Pirate: My saber is a shining single scabbard

tata tao~

Hughes carried the package and walked straight to the bar.

While walking, a figure happened to walk from the bar to the door.

The two sides walked towards each other, their eyes meeting in the air.

After meeting the other person's eyes, Hughes suddenly froze, feeling as if he was being targeted by an apex predator.

This feeling is fleeting...

Hughes looked at the man carefully.

This man's black hair was disheveled, his face was a little pale, and he had a soft smile on his lips.

Especially the pair of orange vertical pupils, like the eyes of a poisonous snake, make people shudder!

moment...

The bodies of both sides are intertwined.

He continued to walk towards the bar, and the effeminate man walked towards the door. Neither of them had any problems with each other.

Despite this, this feminine man still left a deep impression on him.

After the interlude, Hughes came to the bar.

A stocky bartender was wiping a wine glass.

pat.

Hughes put a hand on the bar.

After moving his palm away, there was an extra 100 coin on the table.

The strong bartender glanced at it and nodded without saying a word.

He took the coin and walked to a side door, knocking twice on the door.

Then he opened the door and gestured to Hughes to come in.

Hughes had no particular thoughts about the bartender's reticence.

The operator of this strange bar is not a normal person.

There are only three apparent operators of "Secret Garden".

In addition to the dull bartender in front of him, there is also a King Kong Barbie waiter and a beautiful boss lady.

"Thank you."

Hughes walked in quickly without hesitation.

After coming in, he looked around the room.

The layout and atmosphere are the same as outside, except there are many more bookshelves filled with books.

Although it was not his first visit, he still couldn't help but sigh.

If they didn't know it in advance, anyone would think that this was a quiet and quiet book corner rather than a shady place for information trading.

Hughes looked toward the corner of the room.

Sitting in front of a sofa was a woman reading a book.

The woman has golden curly hair, a delicate face, and light makeup on her face.

At the opening and closing of the red dress, a pair of long snow-white legs overlap each other, looming.

After Hughes saw this woman, his eyes lit up slightly.

But he just admired her beauty in his heart and made no other unnecessary moves.

In this chaotic area, there are two types of people that cannot be easily messed with.

Old man and beautiful woman.

Among those old guys with ancient looks, there may be old pirates who have retired from the Grand Line or even the New World.

Even if they don't reach this level, they are mostly cunning and cunning things.

And if a beautiful woman can survive in a place like this, she is definitely a ruthless character.

"Secret Garden" is even more so!

And those who can do intelligence business definitely have a strong organization behind them.

At least the so-called "Como Family", one of the five major mafias in the West Sea, where he originally lived, did not have this kind of strength.

A corner of the room.

When the landlady saw Hughes coming in, she closed the books on her lap and put them on the table.

Then he made a gesture to ask him to sit down.

Hughes was not polite and went straight to the sofa opposite and sat down.

When Hughes sat down, the landlady said at the right time: "Long time no see, brother Hughes."

Houston was a little surprised.

He was not surprised that the boss lady revealed his identity outright, but on the contrary, it was strange that as an intelligence chief, he couldn't do this.

He was surprised that the woman remembered his visit.

Two years ago, he had only entered this room as one of Como's guards, with an unknown reputation and an extremely low profile.

Unexpectedly, this woman noticed him at that time, her observation was keen enough.

Hughes immediately replied: "The boss lady has a really good memory."

The landlady smiled slightly: "What do you want to drink?"

"Tequila, thank you."

The landlady immediately stood up and walked to the wine cabinet next to her.

Hughes took advantage of his free time to glance at the book on the table and found that it was a travelogue related to navigation.

"The boss lady is also interested in sailing?"

"Just to pass the time."

The landlady poured the wine and said, "It will always be boring if you stay in this room all the time."

"..."

After some small talk, Hughes once again saw how powerful this woman was.

It's a bit exaggerated to say it's like a spring breeze, but this woman has made the strangeness between them disappear a lot in a short period of time.

Moreover, she was always leading the conversation during the chat, and she also elicited a lot of information from herself.

There is what he has seen and heard, as well as some basic information about himself.

Even so, it didn't make him feel deliberate or offensive.

This method...is worthy of intelligence work!

moment.

The landlady took a sip of red wine and finally got down to business.

"So...Brother Hughes, what information do you want to get from me?"

Regarding the purpose of this trip, Hughes was also a little solemn.

"I want to stay in the Moro Islands and offer a reward of more than ten million for basic information on criminals."

The landlady showed a hint of surprise when she heard this.

"Hey...Brother Hughes, you have a big appetite."

Because of the auction, there were at least dozens of criminals with tens of millions of rewards staying on the island during this period.

There are also figures above 3000 million, and the number is still increasing.

Although I don’t know what the other party wants this information to do specifically, it’s not going to be a dinner party.

"Why...is it difficult?"

The landlady shook her head: "Of course not, it's just...such a large amount of information is not cheap."

After speaking, he glanced at the package Hughes was carrying.

The meaning behind a pair of beautiful eyes is very obvious.

"Don't worry, since you are here, you must be prepared, and all I want is basic information."

As Hughes responded, he lifted the package onto the table and opened it.

After getting rid of Como a few days ago, he took advantage of the chaos to raid the family.

Although it was a little hasty, it also took away a lot of high-value things.

The landlady just glanced at it and already knew the value of the pile of things.

"Well...just basic information is enough."

After the price was agreed upon, the landlady immediately showed her capable side.

"I have to sort out the information. This workload is not small."

"About...an hour. Brother Hughes can go outside and relax first."

In fact, it won't be too much trouble if you simply sort out the information.

It's just up to her to decide how much information she needs to provide to the other party.

After all, there are a lot of characters involved, and the pile of things on the table is only enough to buy some basic information.

"That would be troublesome."

After the other party issued the eviction order, Hughes wisely got up and left.

Snapped-

The door is closed.

The landlady did not get up immediately to sort out the information, but took out a pen and paper and started recording things.

The previous conversation and the other party's intelligence needs were enough to analyze something.

The information she is recording now might one day be sold as a commodity.

After doing this, she started to sort out the information the other party needed.

Time ticks by...

When the proprietress gathered information about a certain prisoner with a bounty on her head, she suddenly stopped.

"Ah."

She looked at the photo of the prisoner with a bounty on her head and smiled with an unexplainable meaning.

After the interlude.

She resumed her work.

But unlike other information, the information about the bounty criminal was not deleted, but was recorded in detail in the intelligence set provided to Hughes.

If Hughes were here, he would definitely find that this unlucky guy is the effeminate man he met when he first entered the bar.