"What the hell is this One Piece doing?"

"Who knows, maybe you will be famous, go back to your hometown for a wedding honeymoon or something-"

A pirate ship floated silently on the sea, and Rossi casually chatted with Torrebol and the others while kicking the pirate captain at his feet.

"Reza, the 'ghost stick' with a bounty of 45 million Bailey?"

"How can I say that this is also the territory of our 'Don Quixote family', what gave you the courage to come here and rob it?"

"Ahem, we... Pirates... The king... I won't let it go..."

"Alright, alright,"

Rosie rolled his eyes, unable to understand the thinking patterns of these pirates.

"No matter how strong and invincible Roger is, he has a Bailey relationship with you?"

"Why did he stand up for you? If you do encounter the Roger Pirates, I think they will destroy you first. ”

Really, these guys with a problem with their heads.

"Diamanti, handcuff this guy, and when he accumulates a certain amount, send it to the naval base to receive a reward."

"No problem,"

With a wave of his golden sword, Diamanti waved his hand, and immediately liquid gold flew out of his cuffs, turning into shackles and tying the hands and feet of the pirate captain on the ground, nicknamed 'Ghost Stick'.

Don't look at the gold in Diamanti's hands like a liquid, but as long as it solidifies and shapes, even hundreds of millions of sea thieves can't break free from the shackles of gold when it is difficult to exert force.

"Tsk, hurry up and awaken the fruit ability."

Rossi looked at this 'extravagant' means of captivity, even if the Don Quixote family had a great cause, it could not afford such a squander.

"Although the Golden Fruit is considered powerful, the consumption is too great."

Golden Fruit, control gold, can expand and deform gold, into weapons, armor, shackles, etc.···

But the downside is: you can't make gold!

In other words, if the fruit falls into the hands of a poor man, it is a real waste.

There is not even gold, what can be controlled by it? It's not as good as Pika's 'stone fruit', at least there is no shortage of 'materials' for training and fighting.

Even the Don Quixote family could only provide Diamanti with less than a ton of gold, almost filling in the family's earnings from the Great Route.

"Fruit Awakening... How can it be so easy? ”

Even Diamanti, who is used to being 'modest', can't help but complain,

"Even Rosie, you and Dover haven't figured out how to awaken the fruit, so you expect me to awaken the golden fruit..."

Isn't that hard for a strong man!

What's more, if it weren't for Rosie, everyone wouldn't even know that there was such a thing as 'fruit awakening'.

It's also...

"Forget it, let's clean up this route first."

Next to this pirate ship, there is a flamingo with red sunglasses on the bow and black feathers on the hull... A spooky and riotous ship.

Jackdaw Flamingo

This ship is the legendary shipwright of the City of Seven Waters, built by Mr. Tom for the Don Quixote family.

Although the appearance is a little... Unique, but the performance is first-class! Ordinary wind and waves, and even icebergs, are not much different from the breeze in front of this ship.

At the same time, a 'jet thruster' is installed, which can burst out at critical moments and fly in the air at an astonishing speed.

Two rows of tracked running gear can also extend from the bottom of the boat for short land voyages. The real 'heaven and earth, amphibious and amphibious'!

Since Gamenho's 'Thousand Faces Pirates' were destroyed by Rossi and others, and the territory was also occupied by Rossi and others, they were responsible for the safety of this route:

Relying on a permanent record pointer, the group swept away the pirates and drove back along the island.

After passing through the devastated 'Carnival Island', we are heading to the food island.

"Let's go,"

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As Rosie's Diamanti leaped back onto the Jackdaw Flamingo, Dover, who was basking in the sun and reading the newspaper on the deck, looked up.

"Ferver, there is still no news of that 'One Piece', and the reporters are about to write about his grandfather's deeds... This guy can't be dead, right? ”

"Who knows, maybe you will be famous, go back to your hometown for a wedding honeymoon or something-"

He replied casually again, but Rossi's words were met with everyone shaking their heads.

"How is that possible?"

"That's One Piece, who can kill him!"

"If it were me, I would take the whole world in one go..."

A group of people on the deck first discharged the 'correct answer', and then they all speculated about what kind of shocking conspiracy Roger was planning for 'One Piece', which made Rosie shrug his shoulders.

Hey, the truth is always so hard to accept.

In fact, if Roger wasn't terminally ill, maybe he would really have fought hard?

I don't know what 'Ralph Drew' has that would make Roger and his boatload laugh like that...

"We're about to arrive at the 'Food Island', and hopefully it won't be too miserable—"

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Food Island,

"It's only been half a year..."

When the Jackdaw Flamingo arrives at Gourmet Island, all you see is a dock that is dilapidated and desolate like an abandoned town.

All that remains of the once bustling wharf is the tattered vendors, collapsed restaurants, the sea breeze blowing, and the half-cut silk sign that has been stepped on the ground is the last 'vitality' of the island.

"Tut-tut, it's miserable."

Torrebol couldn't help but shake his head, he didn't care what the island had become. But he cares about the family's earnings on the island:

"No wonder last month's income was only '50 million Bailey', it seems that I blamed the steward here."

As the red and black ships entered the port, several figures peeked into the lifeless ruins, and immediately resounded in an uproar after seeing the Double Dragon Flag on the top of the mast. Soon:

"Welcome, welcome to the island!"

A man wrapped in armor and holding a huge shield rushed over, followed by a group of powerful bodyguards armed with knives and guns.

"I heard that the adults are coming, and my subordinates are looking forward to it day and night..."

"Alright,"

Torrebol waved his cane impatiently, interrupting the steward's chatter.

"Send me a detailed report for the past few months!"

"And you-"

Behind the man in thick armor and with a bodyguard, an early man dressed in a chef's costume and an old man with a cane arrived.

These two are the representative chefs of the island, and the old man with the highest prestige among the villagers.

"Submit your records, too, if we find all three to be the same—"

Torrebol pressed his top hat and smiled.

"Let's go to the bottom of the sea and feed the fish together!"

The designation of three people from different forces as management was a reluctant move by the Don Quixote family.

After all, there are still too few people in the family, except for Polgin and Wesker who are far away in the North Sea, the others basically can't talk about any 'loyalty' to the family.

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"Sure enough, this island is no longer working."

After reviewing the report submitted by the three of them, Rosie nodded.

On the one hand, it is natural that the poppy, which was once the main 'spice' of this island, was burned down by Rossi and the navy, which caused a huge blow to the economy.

On the other hand, it is naturally because of the relationship between 'One Piece' Roger.

"The pirates who have poured into the Great Shipping Route have destroyed the island's defenses. Under the constant harassment and looting, almost all the buildings on the periphery have been abandoned..."

In the face of the constant appearance of pirates, the inhabitants of this island can only retreat to a few parts of the island that are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Farming, fishing, hunting, and business were all greatly affected, and the 'expropriation' of the Don Quixote family was even more miserable, and it was even pointed out in the report that a large number of residents were preparing to build ships and go to sea and flee to other islands.

Of course, how far the primitive rafts built by these people could go on the great route is another question.

But it has been shown that for ordinary people, staying on this island is 'waiting for death'.

"Ferver, don't we become the 'villains' of the story?"

As Dover said this, he looked at Rosie.

He naturally didn't care about the lives or deaths of ordinary people on this island, and he believed that most of the family members didn't care either.

But Rosie cares!

"Anyway, it's our territory."

Putting down the report in his hand, Rossi looked around:

"Diamanti needs a lot of gold to practice and launch his abilities, and the food and drink expenses of the family members are also a lot of money, so we had better be able to take care of this voyage."

For ordinary people in this world, it is already lucky to meet a leader who is willing to take care of the 'territory'.

Otherwise: the current Wano Country is the best example.

Kaido has secretly occupied the country of Wano, where the people are slaves. If necessary, they will be thrown into the factory and toiled to death; If you don't need it, just go to the wild and wait for death.

Under the pollution of the factory, ordinary people can't even farm, they can only starve to death!

Anyway, for rulers, ordinary people are weeds; It's not even a leek, so you can do whatever you want.

At this point, although Rosie is not a virgin, if she can make ordinary people's lives a little better, she can at least hand over more Bailey, right?

"Ferver, I knew Rosie would say that."

Dover, who was leaning on the main seat, waved his hand casually, motioning for Rossi to jump straight into the subject.

"You just say, what should the family do?"

"First, we're heading to Colosseum—"

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"Colosseum, I didn't expect it to be here..."

A few days later, the Jackdaw Flamingo arrived at the first stop of the Great Voyage, sailing into the docks of Colosseum.

It was full of traces of battle: the docks were littered with craters from cannonballs, and the huge log walls were full of bullets, swords, and in many places patched and rock-clogged openings.

Even judging by the green smoke still rising from the city walls, the island was attacked not so long ago.

"The ship..."

"It's the Double Dragon Banner, is it-"

As the patrols on the log wall ran and shouted, the gates of the city wall opened, and a group of heavily armed residents rushed out, armed with knives and guns, and even many carrying artillery.

The armed forces of this island are much stronger, and even under the attacks of the pirates, it seems that they can barely maintain basic order.

"Adults,"

On the deck of sight, Rossi and Dover, as well as Torrebol, Diamanti, Pica, Jorah, Pico · · After these strong men of different styles, heavily armed militia front, the management of this island took a step forward.

"What are you doing here, if it's a 'donation', we have to hand it in every month..."

"Food Island, and even Carnival Island, are heavily infested by pirates."

Rosie interrupted the lead manager's implicit disgruntled words,

"We're here to solve this problem."

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"To put it simply, for some time to come, we will be stationed on this island to deal with the pirates who are pouring into the Great Route."

Rossi gave orders directly to the other party.

"You're only responsible for keeping the city safe!"

Pirates, who specialize in robbing other ships and cities at sea or off the coast.

Ninety percent of the pirates on the entire sea are engaged in 'no capital' business, and burning, killing, and plundering are their daily routine. Even the Roger Pirates and the Whitebeard Pirates, they will also raid the ships they encounter.

Of course, they are pirates who 'only seek treasures and do not kill people indiscriminately', and they can already be regarded as the 'moral peak-like existence' in the pirate group, and normal pirates also want money, boats, and lives!

Those who encounter pirates have only one choice:

That is to take the springboard to the bottom of the sea to feed the sharks.

Anyway, becoming a pirate and being caught by the navy, hunters, or national armies is the only way to die! Or they were sent to Advance City, where they were imprisoned and tortured to the point of despair.

Therefore, ordinary pirates don't have the idea of 'being a man and leaving a line', robbing the light, burning it all, killing it all... Until the day of his own death.

In this way, the future Straw Hats can't be considered pirates at all.

Luffy, as the 'third generation of the sea', is actually very aware of the essence of pirates. All he pursued was 'freedom' and 'adventure', and he was never really a 'pirate'.

It's more like an 'adventurer' and a 'knight' with a pirate flag.

However, such a 'sea knight', it is estimated that there is only one in the entire sea: except for Luffy, most of the rest of the Straw Hats despised and even hated pirates at first.

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Colosseum,

On the main seat of the huge Colosseum, Rossi explained to the other.

"So, as long as we block the islands, we can avoid the islands behind this route from being raided."

"On the one hand, this route can continue to provide money for the family; To protect these islands is to protect the interests of the family. ”

"On the other hand, we have just experienced a battle with the 'Thousand Faces Pirates', so let's stabilize first and digest the gains of this battle."

"At the same time, those pirates who are pouring into the Great Route at this time are just the 'whetstones' for everyone's training. Neither Dover nor I will make a move, and you will work in pairs to take turns taking out those enemies. ”

After saying that, Rosie sighed secretly.

As soon as Roger became the 'One Piece', countless pirates flocked to the Great Route.

What if you wait for him to shout the famous phrase 'Do you want my treasure?' If you want, I can give it all to you, go find it! I put all my treasure there! After that, I was afraid:

The whole sea will run wild, and we will enter the era of 'sea pirates'.

And behind this era of 'sea pirates', there are a large number of destroyed countries, and countless families have been destroyed. The tragedies and tears of tens of millions, even hundreds of millions, of ordinary people.

After all, destroying the country and slaughtering the village at every turn is the orthodox 'style' of pirates.

"Hey, the storm is coming."

Rosie glanced up at the sky, although he didn't have any ambition to 'save the people'... Or a serious illness, but it's a little unpleasant after all.

"Ferver, Rosie."

Dover, who stood up, lifted his chin to the Colosseum below.

"What's the use of thinking so much, come-"

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The figure flashed, and Dover had appeared in the yellow sand of the Colosseum below, thunder and lightning crackling from the pink cloak behind him.

It is the blessing of these 'thunder and lightning' that makes his speed break through to the realm of surpassing the six-style 'shaving'.

"Let's fight!"

"Let me show you my development of 'electrical' techniques."

"Hahaha, okay-"

A black light flashed, and Rossi appeared in the Colosseum.

The five fingers landed on the scabbard of the three generations of demons at his waist, and all the chaotic considerations in his mind disappeared. In this world, only by fighting can you survive and survive according to your own wishes!

Freedom has always belonged only to the strong.

"I'm on!"

During the electric jump, the two thunderbolts of pink and black collided fiercely.