Uncle??
Hey, you're really getting ahead of yourself!
Black lines appeared on Smoker's forehead as he watched the unlucky kid leave before resentfully standing up: "What does everyone think about the content on this note?"
"Of course it's made up."
Zeff crossed his arms over his chest and sneered:
"The one who wrote this note is probably an ally of those CP9 agents' remnants. This kind of old trick is enough to fool a three-year-old child, but who else would believe it?"
"Eh??" Jack, who had been full of anxious anger, was suddenly stunned, "So it was fake?"
He was all primed and ready, just waiting for Boss Shano's order to rush to the station and rescue someone!
"Oh, there actually is a three-year-old child here!" Smoker jumped up and slapped his knee, roaring angrily with bared fangs.
"Then, why can't the phone get through?" Jack scratched his head in confusion.
"Idiot, it's the government's special intelligence department. It's normal for them to have methods to block communication signals."
Smoker smirked, "But this approach... humph, they're really a bunch of ignorant fools. Don't they know how terrifying the Observation of the strong truly is?"
Everyone instinctively turned their gaze toward Shano.
Just as Smoker said, Shano was standing by the railing, facing the vast city below with arms open and eyes slightly closed.
——Powerful Observation Haki fully unleashed, sweeping across the entire island like a roaring tide!
In this highly populated metropolis, looking for someone isn't actually easy.
But Nami and Nojiko's aura was incredibly familiar to Shano, and after scanning through a couple of times, he precisely located them.
Shano opened his eyes and turned around.
"They're all to the east. If I recall correctly, that's the bank area, right?"
Shano shrugged, "I guess they also received fake information through the children, thinking the meeting location changed to the bank."
"Turns out I wasn't the only one deceived." Jack immediately smiled foolishly.
"What are you proud of? It's not the same thing, idiot!"
Smoker couldn't help but kick him again, "The fake info they received wasn't as exaggerated as yours!"
One was a kidnapping, the other just a change of meeting location.
Besides, according to the original plan, the first thing to do after both sides met was to go to the bank to exchange cash, so the latter was indeed quite credible and reasonable.
"After all this fuss, is their aim just to get us away so they could meet Boss Shano alone?" Smoker puffed a smoke ring and looked at Shano, "Boss, what do you say?"
"You guys go straight to the bank, follow the original schedule, and let Kuina and the others know about this incident."
Shano looked towards the direction of Carrera Company's headquarters, stretched lazily, and said indifferently, "Since the person behind the scenes is so eager to meet me alone, I might as well fulfill his wish."
"Understood."
"We'll head to the bank first, then, Boss."
Everyone nodded and headed directly to the bank area.
No one objected, nor worried about Shano's safety.
The reason is simple.
They have utmost trust in their captain's strength!
In the face of absolute power...
All schemes and deliberations are nothing but jokes.
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At Carrera Company Headquarters.
Iceberg, the mayor of Water Capital and president of Carrera Company, was frowning and pacing back and forth in his office.
"Strange... Where have Kalifa and Kaku gone?"
He stopped, murmuring to himself, tapping his fingers lightly on the table, "We clearly agreed to sort out all the dock order reports together tonight..."
They've been missing since the afternoon, disappearing for almost half the day.
Kaku might be off somewhere, possibly dragged to a tavern for drinks by Barry and forgot about it.
But his always diligent secretary Kalifa, who even when sick insists on working and never leaves his side, never before missed work without reason.
"This is really troubling..."
Iceberg lay back in his office chair, pulling a face and digging his nose with no regard for his image, "Leaving me alone here, where's the motivation supposed to come from?"
After all, he was a lazy mayor, accustomed to slacking off. For him to work seriously requires someone to push him from behind.
Squeak~
At that moment, the office door pushed open.
"Finally here? What's the deal, Kalifa, I thought you'd forgotten..."
Iceberg hastily wiped the booger under the table and happily looked up, only to see someone in a black suit and black hat...
"Lucci?"
Iceberg was slightly taken aback.
"Why is it you? Where's Kalifa? Aren't you supposed to be working overtime at Dock One tonight, inspecting that merchant ship? Why are you here—"
Before finishing, his voice abruptly stopped.
Because Lucci never responded, just walked expressionlessly to the sofa, sat down, crossed his legs, and slowly looked up. His usually gentle eyes were now cold as knives.
"What is this..."
Iceberg showed hesitation, unconsciously taking a half step back.
Something seems off...
Having known Lucci for over a year, he was a young man, though reticent, diligent and reliable, often surprising Iceberg with clever quips and ventriloquism, making him laugh heartily.
But now.
The man in front of him, emanating a dangerous aura, felt completely unfamiliar.