One Piece: The Magician

Chapter 287 Pre-match rally

Early the next morning, Xiao Laiya, accompanied by a team of bodyguards, sent Berry as agreed before.

A full three hundred million berries.

Looking at the stacks of colorful banknotes in his suitcase, a greedy navigator couldn't help but smile sweetly from the bottom of his heart.

Originally, Nami habitually wanted to use the money to replenish her small treasury, but after thinking about her large bag of gold that had been confiscated by the navy, Miss Navigator handed over all [-] million berries to Sherlock. .

"I'll keep this money with you for now. If I'm short of money in the future, I'll ask for it directly from you."

Nami said with a smile: "After all, it's safer here, hehe."

"Well, okay." Sherlock agreed simply. The magician was very relieved about the insurance function of the mirror space.

Upon seeing this, Zoro and others looked at each other with strange expressions.

Because they suddenly felt that a certain glasses man's position in the Straw Hat Pirates was one more after that of military advisor, deputy captain, and cleaner.

That's the Straw Hat Pirates' piggy bank

When the sun was about to set, the Straw Hats set off to attend the pre-game rally of the Death Race, and Miss Maya, who had nowhere to go, had to go with them in order not to be caught again.

The place where the pre-game gathering was held was very secluded. Under the guidance of the staff, Luffy and others walked along a dim tunnel for a while, then opened a wooden door and suddenly became enlightened.

“Wow~~~It’s so big here”

“Lots and lots of skull and crossbones flags”

"Hey, there are so many pirates, are they all here to compete?"

Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp all exclaimed.

This is a very spacious underground cave. Even if there are tens of thousands of people, it will not seem crowded at all. Under the bright lights, pirates with different flags are sitting around tables.

They ate meat and drank wine from big bowls, loudly discussed their experiences on the sea, or laughed boldly. The scene was extremely lively and inexplicably exciting to watch.

"It's really worthy of the Oswald family to be able to carve out such a large space underground." Robin said with a smile.

"This competition has brought together most of the powerful pirates in the nearby waters here."

Sherlock narrowed his eyes slightly. He just took a cursory glance and found no fewer than twenty pirates with bounties exceeding tens of millions.

There was still some time before the official start of the gathering, so Luffy and others found an empty table and sat down.And after learning that food was actually provided for free here, the captain, a foodie, naturally had no need to be reserved or polite.

He unceremoniously ordered a large table of delicious food and ate like crazy.The wild and wild eating appearance made the surrounding pirates look at him frequently.

Soon, some well-informed pirates recognized the true identities of Luffy and others.

"Look, it's the Straw Hat Pirates"

"Pirate hunter, magician, that black-haired woman must be the son of the devil."

"It seems that the rumor that the devil's son joined the Straw Hats is true."

The pirates were talking a lot, and they were very interested in the pirate group, which had few members but had been very active recently.

"That guy wearing a straw hat and looking like an idiot is their captain, the big pirate Straw Hat with a bounty of over [-] million berries."

A pirate looked at a certain foodie who was eating havoc, curled his lips, and said disdainfully: "You don't look very strong, either."

"Ahem, you can't say that." Another pirate chuckled and added, "I think his appetite alone is worth [-] million berries."

"Wahahahahahahahaha" the crowd suddenly burst into laughter.

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Listening to the cynicism of the pirates around them, Zoro and others sitting together all had dark expressions on their faces. They expressed their sincere helplessness towards their funny captain.

"These annoying guys, I really want to kill them." Holding the cold blade of Wado Ichimonji, the green-haired swordsman muttered in great displeasure.

If Nami hadn't repeatedly warned everyone not to cause trouble before coming here, he would have already put this idea into action.

"Hey~ Luffy." Sanji blew out a smoke ring: "I remember I made dinner for you today. How can you still eat so much?"

I don’t know if it was an illusion or something else, but the curly-browed chef suddenly realized that Luffy, a big foodie, has become more and more palatable recently.

"You don't understand this, Sanji." Usopp spread his hands and explained: "Luffy is a rubber man, his body can be stretched, so naturally his stomach can stretch as much as he wants. La~"

"It doesn't matter. The food here is free anyway. He can eat as much as he likes."

Nami looked indifferent. She thought for a while and asked Sherlock: "By the way, Sherlock, did you get any useful information when you went out to investigate today?"

Seeing that they were talking about business, everyone turned their attention to a certain pair of glasses.

Sherlock nodded and said softly: "Well, in this death contest, there are almost a hundred pirate groups participating, and the total number is close to 1."

"1 people" Chopper took a breath.

The little reindeer did a quick calculation in his mind. Excluding the cute little black cat Besty, the Straw Hat Pirates currently have only eight people in total, and including Maya, a temporary ship passenger, there are less than ten.

In terms of numbers, the Straw Hat Pirates are at a huge disadvantage.

"Don't worry, Chopper." Sensing what the blue-nosed reindeer was thinking, Sherlock gave the little reindeer a comforting smile.

"Most of these 1 people are just a bunch of trash, and they can't stand on the table at all."

As far as the magician's ability is concerned, no matter how large the number of trash fish is, it is just trash fish. When it comes to cleaning up a large number of trash fish, Sherlock's super map cannon means that there is not much pressure.

"So the main targets of my investigation are only three pirate groups." Sherlock stretched out three fingers, then took out a stack of bounty orders from the mirror space and handed them to Nami and others.

"The first is the Foxy Pirates. Their captain is Foxy the Silver Fox, with a bounty of 2400 million Baileys. Those with the Slowness Fruit ability can emit slow light that can slow down the enemy, which is a rather tricky ability."

Looking at the extremely wretched looking bad guy on the reward order, Nami gritted her teeth and asked:

"Is this this bastard challenging us to a cruel game?"

The orange-haired navigator felt that if this man who had killed a thousand swords hadn't stepped in, they might not have so much trouble now.

"Yes, it's him."

Sherlock nodded slightly and continued: "I carefully investigated the Foxy Pirates and found that this pirate group developed entirely through cruel games. In terms of strength, they are not strong, and they have not achieved death. Big race winner ability.”

"So, their goal is definitely not to win the championship."

As he spoke, Sherlock explained the specific rules of the cruel game and his conjecture about Foxy's conspiracy to the others in detail. After listening to it, Nami and others expressed their displeasure.

"Tsk, that's a good plan."

Sanji sullenly put out the cigarette butts and murmured: "They concluded that we couldn't win, so they decided on the second extra game."

"Haha, we are underestimated by others." Zoro crossed his arms and showed his habitual evil smile.

Usopp had a sad look on his face: "In this case, how should we deal with it? We can't give up the championship and recharge our batteries."

"After all, we may not be able to win this competition."

I have to say that this person with a long nose has always been extremely negative in his thoughts.

"Of course there is a way." Sherlock put his elbows on the table and intertwined his fingers. The spotless lenses reflected two rays of cold white light.

"The rule of death match is that there are no rules. During the game, we can do whatever we want."

"That's right." A certain dark-hearted woman took over. The expression on her face and the tone of her voice were exactly the same as that of a certain man with glasses.

"So just in case, we can kill all the members of the Foxy Pirates."

Robin smiled softly, but what he said was terrifying.

"Anyway, a dead person can't initiate a playoff."

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Looking at the man and woman with calm faces saying extremely terrifying things, Nami and others collectively turned to stone.

At the same time, some of them felt inexplicably sorry for the Foxy Pirates who did not know how to live or die.