One Piece: The Magician

"It seems that you really don't know anything about this place. Tianlai Novel"

Mrs. Emily looked at the Straw Hats in surprise, sighed and said, "Xiao Laiya, please help me explain to them."

"No problem, Mrs. Emily." The brown young man wearing a jazz hat nodded, cleared his throat, and said slowly to everyone:

"The sea area centered on Hannabar was originally a no-care zone belonging to the world government and was very chaotic. Later, the Oswald family used Hannabar as a sub-base for the first half of the Great Line. In order to facilitate management, they A membership system has been launched.”

"If the Chamber of Commerce becomes a member of Penguin and becomes a registered Chamber of Commerce, it will enjoy the protection of the Oswald family. When a merchant ship of the registered Chamber of Commerce is robbed by pirates, it only needs to hand over at most half of the goods or the equivalent value of the Bailey. At the same time, pirates cannot harm the crew of the merchant ship, otherwise they will be hunted by the Oswald family. At the same time, the pirate group that robbed has the obligation to escort the merchant ship to its destination and prevent the merchant ship from being attacked by other pirates. robbery."

"It sounds pretty good." Usopp touched his chin and murmured to himself: "In this way, the merchant ship will only lose at most half of its cargo every time it sets sail."

"Yeah." Nami nodded in agreement: "And the most important thing is, you don't have to worry about being killed by those vicious pirates. By the way, Sherlock, what do you think, the former president of the Chamber of Commerce? "

Mrs. Emily subconsciously turned her attention to the magician who had been sitting quietly aside, but when her sea-blue eyes met the deep black eyes behind the lenses, Mrs. Emily's heart suddenly Suddenly, the originally bloodless cheeks became even paler.

Is escorting this your real purpose?

After being keenly aware of something strange about this beautiful lady, Sherlock withdrew his gaze and gently pushed up his glasses.

"It's really hard to comment on this. After all, the pirates in the East China Sea are far less rampant than the Grand Line, and I'm not used to seeing other people's logos on my things."

Having said this, Sherlock smiled at Mrs. Emily: "But it's definitely not easy to become a member of Penguin."

"Yes, the Registrar of Commerce pays a high dues to Oswald every year."

Mrs. Emily showed a helpless smile, which combined with her frail look made me feel even more pity for her: "But if you don't become a registered chamber of commerce, you won't be able to survive in this sea area."

"It's all because of those registered pirates."

Xiao Laiya said seriously: "After registering as a member of Penguin, pirates will also be protected by the Oswald family. As long as they are in the waters under Penguin's jurisdiction, the navy cannot arrest those pirates flying the Penguin flag. "

"What?" everyone exclaimed.

"Is robbery legal?" Sanji lit a cigarette: "Why does this sound like King Shichibukai?"

"You are right." Xiao Laiya nodded: "As long as the registered pirates abide by the rules set by Penguin and pay their membership fees on time, then they are equivalent to the Shichibukai in this sea area."

"Why do you do this? Isn't it more detrimental to control?" Nami felt very puzzling about this: "Without the navy, who will punish these pirates?"

"No, no, no, you overlooked something, Miss Navigator." The corners of Robin's mouth curved up gracefully, and she took a calm sip of coffee.

"If there is no navy," Sherlock pushed up his glasses slightly, and the lenses reflected two stunning white lights.

"Then let the pirates control the pirates."

"Haha, pirates come to control pirates" xnThe rest of the people were confused again.

"Yes, use pirates to control pirates." A certain glasses nodded. The magician expressed his sincere admiration for the person who proposed this plan and implemented it.

"Just like where there is light, there are shadows. There are endless pirates in this ocean. So in that case, it is better to control some of the pirates who are a little obedient and give them special privileges, which are the so-called members of Penguin. .”

Sherlock continued to explain to everyone: "In this way, whether it is the Chamber of Commerce or the pirates, the pirates who have not filled up the Penguin membership will definitely be gradually eliminated, and the remaining ones will be the registered pirates, that is, the obedient ones. Pirates.”

"After these pirates have tasted the sweetness of legal robbery, they will naturally not leave this sea area easily, but if they want to expand, they will inevitably conflict with other registered pirates, and they will fall into endless internal fighting and rob merchant ships. The requirement to have an escort intensifies the conflict."

Having said this, Sherlock suddenly chuckled and asked Mrs. Emily: "And if I guess correctly, foreign pirates like us should be very unwelcome here."

The president of the Canary Chamber of Commerce hesitated for a while and said slowly: "Yes, for pirates like you, those registered pirates are equivalent to bounty hunters. They can go directly to the Oswald family to exchange for bounties. Yes, they are indeed very, very unfriendly to foreign pirates."

"Hmph, let's see who can be more unfriendly." The pirate hunter snorted, and a raging fighting spirit suddenly ignited in his heart.

"Hiss" Usopp and Chopper both shuddered.

"Hey~ Nami" A certain long nose secretly pulled on Miss Navigator's clothes and whispered: "You have to think carefully about what we should do."

"Don't worry, I still have some judgment ability." Nami's smooth forehead was covered with fine sweat. After listening to the other people's science for a long time, she has now sorted out her thoughts.

Although this incident is said to be a misunderstanding, it can be judged as a robbery of the Canary Chamber of Commerce by the Straw Hat Pirates.The Straw Hats can take the Nabo's general cargo as loot, but at the cost of having to escort the merchant ship back to Hannabar.

And judging by what a certain glasses person said, this escort might be dangerous.

We are not short of money now. Shylock still has 1 million Baileys waiting for me to squander it. There is no need to take risks.Nami thought in her mind.

It's really commendable that she, a super-money addict who wants money rather than her life, can make such a rational judgment this time.

However, some things always backfire.

"By the way, what's on your boat?" Luffy asked casually to Mrs. Emily, pinching his nose.

Mrs. Emily smiled slightly: "It's beef, the best beef from Stardew Island Ranch."

"Oh Stardew Island."

Sanji touched his chin and murmured: "I heard the smelly old man say before that Stardew Island is quite famous in the chef world."

"The meat and crops produced on that island are top-quality ingredients, especially the beef there. When made into steak, it's really awesome. Namisan, Usopp, what's wrong with you?"

The curly eyebrow cook held a cigarette in his mouth and turned around. He was surprised to find that Nami and Usopp were winking at him desperately. Following the direction indicated by these two people, Sanji looked back and found that a certain foodie captain's chin had been Soaked in saliva.

"Meat Steak" Luffy's eyes became confused.

Oh~~~~ After taking in the expressions of the Straw Hats, Mrs. Emily's mouth turned up slightly.

I suddenly had an ominous premonition x2 Nami and Usopp both took a deep breath.

"If you agree to my proposal, accept compensation and escort the Nabo to Hannabar, then half the ship of Stardew Island's top beef will be yours~"

"Oh really? Then I agree. Hehehe, you are such a good person. Nami, Usopp, why did you fall under the table?"

"Luffy, you big idiot"

The sound of a fist hitting the skull hard.

"Eyana is beautiful and scary." Chopper hurriedly hid aside, and he did it habitually.

"Haha~~~" Robin held a cup of coffee and smiled silently.

"Uh, is your place usually so lively?" Looking at the idiot captain who was being beaten by the devil-turned-navigator lady, the corners of Mrs. Emily's mouth twitched unnaturally a few times, while Xiao Laiya stood behind her. He was even more confused, thinking that this was the pirate group with a total bounty of [-] million.

A look of embarrassment flashed across Sherlock's face. Just as he was about to answer, he saw a dark shadow running onto the seat.

"Meow~~~~" Besty stared at the two strangers curiously with a pair of enchanting blood-red cat eyes.

The Black Cat pirates really like to keep pets. In addition to raising a raccoon cat, they also raise a little black cat.Xiao Laiya looked at the cute kitten sitting on the dining table and complained silently in her heart.

However, what was even more unexpected was that after seeing those blood-red cat eyes, Mrs. Emily felt as if she had been struck by lightning. Her breathing suddenly became rapid, her smooth forehead was covered with fine sweat, and her originally pale face became even darker. Ugly.

"bloody red blood red eyes"

The pupils shrank to the size of needle tips. The beautiful lady, who had been chatting and laughing with Straw Hat for a while, murmured in pain for a while, and then fainted under the horrified eyes of the others.