[One Piece] Pirate Life of Port Officers

On the fourth day after the red-haired pirates landed on the island, the much-anticipated auction finally kicked off.

"Xialai, what are you urging? Doesn't the auction start at seven o'clock in the evening?"

"That's a passage for ordinary tourists, merchants, minor nobles, and little-known pirates." Sarai snatched the wine glass from Wright's hand and threw it on the table, and stared back at his protest with fiercer eyes than he did, " Although I'm pretty sure I've said it yesterday, I'll say it again for the last time, so you'll remember it."

"Before the auction, the island owner will invite the influential forces in the sea to her dinner party. This is also the only occasion where she will show up in front of outsiders every year. In previous years, Shanks refused to go because he was not interested, so we are very concerned about her. Don't know much."

"Based on the information given to me by Diamond, she not only has the navy as the backing to win over the BIGMOM Pirates, but she also has people with the ability of Nishikimen fruit, who hide all the auction items in different dimensions. If the auction is done before the auction If there is a fight, not only will we not get what we want, but we will also be deadlocked."

"I see, don't worry." Wright raised the long sword with one hand, took a deep breath, the dancing light in his eyes sank into his eyes, and seemed a lot calmer, "For Leiter, I will endure such a small matter." come down."

It would be nice if that was the case...

Sha Lai looked at Wright hesitantly, but finally said nothing, opened the door, and walked to the deck with him.

She has also lost a close relative, and she knows how difficult it is to suppress the desire for revenge, even if it is temporarily.All words are pale in the face of this grief, all she can do is to stand beside Wright and help him remove obstacles on the road to revenge.

"Okay, all the little ones are here."

When Shalai and Wright walked to the deck, Shanks was leaning on the dragon head of the bow, smiling and waving to them.

Surrounding him are all his friends who are ready to go.

"Then let's go together and turn this island upside down!"

"Oh oh oh--"

"It's been a long wait!"

"No way!"

......

Sha Lai looked at her group of friends who were jumping and shouting like firecrackers being ignited, and shook their heads with a smile, trying to ignore the lingering uneasiness in her heart.

***

"Welcome to the dinner party in South Carolina, everyone of the Red Hair Pirates, the number of people per invitation is limited to five people, can you ask others to wait outside?"

Even though the night had not completely fallen, lights had already been turned on outside the auction venue, and clusters of golden lights hit the five-story circular building, making it more dazzling than the sinking sunset.A silver-haired young man in a black suit stood at the door with three maids in black tube top short skirts, receiving every guest with a smile.

"Of course, if you guys want to go anywhere on the island—"

"Ah~, isn't this the leader of the rebel army? Long time no see, it looks like you've been doing well recently." Sha Lai interrupted the silver-haired young man's full explanation, showing a very malicious smile in his opinion.

"...My name is Asip, and please don't call me by that nickname again." Thinking of his experience of being cheated again and again in Simrip, Asip gave up. In order to pretend to be dead and deny this option, he continued to perform his duties with a stiff smile.

"I'm very sorry for offending you and the redhead in Simirip. If there is anything I can do, please ask."

"Then I won't be polite, just answer my question." Sarai stood beside the sullen Shanks, making it difficult for Asip to refuse, so she could only smile and signal her to continue.

"Are you an ability user of Door Fruit?"

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly sank.

As we all know, the auction in South Carolina is famous, in addition to the common factors such as its wide variety of commodities and countless rare treasures, there is also an important reason for its inalienable nature of the commodities.

Every year at the beginning of the auction, the masked host will appear on the high platform of the venue through the fruit of the door.

The auction method of the South Carolina auction is also very novel.Before you enter the market, you must first confirm your capital limit to the staff.Navy, merchants, and tourists generally show their bank accounts, while pirates tend to take each other to the treasure storage room on their ship.

After that, once you take a picture of a product within your financial resources, the host will immediately use the fruit ability to take it out of the different dimension and hand it directly to you, and the transaction is considered half completed at this point.How to protect this product afterwards is up to you.

Of course, if you want to renege on the debt after getting the goods, you will be caught by the island owner's men, and you will be beheaded in the square in the center of the island at noon.

Many people speculate that these elusive pursuers also rely on the ability of the fruit of the door.Therefore, the identity of the auction host who had never shown his face to the public was second only to the island owner in terms of importance in terms of mystery.Over the years, I don't know how many people have investigated the identity of this person openly and secretly, but unfortunately no one has made any progress so far.

So now, when Xilai smiled and asked Asip if he was a capable user of the fruit of the door, the three flowery maids at the gate all changed their faces.And their pale faces, rather than worrying about their companion's abilities being discovered, were more like they were afraid that they had heard some secrets that they shouldn't have heard.

Coincidentally, there are only members of the Red Hair Pirates and their four hosts at the gate of this resplendent meeting place.No one answered, they just stood facing each other.

Then, like a century, and like a moment, Asip spoke.

"It is said that you are the owner of a high-level knowledge color, Shalai. Then, even if I don't answer, you must have got the answer you want." The smile on his face was more natural than the stiffness when his identity was exposed at the beginning Quite a few, as if what was exposed just now was not the ability he had been using as his trump card all along, but the dinner menu.

"However, everyone in the Red Hair Pirates, even if you know my ability, what effect do you think it will have on the situation in the venue?"

Asip smiled faintly, but his eyes were like sharp daggers, sweeping over everyone in front of him, not even leaving behind the three pale and trembling maids beside him.

"Please also remember that my ability was bestowed by the island owner, and it belongs to the island owner. To attack me is to provoke the island owner, and I don't need to elaborate on what it will lead to."

After finishing speaking, he bowed slightly and bowed his head in silence, obviously signaling that the conversation was over, and he would not say another word to them about it.

Seeing his reckless appearance, Sha Lai raised her eyebrows unobtrusively.

The leader of the rebel army, well, his name is Asip now. It seems that this guy has grown a lot compared to two years ago, and he knows that he can't talk about it, so he shut up and sees off the guests.Tsk, I really hope that those straight-hearted and big-mouthed ones in their pirate group can learn from him, and don't just talk about the information of the pirate group in a daze.

Sha Lai rubbed her chin, thinking that when she went back, she would formulate a rule that she was not allowed to speak when encountering clichés. If she couldn't do it, there would be people who didn't know how to implement such a simple and rude rule.

"Of course you don't need to elaborate, even if you want to, we don't bother to listen." Shanks' voice brought back Sarai's thoughts of not knowing where she was going. Strong I don't bother to pay attention to the captain of your breath, and smiled silently.

"Don't dawdle, your master's dinner is about to start, open the door quickly, let us go in."

Asip: "..."

To be reasonable, it was your crew who grabbed him and got close to him just now, okay?It's as if he is willing to stand here with a smile on his face and argue with you!If it wasn't for the tricky question that that ghost girl just asked, he would have liked to let you go in without saying a word.

But no matter how slanderous he is in his heart, Xi Mirip's bloody lesson let him know that he basically can't take advantage of this pirate group. In addition, the island owner attaches great importance to red hair. Swallowing back violently, he opened the door himself, and welcomed the members of the red-haired pirates inside.

"Go straight to the end of this corridor, which is the banquet hall. Please come in, the captain of the red-haired pirates, the cadres, and Miss Sarai."

Sha Lai: "..."

Why did she feel that Miss Shalai's last sentence was full of strong sarcasm?This is despising her bounty!Alright, leader of the rebel army, you haven't settled Simrip's account yet, so you sent him to your door again, right?Okay, during the auction, she will definitely catch up with you.

Glancing sinisterly at Asip who maintained the standard [-]-degree bow and salute, Sara took Shanks' outstretched hand and walked with him at the forefront, stepping into the road leading to South Carolina's annual Passage to the auction stage.

After their figures disappeared, Asip took out a walkie-talkie and said something, then raised his hand and swiped in the air, opened a door in the air, led the three trembling maids, and disappeared into the auction At the gate of the venue.

Not long after, in the most luxurious room in South Carolina, the crimson silk curtains were pulled open, and the blood-red setting sun lit up half of the room through the glass.

At the intersection of light and shadow, Asip knelt at the feet of a woman in a red dress, with her head lowered deeply, her eyes fell on her fiery red skirt scattered on the pure white cashmere blanket.

"I'm sorry, Lord Auriel, my fruit ability was discovered by the red-haired pirates. Besides them, the other three maids who knew about it have been locked in the dungeon by me, waiting for your instructions." Aixi Pu's voice was humble and gentle. Although he was pleading guilty, there was no sincerity or fear in his tone.

"The red-haired pirates...was discovered by the girl you mentioned last time?" The owner of the voice seemed to be aroused a little interest, she stood up from the seat, her dangling sleeves Asip passed by in a flash, and the fire phoenix standing inside the golden auspicious cloud was so dazzling that he was fascinated for a moment.

"...Yes." It took half a beat to answer the words, sweat dripped from Asip's forehead when he came back to his senses, and he kept his head bowed, not daring to make any unnecessary movements.

Fortunately, the woman didn't pay much attention to his hesitation just now. She stepped into the darkness, stepped on the carpet with her slender heels, and stopped in front of the innermost wall after a muffled sound.

In the darkness, the wall made up of countless surveillance screens gave off a faint light. She looked at the black-haired girl who appeared on the middle screen, nestled in the arms of the red-haired man, with a playful smile on the corner of her mouth. laugh.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Oda Sae is here."