Pirate: My saber is a shining single scabbard

ten minutes later.

When Hughes saw Ed walking out of the small door in the back, his spirits immediately lifted.

When Ed walked not far away, he immediately raised his arms and shouted: "Ed!!"

Hearing the sound, Ed was instantly alert and at the same time explored the source of the sound.

Ok?

He looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure, his pupils shrank slightly, and he murmured uncertainly: "Hugh..."

Ed confirmed that it was Hughes waving to him and immediately walked towards him with excitement in his eyes.

"Long time no see, Ed."

"Hughes, I really didn't expect to meet you in a place like this."

As he greeted, Hughes raised his arm toward Ed.

Ed was stunned for half a second and quickly raised his right arm in response.

Then the two people's arms collided several times in fancy postures.

This was the unique way of greeting their former hunter team.

After the two sat down, Hughes poured wine into the wine glass in front of Ed and said sadly:

"Ed, I thought you forgot this ceremony?"

"Haha, how could I forget? I invented this!"

Ed took a sip of wine and recalled: "At that time, you still disagreed, saying it was too 'middle-class'!"

Hughes immediately became agitated upon hearing this.

"If you hadn't put your arms around my head and forced me to agree, how could I have done such a shameful thing!"

"Hahaha!"

The two looked at each other and suddenly laughed.

While Hughes laughed, scenes of the two laughing and laughing quickly flashed through his mind.

Finally, I sighed secretly in my heart, but it was a pity that I could never go back.

The laughter stopped and both fell into silence.

a long time.

Hughes probed: "You must have had many wonderful adventures in the past three years, right?"

"adventure?"

Ed was obviously resisting the topic and casually said, "It's okay."

"It's you, Hughes. I hear your bad reputation every day and my ears get calluses!"

The corners of Ed's mouth curled up a bit, with a hint of sarcasm.

"What kind of bloody sword, what kind of gangster gravedigger..."

"What other three demons of the West Sea..."

At the end of the sentence, Ed remembered something and his voice suddenly became extremely cold.

Hughes, who had been paying attention to him, also noticed the gloom and... hatred in his eyes?

There was another silence.

moment.

Hughes asked pointedly: "Ed, what happened to you?"

"You can see it..."

Ed did not answer directly, shook his head slightly and said sarcastically:

"You must be a little proud when you see me like this."

"You said back then that I was like a stupid young man, and sooner or later I would make changes to adapt to this sea..."

Hughes was stunned. Did he say that?

It seems...should...have you really said that?

Before the falling out with Ed, his state was quite problematic.

Both Blue Star and the Elf World are generally peaceful.

And because of that comic, he had a generally positive view of the pirate world.

I also fantasized about doing something big in a big way.

but...

Although he was mentally prepared in advance, he was still shocked by this cruel sea.

His mentality began to tilt toward the negative.

It was during that time that he met the righteous and cheerful Ed, and under his influence, his mentality began to change.

It wasn't until he had a falling out with Ed and became stronger that his mentality really changed.

While Ed changed him, he also instilled many negative thoughts into Ed.

What Ed is saying now must have been what he said at that time.

come back...

"Ed..."

Hughes wanted to say something but Ed raised his hand to stop him.

Ed babbled: "Compared to before, I have indeed changed. I have become like you and started chasing power."

"I need strong power to accomplish something, and I'll do whatever it takes to do it!"

Ed changed the subject and looked directly into Hughes's eyes.

"To tell you the truth, I came to the Moro Islands this time just for the Devil Fruit!"

"Even if you, Hughes, get in my way, I won't show mercy!"

Ed said and drank all the red wine in the glass.

"I'm very happy to meet you. If there is a chance in the future, we can catch up on the past."

After Ed finished speaking, he stood up neatly and walked towards the door without stopping.

"..."

Hughes watched in silence as Ed disappeared from sight.

Then he drank the red wine in the glass in one gulp, stood up and walked towards the bar.

tata tao~

"I want to see the boss lady."

As soon as Hughes finished speaking, the dull bartender walked to the side door of the inner room, knocked twice and pushed it open.

"Thank you."

Hughes walked in quickly.

After coming in, he walked directly to the sofa opposite the proprietress and sat down.

"We meet again, Brother Hughes."

The landlady looked a little solemn when she saw the guest, so she got down to business.

"So...what information do you want to get this time?"

Hughes said quickly: "I want to know, what happened to your last guest in the past three years?"

"The last customer?" the landlady responded: "Do you mean 'Crazy Ed'?"

"crazy?"

Houston's doubts arose. Apart from Ed's mentality changing, he didn't notice any problems with his sanity.

"Are you concerned about him?"

The landlady said meaningfully: "Didn't you fall out with Ed?"

After saying this, Hughes frowned slightly and remained silent.

In fact, he was not surprised that their relationship was revealed by outsiders.

He and Ed had been in and out of the naval base frequently, and it wouldn't be too difficult to get information about them. It just depended on whether they were willing.

"Feel sorry!"

The landlady also knew that she had gone too far, and immediately apologized: "It's an occupational disease, I hope you don't mind."

The landlady then took out a stack of information, took a look at it, and then said, "I'll just tell you what you want to know."

“After Ed and you were separated for a while, he went to a certain town.

The citizens of that town complained to Ed that they were under the repressive rule of the Sheriff. "

"This sheriff is Lafitte, who is known as the "Devil Sheriff". "

The landlady glanced at Hughes: "Speaking of which, you and Lafitte are both known as the 'Three Demons of the West Sea'. You should know something about him, right?"

Hughes responded without raising his head: "Sorry, because of a certain woman's bad taste, the three demons have become two."

"Besides, I don't know Lafitte very well, so I disappoint you."

Although he said this, he was also surprised. He did not expect that Ed would be related to Lafitte.

Vampire demon, Baker Hughes.

Skinned Devil, Bennett.

The Smiling Devil, Lafitte.

The three of them were once known as the Three Demons of the West Sea by the evildoers, but of course there are only two left now.

Unlike Bennett's skinning evil deeds and his mummification,

Lafitte purely advocates violence and loves killing.

He kills for no reason and smiles while he kills.

Therefore, he is called the smiling devil.

come back...

Hughes continued to listen to the landlady's story.

"Ed, who has a sense of justice, accepted the trust of the citizens and went directly to Lafitte."

"What a silly boy..."

The landlady made a digression and then said: "There is no doubt that Ed, who is not strong enough, failed."

The landlady's tone suddenly became solemn: "Here comes the point!"

Improved focus when in Houston.

"Ed was not killed after his defeat, but was let go by Lafitte."

"Ed went back and informed the citizens of the situation, got a few complaints, and then..."

"He killed these citizens like crazy!"

Hughes suddenly blurted out: "No way!"

Ed is definitely not such a person!

The landlady shook her head slightly and continued: "From the analysis of various collected intelligence, I guess..."

"Ed was probably hypnotized by Lafitte!"

After saying this, Hughes changed color slightly.

Hypnosis?By Lafitte?

and many more...

Hughes remembered something.

In the comics, the Blackbeard Pirates leave Impel City and rush to the Navy Headquarters, passing through the closed Gate of Justice.

Later, it was Lafitte who hypnotized the guards at the Gate of Justice to open the Gate of Justice.

There is no doubt that Lafitte is a master of hypnosis who is proficient in mind control!

The landlady continued at the right time.

"After Ed woke up, he looked at the corpses on the ground and learned of his evil deeds amidst the fear and curses of the citizens."

"After that, he gradually became taciturn."

"He started crazy training in order to take revenge on Lafitte!"

"A year later, Ed approached Lafitte again."

"However, this time, he was defeated!"

"Furthermore, he was under the hypnotic control of Lafitte and launched a crazy massacre of the citizens of the town..."

"Because of these two incidents, Ed began to be rewarded and became a pirate."

"My character also completely changed, and I began to pursue power crazily, just to get revenge on Lafitte!"

"Recently, Ed, together with two other big pirates, robbed the Gordon Chamber of Commerce."

"After he succeeded, he killed two of his accomplices and kept the stolen money alone."

"He came to the Moro Islands this time, probably for the finale item of the auction - the Devil Fruit."

The landlady flipped her blond hair and said, "After all, eating Devil Fruit is one of the few ways to increase your strength in a short period of time."