Arceus' Pirate Journey

Putting his thoughts back on the ship, Luffy looked at his new partner Brook, who was also analyzing the so-called mysterious black shadow.

"Youhohoho, that's an interesting guess. But come to think of it, I've also seen a strange black shadow in the past two years. It might be a messenger from the underworld."

"The messenger of Huangquan?!"

"Yes, I was really scared at that time. The black shadow suddenly appeared beside me and asked me where Huang Quan was. But unfortunately, I didn't know where that thing was.

He didn’t believe it at the time, and it gave me a nightmare before I left.”

Brook has a great talent when it comes to telling ghost stories, at least he scared Nami and Chopper enough.

"Huang...Is there really a messenger from Huangquan..."

"I don't know, but it's definitely not that guy. Brooke, is the black shadow you mentioned a guy with white hair and only one eye exposed?"

"That's right, and he has no legs... Have you seen him?"

“I’ve seen him before. He seemed to be looking for Huangquan. He even asked me for directions. I guess he got lost.

If I knew where that place was, I would really like to go and take a look.”

"..."

The terrifying atmosphere created by Brook suddenly disappeared, and a man asked Zoro for directions...

Chopper and Nami looked at each other. Unless something unexpected happened, they would probably never meet such a person again in their lifetime.

The Straw Hat Pirates continued their voyage. Kuma and Moriah had already left and were heading towards Marijoa.

On the Nine Snakes Island, Boa Hancock just rejected the call over the phone...

Chapter 948: Phantom Disaster Removes Her Invisibility Curtain

"Boa Hancock! Do you know what you're talking about?!"

"Of course I know, but I am not interested in your affairs. Whether it's Whitebeard or anyone else, I don't want to get involved."

"You'd better think about it carefully!"

"It's my lunch break. I'll consider it when I feel better."

With a click, Hancock hung up the phone, completely ignoring the people from the World Government.

"Hancock! You are..."

"Okay, mother-in-law, I don't want to talk about this topic. Since I'm so beautiful, you can study this matter yourself, okay?"

"Okay...okay..."

In addition to petrification, the Sweet-Sweet Fruit's ability to exert its "beauty" characteristic is also very powerful. Even Guroliosa could not avoid the influence of this ability. When she reacted, Hancock had already disappeared.

"Sigh..." Guroliosa was also helpless. Hancock was strong enough and there was no problem in protecting the Nine Snakes' safety, but her personality made people wonder what to do.

She uses this method only when she is in a good mood. If she is in a bad mood, she might just do it directly.

But even though she complained, she really had to think about what to do next. The World Government was not ready yet, so it did not publish any specific information in the newspaper.

Even summoning the Seven Warlords of the Sea was only the first time. They knew very well that it was impossible to recruit all these people with ulterior motives at once. This test was to see what their attitude was so as to arrange the next step.

Even in the phone call just now, the World Government did not make it clear what they were going to do, but only asked Hancock to obey orders and prepare for the next action.

Among the current Shichibukai, only Kuma knows the operation in the most details. Because of his special status, Kuma now has a level of trust that the other Shichibukai do not have.

Hancock is not interested in what the World Government wants to do. She has no good impression of the World Government itself. Compared with the so-called call of the World Government, she is more concerned about the current situation.

"Sister Olga~ Long time no see. Let's try the specialties of the Nine Snakes. These are all sea beasts caught in the Calm Belt. There are no fruits at all."

If the person who called earlier saw Hancock's reaction at this moment, he would definitely be shocked.

There was no trace of coldness in Hancock's tone, only endless tenderness. She was in a hurry to hang up the phone because Olga came to Nine Snakes for vacation again.

She was able to patiently say a few words before hanging up the phone because she was in a good mood.

"Ah, actually it's okay to have some fruit occasionally. I think grilled pineapple is quite delicious recently."

The problem of feeling nauseous when seeing fruits is almost gone now. However, instead of eating them directly, Olga prefers to process them before eating them. Grilled pineapple is an example.

Although grilled fruit sounds outrageous, grilled pineapple tastes good. The high temperature will destroy its structure, so that the pineapple will not be "prickly", and at the same time it can further stimulate its sweetness.

"Didn't you hear me? What are you still standing there for? Go and prepare the grilled pineapple! Please wait for a moment, Sister Olga. It will be ready soon. Very quickly."

Hancock demonstrated what Sichuan Opera face-changing was and instructed the cook outside the door. Actually, she wanted to cook herself, but her past experiments had proved that she did not have the talent.

The food she made was not poisonous, but it was a bit difficult to swallow. In order not to embarrass this person, she gave up the idea.

"I was just saying that... What's the matter with the call from the World Government just now?"

"It seems they are planning a war and are recruiting the Seven Warlords of the Sea to join the battle."

"War? It's over. Captain Kaido has to get excited again."

Leaning back on the cushions, Olga seemed to think of her busy future.

"I haven't accepted the call yet. Do you need me to reply to them and gather intelligence? They didn't say the target is the Beast."

"Don't worry, that would be abnormal. We'll just have to wait and see. They won't tell you until the fight starts.

It doesn't matter who he is targeting. Captain Kaido is a warmongerer. No matter who the war is against, if the scale is large enough, he will definitely join in the fun. I just don't know how many people he will bring this time. Anyway, Uncle Quinn will definitely be in trouble."

Kaido has done this before. For example, when he was wandering around and saw pirates fighting, ordinary people would stay away from them to avoid trouble, while others would sit on the sidelines and watch the fight, hoping to reap the benefits, but Kaido is different.

As long as these people were strong enough, he would attack them indiscriminately, turning the battle into a melee to satisfy his own preferences.

There are only a few people worth going to war with the World Government, and Kaido will never miss such an opportunity.

"By the way, give me your Rotom. I almost forgot to update your system."

"Update the system?"

Although she was puzzled, Hancock still handed over the Rotom phone.

This is just an ordinary foreign trade version, lacking some of Baishou’s internal software.

The Rotom of internal staff is different from that of the outside world. Some special software can only be updated on Onigashima, or transmitted through the upgraded Rotom. What Olga helped Hancock update was the internal version of Fat Express.

"Okay, that's all right. From now on, whatever you buy will be delivered within a day. We can also help you send in newspapers and intelligence, so it will be much more convenient for you to collect information from the outside world."

The News Bird will not enter the doldrums, so there is a certain delay in the update of Nine Snakes' news.

"Recently, Taizuolo is working with Morgans to create an electronic daily report, which will be more convenient in the future. See if there is anything else you need. I will help you with it."

Olga wanted to finish all the things at once since it was a rare visit, but she waited for a long time but received no reply.

When she raised her head again, she saw a pair of eyes full of hearts.

"I say, did you misunderstand me? Don't think about those messed up things!"

A knife-hand strike brought Hancock back to her senses, and Olga brought the topic back on track, such as recording the geographical location of the Nine Snakes so as to give the Dragonites a permanent pointer to the Nine Snakes.

......

On the other side, after flying for a while, Jin returned to Wano Country again, but his mood was a little complicated.

"Cheers to Big Brother!"

"cheers!

"

Although he didn't kill the other party, he made Blackbeard experience being burned by fire several times, and his eye was broken. If Blackbeard's eyes could be restored, he would have to discuss with Marco who is the real Phoenix.

As for why he had mixed feelings, it was because Drake and the others were holding a banquet around his new bounty, seemingly to celebrate his huge bounty breakthrough.

There was nothing wrong with this, but when he saw Derek drunk and toasting his bounty, he couldn't help it.

Chapter 949: Strange Painting Style, Gathering of the Seven Warlords

"Francis Drake! What are you doing?!"

"Eh? Why is there another bonfire? Are there new people here? Don't you understand the rule that guests don't bring guests? You pay for that table yourself!"

When a person starts to call his subordinates by their full names in informal situations, it means that his attitude has changed to a certain extent.

Looking at the bounty placed on the empty seat, Jin's fists were clenched tightly.

With the development of the times, the effectiveness of bounties is not as good as before. The bounties issued to curb illegal activities have become a source of bragging rights for pirates.

It is not uncommon to see people enlarging the bounty notice or hanging an idol’s bounty notice on the wall. Some people even make wax figures of famous pirates for collection.

Looking at the photo on the wanted poster, one has to admire the photographer, because the background flame on his new wanted poster is blue.

That was his first time using the Blue Flame Mode outside. Judging from his movements, he was probably photographed when he was poking Blackbeard's eyes. For this, he had to admire the navy's shipboard photographers. The level of these photographers was probably not much worse than those senior CP agents.

But the fact that the bounty order looks good doesn't mean he can get used to others putting him on the table, which makes Jin feel very conspicuous.

If he had to comfort himself, he could only be thankful that Derek didn't pour the wine on the floor, otherwise it would be even more outrageous.

Faced with the sudden questioning, Derek did not grasp the main point. It was night time and she was holding her own party as usual.

His habit of wearing all black allowed him to blend into the background very well, and there was always a fire burning behind his head, so when he was drunk, it was easy for misunderstandings to occur.

Derek cares more about who invited the guests. She likes to treat people and spend money as a personal hobby and lifestyle habit, but that doesn't mean she likes to be a sucker.

Her generosity is only directed towards those she invites. The pirate group of the Sea Emperor has tens of thousands of people, and even the main team stationed in Wano Country has thousands of people. No one can guarantee that they can get along with thousands of people. There will always be some people who are not pleasing to the eye, even if she is a cadre.

"Ms. Drake, that's not a bonfire, that's Mr. Jin... Jin..."

Kikunosuke, who was pulled over, stiffened for a moment, and finally picked out a fairly appropriate word.

"Jin? Impossible. There's no telling when Brother Jin will be back. How can he be back so soon? What are you all standing there for? Keep drinking!"

The surroundings became silent. Jin's appearance made them feel uneasy. They were not Drake, so they dared not act so presumptuous in front of Jin, although this was also due to the fact that Drake was drunk.

But if it were them, even if they were drunk, they would probably just hit me with their fists.

"How much did she drink?"

"Uh... one day."

A new quantifier appeared here. Since the banquet lasted too long, it was transformed from an ordinary banquet in the daytime into a bonfire party in the evening. In the end, we could only use time to estimate how much she drank.

"call....."

He sighed and gave Drake a tap on the head with a snap of his fingers, which was a special physical way to sober him up.

Alcohol can make people drunk because it contains ethanol, which makes the body enter a state of excitement. But at Drake's level, his body is already different from that of ordinary people.

Just like Kaido, if you don’t want to get drunk, you won’t get drunk even if you drink for a whole day.

But in order to experience the feeling of being drunk, they will control their bodies and not resist.

As long as special circumstances arise, their body functions will skip mental control and sober up directly. External force attack is the best special situation.

But we can't generalize to everyone. Even though he just snapped his fingers, he still flipped Drake over.

"Are you awake now?"

"It hurts, it hurts, Brother Jin, what are you doing? I'm celebrating for you. This is 2 billion. How many pirates on the sea have bounties over 2 billion?"

"Why don't you burn some incense for me?"

"..."

Derek glanced at the now dim banquet hall. Under the light of the fire, the photo in front of him seemed... a little unlucky.

"Oh, don't mind it, big brother. You can just put up my photo next time. I don't mind at all. Let's just have a drink."

It's not that Jin can't eat in front of outsiders. His mask has an opening. As long as he turns his head into a pterosaur, he can eat through his extended mouth. However, Jin has no interest in this at the moment.

"I encountered an accident this time and let the guy run away. When I meet him again, I will bring his head back."

"That guy escaped from Brother Jin?!"

“There are a few more people in the navy. That guy’s vitality is extremely strong, too strong to be human. But he won’t have this opportunity next time.

I collected some interest for you. His eye is definitely ruined. I don’t believe that there is anyone else who can cure his eye in that situation.”

In a sense, Jin has set up his own flag, but for people with enough strength, accidents cannot exist forever, unless the person on the other side is called Buggy.

As expected, Blackbeard was wearing an eye patch just like Drake before.

Unlike Drake's Deception, there is a hole under Blackbeard's right eye. In order to prevent infection of other areas, Poison Q has removed Blackbeard's right eye.

After returning with the navy, this group temporarily stayed in Marijoa. The reason given to the outside world was that they were responding to the arrangements of the World Government, but in fact, Blackbeard was secretly planning his next plan.