Island No. 47.
About ten people were slowly walking by the edge of the street without attracting anyone's attention. Even ordinary people who noticed these people immediately looked away.
Among the dozen or so people, many of them have a round smiley face logo on their shoulders or backs, which is the symbol of Doflamingo, one of the seven kings.
Walked for a while.
More than ten people met a man in black who had been waiting here in a dark corner.
"Have you brought anything?"
Among the people in the Don Quixote family, the leader of the explosive man, Gladius, walked forward and asked the man in black in a deep voice.
The man in black spread his hands and said, "How could you let me carry such an important thing with you? I'm just here to connect with you, and then take you to the place where we decided to trade."
"Huh, you guys are really cautious."
Gladius snorted coldly.
The man in black smiled and said: "After all, you are the famous Don Quixote family. We are just small people. Of course we have to be extremely vigilant. Have you brought all the money?"
Gladius stared at the man in black, his eyes flickering twice, and waved his hand. Several members of the Don Quixote family behind him stepped forward and opened the boxes they were carrying. Inside were densely packed with the highest denominations. Bailey.
“…”
The man in black looked at Bailey in the box, showing a hint of greed. After swallowing his saliva, he said to Gladius: "Four hundred million Baileys and arms worth 500 million, but there is only Bailey here. "
Gladius said with an unchanging expression: "It is impossible to trade so many arms here at once. You can take us to the trading place, but don't play any tricks!"
"bring it on."
The man in black smiled and said: "Our boss has prepared things and is waiting for you."
Under the leadership of the man in black, Gladius and the others put away the Bailey containing the money, left the dark alley, and walked towards a certain dock on the shore.
And just as they left, a cloaked shadow suddenly appeared in the dark street. He gently lifted the cloak and looked at the direction where Gladius and others were leaving, with a slightly... Weird smile.
"Hohohoho, the Don Quixote family, the forces they have to deal with next... What exactly is such a large transaction?"
Just as Lafitte was about to follow, the phone bug in his pocket suddenly rang. He answered the phone bug, and Robin's voice came from the other side asking him to return to the ship to gather.
"...Yeah, I know, but I found something interesting here. A big deal of the Don Quixote family may have unexpected gains."
Robin on the other side of the phone was silent for a moment, then relayed what Ross meant: "The captain said you can move freely, please pay attention to safety."
"OK."
The corner of Lafitte's mouth raised an evil arc, and he put the phone bug into his pocket, turned into a black shadow, and quietly followed Gladius and the others.
Gladius and the others went further and further into the distance, gradually heading towards the outskirts of the island. However, Lafitte's concealment and tracking abilities were unquestionable. Even so, he still followed easily without being noticed by anyone.
finally.
Gladius and the members of the Don Quixote family came to a shore on the Chambord Islands. There was a medium-sized ship parked alone on this remote shore.
"Boss, the Don Quixote family is here."
The leading man in black came to the side of the boat and shouted towards the boat. Then he heard footsteps coming from the boat. Soon a man wearing a captain's hat and a brown beard walked out of the boat with twenty men. He came down with a wooden box in his hand.
Gladius stared at the wooden box in the opponent's hand, waved to his subordinates, and asked his subordinates to open the box again, revealing a large number of Baileys inside.
"Hmm, 400 million Baileys..."
The brown-bearded captain looked at the boxes of baileys, with a flash of greed in his eyes, and a smile on his face. He slowly opened the wooden boxes in front of him.
In that dilapidated wooden box, there was a devil fruit in full bloom. Its appearance was quite different from that of animals and supermen. It was earthy yellow in color and seemed to be covered with sand.
Natural type... rustling fruit!
Nearly two years have passed since the death of Sand Crocodile, and this natural Devil Fruit finally appeared in the sea again!
The Don Quixote family's transactions in the dark world are spread all over the sea. After Ace's death, they can find the Burning Fruit, and naturally they can also find the Shasha Fruit!
"This is the natural type, the fruit of Shasha."
Gladius looked at the exquisite Devil Fruit with twinkling eyes. Although he had already eaten the superhuman explosive fruit, he still showed great seriousness and solemnity towards this natural rustling fruit worth 900 million. look.
If you can get this devil fruit, the Don Quixote family can easily train another cadre or even the highest cadre to expand its power.
"Then, deal."
Gladius took a deep breath, signaled his subordinates to deliver the money, and at the same time reached out to grab the rustling fruit in the wooden box.
Regardless of whether he wants to directly fall out and overturn the deal to take back Pele, or just complete the deal, this fruit is the most important, and he must get it in his hands first.
However.
Just when Gladius reached out to grab the Rustling Fruit, a cylindrical object the size of a thumb suddenly flew over from a distance and fell into the field.
boom!
Before the thing fell, it suddenly exploded and turned into a cloud of mist in an instant, covering an area of tens of meters in radius.
Captain Brownbeard was startled, and subconsciously he was about to take back the wooden box in his hand. When Gladius saw this, his expression suddenly tightened, he took a step forward and reached out to grab it.
But.
Just when his fingers were about to touch the wooden box, a mahogany cane suddenly poked out of the mist and knocked the wooden box out of Brownbeard's hand, hitting the back of his hand at the same time.
Gladius felt pain on the back of his hand, and a flash of anger flashed in his eyes.
who? !
How dare you interfere in the transactions of their Don Quixote family!
In anger, Gladius did not step back. With a flick of his finger, he suddenly threw a pile of explosive projectiles in the direction of the mahogany cane, covering the area.
boom! boom! boom!
A violent explosion roared in the field, and instantly dispersed the diffuse smoke. It was also mixed with the screams of people who were accidentally injured, but Gladius could no longer care about that much. The Fruit of Shasha must not Being snatched away!
While bombing those who dared to snatch the Fruit of Shasha, Gladius jumped up, passed through the smoke, rushed into the air where the wooden box was lifted, reached out with his right hand, and grabbed the wooden box.
"Dare to destroy the Don Quixote family's business..."
Snatching the wooden box in his hand, Gladius' expression returned to indifference, he snorted coldly, and looked down at the area he bombed.
The fog dissipated, and there was no one in that area, except for cherry blossom petals.
"You ran away pretty fast!"
A cold light flashed in Gladius's eyes, and then he slowly looked at the wooden box in his hand, and slowly opened the wooden box.
But the moment the wooden box was opened, the expression on his face suddenly stiffened.
The wooden box was empty, the Devil Fruit had long since disappeared, replaced by three pink cherry blossom petals, echoing the cluster of petals on the ground, as if mocking him for being an idiot.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!!!"
"Who is it? Who is it?!"
Gladius's face was livid, he gritted his teeth, and his face showed a ferocious and furious look. He was about to activate his Devil Fruit ability to explode the area, but no matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find it anymore. See no trace.
The only thing that left an impression on him was the mahogany cane and the dark figure hidden in the mist, with only a little figure visible.