Matthew gave him face, and he would not embarrass Matthew any more, so he took advantage of the situation and gave him a step up.
"Yes, Lord Keynes."
Matthew stood up, smiled apologetically at Cairns, then decisively turned around and led the team away from North Street.
Before leaving, he even did not forget to take away the bodies of the three Mallet brothers.
As for the act of kneeling down to apologize just now, it was nothing to him.
That Bacardi Mod…
To be called a distinguished guest by Keynes, and to value it so much, it is very likely that he placed a high-priced order with Thomas Shipyard.
And part of the revenue from every order from Thomas Shipyard will be handed over to the king who values money more than anything else.
In the face of this kind of relationship, if you and Maude are at odds with each other...
He is worthy of the Morde Pirates, but he is afraid that Keynes will say a few bad words to the king.
By then, most of them will be sent to the [Hanging Prison].
Even if they commit suicide, they don't want to be tortured by [Hanging Prison] to a point where life is worse than death.
Matthew couldn't help but feel cold when he thought of some horrific scenes. He just hoped that Keynes wouldn't cause trouble for him afterwards.
Matthew retreated quickly.
None of the accompanying soldiers said anything.
They are used to losing face due to disputes over interests.
In the situation just now, if Keynes had not come forward, they would inevitably have a collision with the Mod Pirates.
but…
The soldiers couldn't help but shudder slightly as they recalled Maud's aura stained with unknown amounts of blood.
To be honest, they didn't want to face Maude at all.
It may be a blessing to be able to kneel down to solve this problem.
Above Cross North Street.
Maud and others watched the army leave.
The performance of this group of soldiers just now made Maud and others realize that Keynes's identity may be very unusual.
After stepping forward to persuade Matthew and other soldiers to retreat, Keynes smiled apologetically at Maude.
"Mr. Maude, please don't take it to heart about the unpleasantness just now."
"fine."
Maud put away the Chidori.
Had Keynes not intervened, he would have taken action again.
In Dick City, if you just kill pirates or bounty hunters, there will basically be no trouble later.
But if they attack the army, they will probably go elsewhere to build ships.
Even if he could foresee the consequences, in that case, Maud would never give in and hold back.
If the power he pursues cannot be used at times like this, then what's the point of insisting on becoming stronger
Pirates should follow their hearts and do what they want to do.
After helping Maud resolve the matter, Keynes exchanged a few pleasantries and returned to the shipyard.
In the near future, he will devote all his energy to Maude's sky-high price new ship.
After Keynes left, Maude and his party walked towards Cross East Street.
Around the streets, what happened just now caused a fundamental change in the way residents looked at Maude and others.
This group of people must have a lot of background to allow Keynes of Thomas Shipyard to receive such preferential treatment.
Under the gaze of many eyes, Maude and the others left North Street and came to the center of the cross street.
Lafayette looked back in the direction of North Street and said softly: "The behavior of those soldiers just now surprised me."
"I didn't expect them either... There's something strange about this country."
Maud looked at the bustling streets.
Betty, who was walking in front, opened her mouth and hesitated for a moment, but finally said nothing.
Money is the most important thing in this country.
Not only can it be used to absolve crimes, but it can also be used to buy lives.
Here, the value of each person can even be measured by the amount of money.
It's like a bounty order to measure the value of pirates, and it's like the selling price and auction price to measure the value of slaves.
What that king did was nothing more than enlarging the microcosm of the world as much as possible.
And such a place is exactly some people’s paradise.
Under the leadership of Betty, Maud and his party came to a large tavern on East Street.
Before coming over, Betty had already briefly introduced the situation on East Street to Maud and the others.
It can be understood that East Street is the only lawless place in Dick City that is not subject to military interference.
Therefore, even if there is robbery and murder here, the army will not come to find trouble.
However, from the moment Keynes stepped forward for Maude, even if Maude committed the same thing again in other neighborhoods, the army responsible for maintaining order would not cause trouble to Maude again.
Money is power.
This principle can be vividly reflected in the kingdom of Ahab.
After knowing that East Street was a lawless place, Maud and Lafayette's minds suddenly became active.
They pushed open the door of the tavern and walked straight in.
The originally noisy tavern gradually became quiet due to their arrival.
All eyes in the tavern were focused on Maud.
Any pirate with a bounty on his head and a high reputation will definitely attract attention no matter where he goes, as long as his peers are around.
Most of these looks were in awe.
They were afraid of Maud.
And Moder does have the capital to scare them.
Mod glanced around the pirates in the tavern.
Scanned by Maud's gaze, most of the pirates lowered their heads to avoid that gaze.
Mod didn't pay attention to the ostrich reactions of these pirates. When he saw a man with two chains tied to his body, his eyes paused consciously.
Immediately, he retracted his gaze without any trace and walked towards the empty seat in the tavern.
The man with the chains on his body was Buffalo.
"Oh, my luck is not that good. It seems I won't be able to go to the casino later."
Buffalo quietly glanced at Maud and his party who were seated, and thought to himself.
If he hadn't had a few extra drinks, he himself would have been relaxing in the casino ten minutes ago.
Buffalo felt that he was very unlucky when he met Maud in the tavern because of a mistake.
"By the way, he doesn't know me."
Buffalo suddenly thought of something.
"Then what am I worried about?"
Buffalo understood and couldn't help but laugh with joy, thus revealing the mark of the Don Quixote family on his white teeth.
After Maud and the others took their seats, the voices in the tavern showed signs of recovery.
Maud didn't pay too much attention to Buffalo's side, but he recognized Buffalo's identity.
That hair style and beard like an electric fan blade are simply a guiding light.
"Could it be that Baby-5, who possesses the Weapon Fruit, is also on this island?"
Maud's mind wandered.
He remembered that Buffalo and Baby-5 of the Don Quixote family often acted together.
If Baby-5 is also on this island, then...
At this moment, the door of the tavern was pushed open.
A tall man in a coat walked in, stopped at the door and glanced around, then went straight to the wine table where Maude was.
The man looked at Maud and grinned: "Long time no see, Maud."
"Arthur, are you not dead?"
Maude looked up at the man in front of her, somewhat surprised.
Arthur, the former Mad Hatter Town undertaker, twitched his lips slightly when he heard this and pointed to the last empty seat at the wine table.
"That sounds really harsh. Do you mind if I sit down?"
"I quite mind it."
Maude didn't give him any face.
“…”
Arthur's expression was a little stiff.
After coughing slightly, he shamelessly sat down directly.
In order to avoid being driven away directly by Maud, he took the initiative to find a topic.
"Mod, are you here for the Devil Fruit too?"
"Um."
Maud nodded calmly.
The faces of Lafayette and others at the same table were calm.
It seems that they came to Leviathan not to build a ship, but to come to the Devil Fruit that Arthur proactively revealed.
However, this news is no longer a secret in Dick City.
Arthur did not doubt that he was there, and he had a look on his face as if he was sure of it. He quickly glanced at Bailey, who was occupying a seat, and wondered if this skunk was the fighting beast that Maud brought to the competition, right
Without thinking much, Arthur lowered his voice.
"It is said that the Devil Fruit was found on an island called Little Garden."
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"small garden?"
There was a glimmer in Maud's eyes.
When he heard Arthur talking about devil fruits, he immediately became interested.
Pretending to know this was just to get Arthur to continue talking.
I never thought that this Devil Fruit would actually be related to Little Garden.
"Yes, that is a very interesting ancient island."
After Arthur sat down, he took an empty glass very familiarly, and then poured himself a glass of wine.
Now, the young man sitting in front of him is no longer a hard worker in the weapons shop, but a big pirate with a bounty of over 100 million.
The change in identity also caused a substantial change in Arthur's attitude towards Maud.
In the past, he ignored or despised Maud's existence.
Now, he had to face up to, and even look up to, Maud's existence.
Hearing what Arthur said, Jaya subconsciously glanced at Mod.