1509 years of the Haiyuan calendar, March, Beihai.
The night is already dark, and the bright moon hangs high, casting a soft light like silver gauze.
On a fishing boat, a stooped fisherman with a tired face put away his fishing net, dragged it to the deck, and began to check whether he had caught any precious fish.
However, the harvest was very little, just a bunch of ordinary fish. This trip back and forth was just a hard-earned money.
"What's this?"
The fisherman was rummaging through the pile of fish and suddenly picked out a strange fruit.
The fruit is bright red, shaped like a heart, and has spiral patterns on its surface.
"This doesn't look like something edible."
The fisherman took the fruit back to the room and placed it on the bedside as a souvenir.
A few hours later, the sky was getting slightly brighter, and the fishermen turned the bow of the boat and prepared to return.
"The fish caught this time can probably be sold"
The fishermen were concentrating on calculating the harvest of this trip to sea. Suddenly, the scream of cannonballs came to their ears.
Boom!
The bow of the ship was directly blown to pieces. The fishermen were shocked. They rushed out of the cabin and saw a ship flying a pirate flag heading here.
"Pirates! It's over!"
There was a look of despair on the fisherman's face. How could his little broken boat pass the pirate ship so fast?
You must know that pirate ships give priority to speed, followed by firepower. Some pirate ships sail at full speed, and even the navy's warships cannot catch up.
Only half an hour later, the fishing boat was overtaken, and the fisherman was shot to death by a bald pirate standing on the pirate boat with a condescending shot.
Obviously, this pirate did not use the Sky Island pistol, but was still using the "dregs" weapons left over from the previous generation.
"hey-hey."
The bald pirate had a fleshy face and a ferocious appearance. After killing people, he blew on the muzzle of his gun, showed a proud smile, and said, "Let's go, next."
The younger brother next to me asked: "Boss, don't you need to deal with the loot?"
The bald man said disdainfully: "It's just a fishing boat. Do we have to go back with a boatload of fish to sell?"
It can be seen that the reason why this guy kills people is simply for fun.
The younger brother said angrily: "It's worth some money anyway, and there are so many treasures hidden in the sea. Maybe there will be some treasures on this ship?"
The bald man clicked his tongue and said, "Then drag the boat over and look for anything good."
After a search, the pirates returned to the pirate ship cursing.
"What a waste of time! There really is only one boat of fish."
"It makes me smell like fish."
"Next time you encounter a poor guy like this, just sink the ship."
The bald man laughed loudly and said, "I'm right, right? Like this Hey! Jim! What is that in your hand? Don't eat it yet!"
The pirate named Jem was stunned for a moment, closed his mouth, then ran to the boss's side and offered the fruit in his hand.
"Boss, do you want it?"
The bald man snatched the fruit, his eyes were bright, and he murmured: "Is this a joke? It was obviously just a casual attack on a fishing boat, but you unexpectedly encountered such a treasure?"
The younger brothers were all stunned, and Jim asked doubtfully: "Boss, is this a treasure?"
The bald man said excitedly: "Ah, an absolute treasure! This is the legendary devil fruit that can give people super powers! It's not wrong, I have seen similar things at auctions with my own eyes!"
Jem suddenly felt regretful, he would have eaten it secretly if he had known it.
"That, boss, this fruit"
The bald man looked solemn and said, "Don't think about it, I'm going to sell it!"
Everyone exclaimed: "Sell?"
The bald man played with the Devil Fruit and laughed: "Yes, sell it! You don't know that there is a big shot in the Grand Line who is buying Devil Fruit at a high price. It is said that he is looking for a powerful fruit to leave for him in the future. The newborn son will eat it. The minimum purchase price has soared to 500 million beli, which is five times that of previous years!"
The bald man said, his voice trembling. Five hundred million beli is definitely a lot. As long as he can sell it, he can retire directly.
He knows that he has a lot of skills. Isn¡¯t it just for money that he goes to sea? Is it really to dominate the sea, or to find the big secret that One Piece once said??Guaranteed. "
His idea is simple, go to the paradise, sell the Devil Fruit to the Sky Pirates, and then immigrate directly to the Sky Island to live a retired life.
Jim¡¯s eyes flickered and he said: ¡°As expected of the captain, the plan is really thorough.¡±
The bald man said proudly: "Of course!"
Jim lowered his head and said: "Boss, I suddenly remembered that I have been out at sea for a long time, and I want to make a phone call home."
The bald man waved his hand: "Go ahead."
About ten nautical miles away, a huge merchant ship came rushing towards.
On the deck, a middle-aged man with an erect head was looking around with a monocular in his hand.
"Boss, we have news, we have determined the location."
The middle-aged man took back the telescope, turned around, and showed a serious sneer.
"How are the hyenas prepared?"
The boy who came to report swallowed his saliva and said: "The bounty hunters are a little bit crazy, but they are still obedient."
The middle-aged man chuckled, took out a photo from his pocket, looked at it carefully, and said: "Very good! A Devil Fruit is currently worth 500 million yuan, but some special Devil Fruits can be sold for sky-high prices. What good luck, those hillbilly pirates from the North Sea, hehehe.¡±
In that photo, what appeared was the red heart-shaped Devil Fruit.
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