In the special room on the top floor of Santa Pobla, Stacy held black tea in one hand and a newspaper in the other and frowned slightly.
"Hey, has the bounty been increased?"
She hadn't paid attention to the news for the past two days for some reasons, and she didn't see the latest news until today.
It would have been impossible for this kind of thing to happen given her identity. Her mission was about intelligence. Any information must be grasped immediately, but this time she happened to have something to deal with. When I came back, I found that there was news here that had arrived for a few days.
Fortunately, this news is not too late.
This issue of the newspaper does not contain much useful new information, but more information and bounties on some new pirates.
The World Government intends to follow the current situation of the expansion of the Shichibu Sea to deter a wave of pirates. At least for now, although the Shichibukai policy has added some obstacles to the navy, it has stabilized the current balance of power between the world government and pirates. But obviously the world government doesn't really trust these pirates.
Among the Shichibukai currently being recruited, Flamengo has a special background and is the type that is difficult to manage.
Crocodile is quite accommodating to the World Government's ideas. Although he seems to be starting to make small moves, he can ignore them if they are still within the tolerance range.
Moria went to block the Devil's Triangle, and indeed stopped many pirates heading to Shampoo Land and the New World.
However, these three are basically the type who do not listen to propaganda.
Hancock, the Snake Girl of Kuji Island, and Jinbe, the Kaisha of Fish-Man Island, both have political factors involved, and their future attitudes are still ambiguous.
The remaining Hawkeye Mihawk is a lone ranger, and there is not much news except for occasionally hearing that he killed another pirate group.
As for the bear...the bear is just the world government who has his handle.
So now the World Government has not stopped recruiting the Shichibukai, and the targets of recruitment are those pirates who do not reject the World Government, do not have many evil deeds, and are powerful. The Flying Flower Pirates are one of the targets.
"Five hundred million Baileys, this bounty is not a bounty that a pirate who has not entered the new world can have. Is Warring States still a little dissatisfied?" After saying this, Stacey smiled again, "Doubadu Well, it has nothing to do with my work anyway. But their plan may not be so good."
"Queen, do you want to tell them?"
Stacy glanced at the maid lightly and was dissatisfied, "Why? We are only responsible for renting a venue. Do we have the obligation to remind them to stay out of their own business? Remember who we are serving. It is not something we have to worry about. Pay more attention."
"Understood."
"Go down if you understand."
After calling off the maid, Stracey, she took the black tea and walked to the balcony. When she took a quick look, she could see the bustling street outside. "A bounty of 500 million, is it worth it?"
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Champs Elysees. As the most prosperous and noisy main road in Santa Pobla, it is lined with shops. Countless beauties come and go, and deals are completed one after another with laughter and laughter. It is also the main economic artery of Santa Pobla.
At this time, Keya was shopping on this street with Bella and Reiju. In front of them, the lady guide who looked dignified was introducing the glory of Saint Bobla with a smile.
"Santa Pobla is the best fashion shopping capital in the world. Most of the world's most popular clothing and accessories come from Santa Pobla."
The guide lady smiled very happily. She had just seen off the previous wave of tourists the night before yesterday. Unexpectedly, there would be business again today. And what surprised her the most was that this time the guests were very generous. Not only did the daily price make it hard for her to refuse, but they would also invite her to play together from time to time. You must know that generally stingy tourists will not be willing to take her to play with them, and most wealthy tourists think that it is very low-level to follow her. Therefore, although they have led many tourists to Santa Pobla, the one who really invited her to play with them But it's the first time.
Silently, she already planned to return the other party's normal employment fee after it was over.
Keyaleju and Bella didn't think about the guide's thoughts.
"Sister Bella, have you seen any nice clothes?"
Bella smiled slightly and said, "I think the clothes from SMU just now are pretty good."
Reijiu shook her head, "There's too little fabric. To wear that, I might as well choose a beautiful bar and put on something revealing, so it's more stable."
Bella crossed her chest with one hand and dragged her chin with the other, thinking for a moment, "It feels about the same."
Reiju paused and nodded, "That's right. If you don't fight, bar will be useless."
Keya glanced at the two of them, looked at their size and then looked at himself.
It feels like the conversation between the two shows one thing: their fat mass is big and firm. It's quite shocking...but...
Because Reiju has long been accustomed to fighting, she has rich experience in things like little white rabbits messing around in battles, and has long been able to easily master them. And her ability to control this aspect has improved after eating the devil fruit. . Or rather, it’s even better...
But what is Bella's principle?
Mermaids have good genetics?
Keya could only think so.
But she could only think about it. She didn't want to talk about such a topic anymore.
While chatting, Bella suddenly mentioned Yuyuko and Kona.
"I wonder how things are going with Kona and Yuyuko?"
Speaking of this matter, Reijiu shook her head, "I took a look yesterday, and there seems to be no progress on Yuyuko's side. But there is a bit of trouble on Kona's side."
Two days ago, the Flying Flower Pirates and their group arrived in Santa Bobola and entered the village quietly, just to travel and work. There was no big fanfare landing. One is that it is unnecessary, and the other is that Youyouzi is afraid of trouble.
Unlike the idiot Luffy, Yuyuko has a deep understanding of what the image of a pirate is in the minds of most people, and Luffy actually later felt that he was not unclear about the difference between him and ordinary pirates.
The difference is that Luffy is a man who wants to become the Pirate King, so he naturally wants to be high-profile, and he is not afraid even if the navy jumps in the face. And she just wants to check in everywhere. If the navy makes faces every day, how can she be in a good mood?
After arriving at Santa Pobla, the boatload of people was divided into four parts.
Areyanan and Kuina, who has little interest in foreign objects, are responsible for taking care of Baymax. Of course, the Great White is secondary, mainly the two historical texts in the ship. After all, this thing cannot be exposed.
Yuyuko, Nanami, and Mina went to find the doctor Dorothea introduced by Kurokas.
Keya, Reiju and Bella are the traveling team, but they will also rotate with Areyanan and the others.
In the end, Kona went to the auction house in Santa Bobola as a group to auction several devil fruits that Mina caught in the sea.
After comparing these devil fruits with the devil fruit illustrated book, it was found that they are basically animal type devil fruits, with only one super power type, and there are no rare natural type and ancient species of phantom beast species that are even rarer than the natural type. There are only four people left who have not eaten Devil Fruits. Kuina is obsessed with swordsmanship, saying that to become the world's strongest swordsman, Devil Fruits are not needed. He also said that the strongest weapons for a swordsman are only his own body and the sword in his hand.
Yanan said that she would go into the water frequently to repair the boat, so she wouldn't need Devil Fruit.
Bella, because she is a mermaid, does not want to lose the protection of the ocean because of Devil Fruit.
As for Kona.
Ke Na sat in the auction house and waited silently.
It wasn't like she hadn't considered eating a devil fruit. But she also thought about it. If she wanted to eat a Devil Fruit, it must be a Devil Fruit that could bring a huge improvement to her. If it was just an ordinary animal type and some super powers with no special features, she felt it was better to continue. Hone her skills and dominance.
After all, once the Devil Fruit is eaten, it will inevitably be accompanied by the effect of being disgusted by the sea. This is equivalent to directly revealing a fatal weakness. It is obviously unwise to give yourself more weaknesses for the sake of a small improvement. But if it really comes to that moment where she has to eat, Kona won't think about it anymore.
"Ms. Nakko, your goods are a bit expensive, and it may take some time to sell them." A neat old man said politely with a half-bow. "If you are in a hurry, our Baroli Auction House is willing to buy them all at a 20% discount on the regular price."
20% off is already a good allocation. Generally speaking, reputable auction houses have handling fees ranging from 10% to 20%.
It’s not that it looks ugly, but the essence of the auction business is to increase the value of goods. Although the auction is a form, generally goods will obtain higher than expected returns due to bidding, and this extra return may be 10%, 20%, even 50% or even several times.
The handling fee charged by the auction house is the guarantee of reputation and the profit sharing after the premium operation of the auction items.
But things like devil fruits are usually the finale. Generally, auction houses will conduct preliminary publicity for the grand finale items to attract more victims and then allow the grand finale items to bring higher profits. However, Kona threw a few out at once.
You must know that even though Devil Fruits are expensive, if there are a lot of them at one time, the overall price will be lowered in a disguised manner. Unless it's some extremely special devil fruit.
For example, the former surgical fruits and some natural devil fruits.
Several Devil Fruits were released at the same time, and the Baroli Auction House suspected that this might be a pirate who had done a lot and was in a hurry to sell them. You must know that generally as long as people are not stupid, they will not ship Devil Fruits en masse like this. Two at most is good.
"No need." Kena shook her head. "I'm not in a hurry right now. You can take your time. Just sell it before I leave here. If it doesn't work, we'll talk about it later."
Ke Na didn't want to say too much.
Yuyuko didn't find even a single clue about Dorothea in the past two days, which made her think that she might stay on this island for a while.
Since she was going to stay for a while, there was no need for her to be in such a hurry.
Although this Devil Fruit Mina caught it by fishing, it is naturally the best if the benefits can be maximized.
Although Bailey is not a panacea, it is very effective in most situations.
"Is that so? I understand. I will make arrangements as soon as possible. Don't worry, it won't take more than a week."
A week is indeed not too long. Although the sea train from the Seven Waters Capital does not connect to Santa Pobla, the island on another route close to Santa Pobla is very close to Santa Pobla. Due to trade reasons, the sea routes on both sides It's still relatively safe.
Of course, seven days is also a trap. If the other party is doubtful about this time, it means that the other party is in a hurry, and their auction house may use a procrastination strategy to conduct this business.
After all, the auction house is not short of time. If they can get the Devil Fruit themselves to promote and sell, then the premium will be theirs. And the old man who accomplished this will also receive a bonus of up to 10%.
"A week~" A hint of mischief flashed in Ke Na's eyes, "Then I'll wait, just in time to have some fun."
"Please wait patiently for the good news." The old man was neither sad nor happy, he bowed and left calmly.
It's just a simple test. Whether it succeeds or not is just luck. If you are too happy about it, you are destined not to last long in the auction house.
Expressions can betray a lot of information about a person.
After walking out of the auction house, Ke Na took a look at the busy street and turned around and went into the side path.
After waiting for a few minutes, Kona walked out of the path again.
"Did I feel wrong?" Kena frowned and looked around, "I always feel like someone is following me."
Is it an illusion?
Kena thought for a moment and turned around and entered the trail again.
Whether it was an illusion or not, she felt that there had been a voice whispering in her ears since she set foot on this land.
"It's time to act..."
Kona trusted her instincts.
Hunters may not always be able to perfectly target their prey. The ever-changing jungle is never something you can take casually. Everywhere may hide dangers that can harvest your life, and every step may be a trap for a predator. A hunter may not be a hunter, he may also be a prey.
No one has ever stipulated that monsters can only be hunted, and monsters can also abuse people.
Although intuition is inaccurate, experience often makes people unaware even if they step into a trap. So intuition is not untrustworthy, but it depends on how to believe it.
Kona felt that she should trust her instincts.
"Let me see what's weird about this hunting ground." Kena's eyes flashed coldly and she disappeared into the trail.
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"Wow, Yuyuko, this is not bad, it's delicious!" Mina bit into a piece of crepe happily, her eyes shining at the marshmallow not far away.
Sweet, sweet, sweet taste is the best!
Youyouzi was speechless. "Mina, we are here to find someone."
"Oh~um~wu~Yes, yes, we are here to find someone." Qishi said quickly.
Yuyouzi immediately looked sideways, looking at the squid skewers in Qishi's hand with much contempt, "Are you qualified to talk about people?"
Qishi chuckled and didn't care. "Although I am not qualified to speak, you are not far behind. Can you wipe off the oil on your mouth first? The green onions from the fried noodles you just had are all on your mouth."
"..." Youyouzi wiped her mouth subconsciously. "Ah, you bastard, I obviously wiped off the oil!"
Seven facts "..."
Is the point of wiping off the oil clean? The point is that you are not looking for it at all!
Thinking like this, Qishi quickly ran towards a barbecue stall. "Boss, I'll bring you twenty skewers of pork belly. I want it to be fat, thin and well-proportioned."
"Okay. Is there anything else you need, little girl?"
"Have you ever heard of a doctor named Dorothea?"
"Dorothea? Isn't she the potato pancake seller across the street?" The barbecue seller blinked with confusion.
? ? ? Nanami and Yuyouzi, who had just followed, turned their heads and looked across the street.
There, an aunt with a charming figure was frying potato pancakes with a naive smile.
Youyouzi and Qishi looked at each other.
This wave, this wave is a bomb attack...
