Navy T4 branch base.
Ever since Bastiu was killed by Rhodes in the Kingdom of Smanle, the base commander here has been in a state of vacancy. The only remaining colonel was temporarily responsible for all matters in the base until a month ago.
A month ago, the warship dispatched by the Navy Headquarters arrived at the T4 branch base and directly took over everything at the T4 branch base. The highest officer was the Rear Admiral from the Navy Headquarters... Ghost Spider!
Once the major general of the headquarters is transferred to the naval branch base, he will usually assume the position of deputy general of the branch. However, Ghost Spider's mission this time is to be solely responsible for the pursuit of Ghost Hand Rhodes, so it is only a one-time mission and not a delegation.
Base Chief's Office.
Ghost Spider is sitting behind the desk, reviewing various documents. For him, a major general in the headquarters, it is easy to handle things in the branch base.
And just when he picked up a document and read it over, and was about to sign it, the phone on the table suddenly rang.
Ghost Spider answered the phone.
"This is the T4 branch base."
"Report to Major General Ghost Spider, the scout of our branch, found traces of Ghost-Hand Ross in the Kingdom of Flowers. How should we deal with it?!"
"Um?!"
When he heard that Ghost Hand Ross had been found, Ghost Spider's expression suddenly became serious. He took the chart on the table and found the location of the Flower Country.
The Kingdom of Flowers is at least three days away from the T4 branch base.
The naval force that can reach the Kingdom of Flowers in one day only has a nearby garrison branch. Even if they are deployed in full force, it is obviously not enough to suppress the Ghost Hand Pirates.
"It is impossible to assemble a strong force for encirclement and suppression in a short period of time, and the Kingdom of Flowers... is also a very troublesome place."
Ghost Spider pondered for a while, and ordered the other party not to act rashly. After temporarily observing in secret, he hung up the phone and began to think.
Soon there was a glint in his eyes, as if he had thought of something.
…
The land of flowers.
This is the entertainment world of the Kingdom of Flowers. Many well-dressed people come and go, and there are also a gathering of ferocious pirates passing by.
On the top floor of one of the third-floor bars, the place looked much more harmonious than the chaotic scene on the ground floor. There were many scantily clad women twisting their waists in the center, and many people hugging each other in the outer circle. drink wine.
suddenly.
The door on the third floor was pushed open, and an inconspicuous young man wearing a fur hat walked in, followed by a girl with black shawl hair.
Due to the loud noises everywhere in the hall, Ross and Robin walked in without attracting much attention or movement.
After Ross glanced around the hall, he casually walked to a seat not far away and sat down, casually examining the scene in the hall.
"one two three… "
Robin stood next to Ross, observing the scene in the hall calmly. He quickly leaned over and whispered in Ross's ear: "Almost everything is here."
"Um."
Ross nodded and withdrew his gaze, but was not in a hurry to take action. Instead, he accepted the glass of champagne handed by the waiter and took a sip.
Robin stood quietly and waited, without urging or disturbing her. She always knew exactly what she should do.
After Ross took two sips of champagne, he put the glass on the table aside. Just as he was about to stand up, a man smelling of alcohol and in rough clothes suddenly came over and glanced at Robin. Grinning and saying:
"Boy, your female companion looks pretty good. How about borrowing her to play with?"
Compared to the women in the hall, most of whom were older than twenty-three or four, the seventeen-year-old Robin undoubtedly looked very fresh.
When Robin heard such rude words, he didn't show any expression. Instead, he still stood calmly behind Ross, with just a hint of danger in his eyes.
"roll."
Ross sat there and said a word without raising his head.
"ha?"
The drunken pirate was stunned for a moment, then grinned, slowly lowered his body, trying to see Ross's face clearly, and said at the same time:
"I haven't heard such bold words for a long time. I'm a member of the White Bear Pirates. You kid..."
While speaking, his head had been lowered to a position close to the level with Ross who was sitting there, and he could clearly see Ross's face. His voice gradually became weaker and eventually stopped abruptly.
"Oh, it turns out he's from the White Bear Pirates."
Ross's lowered hat brim was slightly raised, his eyes calmly looked at the drunken pirate, and he took over his abruptly stopped words.
"You... you... you are..."
The drunken pirate, after seeing Ross's face clearly, was more than half drunk in an instant. As a crew member of the White Bear Pirates, how could he not have seen the bounty order of Ghost Hand Ross, and not know where the bounty was? The number one ghost in the West Sea
There was fear in his eyes, and his legs could not help but feel a little weak. He wanted to turn around and notify his captain, but his body was stiff and unable to move.
Ross stood up slowly, pulled out the pistol from his waist, and pointed the gun at the pirate's head under the fearful gaze.
boom!
There was a gunshot.
The entire hall was silent for a moment, and then went into chaos.
The captain of the White Bear Pirates, after hearing the sound of the gunshot, subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of the sound. He happened to see his crewmate falling backwards and fell to the ground, and he also saw the face of Ross who stood up.
"Who are you… "
He was startled for a moment and narrowed his eyes slightly.
…
Outside on the street.
The sudden gunshots from the third floor of the bar startled everyone nearby. Many people subconsciously looked up to the third floor of the bar, and soon saw a large group of people escaping from it in panic.
"Gunshots?!"
"What's going on? Which pirate is causing trouble here?!"
Just when many people were in shock and the patrols in the distance came over after hearing gunshots, the wall on the third floor of the bar suddenly exploded, and a figure flew out from above amid the splash of rubble.
boom!
The scarred and embarrassed figure that fell on the street was not a humanoid, but a monster with the head of a human and the body of a bear. All its claws were weirdly twisted and broken, and there was a somewhat ferocious expression on its face.
The sudden change shocked the people on the street, and they moved aside one after another. Countless eyes turned in shock.
"That's...the captain of the White Bear Pirates!"
"A pirate with a bounty of 45 million? How could this tragic situation happen?!"
Some passers-by recognized the half-man, half-bear-like being and couldn't help but gasped and looked at the top floor of the bar with some horror.
Who could beat a pirate with a bounty of 45 million Baileys so miserable? !
Whoosh!
Just when they were frightened, a figure jumped down from the top of the bar and directly stepped on the white bear who was trying to get up.
"cough!"
Shirokuma coughed out a mouthful of blood and could no longer maintain his form. The white hair on his body quickly faded, turning into a middle-aged pirate wearing a jacket.
"Damn..."
"You bastard!"
The middle-aged pirate who had transformed into a human form had a crazy and ferocious expression on his face. He did not beg for mercy. Instead, he struggled to pull out the pistol from his waist and shot at Ross.
Ross's eyes were calm and he exerted force on his feet.
Click! Click!
The middle-aged pirate's chest collapsed, a large mouthful of blood spurted out, and the hand holding the pistol finally fell to the ground weakly.
Many passers-by nearby had not yet woken up from the shock that the captain of the White Bear Pirates was beaten so miserably. They couldn't help but swallow when they saw the figure indifferently stepping on the corpse of Captain White Bear.
"That person seems to be... Ghost Hand Ross!"
The great pirate with a bounty of 45 million Baileys, the pirate captain Shirokuma with the ability of the animal type Devil Fruit, unexpectedly ended up in such a miserable state at the hands of Ross, and from the look of Ross, he didn't seem to have expended much effort!
The surrounding pedestrians, whether they were nobles and gentlemen from the Kingdom of Flowers or some pirates enjoying themselves and drinking, could not help but move back, showing fear in their eyes.