Pirates: Start by rejecting the redhead's invitation

The whole tavern instantly fell silent.

Dak, the leader of this group of desert thieves, stared at his mace with only the handle left in disbelief.

All of his younger brothers had looks of horror on their faces.

Lin Mo glanced at the fragments of the mace stuck on his fist, frowned slightly, and shook off the fragments from his fist.

It was his hand-waving action that made Dak think that Lin Mo was going to hit him, and he was so frightened that he quickly took a few steps back.

"Today, I will let you go today, little ones, retreat!"

After finishing speaking, Duck immediately took the lead and ran out.

His younger brothers quickly followed him out.

After they left the tavern, cheers erupted in the tavern.

"That's great, I didn't expect you to be so powerful, Lin Mo."

"No wonder Shanks wants us to remember you. It turns out you are really not a simple brat."

"You can actually scare away the vicious desert thieves. Lin Mo, you are very good at it."

"Hey, it's a pity that our money was still robbed, but I hope everyone is fine, hahaha... This feeling of rebirth after a disaster is quite exciting."

The tavern owner poked his head out from under the bar and saw that everyone was laughing and drinking again. After thinking about it, he said, "Everyone can drink freely today. I won't charge you."

"Eh? Really, boss? We are very good at drinking. Be careful of drinking and bankrupting you, hahaha..."

"Since the boss is so grand, you're welcome to us, hehe."

"Boss, let's have some wine. Everyone here has experienced the same disaster. We won't come home until we get drunk today!"

"Ho ho, okay, okay, come on, let's all raise a toast to our little hero Lin Mo!"

The tavern is once again as lively as it was before the desert bandits arrived.

Lin Mo continued to drink wine speechlessly.

To be so happy after being robbed, the mentality of these people is really quite acceptable...

The red-haired man looked at Lin Mo with a smile, and after he finished a bottle of wine, he took the initiative to open another bottle for him.

"How do you feel about such an atmosphere?" the red-haired man asked with a smile.

Lin Mo said speechlessly: "Not very good."

"Hahaha." The red-haired man laughed cheerfully.

At this time, the door of the tavern was opened again.

One is wearing an Arab-style headscarf, with dark purple four-pointed star makeup on his eyes. He is wearing a white robe, with many black square patterns on the robe and headscarf, and two orange necklaces. He is tall and has long brown hair.

A young man with hair and a group of heavily armed men appeared at the door.

Everyone in the tavern recognized the person at a glance.

"Eh? Isn't this the deputy guard chief, Lord Bell?"

"Lord Bell should be protecting His Majesty the King in the capital. Why did he come to a small town like ours?"

"Could it be for those useless desert thieves just now?"

"Lord Bell, those desert thieves have been driven away, and everything is fine here."

"Being driven away?" Bell was slightly surprised. When he was passing through this town on official duties, he received a distress signal and learned that a group of desert bandits were invading, so he chased after them.

That group of thieves could easily injure the armed guards guarding the town, and now they actually told him that the group of thieves had been driven away?

Bell glanced around the tavern with a sullen expression, and his eyes couldn't help but fall on the two people, a senior and a junior, who were sitting in front of the bar drinking.

The way those two people were dressed was not from Alabasta.

Could it be that they drove away the desert thieves?

Thinking of this, Bell walked into the tavern and walked towards Red Hair and Lin Mo.

"You two, were you the ones who drove away the desert bandits just now?" Bell asked calmly.

Lin Mo ignored him.

The red-haired man smiled and said while drinking: "That's right, but he drove them away alone."

Then he pointed at Lin Mo without hesitation.

Lin Mo glanced at him speechlessly, his eyes indicating: You talk too much...

Bell looked at Lin Mo, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

I haven’t asked anything in detail yet.

The surrounding drinkers began to praise Lin Mo's great achievements.

"Yes, it was that kid who did it. Mr. Bell, you were not here just now and didn't see this kid named Lin Mo smash the weapon of the desert thieves boss with one punch."

"Yes, yes, we all saw it with our own eyes. Moreover, when those people used guns to shoot this kid, they couldn't even hit him even though they were only two meters away."

"Also, there was a man who slashed Lin Mo with a knife, and actually cut off his own knife. Hahaha, I even doubted that this kid was not a human at all. He couldn't even cut his skin with a knife."

"Anyway, this kid is really awesome. Thanks to him, we are safe and sound."

Bell originally had some doubts about how one child could drive away so many thieves, but if so many people saw it, then it must be true.

After a moment of silence, Bell said, "I am Bell, the adjutant of the Alabasta Kingdom Guards. I would like to thank you both for your help in this incident."

After finishing speaking, Bell bowed slightly politely, and then continued: "But I still have official duties and cannot stay in this town for too long. As a thank you, I will pay for your drink."

"Well, Mr. Bell." The tavern owner rubbed his head and laughed dryly, "Everything in the tavern is free of charge today. If you have time, you can stay here for a drink before leaving."

Bell: "..."

"Hahaha." The red-haired man laughed, "Don't be so polite. This kid is not a snobbish person. If you insist on thanking him, treat him to a drink when you have another chance to meet again. That’s it.”

"Okay." Bell nodded, "In that case, I'll take my leave first."

Seeing that Lin Mo ignored him, Bell turned around and walked out of the tavern without saying anything more.

After he left, Lin Mo rarely complained about Red Hair: "Red Hair, you talk so much..."

"Hahaha..." The red-haired man laughed nonchalantly.

The tavern owner brought him two drinks.

When he heard Lin Mo call Shanks red-haired, he suddenly thought of a person.

In fact, he felt familiar from the first time he saw the red hair, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.

"You, are you the captain of the red-haired pirates?" the tavern owner lowered his voice and asked in a low voice.

The red-haired man looked at him and grinned: "Oh, I've been discovered."

"You are really..." Realizing that he spoke too loudly, the tavern owner immediately covered his mouth, lowered his voice again, then approached the red-haired and Lin Mo, and whispered, "I didn't expect that he saved us. They are actually pirates... So, is that the purpose of your coming here?"

"That one?" the red-haired man asked strangely, "what that one?"

"It's the Devil Fruit that will be auctioned at Yuba's underground auction house in two days."

"Eh? Devil fruit?" The red-haired person showed an extremely exaggerated look of surprise.

Lin Mo didn't even bother to look at him.

"Shh, keep your voice down!" The tavern owner made a gesture to the red-haired man with an ugly face, "You really don't know anything, do you?"

The red-haired man scratched his head, bared his teeth and said with a smile, "I know now."

The tavern owner sighed helplessly.

The red-haired man looked at Lin Mo and asked with a smile: "Devil fruits are not common, kid, are you interested in taking a look?"

Lin Mo drank wine and said indifferently: "Not interested."