Arceus in One Piece - Chapter 74
“Did I come at a bad time?”
Instinct told him that it was dangerous here, not just because of Shaina, but even the surrounding lackeys were watching him.
“Brother Queen, thank you!”
The members of the Beast Pirates suddenly lined up, bowed to the Queen, and quickly stepped aside.
The relationship between the executives of the Beast Pirates was strange, and it wasn’t a secret to ordinary people. Although they cooperated seamlessly in battle, outside of battle, they were a bunch of oddballs.
For example, Jhin and Queen would start bickering as soon as they met, but although they argued fiercely, they rarely came to blows.
And now, Shaina and Queen didn’t argue anymore, and under normal circumstances, they could communicate smoothly. The premise was that Shaina didn’t enter a state of rage; once her mood soured, meeting Queen would lead to a fight.
Usually, the Queen would be unilaterally beaten up, so the Queen had to count the days when he went out. If he happened to encounter Shaina during the few days she was in a bad mood due to feeling unwell, he wouldn’t be able to see her for several dozen miles around.
Before Queen appeared, the members of the Beast Pirates were distraught that they would be dragged into sparring. But once the Queen arrived, they were safe. After all, when Shaina was angry, Queen would bring with him an aura of sarcasm, a buff of sorts.
Watching the lackeys quickly retreat, a sense of foreboding welled up in Queen’s heart.
“I suddenly remembered that I still had something unfinished in my laboratory. I’ll leave first. If you want to burn down these buildings, go ahead.”
This was the most crucial cargo island within the territory of the Beast Pirates. Almost all the trade of goods within the territory took place here. He came here because the equipment he purchased had arrived.
Today, the territory of the Beast Pirates occupied five large islands: the Winter Island, where the arms manufacturing and research institute was located. The trading island where Shaina was located had a climate like Spring Island. Two islands are primarily for ore mining, and one is mainly for agriculture, like Summer Island.
Adding to these islands were scattered unnamed small islands around them, which is a modest achievement.
Queen had initially come to “pick up a delivery” and see what was going on. He hadn’t expected to get involved in trouble.
“I say, Queen, it’s been a while since we sparred, hasn’t it? How about we practice a bit?”
“Ah, the wind is too strong. What did you say? I didn’t quite catch that. If you have something to discuss, go find Jhin, that torture freak.” Saying this, he sprouted two pairs of leaf wings from his back and was about to leave. However, just as he turned around, he saw Shaina appear in front of him.
“Since you’re here, don’t leave. Otherwise, won’t I lose face?”
“Wait! Fighting is fine, but give me a reason!” He knew he couldn’t match Shaina in speed. Since it was unavoidable, he at least wanted to understand why.
“My hands are itchy. I want to spar with you to check the recent progress of my training.”
A plain and unremarkable reason, so plain that Queen had nothing to say.
“But I’ll fight back!”
“Of course you can. I said it’s a spar. Otherwise, I’d just go punch a sandbag.”
Queen’s resistance was futile, and he was forcibly dragged to the training ground on the island by Shaina. What followed was a one-sided beating, and Queen didn’t hold back; he really couldn’t beat her.
After a while, Shaina’s anger subsided, and Queen had once again undergone training. He felt that if this continued, his aura level would break through.
Then he saw the lackeys outside serving tea and water.
“Brother Queen, you’ve worked hard!”
They said it sincerely. If it weren’t for Queen happening to be here, they would have been the ones dragged into the training ground.
Although they gained something considerable every time they came out of the training ground, it still hurt.
Queen had saved them from this crisis, so of course, they wanted to thank him.
“Why was she so angry? Which one of you offended her?” Queen thought he had already grasped Shaina’s habits. As long as he avoided that one week and showed more respect to Arceus, things wouldn’t go wrong.
Ever since he sold information about George and them to Shaina last time, he hadn’t been beaten for a while.
“It’s because of this wanted poster, Brother Queen .”
Seeing Arceus wanted a poster, Queen Face couldn’t help but twitch a little.
“Sister Boss has issued a bounty to find the person who arranged this wanted poster and took the photo.”
“Double the price.”
“Huh?”
“I said double the price. If it weren’t for that idiot, could I be so unlucky? Is that guy blind? Who could say such a thing?” He thought about it but didn’t say the words “pet.” If Shaina were still around, it wouldn’t be fun.
Seeing Arceus wanted a poster certainly didn’t just affect Shaina. But everyone in the Beast Pirates pretended not to have seen this thing. No one mentioned it in front of Arceus.
People can ignore things themselves and can self-deprecate, but some words, if said by others, would take on a different meaning.
It was only Kaido who, after seeing this wanted poster, burst into laughter for some inexplicable reason. After that, in Kaido’s territory, the price of anything never exceeded 5000 Beli.
At the same time, Orca and Jhin, along with some members of the Beast Pirates, appeared on another island. They had come here to buy supplies from the black market.
Making pure gold was extremely difficult, not only because the extinct materials were scarce, but even the existing ones were challenging to find. After receiving news from the black market, they naturally came over.
But at this moment, they weren’t using their own banner but the banner of Pruitt.
Due to the misinformation caused by Spandam, the World Government underestimated the situation in Pruitt, believing that Captain John’s treasure was closely linked to Pruitt.
At the same time, due to finding clues about pure gold on that island, they also pinned the matter of pure gold on Pruitt.
But Kaido and the others were the ones who understood the situation in Pruitt the best. The actions of the World Government were not absolutely secretive in the New World, and since they couldn’t find the whereabouts of Pruitt, they had begun to expand their search network, inevitably leading to intelligence leaks.
The effects and value of pure gold needed to be more troublesome. Neither Arceus nor Kaido wanted to attract the attention of the World Government now, so after some consideration, they decided to throw a new smoke bomb at the government.
By using Orca’s ability to disguise the members of the Beast Pirates as people from Pruitt, since the misunderstanding had already been established, they decided to make it even more significant.
Trust the reputation of underground world merchants sparingly; they might be afraid of power and refrain from doing outrageous things, like maintaining trade security within the Natheh Kingdom.
However, selling the same information to multiple parties was common in the underground world. Expecting them to keep secrets was unrealistic.
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