Chapter XXXI: Rear Admiral
It was easy to inquire about the location of the Barkerof family on this island, a luxurious manor house perched on the mountainside.
This manor is like the landmark of Meeru Island, built on the second highest peak of the conspicuous Meeru Island, many tourists used to wonder, why not build the manor on the highest peak, and the highest peak is also listed as a forbidden place, there are special guards to guard, now, Cardo knows, there is the burial place of the Andre family.
Cardo walked towards the Barkerlof family's estate, which looked very luxurious, like the castle of an ancient emperor, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Along the way, Cardo didn't encounter too many guards, and it seemed that the people of the Bucklov family were confident and didn't believe that anyone would come here to make trouble.
It wasn't until they came to the big iron gate of the manor that two guards with guns appeared, and they greeted Cardo very kindly, they thought that Cardo was just a tourist who came to Honeymoon Island for a vacation, and they never imagined that the person in front of him would be the Grim Reaper who was about to destroy this place.
Cardo is only here to find trouble with Lockraff, and he doesn't care much about these ordinary guards, after all, these are just ordinary people who work as security guards for others, and Cardo is not a big villain, although he is ready for a big battle, he will not attack these innocent guards.
Smiling and nodding to the security guards, he told them that he had come to look for Lockraff and asked them to let them know.
The security guard also knew that most of the people who could come to Honeymoon Island for vacation were nobles and wealthy people, and some of them were friends of Loclav, so they didn't dare to slack off and immediately went in to report.
After a short while, a laugh rang out:
"That friend saw that I was coming, why didn't he notify me in advance"
Lockroff walked out from behind the gate, and when he saw that it was Cardo, his face changed suddenly: "Why are you still here, are you waiting for me to bombard you away?"
"Hehe" Cardo smiled: "On the contrary, Lao Tzu is here to bombard people today, get out of here, I can spare your life today."
"What, haha, I heard you right" Hearing Cardo's words, Lockrov was stunned for a while, and then laughed in surprise: "You guy is here to bomb me, did you get kicked in the head by a donkey, haha".
"What an obnoxious laugh," Cardo chuckled, his figure flickering, and before he could react, he rushed up to him, grabbed Rocklough by the neck, and lifted him up like a chicken.
"What are you doing, are you going to rebel, you pariah!" Lockroff was stunned and hurriedly commanded the guards around him to attack Cardo.
Although the guards were holding the robbery in their hands, because their master was in the hands of Cardo, they were afraid of going off, so they didn't dare to shoot at will, but rushed up with their bare hands.
"Get out!" Cardo threw Lockroff out and smashed it against the tall iron door, which the fat Lockroff clanged like a hammer.
Cardo stepped up, mustered up a punch directly on the big iron gate, a shocking sound came out, and the surrounding guards were directly suppressed, they are just some ordinary people, usually deal with the common people It's okay, now I see that Cardo can actually shake the big iron door with a punch, as if it is going to collapse, at this time, who dares to step forward, compared with the master and the small life, of course, the small life is more important.
"This is a matter between me and the Bucklov family, the rest of the people who don't matter, get out of here" Cardo turned his head and kicked the guards fiercely, and those guards suddenly scattered like frightened deer, and even the guns in their hands were gone, and they were thrown all over the ground, for ordinary people, Cardo now looked like a devil, with a power that they could not match.
Cardo grabbed Lockroff by the collar and lifted the fat man who was lying on the ground twitching, opened the bow left and right with one hand, snapped, and the slap was accompanied by a slap and a fierce fan, and after a while, Lockrov changed, and his face, which was already fat enough, now became more like a pig's head than a pig's head, and it was estimated that the pig's head would be ashamed when he saw it.
"Dog, there is a scum like you in the world, in order to seek other people's property, you dare to use such hurtful means, you guy is even more damned than a pirate, in order to completely control his family's wealth, he can actually kill his father alive, you grew up eating shit in your last life, you don't have any gratitude" Cardo scolded and fanned fiercely, until Lockrov was already bleeding from seven holes, and he was about to die, Cardo finally stopped, and he was afraid that this guy would not be able to bear it for a while, You have to give this guy a breath of air, and it's not okay to take revenge on Feite.
After Cardo stopped, there was finally a reaction in the manor, and a chaotic sound came from behind the iron gate.
"Who, it's the untouchables who don't want to live to come to our Bucklov family to make trouble"
"Quick, you guy hurry up and open the iron door, I'm going to kill him alive"
The big iron door rumbled open to both sides, when Bucklov came out to greet Cardo before, he only opened a small door for people to enter and exit next to it, but now he actually opened the door directly, it seems that the people of the Bucklov family are quite arrogant, and when there are guests visiting, they are not willing to open the door.
"Hey, master, how did you become like this!"
As soon as the door opened, the people inside saw Lockroff lying on the ground in front of the gate, and hurriedly pounced on them, holding their master and shouting, seeing these people at a glance to recognize the person on the ground as Bucklov, Cardo was very surprised, now this fat man has become similar to a pig's head, it is estimated that his own mother is here, and he can't recognize it, these people can actually recognize it at a glance.
Bucklov trembled for a long time, and finally reacted, and his loyal men arrived, muttering about the whirring pig's mouth, pointing at Cardo and shouting: "Quick, slaughter him for me, this pariah dares to beat me".
As Bucklov was talking, several snow-white things erupted from his mouth, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a knocked out tooth.
The guards around him, who wanted to show their faces in front of their masters, pounced on them one by one like wolves.
Cardo's physical fitness is far beyond ordinary people, although the skills of these guards are good, but it is not enough for him to see, one punch, after a while, these guys who pounced on the ground will be beaten to the ground, the remaining guards see that Cardo is so difficult to deal with, stop in place and dare not move, at this time, they suddenly remembered that they have a gun in their hands, since it is the master's order, let this kid be killed, and if you want to use a gun, you will not make any mistakes.
In the world of One Piece, although pirates are rampant, there are still laws, ordinary people can't kill people at will, otherwise they will be wanted, these guards didn't dare to shoot before, for fear of getting into trouble, and when one of them dared to shoot first, the others also reacted, holding the rifle in their hands and aiming at Cardo to shoot.
If it was before, Cardo would definitely dodge these bullets, after all, he is flesh and blood no matter how he says, and he still can't compare with bullets, but now, after Cardo has the ability of the Devil Fruit, he already has a good way to defend against bullets, and he doesn't have to dodge around like before.
Cardo stretched out his hand and stroked the space in front of him, using his Devil Fruit ability to imprison the space in front of him.
There was a clang, and the sound of a bullet falling to the ground sounded, and not a single bullet hit Cardo, and when it got close to Cardo's body, it was as if it had touched some transparent force to block the bullet.
Looking at the pile of falling bullets at Cardo's feet, one of the guards exclaimed, "He's a Devil Fruit powerhouse!" ”。
These guards have seen people, and they immediately recognized that Cardo has the ability of Devil Fruits, probably because many of the people who come to Honeymoon Island for vacation have Devil Fruit abilities, and they are no strangers to Devil Fruits.
Hearing the guard say that Cardo was a capable person, the other guards also stopped shooting, and they knew that no matter how many bullets they fired, they would probably not be able to hurt Cardo.
At this moment, a man crouching next to Lockraff, who looked like a butler, shouted, "Go to the Baroque master, only he can defeat this boy."
The quick-sighted guards had already reacted, and hurriedly ran back to the manor, thinking that they were going to find some Baroque young master.
Cardo didn't care how many rescuers they brought out, but walked over to Lockroff lying on the ground, and the butler, who seemed to be very loyal, was frightened when he saw Cardo walking towards him, and hurriedly threw away Lockroff in his arms, and retreated a few steps back.
Suddenly Lost, Lockroff fell to the ground, spurting out several teeth from his mouth again.
"Phew" Cardo snorted at the butler, this guy turned out to be not a die-hard dog.
Squatting in front of Lockroff, his face trembling and his eyes filled with fear, hatred, and anger at his death-fearing men.
"Stare at you, glare, gouge out your eyes again" Cardo slapped Lockrov in the face, knocking out the last few teeth in his mouth, and this time Lockrov couldn't hold it anymore and passed out.
Seeing that Lockroff was not moving, Kaduo was in a hurry, holding his shoulders and shaking wildly: "Hey, don't die yet, wait until Feite is angry, and you will give us Honeymoon Island to die again."
Hearing Fei's words, Lockrov's face twitched visibly a few times, and Cardo was relieved for a moment, this guy was playing dead.
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in the manor, and Cardo looked up to see that several people who were obviously the core children of the Bucklov family came out surrounded by a tall man, dressed in a delicate naval uniform, and a wide cloak draped on his back, on which the word justice was written.
If it weren't for the fact that this guy was wearing a navy uniform, Cardo would never have thought that this was a navy, because he was so ugly, with a fierce face, and a huge scar on his face that stretched from the corner of his forehead to his chin, he looked like a murderous pirate no matter how he looked.
Looking at the guy in front of him who was more than two meters tall, Cardo was speechless, why are there always some monsters with terrifying heights in the world of One Piece, not to mention those giant clans, just the Moonlight Moria of the Seven Martial Seas, and the Storm Bear are four or five meters tall, Uncle Whitebeard is at least five or six meters tall, and even Cardo's dream lover Empress has a height of more than one meter nine, which makes him embarrassed in his previous life who was only one meter seven or eight tall.
The navy walked up to Cardo, looked at Cardo carefully, and suddenly said in a loud voice: "It turned out to be the famous bounty hunter Holy Hand Cardo in the East China Sea, no wonder these guys are not your opponents."
"Oh, you know me," Cardo said in surprise
"Of course, I was the colonel of the 16th Division of the Navy in the East China Sea before, and of course I knew you, a bounty hunter who shocked the East China Sea, but now that I have been promoted to rear admiral of the Navy Headquarters, I thought that I would have nothing to do with you in this life, but I didn't expect you to dare to make trouble in our Baroque family," Baroque said.
"I see, I said why no one came to Honeymoon Island to make trouble, it turned out that they had someone in the navy" Cardo said: "Why, do you still want to use your status as a rear admiral to suppress me, I'm not afraid, it's a big deal not to be a bounty hunter, to be a pirate."
"Hehe, what do you mean not to be a bounty hunter to be a pirate, the head of the night cat pirate group with a bounty of sixteen million, 'big thief cat' Cardo, do you really think that the people in the navy are stupid, originally when I was in the East China Sea, I was a little puzzled, why a famous bounty hunter would have the same name as a pirate, when the hunting conference in Rogue Town ended, after investigation, I realized that you are the same person!" Baroque suddenly uttered something that shocked the audience.
"It has already been leaked" Cardo touched his nose and smiled, "In that case, I don't have so many scruples, just in the name of the Night Cat Pirates, to destroy your Bucklov family."
"Hmph, you pirates with a bounty of no more than 16 million, you dare to shout at a rear admiral of the Navy Headquarters so rampantly, do you think your strength is stronger than mine" Baroque Senran smiled: "However, I have a good proposal, you be my subordinate, I will cover for you, you help me rob the treasure and deal with some private matters, I can help you keep it secret, and let you be a famous bounty hunter for the rest of your life."
"Private?" Cardo asked, "What kind of thing?" ”。
"Hehe" Baroque pointed to Lockrov who was pretending to be dead on the ground, and said with a smile: "For example, if you help me get rid of this guy, I will inherit the property of the Bucklov family!" ”。
Cardo was stunned, this family is really not a good thing, it is estimated that the old Mr. Barkerlof before is a genetic mutation, so he will become a good person.
"Baroque, what do you say" Lockraff, who was pretending to be dead, sat up all of a sudden, muttered and roared: "Don't forget, how did your rear admiral come about, if I hadn't spent money to buy the relationship, do you think that with your strength, you can be a rear admiral of the naval headquarters, you ungrateful fellow, you will regret it, I have already informed the butler, once you have any abnormalities, spread the evidence that you spent money* and killed your competitors, you will definitely be ruined".
"My dear uncle, after studying with you for so many years, I still don't know you" Baroque smiled sinisterly on his face: "Mr. Butler, come out and let my uncle take a look, so that he can die in peace."
The butler, who had been holding Lockroff and crying bitterly before, had been scared away by Cardo, but at this time he walked out of the crowd, ran to Baroque with a flattering smile, took out a stack of ledgers from his arms, nodded and said: "Master, this is the evidence that Lockraff's bastard used to frame his master."
Seeing that the butler, who had been extremely loyal to him before, actually rebelled on the spot, and even dedicated the only evidence he could have to threaten Baroque to Baroque, Locloff suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood, his face turned red, and he almost died of anger.
"Burn the evidence that Lockroff framed me," Baroque commanded the butler.
"Yes, my dear master," said the butler, with a flattering smile, drew a match and lit the evidence.
"No, don't" Locklew, who was lying on the ground, jumped up at once, pounced on the butler, grabbed the butler's hands and tried to snatch the evidence: "This is mine, I am the head of the house of Barclov, you can't burn it, I order you in the name of the head of the house, you can't burn it."
Not only was the butler indifferent, but not even one of the guards beside him stepped forward to help, and it seemed that they had already colluded to seize the position of the head of the Loclav family.
"Get out, you despicable thing, you still want to frame my master, Major General Baroque, as the master's most loyal servant, I didn't kill you, even if I was merciful" The butler kicked Lockrov away, throwing the evidence in his hand that was about to burn to the ground.
"Don't, it's mine, I have evidence, haha, baroque, you kid dare to rebel, I'm going to expose you, haha" Lockrov pounced on the burning evidence like crazy, extinguished the flames with his fat body, picked up the evidence that was already black on the ground, laughed, obviously crazy.
In order to show his loyalty in front of the Baroque, the butler on the side kicked and beat Loklev, and scolded him angrily.
Glancing casually at Locklew on the ground, Baroque looked disgusted not at his own uncle, but at a fly.
"Aren't you afraid of retribution, aren't you afraid that you will be treated like this in the future" The scene of fighting for power and profit in these wealthy families made Cardo feel cold, thinking that when Lockleff was angry with his father, it was also like this, and now Cardo understands a little, it turns out that in the real wealthy family, all family affection is fake, only interests are true, it is no wonder that all the kings in history can kill their biological brothers who compete for power and profit, these people should be corrupted by power and money, They don't know what family affection is.
"Haha, of course I'm afraid, so I know that money is not omnipotent, in this world, you must also have strength, only strength can protect wealth, can plunder wealth, so I joined the navy early, and I have already spent money to buy devil fruits, don't think that only you are the capable, I am too" Baroque laughed and said: "How about it, do you want to be my subordinate, so that you can also have more strength, and you can also have unimaginable wealth".
Cardo was indifferent for a while, and said coldly: "No, I hate scum!" ”。
PS: Two-in-one more, a big chapter of more than 5,000 words, I'm tired to death, it's the first time I've written so much in one breath, brothers, for the sake of me being so diligent, collect it.