Dawn of Pirates

"I see."

Payne and his party stood on the bow of the boat, their big windbreakers blowing in the sea breeze, and the corners of their clothes fluttering in the wind.

When looking at several merchant ships flying the flag of the Don Quixote family on the dock, Payne already understood why the Bam Kingdom was so peaceful now.

After all, Pain owed Doflamingo another favor.

After Payne and the others parked the boat, it didn't take long before someone came to them and bowed deeply to Payne and the others with utmost respect.

Then he said: "Welcome back, Lord Payne, Lord Rick Modi is waiting for you."

"Oh, you mean Rick Modi?" Payne lowered his head slightly and asked in slight surprise.

"Yes, Lord Rick Modi is now the new financial officer of the Kingdom of Bam, responsible for all foreign trade transactions of the Kingdom of Bam." The man answered carefully. As a close confidant of Rick Modi, Rick Modi has repeatedly emphasized that when meeting Payne and others, he must keep his attitude to the lowest position.

"It's amazing. Captain Rick Modi has become a financial officer now?" Xiaonan was a little surprised when she thought that the merchant captain who was always smiling could actually become a high official of the Bam Kingdom.

The man quickly returned to Xiaonan respectfully: "Yes, Miss, Mr. Rick Modi is currently arranging a banquet for you, Mr. Payne and several other adults in the mansion. Miss and all the adults, please follow me. I move."

"Well, lead the way."

Payne and the others looked at each other, nodded and then followed the man.

The buildings on the street were similar to what Payne and his friends saw at that time, but they were not as prosperous as they were back then, and people were more in a hurry.

In fact, this is considered lucky for the people of Bam Kingdom.

In other places, if the backbone of a country is killed and there is no one in the country to shoulder the responsibility again, then the country will inevitably become a plaything in the hands of enemies, pirates, and pirate hunters. Their freedom in life would no longer be theirs.

It's just that Doflamingo interfered in the affairs of this country to leave a good impression on Pain.

This prevented the Bam Kingdom from being attacked by the surrounding countries after Todd's death, and it did not become what Payne had guessed.

As the most famous pirate in the North Sea, Doflamingo controls almost all underground transactions in the North Sea. No, maybe after more than two years, Doflamingo's power has already exceeded this.

It is simply a piece of cake for him to intervene in the internal affairs of a cosmopolitan country.

Therefore, Rick Modi, a merchant ship captain who had been with Payne and the others for a long time, was promoted by Doflamingo to the position of financial officer of the Bam Kingdom.

While showing favor to Pain, he also took control of the economic lifeline of the Bam Kingdom.

after a while.

Payne and the others came to the place where they almost lost their lives.

The renovated financial official's residence is even more luxurious than the remote King Bam's palace.

Rick Modi, who was slightly overweight, was standing respectfully at the door with a large group of people, waiting for Payne's arrival.

Until Payne appeared in front of him.

He felt a slight bow towards Pain.

"Welcome back to the Kingdom of Bam, Lord Payne."

The people behind him also followed Rick Modi's example and saluted Payne and the others.

Even many of them were original officials of the Bam Kingdom, and they all knew that Payne was the one who killed Calathes Todd, but they still saluted respectfully.

Payne looked at the scene in front of him with a serious face.

When he was on the merchant ship, he had a lot of words with this Rick Modi. At that time, Rick Modi was not so pretentious, but the way he looks now, Payne is definitely a bit fake. He doesn't like this kind of behavior. Feel.

He waved his hand casually and walked in on his own.

It’s not that he wants to attend the party, it’s that he needs access to Rick Maudie’s phone bug.

A phone bug that can contact Doflamingo.

Kisame seemed careless about the other people, but in fact he didn't like any of them. They were all weaklings, and he couldn't arouse the slightest interest in them.

Itachi is a guy who doesn't like to talk, so he didn't say hello to Rick Modi.

As for Scorpion, he is just a newcomer to Payne's team. He doesn't know Rick Modi, so why should he say hello to him.

In the end, only the kind-hearted Xiao Nan smiled and said a few words to Rick Modi to ease his embarrassment.

Then the group of people came to the banquet prepared by Rick Modi and took their seats.

As for Payne, they were not interested in drinking a glass of water with those guys.

After asking Rick Modi for a phone bug to contact Doflamingo, Payne and the others were led by the maid to the backyard of the mansion.

There is a stone table in the middle of the yard.

Pain placed the phone bug on it and dialed Doflamingo's number.

"Blue, blue, blue."

"Blue, blue, blue."

After the phone bug rang a few times, its appearance suddenly changed into that of Doflamingo.

"Hey, what's the matter? Rick Morty, is there anything important?" Doflamingo's lazy voice came from the phone.

"Doflamingo, I'm Pain." Pain replied directly.

Doflamingo's expression suddenly became a little surprised with the phone bug mark on his face.

"Hey, long time no see, Pain. How are you doing?" Doflamingo said hello to Pain with a smile.

"Well, I will return your supplies to you later." Pain ignored Doflamingo's greetings and simply stated that the favor would be returned.

"Bah, bah, bah, that's so cold, Pain, I thought we were all friends." Doflamingo said pretending to be sad.

"Stop it, Doflamingo, you are an excellent partner, but we can't be friends." Pain still replied coldly, Doflamingo is an ambitious guy, and like this Friendships with people will be torn to pieces. Even the description of an excellent partner requires one's own strength.

"Really, so heartless Payne."

Doflamingo complained about Pain's words.

As a result, Payne simply refused to answer his words.

The backyard seemed calm for about ten seconds.

Doflamingo took the initiative to break the calm: "Ahem, okay, Pain, I have entered the Grand Line now, and will enter the new world later. If you are interested, you can come together."

"No, there are no plans at the moment."

"Then why did you call me?"

"I've been practicing for two years. I'm asking if there's anything I can do for you, and I'll return the favor to you."

"Hey, you can hold this phone. If I need your help with anything, I will call you."

"Well, then hang up."

"click..."

"Penn, if it goes as I expected, I will wait for you behind. Baaaaaaaaaaaa..."