The crew of One Piece all want to blame me

"Yes! Judging from the death of the city lord and the muzzle of the gun in the window, the person who killed the city lord can only be the person I just met!"

Lonoway frowned slightly when he heard his subordinate's on-site report.

"In that case, why did he hold a mercenary hostage? Judging from what you said, he shouldn't need any hostages."

As a colonel, Lonoway not only has great strength, but also has a very good mind. Unlike that naval subordinate, he would not judge things by just looking at the situation in front of him.

"Are you trying to put the blame on that mercenary?"

"What you said makes sense, but that is impossible. As long as that mercenary is not stupid, he will not dare to bear the crime of killing the city lord."

The fact is as Lonoway said, unless they are professional killers, ordinary mercenaries would not dare to accept such a commission.

This is where Pat feels helpless.

Even if his financial resources are not as good as those of Bibiru V, they are still enough to buy his life. But the mercenary union just didn't dare accept his commission.

Because they also understand who can move and who cannot move.

This shows that Pat's parents did not die at the hands of these mercenaries. Those murderers were probably people hired by Bibiru from elsewhere.

"Now you go to the captain of the city guard in my name and ask them to seal off Ergo City and catch all suspicious people. Check out all mercenaries, bounty hunters, pirates, and killers!"

"Yes, understand!"

After receiving the order from Lonovi, the marine quickly left the city lord's palace and looked for the captain of the city guard of Eryago City.

After a while, he found the captain of the city guard patrolling the villa area and told him everything.

Hearing the news that the city lord of Eryago City had been assassinated, the city guard was shocked and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

He is one of the few people who knows that the city lord grows the Drunken Dream Flower. Although he didn't know what Zuimenghua was used for, he guessed from the terrifying number of plants that it was no ordinary flower.

And ever since the city lord started planting the Drunken Dream Flower, the city lord's mansion had so much money that he couldn't even spend it all.

Can ordinary flowers be sold at such a price?

Therefore, the captain of the city guard has been suffering from inner torture since that day. He wanted to stop the city lord, but was unable to do so.

However, he hid his emotions very well and did not let the marine see it.

"Please give your orders, what should we do?"

After hearing the name of Colonel Lonoway, the captain of the city guard simply gave up his command.

This shows that Lonoway's reputation is quite good.

"Have all city guards guard the city exits and investigate as many people as possible who leave the city. Pirates, mercenaries, bounty hunters, and killers, all are detained without leaving a trace!"

"Yes."

The captain of the city guard carried out Lonoway's order without saying a word and quickly mobilized all the city guards.

The unusual movements of the city guards attracted everyone's attention, and the citizens who didn't know the reason gathered together in twos and threes and made random guesses.

The mercenaries who knew some inside information quickly escaped from the city, but were caught by the city guards who were already guarding the exit.

After seeing this, Linda dispersed the wild cats and quickly ran to a city guard and asked curiously.

"What's wrong with you? Did something happen in the city?"

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

The city guards who were conducting a strict investigation on all suspicious persons discovered that Linda had come from the port and immediately interrogated her vigilantly.

Although Linda was confused, she still answered the city guard's questions honestly.

If these city guards were interrogating someone else instead of Linda, they might notice something.

But...Linda's ability to act on the spot is no joke. She played herself as a traveler who had just arrived in Eryago City today and knew nothing about what was going on in the city.

After asking a few more questions, he found that she really didn't know anything, and the city guards couldn't help but relax their vigilance.

I had already confirmed in my heart that Linda was not a suspicious person, but the city guard still asked one more question just in case.

"Do you have any friends?"

Hearing this, Linda made a quick calculation in her mind and nodded without hesitation.

"Yes, I have."

"Then where are your friends? On the boat?"

During the investigation just now, Linda informed the city guards of their ship's location for the sake of credibility.

Therefore, when the city guard asked, he turned his head and glanced in the direction of their ship.

Given the option of exposing Qian Xi and others, Linda chose to expose others without hesitation.

"No, they are in the city."

"Oh? What are they doing in the city?"

Linda tilted her head and said, "Why do you ask me everything?" ’ looked at the city guard for a while. It wasn't until the city guard coughed unnaturally that she curled her lips and said.

"One person is going to the back mountain to collect herbs, and the other should be shopping."

The city guards nodded when they heard this, thinking to themselves.

There is absolutely no problem with this group.

Allen saw this scene when he came back.

It stands to reason that anyone leaving the city at this time will be strictly interrogated by the city guards, but when they arrived at Allen's place, they were simply asked a few questions and then let out.

Allen, who was holding Garuru in his arms, followed Linda out of the city gate with a confused look on his face, not understanding what was happening now.

Is it so easy to get out of the city? Then why was he hesitant to sneak out of the city bypassing the city guards just now?

"I can only get you out of the city safely. It's a bit difficult for others."

After leaving the sight of the city guards, Linda looked back at the heavily guarded city gate and sighed.

"...What have you done?"

"I didn't do anything, just to make the city guard believe my words. But what about Yaying and the others? What happened in the city?"

Hearing this, Allen couldn't help but sigh Linda in his heart.

Linda can actually make the city guards who are on alert relax their vigilance. Linda's ability is quite powerful.

In order to make Linda understand the current situation, Allen told her what happened in the city without reservation.

By the way, Hill also told the story of wanting to assassinate the lord of Eryago City. Now that these city guards have such strict control, maybe he has succeeded.

"I see, no wonder. But Hill should have escaped, otherwise these city guards would not be able to guard the city gate."

"I think so too."

While they were analyzing the situation and getting on the boat, they heard voices coming from the room.

"Your physical condition is very bad. It's better to lie down."

This is Cecile's voice.

"...Thank you, Cecile. My sister...Qianyue, is she really going shopping with Atlas and the others?"

"Well, really. But they were gone for too long, and Seth went to pick them up. Don't worry, they will be back soon."

If you think about it from another perspective, after such a terrible thing, Cecile did not dare to let her biological sister go out.

In order to prevent Qian Xi from acting recklessly, Cecile had to lie to stabilize her first.