Pirates: Steel Chain Fingers

It's night, Chuklik Island, Baishan Town.

Compared with the hustle and bustle of the night market in Tanar Town, the night in Baishan Town on Chuklik Island is obviously much calmer.

Victor stood on the deck with his hands in his pockets, feeling the refreshing sea breeze of the summer night. Suddenly, a coat was put on his shoulders, and Wu Hongji's voice came from behind:

"Victor, be careful of catching a cold."

Victor smiled slightly, turned his head to look at Wu Hongji who was blushing slightly: "Why don't you go to sleep for a while?"

"Everyone didn't sleep, and they were all waiting in the cabin. Since you said that we will see each other at night, we will definitely believe it." Wu Hongji smiled, and then found a topic unnaturally:

"Speaking of which, this 'Red Siam' is just given to my concubine, is it really okay? This is one of the fifty treasured swords of Liangyewu."

Victor leaned on the railing at the edge of the deck, and said gently: "You are my important partner, you are just a piece of good property with fifty jobs, not worth mentioning."

Wu Hongji's face was getting redder and redder, and she was hesitant to say something when she suddenly got excited, turned her head to look at the sea not far away, and murmured to herself:

"It's strange... it seems that something... is approaching? It's a very strong feeling!"

Victor nodded in satisfaction: "Xiao Wu, your knowledge is progressing faster and faster. Perona and Robin are far inferior to you in this respect. You wait on the deck first, and I will 'greet' you."

With that said, he jumped off the Beagle and landed firmly on the pier.

In Victor's knowledge-colored perception, a strong and majestic 'voice' is rapidly approaching the offshore area of ​​Chuklik Island from the deep sea.

This 'voice' is so strong, since Victor was born, he has only seen one existence that can be compared to it - the original King Xia Qibuhai, Moonlight Moriah!

It's getting closer! In less than ten seconds, the owner of this 'voice' had already arrived at the sea area of ​​Baishan Town's port pier.

Crash!

Accompanied by the slight sound of water flowing, a huge figure slowly emerged from the water.

This is a huge male murloc reaching a height of 4 meters. He was wearing a black yukata embroidered with cloud patterns, clogs on his feet, and a shimenawa rope around his waist; his skin was a light mint green seaweed color, his hair combed into a 'knot' was a dark green and black seaweed color, and his eyebrows It was in the shape of lightning, with an extremely ferocious and ferocious face, and there was evil spirit in the ferocious eyes.

"It's finally time for you, the mysterious doctor in Baishan Town." Victor, standing in front of the giant murloc, showed a gentle smile.

The murloc stared at Victor coldly, grinning slightly, revealing his sharp white teeth:

"...Your 'voice' is too loud."

The hoarse and deep voice was exactly the same as his appearance.

"It can only be blamed on your 'knowledge' being too strong, respected doctor." Victor smiled slightly: "Can we talk?"

The murloc glanced at the Beagle's deck, and then at Victor. After a long time, he nodded:

"...Come with the old man."

After speaking, he took out an extremely huge waterproof backpack from the water, put it on his shoulder, and then walked towards the dense jungle on the east side of Chuklik Island.

Victor snapped his fingers on the deck, and everyone came down to the pier tremblingly.

Luo said with a pale face: "Master...that is the legendary mysterious doctor? Why do I feel cold all over when I take a look at him?"

Wu Hongji's complexion is also not very good: "I don't feel very good, I feel like I am facing an ancient beast."

Perona approached Victor, and was horrified to find that there was a trace of cold sweat on his forehead, and murmured: "Brother, is that guy really so scary?"

Victor exhaled: "So strong... This man is definitely not much weaker than Mr. Moria. Let's go, I want to have a good chat with him.

"

Under the leadership of Victor, everyone stepped into the dense jungle of Chuklik Island.

…………

Rimean jungle, hermit's hut.

It is said to be a hut, but it is actually 8 meters high. But it's nothing against the backdrop of tropical trees that are 10 meters up.

Victor and his party took off their shoes at the entrance and sat in the living room, quietly watching the murloc doctor put down his backpack and boil water to make tea.

Not long after, a steaming cup of tea was placed in front of everyone.

"What can I do with the old man?" The murloc sat down at the table, looked around at everyone, and then said:

"None of you appear to be seriously ill or injured beyond repair."

"Please allow me to introduce myself first. My name is Mafia Victor. I was born in Xihai. I'm currently the leader of a small chamber of commerce." Victor straightened his clothes and said with a smile.

The murloc looked at Victor, and said slowly: "Don't be so self-effacing, 'The Vicious Chain' Mafia Victor, the old man has read the news about you. Many people are saying that you forged the story of defeating the king Shichibukai. Fake news to gain fame and fame. But in my opinion, they are the ones who are really stupid."

"I am ashamed to praise you." Victor bowed his head slightly to express his gratitude.

"The old man's name is 'Haoxue'." The murloc picked up the teacup and took a sip of the steaming tea: "People call the old man 'Hai Zuo Tou'. Call it whatever you like."

"Then I won't beat around the bush anymore." Victor said solemnly, "I want to invite you to be the ship's doctor on the Beagle!"

Haoxue raised her lightning-shaped eyebrows: "It's really straightforward. Then the old man ordered it directly—give the old man a reason to join you."

"In 24 days, the capital of seven waters will usher in a judicial ship, and the chief culprit in the case that the presiding judge will try this time is a shipbuilder named 'Tom'." Victor responded with a seemingly irrelevant answer.

Haoxue opened her eyes slightly, then slowly put down the teacup in her hand, rubbed her chin and said with emotion:

"So...you too...? Victor, you come out with the old man."

After speaking, Haoxue got up and walked out of the hut.

Victor waved to others that it was okay, then got up and walked out of the house with Hoxue.

The two walked quietly for more than ten minutes, one in front of the other, and came to an open space where the huge full moon above their heads could be clearly seen.

Hao Xue took out a long pipe and a small bag of shredded tobacco from his bosom. He slowly filled the pipe with shredded tobacco and lightly pressed it until it was half full. He repeated this three times until the shredded tobacco overflowed. He took out a match to light the shredded tobacco and took two sips.

After a long time, he asked, "...what did you see on this old man?"

"Mr. Hoxue, you are the sworn brother of Tom the shipwright, right?" Victor didn't hide anything, and said it openly.

"Hehe... It really is the innate domineering look." Haoxue grinned slightly, revealing a terrifying smile:

"I didn't expect that there is a second natural knowledgeable color in the world today, which is much rarer than the overlord color."

"Listen to you, do you know another person who is born with knowledge?"

"... That's right." Haoxue exhaled a puff of smoke, with a look of nostalgia on his face:

"The princess of Fishman Island—Mistress Otohime."