[One Piece] Pirate Life of Port Officers

"Hey! Have you guys heard? The vice-captain doesn't seem to be going to the South Carolina Island auction this time, but she will go!"

"What! Xiaosha is here to participate in that auction!? Then I will go too. There are so many messy people there, what should I do if someone who doesn't have eyes bumps into her!"

"just you?"

"What's wrong with me! Do you want to fight, kid!!!"

After the list of going to South Carolina Island was roughly finalized, there was quite a storm among the red-haired pirates.

The heartless optimists felt that they had to protect the only girl on the Foss; some people with a sensitive sense of smell, considering the current situation, worried about the safety of this journey.

The consequence of all this is that the auction, which was originally at the bottom of the popularity list among the red-haired pirates, suddenly became surprisingly popular. Sha Lai was very unhappy with this tricky task.

But under the current tense situation, the personnel on this voyage have become very critical. Fortunately, ordinary crew members can say that who the cadres should send is a very troublesome and important matter.

After staring at the long registration list for 10 minutes, Shalai gave up and continued to fight with it, and ran to Beckman for help.

In the end, they called the cadres for a small meeting. Amidst the noise, Beckman waved his hand and made the final list: among the cadres, Aikeou and Cook accompanied him, and Wright, who was in the limelight recently, In the past two years, Salai, who has gradually taken over the intelligence management of the red-haired pirates, will accompany the captain on the trip.

If outsiders only look at the strength of the members, they may only think that this is a relatively balanced captain's travel lineup.But for those who know the members of the Red Hair Pirates well, they can immediately understand the deep meaning.

'Messenger of the Underworld' Ike O and 'Black Fist' Cook.These two are not only the third and fourth highest bounties currently offered by the red-haired pirates, but also the rare brains among the members of the pirates whose bodies act before their brains.Presumably they were sent to restrain their notoriously capricious captain a little bit.

There is also 'Wind Envoy' Wright, although his bounty is just over 4 million, but this person's control of the weather through the wind has made him a name in the hearts of many big pirates.

As for Shalai...

Not only outsiders, but also in the eyes of some new members of the red-haired pirates, she is just a vase in charge of paperwork and logistics, so this time her entourage hardly attracted anyone's attention.

Of course, Xilai is very satisfied with this result. If the intelligence personnel are too eye-catching, they will not be able to work normally.Anyway, the opinions of these outsiders will not affect her normal life on the Foss at all.

After finalizing the candidates, she immediately dragged Shanks who was still drinking with others onto the boat, and with a look of knowledge, she took out those people who were not on the list but tried to sneak out through hiding in various corners of the cabin. , After counting the number of people and supplies, he quickly set sail and anchored, leaving all the sad-faced elders behind.

But this is not the end, but the beginning of another nightmare.

On the way to South Carolina Island, although relying on Wright, an excellent navigator, and the excellent performance of the Foss, Sara did not need to worry about the route and other matters, but in addition, Shanks, the trouble-loving captain, , making her journey very fulfilling.

"Xialai, why do we need to look at things like catalogs? Now that we know what's there, what's the point of an auction?"

Shanks carelessly threw the carefully bound merchandise booklet on her desk, and after feeling the obvious low pressure around her, he shrank his neck unconsciously, and continued to protest in a much lower tone: "In previous years we I always grab whatever suits my heart, ah no, I just buy it. There is no need to make such trouble, we are pirates, not merchants."

Sha Lai: "..."

You just said grabbing, didn't you?Other pirates are persimmons, and they like to kill and plunder civilians. How come you are the opposite?Like to grab some powerful merchants or pirates?

After the cold face and Shanks looked at each other for three seconds, Shalai looked away indifferently, and flipped through the product book by herself.

Then, her gaze caught something, she paused for a moment, and then continued to turn the pages as if nothing had happened.

"...Sarai! Give me a response anyway! Don't ignore me!" The neglected Shanks was naturally dissatisfied, and childishly stretched out his hand in front of Sarai's eyes, making her unable to concentrate on reading the brochure.

Sha Lai, who always had something on her mind, was immediately very irritable when he made such a fuss. She was about to close the booklet and have a good reasoning with him, but her pupils shrank suddenly because of the merchandise she glanced at out of the corner of her eye.

"Hey! Sara--" Shanks's complaints were stopped when the booklet was thrown in front of him with a snap.

He glanced suspiciously at Shalai, who had a serious expression on his face, and then looked down at the booklet that was spread out in front of him.

Alex's three-generation cane, the cursed blood diamond, the sound fruit... nothing interesting, she made a fuss... Wait, the sound fruit!

Finally digging out the information about this fruit from the corner of his brain, Shanks suddenly raised his head to meet Shalai's gaze, and after receiving her nod, his eyes gradually darkened, and his face became dark and difficult to distinguish.

Not only him, but also Xilai's complexion is very ugly at this time.Looking at the fruit with strange patterns in the catalog, she regretted agreeing to allow Wright to participate in this operation.If that temper tantrum finds out about this, he won't be able to turn the sky upside down.

"I'll go and talk to him." Shanks picked up the booklet on the table when Shalai had a headache about how to tell Wright about it, and strode out without giving her time to reflect.

He... means Wright? !etc!What do you want to say!say what!

Sha Lai, who was stunned by Shanks' smooth and smooth movements, quickly followed his footsteps and walked to the measurement room at the stern after reflecting on what he meant just now.

However, even after two years of growth, there is still a big gap between Sarai's ability and Shanks at this time, so when she rushed to the stern with all her strength, she heard Wright's roar.

"Don't be kidding! Leter stayed well on the Snowy Island! How could his devil fruit appear here!"

Only after the ability user dies, his ability will turn into fruit and reappear on the sea.

If the content of this catalog is true, then Leiter...

"The merchandise catalog for the annual auction in South Carolina will be sent to all big buyers three days in advance."

Shanks' deep voice came from the gap in the wooden door, making Sarai stop her footsteps.

"This is the message Sha Lai received from the fax machine in the morning. How courageous do you think the island owner is to pass false information to the overlords of the world?"

Shanks... really sees clearly...

Hearing the faint suppressed sobs coming from inside, Sha Lai's clenched fists loosened and clenched again, the shadow cast by the broken hair on her forehead covered her eyes, and after a long time, she took light steps and left here.

After returning to the study, she sat in a wooden chair covered with soft white leather cushions, looked at the stacks of documents on the table, and rarely had the intention to deal with them.

Even without Wright's relationship, Leiter is also a resident of the island under their red-haired pirate group, and no matter who kills him, it can be regarded as a provocation to them.

The problem now is that Leiter's skill is not bad, so it is unlikely that he was killed so quietly.Judging from the fact that she has not received any information related to this, either the person who killed him was a brilliant assassin, or the person who killed him was very powerful, so those good people on Fengxue Island hid the news of his death. Don't want Wright to make it difficult for them.

But no matter what the possibility is, if you call back to Fengxue Island now, you will basically not get any useful information, so you have to start from other places...

Sha Lai closed her eyes, leaned on the back of the chair, and quickly ran through the recent events related to Fengxue Island in her mind.

Ruby has recently fully integrated into the life of the winery. Last time I wrote to tell her that she had started learning wine.And they went to the auction this time, and they also had ice white wine with the reputation of "liquid gold", but these were all transferred to the Foss by the people on the island through merchant ships.

Speaking of merchant ships, she remembered that guy Diamond, who recently passed by Snow Wind Island and stayed there for three days.One or two days is enough to buy wine supplements, and stay for three days... This length of time is a bit out of line with the usual style of the young businessman who regards time as money.

And he had called last month to ask her to meet when she arrived in South Carolina.It's a pity that she was busy stopping those hot-blooded single cells who wanted to rush over to fight when they saw the warship, and hung up after just a few words to deal with him. Now it seems that it is necessary for her to make an appointment with him.

Thinking of this, Sha Lai tidied up the table, freed up a small space, took out the phone bug, and dialed Diamond's number. In the waiting tone of "Bolu Bolu", the corners of her mouth raised, showing a perfect radians.

"Hi, is that Diamond? Good morning, I'm Sara. I'll be in South Carolina in about two or three hours...well, yes....that's right, we'll have lunch See you later, I trust your taste.  …Okay, bye."

After closing the handset and putting the phone bug into the drawer, Sha Lai turned the pen in her hand, cheered herself up, and dealt with the document in front of her with all her strength.

Isn't it just three stacks of A4 paper half a meter high?Little thing, since she was ten years old, she has been responsible for handling so many paperwork every day.Ah, not because the port mafia loves to exploit child labor, but because her boss is a big walking trash who loves to kill himself and cause trouble, so she has to deal with the extra work caused by his troubles every day in addition to his work. document.

With deep resentment towards the past, it took Sha Lai more than two hours to deal with all the paperwork on the table.

When she stretched her shoulders and was about to go out to ask Wright how long it would take to reach the shore, she heard a burst of "I saw the island!" outside.

She looked up at the clock to make sure that she had not made a mistake in calculating the time. It was just after eleven o'clock, and Sha Lai raised her hand to rub her swollen forehead.

She really shouldn't have let Shanks go to comfort people like that in the beginning. God knows what he said to Wright, which made him full of energy now and shortened the originally scheduled three-hour flight by one-third.I really hope that this auction, everyone can go back together safely.