Chapter Thirty-Eight: Each Harbors a Ghost
The tavern was noisy and almost full, and even the seats in front of the semi-circular bar were crowded.
The good business can be seen.
After a circle, there are only a few inconspicuous seats left in the adjacent corners.
Maud was in one of the seats, and on the small round table in front of him was the rum and appetizers that the waiter had just delivered.
He didn't touch the food and drink, but listened intently to the noisy chatter around him.
"I heard something happened at last night's auction?"
"Why, you don't know?"
"I drank too much last night, if I hadn't heard others talk about it on the way over, I really didn't know what happened, what happened?"
"It's said that the big gangs caused a lot of trouble in order to snatch the Devil Fruit, after all, it's a Devil Fruit, who doesn't want it?"
"Oh, was it snatched?"
"No, all the guys who started the incident were slaughtered by the bandits, and the Devil Fruit was also eaten by the bandit Becky who spent money to buy it."
"Tsk, what's the transaction amount?"
"I heard that it's more than a billion, and I don't know if it's real or fake."
"Uhhh
The sound of gasps.
"So much? If Lao Tzu has more than a billion, where can the world be big? ”
"Idiot, if you have so much money, Lao Tzu will be the first to rob you."
"What did you say?"
Boom.
The sound of a wooden wine glass slamming the table.
Immediately after, there was the muffled sound of fists coming and going, hitting the face and body.
As soon as they didn't agree, they started the exchange on the fist, which can be described as a man's chic romance.
Maud retracted his gaze and thought silently, "Bandit Becky? Is he also in Mad Hatter? But Sunny's book doesn't have any information about him, is it to get the Devil Fruit, so he came from somewhere else? ”
"It turns out that he ate the Devil Fruit at this point in time."
In his mind, information about Becky and the ability of the Devil Fruit suddenly appeared.
Listening to the Devil Fruit incident that most of the people around him were talking about, and learning about the fame and status of the bandit Becky, Maud didn't have much thought about him for a short time.
It's hard to imagine that a man with this status and power would choose to go to sea in the end.
It can only be said that everyone has their own ambitions.
"Did the fish-man slave run away in the end?"
At the wine table not far from Maud, several pirates were talking about the fish-man slaves.
Maud couldn't help but follow the voice, looking vaguely at the guest at the table.
"I didn't run away, I died in the alley, I heard that he was killed by a mortician."
"Funeral director? Why, now the business object of the morticist has expanded to the fish-man corpse? ”
"I don't know about that, and when the auction house found the fish-man's body, it didn't miss any parts."
"That means ......?"
"Hey, don't take it seriously if you can spread it everywhere, I also said that the fish-man slave was killed by a prostitute, do you believe it?"
"Hahaha, drink and drink."
Listening to the discussion at the table, Maude's brows furrowed slightly, and she couldn't help but sigh softly in her heart.
He wasn't surprised to be discovered.
After all, whether it was on the street or in the buildings near the laneway, the most important thing at that time was people.
The reason why I sighed was because after killing the fish-man slaves, my whole mind was immersed in the joy of a huge profit, but I didn't think about cutting a few important "parts" from the fish-man's corpse, so as to fit the disguised identity of the mortician at that time.
I'll have to pay attention next time.
Maud remembered this experience, and at the same time subconsciously picked up the wine glass and took a sip.
He thought that he was a drinker now, and it would inevitably be a little weird to go a long time without raising a glass to drink.
What Maud didn't know was that because of the fish-man slaves, the auctioneers also followed the clues to find Arthur with a similar work mask.
If Arthur hadn't been at the auction at the time, he would have been invited to the auction hall for tea and chatting for a while.
However, Arthur also knew that someone was impersonating him to do something shady.
Putting down the wine glass, Maud observes the guests around her.
With limited intelligence channels, he can only obtain useful information through this means.
And every time the door of the bar is pushed open, he will subconsciously glance at it.
Crunch –
The wooden bar door of some years has been pushed open.
Maude subconsciously looked over, and after seeing that the person who came was a wolf mouse, he quickly withdrew his gaze.
"Was it the neurotic who seemed to be short of friends last night?"
Looking down at the wine and food on the table, Maude was slightly startled.
I shot him last night, but now I'm dressed up like no one?
This is the resilience of the animal system......
Maude's heart burned slightly.
At that time, I was not sure, so I slipped away decisively.
But now it's different, after getting the benefits of Fishman Sam, with the current strength, if you are fully prepared, you can be sure of five points.
Maud pondered in her mind.
In front of the tavern door, the wolf rat scanned the scene and soon found Maud sitting in the corner.
Compared with the men around him who were drinking and foaming with bare arms, Maude, who looked young and immature, was still a little conspicuous even if he sat in the corner.
"Found you, and...... God help me. ”
The wolf mouse walked quietly towards Maude.
There were only a few seats left in the tavern, and Maud's table was small, but it was designed to sit for two people.
In this case, choosing to sit next to Maude would not be so purposeful.
Otherwise, if there were more spacious and comfortable seats around, he would have to squeeze into a table with Maude.
Then, people who don't know it will probably think that he is the base.
"Coming this way?"
Maude noticed the movement of the wolf rat, subconsciously looked at the empty seat in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a little painful.
When I was in the tavern last night, it seemed to be the same situation.
The difference was that Lafayette's reputation and aura were strong enough to attract the attention of most of the pirates in the tavern.
And now this person with a cold aura in the corners of his eyes, and his overall senses are inclined to obscene animal abilities, is not so eye-catching.
"Fortunately, I wore a mask last night and deliberately suppressed my voice, but next time I won't come to this almost full tavern again."
Maud thought silently.
Although the clothes she wore last night were not the mortician's overalls, in order to hide her figure, Maude deliberately wore them very bloated.
As a result, Maud felt that the chances of the wolf rat recognizing him were low.
Footsteps approached.
Maude looked up at the wolf rat coming over, and then Shi Shiran sat on the seat opposite.
Seeing that there was nothing wrong with the other party's reaction, Maude was even more sure that the other party did not recognize him.
"Yo, my little brother is very handsome."
After the wolf mouse sat down as a stranger, he immediately looked at Maude with a stunning gaze, and the exaggerated expression seemed to be as if he had never seen such a handsome man.
At the same time, the idea in his heart is: a word of praise first to build an indestructible bridge for the subsequent communication!
Listening to this slightly embarrassing remark, Maude smiled politely at the wolf mouse, not intending to say anything.
This guy ...... Sure enough, it's a lack of friends.
Maud thought to herself.
Seeing that the start was good, the wolf first raised his hand to signal the waiter to come over, and then looked at Maude again, squeezing out a specially trained approachable smile.
He thought that this smile was a perfect way to win favor.
As everyone knows, to outsiders, that smile looks like it's going to cramp in the next second.
"Little brother, get to know me, my name is wolf mouse, what about you?"
“……”
Looking at the wolf mouse's indescribable smile, Maude's eyelids twitched slightly, and she simply reported her name.
"Usopp."
"Your name is Usopp, how do you say that, wonderful, it's wonderful."
The wolf rat immediately stroked his palm, and his face was amazed.
"What's the trick?"
“……”
The wolf and mouse were speechless for a moment.
Just then, the tavern door was pushed open.
The wolf rat heard the sound and turned his head to look at the tavern door.
I saw a tall, scantily clad woman with big red lips walking in.
She was holding a white skunk in her hand, followed by a dozen or so strong men,
"Tsk, Usopp, look, there's a beautiful woman."
Seeing the woman, the wolf's eyes shrank slightly, so as to divert the embarrassment just now.
The corners of Maude's mouth hooked slightly, and he didn't pursue the question just now, and looked at the woman who walked into the tavern.
At the same time, he was keenly aware that the atmosphere in the tavern was changing.
Another famous pirate like Lafayette?
And it's a woman.
Could it be......
Maud thought back to the information in the [Notes].