Squeak … The wet wooden door was pushed open, and the old man came out of the hostel with his hands covering his crotch. He couldn't believe that the other party really kept his promise and let him go.
His palms were a little wet, and when he spread them out, he saw that they were red bloodstains. He looked back with hatred in his heart and quickly left the street and walked out of the town.
Inside the hostel, the dove had taken over the magpie's nest. Fick closed the door, and William looked at Arlen in confusion. "Why did you let him go?"
Ya Erlin stepped on a rag to wipe away the blood on the ground. "Killing him will only infuriate the pirates. It won't do us any good. Rather than that, we might as well let him go. At least he can be a mouthpiece for us."
William frowned and thought. He still didn't quite understand Yarlin's approach. "Is it the problem just now? Let him pass it back, but what's the use of that? "
"Oh ~" Yarlin's back was against the light, which made his whole face seem to blend into the darkness. "It depends on whether the Captain of the pirate group has a big enough appetite."
Arlen slowly turned half of his body. William's pupils reflected his unreadable expression. His half-smile made William shudder inexplicably. "The thing I admire most about the Great Age of Pirates is that, be it the navy, the pirates, or even the merchants … Everyone who goes out to sea has their heads on their waistbands. Guess how many of them are greedy and insatiable, heh … heh heh …" Arlen's words made William shudder inexplicably. "The thing I admire most about the Great Age of Pirates is that, whether it's the navy, the pirates, or even the merchants … Everyone who goes out to sea has their heads on their waistbands.
On the coast near the island, a signal flare shot into the sky and exploded into a dazzling fire. After a while, on the empty sea, a pirate ship with a skull hanging slowly came out of the darkness.
The towering masts and sails fluttered on the surface of the sea. The broad and sturdy hull was like a huge sea beast slowly revealing its terrifying figure. It breathed in and out, and the ripples that rippled on the shore made a loud sound. The sharp horn wrapped in iron sheets was covered with blood that could not be washed away. It was like the horn of a blood-stained rhinoceros. Just by looking at it, one could feel the bloody and cruel aura assaulting one's senses.
Rhino Horn, Blood Skull Pirates.
A pirate with a red ribbon on his head stood at the bow of the ship, and a blood-red skull flag flashed behind him. A burly man glanced down and said in a hoarse and ferocious voice, "Macy, you old trash, you're injured."
"I have something important to report to the captain." Macy, the owner of the inn, snorted coldly.
"Give our Macy a board. He won't be able to climb a rope, hahaha." Before his voice fell, two sturdy pirates raised their hands, and a two-meter-long solid plank slid down the edge of the ship. One end of the plank stabbed into the sand, and the other end just stood on the edge of the ship.
Macy bent over and walked onto the ship, heading straight for the captain's cabin.
The Rhinoceros Horn was extremely spacious, and it was divided into three levels. The captain's room was an independent space on the top level. When Macy walked in, a middle-aged man with a blood-red skull tattoo on his chest happened to turn his head. Under his thick brows were a pair of cold eyes.
The Blood Skull Pirates were named after the tattoo on his body. He was called Calci, a pirate who exuded a dangerous aura from head to toe.
"What's the problem?" Calci looked at Macy, his eyes flashed as he saw the bloodstain on her crotch.
"A group of people came to the island, they …" Macy lowered her body, her voice couldn't help but tremble. Pirate ships have a strict hierarchy, there is no doubt that Calci is the King of the Blood Skull Pirates.
"Oh, a group of outsiders." After listening to Macy's report, Calci didn't even lift his eyelids. He just asked in a casual tone, "What did he ask you?"
At the same time.
About 900 nautical miles away, behind the Tiago's merchant fleet, small merchant ships that were maintaining the same speed were having a night gathering.
The location of the gathering was the black shark-like mast. At this moment, it was quietly slowing down, making the ship more stable.
On the second deck, in a closed room on the sea, Lombardi took a deep puff of his cigarette with the help of a lighter. Two streams of smoke came out of his nostrils. Amidst the hazy smoke, he gently took off his gold-rimmed glasses. After removing his gentlemanly disguise, he revealed a pair of greedy wolf-like eyes.
"Everyone, are you planning to follow behind Tiago for the rest of your lives and eat leftovers? Do you think you'll be satisfied just because you've gotten a little bit of oil? Tiago's way of doing things is to train us like dogs! " Lombardi's tone was fierce, "Why do we have to follow behind his ass? Do we have to be willing to be Tiago's dogs just for a little bit of food?"
Inside the room, the managers of the merchant ships looked at each other. They didn't immediately say anything, but they could see the muscles on each other's cheeks trembling.
"I, Lombardi, now have a golden opportunity in my hands. As long as you listen to me, I can guarantee that we can get rid of Tiago's control and get a piece of meat from the Rainbow Stone Mine." Lombardi spat out a smoke ring, his expression was intoxicated, "It's really too fat."
"What opportunity?" One of the short and fat men asked.
"That's right. Tell us so that we can make a decision." The other managers of the merchant ships chimed in one after another, but their eyes were already involuntarily filled with greed.
"A group of bastards who won't act until they see an opportunity." Lombardi laughed and scolded, "Tiago's Chamber of Commerce is hiding it like a thief, afraid that everyone would know the secret of the Rainbow Stone Mine. But I, Lombardi, am not a person who eats alone. I'm always willing to share with everyone."
"… …" Everyone.
Silence, a sudden silence, followed by heavy breathing, like a drop of water splashing into boiling oil. The air was filled with hot greed.
"You mean to say that you know the secret of the Rainbow Stone Mine? And you're willing to tell all of us? "A voice sounded, asking what everyone was thinking at that moment.
"Of course!" Lombardi pinched out the cigarette butt, slowly wiped the lens clean, and put it back on his face, "In the first half of the Grand Line, the Tiago's Chamber of Commerce transported the Rainbow Stone Mine to Alabasta, a superpower located in St. Austen Island."
They were merchants from the East Sea and weren't familiar with the dangerous Grand Line. So every time they sailed, they were actually just cargo ships for Tiago's Chamber of Commerce. They unloaded the Rainbow Stone Mine at the entrance of the Grand Line. They didn't know where the Rainbow Stone Mine ended up.
"I've already contacted the buyer behind the scenes. The other party only wants the rainbow stone mine and doesn't care if it's the Tiago Merchant Guild or not. Furthermore, the other party's price is …" Lombardi looked around at everyone's expressions and stretched out a finger, like a bloodthirsty shark staring at its prey, "Double the price."
"Hiss …" Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air.
"In other words, Tiago's Chamber of Commerce stole double the profit that should have belonged to us and sent us away with only 20% of the price." Lombardi's voice had a strong murderous intent, "They're cheating and robbing. Now it's our turn to unite."
"Do you still intend to continue begging for food?" Lombardi asked fiercely.
Boom!
Thunder exploded from the depths of the clouds, and zigzagging lightning reflected on the surface of the sea. Below was a bottomless ravine.
"When did the pirates of the sea become loyal dogs tamed by merchants? Have your ambitions been extinguished by the sea?" Macy lowered her voice and repeated Yarlin's question word for word.
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