Pirates: Invincible at the beginning

Squeak-!

In the silent alley, there was a piercing scream.

Sorata and Kuina stood outside the only tavern in this small town, gently pushed open the very old wooden door, and walked in.

There was no one in the dimly lit tavern, and it seemed very quiet.

All he could see was a wisp of green smoke rising from behind the dark bar, and a few sparks behind the smoke.

When I got closer, it turned out that it was an old man with a big beard, lying on a recliner behind the bar, puffing away!

The old man heard the sound of the door opening and didn't move.

Having opened a tavern on Proseus Island all his life, he has already decided not to open it after this year.

After all, when one is old, the son does not inherit his tavern.

The old man squinted his eyes and smoked comfortably, just like the master of the landlord's house smoking opium while lying on the bed.

It wasn't until Sorata sat on the high stool outside the bar that his eyes opened slightly, and he glanced lightly.

Boom!

dong dong!

Boom boom boom! ! !

……

Sorata tapped his fingers rhythmically on the bar counter.

He lowered his head and looked at the old man inside the bar through the smoke.

The old man seemed to have a story at first glance, and he couldn't hide the breath of time that radiated from his whole body.

"Master, it's broad daylight, and there are no customers in the store, why don't you go outside to bask in the sun? Be careful if you sit in the dark for a long time, your body will get moldy!"

With a pipe in his mouth, the old man stood up unhurriedly, looking at Sorata and the others through the mottled light and shadow coming in from the window.

After he saw Sorata's appearance clearly, he was suddenly taken aback.

Then, as if he hadn't found anything, he blew out a smoke ring and said, "I'm about to be buried in the earth, it doesn't matter if I stay in the sun or not, but you young people, it's amazing."

"Hmm! So, sir, you know us already!"

Guina sensed the information in the old man's words, with doubts on her face, she looked at the old man and asked.

"do not know."

"I really don't know you?"

Kuina stared closely at the old man. What the old man said just now meant that he knew them both.

The old man did not answer Kuina.

He first exhaled a large puff of smoke, took the pipe with his left hand, and knocked it on the bar counter to knock out the ashes in the pipe.

Then he continued to smoke the pipe, took out the shredded tobacco, stuffed it into the pipe, and lit the cigarette again.

Only then did he raise his head, watching Kuina speak slowly, "The navy who came this morning seems to have chatted with you."

"navy?"

"No, look! This is what they left behind!"

From nowhere, the old man inexplicably took out two wanted warrants and put them on the bar counter.

Kuina took it quickly and looked at it.

"Sorata, it's our reward order!"

"Oh!"

Sora replied lightly.

Obviously he was not interested in the reward order, but he was more interested in the old man in front of him.

He stared at the old man, deliberately asked with a gloomy face, "Master, since you know us, aren't you afraid?"

"know?"

The old man was smoking a cigarette, squinting his eyes, looking at Sorata in a daze.

"Do I know you?"

Sorata stared at him for a while, with a smile on his face, "Yes, you don't know us, how could you know us!"

"What a clever old man."

Obviously the old man is a master at pretending to be confused.

He clearly knew Sorata and Sorata, but he pretended not to, just not wanting to ask for trouble.

"Oh yes, sir."

"I don't know how far it is from 'Rogge Town'."

Sorata looked at the old man and asked.

Their main route is to go to Rogge Town, and then go to the "Great Route" through the artificial canal on the upside-down mountain.

If they hadn't gone to Cocosia Village, they should have been on the "Great Route" by now.

"Rogue Town?"

"There is still about a day's voyage!"

"A day's flight?"

There was excitement in Sorata's eyes.

"So they will be able to go to the great route soon."

Donghai is a bit too boring for them, and there is no challenge at all.

Seeing Sorata's expression, the old man asked unhurriedly.

"So you are going to the Grand Line?"

"Ok!"

"It's not so easy to go there."

A flash of memory flashed in the old man's eyes.

"Oh... It seems that you have been to the great route, sir?"

Sorata knew from the very beginning that the old man had a story, and no, the story came.

A curious look appeared on his face, and he quickly asked: "Can you tell us about your experience on the Grand Line?"

The old man took down the pipe, shook the ash, then took a deep breath, and said slowly.

"Old man, I have never been to the great route!"

"When I was young, I wanted to go to the great route, but when I was in the reverse mountain, I couldn't take the artificial canal there, so the ship crashed and people died."

"If I hadn't been lucky in the end and was rescued by the lighthouse guards on Upside Down Mountain, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to come back."

Speaking of this, the old man's smoking hand trembled.

It seems that the experience at the beginning left him with lingering fears until now.

"Is it so scary?"

Hearing this, a trace of surprise flashed across Sorata's face.

"Hmm! Terrible."

The old man took a puff of cigarette, and then said: "There are countless ships that go to the great route every year, but only half of them can reach the great route in the end!"

"The sea current that reverses the mountain is not something that ordinary ships can pass through, and the entrance of the artificial canal is very narrow. Without a good navigator, it is impossible to enter at all."

"Oh!"

Sorata shrugged indifferently, and immediately lost interest in the old man's experience.

He was only interested in the matter of the Great Route now.

As for Upside Down Mountain.

For them, it's like going to an amusement park to ride a roller coaster.

Seeing Sorata's experience with him, the old man had an indifferent attitude towards Tou Tiao Shan, and he had no desire to continue talking.

Upside Down Mountain is the road to hell for the common man.

For the big pirate who is offering a reward of 7000 million, it might just be a small waterway!

He picked up the wine glass, wiped it, and poured a glass of juice for Kuina and a glass of wine for Sorata.

The old man has been running the tavern for so many years, and he can tell at a glance who can drink and who can't.

"Thank you, sir."

Guina took the juice and thanked her.

He really doesn't like wine that much.

But space is different.

He picked up the wine glass, took a small sip, nodded first, and then shook his head.

The old man saw Sorata's movements and asked curiously: "Boy, what's wrong?"

"The wine is good, but it's not strong enough."

"strong?"

"Ok!"

"I don't like to drink alcohol that is too low, because it tastes tasteless."

"Oh! Is that so?"