On this sea, if you don't have ambition, how far can you go?

This moment.

Lafayette has been waiting for a long time.

Although good things are worth waiting for, they are afraid that if they wait too long, they will wither, decay, and cease to exist.

Fortunately, this fear did not materialize.

At least, it was a choice made by the heart at that time......

Suddenly the words that Thor had said to himself in the woods flashed through his mind.

"......"

The corners of Lafayette's mouth furrowed, he took off his top hat, lowered his arms and crossed in front of him, and made a gentlemanly salute to Maude.

Different from the previous blandness, this salute is quite grand.

Subsequently, there was no further indication and no sworn oath to the extreme.

Lafayette saluted, put his hat back on, and met Maude's gaze.

The two looked at each other silently for a moment.

There are some things that you don't need to say a second time.

Maude smiled as well.

Man is not omnipotent.

There are things that are good at and things that are not good at.

So, just as Lafayette needs the future possibilities he has, he also needs Lafayette's strength.

Navigation, foresight, and strategy were what Lafayette could bring to him.

is like a competent guide, so that he does not have to take too many detours.

"Guiding the ......"

Maude's thoughts suddenly coalesced into such a title.

This blurted out the title, but it directly penetrated Lafayette's last line of defense.

Guides.

This is Lafayette's self-proclaimed position, and it is also the meaning of his identity as a navigator and the meaning of his fruit ability.

He hadn't revealed this to Maude before that.

And at this moment, Maude personally said the three words of the guide, but Lafayette was inexplicably moved.

"Lafayette, the name of the devil sheriff is still a little too earthy, why don't you change to a guide, I think it's good."

“……”

The corners of Lafayette's mouth twitched, and the emotion that had just welled up in her heart faded like a tide.

Watching Lafayette's reaction, Maud chuckled.

"Lafayette, I can't guarantee whether I will be able to go to the top in the future, but I do have this capital."

As he spoke, Maude looked at Moo, who still had a breath left, and there was one thing that was worth verifying.

Lafayette nodded.

What is capital?

It's not something that can be explained by asking and answering.

But......

Lafayette glanced at the pitch-black notebook in Maude's hand.

His instinct told him that this might be what Maude called capital.

He is looking forward to this, and he has always been.

As Saul said to him.

Maud is special.

Lafayette believed, and was willing to lower his posture and wait for Maude's response.

If it backfires, it's just a matter of changing places.

That's why he's here.

Maud pulled a quill from the spine of the hunter's notebook, turned the page, and wrote Moo's name in the space above the horizontal line.

After writing, Maud removed the hunter's notes in front of Lafayette and Bailey.

In the eyes of Lafayette and Bailey, the dark notebook seemed to have disappeared into thin air, without warning.

"If it's not a Devil Fruit......

Lafayette's eyes flashed with a different color.

This phenomenon of appearing and disappearing out of thin air, apart from the Devil Fruit ability, Lafayette really couldn't think of any other possibility.

But he wouldn't question what Maude said.

Since it's not a Devil Fruit, it can only be the capital that Maude said.

Lafayette watched Maude's next move in silence and did not interfere with it.

After Maud removed the hunter's note, she leapt straight to the surface of the sea, stabbed Moo in the vital point, and then stepped back to the shore with a moon step.

Returning the thousand birds that had been shaken off the bloodstains, Maud calmly watched Moo and swallowed her last breath.

There is no gain.

"It really doesn'...... work"

Maud was mentally prepared.

After all, this is a hunter's note, not a hunting beast's note.

"Let's go, go and receive the loot, and as for the notes, we'll talk about it later."

Maud strode towards the dragon's territory.

He knew Lafayette wanted him to explain, but it wasn't right now.

Lafayette nodded slightly, habitually played with the cane a few times, and then quickly put his hands behind him, and quickly followed Maude.

Bailey looked back at Moo's corpse and swallowed to himself.

He Maude's shoulder, secretly thought: "So much meat, I can't waste it later!" ”

The two of them walked towards the dragon's territory, as if they didn't see the three of Nami in the distance.

At this moment, Nami and the others looked at Aaron's corpse as if in a dream.

The shadow that had been hanging over the village of Cocosia for a long time was dispelled in this way.

Such a result came both casually and suddenly.

The three of Nami had trouble calming their emotions.

When he came back to his senses, the boy who had defeated the Dragon Pirates had already entered the territory.

"What if...... It would be nice to come early. ”

Nuoqigao's eyes were lowered, and a precious picture seemed to flash in her crystal eyes.

"It's incredible...... Ah Jian raised his hand and pressed down the brim of his hat hard, suppressing the joy rushing in his heart, and said in a deep voice, "I'll go inform the others." ”

"I'll go too."

Nokigao silently withdrew his gaze towards the territory.

The Dragon Pirates are gone.

They want to be the first to tell everyone the news.

Thus making it ...... for all Liberate yourself from a long period of repression!

Nami walked to the dragon's territory without saying a word.

Her deal with Maude isn't officially over yet.

"Nami ......"

Ken subconsciously looked at Nami.

Nuo Qigao pressed Ah Jian's shoulder and whispered, "Let's go and inform the others first." ”

Ah Jian glanced at Nuo Qigao and nodded silently.

Just a few of them were not enough to thank Maude for defeating the Dragon Pirates.

Dragon's Territory.

The tower-like building has five floors and covers a large area.

The overall look and feel is not majestic, but it is also magnificent.

Without squinting, Maud walked past the corpses of the fishmen all over the ground and came to the gate of the building.

Lafayette and Bailey followed.

Maud pushed open the door and stepped inside.

"Let's find it separately, the Evil Dragon Pirates should have a lot of assets, enough for us to change to a big ship."

Maud spoke to Lafayette Bailey, and led the way to the room where the treasure money might be kept.

With their current small sailboat, with Lafayette's ability, it may not be a problem to cross the Upside Down Mountain.

But then you enter the Great Passage, and don't think about sailing on a small sailing boat.

And in the East China Sea, you want to get a large amount of money to buy a ship or build a ship in the shortest possible time.

Then, the Dragon's Territory is definitely the best place to go.

Getting the property of the Dragon Pirates is also one of the main reasons why Maud is here.

Lafayette walked straight to the stairs.

Maud starts from the ground floor, then he starts searching from the top floor.

Bailey was also energetic, and disappeared as soon as he slipped through the smoke.

However, he was not looking for treasure, but for the kitchen.

Lafayette made her way up the stairs to the top floor and began her search.

It won't take a while.

He came to a special room with a large number of charts.

Near the window, there is a table with all the tools.

"It's ...... Measuring room? ”

Lafayette looked around at the charts.

As a navigator, he was immediately interested.