Carnival City is even farther from the Twin Headlands than the desert nation of Alabastan, and it took Carl and his party more than half a month to get there.

Fortunately, they encountered several islands along the way to replenish some supplies, otherwise Karl and his men might have died of thirst on the ship.

"It's finally back!"

The ship was moored on the shore of Carnival City, and Sophia looked at the familiar street in front of her, her beautiful eyes seemed to be glistening with tears of excitement.

With Erin waiting in the waters near the sailboat, Carl wasn't worried about someone stealing the ship.

As for the sea pirates who even Erin can't deal with, Carl believes that they don't have a hobby of stealing ships.

In this way, the group set off together and followed Sophia to her family's "Rilig" Chamber of Commerce.

Walking down the street, Carl faintly felt a strange atmosphere.

According to Carl's guess, since this carnival city is an economically prosperous island, then the island should be very crowded with people.

However, along the way, although Carl met a lot of passers-by, the atmosphere in the town was unusually depressing, and every pedestrian seemed to be in a hurry, for fear that slowing down would bring him some trouble.

Only some of the foreign pirates would brag to each other as they hurried, without the fearful caution of the townspeople.

"This carnival city is not peaceful...... It seems that my 100 million Bailey should not be as easy to take as I thought. ”

Carl sighed in his heart and didn't say anything more.

Even Luo and Qiluno's little faces were full of dignified colors.

The two children had been wandering alone before, and they had been in contact with the dark world, and at this time they clearly sensed that something was wrong here.

Only Kung Fu, who had never been far away, Panda still looked silly and anxious in her heart, hoping to see her family sooner, Sophia subconsciously ignored the abnormal atmosphere in the town.

"Dad, I'm back!"

It wasn't until Sophia pushed open the door of the Rilig Chamber of Commerce and rushed inside that the originally excited and nervous smile froze on her face.

The chamber of commerce was extremely bleak, with only a few people, and there was no such prosperous scene as usual.

Hearing Sophia's shout, the few people in the chamber of commerce cast curious glances.

"It's Miss Sophia who is back!"

After seeing Sophia who had returned, the originally gloomy eyes of those people finally showed a hint of color, and they cheered one after another.

One of them even ran to the rear to report to the others in the chamber of commerce as soon as possible.

"Miss Sophia, is it really you?"

Soon, an old man with gray hair ran out in a hurry.

When I first saw Sophia, the old man's cloudy eyes overflowed with excited tears.

"Grandpa Morgan, it's me, I'm Sophia!"

"Miss Sophia, I knew you would be fine, and you would return safely!"

Sophia's nose was sour and she threw herself into the old man's arms.

After a while, she finally remembered that she had not come back alone.

"I'm sorry, Ka...... Mr. Lucy, I was a little agitated and forgot about you. ”

"Miss Sophia, these are the ......"

Morgan had already noticed the Karls behind Sophia, but neither the young man with sunglasses nor the two children attracted much attention from Morgan.

On the contrary, it was the round panda that kept attracting his attention.

"Mr. Lucy, this is my housekeeper, Morgan."

"Grandpa Morgan, these are my friends, this is Lucy, Cirno, and Law." Sophia introduced the names of the three of them, paused and added, "They rescued me on the way." ”

"Hello friends, ......"

Seeing that Karl and the others just nodded, they were not too enthusiastic, so Morgan didn't bother to bother with them, but shifted his attention to Miss Sophia again.

"Miss Sophia, where the hell have you been? Why hasn't there been any news for so long? ”

"I'll explain my matter to you later...... Where's my dad? ”

"Alas......"

The old butler sighed, and the luster in his eyes that had been glowing from seeing Sophia again dimmed again.

"That's a long story...... Ever since you left, Mr. Simon has been worried about your safety, and has sent people to search for you several times, but has not been able to find any news of you. ”

"And it's not just this thing, Mr. Simon is no longer in the mood to run the Chamber of Commerce, but those ...... Ahem......"

Morgan glanced at Carl and the others out of the corner of his eye, and then changed his words: "A few friends haven't eaten, right?" I'll have someone prepare food for you." ”

"Grandpa Morgan, what happened next?"

"Miss Sophia, you and your friends should rest for a while."

Although Sophia is an eldest lady, she is not the kind of pampered little princess, and with her intelligence and experience, she quickly realizes Morgan's concerns.

Morgan obviously didn't want Carl and the outsiders to hear about his situation.

But thinking that the guy behind her was a king of the Seven Martial Seas, Sophia was entangled in her heart, in order to avoid offending Carl, she gritted her teeth and said: "Grandpa Morgan, they are all my friends, you can just say anything about it." ”

"But ......"

Morgan wanted to continue to stick to his principles, but before he could finish his words, a group of fierce thugs armed with knives and guns suddenly broke into the chamber of commerce.

"Morgan! Where the hell did that bastard Simon hide? If he doesn't get out to see Lao Tzu again, be careful that Lao Tzu smashes his Ruilig Chamber of Commerce! ”

"Grandpa Morgan...... Who are they? ”

Morgan stepped forward, protected Sophia behind him, and said to the thugs, "Didn't you say that you would give us a week to think about it?" It's not time yet! ”

"Whew! Don't think I don't know what you're up to. Simon, that bastard, disappeared three days ago, could he have had any disease and suddenly die suddenly? I won't ask you if he is going to move the rescuers, I will ask you whether you choose to compromise or choose to perish, you can do it yourself! ”

"Don't go too far!"

"Excessive? Hehehehe...... I don't care, let alone a week, two weeks, three weeks I can wait. ”

The thug boss sneered, a meaningful threat on his face.

"But Master Charlotte doesn't necessarily have that patience. You know the Charlottes, right? They never play by the rules! ”