Chapter 4: Pirates? Containment!
"Proposal?"
Leo blinked, thinking to himself, what proposal? Immediately recalled...... The last time I bought the kimking ingredients, Uncle Dante seemed to say something......
"Uh...... Uncle, I do really want to go to sea, but before that, I have more important things to do, and I can't say yes. ”
Dante was not a pirate or a merchant, he was a member of a fishing ring that relied on catching and salvaging valuable materials from the sea to merchants. He is the captain of a large whaling ship, the Storm Gathering, with great strength.
After getting to know Leo, he took a fancy to Leo's agile skills and dagger fighting skills, and put forward the idea of wanting Leo to join the [Storm Gathering], but Leo replied: Let me think about it.
After thinking about it, Leo definitely refused.
"Really......"
Dante made his regret clear, in his opinion...... It was as if he had missed a treasure, which made Leo feel happy and felt that someone recognized him.
He really admired Leo, and felt that this child had a good temperament, and that he could live on the island by stealing for a long time, which proved his dexterity. And when the Storm Gathering captured the Lord of the Near Sea two days ago, it lost a few more members, which deepened Dante's idea of recruitment.
"It seems that you are still reluctant to be a little girl from the Xilin family."
Dante thought he had figured out Leo's innocent thoughts, and sighed teasingly.
"Huh."
As a result, Leo met with cold contempt.
But Dante was right...... After learning that the Grammys are the Miss. Valentine's Day of the future Baroque Workshop, Leo is really worried about what will happen to the Grammys.
"By the way, whose ship is that?"
Don't think about it anymore...... Leo changed the subject, taking out the paper money and trading ingredients with Dante, and asked the somewhat familiar pirate ship.
Merely......
The dock market is still noisy and shouting...... But the atmosphere between Leo and Dante was suddenly cold, as if there was a great deal of fear in the air.
Leo was stunned and looked up at Dante.
Dante stared at him, his expression and eyes looking calm, but Leo could still detect the slight tremor in his pupils.
What's that?
Is the identity of the ship so scary?
Leo's scalp was numb when he was watched, but Dante didn't blame Leo for it, and muttered, "It's the same...... You're just an eight-year-old kid and don't know what to ...... It also shows that my proposal is indeed a little early. ”
"What...... What......"
Leo felt a little unhappy, and had a feeling of being looked down upon.
Dante took out the ingredients of the Lord of the Near Sea from the box, divided a lot of pieces according to Leo's price, and thought for a long time...... Or decided to tell Leo.
"Although you are still young, I think your personality is quite stable, so I decided to tell you and let you not be so reckless in the future."
Dante cautiously swept his gaze towards the pirate ship, then looked away at a glance, and asked Leo in an imperceptible tone, "Do you know how many mafia families rule the Western Sea?" ”
"Five."
Leo answered without hesitation, this answer is a fact known to the entire people of the West Sea, not to mention that Leo carefully investigated the background of One Piece West Sea before crossing over.
Dante is not surprised by Leo's quick answer, because the real point is not here.
"Then do you know the relationship between the five mafia?"
“……”
Leo was really stunned this time.
What is the relationship between the five mafia?
Maybe the vast majority of Xihai people don't know, but for a person like Leo who has crossed over, and even knows the existence of [ONE PIECE], knows the [Historical Text], and knows the secret truth of [Blank One Hundred Years], the problem of the mafia is really not a problem.
It can be said that Leo is one of the people who knows the most secrets in the world.
But it was precisely this that made Leo have an incredible guess.
The first is the relationship between the five mafia, in the eyes of the people of Xihai and many mafios...... The relationship between them is like fire and water, and for many years they have been fighting each other for turf, provoking bloody battles, and making trouble.
But in fact, they are only a force ruled by one person.
That man was called the "Godfather."
The only ruler of the Western Sea underground......
One of the eleven supernovas of the future - Capone Becky!
Capone Becky ...... Tank with fireworks burning...... Flame Tank Pirates?!
This imminent answer really surprised and moved Leo a little......
- I finally met an "acquaintance" again......
But Capone Becky was no good bird, and looking at Dante's skeptical gaze, Leo certainly couldn't let him know that he knew these secrets.
"Uh...... Isn't it just a competition with each other, fighting for power and turf? ”
"Humph!"
Dante sneered, this contrived performance made Leo look at the toothache, and he couldn't help but despise it.
"Not really......"
Dante said.
"Three of the five mafias are ruled by one man, and the man in the dark is called the 'godfather'! That is, the owner of that ship. ”
Is there only three for the time being...... That's right, it's 20 years before the official plot began, and Capone Becky is only in his twenties, not very old, how strong is the ability to rule the West Sea.
But as time passes, sooner or later he will accomplish this feat, which is enough to prove that this period is the most chaotic period in the entire history of the West Sea mafia.
"Oh, then why did he come to Eiffel City?"
Leo asked unexpectedly calmly.
Dante looked at Leo blankly, thinking that this kid was not shocked at all when he heard such a shocking secret?!
Think about Leo's age, okay...... It's only eight years old, so I don't have any specific concepts, even if I see the sea kings, I only think it's a slightly older salted fish.
This is also the meaning of the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers......
"I don't know."
Dante replied uninterestedly, and at this point...... He had lost the joy of talking to Leo.
Leo had a strange expression and didn't pay much attention to him.
After the deal was completed, Leo returned to the abandoned factory with the sea king ingredients.
Walking out of the dock, Leo's indifferent mood gradually became solemn, and his pace became faster and faster.
I always feel ......
Something ominous is going to happen.
……
Shortly after Leo left, a group of black suits greeted the docks, who respectfully followed behind a sleek, rather short figure, and watched the man walk onto the Flame Tank Pirate ship with a cigar in his mouth and a trench coat.
As the ship quickly sailed out to sea, submerged at sea level, the black suits looked at each other, and then scattered, as if looking for someone.
At the same time, Leo had just left the dock for ten minutes when his hurried footsteps had to stop.
In front of him, two tall men stood blocking Leo's path.
Leo frowned, chuckled after a moment, and said in a disdainful tone: "As for such a big battle?" Didn't I just steal some money and give it back to you. ”
As he spoke, he was going to pay for it and throw it to them.
It's not that Leo is afraid of these two.
It's that Leo is afraid of this group of people.
To be able to find yourself on this path...... This group of black suits looking for themselves must be in the single digits, and if they delay too long, they are likely to be surrounded by them.
Leo was slow to take out the money, as if he was warning something...... At the same time, his eyes never took his eyes off the two of them.
The two black suits glanced at each other, and at the same time reached out to touch their waists.
The wrinkles on Leo's brow deepened.
The next moment......
They held their guns, pointed them at Leo with the empty muzzles, and pulled the trigger without hesitation!
"Bang!!"
Two gunshots in one!
"!"
Leo immediately scolded angrily! In my heart I feel that they are absolutely insane! If you don't agree with each other, you will shoot and kill!?
Leo looked hideous, threw away the ingredients in his hand, and struggled to move his body and bounce away! He had been observing the two of them for a long time, and he had prepared to dodge the muzzle of the gun before he fired, and now he was naturally able to dodge the two bullets.
But it was precisely because of this that he saw the point where the lead bullet had landed, and found that the two of them were not aiming at their own vital points, and seemed to only want to cripple themselves...... Caught alive?
I see......
These people are not here for money at all!
So what the hell is going on?!
"Poof~!"
Even though Leo dodged nimble, he still couldn't completely avoid the trajectory, and the lead bullet tore through his clothes, and even tore the skin of Leo's arms and legs, scraping two traces of blood and splattering on the ground.
After successfully avoiding it, Leo had no time to think about why...... Or what about the injury? Does it hurt or not? Instead, they ran towards the two of them! Trying to close the distance, he also observed whether there was cover on the way, but after finding that there was none, the speed of running towards the two of them accelerated a little!
If you want to get the upper hand in a duel with the Guns, you'll have to fight them close to each other! Keep running! Let the other party lose the opportunity to aim at himself!
Thankfully...... The two guns could not be fired in bursts, and in order to fire a second shot, they had to be filled with lead bullets, and the time required during that time was enough for Leo to get close to the two of them!
The next moment, Leo's fingertips flashed with a dazzling cold light! Pounced on one of them!
That bit of cold stabbed the man's heart fiercely!
The faces of the two men changed suddenly!
They had no doubt that the boy in front of them had the intention of killing, and he didn't even have any psychological burden, so he didn't hesitate to do it!
But how could they be adult men after all, and how could they be stabbed head-on by an eight-year-old boy? No matter how fast it is, it doesn't exceed the speed of a normal person. Therefore, the man facing Leo was ready to hold Leo's wrist with his right hand, and his left hand was trying to grab Leo's throat.
The other was about to go around the back and pinn down Leo.
This was followed by a crisp sound of "pop".
The man gripped Leo's wrist tightly, a sinister glint flashed in his eyes, and his left hand reached for Leo's throat.
At the same time, the corners of Leo's mouth also evoked a sly smile.
An eight-year-old boy against a man in the prime of his twenties and thirties with brute force?
That's what a fool would do!
Because neither strength nor speed is inferior to the other party!
So what does it take to win?
Only Devil Fruit abilities!
Sweeping his gaze downward, Leo's left hand was like a poisonous snake and slashed into the opponent's defenseless abdomen!