"It sounds like a lie, Luffy!" Usopp directly exposed the other party's lie.
"Yes, this lie is too crude. If that old man is really who you said he is, you should be dead now." Alrita also shook her head in disdain.
She has heard too many lies.
"Eh? Are you the bad guys?" Luffy looked at the two in disbelief.
Weiwei sighed, "Mr. 9 already said it, your rhetoric won't fool anyone at all."
Mr. 9 was a little puzzled: "My story is so well-connected, where is the flaw?"
"You are indeed bad guys!"
Luffy was sure.
And Zoro said speechlessly: "That's enough Luffy, Mr. 9, with this code name, you should be from Baroque Studio, right?"
"Who are you! How do you know the name of our organization?!" Mr. 9 was a little surprised, then looked at Zoro.
"Ah! I remember now! You are the famous devil of the East Sea, Roronoa Zoro! The organization invited you to join, but you ended up killing Mr. 10 and his partner, Miss Tuesday!"
Zoro spread his hands and said, "Don't make it sound like I killed them. These two are alive and well. They are probably still recovering in a hospital in the East China Sea."
"Zoro, do you know him?" Nami was a little curious.
"It was around the time before I met Luffy. I was broke so I planned to capture two pirates to earn some money for food. Then two people asked me to join the Baroque Studio. I refused at the time, but they were so insistent. I told them I could join and I'd be the boss. Then they attacked me."
"So what does this organization do?"
"I remember it was a bounty hunter organization. What benefits can you get after joining..." Zoro thought. Obviously, he didn't care about these things, so he couldn't remember them now.
"You can get more information about pirates and channels to purchase better weapons! If you become a cadre of the organization, you can also have your own logistics team." Mr. 9 explained.
"Yes! That's it, but the most important point is to obey the organization's arrangements. I was asked to become their subordinate at that time, so I refused." Zoro remembered it all.
"It sounds like an ordinary pirate hunter mutual aid association." Nami was surprised.
I never thought that the Grand Line organization could radiate to the East China Sea.
Alrita rubbed her chin and said, "Now that you mention it, I think I encountered a few pirate hunters. They said they were from Baroque Studios. I wasn't paying attention at the time and they knocked me down with a hammer. They told me to wait for revenge."
Cheng Lang felt a little strange listening to this. No...why did it seem weirder the more he listened?
Isn't Baroque Studio a criminal organization?
The more Cheng Lang listened, the more he felt that this organization seemed to be on the side of justice.
Then he was speechless.
The original is the original, and reality is reality.
Pirate hunters are at the very least people who fight against crime. After all, their target is pirates, so it is not wrong for them to claim that they are righteous.
In this era, pirates like Luffy who are famous for adventure are very rare.
And Weiwei nudged Mr.9 with her elbow.
"what happened?"
Weiwei pointed upwards with her chin.
The pirate flag is hanging on it at this moment.
Mr. 9 was stunned for a moment.
Then his expression changed drastically.
He just said he was a pirate hunter, and ended up encountering pirates.
"Ahahaha, everyone, we're not really from Baroque Studio. We're just ordinary people, not pirate hunters." Mr. 9 chuckled, but he was still smiling insincerely, but his hands didn't stop moving: "Miss Wednesday..."
He instantly aimed the rocket launcher behind him at everyone on the boat.
Just haven't fired yet.
Both of them received a slap on the head.
It was Zoro who took action.
"Lies are so fake."
Sanji looked at Vivi with heartache: "You green algae head, can't you be a little gentle when you hit a lady?"
Then I went to the ship to find the medical kit.
Chapter 60 Agreement
Solved the problem on the ship.
Krocus also returned to his island-style ship.
Then everyone heard different answers from each other.
"In other words, they have set their sights on this whale? Indeed, if that is the case, with Lab's size, it will be no problem for it to feed hundreds of people for two to three years." Nami nodded in relief.
"But there are so many sea kings in the sea, why do you have to stare at this whale?" Sanji was curious.
Mr. 9 was now awake and had been captured on the island. He said helplessly, "You should know clearly."
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Everyone was confused.
"We're pirate hunters, relying on bounties to make a living. But because of this whale, many pirates have perished at the entrance. That's fine, there are still many pirates on the sea. Some are lucky enough to find their way to our base camp. We were able to survive at first, but recently, we don't know what's going on. This whale has been blocking Upside Down Mountain for months, and not a single pirate has come through. The town has no money to buy food."
Mr.9 complained.
Kurokas was speechless about this.
It was precisely because he knew this that he did not kill the two of them, but let them go every time.
Then Kulokas told the story of Lab.
For a moment, everyone was fascinated by what they heard.
"Fifty years... I can't believe this whale has been waiting here for a full fifty years."
Luffy was directly moved.
As Cheng Lang watched all this, the impact of the stories in his mind and the reality made him still feel a little confused.
Has the world adapted to this?
If things continue like this, Luffy might not be able to defeat Crocodile?
After all, Crocodile fought with Barrett when he was young, so it is impossible for him to say that he does not have Haki. Moreover, Crocodile also participated in the Battle of Marineford. He always said that he was unhappy with the operations of the navy. Then he acted happy everywhere during the Battle of Marineford. First, he directly dealt with the two executioners and delayed the execution time. Then he fought with Mingo and even stopped Akainu, one of the three admirals of the navy, and saved Luffy in disguise.
That he is not domineering?
If this continues, won't Luffy die?
After all, Luffy was "killed" once, and another time he was directly sucked dry of water. If he hadn't been lucky enough that the water ball he spit out bounced back and landed on his body, Luffy would probably have been "dead" again.
Cheng Lang felt the pressure. After all, he knew very well that this was not the world of anime. The world had adapted, as could be seen from Baroque Studio.
It has transformed from a criminal organization into a justice organization for bounty hunters.
Mr. 9 and Miss Wednesday Weiwei were also moved to tears after hearing the story.
"Damn it... I shouldn't have listened to your stories. How can I complete the mission now? Everyone in the town will starve!" Mr. 9 held back his tears.
Weiwei covered her mouth and said nothing.
Kurokas sighed and said, "Unfortunately, I've already obtained accurate intelligence. It seems the pirates have sailed out of the Calm Belt. Perhaps because of my information, Lab has become increasingly irritable, and has been crashing into the Red Earth Continent more frequently recently."
Cheng Lang was puzzled. "If it wanted to, it could just go directly through Fishman Island and return to the West Sea, right? There's no need to crash into the Red Earth Continent."
Crocus shook his head. "It firmly believes that the pirates will come back from Upside Down Mountain to find it. This is the agreement they once made, so it is waiting here."
Cheng Lang nodded. It seemed that he didn't need to dig through the Red Soil Continent directly. Obviously, his concern was not that he couldn't return to the West Sea.
"Promise?" Luffy thought, looking at his hat at the same time.
It's also an agreement.
Kulokas looked at the pressure gauge on the house.
"Lab has almost reached the surface. You should prepare to leave."
After a burst of mechanical rotation.
The iron gate opened quietly.
The sun shines from outside.
This is very different from the space in the stomach.
"Come to think of it, how did you manage to make light appear in Lab's stomach?" Cheng Lang was curious. After all, he had never seen a luminous object, and the sun was just painted on.
"A kind of paint that I mixed."
"Do you have any more here?"
Kulokas nodded, then went into the house and took out a large bag.
"I configured it inside. It's non-toxic and very long-lasting."
Cheng Lang took it with a smile and then threw it directly onto the conversion table to start the conversion.
After consuming 300 EMC, two items appeared.
One is white pigment and the other is fluorite powder.
"Really, sir? How much is this?"
"Take it. It's free. Consider it a gift for talking to me." Kurokas gave it away generously.
In response to this, Cheng Lang secretly left behind 100,000 berries.
After all, there is no need to save money since we are not short of it.
As for whether fluorite is useful, I'll just keep it here for now, just in case it comes in handy.
This is the transaction process.