This bar built on the top of a tree has a high per capita consumption that is like extortion. If the dining environment is beautiful, the food is famous, and there are cute girls wearing killer clothes and calling you "Gou Xiu Jin Sama" in a soft and sticky way, the consumption would be a little expensive. But this crappy bar has average food, average environment, and non-existent service. The only woman is the proprietress who is always lost in memories of 40 years ago. This is really annoying.
You don’t provide any special services, why are you charging so much?
When customers who come to the store to consume see the high bill at checkout and want a reasonable explanation, they often get beaten up, and then the boss's wife takes out their wallets and throws them out the door.
Outsiders see the joke, but insiders know the ins and outs. Except for the newcomers, locals never spend money here. Because the proprietress Xia Qi does not sell drinks or food, but intelligence. This bar is the best-known intelligence exchange in the 13 islands, and the proprietress Xia Qi is also a well-known intelligence dealer.
They sell high-priced luxury goods, and each dish has a deep meaning, so the high price is natural. I can only say that those who were ripped off deserved to be ripped off and go bankrupt because they ordered dishes without knowing the details.
Duke gently pushed open the door of the bar. Under the old decoration, rows of empty seats showed that the bar was not doing well today.
It was not that there were no guests. In the corner, an old man with white hair and beard was sleeping soundly against the wall, with empty wine bottles scattered around at his feet.
As for Perona, she was simply ignored! Robin took off the mask and immediately calmed the scene, especially Xia Qi, who was selling information. She had already started to imagine the reason why these two got together.
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"It is precisely because of the danger that we hide our identities. We can go to the New World. The Navy's influence cannot reach there."
"Why do you ask?" Rayleigh became interested.
"I am Rayleigh! What should I call you, young man?" Rayleigh asked readily.
"I can't bear this title in front of a real big shot!" Duke immediately took one back when everyone carried the flowery sedan chair. Today he came to discuss business, so his tone was naturally better, otherwise Rayleigh would be so petty that he would leave a hole in the boat membrane, and he would die unjustly.
In the past 20 years, Rayleigh did not cause any trouble, and the Navy left him alone, and the two sides maintained a delicate balance by not interfering with each other. Xia Qi thought it would be like this in the future, but she never thought that the government would take the initiative to come to her door today.
Using a general to exchange for a retired pirate is a bad deal no matter how you look at it, and the navy would not be so stupid. Moreover, Rayleigh was honestly doing his job as a coating craftsman, and he looked like he was going to retire from the underworld. It didn't make much sense to catch him or not, so the navy adopted a strategy of turning a blind eye to him.
"Are you serious?" Rayleigh raised his eyebrows and drank the rest of the wine in one gulp: "There are not only navy on the sea, there are also many people in the New World who covet the historical text, especially the Beasts and Big Mom..."
"Hahaha, this is your era. An old man like me is not a big shot at all." Rayleigh waved his hand modestly. After that, he looked at Robin curiously, wanting to know who Duke's companion was.
"Thank you for the compliment. Let me tell you about the recent events." Rayleigh reminisced for a while and smiled faintly, "Some time ago, supernovas entered the New World from the Bodi Islands and caused a lot of trouble for the navy."
Duke looked at this living legend with great interest. According to the analysis of a fanatical fan on a certain forum, if the Pirate King's right-hand man had not boarded Roger's ship and chose to be the captain himself, he would at least be at the level of the Four Emperors and be on par with Whitebeard.
Rayleigh laughed out loud: "What a great man!"
Duke took off the mask without saying anything, revealing his true face. His face was very recognizable on the sea. The intelligence dealer Xia Qi was familiar with him, and Rayleigh, who was always paying attention to the sea, recognized him at a glance. "'Navy traitor' Duke...it's you!" Xia Qi was shocked at first, but then smiled and said, "An unexpected guest, but it's better than someone from the government."
"The coating is easy to deal with... I ask for a higher price. Are you sure you want to contact me?"
Xia Qi took a deep breath, remained silent for a while, and then said in an unclear tone: "This is really going to be a headache!"
"That's really scary!" Rayleigh sighed. Few people knew about Red Hair's story. Most people knew nothing about him except that he lost an arm in the East China Sea. But Duke knew the whole story. How could he not be surprised?
"Xia Qi, you misunderstood." Rayleigh, who was originally sleeping soundly, suddenly spoke up. He picked up the bottle and poured it into his mouth. The wine flowed down his neck. He wiped it with his hand and smiled: "This guy is not from the government. A castrated lackey can't have such an arrogant and domineering attitude."
"How could such a big shot be here! Apart from the beautiful proprietress and a drunk old man, there is no one else in this bar. You have come to the wrong place." Duke's appearance once again led to misunderstanding. This time the victim was the intelligence dealer Xia Qi.
"What do the government people want to see Rayleigh for?" Faced with the sudden arrival of the World Government, Xia Qi decided to take it one step at a time.
"I came here this time to ask Mr. Rayleigh to coat my boat. By the way, I want to find out if there are any major events that have happened recently."
If a disaster really comes, she and Rayleigh will be vulnerable to manipulation.
"Welcome, three guests...what would you like to order?" The still charming proprietress Xia Qi greeted them as usual. When she saw Duke and Robin's outfits, her tone paused and the cigarette in her mouth was pinched between her fingers.
"Whitebeard is the person closest to the Pirate King, but he is not interested in it, so he is the least likely to become the Pirate King. Red Hair has gambled his future with one hand and has already withdrawn from the battle for the Pirate King in advance, so he can't become the Pirate King either. Beasts and Big Mom are the most powerful, but they have more domineering power than the demeanor of a king, and they are not qualified Pirate Kings. The so-called Four Emperors will all become supporting roles in the future, so why should I be afraid of them?" Duke looked Rayleigh straight in the eyes and said word by word.
Pluto Rayleigh!
"Nico Robin, the 'Devil's Child', is another dangerous person who can overturn the world." Rayleigh took a sip of wine and said cheerfully, "You two, has anyone ever told you that your combination is very dangerous?"
"We are here to visit Mr. 'Pluto' Silverbaz Rayleigh!" Duke nodded politely and then looked at Rayleigh.
"Of course, when it comes to matters of life and death, you always have to find someone you can trust."
"I also have my own source of information!" Duke smiled mysteriously, causing Robin to roll his eyes.
There are no ifs in the world, and assumptions are always assumptions. It is hard to say what level of pirate Rayleigh is, but one thing is certain, without him there would be no Pirate King Roger.
"How do you know about Shanks?" Rayleigh asked puzzled.
"Hahaha, you're really amazing, you saw everything clearly!" Rayleigh laughed heartily, "You're absolutely right, none of these four people can become Pirate King, they are far inferior to Roger and the others. But..."
"Even if the lion is sleeping, it can still make the world tremble. Such dominance is rare on the sea and it is definitely not something a drunk old man can possess. He is Rayleigh." Duke said firmly.
Rayleigh is just like this. The high-ranking officers of the navy all know that he is hiding in the Sabaody Archipelago, but they have not taken action to capture him. They have issued a wanted order symbolically. The reason is actually very simple. For a strong man like Rayleigh, it is very risky to kill him or capture him alive. In the worst case scenario, they may even lose a general.
"Not from the government?" Xia Qi was stunned. Duke asked for Rayleigh by name, and she thought it was CP0.
Duke interrupted Rayleigh before he could finish his words: "Mr. Rayleigh, who do you think is most likely to become the Pirate King among the Four Emperors?"
"Supernova?"
"There's a guy named Portgas D. Ace, he looks pretty powerful!"
"Portcas..." Duke smiled deeply. "This last name is very interesting, Mr. Rayleigh, what do you think?"
Rayleigh was speechless, and immediately his face straightened: "Who is your source of information?"
(End of this chapter)