Chapter 343: Rogue Town
Wendy was troubled for a long time because of Zhang Daye's "white lie", but finally she felt that what Zhang Daye said made sense and that it would not hurt to let Perona exercise more, so she decided not to tell her the truth for the time being.
But Wendy is really not good at lying. Every time she exercises with Perona, she always looks a little flustered unconsciously.
Fortunately, Perona was immersed in her beautiful dream of exercising and beating Zhang Daya, and she didn't notice Wendy's abnormal behavior. I just don't know how long she can keep it secret.
Ye Yan has been looking for Wendy to treat his injuries more frequently recently because he has started to learn the Six Styles. Even though this man did not listen to Zhang Daye's advice and insisted on practicing shaving instead of learning the art, Zhang Daye is a magnanimous man and still passed on his experience to him.
Even so, Ye Yan still gets injured frequently, such as sprained ankles, bruises and the like, but he is also a person who can endure hardships, and he still practices hard in order to become stronger.
In fact, Zhang Da also felt that if he could not wear those strange clothes when exercising, the progress would be faster, but Ye Yan, as an artist, has his own persistence. When he has inspiration and desire to create, he must persist, unless he encounters danger.
As a result, everyone gradually accepted the setting that a whale as tall as a person often rushed around on the Amber.
"A ship has been spotted ahead. Judging from the flag, it looks like a merchant ship." Rui Mengmeng's voice came from the lookout tower. Because it was not a pirate ship, she estimated that Ye Yan should still be sleeping at this time, so she did not use the loudspeaker.
"It's actually a merchant ship, so rare." Zhang Da also stood at the bow and looked out. It was an unfamiliar flag, not a black background, and there were no elements like skulls. It should be an ordinary merchant ship.
He glanced at Altria, who was fishing with Tom, and saw that she didn't react. It seemed that there was no danger. Zhang Da also said, "Just drive normally, don't worry about them."
The two ships were traveling in opposite directions, and soon the other ship also spotted the Amber. The ship seemed to slow down a bit, and its course was slightly adjusted, as if it was giving way, probably to express that it had no hostility.
It didn't take long for the two ships to get closer and closer. The captain of the merchant ship on the other side stood at the bow with several guards. The captain looked young and asked, "Excuse me, are you the Amber Tour Group?"
"Yes, what's your name?" It was not surprising that Zhang Da was recognized. The Amber Travel Group was considered a star group in the East China Sea.
Especially after the news of the capture of the Arlong Pirates spread, although Arlong, the "big pirate" with a bounty of 20 million Baileys, had not been in the East China Sea for a long time, his bounty was real and his deterrent power was quite high.
Since then, the number of pirates chasing them to find Wu Nan's treasure has decreased. Occasionally, they encounter some rookies who are so weak that they can't even survive the artillery battle. These people once became the target ships for Zhang Daye and his friends to play the cannon shooting game, making an outstanding contribution to helping everyone pass the time.
"Hello, I am Light, the president of the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce. It is an honor to meet you." Light was a little embarrassed when he said this. "Although it calls itself a chamber of commerce, it actually only has this one ship. It is far from being a real chamber of commerce."
Zhang Da also felt that the name sounded familiar, like the Yue Lai Inn in martial arts novels, and encouraged him casually: "Keep going, one day you will become a big chamber of commerce."
Wright said excitedly: "Thank you for your encouragement! To be honest, this is the only encouragement I have heard in the six months since I went to sea. Even my family has never supported me like this. I am really happy!"
This is an ambitious young man who came out to work alone despite the pressure from his family. What makes Zhang Da happy is that this man went out to sea to pursue his dream and did not follow the path of a pirate. Thinking about the harsh business environment in this world, Zhang Da also asked: "Is it very hard?"
"Yes, I did go through a lot of twists and turns, but luckily I persevered, otherwise I would have to go back and marry my childhood sweetheart and inherit the family business." Wright said with some distress, "In fact, it is also thanks to all of you that you have captured so many pirates, so that the pirates in the entire East China Sea have calmed down a lot, and the shipping environment has improved a lot, otherwise..."
Zhang Da didn't hear a word of the second half of his sentence. He only remembered the sentence 'otherwise you can only go back and marry your childhood sweetheart and inherit the family business'. Damn, he suddenly didn't want to talk to this person anymore.
Zhang Da responded to the complaints of this winner in life (Versailles) with "hmm" and "ah" and hurriedly ended the topic and said goodbye to him.
When Zhang Da ran to Tom and stroked the confused Tom from head to toe twice, he finally recovered his mood. Thinking about the fact that he was actually a winner in life, and thinking about people like Wright, although he looked glamorous on the surface, but actually didn't even have a cat, Zhang Da felt much more balanced.
After moving a beach chair and lying down, Zhang Da drank some orange juice and enjoyed the sunshine and sea breeze. What a life...
Tom blinked and spread out his hands. What was wrong with his master again?
Then he held the fishing rod again as if he had never let go.
…
The busy yet leisurely voyage continued for a few more days, and Zhang Daye and his companions finally saw the shadow of Rogue Town in the distance.
There are ships coming from all directions, and there are ships leaving in all directions. This is the island closest to the entrance of the Grand Line and the last supply point before entering the Grand Line.
In the period before Smoker took office, the naval branch in Rogue Town did not have the ability to intercept all the pirates here, and sometimes they even had to avoid the attacks of some pirate groups.
However, those weak pirate groups in the East China Sea...just letting them go would actually save the navy some effort.
Of course, it's not just pirate ships that come to Rogue Town, but more merchant ships, such as the Wright we met a few days ago. After all, Rogue Town is the last supply point before entering the Grand Line, and it is also known as the "town of beginning and end", so it can be said that it is full of business opportunities.
As long as the goods are not robbed by pirates, even the most incompetent merchant can make a fortune.
The Amber slowly docked at the pier, and the cat-faced flag fluttering in the wind at the top of the mast attracted many people's attention.
"Hey, that flag, could it be... them?"
"It's them for sure. As expected, people like them will enter the Grand Line sooner or later."
"Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. They originally came from the Grand Line. They are going back now, right?"
Zhang Da wanted to laugh when he heard the discussions of the sailors on the nearby boats. What "they" and "them" meant reminded him of "That's-you-know-who". Our Amber Tour Group promotes good and eliminates evil. We shouldn't be treated the same as Voldemort, right?
He looked up and saw a skull and crossbones flag. No wonder.
Taking another look around, there are quite a few pirate ships. Is it really okay for them to stop at the dock so blatantly?
Zhang Da also smiled and said, "It seems that we need to exercise before going to the island."
Rui Mengmeng asked: "Are they all going to be arrested?"
Zhang Da also said: "Since we are here, why not clean up the pests? It's a good opportunity to earn some pocket money."
Altria frowned. She could already smell the aroma coming from the food court. It was urgent to get ashore. She held the Sword of Victory and said, "Let's make a quick decision."
"The problem is that the ship is here, but the people may not be here. Some pirates should already be in the town. If the ship and the people are sunk together, the townspeople may suffer." Ye Yan said, "It's safer to leave the ship behind and wait for the pirates to come."
Zhang Da also nodded: "I think it's okay, let's park the boat and then start."
Perona's spirit floated over: "There's a pirate ship about to set sail over there!"
"Leave it to me!" Shark Chili jumped into the sea and quickly went over to intercept.
Zhang Da also carefully lowered the anchor, and Rui Mengmeng and Ye Yan had already tied the sails.
Then everyone dispersed around the Amber and each chose a target.
Ye Yan deliberately chose the farthest ship to avoid accidentally hurting his teammates . When the Soul-Calming Gong was struck, all the pirates on the ship were immobilized, and then they were slowly dealt with one by one.
The pirates could only stand there, watching in horror as the young man with flags all over his back smashed people's heads with a hammer.
Shark Chili caught up with the ship that was setting sail, jumped on board and started to use karate on it without saying a word.
No one in this group can take a thousand Wa Zheng punches, so Shark Chili's super transformation form can be saved for other things.
"Yohohoho~" Brook trotted along the sea and jumped onto a ship. He unsheathed his cane sword and stabbed out repeatedly: "Dance of the Wine Bottle·Chain Attack!"
As a pirate who had a bounty of 33 million berries forty years ago, in the East China Sea, this is almost equivalent to a full-level character returning to the novice village. At Brook's age, bullying these young pirates is not an exaggeration at all, as if a grandfather is beating his grandson.
Although Perona has been training more recently, the effect is not enough for her to fight the pirates in close combat, so she just lets her spirit body float out, pretending to be an evil spirit to scare people as she usually does, and then raises her hand to release countless small ghosts that stick to the pirates' faces one by one: "Mini Ghost·Ghost Bomb!"
Wendy was carried by Xia Lulu to a ship. Wind blades were wrapped around her arms and she flapped them like wings: "Tianlong Wing Attack!"
Then he turned around and said, "Tianlong's Broken Fang!"
The pirates felt something was wrong when they saw they could fly in the sky, but they never expected that such a small girl could leave them completely defenseless .
Rui Mengmeng jumped high and smashed the big sword in her hand on the deck, knocking all the pirates around her away: "Dance of Broken Wings! Go forward bravely...ah! What kind of crappy names did the boss come up with? So childish!"
While feeling ashamed, he used his greatsword to beat the pirates so hard that they fled in panic.
The poor pirates have no words to express their suffering. If you feel ashamed, don't shout it out! If it's your boss's fault, go beat him up. Why take it out on us?
Altria shuttled lightly among the pirates, her skirt armor swaying, her long sword dancing, and she kept muttering: "Fried tofu, fried spring rolls , tempura, roasted lamb..."
Every time he identified the source of a fragrance, the sword in his hand became faster.
The pirates she chased and chopped were almost crying. Are you going to chop us up and make the dishes you mentioned? She looks so beautiful, why is she so cruel!
Compared to their companions who were easily killing everyone, the combination of Zhang Daye and Tom was much more normal when fighting pirates... probably.
The pirates in the East China Sea had never seen a folding stool as a weapon, and one of the two folding stools was made of pure gold. Of course, they had never seen a cat that could use a pistol, let alone a revolver that could fire infinitely without changing bullets.
What’s going on with these people?
The pirates were all stunned. They knew you were bounty hunters, but you were too cruel, weren't you? We were just moored here. We didn't provoke you, and we didn't burn, kill, or rob in front of you. Why did you come and start fighting?
"Don't come over here! I don't have a bounty on my head!"
"Sail, sail quickly!"
"No, we can't sail the boat, there's a shark monster outside!"
"I just joined the pirate group, no! My dream..."
"It's so scary! Mom, I want to go home!"
The pirates cried and screamed, but no one paid any attention to them. Everyone in the Amber Group was very busy. Some were in a hurry to go shopping, some were in a hurry to eat, so they wanted to finish the battle early and leave work early.
The civilians on the shore were dumbfounded. They had heard that a team of only ten people could defeat a thousand people. They originally thought that it was a bit of bragging, and that perhaps they had to set off the enemy's ammunition depot or something to kill a thousand people. But now it seems that maybe everyone can really fight one against a hundred.
The bounty hunters in the crowd were also shocked. We are all bounty hunters, why are you so fierce? Shouldn't the normal process be to find the target and then secretly attack, hit with clubs, set traps, etc.? Even if you are confident in your own strength, you should wait until the bounty target is alone and jump out to fight one-on-one, right?
How can you fight an entire pirate group by yourself without caring whether there is a bounty or not? You are fake bounty hunters!
Only two young men looked at the Amber Travel Group displaying their mighty powers, their eyes sparkling.
One of them had the word "sea" tattooed on his right cheek, and the other had the word "thief" tattooed on his left cheek. They each had a machete of the same style hanging behind them. They put their arms around each other's shoulders and spoke excitedly:
"Joseph!"
"Johnny!"
“This is our idol!”＊2
"One day we will become bounty hunters that pirates will tremble in fear of!"
“That’s right!”
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Rogue Naval Base.
There was a knock on the door of the base commander Colonel Last's office. Last calmly picked up the coffee cup and said, "Come in!"
A soldier pushed open the door and saluted, saying loudly: "Report to the colonel! The patrol team has received news that the Amber Travel Group has arrived at the dock and is currently fighting with nearly twenty pirate groups!"
"Puff..." The coffee in Luster's mouth sprayed all over the table. "Who? Who did you say arrived at the dock?"
"Report to the Colonel, it's the Amber Tour Group!"
Colonel Last swallowed and murmured, "Twenty pirate groups..."
He was not worried about the safety of the Amber Tour Group, but about the food reserves at the base.
It would be too rude not to treat them to a meal after capturing twenty pirate groups, but if I did...
Rast touched his chest and felt a pain in his heart.
