Chapter 538 - The Encounter Between the Straw Hat Pirates and Undead Duo
Chapter 538 - The Encounter Between the Straw Hat Pirates and Undead Duo
In Mock Town tavern.
When Hidan and the three people of the Straw Hat Pirates came in, the pirates in the tavern couldn’t help but show a touch of fear when they saw Hidan.
“It’s Hidan again…”
“Don’t tell me he wants to preach to us again!”
“Where is Lord Kakuzu? Didn’t he promise to take good care of Hidan? Why did this guy come out again?”
“It seems that he wants to teach the three newcomers?”
A group of pirates held their wine bottles and hurriedly hid to the side, afraid to attract Hidan’s attention. They carefully looked at Hidan and the Straw Hat Pirates who came in.
These pirates were not strong. They were just pirates living in Mock Town. After seeing Kakuzu and Hidan’s strange and horrible methods, these people never thought of challenging Kakuzu and Hidan’s authority.
Nami looked at the terrified pirates and couldn’t help but frown, “Hey, Zoro, do you feel that something is wrong?”
“Is there?”
Zoro turned around and glanced at the people around him. He shook his head and said, “I feel that there is nothing wrong…”
Zoro only felt that the pirates around him were afraid of Hidan, but he did not care about this.
No matter where he went.
It was natural for the weak to be in awe of the strong.
Nami slowly turned her head and glanced at Hidan, who was still enthusiastically greeting Luffy. The vigilance in her heart grew more and more.
‘This guy’s identity here seems to be very unusual! At least in this small town where pirates occupy, no one dares to provoke him…’
“My name is Hidan; I am a devout believer of Jashin-sama.”
Hidan reached out to take the juice handed to him by the tavern owner and smiled, “Hahaha, since you are not here to pay protection fees, you must want to become Jashin-sama’s believer, right?”
“Ah? No…”
Luffy scratched his head and looked at Hidan doubtfully. He then said frankly, “We are only here to inquire about Sky Island. I am not interested in what kind of Lord Jashin is…”
“No, no, no!”
Seeing that Hidan’s face was gradually turning gloomy, Nami hurriedly covered Luffy’s mouth and nodded at Hidan with a smile, “Yes, yes, yes. In fact, we want first to understand the protection fee of this small town and Jashin matter…”
After Nami finished talking to Hidan, she suddenly turned her head and stared at Luffy, “Idiot, settle this guy matter first!”
“I see…”
Hidan’s smile returned to his face. He slowly sipped the juice and spread out his palm with a smile, “Jashin-sama is the most powerful god in this world. He will protect every follower of his in this world so that they won’t suffer any harm…”
Hidan leaned over and approached Luffy. He suddenly clenched his palm and said, “Hey, as long as you are willing to worship Jashin-sama and offer your loyalty to Jashin-sama, you can obtain true immortality!”
“…”
Nami and Zoro had strange expressions on their faces.
You can obtain an immortal body so easily?
Why does it sound like a joke?
This was really a goddamn cult. No wonder this guy was trying to rope in other people to join the cult by the side of the road. It was obviously a lie!
If someone were willing to believe it, it would be a miracle!
“Really?”
Luffy was extremely surprised. He twisted his head and continued to ask curiously, “Like that guy Buggy, can’t be killed no matter what?”
“Who is Buggy?”
Hidan imitated Luffy and tilted his head. There was a hint of curiosity in his eyes, “There is someone like me. That person is also Jashin-sama believer?”
“I don’t know…”
Luffy turned his head and shook his head, “Forget it; when you see him in the future, you will know…”
Luffy shook his head and spoke about business. His face was obviously full of curiosity and yearning, “Speaking of which, Hidan, do you know how to go to Sky Island?”
“Hmm… hmm? Do you want to go to Sky Island?”.com
Hidan remembered the name Buggy. Just as he was about to continue preaching, he heard Luffy’s question and could not help but think of something.
Hidan raised a finger and pointed to the top, “Just fly up. I remember that the location of Sky Island is about 10,000 meters in the sky…”
Hidan rubbed his forehead and took out a Den Den Mushi. He then muttered, “Wait a moment. I’ll call and ask Kakuzu to come over. He seemed to have gone to Sky Island before and brought back a lot of gold from that place…”
“Shishishishi… please!” Luffy laughed and said.
Just as Hidan was calling his companion, Nami could not help but twitch the corner of her mouth, “Hey, it’s obviously fake, right? How can a person fly? Why do I feel that this person doesn’t seem very reliable…”
“No, it’s true.”
The tavern owner carefully spoke from the side, “The owner of this Mock Town, Lord Kakuzu, personally went to Sky Island and brought down a lot of gold. Have you heard the story of the biggest liar, Noland?”
“The biggest liar, Noland?”
“That’s right.”
The tavern owner nodded and said in a deep voice, “Liar Noland, a well-known fairy tale in North Blue. It is said that when he came to Jaya Island for the first time, he found a city full of gold on the island. However, when he came for the second time, he did not find the City of Gold and was executed by his king. He was also crowned as Noland the Liar…
However, the City of Gold actually existed.
The place that was full of gold was washed up by the Knock Up Stream and thus became Sky Island floating in the sky. When some ships sailed in the sea near Jaya Island, the Log Pose pointer of that ship would point to the sky.
This was the truth that Lord Kakuzu found out.”
When the tavern owner said this, his voice slowly lowered, “Last year, Lord Kakuzu flew to the sky and found the City of Gold that was washed up tens of thousands of meters high to the sky by a Knock Up Stream. After returning from there, he was seriously injured, but he also brought back a lot of gold.”
“Kakuzu…”
Nami furrowed her brows as she pondered over this name. The next moment, her expression suddenly changed, “Wait… is it that Shichibukai, Kakuzu?”
“Don’t you know?”
The expression of the tavern owner suddenly became extremely strange. He shook his head and sighed, “Forget it, but it doesn’t matter. You little guys shouldn’t have any bounty, and you don’t have to pay any protection fee… This straw hat…”
“No, this straw hat was given to him by someone else. There is nothing special about it.”
Nami hurriedly waved her hand and smiled at the tavern owner, asking, “By the way, can you tell us… what is that protection fee? Is there someone here collecting protection fees?”
“You guys… don’t know about protection fees?”
The expression of the tavern owner was even more strange as if he was looking at someone from another world, “How can pirates who are sailing in the first half of Grand Line not know Mock Town’s protection fee… Well, I guess you guys are little pirates from a small place?”
“Yes, yes, yes…”
Nami desperately nodded her head.
The tavern owner shook his head and sighed, “Mock Town protection fee is the fee that all pirates who have a bounty on the first half of the Grand Line must pay to the Shichibukai Kakuzu.
They must come to Mock Town to pay the protection fee once a month, and each fee is their current bounty. If someone doesn’t pay for it, unless they escape into the New World in the second half of Grand Line, they will be hunted down by Lord Kakuzu until he kills them and exchanges their bounty…”
After saying this, the tavern owner slowly said, “However, the value of the protection fee is still very high. You can continue your activities in the first half, or you can enjoy a peaceful life in Mock Town. Lord Kakuzu will not catch you and exchange your head for bounty.”
“Then…”
Nami looked at Luffy and continued to ask, “What if the bounty of the pirates is too high and they don’t have enough money to pay for the protection fee?”
Even if they have money…
It can’t be wasted to this extent!
The tavern owner shook his head and said in a deep voice, “Then he will definitely be hunted down by Lord Kakuzu and exchange their bounty. Many pirates do not have enough money to pay because their bounty is getting higher and higher. In the end, they were killed by Lord Kakuzu or sent to Impel Down…”
“…”
Nami was silent for a second and then asked, “Even if these pirates did not stay in Mock Town, would they still be caught or killed by Kakuzu?”
“Yes.”
The tavern owner nodded seriously and continued in a deep voice, “Never underestimate Lord Kakuzu’s power. It is said that as long as he is willing, he can reach any island in the first half of the Grand Line in a day. No one can escape his pursuit..”
The tavern owner seemed to feel that this was not convincing enough and added, “The truth may be more exaggerated than you think. Lord Kakuzu’s whereabouts are uncertain, and he can appear anywhere on the Grand Line…”
“…”
Nami fell silent again.
The next moment, Nami grabbed Luffy and Zoro’s shoulders and whispered, “Luffy, Zoro, what is the bounty for both of you?”
‘If I remember correctly…’
‘The Straw Hat Pirates only had a bounty for Luffy and Zoro, but the bounty for both of them seemed to be not low!’
‘No, no!’
‘And Nico Robin!’
Robin bounty was currently at 290 million beli!
This meant that they could be attacked by Kakuzu at any time, especially when they were still in the Shichibukai’s territory!
“‘130 million beli.”
Luffy scratched the back of his head.
“60 million beli.”
Zoro casually closed his eyes.
“Let me calculate…”
Nami’s face paled. In an instant, her emotions were on the verge of collapse, “If we don’t want to face an enemy of a Shichibukai level, we have to pay 480 million beli…”
This amount of money was too much!
No matter what, they can’t pay for it!
Rather than wasting this money, it would be better to let Luffy and the others beat down Kakuzu, and most importantly, they simply couldn’t gather that much!
If it was only 50 or 100 beli, perhaps Nami felt that she could consider it… This was 480 million beli; even if she sold all the belongings of the entire Straw Hat Pirates, she wouldn’t be able to gather this money!
Especially when they were robbed by Uehara Naraku once in Loguetown. To be honest, the Straw Hat Pirates basically relied on themselves to replenish their supplies…
However, to defeat a Shichibukai…
Just thinking about it made Nami feel her scalp tingle!
At this time, Hidan hung up the call and said, “What do you mean coming back? I hate waiting for people the most…”
Creak…
The door of the tavern was suddenly opened.
A man slowly walked in under the shadow. He held a stack of wanted posters in his hand and looked up at all the pirates present. His eyes slowly fell on the Straw Hat Pirates, making Luffy and Zoro look nervous in an instant!