David Jones' fingers rubbed the rough surface of the gold skull coin, and his sallow tentacled lips curled into a faint smile.

He sent three gold coins flying between his fingers, and then reached into the black robe, and when he stretched them out again, the gold coins were gone.

"Marco, Kidd, Perona, get ready to go ashore and land on Hive Island."

The frightened Marco and the three breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly responded: "Yes, Captain!" ”

The Dreadful Ghost sliced through the stormy waves as it assembled the broken spots.

Soon, the black ship sailed half a circle around the coastline of Hive Island, found a harbor, and anchored here.

Kidd and Perona went ahead to find the way.

The former strides forward with great momentum, while the latter holds the bear doll and lets the ghost he summon show the way.

Marco deliberately fell behind, following in the footsteps of David Jones.

His eyes dodged, his mouth opened and closed several times, and he stopped talking.

"I understand what you're thinking." Without looking back, David Jones noticed Marco's small movements, "I answered you once before, and I still have the same answer. ”

"The destination of the dead is 'the end of the world'. They are in a completely different situation from X Drake. ”

"Drake is 'cursed' by me, strictly speaking, he is still alive, but the control of his body is due to Hawkins' orders and his own instincts."

"'Whitebeard' and your brothers can't return to the human world as human beings, otherwise our world will be completely mixed up with theirs."

"Life and death, reincarnation is endless, and such a boundary cannot be broken."

David Jones has forgotten how many years he has been a ferryman.

He has a very clear understanding of this aspect and will never be confused by his subordinates.

"Marco, if Ling and Ace, Joz, and Bista are for your 'father' and 'brother', let them go, let them be free."

"Trust my judgment. Wandering aimlessly in this sea of dead souls, for them there is nothing but pain and suffering. ”

Marco bowed his head, was silent for a while, and replied, "I see, Captain. Please let them go. We will no longer worry about nothing. ”

"That's fine." David Jones said, "It's a shame that I can't get them to the 'end of the world' right now." However, I have a hunch that within this year, I will definitely be able to do this. ”

"On behalf of our fathers and brothers, we are very grateful to you."

"Captain!" Perona ran back quickly, her pink double ponytail flicking, she still forgot to change her words, "We found an abandoned town ahead of us, and Kidd has gone in to search for it. ”

"That's probably the town where Hive Island was inhabited before." David Jones said, "You go separately to explore Hive Island, and if you find anything new, use phone bugs. ”

"Yes!" Marco and Perona answered.

The two figures threw themselves into the darker and thicker night.

David Jones fumbled through his black robe and took out Captain John's bracelet.

Two cloudy glass balls appeared in front of him.

He promised Bucky that he would try his hand at Captain John's treasure on Hive Island.

First, though, you need to solve the puzzle at hand.

What kind of clues are left on this bracelet, or armband, and how can this clue be obtained?

David Jones paced the island with his bracelet in his hand, and he could see the dead town at the bottom of the hill in the distance.

Since Hive Island and the nearby waters have been haunted by resentful spirits, most of the people here have moved away, leaving only Wang Zhi and other stubborn pirates.

However, there were no more resentful spirits on Hive Island at this moment, and they were all dispelled by the trident vibration before David Jones.

It will take at least a year to recreate the large-scale ghost surge that we had before.

David Jones looked up again at the mountain of skulls on Hive Island.

It's a bit similar to Oni Island, but there is a pair of curved horns on top of the Oni Island's skull palace.

It's hard to say if Kaido deliberately made Oni no Isle look similar to Beehive Island.

At this time, the bright moonlight happened to penetrate the hollow skull and shine on the two glass beads of the bracelet.

A strange light illuminates them, making them as dazzling as diamonds.

David Jones' ice-blue eyes narrowed into a knowing smile.

"I see, they're the 'eyes' of the skeleton of Hive Island."

The light gently faded the cloudy cloak of the glass ball like a finger, revealing two small permanent hands inside.

Their sharp intersection is the direction in which the treasure is.

David Jones walked slowly down the hill in that direction, and through abandoned towns.

Among them, they met with Marco and Kidd successively, and finally used a phone bug to call Perona back.

None of the three of them made any special discoveries, only items left behind by the original inhabitants.

After being stored for so long, most of them have become useless waste products.

Kidd saw David Jones walking in one direction without hesitation, and couldn't help but caress the red hair with both hands like a stable hedgehog hairstyle.

"Captain, what are you looking for?" He also forgot to change his tune.

But Marco remembered this, half reminded, half curious and said: "Your Majesty, Hive Island is the territory of the Rocks Pirates and the Wang Zhi Pirates successively, what have they left, right?" ”

"The treasure of Locks." David Jones raised the bracelet and glass ball in his hand and said succinctly, "Captain John's bracelet." ”

The three people who followed listened to it, and soon came to their senses, and couldn't help but widen their eyes slightly.

Turns out we're on a treasure hunt?

Wang Zhi, was he just killed by the way?

The treasure hunt that follows is quite boring and lengthy.

First, under the guidance of the pointer, they locked on a large tree that looked unremarkable, but there was a hole in its hollow.

After a bit of fumbling, the petite Perona accidentally touches the switch, revealing a dry well passage behind the secret door.

Walking down the passage, the stairs are quite long.

The space beneath Hive Island is also much larger than expected, and it looks like it can be compared to the underground of Wano Country.

Finally, under the light of Marco's fanning of the brilliant green flames, a mountain of treasures that seemed to exude magical power was revealed before their eyes.

Crowns of unknown nations, pebble-sized diamonds, swords carved out of jade, gold coins scattered across the ground......

These are all the belongings that the Rocks Pirates have accumulated for many years.

They have been piled up here for decades without anyone knowing, but in this moment they completely captivated Marco, Kidd, and Perona and made them unforgettable.

However, they seem to possess the power of a "curse" and exude an ominous aura.

And the source of the curse is a skeleton sitting cross-legged in front of this golden mountain.

His empty eyes stared at any intruder who broke into this place, and anyone who tried to take the treasure here would be cursed by him.

Not even a small gold coin.

Locks S. D. Gibek's resentment went straight to the top of the cavern, and he was afraid that he would not be resentful if he returned here.

It's just that the lingering breath was easily removed by David Jones.

Smack.

Locks' bones fell to the ground, reduced to dust.

"Huh." David Jones laughed, "If Roger's treasure is of this scale, it's worth looking for Bucky." ”

"Marco, Kidd, Perona, don't be stunned, contact Hellding and the soldiers on Phoenix Island, and prepare to carry the treasures of Locks, which can be converted into the operating funds of the Deep Sea Empire."

(End of chapter)