Chapter 56: Jep

Just looking at the outskirts of the city, Kalmar City seems to have been built without any planning, the low and messy houses are like wild weeds, distributed irregularly everywhere, and the residents have built all kinds of strange buildings in order to occupy excess space, making this poor area almost like a strange labyrinth, the narrow gaps between the houses and low buildings form a series of dark alleys, and the poor security makes garbage, hooligans and villains mixed in.

Pirates like the Redbeard Pirates don't cause any panic here, as the entire slum is a place of filth and filth.

But when Lacey and William and his party walked deeper into the city, after stepping on a long stone staircase, everyone suddenly saw a wide street, neat buildings, and all kinds of strange balconies to cover it, and it seemed that even the sun here was a little brighter.

The separation of a step is two worlds.

"I kind of know why it stinks so much down there. One of the pirates grumbled, pointing to one place.

William looked in the direction he pointed, and there was a drain not far away that sloped outwards to the sewage, and it was obvious that the area where the people were now located had a relatively complete underground drainage system, but because of the high terrain, the design did not take into account the periphery of the city, and some of the sewage would fall into the slum when discharged.

The slum doesn't have any underground drainage, and before they arrived, William and the other two pirates had thought that the slum was often filled with a faint stench because of the local residents throwing garbage, but now it seems that there is more to it than that.

Reis waved his hand: "Don't look around, it's not like a slum, there are a lot of guards." ”

There were more guards and soldiers patrolling here than in the slums, and a few of the residents who saw them coming from behind the stone steps pointed at the distance, and without further delay, before they could attract more attention, led by Lacey to a nondescript restaurant.

Behind the counter in the lobby of this Western-style restaurant, a man who looked like a manager seemed to know Lacey, and when he saw him coming, he didn't speak, but directly stretched out his hand to signal, and then led a group of vicious pirates to the back kitchen.

William noticed that, unlike the ghetto, no one dared to drink openly at the tables here.

The restaurant manager led everyone to the door of a basement in the back kitchen, where the thick iron door had only a small window open, making it look like an ordinary storage room.

The manager knocked lightly on the iron door, and the small window was suddenly opened from the inside, revealing a pair of vigilant eyes.

"The owner's guest. The manager stepped out of the way slightly, so that Lacey and the others could be seen by the people behind the door.

The man behind the door glanced around before opening the iron door, and a noisy noise mixed with the smell of wine came to his face.

William was slightly stunned, this kung fu, the strong man behind the door who was no less exaggerated than Reis, had already led everyone into the basement.

The space was obviously much larger than William had imagined, decorated in the style of a bar, with dark red wallpaper illuminated by warm lighting, adding a bit of ambiguity to the surroundings, waiters in small vests holding all kinds of fine wines openly for a table of guests, some scantily clad beauties dancing on the stage, and whistles sounding one after another under the stage.

Once at the speakeasy, the restaurant manager bowed and retired, and the strong man led the group of pirates through the noisy stage to a spacious conference room.

The soundproofing effect of the conference room is very good, after the door is closed, it is almost impossible to hear the noise outside, and the few people who were originally here obviously did not hear the sound outside, they were talking and laughing, until the door of the conference room was pushed open, and Lacey and others came in, and it was quiet.

William walked into the conference room, quickly glanced at his surroundings, and then turned his gaze to the four men on the couch across the door.

He could tell at first glance that the other party was a pirate, because that kind of toughness, and the casualness that didn't even seem to care about his own life, was only found in pirates, and old pirates who had been at sea for many years.

The middle-aged man sitting in the middle of the sofa has short blond hair, and he doesn't know how long he hasn't taken care of it, but the beard on his upper lip is beaten into two twisted mustaches by his maverick, which is quite bright and neat, and extends to both sides in a daze, with his big hooked nose, it is impressive just by looking at it.

He wore a high-necked trench coat with a baggy vest underneath, revealing his strong, well-defined muscles.

When it became clear that it was Lacey and the others, the three pirates who were sitting lazily beside him all stood up with a wary expression, only he was still sitting on the sofa and did not move.

This man is the captain of the Chef Pirates, nicknamed "Redfoot", Zhep, he is very well-known in the East China Sea like "Redbeard" Barbarossa, but unlike Barbarossa, who is famous for his Devil Fruit ability, he is famous not only because of his strength, but also because he is a captain as a chef, which is extremely rare even in other seas.

However, being able to lead a group of unruly pirates as a much-despised chef and rise out in this industry shows that Jep's own strength and skill are far beyond ordinary people.

"Look, I said a long time ago that people's guts have nothing to do with their body size, and a strong man who is much taller than ordinary people may not have a courage that is also greater than ordinary people," Zhepu glanced at Reis and the others, and said lightly, but it was just enough for everyone in the room to hear, "When you buy something, you have to find a lot of people to accompany you, I really don't know why such a timid person should be a pirate?"

Jep's sarcastic words reached the ears of the Redbeard Pirates, and all the pirates looked at their vice-captain Lacey, and several impulsive pirates were already eager to try, including William, who was pretending.

Although Lacey was sarcastically sarcastic in person, his face did not change much, but he squinted at Zhepu, weighing the pros and cons in his heart.

In this world, because of the huge gap in the quality of individual force, the leader of the general pirate group is the strongest in the gang, which is rarely an exception, Lacey originally heard that someone from the chef pirate group came here, and thought it was the cadre leader, but he didn't expect it to be Zhepu himself.

Reis brought seven of the ship's best players, but in the presence of Jepp himself, even if his side was twice as numerous as the opposite, Reis did not dare to say that he would win.

What's more, Alcatio behind "Redbeard" Barbarossa is an important minister of the kingdom, and he will not allow pirates who like the Redbeard Pirates to make a big deal in the royal city.

What's more, he has to take into account the face of the owner of this restaurant, if he can cleanly kill one or two cadres of the chef pirate group, under the trade-off, Lacey may not take care of these, but if he can't do it, he will not do a senseless battle of will.

After seeing the situation clearly, Lacey smiled and said, "Captain Zhepu is not in a good mood? I thought we had already reached a consensus, why did we deliberately make a sabre-rattling scene as soon as we met?"

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(Seeing that everyone is talking about Chloe, Oda once revealed on SBS that among the characters who have appeared so far "so far", the tallest is the red-haired co-captain Beckman, followed by Chloe, because the story may not have fully unfolded at the time, there may be water, but it also shows that his mind is considered a top-notch group in the pirate world, and he can be regarded as a striking mind.) ）