Chapter 71 Flamingo
The Employment Security Agency is also commonly known as the human auction house. Due to its unique role and status on the island, few people have any evil intentions there.
Of course, the Occupational Security Bureau has to deal with lawless guys like pirates and human traffickers every day, and it has a certain degree of defense. Ordinary small forces will be suppressed if they want to cause trouble.
Another thing is that there are big guys from the underworld backing it up, who could be the kings of the underworld who appeared at the aunties' tea party, or they could be other people.
If someone dares to interfere with the human auction, it means that the person is either a fool or wants to interfere in the transactions in the underground world.
As for who did it, coincidentally, someone mentioned that they saw a strange ship nearby, which looked like a flamingo.
Putting these clues together, Zhang Da immediately figured it out - Doflamingo has come to the Grand Line to cause trouble, and has already arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago, and the Human Auction House may be changing hands.
But there was one thing he couldn't figure out:
Doflamingo's pirate group has been active in the North Sea, and is occasionally chased around by Vice Admiral Tsuru.
If he crosses the Calm Belt from the North Sea, he can directly enter the New World in the second half of the Grand Line. Doflamingo and the others should have the ability to do so.
And he didn't want to be the Pirate King, so there was no need to go to Upside Down Mountain to complete a trip around the world. So why did he come to Shampoo? The profit from a human auction house should not be enough to attract this ambitious man, right?
There was no way to figure it out, so Zhang Da decided to stay away from them if he saw them.
Doflamingo's ultimate goal is to destroy the world. It is not wrong to regard him as a madman from the perspective of ordinary people. However, it is better not to have anything to do with such a powerful, strategic, and ideal villain before you can easily crush him.
The guests in the tavern would not think as much as Zhang Da. No matter how big the incident was in the illegal zone, it was just bragging capital for them. If there were any big pirates in the world, they could only worry about it, curse the navy for being incompetent, and then eat and drink.
Occasionally, some world government officials who are on vacation would come to the tavern to sit around. They didn't care about the laughter and scolding, as they were used to it. If they met familiar drinking buddies, they might even join in the scolding.
After finishing the lunch business, Zhang Da also remembered that he still had important things to do.
That was Rui Mengmeng's first time experiencing combat, and she had seen blood, but she hadn't received any psychological counseling yet. Although Zhang Da didn't really know how to do it, he should at least show some concern.
So, Rui Mengmeng sat obediently on the round stool, with her upper body straight, knees together, her hands placed neatly on her legs, and holding the teacup in both hands.
Opposite her was a long table with three chairs. Tom, Zhang Daye, and Altria sat in a row. The three of them placed their left hands flat on the table, supported their cheeks with their right hands, staring straight at Rui Mengmeng, with a cup of tea in front of them each.
Five seconds later, the three of them simultaneously changed to supporting their chins with their left hands, placing their right hands flat, and tapping the table lightly with their fingertips.
Oh yes, because the chair was too low and the long table was too high, Tom placed four cookbooks he had bought before, as well as books such as the marine life illustrations and the encyclopedia of common land creatures on the chair, so that he could successfully put his arms on the table.
Rui Mengmeng felt uncomfortable being stared at by the three of them, and cautiously wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere: "Um... is this what you mean by being invited to have tea?"
"Ha, it seems a bit similar, maybe it's just missing a desk lamp." Although it's an old joke, only Zhang Da understood what it meant the moment he heard it. The atmosphere he created was a bit weird.
"Let's get straight to the point. Mengmeng, you seemed to be in a bad state when you were fighting this morning?" Zhang Da was also responsible for asking questions, while Tom and Altria next to him were just there to add to the atmosphere most of the time.
"Is there something wrong with my condition?" Rui Mengmeng tried hard to recall the battle process and blushed a little. It seemed that she had been shouting "How terrible", "How scary", "Oh my God", "Don't, don't come over here". Isn't it too embarrassing? She would be disliked by the boss.
This is so wrong. Although this girl was like a frightened rabbit when the fight started, she was so fierce and decisive when she attacked. She shouted "scare me to death" and raised her hand to stab the enemy's vital point. As soon as her panicked expression appeared, she had already rushed behind the enemy and stabbed him in the back...
Kizaru's constant calling him scary was just an act, but Rui Mengmeng was truly scared. She was the one who said the most cowardly words but fought the most fiercely.
When she finished off the man injured by Tom, she did it without any hesitation. There was a little blood on her face, and she looked a little - crazy, that's the right word to describe it.
That's why Zhang Da made such a big fuss, worried that she might have some psychological problems.
"So did you feel any discomfort afterwards? Like you killed so many people, or you were afraid of yourself like this."
Rui Mengmeng thought for a moment and said, "No, right? Boss, didn't you say that those were bad guys? If I don't chop them, they will chop me. Does this count as self-defense? I heard that self-defense is not against the law."
"Well...it's not against the law, it's better to say it's a job well done."
After chatting for a while, Zhang Da also found that Rui Mengmeng had an extremely good mentality, which made him seem a little pretentious in comparison.
“Plu, plu, plu…”
The sound of the Den Den Mushi startled Tom. He had almost fallen asleep listening to the messy conversation, but now he was suddenly awakened and fell off his chair.
The pile of books lost its balance and fell down with a crash, burying Tom.
Tom's head groggily emerged from the pile of books, with an open book on his head.
Were there so many books on the chair just now?
Zhang Da Ye put aside his doubts for the time being and answered the phone: "Hello, this is Da Ye's pub."
As soon as the other party opened his mouth, Den Den Mushi immediately showed up with a 'caller ID' and grew a big beard: "Brother Tatsuya, this is Gragas. I will be delivering goods to your neighborhood this afternoon. I wanted to ask if you need any more stock. I'll bring it to you as well."
Zhang Da also counted the inventory and said, "Then send them all over, the quantity remains the same."
"No problem." Gragas agreed readily. Making a trip along the way could save a lot of trouble.
"By the way, do you have any good wine that would be a good gift? Please bring me two bottles. It doesn't matter if they're a little expensive."
Zhang Da also remembered that it was time to visit Goodman's house. It wasn't far away, but he had moved out for a month and hadn't gone back to visit. He thought Goodman had taken such good care of him in the past, so he shouldn't forget his kindness, right?
"Haha, leave it to me!" Gragas hung up the phone with a smile.
