"Have some seafood noodles."
Arriving at a small restaurant in the town, Rhodes found a seat to sit down and greeted the owner of the restaurant.
The restaurant owner naturally knew Ross. After grinning, he poured Ross a glass of water, then walked into the back hall, put on his apron and started working.
Ross drank water while thinking about the next direction of practice.
Suddenly.
A commotion on the street interrupted Ross's thinking. He looked up and saw a large group of marines holding firecrackers and standard steel swords, walking back and forth on the street, searching for something.
"What are you doing?"
Ross showed a strange look. Could it be that a pirate had sneaked into the town
While he was sitting there, watching the navy search around outside, suddenly a navy saw him sitting in the restaurant.
"it's here!"
The marine was stunned for a moment, then immediately roared, raised the blunderbuss in his hand, and pointed it directly at Ross.
Almost in an instant, all the naval forces on the street rushed over, surrounded the restaurant, and surrounded Ross in the center. Countless muskets were aimed at Ross.
"Sinner Ross, surrender quickly!"
"Don't try to resist, we are already surrounded here!"
A naval lieutenant commander rushed forward, raised a long sword in his hand, and shouted at Ross with a serious look.
Ross was still holding a tea cup for drinking water in his hand. He looked at the sudden change in front of him and was a little dazed for a moment.
"What are you... doing?!"
He looked around and saw that he was the only one in the entire restaurant. His brows gradually furrowed, he put down his tea cup and asked to the many marines.
"Um?"
The leader of the navy, the lieutenant colonel, frowned, but immediately shouted with a cold expression: "Don't pretend to be stupid! The crime you committed cannot go away, so let's just arrest him!"
"Me? Crime?"
Strange, annoyed, and doubtful expressions flashed across Rhodes's face. Being a pirate hunter and hunting a pirate would still be a crime? what the hell
Seeing that Ross was still pretending to be dumbfounded, the navy lieutenant commander couldn't help but shouted: "Come out and surrender quickly, otherwise we will take action!"
“…”
Ross's expression gradually turned cold.
He chose the profession of pirate hunter. On the one hand, the talent system required hunting pirates, and on the other hand, he did not want to be hunted down by the navy and conflict with the navy.
But just because he doesn't want to conflict with the Navy doesn't mean he is afraid of the Navy. They come over and say he is a criminal out of nowhere and want him to surrender and be handcuffed. What is this? !
"Can you tell me first what crime I committed?"
Ross looked coldly at the navy outside.
When the naval lieutenant commander heard this, he became furious and said, "When you are tried, you will know what crime you have committed!"
After the words fell, he gave a direct order, and many marines pulled the triggers one after another. For a moment, fire snakes flew, and countless bullets were fired at Ross.
boom!
Almost at the moment when many marines opened fire, the ground under Rhodes' feet suddenly shattered like a spider web. The table in front of him also shattered at the same time. The whole person was like an afterimage and rushed out of the restaurant.
"Where are the people? Where have they gone?!"
The naval lieutenant colonel was startled at first, and slashed with his sword, but he didn't hit anything, and Ross had already disappeared out of thin air and disappeared without a trace.
On the roof not far away, Rhodes stood behind the chimney and glanced at the town below. He found that the entire town had been surrounded by the navy, and two warships were docked on the coast in the distance. He couldn't help but frown. .
Such a big movement...
Apart from hunting pirates, he has never done anything that would alarm the navy. Now it seems that something must have happened, and the accusation has been thrown on his head.
Ross felt annoyed in his heart, and his eyes showed a trace of anger. No matter who made him take the blame, this matter is not over yet!
Let’s first figure out what’s going on.
Rhodes came down from the roof and came to the entrance of an alleyway. Taking advantage of the moment a group of marines passed by, he pulled the last sailor of the group into the alleyway, covering his mouth.
"If you dare to scream, watch your head."
Ross took out a dagger from his pocket, put it against the sailor's neck, looked at him coldly, and then slowly let go of his hand.
The sailor had a frightened expression on his face and wanted to shout loudly, but the sharp and cold dagger on his neck made him feel as if his neck was being pinched.
Ross asked coldly:
"First question, what is your purpose?"
"me… "
The marine soldier looked at Ross in fear, fearing that his neck would be cut off if Ross shook his hand.
Ross put the dagger a little further and said coldly: "Say it quickly!"
"Arrest...arrest Ghost Hand Rhodes..."
The sailor breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the dagger moved away, but he still had a fearful expression on his face and stammered.
After Ross nodded, he stared into the sailor's eyes and asked coldly:
"Second question, why should I be arrested?"
The sailor was stunned for a moment, not expecting Ross to ask such a question. A strange and confused look flashed across his eyes, but he still stammered an answer under the threat of the dagger.
"It's... it's the Tarot Town tragedy... you are the culprit."
Hearing this, Ross frowned and was about to ask what the tragedy in Tarot Town was when a loud roar suddenly came from outside the alleyway.
"He's here!"
Seeing that he had been discovered by the navy, Rhodes didn't bother to ask anymore. He was obviously blamed for the Tarot Town tragedy for some reason. As for what the Tarot Town tragedy was, he could probably ask anywhere.
Whoosh!
Ross used Shave again, and with a flash of light, he disappeared into the alleyway, leaving the surviving sailor leaning against the wall with a confused and confused look on his face.
"He doesn't know why we want to arrest him?"
…
The navy in the West Sea is completely different from the navy in the East China Sea.
In the East China Sea in the original work, if you capture a big pirate with a bounty of 15 million beli, you can be directly promoted from lieutenant to colonel, because the pirate with the highest bounty in the East China Sea is only 20 million beli.
In the Western Sea, the highest reward for a pirate is as high as 50 million beli. Even in this sea area, the highest reward is more than 30 million beri.
Therefore, it is much more difficult for the navy in the West China Sea to get promoted than in the East China Sea. This means that the overall strength of the navy in the West China Sea is much stronger than that in the East China Sea. It is even the highest among the four seas, second only to the Great Line!
Pirates with a bounty of around 20 million will basically turn around and run away when they meet a naval colonel here. The possibility of escaping is very high, and it is almost impossible to win, because every colonel has arrested at least three people with a bounty on their head. Thousands of big pirates.
but.
After Rhodes selected the talent of 'Shaving', his strength was enough to surpass the average pirate with 30 million beli.
Therefore, under the encirclement and suppression of many navies, Rhodes got rid of the navy and left the town without spending much energy.