Codex Pirates

Chapter 56: Zapp

Just looking at the outskirts of the city, it seems that there was no plan for the construction of Kalmar City. The low and messy houses are like weeds growing wildly, scattered everywhere, and the residents built it without authorization to occupy the extra space. All kinds of strange buildings make this impoverished area look like a strange labyrinth. The narrow gaps between houses and low buildings form dark alleys.

Pirates like the Redbeard Pirates will not cause anyone to panic here, because the entire slum area is a place where filth is hidden.

But when Leisi led William and his party into the depths of the city, after stepping on a long stone step, everyone saw a wide open street, neat buildings, and no strange balconies. It seems that even the sunlight here is a bit brighter.

The separation of a step is two worlds.

"I know why the bottom is so smelly." A pirate pointed to a place and complained.

William looked in the direction he was pointing, and there was a drain not far away that was sloping out sewage. Obviously, the area where the few people are now has a relatively complete underground drainage system, but because of the high terrain, it was not considered in the design. Because of the outskirts of the city, part of the sewage will fall into the slums when it is discharged.

The slum area does not have any underground drainage system. Before coming here, William and the other two pirates always thought that the slum area was often filled with a faint stench because of the littering of local residents. Now it seems that not only in this way.

Reis waved his hand: "Don't look left and right, this is not like a slum area, there are many guards."

There are more guards and soldiers patrolling here than in the slums. A few residents who saw them coming from behind the stone steps pointed at them in the distance. Under the leadership of Reis, he arrived at an inconspicuous restaurant.

Behind the counter in the lobby of this western-style restaurant, a man who looked like a manager seemed to know Leisi. When he saw him coming, he didn't speak, but he just stretched out his hand to signal, and then led a group of vicious pirates back. The kitchen goes.

William noticed that, unlike in the slums, no one at the table here dared to drink blatantly.

The manager of the restaurant led everyone to the door of a basement in the back kitchen. There was only a small window on the thick iron door, which looked like an ordinary storage room.

The manager knocked lightly on the iron door, and the small window was opened from the inside, revealing a pair of vigilant eyes.

"The boss's distinguished guest." The manager stepped aside slightly so that Lace and the others could be seen clearly by the people behind the door.

The person behind the door glanced around, and just now when he opened the iron door, a loud noise mixed with the smell of wine rushed towards his face.

William was slightly taken aback. At this time, the strong man behind the door, whose figure was no less exaggerated than Les, had already led everyone into the basement.

This space is obviously much larger than William imagined. It was arranged in the style of a bar. Under the warm lighting, the dark red wallpaper added a bit of ambiguity to the surroundings. The waiter in a small vest was upright. With all kinds of fine wines served to tables of guests, some scantily clad beauties danced on the stage, and whistles rang out one after another below the stage.

After arriving at this underground bar, the restaurant manager bowed and left, and the strong man led a group of pirates through the noisy stage to a relatively spacious meeting room.

The sound insulation effect of the meeting room is very good. After the door is closed, the noise outside can hardly be heard at all. The few people who were here obviously did not hear the sound outside. They were talking and laughing until the door of the meeting room was pushed open. It was only after people came in that they quieted down.

After William walked into the meeting room, he quickly glanced at the surrounding environment, and then set his eyes on the four men on the sofa opposite the door.

He could almost tell that the other party was a pirate at the first glance, because that kind of toughness and casualness that didn't seem to care about his own life could only be found in pirates, and old pirates who had been at sea for many years.

The middle-aged man sitting in the middle of the sofa has short blond hair, which is messy and hasn't been taken care of for some time. On the contrary, the beard on his upper lip has been beaten into two twisted beards by him, which is quite shiny and neat, and he is stunned. Extending to the sides, coupled with his big aquiline nose, it is impressive just by looking at it.

He was wearing a turtleneck trench coat with a baggy vest underneath, revealing strong, well-defined muscles.

When it was clear that it was Lace and the others, the three pirates who had been sitting lazily beside him all stood up with vigilant expressions, only he was still sitting on the sofa without moving.

This man is the captain of the Chef Pirates, Zhepu nicknamed "Redfoot". He is as well-known in the East China Sea as "Redbeard" Barbarossa, but he is different from Barbarossa because of his devil fruit ability. , the reason why he is famous, in addition to his strength, is also because he is a chef as the captain, which is extremely rare even in other sea areas.

However, being able to lead a group of rebellious pirates as a despised chef, and to be a leader in this industry, shows that Zhepu's strength and skills are far beyond ordinary people.

"Look, I said long ago that a person's courage has nothing to do with their body size. A strong man who is much taller than ordinary people may not necessarily have a courage that is also larger than ordinary people." Zhepu glanced at Lace and the others. He said lightly, but just enough for everyone in the room to hear, "When you buy something, you have to find a lot of people to accompany it. I really don't know why such a timid person wants to be a pirate? "

Zhepu's sarcasm spread to the ears of the Redbeard Pirates. All the pirates looked at their vice-captain Reis. Several impulsive pirates were already eager to try, including the pretending William.

Although Reis was ridiculed face to face, his expression didn't change much, he just squinted at Zhepu, weighing the pros and cons in his heart.

In this world, due to the huge difference in personal force quality, the leader of the general pirate group is the most powerful in the group. There are few exceptions to this. Reis originally heard that someone from the chef pirate group came here. I thought it was a cadre leader, but I didn't expect it to be Zhepu himself.

Reis brought seven players on board, but with Zhepp himself on the field, even if his side had twice the number of opponents, Reis dare not say that he would win for sure.

More importantly, Arcadio, behind "Redbeard" Barbarossa, is an important minister of the kingdom, and he will not allow the pirates who like the Redbeard Pirates to cause a big event in the royal city that attracts people's attention.

What's more, the face of the owner of this restaurant must be taken into account. If one or two cadres of the Chef Pirates can be killed cleanly, on balance, Reis may not take this into consideration, but if he can't, he is smart. There will be no more unnecessary emotional battles.

Reis looked like a big-headed guy, but actually had a flexible mind. After seeing the situation clearly, he smiled without changing his expression: "Captain Zhepu is not in a good mood? I thought we had already reached a consensus, why did we deliberately make a scene when we met?" A tense scene?"

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(Seeing that everyone is talking about Crowe, for a moment, Oda revealed in SBS that among the characters that have appeared "so far", the highest is the red-haired deputy captain Beckman, followed by Crowe, because the story may be Because it has not been fully unfolded, there may be water, but it also shows that his mind is considered to be among the top batch in the world of pirates, and he can be regarded as clear-headed.)