Chapter 516 Yes, this is blackmail
"Ahem, what kind of monster did I encounter?"
Inside the shattered tree roots, Pluto Rayleigh spat out a mouthful of blood foam and tried to struggle to get up, but his body was completely out of control due to the severe pain.
He clearly perceived that the man who bought him had no strength, but the two punches just now almost shattered all his bones.
Fortunately, his physical condition has not declined for the time being, otherwise he would not be seriously injured but on the verge of death.
"After all, he is not dead. Fortunately, I didn't use my full strength, otherwise I would have to be resurrected." At this moment, the young voice was heard.
Xia Yu waved his hand casually, and the dust stirred up by the explosion was blown away by the breeze, revealing the messy ground below and a human-shaped pit deep into the ground.
"Come up if you're not dead."
As soon as he finished speaking, Rayleigh suddenly found that his body was flying uncontrollably from the pit to the ground.
Soon, he appeared in front of Xia Yu again, although he was still unable to move.
But this time, there was no longer the contempt and boredom in Pluto Rayleigh's eyes as at the beginning, only strong vigilance and shock, because in his perception of the Haki of Observation, Xia Yu was still an ordinary person with no strength.
"Who are you?"
"Buy your master."
Facing the questioning of Pluto Rayleigh, Xia Yu was arrogant, raised his head high, looked at Rayleigh with his nose and replied.
Pluto Rayleigh: “…”
This strong young man doesn't seem to be in a very good mental state. Is this the price of having great strength?
He remembered that Roger's brain didn't seem to be very good, but Roger was definitely not as strong as the guy in front of him. At least Roger couldn't beat him half to death with just two punches.
"Don't want to answer? Then forget it."
Pluto Rayleigh lowered his eyes, and the next moment, Rayleigh suddenly widened his eyes, and a huge amount of domineering aura was instantly released from his body!
Under his intentional control, this huge domineering color impact directly hit Xia Yu head-on.
The legendary vice-captain of One Piece, Pluto Rayleigh, naturally also possesses the domineering aura, and he can control this powerful aura with ease.
However, under the direct impact of this domineering aura , Xia Yu had a playful expression on his face, as if he felt nothing.
"Is this Conqueror's Haki? It doesn't seem that great. There's only one person who possesses it among a million people... It's already everywhere."
Xia Yu shook his head in the face of the Conqueror's Haki. Facing the incredulous look in Pluto Rayleigh's eyes, he suddenly smiled and said, "Come and feel what the real aura is."
After saying that, Xia Yu closed and opened his eyes, and the dragon's might was released instantly.
In an instant, Pluto Rayleigh only felt that he was locked by some terrifying creature. The whole world was dark, with only a pair of dark golden vertical pupils left.
Under these vertical pupils, everything seemed so insignificant. Facing the might of the dragon, Rayleigh, the King of Hell, simply rolled his eyes and fainted.
"Hey, hey, that's all?"
Xia Yu grabbed Pluto Rayleigh and shook him, then found that the old guy was really fainted, so he put him down helplessly.
After a few seconds, Xia Yu suddenly grabbed Pluto Rayleigh's feet again and dragged him in a certain direction. He remembered that there was an old woman in the Sabaody Archipelago who knew Pluto Rayleigh, so he went to meet her.
In Area 13 of the Sabaody Archipelago, Xia Qi's extortion bar.
The owner of this bar is just like the name of the bar, a bad woman who likes to blackmail, but at the same time, she is also his old lover who has been with him since Pluto Rayleigh retired.
Of course, most people don’t know the relationship between Xia Qi and Pluto Rayleigh.
At this moment, there were no customers in the bar, only a mature woman in black clothes. She was holding a cigarette between her fingertips, looking quite charming.
This mature woman is the bar owner Xia Qi, but just looking at her appearance, no one would have thought that this woman is already over 60 years old.
She is also one of the very few women in the world of One Piece who can maintain her figure and appearance even after she is over 50 years old.
In the world of One Piece, young women and old women are like two species, either beautiful or eye-catching, with almost no compromise.
Crunch~
Suddenly, the door of the bar was pushed open, and Xia Qi looked inside.
A young man in luxurious clothes walked in with an arrogant look on his face. Looking at this young man, Xia Qi was a little confused. Isn't he afraid of falling if he walks with his head raised without looking at the road?
The young man walked all the way to the bar, and suddenly slapped the table hard, and said arrogantly: "You are the bad woman who sold information and blackmailed at the same time, right?"
"Xia Qi's rip-off bar is really as its name suggests. She is quite courageous."
“…”
Xia Qi frowned, as if she had met a customer with a not-so-smart brain. The other party did not even think about the fact that since she dared to extort money from him, he must have something to rely on.
Otherwise, the bar would have closed long ago. How could it still be open here?
As expected, when the young man saw that she didn't answer, he suddenly looked ferocious and said, "If you don't want me to report you to the navy, then give me 5 billion Baileys. You don't want your bar to be closed down, do you?"
Xia Qi: “…”
It's true that as people live long enough, they see everything. It has always been Xia Qi who blackmails others, and this is the first time that she has been blackmailed by someone else.
The person who blackmailed her was still an unknown person, and there was no information about this young man in the intelligence she collected.
And what about the amount of money extorted? She was really greedy. She was just an ordinary bar owner. Although she could make some extra money occasionally, how could she take out 5 billion easily?
Thinking of this, Xia Qi sighed slightly and put out the cigarette in her hand. Rayleigh had not come back yet, so it seemed that she had to throw this stupid boy out by herself.
Although she doesn't think of herself as a big shot, as the former Queen of the Amazon Lily and the former captain of the Nine Snakes Pirates, she does have some strength.
Dealing with a silly boy who comes to pick a fight doesn't take much effort. Just think of it as adding some spice to your boring life.
Just as Xia Qi was about to teach the fool a lesson, the young man suddenly slammed the table and yelled, "Hey, there's a bad woman trying to hurt your master, slave, why don't you come in and protect your master!"
Hearing this, Xia Qi was a little surprised. It turned out that this silly boy came prepared and even brought a combat slave with him.
But no matter what kind of slave it is, she doesn't think it will cause her any trouble.
Just as Xia Qi was thinking this, the old slave outside the door came in reluctantly.
The moment she saw the person coming, Xia Qi's eyes were first surprised, then turned into confusion, and finally fixed on anger.
"You actually teamed up with outsiders to blackmail me, you..."
Before Xia Qi could finish her curse, Pluto Rayleigh suddenly rushed over, grabbed Xia Qi's face and slammed her into the wall, then broke through the wall and came out of the bar.
Wherever it passed, it was like a hurricane, stirring up dust all over the sky.
Under the cover of the dust, Pluto Rayleigh covered Xia Qi's mouth tightly and whispered in her ear: "Run away, escape from the Sabaody Archipelago, and don't come back!"
After saying that, Pluto Rayleigh didn't look at Xia Qi's astonished eyes. He exerted force in his hands, grabbed Xia Qi's head and threw it hard, throwing it into the distance.
In the blink of an eye, Xia Qi's figure disappeared from Rayleigh's sight. After doing all this, Rayleigh looked at the dusty bar and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
But before he could finish his breath, Xia Yu suddenly stepped out of the smoke and said with a joking smile: "No way? No way? You don't really think that you can let her escape from my grasp by doing this?"
Without waiting for Rayleigh to reply, Xia Yu raised his hand and clenched it. Under Rayleigh's desperate gaze, Xia Qi, who had originally flown out of his sight, suddenly flew back.
Xia Qi: “…”
With a snap, Xia Qi's slender neck was grasped in Xia Yu's hand. After grabbing Xia Qi, Xia Yu casually threw her to the ground.
Although this back and forth was very exciting, Xia Qi was not actually seriously hurt. She just felt a little dazed and dizzy.
After a few seconds, Xia Qi gradually came back to her senses, but when she realized what had happened at the scene, she would rather fall unconscious because then she wouldn't have to face the current mess.
"What...what do you want me to do?"
Under Xia Yu's gaze, Xia Qi staggered to her feet, cold sweat unconsciously streaming down her cheeks.
From Rayleigh's reaction just now, she has already understood that the guy in front of her is not just a stupid boy with a dull brain, but a cunning and scary monster.
Thinking of this, Xia Qi glared at Rayleigh fiercely. How could this old bastard have caused them such a big trouble!
Facing Xia Qi's murderous gaze, Rayleigh smiled awkwardly. He didn't want to do that. He just sold himself as usual, but who could have thought that the person who bought him this time was actually a hidden monster.
Looking at Xia Qi who was asking him pitifully, Xia Yu grinned and said, "What to do? Didn't I tell you a long time ago? Give me 5 billion, or I will report you to the navy."
"this……"
Hearing this, Xia Qi smiled bitterly and nodded. When the other party said this before, she thought he was a greedy and ignorant fool.
Unexpectedly, she was the one being fooled. Although raising 5 billion seemed like a fantasy, if she mobilized all her connections and worked hard, she might be able to raise the money.
I just hope that such a strong man can keep his word, but strong men are generally arrogant, and the other party should not try to deceive her...right?
Xia Qi was silent for a while. Judging from the other party's words and actions since he entered the bar until now, he didn't seem to have any arrogance as a strong man.
"Wait, I regret this!"
Xia Yu suddenly showed a wicked smile, looked at Xia Qi and said, "You seemed to be trying to escape just now. Since you don't trust me, I have no choice but to punish you a little. Double the amount. Give me 10 billion, or I will hand you two over to the navy."
As soon as these words came out, Xia Qi's vision went dark and she felt like her heart was about to stop beating.
Ten billion. She spent the rest of her life working, but she didn’t know if she could earn ten billion.
This guy really dared to ask, does he know how much 10 billion is? Whitebeard's bounty is only about 5 billion, 10 billion can be exchanged for two Whitebeard heads.
"You'd better hand me over to the navy. Ten billion... You might as well kill me."
"Well said, I like arrogant people like you!"
Xia Yu suddenly clenched his fist and was about to hit Xia Qi, but Rayleigh said anxiously: "Wait, I have a way!"
As soon as these words came out, Xia Yu, who was clenching his fists, and Xia Qi, who was waiting to die, turned their heads to look over. Seeing this, Rayleigh hurriedly said, "Sir, can you accept the bounty for the pirates? As long as you take the pirates to the naval base, you can get the bounty. I can help you catch the pirates in exchange for the bounty, and I can definitely collect 10 billion!"
"Hmm... that makes sense." Xia Yu pretended to think for a while while stroking his chin, then suddenly smiled and said, "But you are my slave now. You are my property. The property of a slave is the property of its master. You can use my money to redeem yourself. What do you think?"
After hearing these well-reasoned words, Pluto Rayleigh also felt what Xia Qi felt, that is, a black flash in front of his eyes.
Rayleigh felt like crying but had no tears. He was really shooting himself in the foot. Why did he sell himself out for no reason? He really wanted to go back to the past and beat up the person who sold himself out.
“I…I…”
Pluto Rayleigh wanted to say something to refute this truth, but when he opened his mouth, he found that this was indeed the truth and he could not find the words to refute it.
"Nothing to say, right? Haha, I've never lost in a competition of IQ." Xia Yu said proudly.
In the world of One Piece, anyone with a little bit of intelligence can become a think tank, which fully illustrates the saying that where there is comparison there is a gap.
Looking at the two silent people in front of him, Xia Yu also knew that his request was really unreasonable. After all, 10 billion was not so easy to get.
Moreover, when the demands exceed the limits of what one can bear, no matter how tragic the outcome is, one will fall into a state of despair and give up.
For example, like a student who has had a crazy summer vacation and has to finish all the homework for all subjects on the last day, some people may choose to seize that last miracle.
But some people will choose to just give up, thinking that it is impossible to finish the task anyway, so they might as well enjoy the last day of the holiday and then go to school to accept the punishment from the teacher.
Now Rayleigh and Xia Qi have the latter attitude. Since they cannot fulfill the 10 billion requirement, they might as well not resist and just accept the outcome.
Thinking of this, Xia Yu shook his head. This wouldn't work. If these two people just give up, then wouldn't it be of no value?
"Forget it. I am kindhearted and cannot bear to see your expressions. I will give you a chance. Go catch the pirates. As long as the bounty on the pirates can reach 10 billion, I will let you two go. Of course, don't try to sneak away. Otherwise, that won't be solved with 10 billion."
"Really?" Xia Qi raised her lifeless eyes, and a little light appeared in them. Although Rayleigh didn't say anything, he also looked over.
Xia Yu nodded and replied, "That's right, but I have a request. You have to find a way to collect the bounty on your own. I can't go to the naval base to exchange it anyway. Also, the 10 billion must all be obtained by pirates. It can't be collected by other means."
"I see."
Rayleigh stood up and silently apologized to the pirates who were about to be caught by him. In order to live a stable life, he could only sacrifice those pirates he didn't know.
