The dark hull of the Terror-Spectre sailed through the deep night, and the thick white fog was like a fur coat it draped, dragging in the direction of the black ship, leaving only an open space where the bow of the ship was headed.

David Jones suddenly opened his eyes in the middle of the night, and he sat up from his bed, did not light the oil lamp, but simply threw his tentacles into a dark corner, and quickly removed his three-cornered hat from the coat rack.

Dressed neatly, he opened the door and looked up at the lookout above the thick mast in the snow-like moonlight.

There was still a dim light, but Yarrita, who was on night duty at the lookout, didn't notice the movement on the deck.

David Jones took out his pipe and slowly lit it, and the spark shone like a firefly in the darkness.

"Who are you?" He stooped over a barrel and asked in the direction of the intruder, "What do you want to do on my ship?" ”

Half an hour later, a man in a green robe stepped out of the shadows and stood in the moonlight on the bow of the ship, revealing half of his face, covered with strange markings.

"You can call me 'Dragon'." The man looked at the ship casually, then cast his gaze on David Jones, "I heard some news, I was curious about you, and I happened to be nearby, so I came over to take a look." ”

Dragon?

Under the increase in the number of things he saw and heard, David Jones's dangerous intuition went up to another level, and he soon realized that the man in front of him was probably not under the strength of the "Hawkeye" Mihawk he met at the beginning.

He has a huge gap in strength with the dragon and Mihawk, and at most he can only use this sea to save his life, but this is enough.

"You're curious about me, and I'm curious about you." David Jones smoked a cigarette and exhaled a smoke ring, "We can make a deal to answer each other's questions and satisfy our respective curiosities." ”

"Like you did with Hawkeye?" The corners of the dragon's mouth curled into a smile.

David Jones is not surprised, he has never believed that Mihawk "Hawkeye" can keep a secret: "It's like that. ”

The dragon smiled and was silent for a moment, nodded, and then said, "Yes." A more peaceful approach is not impossible. ”

"Sit." David Jones pointed to the barrel next to him with the mouthpiece of his pipe.

Long Cong sat up as if he were good: "I'll tell you a piece of information first." Near the Upside-Down Mountain, where you are about to arrive, there are now numerous navies circling around you, all ready to destroy you, and weaving a theoretically impermeable web. ”

"I see." David Jones only felt that this was also expected, and with the battles he had caused for more than a month, without attracting the attention of the navy, he had insulted his title of "Hades of the Deep Sea".

The dragon could see that David Jones's calm composure was not pretended, and it seemed that he already had the hole cards to deal with: "As a deal, the first thing I want to know is whether you are the real legendary 'Hades of the Deep' David Jones?" ”

"Yes, but it's not." David Jones replied wittily, "I'll gradually regain my power." ”

"Really?" The dragon frowned, "A new era is coming, but many legends from the old era have reappeared in the world?" It's weird. ”

"I'm interested in what you said about 'the many legends of the old times'. Tell me about it. ”

"Hehe, the people who knew about this were probably going to be wiped out by the world government, but I don't think you should be afraid of this kind of thing." The dragon smiled and sat hunched over with his hands together and his fingers crossed.

"In addition to the old legend of 'Hades of the Deep', there is also a 'liberation warrior' who lived hundreds of years ago, and he is called 'Joey Boe'. It is said that whenever the old era falls and the new era begins, he will reappear and lead the world to freedom. ”

"Interesting legend." David Jones nodded, tentacles wriggling.

"I want to know what you think about this day and age." The dragon asked his question.

"Huh." David Jones laughed, "I'm afraid you're asking the wrong person, to be honest, I don't care what this era is like, what the old era, the new era, it's the same for me." ”

The dragon shook his head, as if he had forgotten the rules of the deal, and spoke with a gulp.

"The era of pirates that began before the death of Roger, the 'One Piece', caused the great shipping route to flood into a larger number of pirates than ever before, and they flooded and gradually formed the pattern of 'Four Emperors' and 'Seven Martial Seas'."

"Some of them burn, kill, loot and do all kinds of evil, some are adventurous and elusive, and some are content with the status quo and divide one side, but no matter what, most of the pirates still bring great disasters to the world."

"Do you think that Roger's words before the death penalty should be blamed for dividing the territory of the Great Voyage, collecting protection fees, and engaging in all kinds of underground trades, which have brought chaos and calamity to the world? If he hadn't talked too much and said that the 'Great Secret Treasure' was on the great voyage, would the world be peaceful, stable, and safe? ”

The dragon immediately shook his head, and vetoed his own words.

"No, it won't, because the world government was already inflicting severe trauma on the world before the age of the pirates. You see, isn't it exactly the same as pirates when the 'Celestial Dragons' collect 'heavenly gold' and destroy a country if they can't pay it? ”

"Are there really so many pirates in this world? In fact, there are some people who just don't get permission from the world government to go to sea without permission, and then they are also branded as 'pirates', but their behavior is very different from traditional pirates. ”

"Is the world government protecting the world? No, they just want to maintain the status quo of domination, and they don't want more people to flock to the sea and bring change to the world. ”

"There are only three things in this world that cannot be stopped, 'inherited aspirations', 'human dreams', and 'waves of the times'."

The dragon straightened his upper body, revealing a pair of serious eyes under the hood of his green robe, and he looked at David Jones, already telling with his eyes that he was not joking.

"If the oppressive shackles of the old era cannot be untied, then completely overturning the table is not the best option."

David Jones looked at him, "It seems that you are neither on the side of the World Government nor on the side of the pirates. ”

"I am a member of the revolutionary army and a part of the tide of the times." The dragon stood up from the barrel, "Perhaps your appearance will be one of many omens, representing the 'blank history' that is about to be announced to the world. ”

He flicked his robe and walked to the side of the boat: "I feel that we will meet again, just as the currents of the four seas, although divided, will eventually come together." ”

The dragon rolled over and jumped off the Terror Ghost, took a dinghy, and slowly departed, eventually disappearing.

David Jones stopped and watched this strange man go away, but he admired his ambition in his heart, this style of declaring war on the world and setting off a revolution was not as simple as moving his lips.

It seems that the world after entering the great voyage will be unusually magnificent, as David Jones, who was once feared on the sea, has begun to look forward to it.

Then he looked up at the lookout on the ship's mast, just in time to meet the eyes of the eavesdropping Yarrita.

"Captain......" Arrita shrank her head in panic, "I didn't mean to listen, but I was on night duty, and suddenly I heard someone talking on deck, so I leaned out to look at ......"

"Nothing." David Jones shook his head and turned to walk to his room, "You can just keep the night watch." ”

"Yes, Captain."

He didn't blame Arrita for why he didn't find out in advance that the dragon was close to the Horror Ghost, after all, it was still reasonable, with the strength gap between Arrita and the dragon, as long as the dragon didn't want to, it would be difficult for her to detect the existence of the other party.

There was a click, and the door shut.

Yarrita couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw that the captain didn't reprimand her, and then wrapped herself in a blanket and shrunk in the cold early morning, waiting for dawn.

She didn't really hear the conversation between the captain and the dragon very clearly, but the little news revealed was enough for her to ponder for the rest of the night.