Pure gold will indeed bring disaster to its owner, but the so-called "bringing disaster" is actually just a huge deep-sea fish being attracted by the light of pure gold.
It was a monster bigger than the giant elephant "Zou" in the fur tribe's hometown, named Lantern Master.
The giant Zou elephant carries a kingdom on its back, and the three stomach pouches in its belly each contain three islands!
The two island turtles that pull the golden city "Grantezolo" forward are over a kilometer long, but in front of them, they are at most the size of a human palm, and they will be eaten away in a few bites.
With such a comparison, you can imagine how amazing the size of this giant beast is, even more incredible than the Neptune that Ron met in the Windless Zone!
It is this unreasonable body shape that makes pure gold be labeled as a "disaster" and reduced to a myth.
It has no intention of harming humans, because humans are simply not enough for it, and are not part of its diet. It will not actively eat islands. Island-eating goldfish are a rare species, and fish cannot digest soil.
However, all these ecological habits have no meaning in front of its huge size.
Every owner will foolishly take out the pure gold to show off or admire it, and then as long as there is light exposed, this giant beast will wander over and swallow it whole.
As a result, the fate of the holder can be imagined, and even ten songs of "Liangliang" are not enough.
"I remember that it wasn't just pure gold. The Lantern Master would sometimes attack anything that sparkled when he was close to the sea, leaving many horrifying stories."
In the lounge, Ron slowly tapped the table and thought carefully.
He had great ideas about pure gold.
Ron was very interested in the ability to suspend growth and development, thus making people immortal.
If I can use this to destroy Orric's plan, of course I won't let it go...
The only problem is that all the known pure gold is in the belly of Lantern Master, and Lantern Master only lives in the deep sea due to its size. How to fish it out is the biggest difficulty.
"I hope Tezzolo can be more powerful!"
The light of pure gold is indeed a source of bad luck that brings disaster, but it is also the only evidence leading to the door to the treasure.
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New World, Korkra Island.
Like most islands in the New World, Korkra Island also belongs to the Yonko.
However, the lord of this place, Whitebeard, was killed in the navy headquarters in a major incident. In order to protect himself, Korkra had to leave Whitebeard's banner and switch to the navy camp.
This is also the reason why Wulaoxing was notified immediately. This sea area is no longer the blind spot of the government's vision, but is firmly in the hands of the government.
At this moment, a government cross flag was erected high in the main square of the central town of Korkra Island. The streets were full of patrolling government soldiers. From time to time, CP0 agents passed by on the streets. The air was filled with a chilling atmosphere.
Orrick is a thorn in the throat of the government!
After many days, he finally discovered his traces. Wulaoxing didn't feel at all that he was raising troops.
"General Canglong, welcome to Korkra!"
Looking at the figure who came to greet him at the port, Ron was slightly surprised: "Didn't Zero come? Lucci."
Standing in front of Ron at this moment was his old acquaintance, CP9's strongest combat power, Rob Luqi.
Of course, he had joined cp0 a long time ago, and it was Lirisk who took him in at that time.
In the following years, Lucci quickly climbed to the core level with his own hard work and talent, as well as some support from Nibelungen.
"The Chief is also here, but he is currently investigating the surrounding waters, so..."
Speaking of this, a wry smile came from behind Lu Qi's mask and he did not continue.
Since Ron didn't give Zero face last time, the two sides have been in a state of cold war, and no one wants to see the other, let alone the historical issues between CP0 and the assassination force.
So even though the mission objectives were not consistent this time, Zero chose not to show up to avoid being upset.
"It's okay, just give me a copy of the information. I'll come back to you if I need cooperation."
In response, Ron grinned and said nothing.
Lu Qi breathed a sigh of relief and nodded in agreement: "I understand, please go this way!"
As they walked along, Ron suddenly noticed the frightened expressions on the faces of the town residents and frowned silently.
"You killed people here?!"
"Don't worry that I didn't remind you, Lu Qi... If the people are resentful and refuse to cooperate, causing the mission to go wrong, you know what will happen, right?"
Lu Qi felt palpitated by the coldness revealed in Ron's calmness, but then shook his head and explained: "Someone was indeed killed, but they were not our people."
Plop…!
At this time, a little girl stumbled out of the alleyway, accidentally bumped into Lu Qi's leg, and fell to the ground.
"It hurts..."
Then, she raised her head and saw the owl mask on Lu Qi's face. She forced her tears back, and then she was filled with panic.
Seeing this scene, Lu Qi was not angry and silently took off his mask.
Strangely enough, when the mask was taken off, the fear on the little girl's face disappeared immediately, and the sobbing also disappeared. She just looked at him nervously and said in a sweet voice.
"Yes... I'm sorry."
"It's okay, go home quickly."
Lu Qi lifted him up and raised his chin towards the distance.
The little girl turned around and saw a lady waving to her, and ran over crying.
"Mother!"
Ron noticed that it wasn't just her.
When Lu Qi took off his mask, the timid people on the street relaxed at the same time, and then began to look at them with alert and unfamiliar eyes, as if they had no idea what state they were in just now.
Just like ordinary people who see the police, they are nervous but not afraid.
Then, as Lu Qi put on the mask again, the expression of seeing a savage beast came back immediately.
The transformation is so abrupt that it would make even the worst actor worse.
But the sincerity of his expression puts even the best actors to shame.
"They have been given a very strong psychological suggestion. As soon as they see our uniforms, they will automatically trigger a trembling state. They will only tremble non-stop, but they will not leave any memory..."
Lu Qi explained helplessly.
"You must also know that most of our members are not allowed to reveal their true identities. In order to collect more intelligence, we have to avoid crowds like thieves."
No wonder CP0, who was able to walk uprightly on the streets of Dressrosa in the original book, is now hiding in a deserted corner, and even if he must show up, he will disappear in a flash.
Presumably that kind of psychological suggestion describes the "uniform" in very detail, otherwise it wouldn't be so troublesome to solve something that can be solved by changing clothes.
This is undoubtedly a very disgusting thing for cp0. Due to the nature of the work, for most ordinary members, exposing their identities means being abandoned.
Whether active or passive.
only…
"Is this also what Orric did?"
"Why?"
Ron frowned in confusion.
"It's unclear at the moment. All the people who talked to him on the island were killed. The autopsy report found nothing. They were just stabbed with a sharp knife."
"If it was just to disgust us, I admit he succeeded."
Lu Qi looked helpless.
Under such circumstances, CP0's investigation was not only difficult, but also as uncomfortable as eating shit. The progress was extremely slow, and there was no way to search for the whereabouts of pure gold.
The only clear clue: the corpse, and due to the huge gap in strength between the two sides, there were no traces of the battle worth examining.
If a fisherman hadn't accidentally seen Orric killing someone on the cliff when he returned to port, they wouldn't even be able to find out who did it.
A lot of clues were broken at the most critical positions, leaving cp0 in a state of panic.
Ron sympathized deeply with this.
Then I burst into laughter...
No matter what the real intention of Orric's move was, it really disgusted CP0 and made him laugh.
The group soon arrived at the mansion of the former mayor's house. Another acquaintance, Khalifa, had been waiting for a long time with the materials in her arms. When she saw the two of them walking into the temporary command room, she nodded and put the materials down.
"General Canglong, this is all the information we can find. Please take a look."
"Well, leave it there."
Ron sat unceremoniously on the main seat and lit a cigar.
"I smell a conspiracy!"
"Let me see what you want to do, Orric!"