One Piece: Establishing a Pirate Family

The sound of iron rods striking each other rang out.

Chapter 67 The breath of despair

"Stop crying! If you cry again, you'll sell me off right now!"

A young man in work clothes, with a ferocious expression, banged on the iron cage with a thick iron bar and said.

Upon hearing this sound, the crowd who had been crying immediately covered their mouths, no longer daring to cry out even in their fear.

The grotesque-looking staff member nodded in satisfaction.

Then he walked toward Charlotte.

Because Charlotte was the only one in the entire room snoring softly.

Even though it was very faint, it could still be clearly heard in this quiet space.

The menacing-looking staff arrived at the iron cell where Xia Luo was imprisoned. Seeing Xia Luo sleeping so soundly, they couldn't help but curse inwardly.

"Damn brat, get up! Are you trying to sleep? I haven't even slept yet, what are you sleeping for?"

clang! Clang!

The staff member with a ferocious expression banged on the iron cage with an iron bar, trying to wake Charlotte up, but no matter how much he banged, Charlotte didn't move and was still snoring softly.

"Damn it! How dare you ignore what I said? Do you have a death wish?"

The menacing-looking staff didn't knock on the iron cage; instead, they stuck an iron bar into the cage and stabbed Charlotte hard.

They poked his face and stomach several times without any mercy, but Charlotte was completely unaffected and continued to snore softly in the cage.

"Damn it! You bastard, wake up and stop sleeping!"

This staff member was clearly determined to get back at Xia Luo, frantically swinging an iron bar at him.

But Charlotte still didn't react at all.

"Damn it!"

The staff member, his face contorted with rage and his eyes bloodshot, began to frantically attack Xia Luo.

The sight filled everyone in the warehouse with dread, fearing that the thug, who hadn't finished venting his anger on that man, would unleash it on them instead.

"Jonah! Steward Fei is here! Go and see him!"

A voice rang out from outside the warehouse, waking up the grotesque-looking staff member who was torturing Charlotte.

Upon hearing what was being said inside, the employee named Jonah slammed down the iron bar in his hand and walked out of the warehouse.

Everyone in the warehouse breathed a sigh of relief.

Not long after Jonah left, the crying started again.

Moreover, the longer the crying continued, the more and more people started to cry as well.

This made Charlotte, who was sleeping, frown slightly, as if she were having a nightmare.

She gave a soft "hmm".

But this one action drew everyone's attention to Charlotte.

They were all filled with shock and horror.

They were horrified to see that the person could be hit so many times and act as if nothing had happened.

Charlotte simply hummed in response and then changed her sleeping position again.

The Red Earl next door was also sleeping very soundly, but his sleeping posture was much more elegant than Charlotte's.

It has a strong aristocratic air.

These two were the only people in the entire warehouse who didn't fit in with the others there.

"Steward Fei, you called me!"

Jonah bowed and scraped as he entered Steward Fei's office and said obsequiously.

"Here you go! These are the slaves to be auctioned tomorrow. Get ready. Tomorrow's auctioneers are all royalty and nobles, and the mayor will be there too. Don't let me down."

Steward Fei handed Jonah a list, which was the list of slaves to be auctioned off tomorrow.

Among them were Charlotte and Earl Red.

However, they weren't given names, but rather numbers.

They are number 98 and number 99 respectively!

These numbers correspond to the serial numbers of those iron cages.

Jonah carefully took the list and looked at it.

"No problem! Don't worry! I guarantee I'll arrange everything perfectly for you."

Jonah assured him.

"Alright, alright! You may leave now!"

"I'm sure," said Steward Fei with a smile, then waved his hand.

"Yes!"

Jonah slowly backed away.

Jonah breathed a sigh of relief after leaving the office and closing the door.

He took the list and went out.

He needs to check the list of slaves to make sure they are all still alive.

From number one to number one hundred, there are a total of one hundred slaves to be auctioned off.

These items are all going to the auction house, so there can't be any discrepancies.

When Jonah checked the ninety-eighths, he saw the person inside who had just angered him.

Charlotte was still sleeping in the iron cage.

"Hmph! Just wait until tomorrow to become a slave!"

After Jonah finished speaking, he looked at another person.

He wouldn't waste his breath on someone like that.

After inspecting all the slaves, Jonah walked out of the warehouse satisfied.

Then the warehouse returned to quiet.

Then those who were about to be auctioned off began to weep quietly.

The atmosphere in the warehouse was extremely oppressive.

This made Charlotte frown deeply as she slept, clearly unhappy.

If Charlotte were to regain her senses, she would realize that it was her Observation Haki acting up again, making her easily swayed by strong emotions in the vicinity.

Charlotte thought she had it under control, because if even one person had a very strong emotion, it would affect Charlotte's emotions.

However, as people get older, this tendency to be easily influenced by emotions becomes weaker and weaker, and they are no longer affected by their personal emotions.

But everyone in this warehouse had been suppressing their emotions for a long time, and the emotions they unleashed were far beyond what one or two people could match.

Charlotte was affected again.

But because Charlotte is currently drunk and asleep, this influence is transmitted into Charlotte's dream.

Charlotte's dream is causing him great distress because it is filled with despair and wailing, which makes him very unhappy.

And in the outside world.

Rear Admiral Wells finally waited until Blue regained consciousness and took him back to shore.

"General Steelbone! I'm so sorry, I lost Charlotte!"

Wells said to the Den Den Mushi with a look of shame.

Meanwhile, in the Admiral's office at Marine Headquarters, Kong Kong's expression instantly darkened as he looked at the Den Den Mushi after hearing this.

"It's alright! Keep searching, but make sure you stay safe. Don't get close to Charlotte; just keep an eye on her from a distance!"

"Steel Bone Sora said, looking at the Den Den Mushi."

"Yes!"

Wells replied.

After Wells finished speaking, Steelbone Kong hung up the phone.

The Den Den Mushi returned to normal.

Wells carefully put the Den Den Mushi away and tucked it into his pocket.

Now he needs to find Charlotte's location, otherwise he won't be able to even find her, let alone monitor her.

Because it was a secret surveillance operation, Wells didn't dare to ask around.

We can only search street by street.