Codex Pirates

Chapter 108 Red Hair

The sea calendar is 1509.

East China Sea, Windmill Village.

Shanks and his red-haired pirates came to this village half a month ago, and caused a lot of panic on the shore at that time, even though Shanks repeatedly stated to the local residents and the village chief, I have absolutely no malice, just resting here, docked here for a while, and replenished some supplies. The local residents still looked at them with vigilant eyes, until after half a month of observation, they found that they really did not do evil, and even turned against the sea. The vicious thief was normal, and after speaking well, he lowered his vigilance, but many villagers, including the village head Up Slap, still retained a sense of distrust in their hearts.

The tavern in the village is full of laughter and laughter. The pirates of the red-haired pirates fight for drinks or fight for food. As the captain, "red-haired" Shanks is sitting at the bar, smiling and watching the crew fight endlessly. .

This man who once lived and fought on the "One Piece" ship did not have the aura that a famous pirate captain should have. He wore a somewhat worn-out straw hat, and the little red hair protruding from the brim was full of red hair. Oil stains, the white shirt on his body has turned yellow, and the trouser legs of his trousers were casually rolled up, revealing his hairy calf.

With the muddy sandals on his feet, many people must believe that he is not the captain of the pirates, but a farmer.

With this attire, the three scars on his left eye did not show any evil spirit.

Shanks smiled from time to time when he watched the crew members slapstick. When he smiled, he narrowed his eyes and opened his mouth wide, revealing enviable white teeth. Good impression, I think he is sincere and hearty.

When a crew member of the red-haired pirates was grabbing a steak with his companions, he accidentally hit the plate on the ground and broke it, making a crisp sound.

The bar proprietress Makino, who was busy behind the bar, heard the sound and looked over. Shanks, who was leaning against the bar, quickly looked embarrassed: "I'm sorry, we will compensate."

The proprietress of the bar, Makino, is just a young woman with a weak figure, but when Shanks apologized, her expression and movements were not twitchy at all, and her face was sincere, which made Makino feel more dissatisfied with this group of gangsters. A thief's favor.

"It's just a plate. It's been used for a long time anyway, so there's no need to pay for it." Makino said softly.

"That can't be done," Shanks shook his head, deliberately squinted at a little boy who was only five or six years old sitting next to the bar, and said teasingly, "I'm a pirate, and the price I should pay is a shellfish The profit will not be less, and it is not like some people who only pay on credit."

"Luffy," Shanks saw that the little boy didn't respond, and leaned over: "I was talking about you just now! Why can't you hear it like this?"

Hearing this, Lu Fei finally came to his senses and glared at him, but no matter how hard his immature face made a fierce expression, it would not make people feel scared, but only amused.

"You are so different from other pirates," Makino said, watching Shanks tease Luffy with a smile, "I've never seen a pirate captain like you."

"Does the captain of the pirate still have a fixed image?" Shanks raised his straw hat, "Pirates pursue freedom, living as others think, how tiring!"

"I just want to say that you are not as vicious as other pirates at all, and you are even kind," Makino said, "You should be considered a maverick among pirates, just like the Morgan Pirates in the East China Sea. .”

"Hmph!" Not far from the bar, the village chief Upp Slap, who had been listening to the conversation with his ears pricked up, snorted coldly, and knocked on the floor with his cane.

"Morgan Pirates?" Shanks diverted his attention from teasing Luffy when he heard the news from other colleagues, and asked with interest, "Can you tell me, how they are so special? Alone?"

Luffy also came over curiously.

Makino tapped her chin playfully with her fingers, and tried hard to recall: "When I was also buying goods for the tavern, I heard from other people on the ship that there was a Morgan pirate group near the Kingdom of Navia recently. Hurt civilians, and even help affected villages and towns, they only attack other pirates who do evil..."

At the end of Makino's speech, she thought that although Shanks and the others were not evil, they were also "other pirates".

But Shanks didn't show any concern at all, instead he said excitedly: "Hearing what you said, this pirate group is really amazing. I don't know what kind of character their captain will be. I I really want to meet him, and it would be best to invite him on my boat."

Luffy on the side still remembered that Shanks had just teased him, so he naively said, "What is this? Pirates who go on all kinds of adventures are the most amazing!"

Makino tapped Luffy's head lightly: "How can adventure compare with fighting to protect the weak?"

The village chief Upp Slap couldn't bear it any longer, and stepped forward and said: "Maybe all of this is a story made up by irresponsible liars! How can there be pirates in this world who take the initiative to help civilians? They are not navy! Don't say this in front of Lu Fei, what if he believes these lies?"

...

Red Leaf Village was mentioned by Shanks who was far away in Windmill Village at this time, and William, who wanted to invite him to board the boat, was sitting at the banquet, crossing his legs and reading a World Economic News.

At the banquet, in addition to Sherlock, the head of the Four Seas Trading Company who has been in charge of the local business company for many years, and Edmund, who is responsible for protecting him, there are also a group of Morgans including Harden, Crowe, Selkirk, Jesus Bu, Diego, and Aramis. Officers of the Pirates.

The headline of this issue of World Economic News published that the captain of the Hydra pirates, nicknamed "Empress", Boa Hancock, was invited by the world government to become a member of the "Seven Martial Seas".

Edmund put his head next to William, leaned on William's shoulder and looked at the photo of Hancock published in the newspaper, and commented quite macholy, "Is there no one on the great route? How could such a delicate person Women serve as the 'Shichibukai'."

Sherlock, opposite William, was holding an identical newspaper in his hand. He shook the newspaper, pointed to the text under the photo that Edmund hadn't read, and said: "This 'delicate woman' has a reward of up to 80 million Baileys, More than four times the size of Frederick Barbarossa, not an ordinary man."

"This further shows that there is no one on the great route. Such a woman can offer a reward of 80 million yuan," Edmund said stubbornly, "I think the high-level officials of the world government are all blind, otherwise William should be invited to serve as Shichibukai."

"What good is there to be a running dog of the world government." Harden heard the words, with a face of disapproval.