"Such a knife actually costs 200,000 Bailey?!"

On the bustling street, a black-haired woman with a graceful figure and red-framed glasses stood in front of the knife vendor's stall and reprimanded with righteousness and awe:

"That's not going to work! This is a fraud! ”

"I said you, do you sell patents?"

The vendor owner's face was covered with cold sweat, he looked at the navy logo on the other party's red T-shirt, where did he dare to quibble, just begging for mercy.

"Dusty."

A deep voice sounded behind him.

The woman turned her head and softened her tone: "Smoker." ”

She quickly said to the knife dealer:

"Please don't do anything like this again! Do you hear that? ”

Then he continued to ask the visitor, "Didn't Smoker go to inquire about the Straw Hats?" ”

"Nothing useful." Smoker paced forward, and the woman named Dusty hurriedly followed.

"I've heard a lot of the deeds of the Seven Martial Seas Klokdal, and his reputation in Alabastan is even better than that of the king."

"Pirates will always be pirates!" Dusty's tone was affirmative: "I don't believe he's a good guy, hasn't Smoker always thought so?" ”

"That's why I find it strange." Smoker stopped at the mouth of an alley, turned around, and said, "I'm going to investigate Klockdahl, and if I find any violation of the Seven Martial Seas Treaty, I will never forgive him!" ”

"But—" Dusty also stopped, and said with some hesitation, "We don't have the authority to investigate the Seven Martial Seas, do we?" In fact, it was already a violation for us to chase Alabastan because of the Straw Hats. ”

"When did I ever care about that?" Smoker took a deep puff of the cigar on his lips and said, "As a navy, I only care about the justice I shoulder!" ”

"Dusty, are you going to betray me and report me to the Navy Headquarters?"

Dusty instinctively felt that there was something strange about Smoker in front of him, and Smoker had never asked himself in such a skeptical tone.

However, this trace of doubt was quickly thrown away by Dusty, regardless of the rules of the navy to track down the Seven Martial Seas or something is indeed the usual style of Smoker, as the other party's subordinate, he naturally has to be loyal to his boss, how can he question or even report the other party?

She straightened up and said solemnly, "Of course I won't, Smoker!" ”

"I'm the Navy! Even in the face of the Seven Martial Seas, I will never back down! ”

Without realizing it, a black Dark Lord sigil appeared on Dusty's arm.

"Did the intervention succeed?" Tang Sen sensed the formation of the Dark Lord's sigil, and in an instant, the state and location of the person in front of him had already surfaced in his consciousness.

In other words, the other party has been fixed with a loyalty that absolutely cannot be betrayed.

"Darsty Cao, I recognize your courage." Townsend snapped his fingers, and the face that belonged to Smoker changed instantly, returning to Townsen's original appearance.

"You-" Dusty was shocked, "you're not Smoker!" Who are you! ”

Tang Sen glanced at the long knife on her waist and said, "I thought you would draw the knife directly." ”

"How is that possible!" "If you were a bad person, you could have continued to impersonate Smoke, but if you didn't, you weren't evil." ”

"You must have your own reasons for doing this, I just want to ask why you are pretending to be Smoker and what is your purpose!"

"My name is Towngo." A smile appeared on Townsen's face.

He didn't expect the person who had been given the Dark Lord's Mark to bow down in an instant, and to regard himself as his master without logic, as previous experiments had proven that the Dark Lord's Mark only guaranteed a minimum of no betrayal.

In a situation like now, normally the other party will definitely do it directly, but at this time, there is no hostility, obviously because of the imprint.

However, listening to the tone and words of the other party, the other party did not lose the justice he upheld because of the Dark Lord mark, and it has been confirmed in the previous experiment that if he forcibly orders the other party to make some unreasonable demands, such as confronting the navy in turn, or doing it to civilians on the street, even if it is solidified with the mark that cannot be betrayed, although the other party will not resist, but will definitely refuse directly.

Her nature makes it absolutely impossible for her to accept that she is doing something injustice.

That's enough, though.

Townsend doesn't need to give strong orders to others, in fact, he is better at using guidance to make the other party act according to his own wishes, in the past world, even without the existence of the Dark Lord Mark, he was often able to gain a group of followers, and with the Dark Lord Mark, with a minimum of loyalty, it will only make the process much easier.

Tang Sen said gently: "I do have some grievances, everything I just said is true. ”

"I found out that Klockdahl is plotting a huge conspiracy in this land, and if he is not stopped, I am afraid that hundreds of thousands of people will die, and the entire kingdom of Alabastan will be in a desperate situation."

"I want to stop this, but I'm not in the Navy, so I need your help to reach you in this way."

"I see." Dusty breathed a sigh of relief: "If that's the case, then as a navy, it's my duty!" ”

"I will report this matter to Smoker and ask him to report it to the Navy Headquarters, as long as the evidence is conclusive, then the Navy Headquarters will not let Klockdahl succeed!"

She paused for a moment and said, "Don't worry, I will hide the details of your transformation into Smoker Dazuo, after all, if he finds it, I'm afraid he won't be happy." ”

Tang Sen's heart moved, and his understanding of the Dark Lord's mark became more profound.

Obviously, Dusty had her own ideas, and in her opinion, exposing this matter was not a bad thing, however, she chose to hide Townsen's shapeshifting ability because it was a bad thing for Townsen.

This is very interesting, from this detail, Tang Sen can fully deduce that the information and intelligence held by the recipient of the Dark Lord's Mark will not be the same for the definition of betrayal.

For example, if Townsend is clearly a pirate, but Dusty doesn't know about it, then she wouldn't consider it a betrayal to introduce Townsend to other navies.

The constraints of the Dark Lord's Mark only passively act on the body of the given, not actively controlled by Townese, it cannot allow the recipient to obtain intelligence and information out of thin air, and if the recipient does not know anything about Townese's position, it is impossible for him to discern what behavior is considered betrayal of Townsend for no reason.

This didn't bother Townesend, and he came up with a solution in an instant.

"No, I want this to be kept secret for now." Tang Sen said earnestly to Dusty: "Don't reveal what is happening now to anyone else, and don't reveal my existence. ”

The lack of information may prevent Dusty from feeling where the red line of betrayal is, but Townsend can draw the line himself.

"Why?" Dusty asked strangely, "With the strength of just the two of us, we can't stop Klockdar, that's the Seven Martial Seas of His Majesty!" ”

"Trust me, I have my own plans." "I'll let you know when the time comes," Townsend said. ”

Dusty hesitated.

"Okay, okay." She said, "Since you said so, then I will keep it a secret for you." ”

She thought for a moment and said, "I haven't made a life paper yet, if you need to find me—"

"Don't bother." Townsend laughed.

"I can find you at any time."

This sentence sounded directly in Dusty's consciousness.

Dusty was shocked.

"Huh? You didn't speak just now? Wrong. Are you talking in my head? ”

She said quickly, "Is this your ability?" And the Transfiguration just now, are you a Devil Fruit ability? ”

"You can think so."

Tang Sen blinked: "This also needs to be kept secret." ”

At the same time, he knew in his heart that although he was not a Devil Fruit ability now, since the other party believed this information, then I am afraid that not allowing himself to touch the sea water and the Hailou Stone may also become one of the red lines of betrayal.

However, the dominance of information and intelligence is in your own hands, and you can change it at any time if you want to.

"I see." Dusty looked down the street, "My subordinates are coming, I'm afraid Smoker is coming to look for me soon, if you don't want to be discovered, you better hide." ”

"And. The clothes on you."

Dusty carefully discovered that although Townsend had changed his body back, he was still wearing Smoker's navy uniform.

Townsend magically turned the clothes back to normal.

"Goodbye, then."

He walked out of the alley.

"Town-" Dusty's voice came from behind him, "Be careful! Klockdahl is dangerous, feel free to contact me with your abilities if you need me! ”

Townsend waved his hand and merged into the flow of people, and before he could turn to the next street, he saw the genuine Smoker carrying the two pirates on his shoulders and looking around at the corner of the street.

Xu caught a glimpse of Tang Sen, and he shouted, "Hey, you were the kid just now, right?" ”

"Have you ever seen a woman with short hair, glasses, a red navy T-shirt, and a katana hanging from her waist."

Tang Sen nodded politely at the other party: "Sir, thank you for your help just now." ”

"You seem to be talking about a woman over there?"

Townsend pointed to the alley where Dusty was.

Smoker waved his hand, no longer bothered Townson, and walked towards the alley with the two pirates on his shoulder, shouting:

"Hey, Dusty, are you waiting for me?"

"Do you know how much time I've wasted looking for you, what the hell are you doing!"

Dusty's face turned red, and he caught a glimpse of the back of Townsen, who had already merged into the flow of people.

"Smoker Big"

"I didn't do anything!"

(End of chapter)