"It's hilarious."

The blonde boy who pushed the door and walked into the tavern was the pole boy who had just arrived in Mad Hat Town during the day.

He lifted his finger and pressed the brim of his hat lightly, a smile on the corner of his mouth.

The tavern was almost full, and Maude's table had two empty seats, which stood out unusually well.

Without hesitation, the steel pipe went straight to the table where Maude was.

He didn't know much about the profession of a funeral director, and he didn't have any worries such as bad luck and disgust.

Arriving at one of the empty seats at the table, the steel pipe glanced at Maude, who was silent in a mask, and sat down without saying a word.

It's a free, casual tavern where you can sit and stand where you don't, and you don't have to ask anyone to agree to sit wherever you sit.

After sitting down, the corner of his eye kept an eye on Maude's reaction, and beckoned to the waitresses, who were busy like ants on a hot pan, to order an order.

Maud observed the young man who had just sat down, the darker sunglasses looked very disagreeable in the here and now.

In order to hide her gaze, Maude ate the appetizer she had ordered for a long time for the first time.

Dozens of seconds later, a waitress holding a tray hurriedly came to the table and asked softly what the steel pipe needed.

Steelpipe smiled and ordered a draught beer and an appetizer.

"Wait a minute."

After ordering, the waitress hurriedly retreated.

As time went on, the pubs, restaurants, and casinos near the Mad Hatter's auction site for a short break became full.

Because most of the potential buyers who participate in the auction basically bring a large group of people with them.

The auction house stipulates that a guest can only bring a maximum of two attendants, which means that the rest of the entourage will have to wait outside first, and a resting place such as a tavern is their go.

If the steel pipe doesn't sit down, someone else will definitely sit down later, and if you encounter a foul pirate, there is a high probability that Maude will threaten to give up the table.

On the side, a little brother who seemed to be much kinder occupied one of the seats, which helped Maude invisibly eliminate some hidden dangers.

After ordering the order, the steel pipe lay back, but it was put on the water pipe behind him, so he simply untied the water pipe and put it on the table.

Maud glanced at the unpretentious-looking water pipe, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.

Do you use water pipes as a weapon...... It's quite non-mainstream.

"Don't mind, do you?"

The steel pipe noticed that Maud was looking at the water pipe and smiled slightly.

Maud remained silent.

I did it first and then asked if I minded.

This guy is clearly the wayward type.

Seeing that Maude didn't speak, the steel pipe took this opportunity to further talk:

"I've seen several people wearing masks on the street today, and I've heard that it's a profession called a funeral director, so are you also a funeral director?"

While talking to Maud, Steelpipe listens distractedly to what the pirates around him are talking about, trying to sift through some valuable information.

Before the auction began, he and Clara went their separate ways, using a variety of methods to gather as much information as possible.

Maude didn't speak, but nodded in response.

His attention is more focused on listening to information.

In this way, the steel pipe did not say a word, and Maude sometimes nodded, sometimes shook his head, and just didn't speak anyway.

The two of them are like this on the surface, but secretly they are doing the same thing.

can only say that fate is so wonderful that they sat at a table.

After a few contacts, Maud and the steel pipe soon noticed something unusual.

I don't know if it's a coincidence, the two of them glanced at each other quite tacitly, and then their eyes touched and separated, and they each looked away.

"This guy ......" x2.

Maude's eyes narrowed.

The steel pipe raised his eyebrows.

"What's the matter?" x2。

Maud and Steelpipe each thought to themselves.

The atmosphere on the table suddenly cooled to zero.

Crunch –

The tavern door was pushed open.

A man with a cane in his hand and a strange white complexion walked in.

It was Lafayette, who was quite famous in the West Sea and was known as the Devil's Sheriff.

He used to be a sheriff somewhere in the West Sea, but he became notorious for his excessive use of violence, and was eventually deported.

After that, he naturally became a pirate, but his previous nickname was retained, which shows how bad his reputation reached at that time.

Lafayette looked over and saw the only empty seat in the tavern in an instant.

Immediately, he walked towards the empty seat.

And that empty seat is the table where Maud and the steel pipe are located.

In the tavern, many pirates who were chatting and drinking looked at Lafayette, because the other party's indiscriminate killing behavior during this time made people unconsciously vigilant.

The arrival of Lafayette, relying on the fame and evil deeds alone, made the lively atmosphere of the scene slightly stagnant.

Maud also saw Lafayette, whose extremely strong outfit and appearance made him recognize the other party's identity at once.

Isn't this Blackbeard's accomplice?

How did it end up here?

Maude's eyes changed slightly.

Although Blackbeard's accomplices don't show much of their faces in the books, almost all of them have a strong personal style.

Therefore, although Maud does not know Lafayette well, he can remember them and recognize Lafayette's identity from the style of dressing.

Well?

Seeing that Lafayette was walking in this direction, Maude subconsciously glanced at the vacant seat next to him, and suddenly felt a little painful.

Why don't you slip away first?

Thinking of this, Maude's eyes moved slightly, and he glanced at a table of guests five or six meters away without a trace.

That's the goal he chose after being here for dozens of minutes.

The reason is that the other party uses his own bounty order as capital to brag on the wine table.

And if you let go of a prey like this with its own strategy, how can heaven tolerate it?

Originally, I was going to wait here until the other party left, and then go out to find an opportunity to sneak attack.

However, Lafayette's arrival caused Maud to change his mind.

You don't have to be on the scene, you can go outside and find a place to watch.

Just as Maude's thoughts were active, Lafayette had already sat down with Shi Shiran.

Maud prepares to retreat.

However, the steel pipe did not react, which was in stark contrast to the surrounding pirates.

Facing the eyes of many people around him, Lafayette was like no one around, and when he was about to call the waiter to order, he was suddenly violently knocked open by the door of the tavern, which had just been closed.

The loud sound immediately attracted the attention of everyone present, and they all subconsciously looked at the door.

I saw two pirates with hideous expressions rushing into the tavern side by side.

They did not speak harshly, nor did they throw out their opening remarks, but raised their pistols under the gaze of the crowd in increasing amazement.

And the direction in which the muzzle of the gun is pointed is the position of Lafayette.

Bang bang –

In the midst of the lightning, two gunshots rang out in the tavern.

When the gunfire died down, the scene was silent.

The two pirates at the door were obviously looking for revenge, but their expressions were frozen and their bodies stiffened.

Above their eyebrows, there was an extra bloody hole emitting wisps of white smoke.

The situation took a turn for the worse, and many pirates followed the sound of the guns.

I saw only a masked mortician put away two pistols.

"What a fast gun ......!"

Someone was stunned.

The steel pipe that climbed up the water pipe with his right hand looked at Maud in a little surprise.

On the side, Lafayette, who was already holding the cane, looked surprised.