I don't know why.

Seeing this smile that was obviously full of affinity, Heiko felt as if he had bumped into a demon, and a sense of uneasiness suddenly surged in his heart, and the composure he had just regained because of the situation was showing signs of subsiding down and drumming again.

This guy ...... Could it be that everything he said before was a lie?

The other party may not have thought about messing around in the navy at all, what if it was just a group of murderous pirates who wanted to use their identity as a naval colonel to reach Earl Island, where the 78th branch was located, and attract all the people who came to welcome them, and then enter the city to burn and loot wantonly?

Or maybe among these seemingly powerful guys, there are people who are proficient in the art of disguise, or even Devil Fruit abilities who can change their appearance at will?

When I was nervous and entangled, Vito's voice finally came from my ears:

"It seems that you guys still have a bit of brains, not as stupid and reckless as they look, but it's a pity...... Your guess is still a little wrong after all. ”

Guessed wrong?

Heiko's breath was suffocated, and the cold hairs behind him exploded, and almost at this moment, he was ready to break out of the window at any time and jump into the sea to escape.

If it really is another possibility in case, then the previous analysis will naturally become a joke, and if you stay in the carriage, you will definitely die today!

However.

At this moment, a lazy cat bark suddenly sounded, and Heiko followed the voice, but saw the Ragdoll cat, who had been lying in Vito's arms from the beginning, slowly sat up and glanced at himself with disdain.

Next moment.

The Ragdoll's body suddenly lit up with a white shimmer, and its shape rapidly expanded and changed, and in just a second or two, it turned into a charming girl with long maroon hair and an extremely slender and hot body under Heiko's incredulous gaze.

"Hehe, it's been a long time since I've changed back, young master......"

The charming girl with long maroon hair first wrapped her arms tightly around Vito's neck intimately, and then turned her head sideways and showed a malicious smile to Heiko:

"Hey, I said dead fatty, you were talking just now, there are only three men and one woman in this carriage, right?"

"Why, such a gentle and beautiful Miss Ben is not a human being in your eyes?"

What's going on?

Poor Colonel Heiko still stood there with a bewildered expression, his mouth open as if he could fit an egg.

Obviously, even if his follower was shot in the head one after another, the visual impact on him was far less profound than the sudden appearance of the beautiful girl in front of him.

Fur people? The girl in front of you, who has turned from a cat to a human, is the rumored fur clan from the island of Zou in the New World?

It's not right, although Heike has never seen the fur tribe with his own eyes, but he has been mixed in Marin Fando for so many years, and he knows that this race is probably half human and half beast, and the girl in front of him was a pure cat before, but now she is a pure person, which is fundamentally different from the fur tribe.

Could it be that he is an animal-based Devil Fruit ability?

Heiko's thoughts were like electricity, and in a blink of an eye, he thought of many possibilities, and the charming girl opposite saw that he was slow to answer, and immediately became a little annoyed, and just wanted to make a trick, but Vito smiled and stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Introduction, this is Hathaway."

Vito looked at Heiko, "It's a little kitten I've raised since I was a child, and it's also half of my maid, although she usually doesn't show her original appearance, but when you get to the base, you have to arrange a suitable vacancy for her, understand?" ”

"Ming...... Got it. ”

Hecker's head was a little unresponsive, and he subconsciously asked, "Miss Hathaway, is it difficult to ...... Could it be ......?"

"The Able?"

Vito raised his eyebrows, as if to see through Heiko's careful thoughts, he shrugged, and said indifferently:

"Sort of, the animal is a cat and a cat fruit ragdoll form, and I don't know what my mind thought at the beginning, so I have to eat this useless garbage fruit......"

"It's not a useless fruit!"

The maroon red-haired girl in her arms was suddenly dissatisfied, rubbing the stubble on Vito's chin with her little head, and said angrily, "Stinky young master, bad young master, every time I know to make fun of people with this matter......"

However, this coquettish and cute act did not have any effect, Vito frowned, and looked down at her strangely, "It's all introduced, why don't you go back?" ”

"Huh?" Hathaway raised her head in amazement, her ruby eyes full of puzzlement, "But I've just ......"

"Less nonsense."

In front of outsiders, Vito was also merciless, reaching out to rub Hathaway's long and smooth hair into a mess, "Either give me an honest change back and continue to lie in my arms, or I'll kick you in the rain and choose for yourself." ”

"Oh."

Hathaway was aggrieved, but in the end she chose the former, reluctantly letting go of her arms, and the white shimmer on her body lit up, turning back into the cute Ragdoll cat.

It was at this moment that Colonel Heiko noticed that this beautiful and moving girl had a small baldness on her head, but it was covered by her long maroon hair, and she couldn't notice it at all if she didn't look closely.

"That's right."

Vito happily stroked the Ragdoll's head, feeling the familiar soft touch, and then regained his comfortable appearance.

And at this time, Colonel Heike, who was stunned on the spot, was finally blessed to the heart, and suddenly remembered Vito's words just now, and completely woke up.

"You...... You just said that you want me to help arrange a position for Miss Hathaway? ”

He looked at Vito nervously, and cautiously tentatively spoke, "So, so ......"

"So your previous conjecture was correct."

Vito directly interrupted his words and said lightly, "It's just that I misjudged the number of people, I won't kill you, because my goal is to enter the 78th branch, start from the lieutenants inside, and then be promoted step by step after completely eliminating the hidden danger of identity." ”

"And you are the most important partner I have chosen in my initial stages."

Bet right.

Heiko's heart fell to the ground, he grabbed the corner of his clothes, and then he found that his back, at some point, had been soaked in cold sweat, and he couldn't help but feel afraid in his heart.

Fortunately, I endured it just now, and I didn't take revenge for my lover's death, and I didn't jump out of the window to escape in fear, otherwise, I am afraid that the person lying here now would be a corpse.

"Since we are partners, it is time for us to get to know each other again."

Suddenly, Vito's deep voice sounded in his ears, and Heiko looked up blankly, only to notice that the handsome blonde man in front of him had slowly stood up from behind his seat.

Heiko was only a little over 1.8 meters, and Vito's tall body stood in front of him, two heads taller.

So at this moment, Heiko could only look up, and the orange lights in the carriage seemed to be blocked by the man in front of him, and he could only vaguely see the calm but oppressive face between half light and half darkness:

"My name is Vito, Corleone Vito, and I am a bandit who has dominated the eastern mountains of the Red Earth Continent for the past ten years, and I have more than 10,000 subordinates under my command."

"The nobles of the local kingdom regard me as a thorn in the flesh, and the world government has also offered a reward of 250 million Baileys to want my head, but unfortunately after so many years, I have not been able to do so."

250 million Baileys?

Heiko's heart shook wildly, and his eyes were full of disbelief and horror as he looked at Vito.

"But now, I took the initiative to send it to the door, because there is no more in that mountain range, there is nothing I want, and I have to come to the outside world, to look for it on this sea."

Vito's voice paused, and then sounded faintly, "Colonel Heike, do you know what I want?" ”

"What?"

Heiko became nervous again, and he vaguely felt that he had stumbled into a world that he had never imagined today.

"Power, greater power!"

In the cold autumn rain, under the dim light, Vito suddenly opened his arms, bit his cigarette and laughed loudly, the laughter through the glass window, echoing on the sea in the middle of the night.

"No matter how powerful you are in the deep mountains and old forests, what's the point of being a bandit king?"

"I want unparalleled power, more power than all the people in this world!"

"So."

He stopped smiling and looked down at Heiko, who was already stunned:

"Colonel Heiko, can you tell me what is the closest thing to the word power itself in this world, on this sea?"

"Sea ...... Navy? ”

Heiko swallowed and replied, almost subconsciously, "And the world government behind it......"

"What a clear answer."

Vito snapped his fingers, sat back in his seat, and smiled gently and kindly at Heiko again: "You see, you Marin Fan has more brains, and you won't be like those dizzy pirates, saying that One Piece Roger is the closest man to power." ”

"So."

"In order to wish me an early admiral, and to wish us a happy cooperation in the future, I propose to bring a few bottles of champagne and a banquet in this carriage to celebrate, how about it?"