After continuing to sail for half a day, it was already approaching evening, and the Vodka was anchored at the foot of the Upside-Down Mountain, and the waterway to the Great Passage was only sporadic ships appeared, mostly some rookie pirates, who did not pay attention to their seemingly ordinary small ship.

After discussion, Roach set the time for the climb late at night, and as an inexperienced novice navigator, it was natural to eliminate all unexpected factors.

The waterway of Upside Down Mountain is not spacious, and it is very reluctant to accommodate two ships in parallel, let alone going against Roach and them, once they encounter a ship coming from the opposite direction, there is no way to avoid it.

Although visibility is extremely low at night, the risk is minimal for Roach and others.

Idle, Roach simply grilled on the deck, and all kinds of marinated meat skewers were set on the charcoal fire, and soon the juices overflowed, and the aroma became more and more intense.

Even the panda was salivating, let alone Urki, who had been a wild man on the island for a few years, and saliva continued to flow from his grinning mouth.

"Come on, it's almost ready to eat."

As soon as Roach's words fell, the two of them couldn't wait to pick up the meat skewers and stuff them, constantly admiring the deliciousness of the food as they ate.

Glancing at the two gobbling up with disdain, Rock sat on the stool and ate the barbecue without hurrying, when suddenly a black shadow flashed above his head and headed towards the meat skewer in his hand.

Roach grabbed the slender neck of the black shadow, but saw that it was a seabird wearing a white uniform hat and a red backpack.

The seabird was stuck out of his neck and kept screaming, and Rocky quickly let go of it, and it was able to get out.

"Quack." The seabird rushed towards Roach angrily, trying to peck him with his beak, but he flashed one after another.

"Hey, this is a newsbird?"

Urki came over and groped for a while in his bosom before he took out a hundred Bailey coins and placed them in the palm of his hand.

When the newsbird saw the business, he gave up his revenge on Roach, flew to Ulki, hoisted the coin and put it in his backpack, gave him a newspaper instead, and then screamed and disappeared into the air.

"News birds? Seabirds that sell newspapers are interesting. ”

Arch leaned over to Ulki and read the newspaper with him.

The headline on the front page of the newspaper was the news of Klockdahl's arrest, listing his crimes, big and small, and the navy that arrested him was also in Roach's eyes.

"Smoker?"

Roach frowned slightly, and had a slight impression in his mind, in the navy, this person was considered to be a loner, almost did not obey the orders of the headquarters, and seemed to have been chasing a group of pirates in recent days, and he didn't know why he ran to Alabaas.

After thinking for a moment, Rocky finally remembered the name of the pirates that Smoker was pursuing.

"Looks like it's called the Straw Hat Pirates, right? Captain Luffy seems to have something to do with Karp. ”

I flipped through the other contents of the newspaper, most of which were about the political situation in some world, but the sharp-eyed Urki still found that the portrait in the corner of the newspaper was somewhat familiar.

"Captain, isn't that you?"

Roach snatched the newspaper, his eyes widened, and he read it out word by word.

"Navy recruit Rocky defected and fell into the pirates, with an inflated bounty that attracted the attention of a large number of bounty hunters."

His eyelids jumped, and Roach put the newspaper back away, and walked to the cabin without saying a word.

Urki asked the panda suspiciously, "What is the captain doing here?" ”

Panda smiled wickedly: "Don't worry, he just went to sharpen his knife, our captain has always been very cautious." ”

Urki touched his chin and beard, turned his head and continued to eat the barbecue.

………………

At the naval headquarters in Marinfando, Karp and Pheasant stand opposite each other, constantly discussing information about the events of recent days.

"You're back so soon, Roach, how did you arrange it?" Karp asked curiously.

The pheasant opened his mouth and said lightly: "He decides for himself, I will let him stay away from the whirlpool as much as possible, I believe it will be fine." ”

"That's fine, but now the situation is getting more and more chaotic, and according to the report of the local navy, Ace appeared alone on Orr Island." Karp said with a sigh.

Pheasant raised his nose and eyes, and said, "When Blackbeard betrayed, he killed Thatch, the captain of the fourth team of the Whitebeard Pirates, that person is Ace's friend, and if he appears alone, he will find trouble with Blackbeard." ”

"This kid ......... I'm too confident. Karp's fists clenched unconsciously.

The pheasant gave Karp a deep look, but did not continue the topic, and the two exchanged ideas for a while, and then he took his leave and left.

Instead of changing into a military uniform, the pheasant was still dressed in civilian clothes and came to the tavern in the town next to the naval headquarters, it was afternoon, and there were not many guests inside.

At this time, Nancy was sorting out the newly printed wanted notices and pulled out one of them individually.

Kirby and Belu Meibert sneak out of the headquarters, and the two take the wanted warrant from Nancy.

"Roach turned out to be ......" Kirby, who was in extreme shock, squeezed the wanted warrant hard, and his face turned red.

Berumeber seemed much more ordinary, and he put his hand on Kirby's shoulder and persuaded, "Pirates aren't all bad guys, don't forget Luffy." ”

"Yes...... He's a navy, how can he ......?" Kirby stammered.

At this time, a voice on the side interrupted: "Everyone has their own choice. ”

Kirby turned his head and saw a middle-aged man drinking wine while staring at a wanted notice with a cartoon panda drawn on it, and this person was Daddy.

"But......" Kirby was about to say something, but Daddy waved his hand, got up and left.

"It's not a big deal to be a pirate."

Looking at Kirby, who was a little confused, Berumebo pulled him out of the tavern, and the pheasant in the corner glanced at their backs, turned to Nancy, and said.

"Really, don't you think about it?"

Nancy smiled and shook her head and replied, "I'm already retired, and now I'm afraid I won't even be able to find the direction when I go to sea." ”

"Whatever you want, I just think it's a pity for someone like you." The pheasant read the book in his hand carefully and said nothing more.

"But you let a former navy follow the hairy boy as a pirate, which is a bit unlike you." Nancy said with a smile, and she was also shaken for a moment as she watched Roach go out to sea from the docks, but finally dismissed the idea.

The pheasant shook his head and sat down in his seat flipping through the books, enjoying a moment of silence.

Soon the phone worm in his arms rang, and the pheasant left the tavern quickly.