Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

"Um, are you the vice-captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, [Tianshi] Byakuya?"

Not long after Bai Ye left the tavern, he met an unexpected guy.

"I'm Bob, a reporter from the World News Agency. I wonder if I can arrange an interview with Mr. Bai Ye?"

Looking at the golden curly-haired man who handed the recording telephone bug to him, Bai Ye's mouth twitched slightly.

"I'm a pirate, aren't you afraid?"

"If I don't even dare to interview you, who is known as the [Greatest], then Lord Morgans would not grant me the privilege of speaking directly to him."

In response to Bai Ye's question, Bob puffed out his chest with some pride and answered.

"Oh?" Bai Ye became interested after hearing this.

You have to know that Morgans is one of the dark emperors of the underworld. As the head of the World News Agency, he has countless reporters under him.

And this guy who looks so weak actually has the right to talk directly to Morgans.

This made Bai Ye feel interesting and at the same time he came up with a bold plan.

"I agreed to the interview, but before that, I have a condition."

Bai Ye smiled kindly and said:

"Let me talk to Morgans."

"Believe me, you will get unexpected benefits after this call."

-

"Captain of the Heart Pirates, Trafalgar Law, bounty of 2 million berries, that should be it."

Inside a tavern, Robin supported his chin with one hand and spoke to Luo in front of him.

"That's right. I didn't expect that even the [Half-Royal Group] would care about us supernovas."

Luo was not surprised that Robin knew his identity, or rather, he didn't care.

"By the way, this is my ship's navigator, his name is Beppo."

"He is from the Fur Tribe of Zou. As for the bounty..."

"It's 500 Baileys."

"Because I knew Chopper would be there this time, I strongly requested to come along."

Luo looked at the big white bear beside him who had lowered his head with a nervous expression, and quickly finished his words in one breath.

"As for the reason, I want to ask, how did Chopper manage to increase the bounty from 50 Beli to 3000 million Beli for a pet that is also a raccoon cat?"

...

After Luo finished speaking, the group suddenly fell into silence.

And then--

"I'm not a pet! I'm the ship's doctor!"

"Also, I'm not a tanuki! Look, I have horns!"

“Finally, don’t mention 50 Baileys!!!”

Chopper naturally wouldn't be polite to someone like Law whose words touched on three of his pain points. He jumped onto the table and started to attack him.

However, Law didn't care about Chopper's roar which had no deterrent effect at all.

But Bepo, who was standing next to him, was so nervous that he curled up like a bear.

Robin smiled at Bepo's performance. "Is he the type who gets nervous and shy easily? Haha, interesting."

"Maybe he'd get along well with the tsundere Chopper."

Just as Robin finished mumbling, Bepo on the other side mustered up the courage to raise his head and spoke softly:

"Sorry... I didn't mean to laugh at you. I just think you are amazing to have a bounty of 3000 million!"

"Great..." Chopper, who was angry, was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then twisted his body on the table: "I hate it so much, even if you praise me for being great, I won't be happy, you idiot!"

"These are all from my heart! Chopper-senpai!"

"Senior!!!" Hearing this word, Chopper rushed to Bepo and held his hand.

It felt like meeting an old friend whom I hadn't seen for years. It was so cordial.

Seeing the two's performance, Luo and Robin looked at each other and started talking about business.

"I want to form an alliance with the Straw Hat leader."

Law looked at Robin and stated his purpose directly: "I understand what you did in Alabasta, and I have an enemy that I must defeat even if I die--"

"A Shichibukai who became a king!"

-

There is an interesting point about slavery in the world of One Piece.

Human trafficking is not allowed on the sea!

You read that right, in the ocean ruled by the World Government, in the world they depict, human trafficking is illegal!!!

What’s even more interesting is that in this world, the biggest buyers of slaves are the world’s nobles and the kings and nobles of the allied kingdoms.

In the original work, Nami once stood at the entrance of the human auction on Island No. 1 and asked the guard, "Human trafficking is prohibited in the world. How much money did you give to the government?"

The guard's answer was even more arrogant:

[Even when government and military officials talked to us, we rarely heard the word human trafficking, as if they were completely unaware of the existence of this business.]

【This is the so-called reality! 】

Therefore, when many civilians who lost their families approached the Navy and the World Government and begged them for help, they never thought of:

[It was the Navy and the World Government staff who allowed this to happen. ]

In a sense, the World Government's choice to conceal this fact is indeed -

Quite a wise move!

"Nami, I want to eat meat!"

Chabaoti Archipelago, not far from Auction House No. 1.

Luffy was walking on the road, looking listless.

"Really? You've eaten so many times from just now till now, and you're still not full?"

Nami covered her forehead helplessly, but still turned around to buy meat for Luffy.

It’s not that Nami suddenly started to pamper Luffy, but several times before, even if she beat Luffy black and blue, this guy would still look at her very seriously and say, "Nami, I want to eat meat."

In order to speed up the progress, Nami had no choice but to help buy meat in this way.

As for why Luffy doesn't buy it himself.

It was all because this guy once threw Bailey into the sea as a talisman to fry fish, and was jointly punished by Bai Ye and Nami, and all his property was taken away.

Of course, Luffy doesn't care about this kind of sanctions at all.

After all, Bai Ye always helps pay the bills when he needs it.

Now that Bai Ye is not here, Luffy naturally goes to Nami.

While Nami was buying meat, she heard a conversation between people nearby:

"You know what? I heard that the Celestial Dragons came to the Sabaody Archipelago again today."

"Of course I know. When the Celestial Dragons killed the slaves, I was kneeling beside them. I was almost scared to death."

"Becoming a slave of the Celestial Dragons, even..."

“Death is a luxury.”

"Who said it wasn't..."

Nami didn't listen any more. After getting the meat, she turned around and looked for Luffy.

But he found Luffy waving at him and walking into a house.

That's where——

The auction house on Island No. 1!!!