few days. Please take this money and buy something to eat."

"Don't worry, I'll be back in a couple of days!"

After a rustling sound, Bege's figure emerged from the courtyard, the Beli he had been carrying gone.

He glanced at Kiro and, finding that he didn't seem inclined to spy, secretly breathed a sigh of relief and turned to walk outside.

"You want to get familiar with this city, right?"

"Let me make it clear in advance that the structure of Mary Geoise is quite complex and may take a considerable amount of time to develop."

"If anything goes wrong in the middle, I won't come to your rescue!"

Without turning his head, Bege handed a hastily drawn sketch to Kiro.

"This is a rough map I drew; most of Mary Geoise is shown on it."

"It's still early today, let me take you to see the area where ordinary people live first."

"Because the Celestial Dragons live in dangerous places, let's go tomorrow after we're fully prepared."

Kilo nodded without objecting and began to examine the map in his hand.