Pirates: The Black Earl

Why did Rhine hide such important information?

Sabo couldn't figure it out, and Xiong couldn't figure it out either.

Although the higher-ups did not order all the suspects to be arrested and interrogated, the outside world does not know, but the undercurrent brought by Jiu and the CP0 spies wandering around still makes everyone in the Holy Land tremble with fear.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse.

Even the thinnest CP0 is also CP0.

A secret intelligence force directly under the Celestial Dragons, the highest executive of CipherPol.

On this day, after learning the details of the battle that took place in the East China Sea from the chats of the researchers, Xiong Momo put on his clothes and walked down the experimental platform, saying with a little indifference.

"I want to see Mr. Rhine."

Hearing this, Dr. Hunter, the second in command of the research laboratory, who was comparing the experimental data on the research bench, didn't notice it, and waved his hand indifferently: "Got it, you go... Oh yes, there is another test tonight, remember then return."

"It should be so."

After all, Xiong jumped over a group of short researchers, and walked out through the special door tailored for him.

Vegapunk's office is not far away, leave the laboratory, turn left along the corridor, and there is the door at the end.

It's just that now it has become Rhine's office, and because of Vegapunk, the door is heavily guarded.

"stop!"

As soon as he passed the corner, two white suits stopped him.

Vegapunk's death is tricky, so the white suits that are usually guarded here are not strong, and they are mostly used for pretending, but today, although they are dressed in the same way, Xiong Minrui discovered that the two new ones are not strong enough. weak.

At least in CP0, he is also a leader-level character.

In the headquarters of the Navy, there is no problem at least as a major general.

The tall figure stopped in place, the two recognized him, and asked with a bit of vigilance: "What's the matter with you here? Bear!"

The tone was slightly euphemistic for an unprecedented time!

But this is also of course.

As an outlier in the Chibukai, and the only existence that has not been liquidated, Xiong voluntarily devoted himself to the pacifist plan, and has always been a loyal running dog of the government all these years, with a special status.

Wu Laoxing will not completely trust a pirate.

But it will not refuse a pirate's refuge.

Otherwise, a strong man like him would have no chance to move freely in the research institute.

Hearing this, Xiong couldn't see any expression on his face, and said calmly: "I have some ideas about the mechanized transformation in my body, and I want to talk to Mr. Rhine, please let me know."

Mechanized transformation...

This touches our knowledge blind spot.

The corners of the two CP0's eyes twitched, they paused for a moment, then nodded: "Wait!"

One person was left to guard the bear with vigilance, while the other walked to the gate at the end and knocked on the door.

"Mr. Rhine, the bear wants to see you."

no answer.

Just when the white suit wanted to open the door to have a look, Rhine's voice came from inside: "Understood, let him come over."

...

Meanwhile, the Great Route, Twin Point.

The red Red Forth docked at the Twin Point Ferry, Shanks jumped off the deck, raised his hand, and shook the wine jug tied with hemp rope twice.

"Senior Kulocas, I brought you some special products!"

"Aren't you a specialty of Xihai? Smelly brat!"

Beside the lighthouse, the island whale Rab opened his mouth wide, and a colorful and coquettish Mediterranean old man came out with tools.

Looking at Shanks, Kurokas sighed: "When there is no rest every day,

As Rayleigh does, so do you. "

Then elongate the tone.

"This old man has quit drinking for a long time!"

"Suoga, that's a pity."

Shanks shrugged his shoulders and said with a suppressed smile, "It looks like we have to drink up the hundreds of thousands of Baileys per catty of Tokai sake."

"bring here!"

"Huh? Senior, what did you say?"

The interior of the lighthouse is not spacious. Jesus Bu and others stayed outside to rest temporarily. In the room, Kulocas picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

"Good wine, I thought you were fooling me with bad wine!"

Keeping the lighthouse is not a lucrative business. It depends on selling record pointers and some information to make a living. Kulocas has been coveting Donghai wine for a long time.

Not so much that he had been sober for a long time.

It's better to say that he doesn't drink alcohol.

Shanks knew this, smiled, and refilled him after drinking: "If I fool anyone, I dare not fool you, you saved my life!"

This is not lying.

Shanks in Roger’s era was not as famous as it is today. Following Roger’s battles, he was inevitably injured, especially during the dangerous journey of the last three years. If it wasn’t for Kulokas, let alone Roger’s persistence If you don’t come down, most of the people on board can’t hold on.

So it is clear that he boarded the ship earlier than Kulokas according to the time, and Shanks also sincerely called him "senior".

"but……"

Shanks laughed at himself: "You are willing to sit down and listen to me even though you know it might be bad wine. Senior, you really saw it, right?"

"Hmph! Nonsense!"

Kurokas frowned and stared at him. In the eyes of ordinary people, Shanks was full of vigor and blood, and his power was astonishing, but in his eyes, this body was already riddled with holes.

"I told you a long time ago that it's not advisable to do anything after a broken arm, but you didn't listen!"

"Your talent is one of the best among the people I've ever seen, but your domineering is too domineering. The human body has a perfect cycle. It used to be perfectly suppressed, but now it's missing a part, and the balance is broken. Every time you use your domineering, It will increase the burden on the body.”

"This may... have something to do with your background. Lockes was also defeated by his own overpowering arrogance back then."

Others don't know, but Kulokas knows.

Roger had always been doubtful, so he came to ask, and then Kulocas knew why Lockes lost that year.

It's just because his domineering aura is so domineering that it is obviously the strength inspired by the body, but the body as the container itself can't support it.

So rather than saying that Roger and Garp stood up and defeated Rocks at the most critical moment, it is better to say that Rocks used his arrogance beyond his limits in order to defeat the last obstacle in front of him, and lost to himself.

Shanks was silent about this, and spoke after a moment.

"But I still want to fight for a few more years, at least... I have to wait for that kid to grow up."

Kulocas frowned: "Monch D. Luffy?"

"Yes."

Speaking of Luffy, Shanks's face became brighter: "I believe he is the one the captain is waiting for, the one who is destined, but the monsters like Earl Black are too strong, and he needs my help."

"Then you killed his father and his brother-in-law this time?"

Shanks' expression turned pale, and he picked up which pot was left unopened.

"Don't look at me with that kind of eyes. It's hard to tell if you're far away. I still have some channels for what happened near the four seas, old man."

"What did he think?"

"have no idea."

"have no idea?!"

"I really don't know."

Shanks smiled wryly: "I don't know how to face him, he was unconscious at the time, and I left him on a nearby desert island."

"Then I went to find Bucky, he is the only remaining big pirate in the East China Sea."

"It turned out not to be found, did it?"

Seeing Shanks' bewildered expression, Kulocas laughed heartily: "It was the same when Earl Black ravaged the East China Sea. No one knew where he was hiding. What's even more funny is that he didn't seem to know what happened to the East China Sea later. What, when I came out, I asked everyone I met, why are there so few pirates in the East China Sea?"

"Now I guess I'm hiding somewhere to find the treasure."

Thinking of the red-nosed companion who was also an intern on Roger's ship back then, Shanks couldn't help smiling.

"Well, it's that Bucky after all!"

Nothing attracted his attention except treasure.

"So……"

Kulocas put down his glass: "Have you really decided to do this? Shanks."

"You know that this process is irreversible. Once it is completed, you will only have five years to live at most."

"Gamble your hopes in just five years, and if you fail, you won't have a second chance."

His fingers gripped the wine glass tightly, but suddenly let go.

Shanks raised his head and looked at him seriously: "I believe in him, he will not let me down."

………………

It's late, I'm packing up tonight and I'm going home tomorrow.

It's such a horrible weather, two days ago it was sunny and I wore single clothes, but today it was so cold that I wore a down jacket, I almost caught a cold.