Chapter 48: The Banquet
Directly in the center of the inner shell, this is a slightly flat basin, and since there are no caves to live in, it is also a place where the Naga residents usually conduct entertainment and trading.
Now, in the square in the center, there is a mountain of Roshan composed of dozens of sea kings, and every resident can enjoy these delicacies that are rarely seen on weekdays for free.
The most conspicuous one in Roshan is the bull-headed snake-body sea kings brought back by the fat man and Cardo before, although most of them were eaten by other sea kings, but now the remaining part is hundreds of meters, placed in the central square, almost connected to the top of the turtle shell.
Roshan was surrounded by Naga residents who looked like little ants, and the worries of the fat man and the queen did not disturb these ordinary residents, who were still immersed in the grand feast.
Tomorrow is the day when Skull Rock Island floats out of the windless zone, and there is only one day left before the deadline given by the strange voice, and Cardo and they are not so worried about the threat of unknown enemies.
At this moment, at the invitation of the members of the escort team, Sanji set up a stove near Roshan and cooked delicious dishes with ready-made food and materials.
The sea king, whom Sanji had named the pot, was now lying next to Sanchi, stretching his long neck, looking pitifully at the delicious broth in Sanchi's wok.
I don't know, is it because it is in the long body, the pot can say what to eat, everything has to try to take a bite, before when Sanji was preparing the kitchenware, the little guy saw the red, green and green women's underwear in Sanchi's big casserole, and went up to take a bite coldly, wanting to try whether this brightly colored thing is delicious, the poor pot was almost choked to death by cotton underwear, and found that it was ruining his baby Sanji, distressed, pinched the neck of the pot and pot, and pulled the underwear out, Who knew that because of the excessive force, the slender underwear was torn in half, and the angry doll screamed, claiming that she would not cook for the pot for three days.
The punished pot pot was much more honest, pitifully lying next to Sanchi, with small dark green eyes, glancing at the broth from time to time, and when Sanji didn't pay attention, his slender neck suddenly poked out, and he took a big sip of it.
Fei Te was accompanying several old people of Naga at the moment, listening to them tell the stories of Naga, some of these stories are legends, some are facts, although not true, but it is also of great help to Fei Te's data collation.
Cardo has nothing to do, walking around Roshan, tasting all kinds of strange ingredients from time to time, and by the way, using the stolen money to buy some small items unique to Naga as souvenirs.
While wandering around, Cardo suddenly noticed a bunch of people gathered in the distance, messing around and not knowing what they were doing.
"I'm betting on number three, number three is the biggest, and I will definitely win"
"Fart, the one who trots is fast, who runs faster compared to the fat man and the thin man"
"Hey, No. 3, you're running, don't stop."
"Damn, it's in the wrong direction, it's in the wrong direction, don't run back."
stepped forward to take a look, and Cardo couldn't help but be amused, it turned out that this group of people was gambling.
In the crowd, a large rectangular bluestone was surrounded by wooden planks, and inside were three small turtles with their heads in their heads.
The baby turtles have the numbers one, two, and three written on their backs, and a meter in front of them sprinkle a finish line with white ash.
One of the small turtles with number two written on it crawled slowly towards the finish line, the other small turtle with number three simply lay on the spot, snoring and sleeping, and the youngest turtle number one, lying on the edge of the plank, trying to turn around, trying to climb out of the range of the plank.
"Hey, it's so unassuming, why did this guy sleep at this time, he didn't rest last night, okay?"
"Mine too, small and flexible, but this guy doesn't run on the right path, why do you always turn around this wall, is there a female turtle on it?"
The loser, sighing, and the winner is happy to take the double bet from the stall owner and place a new bet.
"Bet, bet, buy one and lose two, only gold, no animal skin" At the other end of the bluestone slab, a hunchbacked strong man wearing a cloak and sunglasses shouted to the surrounding crowd to bet.
Cardo, who was idle and had nothing to do, found that there was a lot of excitement to join, and of course he would not let it go, so he touched a handful of gold from the young man who had just won a game on the side and threw it in a wooden box marked one.
Little Turtle No. 1 looked the most energetic despite not doing business in the last game, and many people, like Cardo, put their bets on No. 1.
The little turtle race is the beginning, the stall owner will rest a little turtle back into the bluestone slab, this game, the second little turtle seems to be a little tired, lying in place motionless, the third little turtle is estimated to be resting enough, take the lead, rush to the front, and the most bet on the number one small turtle followed the three, as if interested in the small tail of the three, that is, no more than the three.
"Hey, I said what's going on with this guy, he was interested in the wall last time, and this time he was interested in other people's tails, and he was too unprofessional."
"No. 1 must be male, No. 3 is female, and No. 1 is now in heat."
The crowd around was angrily scolding No. 1 for not being angry, Cardo didn't care, anyway, the money bet was not his own, and if he lost, he would lose, and it was a big deal to find a big boss to earn back.
Seeing that No. 3 was about to reach the end, Cardo's eyes rolled around, searching for the target to attack.
"Oh, this guy is so familiar with his smile" inadvertently glanced at the stall owner, and suddenly felt very familiar, the stall owner is now full of glory, and he looks at the number three who is in the lead in the field, as long as the bettor loses more, the more he will win as a dealer.
"This smile is so cheap, so ugly, so familiar" After looking at it carefully for a long time, I always felt that this guy's smile was a little familiar, but I couldn't remember seeing this guy there.
When the game was over, the stall owner leaned forward, took out the gold in the wooden box, and arched his body slightly, a figure flashed in Cardo's mind, and he almost couldn't help but scream, this guy's greedy face was almost the same as the coyote that Cardo met eleven years ago, although he was wearing a cloak and sunglasses now, but it could be seen from the back he was carrying that this guy was definitely a coyote.
"How could this guy be in Naga, I heard that he had gone to the Great Voyage ten years ago, was it also because of the shipwreck that he floated here" Cardo fell into memories, ten years ago, he accidentally got the Devil Fruit, and the coyote whose strength had greatly increased his confidence doubled, and led his pirate group to begin to conquer the Great Voyage, at the beginning, Cardo also heard that the bounty of the coyote soared all the way, from 40 million all the way to 120 million, but later it was said that the coyote pirate group was surrounded and suppressed by the navy, and the whole army was wiped out, and the coyote himself was nowhere to be found, I didn't expect to meet him here now.
At the same time, he was born in the East China Sea and also fell on this island, and Cardo couldn't help but feel a sense of pity for each other when he looked at the coyote.
However, although he is also a fallen person, Cardo does not want to recognize the coyote at this time, he and Fei Teke stole the coyote's treasure cleanly, this guy who is addicted to wealth may think of this matter, and he will find trouble for himself.
"Hehe, this guy is still so money-obsessed, if I steal all his gold, hehe......" Seeing the coyote's trembling hands holding the gold, and the corners of his mouth flowed out, Cardo couldn't help but want to make a little joke with the coyote.
PS: The first belated update, cheeky to collect.