Pirate: My saber is a shining single scabbard

The three Hughes, led by a kind person from the Iron Wall Pirates, arrived at the cabin where they stored their belongings.

After breaking through the door, what came into view was a relatively empty room. There were only two or three boxes on the floor, which was far from the imagined scene of belongings piled everywhere.

"That's it? You won't squander it all, right?"

Hughes looked at the pirate leading the way, with a hint of chill in his doubts.

"No no!"

The pirate was swept by the knife-like gaze, his body trembled and he shook his head wildly, then ran to a treasure chest and opened it.

"Most of the things we brought out in a hurry from the Kingdom of Corona are in this box. It is a poor country!"

Ed's eyes fluctuated after hearing this, and he continued: "It's not surprising that the countries that join the world government are generally not rich, and some are even poor countries. The reason..."

Hughes also figured it out and blurted out: "Heavenly gold!"

Those joining countries have to pay a high 'membership fee', which can also be said to be a protection fee, to the world government every year, and the amount starts at least in the hundreds of millions.

Over time, even wealthy countries cannot afford such bloodletting.

However, the World Government also knows that many participating countries are poor, and kindly provides another option, which can replace the heavenly gold with some precious specialties.

As for the member states that have neither money nor precious specialties...

I'm sorry, you are no longer qualified to stay in the warm family of the World Government member countries.

Thinking of this, Hughes looked at Ed.

The kingdom he came from was a country that could not afford to pay the heavenly gold and was unwilling to exploit its citizens, so its status as a member nation was revoked.

In fact, the purpose of most joining countries is to obtain the protection of the world government and navy to protect themselves from pirates.

After all, there are only a few countries with strong armies.

However, it is precisely because of the existence and style of the World Government that countless pirates flood into the sea every year.

The more pirates there are, the more the franchise countries rely on the protection of the World Government, and they have to work hard to raise heavenly gold.

And many citizens who cannot survive being brutally exploited will choose to go to sea and become pirates.

So the situation in this world fell into an endless loop.

Especially since the Great Pirates era, this situation has become more and more serious!

Hughes shook his head slightly and stopped thinking about these things. Even if he had other thoughts, he couldn't change anything now.

Then he stepped forward and dug through the treasure chest casually.

They directly skipped gold, silver, jewelry and Bailey, they were all in need of these things, and then a thick booklet attracted his attention.

"what is this?"

After opening it, fruit patterns with strange patterns and different shapes come into view. There is also a simple text introduction below the corresponding picture.

Devil fruit illustrated book?

"It was a pleasant surprise."

brush~

Hughes curiously flipped through the fruit illustration, where he found powerful fruits such as sparkling, magma, and earthquake...

Finally, his eyes rested on the Devil Fruit that Blackbeard Tikki had only dreamed of obtaining.

"Dark fruit..."

Looking at the photo above, Hughes fell into deep thought.

In order for the double scabbards to evolve into the Shield Sword Monster, they need to absorb the energy of the Dark Stone.

And he had imagined that if he could never find a similar energy body...

He was going to get ahead of the Whitebeard Pirates and get this dark fruit that was most likely to evolve the twin scabbards!

Now that you have a devil fruit illustrated book, if you come across a dark fruit, you won't regret missing it because you can't recognize it.

As for whether it will offend the Whitebeard Pirates...

He believed that if that day came, not to mention competing, they would at least have the strength to protect themselves in front of the Four Emperors!

come back...

"Huh? No."

Hughes remembered something and looked at the pirate leading the way.

"The newspaper said that you also stole the heavenly gold that was to be paid to the World Government. Where did you go?"

If the little things in the treasure chest include heavenly gold, then the world government must be too charitable.

The pirate hesitated and said: "The gold in the sky is not here, it is in the kitchen."

kitchen?

Is it a gourmet specialty?

"Take us there."

moment...

Somewhere in the kitchen.

The three Hughes men were watching a turtle-like creature the size of a baby bathtub.

This turtle-like creature has a round head and limbs. The shell on its back is blue, and there are two symmetrical holes on it.

Sonia looked at it thoughtfully, and after a while she shouted in surprise.

"I remembered, this is Butch!"

Butch?

Sonia slowly explained: "Butch is a very rare creature that lives in the Kingdom of Corona, and it is very famous in the black market."

"Look at the two holes in the turtle shell. There is a space inside that can brew fruit wine."

"According to different recipes, fruit wine with various special effects can be brewed, such as quickly restoring physical strength, injuries, and even healing hidden wounds hidden deep in the body!"

"You know, years of fighting will inevitably leave various hidden wounds on the body that are difficult to heal, and many strong men will have headaches!"

"And the Kingdom of Corona also uses this fruit wine as heavenly gold, specially supplied to the World Government, and very little flows out to the outside world."

"Because of its rarity and powerful effect, the fruit wine brewed by Butch is very popular on the black market. Once it appears, it will be bought at a high price immediately!"

This...

Hughes looked at Butch on the ground, picked it up without hesitation, took it as his own, and even gave it a name himself.

"Let's call it Hu Hu from now on."

Soon, Hughes holding the pot, Sonia holding the fruit guide, and Ed carrying two treasure boxes left the kitchen and jumped off the armored ship.

At this time, the melee has ended. After the death of the three main characters of the Iron Wall Pirates, the other members were either quickly defeated or fled directly.

slap~

After boarding the King Sword, he had just put his things down on the deck when suddenly a rush of footsteps came from inside.

Then a rather nervous Ubo appeared in sight.

"Captain, no luck, the navy is coming!"

navy?

Hughes' face also became serious.

"what's the situation?"

"Vice Admiral Ghost Spider, and the three warships he leads, with two major generals and hundreds of elite soldiers on board!"

Kevin immediately came over and said: "Let everyone board the ship, I'll prepare the 'steam jet'!"

"No, it's too late!"

Hughes and Sonia both looked into the distance.

They suddenly felt a strong sense of being spied on, and knew that they were being targeted by the ghost spider's sight and color.

Wu Bo said with disappointment: "I found it too late."

"Relax, it's not your fault. You can't monitor everywhere all the time. The other party should also be prepared for this."

"and..."

Hughes said eloquently: "A mere ghost spider is not qualified to make us escape in embarrassment!"

If there is more than one lieutenant general coming, or Garp, Peach Rabbit, Tea Dolphin, etc., then they can plan how to escape.