Chapter 125 An unpleasant first experience (please subscribe)
Shampoo Islands, also known as Soap Bubble Islands.
This is the terminus of the first half of the paradise stage of the Grand Line. The seven routes starting from Upside Down Mountain will eventually converge on this tree island.
After bidding farewell to the Capital of the Seven Waters and continuing to sail on the ocean for a while, the Chambord Islands appeared in front of Adrian.
Looking at the beautiful bubble island not far ahead, which looked like a dreamy bubble island in a fairy tale world, Adrian couldn't help but sigh.
Beneath the beautiful and dreamy appearance of the Shampoo Islands, what is concealed is the solid darkness of sin.
Under the forced intervention of the Celestial Dragons and the deliberate neglect of the World Government and the Navy Headquarters, extremely sinful behaviors such as slave trading and human trafficking are all normal commercial activities that can be carried out openly on this island!
In a sense, the island is in decay!
After sighing for a while, Adrian continued sailing towards the Chambord Islands.
Since the Shampoo Islands are the only way to the New World, ships from seven routes will meet here, so the waters around the Shampoo Islands are not as sparsely populated as when traveling alone on a single route.
At this time, there are many ships on the sea. At a glance, there are dozens of them, and most of them are pirate ships flying black skull flags.
Adrian, a small ketch without any markings, looked very out of place among these pirate ships, like a wild wolf that had wandered into a pack of huskies.
The pirates who were able to withstand the pursuit of the navy and go through all kinds of dangers to reach the Shampoo Land were already considered the best among the pirates. After all, the weaker ones had long been eliminated during the journey.
However, it is precisely because they are about to arrive at the Chambord Islands that many pirates have begun to forget about themselves and do not understand the value of life at all.
At this time, Adrian encountered such a group of pirates.
Because there was no flag hanging on the sailboat, the pirates could not identify Adrian and just regarded him as an ordinary traveling businessman.
At this moment, a pirate ship that was originally sailing on the sea not far to Adrian's right swung its rudder carelessly and collided with the ketch recklessly.
"Hahaha! Boy, it's amazing that you can come here..." The strong man who looked like a captain stood on the bow statue of the ship and shouted condescendingly towards Adrian, "But you should just swim to Shampoo Island. If If you can survive!”
Adrian looked at the pirate captain as if he were an idiot, and reached out to touch the [Brave's Dagger] at his waist.
For this distance, a knife should be enough...
Seemingly not seeing the panic scene he expected, the pirate captain who didn't even deserve his name suddenly became angry. He gritted his teeth and shouted angrily:
"Children! Beat me up! I'll be responsible for anything that happens!"
Adrian looked at the pirate ship that hit him without saying a word. He held the [Hero's Dagger] in his hand and stood motionless on the deck.
Just when the pirates thought that the other party was frightened by their momentum and laughed, a bright and huge slash suddenly appeared, completely blocking their vision!
The next second, the pirates heard a violent shattering sound coming from their own ship.
Before they could realize what had happened, the huge medium-sized three-masted sailboat actually split in half from the middle!
Adrian inserted the hero's short sword into the scabbard and said without looking back: "Rumi! Pay attention to the front, there are some scum blocking us!"
"It doesn't matter! Look at me!"
A crisp sound came from the direction of the rudder.
If you look carefully, you will see a lead-gray pocket watch floating out of thin air above the distinct rudder. Its outer case is painted with exquisite hollow reliefs of a Gothic castle. Silver diamonds resemble windows, and on the upper left The blank space is dotted with an aquamarine that glows like a bright moon.
Rumi jumped out of his pocket watch, maneuvered the small ketch, and passed through the center of the pirate ship that was split in half with great skill.
Feeling the sea breeze blowing slowly in front of him, Adrian was in a good mood.
A pocket watch that doesn't want to be a helmsman is not a good boat spirit!
Sure enough, this fully automatic one is more comfortable than doing it manually!
After witnessing this huge slash, none of the pirate ships on the nearby sea dared to stay nearby anymore and accelerated away.
Who knows if the master on this sailboat will take care of them on a whim?
The sea area ahead suddenly became unimpeded, and under Rumi's skillful control, the ketch docked smoothly.
Adrian raised his right hand, took the flying lead-gray pocket watch, and put it into his pocket.
Ta Ta...
However, before he had time to go ashore, a group of uninvited guests armed with long knives and muskets at their waists came toward him within sight.
This group of people is a slave capture team specifically targeting the captain of the pirate group.
In the slave market of the Chambord Islands, the pirate captains of the major pirate groups have always been quite good items, especially loved by the upper-class nobles and the Celestial Dragons.
Those pampered nobles seemed to particularly like to abuse these unruly pirates.
Generally speaking, the targets of slave-catching teams are pirate captains with a bounty of less than 50 million beli.
After all, the people in the slave catching team are not sea warriors who specialize in fighting. If the reward amount is higher, the opponent's strength will exceed their ability to bear.
This group of thugs from the slave-catching team were so aggressive that they immediately looked at the flag of the sailboat.
"Not flying the pirate flag? What a bad luck!"
"The selling price of ordinary human slaves is only 500,000 beli. What can you do with this little money!"
"Only one person? Isn't this half a million walking? Make money, make money..."
A group of slave-catching team members were suddenly disappointed, except for one newbie who was overjoyed.
However, the leader of the slave-catching team, who was tall and muscular, suddenly opened his eyes wide in horror.
"The white ghost with a bounty of 381 million Baileys??"
After recognizing Adrian's identity, the captain of the slave-catching team was instantly torn apart, both mentally and physically at the same time!
"Captain...is dead?"
"The captain who was able to fight against the great pirate of 50 million Baileys... was killed with one knife?"
The sudden sharp sword flash struck the leader of the captain with a knife, causing other members of the slave-catching team to collapse to the ground in fright.
Adrian ignored the group of slave-catching team members who instantly lost their will to fight. He just swung his knife indifferently and killed them all.
After doing all this, Adrian looked up at the nearest mangrove tree with numbers on it, and found a number written on it: 13!
"Is it an illegal zone? Tsk! What an unpleasant first experience on the island!"
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