Chapter Twenty-Eight: Destination II
"William Wallace?" Qiu Bai frowned and repeated the name on one side.
The man named William in front of him was an ordinary-looking young man, and as for the reason why he found himself, Qiubai did not know.
"Exactly, as I said earlier, I'm a reporter for the Labrador and Southern Frontier United." The other party replied that in fact, he was in an unhappy mood at this time, because his move to take pictures just now was ruthlessly stopped by Qiubai.
However, something that made him even more unhappy happened.
"Trainee journalists, huh?" Looking at the age of the other party, Qiubai naturally gave such a judgment, because this William reporter looked a few years older than him.
Reporter William's face was completely blackened, and he wanted to take the door away on the spot...... There's nothing more heartbreaking for a journalist than calling him a trainee reporter, especially if they're right.
Because he is really just an intern reporter, and he is still an intern reporter of an unknown tabloid, and it is absolutely uncomfortable to be stabbed in the sore spot.
However, Qiubai was just an unintentional mistake...... Let's just believe it.
"Sooner or later, I'll be the editor-in-chief of 'World News'!"
This intern reporter has a lot of temper, it seems that he will be able to shout out the words "don't bully the poor boy" immediately, and now Qiubai really wants to let him get engaged to his white bear first, and then withdraw from the marriage to see what happens......
But he couldn't do that, because it would be too undignified, and it would hurt the feelings of the white bear, and the other party probably didn't dare to be interested in such an inferior creature as a human, especially if this human was a male like him.
"So...... You specifically asked me to report on your ideals? But unfortunately, I'm not very interested in this. Qiubai put on a face of "you are looking for the wrong person".
can turn the topic to the most unpleasant direction in three or two sentences, which must be one of Qiubai's abilities.
Reporter William almost jumped out of his chair...... Fortunately, there were only two people in this room, and no one else would see him being sarcastic, and William took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
Qiubai shook his head, this temperament doesn't seem to be suitable for being a reporter.
However, whether it is an intern journalist, a journalist, or a well-known journalist, they all share common characteristics...... That's always trying to make big news.
Reporter William also stopped fighting with words, and decided to cut straight to the key point:
"Is Mr. Qiubai from this island?"
Qiu Baixin said that I agreed to accept this so-called interview? You're just asking about my privacy? But after thinking about it, he gave his own answer anyway - because he wanted to know what the hell the other party was up to.
"No, it's just my authentic Beihai people."
Qiubai also specially left loopholes between the words...... How can any Beihai person deliberately emphasize that he is a Beihai person as soon as he opens his mouth, which seems very abnormal.
"Where are the people in Beihai?" William asked.
"Specific...... No comment. Qiu Bai pretended to look at the other party vigilantly, and then used an embarrassed smile to hide his "vigilance and nervousness".
He was silent about his origins, and only admitted that he was a native of Beihai.
His performance seemed to prove that there was definitely something wrong with his stated origin, so William decided to take it a step further and break him down by revealing information that he didn't think outsiders knew:
"Three days ago, someone on an island sold a special fruit from the New World, and I really traced the source of the fruit."
"So what?" Qiubai's face was silent.
He already had a vague guess about this matter, because if someone looked for him, he couldn't influence this matter.
It's just that what he didn't expect was that it wasn't the Navy or the special agency of the World Government, but a journalist - which also made him correct William's assessment, and it wouldn't be surprising if an organization like CP0 could connect him to that incident so quickly, but how did a journalist do this?
"The peculiarity of that fruit is that its freshness is strictly time-bound, and it is theoretically impossible to leave the New World, but it appeared in the North Sea...... It's just weird. William continued to speak to himself because Qiubai was still stiff-mouthed, and his eyes had begun to light up slightly.
Figured out the characteristics of that berry so quickly?
Qiubai didn't speak again, just looked at the reporter, and then ...... An idea rose in my mind.
"So...... I made a bold assumption," William said, licking his thin lips.
Speaking of the excitement, he seemed to forget the unhappiness just now, "...... Someone transported that fruit to the North Sea through the windless belt! ”
"With just one fruit, are you sure that someone has crossed the windless zone that is 'impossible to cross'? Did you think about the feelings of the Aquamans when you said this? Qiubai directly retorted.
Instead of being a journalist, this guy should write fantasy novels, but people really guessed correctly, and his current behavior can be described as "bold assumptions and careful verification".
"Not only that, but more importantly, the information about the sellers is almost impossible to obtain, and after selling the fruit, they directly scuttled their ships in the harbor and then disappeared."
So is the Vikramaditya really sinking again, hey, why do you say it again?
At this time, the more the reporter William spoke, the more he spoke, and he didn't give Qiubai a chance to interject at all...... Mainly Qiu Bai also wanted to hear him continue, "Later, someone recognized the ship, it was a pirate ship belonging to a small group of people, and then the matter was also official-after cleaning the sails of the ship, you can see the pirate logo that has been erased on it. ”
"Later, I identified the area where the pirates were active based on this mark, and then I found traces of new shipwrecks in that area...... There's even half of a sea king's corpse! ”
"So, the general explanation of the matter can be explained: someone crossed the windless belt to transport the fruit to the North Sea, in order to hide the traces of the ship, they grabbed a pirate ship, scuttled the original ship, and then quietly sold the goods to the local merchants at once, destroying the second ship as they left, and then when someone noticed that it was a special product from the New World, they were long gone."
Although there is a bit of a discrepancy, his statement is reasonable.
However, William obviously thought that he was a very strong man who sailed through the windless zone, which is seriously inconsistent with the facts, but there is nothing wrong with it, after all, it is difficult to imagine that this kind of fact can be done by ordinary people.
And more importantly, it only took him three days to figure out what was going on. This man could probably start a literary genre...... Fantasy Detective Stream?
"Someone crossed the windless zone! Can you see how newsworthy this is?! ”
But there's the most crucial thing......
"Neptunes can't be corroborated, and there are not a few neptunes in the North Sea. And take 10,000 steps back, even if your story is true, what does it have to do with me? Qiubai said unhurriedly.
He finally got to the point.
"Because I learned one thing, right in the place where the pirates were robbed, there was a split among the 'New World Visitors', one group of people continued to be in charge of buying and selling goods, while the other group chose to leave for some reason."
"There were only three of them with distinct characteristics: a red-haired male, a blue-haired young woman, and a white bear."
"When these three people came to this island, they squandered a lot of money, where did it come from? Does it have anything to do with those New World specialties? As he spoke, William pretended to look at the slightly luxurious room.
Does that confirm your identity? Qiubai thought about it, and then thought of two possibilities, the first is that Grisha deliberately let himself disperse his firepower and spread relevant information, but this is almost impossible, because even if Grisha really did that, he couldn't say what he didn't know, compared to Qiubai's thoughts......
Oh, at that time, even Qiubai himself didn't know where to drift.
So, there's only a second possibility.
William Wallace reporter ...... Are you a 'capable one'? Qiu Bai asked as a matter of course, only this kind of explanation is reasonable, because many things that seem impossible to ordinary people are extremely easy for those who are able to do.
William probably used some kind of Devil Fruit ability to get information about the matter, and found his whereabouts.
After Qiubai asked this, William was shocked, just now he only cared about it, and he didn't expect the other party to easily see through his secret.
"I don't know exactly what you're capable of, and I'm not interested in it, but since you can figure out what happened so quickly and find me, it's enough to show your ability to gather information, so...... Are you familiar with some things in Beihai? ”
Qiubai is equivalent to admitting his identity, but it doesn't matter.
"I retract my previous judgment, you have the most important qualities that a journalist should have, and you may really be able to become the editor-in-chief of that newspaper, but there must be a necessary premise...... You can live to that time. ”
"Even if an ideal path can be unimpeded, death is always an obstacle that cannot be overcome...... Isn't it? ”
Qiubai's eyes made William realize that he seemed to have made a fatal mistake, his actions were too hasty, and the other party was a person who had crossed the windless belt!
He had to think about how to leave, however......
"Don't move, don't shout, don't resist, you realize it, right? Only the most terrible kind of pirate would do such a thing as crossing the windless belt, and he is not the kind of person who can be reasonable. ”
Who is he?
For the first time, Qiubai called himself a pirate.
"I ......"
"You don't have to worry, I just want you to show me the way, with your ability, it's probably not difficult, but whether it's for subjective or objective reasons, if you point this path wrong, then I will definitely point you to the most correct path."
As he spoke, Qiu Bai stretched out his right index finger and pointed down vertically.
After living so big, it was probably the first time that William was directly threatened with his life.
But will Qiubai really do that? Maybe he's just habitually scaring people, but maybe he's telling the truth?
Even he couldn't guarantee that.