The Pirate's Cute Cat Tavern

"Well, we were planning to leave today! It's a pity that God won't let us leave. Mr. Store Manager, we have to continue to bother you!"

Keya turned around with a smile, leaning against the background of the water world with rain, sea, and sky, and smiled. After several days of nourishing herself with delicious food, this frail and sickly girl has slowly become much healthier.

"Hey, I'm more than happy to bother you! After all, it's all money!"

Locke laughed, and when he was about to say something more, the phone bug on the ship suddenly rang rapidly.

"Sorry, excuse me!"

Locke frowned slightly, with a hint of melancholy in his eyes, and quickly walked into the cabin.

Locke had a hunch that this phone call was 80.00% bad news...

Keya and the others stayed under the umbrella in the courtyard. Locke answered the phone in the house, his eyes staring at Crowe unblinkingly through the glass.

"Hey, hello! This is the cute cat dinner boat!"

Locke spoke politely. This was a good habit he had developed, a habit of keeping his mind stable no matter what the situation.

"Brother Locke, leave the sea area where you are! The Black Cat Pirates rushed over. Black Cat, do you know?"

"That's the top pirate group of the East China Sea Platoon! They only have about 100 people, but they are all extremely cruel!"

"One of my patrol boats discovered them and tried to intercept them, but was sunk! You must be careful..."

A thick, anxious voice came from the other end of the phone, that was City Lord Peggy.

"Okay, I get it! Thanks for the reminder!"

Locke's brows were knitted tightly together, and when he was about to say something more, a bright light suddenly rose from the deck on the side of his dining boat!

call out!

boom!

The bright and dazzling explosive like fireworks rose high into the sky above the dining boat, and then exploded.

The large white light formed at the moment of the explosion directly illuminated an area of ​​several miles.

This sudden explosion of white light was as eye-catching as the lighthouse guiding the ship in the dark rainy night!

"Thank you for the reminder, but it's probably a bit late!"

Locke sighed, thanked City Lord Peggy again, and quickly walked out of the cabin.

"Who went to the lower deck?" Locke growled from a distance, his expression serious and sharp.

Keya and others were startled. After looking around, Uncle Meili replied nervously.

"Mr. Krabattle left. He said he had something to do!"

As a person with a lot of sailing experience, Merry also felt the strange danger.

"Mr. Store Manager, what's wrong?" Keya asked nervously, and the atmosphere under the umbrella in the courtyard became solemn.

Rumble!

Thunder roamed across the sky, and lightning illuminated the black rainy night, as well as the increasingly solemn expressions on everyone's faces.

call out!

boom!

Another flare, someone was indeed giving directions to some ships.

"I just received a call! It was from a friend who is in charge of this sea area. He said that the legendary Black Cat Pirates have arrived in this sea area!"

"He also sank one of his patrol boats! You may not know what the Black Cat represents. This is a pirate ship that has escaped the navy's pursuit countless times and has a high bounty. This ship's The pirates do all kinds of evil and are extremely cruel!”

"They are near us, this flare can attract them!"

Locke knew it was time for a showdown, now that he knew Crowe's identity in advance.

Then he can't passively wait for his troops to arrive before starting the fight. That would be too embarrassing.

The damage caused by countless people's melee is too great. It is better to capture the thief and defeat the king first!

After Locke finished speaking, everyone's faces turned slightly pale.

When sailing in this world, strong winds, heavy rains, and even small tsunamis are not terrible.

What is truly terrifying are those pirates who are scattered on the sea like blood-sucking worms, threatening all sailors!

At Locke's signal, Usopp came to Keya's side. He took out the old reward order and placed it in front of everyone!

"Reward order? Eh? Isn't this...Mr. Krabattle?" Uncle Merry was surprised: "He...how can he be the criminal with a reward?"

"His real name is Crow, and he is a big pirate with a bounty of 600 million!"

"Three years ago, he used a substitute to escape the navy's pursuit; three years ago, he came to Miss Keya's house and worked as a servant until he became a housekeeper!"

This sentence was said by Locke. In order not to arouse unnecessary suspicion, Locke felt that what he said was more effective than what Usopp said.

"No...it's impossible, right? Mr. Krabattle, how could it be a pirate? A big pirate? Mr. Store Manager, are you mistaken?"

Keya's face was full of disbelief. If it weren't for her good impression of Locke, she might have already started to take measures.

After all, Crowe has been with their family for three years and has won the trust of Keya's family.

Locke's brows furrowed even more. He had long known that this matter would not be easy to solve. After all, Crowe's plan was perfect. He spent three years planning it and winning people's trust. How could it be so easily overthrown by Locke?

Fortunately, Locke was prepared.

"Well, no matter whether the reward order is true or not! At least, the news of the Black Cat Pirates' attack will not be false..."

"Cats, take action! Set sail and leave this sea!"

Locke didn't go to make unnecessary explanations to Keya. She couldn't accept the facts in a short time. It was useless to talk more. It was better to let Crowe show his fangs!

The machinery rumbled, steam spurted out, and the cute cat dinner boat started sailing.

In order to reduce resistance, the lower decks on both sides also slowly shrank. Unable to stand, Crowe could only climb up to the main deck.

"Um, why did you set sail suddenly? In this stormy weather, it might not be safe to set sail rashly, right?"

"And our ship, the Merry, has no one to command it!"

Crowe pushed up his glasses and smiled with an unknown meaning, persuading everyone that he talked a bit too much.

Everyone stared at him, no one spoke, and no one said anything about the pirates. The scene fell into an eerie silence!

"I set off the flare just now! A friend of mine was coming here, and the storm suddenly came. I was afraid that they would get lost, so I gave them directions!"

Crowe took the initiative to explain what he had just done, and for a while some people believed him and some didn't.

Locke came over from the control room and said with the same innocent smile.

"Ah, Mr. Crowe, is your friend coming? I'm so sorry, my ship has to be temporarily moved due to something unexpected!"

Locke had a smile, a sunny and handsome face, and his words were relaxed and a little bit natural in apology.

"Oh, that's it, that's really unfortunate! I'm going to inform my friend and let him..."

Crowe responded easily, but he stopped mid-sentence because Locke just called his real name!

And he responded...