Chapter 9: The Black Cat Pirates

East China Sea, Orange Town.

Despite its name, 'Orange Town' is not grown in large quantities, and it is not Nami's hometown: Nami's hometown is called Kokoyashi Village. This is just a new village that has just been established for more than ten years, and because there is no naval station, it has gradually become a place where many gangsters and pirates are rampant.

"Spare your life~~"

"You're Hawkeye?"

The man who was beaten by Sauron had a blue nose and swollen face, and a pair of eyes that were yellow from drinking all year round, and it was all he could say at this time.

"Don't fight, I'm Hawkeye, I'm Hawkeye!"

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It's clear that this guy isn't 'Hawkeye' Mihawk. ’

Even Rosie, who eats melons, can't stand it, although he knows that Luffy and Zoro will probably pounce, but he didn't expect that it was just a little minion with a bounty of 4 million, and he dared to call it 'Hawkeye'. I can only blame Mihawk's nickname: Hawkeye, which is too ordinary.

Of course, it doesn't matter what the nickname is, what matters is who calls it.

"Zoro, what are you looking for, one of the Seven Martial Seas, 'Hawkeye' Mihawk?"

Actually, Luffy doesn't know what the 'Seven Martial Seas' are, but there is an old saying called 'the ignorant are fearless'. After hearing his teacher Rosie tell him that there is a way to contact 'Hawkeye' Mihawk, Luffy has a plan.

"If I let you see Hawkeye, you'll be my buddy!"

"Hmph, if you can do it."

Sauron, who was in a bad mood because he was looking for the wrong person, snorted coldly and didn't take it to heart.

"Two, 'Hawkeye' Mihawk is one of the Seven Martial Seas, and the bounty... Forget it, in short, they are people from completely different worlds than us. ”

'Hawkeye' Jorakol Mihawk: $3.59 billion berry!

For Zoro and Luffy, who are still dealing with tens of millions of bounties, there is no difference from the floating clouds on the horizon. So the tall and burly Navy Ensign Monka good-natured stretched out his hand to the restaurant next to him:

"Let's discuss the 'Black Cat Pirates', they have a pirate ship called 'Baiji Buraku', the captain is 'Baiji' Chloe, and the bounty is 16 million Bailey, which is a rare powerhouse in the East China Sea!"

And this Navy Ensign Monka, who carried an axe on his back and had a simple and serious face, was the arrogant and arrogant Navy Colonel who put a giant axe on his right arm, and gave the 'Axe Emperor' Monka!

Actually, Monka is a good person.

That's right, ever... Or that the current Monka is still a good person, and he is a hot-blooded navy full of justice in his heart.

In the near future, when he was chasing the Black Cat Pirates, he was killed by Chloe and his jaw was crushed. Chloe's henchman Zangao hypnotizes him, making him think he has captured Chloe.

He handed over the fake Chloe to the headquarters of the Navy, and as a result, he was promoted to colonel and became the head of the 153rd branch of the Navy. However, Zangao's hypnosis also changed Monka's personality, making him insidious and arrogant.

Or maybe it's not just hypnosis, but also the corruption of power.

After all, as the ruler of a naval branch, he is basically equivalent to the 'soil emperor' in this sea area, and power can corrupt people's hearts the most.

However, the current Monka is still a hot-blooded and righteous navy, and the sailors he led have not been wiped out by the 'Hundred Schemes' Chloe, so he found Luffy and Zoro who went to sea in advance.

“··· For the sake of peace in the East China Sea, I am ready to lead people to crusade against the 'Black Cat Pirates'. ”

After telling the situation of the Black Cat Pirates, the tall naval lieutenant looked seriously at the two teenagers in front of him: Luffy can only be regarded as a half-grown teenager, but this world is like this, some people are born strong, and most of them are just in the strength of captains throughout their lives.

"The bounty of nearly 40 million Bailey in the entire Black Cat Pirates Group, we don't want a penny!"

"All I have to do is bring evil to justice: what do the two bounty hunters think?"

In addition to the bounty of 16 million Bailey from Captain Chloe, the Black Cat Pirates also have 9 million Baileys from the 'hypnotist' Zangao, 7 million Bailey from the Black Cat brothers Buji and Sam, and dozens or millions of Baileys from other scattered miscellaneous cadres, which add up to a considerable income.

"Okay, I'll take it!"

Luffy grinned, the Black Cat Pirates burned, killed, and plundered, leaving no one alive, and they were the well-known scum pirates in the East China Sea. Now that he had met it, he had to take care of it: and it was impossible for him to use a small fishing boat to go on a great route, and it was necessary to save money for a ship that could really cross the sea.

Although 'Sensei' Rosie said that if necessary, it would be okay to have someone take him to the New World directly, but for Luffy, arriving in the New World is just the purpose, and what is more important is the travel during this time, as well as the people and things he meets.

"A sea pirate with a bounty of 1,600?"

Zoro raised his eyebrows, also interested.

"Count me in."

In this way, Luffy and Zoro got on the ship of the navy, and while waiting for the arrival of the 'Hawkeye', they went to see the 'sea thief' Chloe.

"Sea pirates?"

In the cabin of a Navy warship, Rosie, who was attached to the left half of Luffy's face, couldn't help but complain.

"The standard of 'sea pirates' in the East China Sea is really frighteningly low."

In the first half of the great route, at least hundreds of millions of people dared to be called a sea thief; In the new world, it takes 500 million domineering powerhouses to be embarrassed to call themselves sea thieves. However, in the weakest East China Sea, 16 million Bailey can be regarded as sea pirates... It can only be said that because Karp has nothing to do, he likes to go home to see his grandson and comb the East China Sea by the way, which leads to:

When there is no hero, the vertical son becomes famous.

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A few days later, the warship carrying Luffy and Zoro and hoisting their 'small boat' on the side of the ship caught up with the Black Cat Pirates' ship: the Baiji Braku!

"Wow, that's a big cat."

Standing on the deck, Luffy built a pergola and looked at the pirate ship in the distance.

It was a three-masted ship with a cat as its bow image, and the black cat-headed skull flag displayed the identity of the other party.

Black Cat Pirates!

"Fire!"

Under the command of Second Lieutenant Monka, a large number of naval soldiers moved, and the naval soldiers with long flintlock pistols capable of firing continuously ran back and forth, the sound of the wheels of the cannons rattled, and they were nervous and orderly in preparing for battle, worthy of the elite soldiers of the navy.

Immediately after, a roar of cannonballs burst out, fireworks filled the deck, and the dazzling light of fire and the sound of explosions pierced everyone's ears. Just now, twenty shells whistled out, creating a massive column of water between the two ships!

Although the momentum is huge, but... If you want to hit the target with both ships moving in the wind and waves, you need to be at least a good 'sniper'. Ordinary soldiers, on the other hand, can only rely on quantity and quality: count on a certain artillery bombardment to hit the opponent's mast, paralyze the mobility of the enemy ship, and then slowly blast the opponent into the sea with cannonballs.

Under normal circumstances, such naval battles will last for several hours, or even fight for days and nights in a chase and escape.

"Hmph, we might as well put down our boat and let us row straight over."

Zoro raised his eyebrows, as a swordsman, he hated this kind of gun bombardment the most, and only the 'gang jumping' tactic was suitable for him.

?!

"Zoro, look~~"

Just as the naval warship opened fire, a small boat was lowered on the pirate ship in front. The boat made a deft U-turn and then raced at a high speed towards the warship behind.

"Oh, the other party has thought of us too."

In the speeding boat, there stood a man dressed in a captain's coat, his black hair combed back to his head, with a pair of flat eyes, because his hands carried a long ten-bladed 'cat's claw', so he could only push his glasses with the bottom of his palm.

'Hundreds' Chloe

The small ship was fast and soon rushed close to the warships of the Navy. The soldiers on the deck did not hesitate to raise the flintlock pistols in their hands, and fired a volley at Captain Chloe on the small boat, but unfortunately Chloe's strength obviously exceeded his bounty of 16 million.

The long claws 'Ten Blades' on the fingers of Chloe's hands swung forward, and with a clangling spark, the flying lead bullets were swept away, and the sound of gold and iron was endless, and Captain Crow, who was wearing glasses and looked like a Sven, had already kicked his feet.

Peng!!

The whole person drew an arc in the air, and the man nicknamed 'Baiji' was like a big bird, and the captain's coat behind him flew away, and he flew directly from the small boat to the warship.

?!

"Enemy attack—"

Seeing that the other party directly boarded the ship alone, the naval soldiers on this warship were taken aback, and surrounded them with knives and guns: Second Lieutenant Monka also took off the big axe behind his back with his backhand, and rushed to the front line with the murder weapon weighing hundreds of pounds in both hands. But:

burst

The figure flashed, and the 'Baiji' Chloe, who had just boarded the ship, stretched out his arms, and the 'Ten Blades' Xueliang sword shadow attached to his fingers swirled, and the whole person rushed directly into the naval formation! The roars and screams were instantly intertwined, tearing flesh and blood, cracking swords and guns, and bloody light on the deck, and the naval soldiers who had just surrounded them almost collapsed at the touch of a button!

The strongest thing about 'Hundred Tricks' Chloe is not his mind, but his agility to the point that it is difficult for ordinary people to even detect the high speed.

Notice that the speed of the other party is not really beyond the limits of the human eye. ’

And in Luffy's ears, Rosie's voice sounded. Give him a live lesson:

But he has a gift: to put himself in the blind spot of most people's eyes, like two people standing opposite each other, one suddenly lowers his body to attack the lower three, and the other is as if he has not been trained, and there will be a momentary 'loss of sight', which is the most common method used by people who are good at agility. ’

Qiang!!

With a sword strike, the killing of 'Hundred Schemes' Chloe was intercepted.

"You're a swordsman, too?"

The 'Great Quick Knife' called the word Wado blocked the Ten Blades, and Zoro raised his eyebrows.

"If you kill all these navy guys, I'll have a headache too."

"Bounty hunters?"

Chloe, whose attack was blocked, strengthened his decision: he wanted to 'wash his hands of gold' and go ashore. Today, these navies are his pawns: kill them all, and then leave one of the lucky ones behind to go back with the glory of capturing Captain Chloe.

Of course, 'Captain Chloe' is his ready-to-use stand-in, and if 'Lucky' is the one, the second lieutenant just now is good. It's a pity -

"Don't get in the way of my plans, let me die here."

In the face of the short-haired green bounty hunter who stopped him, Captain Chloe swung the weapon on his hands and turned into ten silver rays of light towards Sauron! However, Sauron was not one of those naval soldiers who couldn't even see Chloe's attack clearly, and the twin swords in his hands blocked the ten short knife-like 'ten blades' all of them.

Qiang Qiang Qiang Qiang Qiang ~~

"Dead here? I'm going to be the world's number one swordsman! ”

Captain Chloe is extremely fast, although he is not a capable person, but in the eyes of ordinary people, he is similar to an capable person: disappearing in an instant, appearing in an instant, so that ordinary soldiers don't even know how to die. But after all, Zoro is a 'famous family' with a solid foundation, and the swordsmanship of the Frost Moon family allows him to support even in the face of the terrifying and high-speed Chloe.

And on the other side:

"Zoro, come on!"

Luffy first dragged the wounded naval soldiers aside, bandaged them briefly and began to cheer for Zoro, leaning on the side of the ship, the bloodied Second Lieutenant Monka gasped and tilted his head in question.

"You... Aren't you helping? ”

"Hee-hee-hee, this is Sauron's own battle, I believe him!"

And on the battlefield, two figures fought back and forth in a claw, and they were even up and down?

is worthy of being a guy who can create his own 'Six Styles', and he can actually fight like this with Zoro who has just gone out.

Rosie, who was observing all this, nodded secretly, in addition to being a rare high IQ among pirates, Crow's strength is also not bad: the silent step with the high speed that is difficult for ordinary people to detect is very sharp, especially his trick 'Dipper Death'.

The speed is almost equal to the shaving in the 'Six Styles', and it is a continuous shave, but unfortunately the disadvantage is that he can't control the direction himself, and can only kill all the creatures on the entire battlefield at a high speed that even the people who are slashed can't react.

Years ago, Rosie was able to hack everyone to death with unresponsiveness, but he didn't even bother to use that technique later.

"Captain, we're here to help you!"

Originally, Chloe's plan was to kill all the Navy soldiers himself and then fake his death.

It's a pity that when he meets Luffy and Zoro, Zoro alone is not an opponent he can easily kill, and time continues to pass in the high-speed battle between the two, and the Black Cat Pirates next to him have also come over.

"Zangao, hypnotize them!"

Since the original plan could not be carried out, Chloe had to let his co-captain, that is, the 'hypnotist' Zangaoxiang, hypnotize the rest of the navy.

"Okay, okay."

On the ship of the Black Cat Pirates, who was wearing peach glasses and dressed as a dancer's 'hypnotist', Zangao pulled out a ring and aimed it at the deck of the warship.

"I'll count 321 and you'll be hypnotized to sleep!"

After speaking, without waiting for the rest of the navy to react, he shook the ring in his hand from side to side, and at the same time pressed the hat above his head to cover his face:

"3, 2, 1, hypnosis!"

?!

Winter Winter Winter

The sound of a series of human bodies falling to the ground sounded, and the soldiers on the deck of the warship who were on guard actually fell with their eyes rolled like this, so that Zoro who was fighting couldn't help but glance at it.

"No, I actually hypnotized the navy in a second... Luffy?! ”

Not only the Navy soldiers, but even Luffy, who was wearing a, shorts, and slippers, closed his glasses and fell backwards with a huge bubble on his nose.

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Fell asleep.

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"Hey, hey, hey, you're at this time—"

Puff,

"Distraction in battle is a big no-no, swordsman!"

Zoron, distracted by Luffy's hypnosis, was clawed in the abdomen by Captain Chloe, stumbling backwards with his twin swords in his hands as blood splattered.

"It seems that my 'cute' subordinates are still a little useful, but it's a pity..."

Chloe, who had a successful move, glanced at the Black Cat Pirates behind him, he was ready to even find a chance to kill these guys, because only when everyone thought that he had been brought to justice, Chloe could really 'whitewash' go ashore?!

"Tsk, really."

Luffy, who had just been killed by Zangao's hypnosis, got up from the ground and rubbed his temples.

"It's so easy to fall into hypnosis, and I don't know whether to say that Luffy is simple-minded, or whether to say that he 'has too low mental resistance'?"

As Luffy stood up again, everyone present instantly seemed to stand naked in the cold wind, and it was as if they looked up to witness the sun radiating infinite light and heat, and their whole souls and bodies were so shocked that they couldn't move.

"You... Who are you..."

Facing Zoro who gritted his teeth and reluctantly turned around to question, Luffy grabbed his hair.

"Well, me,"

"I'm Luffy's 'teacher.'"

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ps: There are a total of 16 people in the family, and only 3 are completely resistant to the new crown, which is really low~~ There is no state today, and I really can't write it. Sorry...