Behind the scenes of One Piece

Two streets away from the duel between Malman and Gladius, old Charlie sat on the roof of the Iris Hotel, picked up his tea cup and took a sip.

Opposite him, sat a man with a bald head and a huge hooked nose, it was Toomus the Vulture.

He didn't like tea, but old Charlie didn't prepare any coffee for him, so he had to sit there.

As the rumbling explosions came from the other side of the street, Toomes showed an impatient look:

"What do you think, old Charlie, join us? Claude is coming fiercely, I don't think your people can last long."

Old Charlie put down the tea cup, stared into the other person's eyes and said:

"Toombs, I've always disliked your ruthless style. Don't you know that? Before Claude came to Magic Valley Town, we had been fighting here for several years. Have you forgotten?"

"Of course I haven't forgotten, that's why I came to find you." Tums said: "Magic Valley Town belongs to the two of us. Wouldn't it be better to take this opportunity to work together to clean out Claude?"

"Clean up the gambler Claude?" Old Charlie smiled bitterly.

He has figured out the power behind Bellamy. This is the "largest" criminal organization in the New World, and it is simply not something he can compete with.

Not even with Toombs added.

So Toombs' visit today came as a bit of a surprise to him.After all, this person is also a well-informed guy with rich sources of information. There is no reason why he should not know that Claude has a powerful new backer.

But then again, if he knew this, how could he come up with the almost impossible suggestion of "cleaning up Claude"?

"Toombs, the Explosive Man who is fighting Malman right now, do you know who he is?"

"Gradius, the bounty is 3100 million Baileys, which is not much!" Tums said nonchalantly.

"That was a bounty from more than ten years ago!" Old Charlie couldn't stand it anymore:

"There is no doubt that he is better than Malman and the others, and his current true level is probably worth hundreds of millions of Baileys!

And the bigger problem is that the person behind him is one of the Seven Warlords under the King, a famous character in the new world! "

"Haha, it turns out you know how good old Charlie is!"

Seeing the excited expression of old Charlie, who was always calm and indifferent to emotions and anger, Toomes couldn't help laughing:

"But you know how powerful you are, but why don't you join forces with me? Malman will be killed soon!"

"What's the use of joining forces with you?" Old Charlie snorted and pointed to the female secretary Joyner standing next to him: "You are the only one who can fight. No matter how many others there are, they are still not cannon fodder?"

"Hahaha, you are underestimating me." Toombs laughed and said, "Gambler Claude can have a backer, why can't I? And I have the biggest backer in the world!"

The world's largest?

Old Charlie immediately understood what the other party meant: "You joined the navy?"

Toomes nodded first, then shook his head: "It's the World Government! The navy is just their thugs."

After saying this, he thought that old Charlie would be moved, but he didn't expect that the other party suddenly stood up angrily, and his whole body seemed to start to tremble with extreme anger.

"I would rather die than become a lackey of the World Government! Just leave. Once we leave this gate, we will be enemies!"

Is old Charlie so disgusted with the world government?

Toombs was surprised, and suddenly remembered a rumor many years ago, saying that old Charlie was originally a noble, and was persecuted by the world government and his family was ruined. Later, he was exiled to the unattended place of Magic Valley Town.

Now it seems that this rumor is very likely to be true.

But as the saying goes, the situation is stronger than the person. Even if you still have hatred, you should understand the general trend.

So before he left, he made one last effort to persuade:

“Old Charlie, times have changed!

The future of Magic Valley Town will either be ruled by the government or occupied by the strong men of the new world. There is no third way!

I know you have a deep affection for Magic Valley Town. There are so many tavern owners doing business here. Will their lives be easy if they follow Claude in the future?

Wouldn't you rather join us if the future of this group of people is ruined? "

Old Charlie didn't look at him, waved his hand, urging him to leave.

"Okay, Joyner, let's go."

"grown ups."

Joyner hesitated to speak, then asked with her eyes:

There is no one else around old Charlie, should we kill him directly?

"No!" Tums immediately darkened his face, scolded her, and then walked downstairs without stopping.

When he walked out of the yard, Joyner appeared from behind him, still with a puzzled expression on her face:

"Sir, why do you stop me from attacking old Charlie? He is so old and obviously has no ability to resist."

Toombs shook his head and said: "Ever since I first met Old Charlie, I forced myself to remember one sentence: Never feel that there is no one around Old Charlie."

"Why are there these words? What happened?" Joyner felt very strange.

"I don't remember why, but it must be true."

Toomes had a sullen expression and didn't say much, but judging from his expression, it was obvious that he had suffered at this point.

After Toomes left, Old Charlie poured himself a cup of hot tea again, then held the tea cup and stared at the duel not far away in a daze.

The battle in the distance cannot be said to be fierce, because the advantages and disadvantages are very obvious:

Malman was covered in blood and had no strength to fight back, but the opponent continued to play with him.

Old Charlie became more worried and frowned more and more.

"Sir, do you want me to find a way to bring him back?" Suddenly a female voice sounded in his ears.

Old Charlie was so frightened that the hot tea he was holding spilled on the floor.

He turned around and saw a capable woman with red hair, wearing black tights and several daggers on her waist standing next to him.

"Ah, Jinola, look at my brain...I forgot about your existence again!" Old Charlie blamed himself.

The red-haired woman smiled and shook her head: "It doesn't matter. This is because I ate the devil fruit. You don't have to blame yourself."

"Alas," Old Charlie poured himself another cup of tea and sighed: "Speaking of which, your ability is really strange. People around you always ignore you. After so many years, I still can't get used to it."

The red-haired woman Jinola also sighed. The "weak fruit" she ate had the ability to minimize her own existence.If she didn't take the initiative, everyone would ignore her, so she always felt very lonely.

So she always stayed with old Charlie and kept applying for tasks for herself. If there was nothing to do, she suspected that she would go crazy.

Seeing that old Charlie was about to forget himself again after saying a sentence, Jinola quickly asked again:

"Sir, I think Malman can no longer hold on. Do you want me to rescue him?"

"Don't move yet." Old Charlie shook his head and said: "The guy named Guli is watching from the side. I want to confirm whether he will come to the rescue."

"But haven't you asked him for help yet?"

"If he wants to take me in, then Malman will also be his in the future, so he should naturally take action." Old Charlie said seriously: "If he doesn't take action, it proves that he is not ambitious enough and is not worth following."