Codex Pirates

Chapter 153 This pot is black and bright

After Shanks heard William's words, he fell silent. The red-haired pirates either actively or passively heard about William's many deeds, and knew that William got into position by killing his former captain.

Shanks is not really a fool, he understood what William meant by saying this, it was a refusal, and it also showed that he is not a person who is willing to be subordinate to others.

When Shanks returned to his companion from the second floor, his companions asked what was the result.

"Rejected?" Ben Beckman asked as expected.

"I was unceremoniously rejected." Shanks slumped on the chair, laughing at himself.

Not only did his companion not make a sound to comfort him, but he laughed gloatingly.

"How?" Ben Beckman asked.

Shanks knew that he was asking about his impressions after meeting William, and after thinking for a while, he said meaningfully: "I think there will be another great pirate in the East China Sea."

The fat man Laqi Lu, who had been slurring his head and eating Hesse, didn't react, and asked suspiciously: "Is it Lu Fei?"

Shanks was startled, then slapped the table and laughed loudly: "Of course including Luffy!"

...

When William and his party were about to leave after dinner, Shanks and the others were still drinking in the tavern. A group of people were obviously drunk. When they went downstairs, Shanks waved to William familiarly. Say hello.

Seeing this, William smiled slightly, and said to the tavern owner who came to greet him: "Charge the account of those two tables of drinkers to me."

The boss looked at the pile of empty wine barrels piled up beside the wine table of Shanks and others, and nodded.

The next morning, when William was about to go to the shipyard, he found Shanks and others supporting each other. The group looked haggard and looked like they were hungover.

"Are you leaving?" William walked over and asked Shanks.

"Yeah," Shanks yawned, and managed to pull himself together, "We're going to sail north again."

"North? The Great Route?" Seeing Shanks nodding, William pointed to the crooked crew of the red-haired pirates: "Why don't you stay longer?"

"We've been in the East China Sea for too long," the redhead shrugged, "it's time to start a new adventure."

"Where is your boat? It seems that the direction you are going is not going to the pier."

Shanks pointed to Ben Beckman, who was supporting two drunk companions: "My deputy captain advised me not to sail directly to this village, so our boat is next door to Frost Moon Village."

William looked at Ben Beckman, who was smoking a cigarette, and nodded to him.

In fact, William actually ordered someone to investigate Shanks and the others last night, and he already knew that their boat was parked in Frost Moon Village, so he was just asking knowingly at this time.

William thought for a moment, then turned around and told a crew member who was following him, "Go with them to the pier of Frost Moon Village in a while, and tell those who stay there to waive their supply fee."

Shanks listened quietly all the time, seeing that William said that he would save them the supply fee, he did not refuse, and said with a smile: "We have drank together, we are friends, since it is a friend's kindness, I will not refuse. , if we have a chance to meet again next time, it's my turn to buy you a drink."

William smiled: "There will be a chance."

Shanks is a free and easy person, and William is also a realistic and mature character. The two simply said goodbye. As for the future, they can only meet again by chance.

Edmund was still worried about Shanks' solicitation, he thought it was an insult, looked at the backs of the red-haired pirates, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Why are you so polite to them?"

"Their captain is an interesting man, and also a strong man," William smiled indifferently. "Besides, they are going to the great route, which does not conflict with us."

Edmund muttered a few words and stopped talking.

After the group arrived at the shipyard, William cordially received the leaders and shipbuilders in the factory, and found time to show his amiability and give some instructions.

When William was in the factory discussing further modification of the clipper ship with the shipbuilders, the phone bug in his arms suddenly rang.

After he got out of the meeting room and connected to the phone, A Jin's voice came over the phone: "William, there is news from the headquarters. The mouse has successfully taken over as the commander of the sixteenth branch base."

"Good news, what about Zapp?" William asked.

"Zhepu's bounty has increased by 15 million Baileys," Akin said.

...

A small town near the entrance of the Great Airway.

Captain Charles of the Chef Pirates took two crew members to look around in the market.

"I feel that the great route is not as scary as in the legend?" A pirate looked at the lively environment and said casually.

"I don't know who kept shouting 'I'm going to die this time' when I passed the Upside Down Mountain," Charles pouted, "and broke the captain's kitchen utensils, how can we eat the captain without a pot?" cooking?"

There are two intersections between the Red Earth Continent and the Great Airway, one of which is the holy land of Mary Joa, and the other is the Upside Down Mountain. The geographical environment here is strange even for the natives of this world. There is a waterway in the sea area, towards the top of the mountain, yes, it is the top of the mountain rushing, and then the four waterways meet to enter the great route.

When the Chef Pirates came to Upside Down Mountain for the first time, many people were terrified when they rushed to the top of the mountain along the waterway like a roller coaster, and because of the bumps and lack of experience, the boats were even damaged. Tools were also damaged or lost.

Charles kept counting his companions, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a store selling kitchen utensils out of the corner of his eye, his face brightened, and he ran over quickly.

...

In a private port in the small town, Zhepu was leaning on the fender of his boat, flipping through the newspaper, when a reward list suddenly fell from the crack.

Zhepu caught it quickly, but when he saw the content on the reward list, he was suddenly stunned.

The photo on the reward list was very familiar to Zhepu, it was himself, but the amount of the reward below had changed, and suddenly increased by 15 million Baileys.

He quickly flipped through the newspaper, and finally found news related to him on one of the pages.

When he saw the line "Colonel Roy, the commander of the Sixteenth Division of the Navy, died in the line of duty, and the pirate Zhepu absconded in fear of crime", Zhepu was at a loss.

"Captain! Captain!" A distant shout came, and Charles, holding a large cauldron, trotted and shouted excitedly, "I have picked this new cauldron for a long time, it is black and bright, and I have it It, you can cook food again! Uh..."

As soon as the excited Charles finished yelling, he saw a foreign object falling from the sky and hit him on the head. He rolled his eyes and fell to the ground immediately.

The two companions who followed him were startled, and Zhepu was also startled. He turned over and jumped off the boat. After falling to the ground, he quickly ran to Charles.

When he arrived, the two pirates who were following Chales had already picked up the culprit and gathered them together. It turned out to be a broken peach.

The terrain around the private port is flat, and there are no high-rise buildings at all. Zhepu looked at the broken peaches that had been bitten by someone, then looked at the unlucky Charles who was lying on the ground, and finally looked up at the sky, with a look on his face. at a loss.