Pirate’s Steel Chain Finger

South Blue, Batirila Island.

This is a tropical island with a typical South Blue style, rich in various tropical fruits, and the evaluation is quite good. In a peaceful and stable town, people live and work in peace and contentment.

All this is due to the [South China Sea Battle] five years ago, when the King of Snakes and his huge forces, who had ruled South Blue for more than 20 years, were uprooted by Victor, the ‘furious chain’. Since then, the number of pirates in South Blue has decreased day by day, and those who are capable have basically escaped to the Grand Line, while those who are incapable have been taken down by more and more bounty hunters to exchange the first level for bounty.

Especially in the past two years, [Pirate] has basically disappeared in the more famous waters or islands of South Blue.

Every April near the hunter trials, the remaining pirates in South Blue will try their best to avoid appearing near the large islands, wishing to turn themselves into ostriches and bury their heads deep.

Today is the second Sunday in April, and it coincides with the sixth hunter qualification contest day.

There are many ships moored near the pier on Baterila Island. Among them is a small brig, with a spade printed on its side, and its sails have fallen, but a pirate flag is flying at the top of the mast. .

The pirate flag is painted with a skull symbolizing a pirate. The skull wears a hat that ignites like a flame. There are two abstract strange faces on the brim of the skull, one crying face and the other smiling face.

From time to time among the passing passengers on the pier, someone raised their head and looked at the Pirate Flag, then smiled and shook his head to continue working on their own affairs, as if they didn't care at all.

There is only one tavern on the island called the'Guitar Witch'.

This is a two-story wooden tavern. The sign hanging outside the door is a bit old, with a cartoon-style pointed hat witch playing a guitar on it.

The pub is hardly crowded, but there are almost no vacancies. At the round table closest to the bar, there are a few strange outsiders who are frequently paid attention to.

"I said, Boss Dius."

At the round table, a man covered in skull-style decorations and a skull mask on his face took a gulp of beer, wiped his mouth and looked at his companion next to him: "Are you an explosion of inspiration? How come you have a drink in a pub Can you even take out a notebook with a close-up of capital? We are still waiting for you to say a few words!"

The man called "Dius" has short blue hair, a dark blue half-mask, and a dark green open windbreaker. Hearing what his companion said, he was lying on the table and writing quickly in his notebook and said without looking up: "What does the captain want me to say here? It's you, Skar, you will give the important information on the map next time. Can you stop using skeletons when you mark places? Every time I think there is the most dangerous place!"

"Glulululumeow!"

A lynx in black shorts made a cute cry. It sat upright on a chair and looked left and right, looking like it was arrogant.

"Look, Kodaz dislikes the quarrel between the two of you, it's really worthless!"

A cheerful voice interrupted their quarrel.

The blue-haired Duuss and Skull with the skull mask looked in the direction of the sound at the same time, and shouted at the same time: "Captain! Obviously this guy is wrong! Also, Kodaz is clearly arguing, right?"

The captain is a young man who can barely be called a man. He was covered with supple black hair and wore an orange cowboy hat with two badges of "Smile" and "Sad" on the brim of his hat. He was wearing a black open shirt, a necklace made up of large red beads hanging around his neck, black shorts on his lower body, and a small dagger hanging from the left side of his belt. The tit Madara is a bit conspicuous, with a haha ​​smile on her handsome face:

"Skar, don’t be angry. Isn’t our Dius boss always like this? And Dius, it’s not a day or two for Skull to mark important points on the map. It’s time to get used to it. Who makes Skull the ship? Where is the ship’s intelligence officer?"

When the captain said yes, Skal and Deuss looked at each other, and at the same time turned their heads with a ‘cut’. Only the Great Lynx Kodaz lowered his head in frustration when no one was fighting.

"Speaking of it, Captain." Skar scratched the skull mask covering his face, and asked in confusion, "Why do you have to come to this island of Bateria Rila in South Blue? There doesn't seem to be much fun here, right? ?"

Duos didn't have any ideas to continue writing the article. After throwing down the pen, he looked at the captain with one hand and said, "Yes, Ace, everyone knows that you like to travel around. But there doesn't seem to be any interesting souvenirs on the island of Batirila, right?"

The young man named Ace smiled slightly, scratched the lynx's chin next to him, and said, "Although I don't have any impression, this... is where I was born."

"Hey?" Duuss and Skal looked at each other, full of surprise.

Ace didn't seem to want to talk too much about this matter. He looked around curiously: "This island of Batirila is really lively. I thought it was a very ordinary and peaceful island. And I found the residents around. Even if we find that we are pirates, we don't feel scared or angry, but rather calm."

"That's what I want to tell you, Captain!"

Skal scratched his mask and said in a low voice: "Since five years ago, South Blue has been the territory of the'foul chain'. There are a large number of bounty hunters here, and the pirates regard South Blue as a forbidden place. Some people have even referred to South Blue as the'Pirate Grave'! Let's rush to South Blue recklessly, isn't it a bit daring?"

"Hehehe...Even Calm Belt has rushed over, so what are you afraid of bounty hunters?"

Ace grinned and took a sip of the large beer glass, wiped the corners of his mouth and said, "And there are fewer bounty hunters who hit our ideas? Ann Laan, I'm here! Hello boss, you can have one. Do you go with wine?"

Seeing the young pirate who smiled and greeted him, the chubby bar owner didn't know whether he should blast him out or serve him a meal. In the end, the businessman's side prevailed, and a platter of appetizers consisting of potato cakes, sliced ​​raw ham, pickled cucumber chunks, cheese chunks and ketchup sauce plates with coarse salt was brought up.

"Thanks, boss." Ace couldn't wait to twist a piece of potato cake with some coarse salt and threw it into his mouth. After chewing two bites, his eyes lit up: "It's delicious! Hey you two, hurry up and taste it, it's super delicious. !"

After a few people ate, Ace approached the bar with a beer mug and asked with a smile, "Boss, has this island of Batelila always been so lively?"

The bar owner looked at the young pirate with a sunny smile on his face, but he changed the tone of his mouth: "...I give you a piece of advice, leave this island immediately now, maybe you can survive."

"Huh?" Not only Ace was stunned, but Dius and Skal, who were eavesdropping in front of the round table behind him, were also stunned.

Seeing that Ace was still stupid and dumbfounded, the boss was so angry: "Are you stupid? You don't know what day is today? Hunter qualification trials!"

"Hey???" Duosi didn't react, but Skal, who was an intelligence officer, stood up and shouted: "Is it the real boss? It's really today? It's not here, right?"

"What what? What kind of trials?" The two of them were the same as the double reeds, and Ace was even more confused.

The boss touched his forehead helplessly: "Oh my God, where are you the pirates that popped out...just for the hunter trials to come out on the game day, forget it, fortunately, I chose this island undeadly..."

At this moment, Duosi also thought of something, and his face turned pale: "Should not..."

"Yes, this is the test location for the third round of the Hunter Qualification Tournament." There was even a hint of sympathy in the boss's eyes: "That's why we were surprised but not afraid to see a pirate ship landing on the island. Do you understand now?"

"Ace, go quickly!" Duos rushed up and took Ace's arm, lowered his voice and shouted, "This is the site of the fierce chain! Come on, go!"

Ace laughed, and gently shook Duosi's hand away: "Isn't this just right? Since he was in the sea for a year, his ears are almost crippled. Let me see him in the end this time. What can I do! This is a hurdle that I [Road to Transcendence] cannot bypass, Deuss."

"Ace, you..." Duuss looked at the self-confidence on Ace's face and suddenly didn't know what to say.

At this time, cheers came from outside the tavern, followed by the sound of huge air currents and the sound of bird flapping wings.

The tavern owner sighed, looked at Ace and said slowly: "Even if you want to leave now, it's too late..."

"[They] are here."

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