Pirates: The Salary Is In Place, The Four Emperors Are Kicked Out

When the loud shout of "stop" sounded, John's already desperate heart instantly became full of hope - this voice... it was the captain! ! I knew he wouldn't let Rocks mess around! Even "Hacksaw" Rocks has to give our captain face... right?

Under the bright moonlight, John could clearly see the disdainful and cruel smile of the terrifying Hacksaw Man incarnated by Rocks. And then—and then no more.

“Rocks!!”

In Goodwin's roar, the jigsaw on Rocks' head effortlessly cut John with the sniper rifle in front of him in half, so the blood splattered made Rocks look even more hideous.

Facing John who died tragically in his own hands, Rocks turned around disapprovingly, and smiled and looked at the wet one-eyed man on the side of the ship - Goodwin, the leader of the Sea Lion Pirates.

"Hahaha, isn't this Captain Goodwin! I've been looking forward to it for a long time! But...I'll be honest, your hospitality is not very warm..." Rocks said to Goodwin full of ridicule, "Or... Captain Devin, the reason why you showed up so late and your body was wet, did you want to catch a few fish in the sea for this inconvenient Demon fruit power?"

"This is really..."

"Rocks! What the hell are you here for? Our Sea Lion Pirates should have no grudges with your Hacksaw Pirates!"

Goodwin's face was ugly, and Rocks continued to ridicule him. Although he didn't think he was doing anything wrong, he was still very embarrassed when others said it like this.

- How could he possibly go fishing for Rocks? He just hid for a while in the sea. The moodiness and brutality of this guy "Hacksaw" Rocks is something that the entire North Blue pirates know, and he really doesn't want to have anything to do with this guy anyway.

As for what would happen to the crew of the Sea Lion after he went into hiding - Goodwin never cared about it. Anyway, these ordinary sailors, as long as he goes to bars and docks, he can recruit a group of them casually. It's really not good, he can also kidnap some people when he goes to loot the village.

On the whole ship, he really was the subordinates he cared about more, and there were only two bounties, including the vice-captain John. It can be said that if John hadn't been killed by the Rocks, he wouldn't have come out at all.

But what he didn't expect was that Rocks ignored him so much, and even killed John in front of him.

"Hey, Captain Goodwin, what you said doesn't sound very good... I just came to visit the powerful Sea Lion Pirates out of courtesy, and I'll tell you some good news by the way. What about grudges? I came here with good intentions..."

The terrifying chainsaw man incarnated by Rocks shrugged his shoulders and then spread his hands.

"I don't have time or interest in listening to your nonsense. If you want to say what you want to do, say it quickly, and do it quickly! When you're done, get off my boat quickly!"

Goodwin still glared at Rocks, even holding the rapier around his waist as a threat.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Rocks trembled with laughter as if he had heard something funny. He licked his blood-stained serrations, then reached out and gave Goodwin a "try it anyway" gesture.

Goodwin's hand gripping the hilt of the sword tightened and tightened, but in the end he just gritted his teeth and didn't dare to draw the sword - he knew his weight very well, and if he drew the sword, he might not be able to make three moves in front of Rocks.

"Goodwin with a bounty of 12 million baileys, you are a disappointment..."

Rocks shook his head, laughed a few times, and then said seriously: "I have no interest in continuing to tease you, so I'll keep it short. Are you planning to leave Nauru Island before dawn today?"

"So what? What about no? It has nothing to do with you, does it?"

Goodwin frowned. "And, where did you get the news?"

"Idiot, your whereabouts have been detected!" Rocks cursed angrily, "Malvin from the North Blue branch is bringing a battleship full of sailors, ready to ambush on your route to sea!"

"What did you say?!"

Rocks' words made Goodwin's face change suddenly. In North Blue, Malvin may only be terrifying for big pirates like "Hacksaw" Rocks, but for pirates of his level, he is definitely something to stay away from.

"You guys were probably discovered by Malvern's spies when you were supplying and repairing on the island before. The reason why I know this news is because I have eyeliner inside Marine."

While talking, Rocks released his transformation, and in an instant he changed back from the hideous chainsaw man back to the skinny old man.

Goodwin looked suspiciously at the thin old man in front of him who had torn his clothes because of his transformation, so he could only be naked:

"Why did you tell us this kind of news? I don't believe your good intentions."

"That's right, words like 'with good intentions' are just good to deceive the merchants and the rich ladies on the merchant ships. Saying such words between us pirates is pure fart."

Rocks smiled, showing his rotten yellow teeth, "I told you this news for no other reason than to hope that you would agree to a small request of mine."

"...you say it."

"I want to take over your ship."

"You want me to rely on you?"

Goodwin frowned. "If that's the case..."

"No no no, you misunderstood. I mean, I want to take over your ship and all the Sea Lion crew including you."

"Rocks, what do you mean by that?!"

Goodwin glared at Rocks and clenched his hilt again.

"Literally, my friend." Rocks stroked his beard and said to Goodwin in a lighthearted manner, "I advise you not to get angry or draw your sword. I value you all very much, so I plan to have a good relationship with you. You negotiate. Or I'll just kill all of you, and take over the Sea Lion as well. You can't resist, can you?"

Goodwin was silent for a moment. Although he was extremely angry, he could only helplessly let go of the hand holding the sword.

Rocks nodded in satisfaction, and in Goodwin's puzzled eyes, he took out his pistol and fired three shots at the sky.

"...what are you doing?"

"Look back, Goodwin."

Goodwin turned his head with a little bit of vigilance, but his eyes widened the next moment - the secret harbor where the Sea Lion was docked was full of moving figures.

"This is……"

"These are my trusty men, Goodwin. They're much more trustworthy when it comes to Marines than your stinky minions."

Rocks said so, and comfortably lit a pipe for himself.

"What the hell are you going to do, Rocks..." Goodwin looked at the unhurried Rocks, and a terrifying thought emerged in his mind, "Could it be..."

"You guessed it right, Goodwin."

Rocks blew a smoke ring and walked over to Goodwin, smiling like an ordinary old man, "Don't you think today is a good day?"

"I don't think it's a good day for Malvern's death."