Pirates: From Vice Captain to Lord of the Dead

"It's not really a secret. Why don't you treat me to a drink tonight and I'll tell you about it."

The young man immediately became interested when he heard this, and patted his chest which was bulging with money:

"Okay, okay, okay, go ahead, I'll invite you to go shopping at Taojiu Street tonight."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, young people are so energetic."

The older guard lowered his voice and continued, "The story begins with an auction that happened in our family."

Several years ago, the Don Quixote family held an auction, and among the items for auction was an extremely valuable devil fruit.

However, it was only used to attract customers and there was no intention to actually auction it off. This kind of thing is not difficult to do.

However, an accident really happened. Someone broke into the auction and made a big fuss. In the chaos, the precious devil fruit was snatched away by the other party.

It was not until later, when the mastermind who stole the devil fruit became famous, that the family learned of his identity.

The Golden Emperor——Gild Tesoro!

But at that time, the opponent's strength had become very powerful, and even the Don Quixote family suffered a great loss at the hands of the opponent.

Not only did the revenge fail, but the enemy also uprooted a stronghold in the front half.

Coupled with the other party's business talent and extremely powerful ability to make money, the Don Quixote family finally stopped their revenge and chose to turn enemies into friends and cooperate with the other party.

Joker, who has always been protective of his shortcomings and never let go of grudges, actually chose to cooperate with his opponent, which shocked many underground forces at the time.

The two walked slowly along the way, whispering to each other about the past.

"That's right. The family needs to send someone to the front half to run this base again, and the captain volunteered to come."

"So that's how it is, though."

The young man looked puzzled: "The captain was once known as the young master's think tank, and his status in the family is no lower than that of several top cadres. Why does he have to come to the first half?

"I've given up my wealth and fame, and now I have to pretend to be a guard soldier every day. I've only been here for a few months and I feel uncomfortable."

"I don't know about that." The old man waved his hand and muttered:

"There are rumors that the captain seems to be addicted to things on the island."

"Ah, this... is this true?"

"I don't know, but I heard about it anyway."

At this time, in a brightly lit luxurious room on the first floor of the port watchtower.

Boom!Boom!

Dong! An index finger kept tapping the table, making a regular sound.

Behind a beautifully crafted desk, a tall man was leaning back in a chair, one hand stretched out on the table, and the other hand holding a photo, comparing it with the information on the table.

The man had long brown hair draped over his shoulders, frowned with a strange look on his face, and muttered to himself while holding a cigarette in his mouth.

"He is the biggest suspect, but he doesn't look like him at all."

Sandy pondered the picture of a man with blond hair, a blue shirt, and glasses.

He took another look at the documents on the table, which showed a photo of a collapsed building that had been burned black.

If Reiner was present, he would find that the location in the picture was exactly the place where he had once robbed Joker's small stronghold in the East China Sea in Rogue Town.

"Isn't it them, but the arrested Buggy the Clown and his gang?"

Chapter 68 An old friend

Sandy leaned back in his chair with his head raised and his feet raised on the table, constantly thinking about the forces listed in the information that were in Rogue Town at the time.

He is one of the seven people in charge of the family in the first half of the Grand Line, responsible for the affairs of this route starting from Cactus Island.

At the same time, he is the leader of these seven people, and he can make decisions directly before reporting on most of the affairs in the first half of the Grand Line.

About a month ago, a small outpost in the East China Sea was robbed, so they naturally knew about it.

The family's style of doing things has always been vengeance. They will definitely send people to retaliate, but they don't take it too seriously. After all, it is only the East China Sea, the weakest sea.

However, what they didn't expect was that the men they sent couldn't even find out who the other party was!

This caught Sandy's attention, and he was confident that his brain was definitely far superior to most people's.

Even among the cadres in the family, he believed that only Virgo could compete with them.

He dispatched a large number of manpower and started the investigation directly from the side, and finally discovered that a batch of arms had flowed into the black market during that period.

After investigation, it was confirmed that they were the ones who made it. After asking around in the black market in Rogue Town, it was learned that it was a blond man who did it.

Since there are no photos, we can only rely on oral descriptions, which are still a bit vague.

They also obtained information on various forces that passed through Rogue Town during that period from the local naval base, and finally locked on several people with similar appearance features.

The one with the biggest suspicion is the man in the picture in his hand, Reiner, the logistics officer of the Straw Hat Pirates. He was even 100% sure about it.

When he saw the other party's pirate flag at the port just now, he reacted immediately and discovered that the blond man with glasses in the group was the person he suspected.

But now he refuted his own guess, recalling the scene at the port and the performance of the blond man.

"Weak, too weak."

Sandy, who had transformed into the captain of the guard, rubbed his brows. The person in charge of the East Sea Rogge Town stronghold was Koruk.

Strength~~.

In his eyes, he is naturally not strong, but in the East China Sea, there are few people who can defeat him, otherwise they would not have set up a base under Smoker's nose.

Being able to defeat Koruk shows that the other party has some strength, but based on his observations of Reiner at the port.

The opponent is so weak!

The strength of a person's fighting skills can be seen from the details. Even people with rich combat experience will have subtle differences in their gestures and movements from ordinary people.

Obviously, in his judgment, the man named Reiner is particularly weak!

It's obvious that he doesn't know how to fight. How could he defeat Koruk with such strength?

Oh, if only my observation and hearing ability were still there.

Thinking of this, Sandy couldn't help but sigh, opened the drawer and took out a box.

He took out a short cigarette and put it in his mouth. After lighting it, he took a deep puff and finished it in just one puff.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Sandy coughed heavily a few times, then leaned back in his chair with a look of enjoyment on his face, opened his mouth, and white smoke slowly floated out of his mouth and nose.

In the town, Reiner and his group walked on the busy street and stopped in front of a huge castle building with flashing neon lights.

"Wow, that looks so impressive."

"This is no longer an entertainment venue, it's a castle!"

“This place looks very expensive!”

In front of them was the most famous entertainment venue in the Kingdom of Holled, the [Fiven Restaurant], which combined dining, accommodation, entertainment, and casinos.

"It's even more exaggerated than Lao Sha Yuyan's casino." Reiner couldn't help but sigh.

"The Rain Banquet was built by Crocodile imitating this place." Nico Robin explained and chuckled:

"You didn't go to the Rain Banquet when you were in Alabasta, right? You can come here and have some fun."

"But the consumption here must be very high." Nami couldn't help but speak out. When it came to spending money, she immediately became sensitive.

When Reiner saw this, he thought, here’s the chance to show off.

He patted Nami's shoulder, then patted the suitcase and said, "Don't worry, everyone. We have plenty of money. Let's go in and book a few rooms. I'll give everyone pocket money later."

Upon hearing this, Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper immediately picked up Reiner excitedly and threw him into the sky.

"Long live Reiner!"

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

"What? Really." Nami sighed helplessly, but seeing everyone so excited, she didn't want to be a spoiler.

"Forget it. Anyway, the budget is sufficient. It's good to relax once in a while."

Thinking of this, Nami's face curled up, and she took Robin's hand and said, "Hehe, let's go buy clothes later, Robin."

Nami herself is very frugal and she would go to high-end clothing stores to try on clothes.

Then don’t buy any.

The main purpose is to satisfy the craving, and then turn around and go shopping at cheap clothing stores.

But things are different now. Reiner has a lot of money, and with his charity, he gives benefits to everyone from time to time.

Nami would occasionally pick out some nice clothes. For example, when she and Vivi were on Drum Island, they bought mink coats.

She has only worn it a few times and keeps it in her closet as a treasure.

"Sure, there are many shopping streets here."

Robin responded with a smile, looking at Reiner who was constantly thrown into the air: "Mr. Logistics is still very generous."

"Tsk, that guy is just wasting money!" Nami pouted in dissatisfaction.

Soon the group walked into the Feiwen Restaurant, passed the two rows of receptionists at the door and went straight to the front desk in the hall.

After Reiner booked a few rooms, he went upstairs. According to the people in the store, the second floor was the casino, the third floor was the restaurant, and there were several other entertainment venues above that.

They lived on the eighth floor, and the waiter took them directly to a small door in the side corner.

After pressing on the wall, the door immediately opened to both sides, revealing a small space inside.

Luffy thought it was some kind of mechanism and shouted excitedly.

The clerk had a strange look on his face, but in his heart he began to despise her.

Another bunch of rednecks who had never even seen an elevator. He had seen too many of them.

This world is really magical. In some places, the technology is advanced enough to shoot laser guns, while in some places, it is as backward as primitive people.

Reiner naturally saw the waiter's expression, but he didn't care.