King Snake General of Pirates

Close to the 53rd Naval Branch Base, in a three-story tavern.

Matthew sat cross-legged on the bed, picked up the freshly brewed hot tea, and was about to pout his lips to drink it when there was a sound of stepping on the stairs.

"Matthew, Matthew, let's start." The big man Flibart came to the third floor of the tavern in three steps and said anxiously: "Hal and the navy have entered the Western Military District and started combat operations."

"Don't be impatient, this is to be expected." Matthew lowered his head and took a sip of hot tea, then asked Freebat unhurriedly: "How are Hal and the navy doing?"

"Hal said that the phone bug can only contact me through a single line. No news has been transmitted yet. As expected, the navy has already groped its way into the Western Military District from the edge, but the progress is very slow. It has just passed through the outer area. .”

Freebat bared his teeth and said with a smile. He had always admired Hal and Matthew. As long as they used their brains and words, they could let forces that did not belong to them accomplish their goals for themselves, instead of relying on fighting and killing.

After hearing this, Matthew nodded as expected: "Hal is naturally very prudent in his work. Hal and I have long expected the behavior of other timid navy. We didn't expect them to do much. Don't worry, now It’s just the beginning.”

"Then why do you want the navy to engage in such a big battle? Our actions will also be slightly affected."

"Have you forgotten? Hal is also a navy. The navies other than Hal are just showing off to others. In fact, if they want to get rid of the forces that have been entrenched in the Western Military Region for many years, they still need to rely on Hal's devil fruit. strength."

Matthew smiled and shook his head, feeling impatient with Freebat's thoughtless behavior: "Calculate the time, it's our turn to appear on the stage, let's go, pack up, you and I will split up."

"okay."

After Matthew went downstairs, there were many people in the yard outside the tavern who had been waiting for a long time. They were men and women, old and young, but the only thing that was not obvious was that most of these people did not look like much of a threat. .

In other words, the combat capability is not strong.

The other team led by Freebat were all young men, not to mention as strong as cattle, but at least they were flexible and powerful, ready to go, like wild beasts about to escape from their cages.

Outside the yard, carriages covered with long cloths, with no visible contents inside, were parked on the path. Not long after, they were pulled away by Matthew and his men who came out.

Freebat left with another team in the other direction.

……

at the same time.

After Hal left the warehouse-like house, he felt that the security army soldiers were following him like followers, so he led the man with the big back and walked around the slums several times until the security army could no longer keep up. , and then disappeared from a small alley.

The forces in the slums are complicated. No matter how big or small, the forces have their own territories, and they are diverse, such as the warehouse-like house of the man with the big back and the cave he took Hal to this time.

Another cave that is hidden in the cracks of the mountain peaks and difficult to be discovered.

"I didn't expect that your strength was not that good, but the hiding place you chose was good." Hal looked at the dark cave in front of him and said to the man with the big back.

"Safety first, safety first..."

Even though the sun is shining brightly outside, it is still unclear what is going on in the cave. It looks like there will be an extremely long passage inside.

Seeing that Hal kept looking inside, the man with the big back walked forward on his own for the sake of his own safety, but was immediately pinched by Hal who didn't understand why. Then he shouted in pain: "I'm going to light the lamp." , light the lamp..."

After his shoulders were released, he walked into the dark cave and groped for a while in the dark corner. After a few sounds of moving stones, he found an oil lamp and took out a match to light it.

The dim light of the oil lamp suddenly illuminated the cave. Hal walked in and looked inside along the passage, but he still couldn't see the end.

"It's rare for a weapons depot to be hidden in a cave like this. I see that you don't have many men under your command, and some of them still use swords. Why don't you take out all the weapons and use them to expand your power, instead of hiding them here?"

"This..." Hal's question immediately confused the big-backed man. He was worried about how to answer, but saw that Hal was not waiting for his answer. He had already walked into the cave first, and immediately He raised his feet and followed.

"I hope you won't take your own life for granted." Hal said calmly.

The sound of crisp footsteps in the silent cave has not stopped. Although the light of the oil lamp is dim, fortunately, the closer you get to the depths of darkness, the more places it illuminates. Similarly, in the darkness, even the dim light becomes extremely bright. .

Like a star in the dark night.

After walking for about ten minutes, Hal stopped. A stone wall appeared in front of him, and there was no way to go.

"How is this..."

boom!

There was a loud roar in the silent cave. Before Hal could finish his words, he saw the man with the big back had done something unknown. The stone walls on both sides suddenly cracked, and dust and sand were scattered. He quickly got into the right corner with an oil lamp. behind the stone wall.

Hal immediately sensed something was wrong and wanted to catch up, but before he could reach out his hand, the stone wall on the right rumbled shut, followed by another rumble, and Hal immediately realized , the stone wall on the left is also closed.

Without the light of the oil lamp, the cave fell into darkness again.

"There is a secret passage here!"

Knowing that he had fallen into a trap by underestimating the enemy, Hal quickly reached out and groped around, but he could only touch the cold stone wall, and because he lost the light of the oil lamp, he could not tell the direction with his naked eyes.

The originally small space suddenly became quiet.

In the darkness, if there are people with special abilities related to eyes, they will find that a figure suddenly becomes very huge, filling the entire cave in an instant, twisting and shaking, and above this figure is a pair of round eyes. After blinking a few times, his eyes slowly turned into vertical pupils.

Then there was the sound of metal and sand rubbing against each other in the darkness, and then there was another click. The stone walls on both sides of the passage opened again, and the huge figure quickly got in.

Hal didn't know how long he had been moving in the passage. Although he couldn't see the surrounding scene, his skin could easily detect the slight changes in the vibrating air at this moment.

This change was caused by the sand rolling into the air when moving on the ground, then rebounding after hitting the stone wall, and then being felt by Hal's skin.

Without using his eyes, Hal could perfectly avoid the stone walls at extremely fast speeds and head straight into the winding passage that only went in one direction.