At this time, the Sabaody Archipelago.
Because of the death of the Celestial Dragon Carlos, the World Government was very angry and immediately sent a large number of navy and CP0 to the island to search for Rayleigh.
"Search under orders!"
Inside a tavern.
A large number of navy rushed in, holding a wanted warrant in their hands, and began to check the drinkers drinking in the tavern one by one.
"Hey, wake up!"
A sailor shook a drunkard at the table awake, but he was surprised to find that he was a familiar person.
This drunkard was none other than the private first class, Dude, who had questioned Rear Admiral Coles a few days ago about what he would do and who had quit the Navy on the spot.
He was originally a young man of twenty years old, full of vigor and vitality, but now he reeked of alcohol and was like a drunkard.
After leaving the Navy, Dude was deeply touched by the darkness of the world.
Therefore, Dude stayed in the pub all the time, using alcohol to numb himself, gradually becoming indifferent to the outside world and giving up on himself.
"What's up?"
At this time, after being woken up, Dude's consciousness was hazy and he was a little confused.
When the familiar naval soldiers saw this scene, they couldn't help but sigh. He was obviously a comrade with justice, but now he has become like this.
Although the World Government covered up the death of the Celestial Dragon Carlos Saint, almost all the navy soldiers who went to rescue him knew about it.
After thinking about it, the sailor felt that he should at least tell the other party.
"Saint Carlos is dead."
"Huh? Who died?" Dude didn't hear clearly, or he didn't quite believe the news he heard, and wanted to confirm it again.
"The Celestial Dragon Carlos Saint who caused the tragic explosion in 29GR has been killed. We are now looking for the murderer, Pluto Rayleigh."
"I shouldn't have told you this news, but I think I still need to tell you."
Just based on Dude's courage to stand up at that time, the navy soldier thought he should tell the other party the news, not to mention that he and Dude had a good relationship in the navy base.
The drinkers at the scene had basically confirmed that no one resembling Pluto was found, and the navy soldiers also began to retreat.
Carlos is dead!
Dude looked at the backs of the navy soldiers leaving one after another, and at the same time, he felt relieved and suddenly amused.
I didn't expect that pirates would have to come to enforce justice!
Dude raised the bottle, wanting to numb himself with the strong liquor, but he found that the bottle in his hand was already empty, without a trace of alcohol.
This world is really ridiculous!
However, why is it that when I hear the word "pirate" now, the original feeling of disgust is much less
Dude stood up, and after walking out of the dark and gloomy tavern, he was greeted by a strong ray of sunlight, which made him close his eyes subconsciously. The feeling of powerlessness in his body began to fade away, and a new strength appeared in his body.
Dude put his hand up to block the sunlight and could see a large number of navy troops conducting investigations on the island, searching for the murderer, Pluto Rayleigh.
After pausing for a moment, he turned and walked towards his home where he was the only one left.
In this dark and chaotic era, Dude can no longer tell whether the navy is just or the pirates are evil.
Perhaps, justice knows no camp, and bringing the light of salvation to the world when darkness and oppression are present is justice.
He felt that he saw justice now.
It is not the justice written in words, but the justice that exists in people's hearts.
…
In the eyes of a large number of people in the Sabaody Archipelago, they were all somewhat confused and didn't know what on earth was going on.
Why did the Navy conduct such a thorough search? Why did a Pluto Rayleigh suddenly appear
All they knew was that a huge explosion occurred in 74GR on Friday night, but few people knew exactly who died.
But if the people were careful enough, they would find that no Celestial Dragons came down to the Sabaody Archipelago for a long time to come.
In addition to the fact that the Five Elders imposed restrictions on the Celestial Dragons below and stipulated that they were not allowed to go to the Sabaody Archipelago without permission, it was also because most of the Celestial Dragons did not dare to go there.
Having already experienced the incident with Saint Carlos, they were all afraid of being killed, so naturally they had no mood to go down and play.
And on the Sabaody Archipelago, despite the full-scale search by the Navy and CP0, no trace of Pluto Rayleigh was found.
The other party had already gone into hiding, and the World Government was unable to find him for a while.
CP0's power began to retreat, but the Navy's intensive search continued.
Coles needs to patrol the island every day, looking for the murderer "Pluto Rayleigh"!
Once the opponent's trace is discovered, the World Government will send forces to encircle and suppress them.
Of course, Coles was just pretending to search.
After all, the real murderer who killed the Celestial Dragon Carlos was actually himself, and Pluto Rayleigh was just the scapegoat he found.
From the beginning of the design of this plan, Coles had made detailed arrangements.
At the same time, he was also prepared for different choices that fate might take.
The plan was successful and everything went smoothly.
When the plan failed, he burst out with all his strength, broke out of the navy's encirclement, became a wanted criminal of the World Government, and began his career as a pirate on the sea.
The worst outcome is that Coles fails to escape and is caught by the World Government on the spot. In that case, he can only leave it to fate, while his family has the fallback of Teacher Zefa.
Fortunately, everything is going according to the perfect plan.
Nothing too bad happened.
After completing his patrol mission on the island, Coles returned to the naval base.
Although the atmosphere in the naval base became tense, everyone felt much more relaxed because the explosion incident on 29GR was finally resolved in their hearts.
Coles walked up the stairs of the Admiralty Building, came to the door of his office, and pushed it open as usual.
But, after pushing open the door.
Coles's expression suddenly changed.
Because there was someone sitting in the office whom he had not expected.
He was a white-haired old man who looked frail but was actually extremely strong.
He was wearing a pale brown shirt and brown cropped pants, revealing a pair of hairy calves.
He had a tattered white robe draped over his shoulders, and it seemed that he had no money and was reluctant to change his clothes.
He had a wrinkled and old face, as if he had been through a lot, with a straight scar on his left eye, and wore a pair of frameless glasses.
Although the white-haired old man did not show any murderous intent, Coles felt cold all over.
Nothing else.
The real owner showed up.
The appearance of the old man in front of him was exactly the same as the Pluto wanted poster recently issued by the Navy.
It was none other than Silverbaz Reilly!
Why did this legendary pirate suddenly appear in his office
Coles was shocked, but he quickly thought and analyzed the situation, and closed the office door with his hand.
Firstly, when Coles couldn't figure out Rayleigh's purpose, he didn't want others to discover him.
Secondly, if Rayleigh wanted to attack him, this gate would not be able to stop Coles from escaping, because he could use Shadow Swap to leave here at any time.
Closing the door can also allow the other party to relax their vigilance and communicate better.
"Pluto, Silverbaz Rayleigh, we are looking for you everywhere. I didn't expect you to be so bold as to show up at the naval base in broad daylight?"
Hear Coles' words.
Rayleigh couldn't help but smile. He took out a silver wine cup from his arms, unscrewed the lid, and drank leisurely.
"Aren't you the 'Pluto Rayleigh' that the government outside the world wants to capture?"
Coles' eyes narrowed instantly, because Rayleigh's words had already revealed a lot of information.
The Navy is now trying to catch the murderer who killed the Celestial Dragon Carlos, but Rayleigh said that the Navy actually wanted to catch him. So it seems that his plan that day was discovered by the other party
If it was a legendary pirate like Rayleigh, it would be normal that he did not notice the other party when he used his observation Haki to detect the surroundings.
"I don't understand what you're talking about."
Coles did not admit it directly. He wanted to see whether Rayleigh really saw his plan or it was just his guess.
Rayleigh slowly put down the wine cup and said with a faint smile: "I remember you said something when you entered the mansion of that Tianlong man. You called yourself the 'God of Death', didn't you?"
Coles was silent.
Inside the mansion at that time, after Carlos threw a small kinetic rock explosive, all the guards in the mansion were killed.
He was only able to avoid the explosive attack by continuously exchanging shadows.
The reason why Rayleigh knew this was obviously because he had sensed it with his Observation Haki not far away.
It seems that his act of killing the Celestial Dragons was indeed discovered by the other party.
Coles's plan was not originally designed to prevent Rayleigh from coming out to identify the situation. After all, the navy would not choose to believe what the pirates said.
But the matter was discovered by Rayleigh himself, and he was even being targeted by the other party, which was obviously not what Coles had expected.
Coles asked cautiously: "So, what do you want?"
Since Rayleigh did not expose him even though he knew the truth, it means that the other party must have some requirements, otherwise he would not come to his office alone to wait for him.
Rayleigh put away the wine cup in his hand and said, "Don't be nervous, you are a very good young man. The fact that you were able to plan such a murder case with almost no flaws shows that you are indeed very smart.
However, I am a dying old man with white hair, and I am so pitiful. I am already 75 years old, but I didn’t expect that I would be wanted by the navy because of you. "
Then, Rayleigh touched his dry belt and said, "Since I have brought such a serious crime upon you, you have to give me some money as compensation, right?"
Coles's originally tense heart was also relieved after Rayleigh's words.
Based on the impression of the plot.
He knew that after settling in the Sabaody Archipelago, Rayleigh became an old man who loved gambling. When he had no money, he even sent himself to the human trafficking ring to make money.
Since the other party is asking for money, then the next things will be much easier to discuss.
After he joined the navy, the bounties he earned from killing pirates totaled more than 400 million berries, but because he could only receive 70% of the bounties from dead pirates, he only received about 300 million berries.
Although part of the silver from the small silver mine in Valleran was used to auction off the double gemstones, there was still silver worth 700 million berries left.
All in all, Coles still has a huge fortune of more than 10 billion Baileys.
As long as the amount Leili asked for was not too excessive, he could afford it.
Coles asked, "How much do you want?"
Rayleigh smiled cordially. "Not much, not much. Just the amount the Navy wants for me: 4.5 billion Baileys."
Coles's expression turned cold in an instant.
"Stop joking!"
Although he was not very interested in money, the 4.5 billion Baileys was far from enough even if he added the earl's inheritance from his family.
Rayleigh stood up and said calmly.
"I have also taken your current situation into consideration, so let's pay it back in installments. I think I can still live to be 85, so I'll give you ten years.
Four and a half billion Baileys, I'll charge you some interest on that. You only need to pay me forty million Baileys every month, and I'll help you take care of this matter.
How about it, young and high-spirited man? Isn’t this a good deal! "
What a good deal! Didn’t you just say you were an old man who was about to die
While Coles was complaining in his heart, he quickly analyzed his own strength. He was definitely unable to fight against Rayleigh now.
However, his strength is growing very rapidly. If he is given two years at most, he should be able to grow to the point where he can fight against the admirals. By then, he will no longer have to worry about being controlled by Rayleigh.
After thinking these through.
Coles decided to stabilize Rayleigh temporarily and prevent the World Government from discovering that he had killed the Celestial Dragons, in order to maintain the status quo.
"Can."
…
A few minutes later.
Pluto Rayleigh left the naval base quietly, and in his hand was a small box containing 40 million Baileys.
As for Coles.
He stood in front of the window, looking at everything outside with an indifferent expression.
I never expected this.
In just one day, he would go from being uninterested in money to being an unlucky time traveler in debt of 4.5 billion Baileys.