Pirate's Swordsman

"Of course...just wait a moment."

Arrita pursed her lips at Xia Nuo and smiled, then bent down and rummaged around on the somewhat messy coffee table. Finally, she pulled out several folded newspapers from the middle of a pile of magazines and handed them to Xia Nuo. "Here, these are the newspapers that were delivered this morning, but they all mentioned your affairs. How could I not know about them?"

When Xia Nuo saw his reward order from Bucky before, he wanted to see what was reported in the newspaper. Hearing this, he hurriedly took it, unfolded it one by one, and quickly browsed it.

There are four newspapers in total, three of which are local from the East China Sea, and one is the World Economic News from the Grand Line. Except for the latter, which is just mentioned on a small tofu block in the middle, all the fronts are The headline on the homepage uses a huge column to describe in detail the entire process before and after Xia Nuo was offered a reward.

After quickly scanning through these reports, Xia Nuo clicked his tongue in surprise. He originally thought that due to the interference of the navy, these media reports would be seriously distorted. What he didn't expect was that these three families were actually very ethical. , described what happened at the port quite clearly, and the Prolos Northwest Newspaper also used a large paragraph at the end to review the achievements of the strongest pirate hunter "Yasuo" in the East China Sea in the past three years.

"I feel a little relieved for no reason..."

Although he felt that this was something that appeared on the first day before the Navy had time to take all the media into account, and that the general public opinion in the future would slowly deflect, but he saw

The reporters who witnessed what happened at the scene didn't all act against their consciences, and Xia Nuo was still in a happy mood.

"When I first saw the newspaper this morning, I really couldn't believe it." Arrita's chuckle came to my ears, "I didn't expect that Sir Xiano, you are actually Yasuo, let alone Thinking back to when you were in the restaurant three years ago, you were already a criminal with a reward worth tens of millions..."

"Pull him down. I didn't expect that this time it would be spread all over the world by various media so quickly. This is not a good thing for me. I am not strong enough now. A big tree attracts wind, but it is very dangerous..."

After thinking about it, Xia Nuo put down the newspaper and looked up at Arrita, "Speaking of which, since you have seen the newspaper, why didn't I see anyone else in the caravan recognize me when I was outside just now?"

"When Newsbird passed by, it was the only one stopped by the main ship and asked for four newspapers. They are all here."

Arrita explained: "I originally only bought one copy of the World Economic News, but after seeing the news about you in it, I couldn't sit still... Fortunately, the rest of the people who bought the newspapers were either cadres of our family, or they were together. The business partners who took me along were very easy to talk to, so I just bought the other newspapers."

"I see."

Xia Nuo nodded. In the pirate world, after all, not everyone has the money to buy newspapers every day. In addition, most of the people on the ship are guards. They generally pay little attention to the things in the newspapers. The probability of buying them is It's even smaller.

Speaking of which, before Xia Nuo traveled back in time, I always saw pirate fans using newspapers as a conversion unit. They thought that a newspaper worth 100 Baileys was only 1 yuan in the real world, so they deduced the difference between Baileys and SoftBank. The exchange rate between sister coins is about one hundred to one, and some people joke that Luffy's bounty is not enough to buy an apartment in the Magic City.

At that time, he felt that this logic was quite nonsense. The reason why newspapers on earth are cheap is because they are supported by a mature industrial system from printing to transportation to distribution. However, the technology tree of the pirate world is inherently crooked. , newspapers are delivered using Newsbird.

How can the production costs be comparable? Not to mention that newspapers often contain a large number of wanted notices. Just these cardboards are much more expensive than a newspaper on Earth.

Otherwise, in the original book, no matter how much money-crazy Nami is, she wouldn't complain for a long time because the newspaper increased from 80 Baileys to 100 Baileys, right?

"It's a bit of a fluke, otherwise there would be too many people and it would be difficult to guarantee that nothing would go wrong..."

When Xia Nuo was muttering in his heart, Alita on the opposite side suddenly asked: "Speaking of which, the reason why Xia Nuo has condescended to come over as a guard this time is really because you want to follow us, as Mr. Takemura said. , will we enter the Grand Line together?”

"Well, that was indeed the original plan." Xia Nuo nodded, then frowned, "But now it seems a bit unrealistic. If there are continuous reports from newspapers in the future, and people on the ship see my reward list, the Navy If we track this down, you will be in trouble."

"Otherwise, I'll get off the ship later, right? Anyway, entering the Grand Line, it's only a little troublesome at Upside Down Mountain, but nothing else is a big deal."

"No, no, you misunderstood me."

Arrita waved her hand hurriedly and explained, "I just want to confirm. Since Lord Xiano is indeed going to the Grand Line, I must help where I can. How could I want to I’m chasing you off the boat.”

Seemingly sensing Xia Nuo's concerns, she mused: "As for your identity, Mr. Takemura and I should be the only ones on the entire ship who know about it now. I didn't even tell Evele, please." You can rest assured that before entering the Grand Line, I will arrange for someone to intercept the daily newspapers, and there is absolutely no danger of leaks."

"Is there still such an operation? There is always a feeling of being whitewashed by capital protection..."

Xia Nuo was still a little uncomfortable with this enthusiastic attitude, and suddenly laughed and said, "If this is really possible, I would be relieved, but it is just a little troublesome..."

"It's not troublesome, please rest assured, Sir Xia Nuo."

"Thank you very much." Xia Nuo stood up and nodded slightly to express his gratitude. "Of course, in return, if the caravan encounters danger in the next few days, I will take action as soon as possible to minimize the risk. It’s your loss.”

The exchange between the two came to an end. Arrita looked like she wanted to continue chatting on a different topic, but Xia Nuo insisted on the reason that she got up too early in the morning and wanted to go back to sleep. The other party stood up helplessly to see her off, walked out of the room, and headed downstairs again under the leadership of Eveel.

As a result, before reaching the deck and just as he was going downstairs, Xia Nuo's footsteps suddenly stopped. Then, seeing the puzzled expression of Eveel behind him, he was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly showed a look of surprise on his face.

Because at this moment, the long-lost mechanical sound of System Bacteria suddenly sounded in his mind!

"The tree that hugs each other is born from the beginning. Congratulations, your reputation level has been upgraded to 'somewhat famous'!"

"You have received a gift from the Valoran continent, a bronze treasure chest X1"

"You have obtained the opportunity to upgrade your weapon X1"

"You have obtained a random talent point X1"

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"All the first reputation enhancement rewards have been distributed, please check!"