Chapter 153: Unexpected Fortune
"So Hawkeye really went to Alabasta to look for Mr. 1?"
By the time Rui Mengmeng came back from shopping, Zhang Daye and Altria had already gone to Goodman's house to deliver gifts and returned to the tavern.
At this time, I also saw the newspaper that Rui Mengmeng bought.
Unfortunately, the news was not written clearly. It only said that a few days ago, the Shichibukai Jurakol Mihawk arrived in Alabasta and had a brief confrontation with Crocodile, who was also a Shichibukai.
The two of them said something to each other and then parted unhappily - judging from the photo, Mihawk's expression didn't change much, but Crocodile had a sullen face, and I don't know if he was humiliated.
"The auras of these two people look so terrifying." Rui Mengmeng said, "It's a pity that this reporter dared to take pictures."
"Being a journalist is a very strange profession." Zhang Da also remembered some strange knowledge and asked with a smile, "Do you know where the photos on the bounty notices came from?"
Altria put down her teacup: "I am also curious about this . Not every vicious pirate wants to be wanted, right?"
Rui Mengmeng nodded: "Yes, if you rashly go over to take pictures, you might get killed."
"There is a department in the navy that is specifically responsible for obtaining photos. It is called the Photo Department. It is full of people who are not very good at fighting but are very good at infiltrating and escaping. The most powerful one among them is called the Flame Photographer. He can always obtain photos of various people."
Zhang Daye is not making this up, but there really is such a person who, because of his outstanding abilities, has risen to the position of head of the photo department.
However, this person had a small problem, which was that he would occasionally forget to remove the lens cap. Later, he was fired for making the same mistake 57 times. Sanji's hand-drawn bounty order was one of them.
Altria asked, "Wouldn't it be more appropriate for someone with this talent to be used to lurk and obtain intelligence?"
"It shouldn't be possible. Maybe it's because they don't have good psychological quality and can't do this kind of task, so they can only get photos of wanted criminals." Zhang Da was not sure about this. Maybe his ability could only be used when taking pictures.
Rui Mengmeng interrupted: "What a strange person."
"Yeah, there are so many strange people in this world." Zhang Da also said puzzledly, "Just like I can't understand why Hawkeye went to Alabasta. I clearly feel that he is not the kind of person who can be influenced by a few words from me."
Rui Mengmeng thought for a moment and said, " Didn't he say he was bored? Maybe it was just a spur of the moment thing."
"Maybe, ha, I wonder if Mr. 1 was hacked to death by Hawkeye." Zhang Da also looked at Crocodile's depressed face in the photo and couldn't help laughing out loud, asking you to send someone to murder my Tom.
Knock knock knock, there's a knock on the door.
"Who could it be at this time?" Zhang Da also stood up and opened the door. There stood an old man and a middle-aged man at the door. "Hey, why are you here?"
The ones who came were the owner of the seafood store and his son. The owner was one of the old men who often went fishing with old Bob.
Zhang Da also let two people in.
The old man said with a smile: "I heard that Brother Tatsuya is back, so I rushed over to give you some money."
The middle-aged man put a small box on the table and opened it. Inside was a stack of banknotes: "Thank you for your care."
Zhang Da was also puzzled as to why this person looked like he was paying protection money, as he didn't have this kind of business. "You are well-informed and knew I was back so quickly, but why are you giving me money?"
The old man reminded him, "Brother, you forgot to tell us the location of a sea king before you left. You said you would leave it to us to deal with and we would pay you when you come back."
"Oh, that's right. I wouldn't have remembered it if you hadn't reminded me." Zhang Da also remembered that he met Princess Otohime because she was hunting sea kings. "Then there's no need to be so anxious. There's no need for the old man to make a personal trip."
"Isn't it because I'm worried that my son can't explain clearly that I have to come here to explain."
"What's wrong? Was there any accident?" Zhang Da also wondered if the sea king came back to life when they went there. After all, sit-ups are a traditional skill of some creatures in this world.
"It's like this. After we gathered our men and rushed over, we found that the corpse of the sea king had been surrounded by a group of sharks and had eaten a lot of it. Then, various ferocious sea beasts followed the smell of blood and rushed over. With our abilities, we couldn't snatch much edible meat, so the final profit..."
Zhang Da also found that he lacked imagination. He couldn't imagine how the fishermen snatched meat from the sharks. Was it like in "The Old Man and the Sea"?
Can we still eat the meat we snatched back?
It’s not their fault. After all, that place is quite far away from the Sabaody Archipelago .
"It doesn't matter. It was indeed my fault for not considering it carefully at that time." Zhang Da didn't think the other party had done anything wrong and said, "This doesn't seem to be a small amount."
"Compared to its original size, less than 10 million Baileys is indeed too little." The old man was helpless. He felt very sad about losing such a big business.
After making things clear, the old man felt relieved. Although he relied on his age and kept calling the guy "young brother", he was actually very nervous. A man who had the ability to kill such a big sea king could destroy his shop with just a wave of his hand.
Although there is an element of "force majeure" involved in this matter, if someone more forceful were to come, they could just say that I have already given the goods to you, but you had an accident during transportation, and the price should be calculated based on the original weight.
Because he was worried about this, the old man had people keep an eye on when Zhang Da would come back, and then come to explain as soon as possible that they actually didn't make any money from this business and even lost money on labor.
Perhaps Zhang Da himself has not yet realized this, but after the old man understood their strength, he has been dealing with them carefully as he would treat an important figure.
The two men sat in the tavern for a while, and the old man tentatively talked to Zhang Da about their travel experiences.
Seeing that Zhang Da was in a good mood and talking about the things on Fishman Island, he was completely relieved. He sat for a while and then said goodbye and left.
"Another unexpected fortune." Zhang Da also put away the small box and went upstairs. "It's about time to ask Tom to come down to cook. Haven't you seen enough of the statue?"
A minute later, Zhang Daye's screams and roars were heard from upstairs:
"Ah~ my feet!"
"Tom! Why do you put so many mousetraps?"
"Are you trying to protect yourself from thieves or me?"
"Stop there and see how I deal with you!"
Tom ran down the stairs in a flash. Knowing he was going to be punished, only a fool would stand there!
At this time, Zhang Daye's hand reached out from upstairs and grabbed Tom's tail.
Tom ran forward with all his might, but he could only stay where he was. Finally, he and his arm went back to the room upstairs.
Altria and Rui Mengmeng looked at each other in bewilderment: Is Tatsuya (the boss) finally not normal too?
