Pirate Alliance

"William Wallace?" (Note) Qiu Bai frowned and repeated the name.

The person named William in front of him is an ordinary-looking young man. As for the reason why he found himself, Qiu Bai still doesn't know.

"Exactly, as I said just now, I am a reporter for the 'Labrador and Southern Shepherd United News'." The other party replied, in fact, he was in a bad mood at this time, because he wanted to take a photo just now. Qiu Bai ruthlessly stopped him.

However, something that made him even more unhappy happened.

"Reporter intern, right?" Qiu Bai naturally made such a judgment based on the age of the other party, because the reporter William didn't seem to be a few years older than him.

Reporter William's face was completely black, and he wanted to slam the door on the spot... There is nothing more sad for a reporter than calling a reporter a trainee reporter, especially if the other party is right.

Because he is really just an intern reporter, or an intern reporter of an unknown tabloid, it is absolutely uncomfortable to be stabbed in the sore spot.

However, Qiubai was just unintentional...let's just believe it.

"Sooner or later I'll be the editor-in-chief of World News!"

This intern reporter has a good temper. It seems that he can shout "Don't bully the poor boy" right away. Now Qiubai really wants to get him engaged to his white bear first, and then cancel the marriage and see the meeting. what happened……

But he couldn't do it, because it was too dignified and would hurt the feelings of the white bear. The other party probably wouldn't be interested in inferior creatures like humans, especially when this human being was a male like him.

"So... you specifically asked me to report your ideals? But unfortunately, I'm not very interested in this." Qiu Bai put on a look of "you're looking for the wrong person".

Being able to turn the topic in the most unpleasant direction in just three or two sentences is one of Qiu Bai's abilities.

Reporter William almost jumped up from his chair... Fortunately, there were only two people in this room, no one would see him being mocked. William took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

Qiubai shook his head, this temperament seemed unsuitable for being a reporter.

However, whether it is a trainee reporter, a reporter, or a well-known reporter, they all have a common characteristic...that is, they always want to make big news.

Reporter William also stopped doing language battles, and he decided to cut directly to the key issues:

"Is Mr. Qiubai from this island?"

Qiu Baixin said that I agreed to accept this so-called interview? Are you asking about my privacy? But after thinking about it, he still gave his own answer-because he wanted to know what the hell the other party was up to.

"No, it's just me from the North Sea."

Qiubai also specially left a loophole between his words... How can anyone from Beihai deliberately emphasize that he is from Beihai as soon as he opens his mouth, which seems very abnormal.

"Where is the specific Beihai person?" William really asked.

"Specific...no comment." Qiu Bai glanced at the other party pretending to be vigilant, and then very roughly concealed his "vigilance and nervousness" with an awkward smile.

He remained silent about his origin, only admitting that he was from Beihai.

His performance seems to have proved that there is absolutely a problem with the origin he said, so William decided to go a step further and overwhelm him by leaking information that the other party thought was unknown to outsiders:

"Three days ago, someone on a certain island sold special fruit from the New World. I really traced the source of the fruit."

"So what?" Qiu Bai's face remained calm.

He had already vaguely guessed about this matter, because if someone came to him, it would not be left or right.

However, what he didn't expect was that the person who came to the door was neither the navy nor the special agency of the World Government, but a reporter - which also made him correct William's evaluation,

It wouldn't be surprising if an organization like CP0 could link him to that so quickly, but how does a journalist do this?

"The special thing about that fruit is that its freshness has a strict time limit. In theory, it is impossible to leave the new world, but it appeared in the North Sea... This is really strange." William because Qiubai also He was stubborn, so he continued to speak, and his eyes had begun to light up slightly.

Figured out the characteristics of that berry so quickly?

Qiubai didn't speak any more, just looked at the reporter, and then... an idea rose in his heart.

"So...I made a bold assumption," William licked his thin lips.

Speaking of the excitement, he seemed to have forgotten the unhappiness just now, "...Someone transported that kind of fruit to the North Sea through the windless belt!"

"With just one kind of fruit, you are sure that someone has crossed the 'impossible to cross' windless zone? Did you consider the feelings of the sea kings when you said this?" Qiu Bai directly retorted.

Rather than being a reporter, this guy might as well write fantasy novels, but people really guessed it right, and his current behavior can be described as "bold assumptions and careful verification".

"Not only this, but more importantly, the information about the sellers is almost impossible to obtain. After they sold the fruit, they scuttled their ships directly in the port, and then they all disappeared."

So the Vikramaditya really sank again, eh, why say it again?

At this time, reporter William became more and more vigorous. He didn't give Qiubai a chance to interrupt... The main reason was that Qiubai also wanted to hear him continue, "Someone recognized the boat later, and it belonged to a small group of people. The pirate ship, and then this thing got official - after cleaning the sails of that ship, you can see the pirate logo smeared on it."

"Later, I determined the activity area of ​​the group of pirates based on this sign, and then found traces of new sunken ships in that sea area... and even half of the corpses of sea kings!"

"So, the general situation can be explained: someone crossed the windless belt to transport the fruit to the North Sea. In order to hide the traces of the boat, they grabbed a pirate ship, scuttled the original ship, and then quietly Sell ​​the goods to local merchants all at once, destroy the second ship while leaving, and then by the time someone notices this is a special product from the New World, they'll be gone."

Although there is a bit of discrepancy, his statement is reasonable.

However, William obviously thought that he was a very powerful person who sailed through the windless belt. This was seriously inconsistent with the facts, but it was understandable. After all, it was difficult to imagine that ordinary people could do this.

And more importantly, it only took him three days to figure out the ins and outs of the matter. This person can probably start a literary genre... Fantasy detective genre?

"Someone crossed the windless belt! Can you see how newsworthy this is?!"

But there is one more crucial point...

"Sea Kings can't be used as evidence, and there are not a few sea kings in Beihai. And if you take a step back, even if your story is true, what does this have to do with me?" Qiu Bai said calmly.

He finally got to the point.

"Because I learned one thing, at the place where the pirates were robbed, there was a split among the 'New World Visitors'. One group of people continued to be in charge of buying and selling goods, while the other group chose to leave for unknown reasons."

"The latter group had only three distinct characteristics: a red-haired senile male, a blue-haired young female, and a white bear."

"After these three people came to this island, they squandered a lot of money. Where did the money come from? Does it have anything to do with those New World specialties?" After speaking, William pretended to look at this slightly luxurious Room.

Does this confirm your identity? Qiubai thought for a while, and then thought of two possibilities. The first is that Grisha and the others deliberately let themselves spread firepower and spread relevant information, but this is almost impossible, because even if Grisha really did that, he You can't say what you don't know, and think about it compared to Qiubai's...

Heh, even Qiubai himself didn't know where he was going.

So, there is only a second possibility.

"Reporter William Wallace...Are you a 'capable person'?" Qiu Bai asked of course, only this explanation makes sense, because many things that seem impossible to ordinary people are very easy for those who are capable.

William probably used the ability of some kind of devil fruit to obtain relevant information about the matter and found his place.

After Qiubai asked these words, William was startled. Just now, he was only concerned about the snoring, and he didn't expect the other party to see through his secret so easily.

"I don't know what your ability is, and I'm not interested, but since you can figure out what happened so quickly and find me, it's enough to show your ability to collect information, so... For some things about Beihai , are you familiar with it?"

Qiubai admitted his identity, but it didn't matter.

"I take back my previous judgment. You have the qualities that a reporter should have. You may really become the editor-in-chief of that newspaper, but there must be an inevitable premise... You can live to that time."

"Even if an ideal path can really be unobstructed, death is always an insurmountable obstacle...isn't it?"

Qiubai's eyes made William realize that he seemed to have made a terrible mistake. His actions were too hasty, and the other party was someone who had crossed the windless belt!

He has to think about how to leave, but...

"Don't move, don't shout, don't resist, you also realize it? Only the most desperate kind of pirate will do things like crossing the windless belt. He is not the kind of person who can reason. ."

Who is he?

Qiubai called himself a pirate for the first time.

"I……"

"You don't have to worry, I just want you to show me the way. With your ability, it's probably not difficult, but whether it's for subjective or objective reasons, if you point the way wrong, then I'm sure It will show you the right way."

Saying that, Qiu Bai stretched out his right index finger and pointed down vertically.

Having lived such a long life, it was probably the first time William was directly threatened with his life.

But does Qiubai really do that? Maybe he was just habitually speaking to scare people, but maybe what he said was the truth?

Even he can't guarantee this.