Codex Pirates

Chapter 43 Media Friends

William doesn't know much about the original book, but he also knows that there are devil fruits, and he has asked around for relevant information, but the news he found makes him very regretful.

This kind of fruit is rare, and it can bring strange powers to the eater, so the price is extremely expensive. One fruit is worth 100 million Baileys, and there is no market for the price.

In the East China Sea, this kind of fruit is even rarer. Many people in the East China Sea, including Aramis and others around William, even regard it as a legend, a deceptive thing in the story, and what's more, they have never even heard of it ——There are quite a few such people.

In view of this, it is no wonder that the complexions of the four people will change. Among the four, except William, who knows that the devil fruit does exist because he is a time traveler, Akin, Aramis and Edmund are all natives of the East China Sea. People who have never seen this kind of fruit or eaten devil fruit since they were young, always thought it was a legend, but now they heard that there are living devil fruit capable users around them.

Limited to the information about the Devil Fruit in his mind and his understanding of the environment of the East China Sea, two questions popped up in William's mind almost immediately:

First, what is "Redbeard" Barbarossa's devil fruit ability?

Second, where did his devil fruit come from?

So William was particularly interested in the second point at this time.

William does not reject devil fruits. Maybe Kuina, Koshiro or Edmond, who are determined to be a swordsman, will hesitate or struggle with this, but William will not, he is a 100% pragmatist .

Despite the help of Destiny Square, the cautious William is still unwilling to become dependent on Destiny Square. Companion, all of this can still function without the Destiny Square.

The existence of Devil Fruit is different from Destiny Square, at least in this world, it will not be easily taken away by others.

"Where did you get Barbarossa's devil fruit?" William lowered his head and asked.

"I don't know!" Ward said in fear. William's behavior of waterboarding him at the slightest disagreement had already frightened him. He didn't need to bother to formulate words anymore. He just said everything he knew like pouring beans into a bamboo tube. He came out, "I only know that the captain once suffered a disastrous defeat, and the remaining crew members are only the deputy captain Reis and the navigator Hayreddin. He ate the devil fruit in the process of this fiasco. Yes, so apart from Lace and Hayreddin, no one on board knows how the captain's devil fruit came about."

William frowned slightly. He knew that Ward was not lying, so he asked some other questions: "Do you know who ordered you to go to the cargo ship that you hijacked in the Kingdom of Navia recently?"

"Which one?" Ward asked in a daze.

After William asked further, he realized that, as one of the top pirate groups in the East China Sea, the Redbeard Pirates were also quite busy with their "business", often going in and out of various shipping routes to rob cargo ships.

Moreover, I learned from Ward that there are still unknown forces that provide the Redbeard Pirates with detailed information on various merchant ships. The pirates never leave the sky almost every time, and they can always wait for the target on time in each channel.

The cargo ship that Edmond and Wallon were on at the time was actually not much special compared to the merchant ships that were robbed by the Redbeard Pirates in the past. It was also provided by others, Barbarossa ordered, and then Ward Wait for the pirates to carry out their orders.

It was only when William talked about the storm that lasted for many days that Ward recalled which ship it was.

After all the questions they wanted to ask were finished, William, Arkin, and Aramis left the room, leaving only Edmund and Ward.

The three of them closed the door, and after a while, a pool of blood spread from under the door to the corridor where the three of them were. Edmund walked out of the room at this moment.

William glanced at Edmund, who seemed to have calmed down a bit, shook his head, and looked down at a newspaper in his hand.

The place they were in was a remote abandoned workshop with a few oil lamps hanging in the corridor. William looked at the dim light for a while before cursing with a smile, "What kind of old newspaper is this!"

Ajin, Aramis, and Edmund also leaned over to have a look, and then all of them turned a little strangely, peeking at William's face.

The newspaper was taken from Ward. After being reminded, he finally racked his brains to provide all the abnormal clues about the attack on Walloon and the Edmond cargo ship.

In this robbery, in addition to the usual information on the departure of the cargo ship, the pirates on the ship were basically stuffed in this newspaper by the cadres afterwards, so that they could pay attention to the mastermind of the news in the newspaper.

The name of the newspaper is "Donghai Daily", and it publishes "scoops" about the "boy godfather" who dominates the underground smuggling business in the Navia Kingdom.

Just by looking at the headline, William knew that the newspaper that claimed to have exclusive news was talking nonsense. William was already an adult, not a teenager at all.

Sure enough, the content behind the title confirmed William's guess. There was a description of William's appearance. Except for the blond hair and blue eyes that matched William himself, the rest were all made up, obviously to fit the readers It is a fabricated appearance based on the imagination of the so-called "boy godfather".

William flipped through the newspaper, then threw it at A Jin, and commented in his mouth: "It's rubbish at all! It's all made up!"

"It says that you have a scar on your face from the corner of your eyebrow to your jaw!" Ah Jin buried himself in the news, and the expression on his face became very exciting with the content of the reading, "'Whenever he is angry, , the scars seem to ooze blood', does this refer to you? Is there another smuggling line in this place? This refers to someone else?"

Several people read it in turn. There was news about William on it, and it was written like a novel.

Because he was engaged in illegal activities, William followed the habits of his previous life and had always been more cautious. It was impossible for any photos to be circulated. If he wanted to know his appearance, he could only rely on what he saw with his own eyes, or draw a portrait based on other people's descriptions.

"Donghai Daily" has never been a reasonable party that studies the content of the news. The goal they pursue is not the professional ethics of media professionals, but the sales of newspapers. The title of "Youth Godfather" is enough to attract attention, so they use this title , As for whether William himself is a teenager, they don't care. In view of this, any description of William's appearance, words and deeds is naturally aimed at attracting attention and pleasing readers.

In fact, if this newspaper office sends some people to the local wharf of the Navia Kingdom to investigate and consult the low-level laborers, even if they cannot get accurate descriptions from these low-educated laborers, they will not It would be so outrageously wrong, but the other party obviously didn't have this interest.

"Maybe I should thank these media friends?" William smiled.

"Perhaps we should be more grateful to those bastards for ignoring us." Aramis spat.

Whether it was learned from Ward or from current observations, William and others have already seen that neither "Redbeard" Barbarossa nor the masterminds behind the scenes obviously paid attention to them. become a big threat.