Whiskey Peak, the black market.
It is said to be a black market, but there is actually nothing particularly mysterious about it. It is not that different from an ordinary market. If there is any difference, it is that the crowd is different.
The ones in the ordinary market are generally civilians or something.
In the black market, whether they are doing business or shopping, they are basically shady people.
Of course, the goods must be different. The goods here are either weird or illegal, and there is not much difference in other aspects.
At this time, in a huge prickly pear room on Black Market Street, a man nearly five meters tall was sitting in front of the counter.
This guy is the son of Big Mom Charlotte Linlin, Charlotte Oven.
He is the fourth son of Charlotte Linlin and is a triplet with Katakuri and Daifuku.
(T/N: Damn I didn't know that. Learn something new every day.)
Big Mom Pirates did not come to East Blue Logue Town to participate in the execution related to Roger, but Big Mom Pirates have always attached great importance to intelligence capabilities. Twenty years later, they have become the number one intelligence providers in the pirate industry.
There are many connections with the dark world.
So even if Charlotte Linlin doesn't plan to come, she will send people to investigate the intelligence and confirm the information on the scene.
Charlotte Oven was sent to do just that.
However, he didn't really board the Logue town, he just watched from a distance for a while, then correlated with the information on the live broadcast, confirmed the situation, and then left.
When he returned to the Grand Line, another piece of news came from his family, it was from his brother Katakuri.
Katakuri is in Alabasta, just near him, and they are investigating Roger.....That's right, since Roger reached Raftel, many pirates in the New World have become interested in that place, and in addition, it is precisely because Roger reached Raftel that he conquered the entire territory of the Grand Line and was recognized as the Pirate King.
It's just that the current Big Mom pirates are very embarrassed. Regardless of whether you want to go to Raftel or not, anyway, you should more or less know about the information and intelligence there.
And, most importantly, whether you go or not, you can't let new pirates reach Raftel anyway.
Otherwise, do you still have face? Let someone else lord over you as Pirate King?
Therefore, many forces are still investigating Roger, studying how the Roger pirates landed on Raftel, and how did they find that island?
After careful investigation, Kaido, Linlin and others learned the information of the Road Poneglyph.
Nowadays, although Charlotte Linlin has this thing in her hand, it is only for collection. Because the text on it cannot be translated, she has no idea of the meaning of the historical text of this road poneglyph.
The reason why Katakuri is in Alabasta now is because he found out that the Roger Pirates were looking for the poneglyph here.
At the same time, Katakuri also felt that, as the oldest country of mankind, and the Nefertari family was also descended from twenty kings, Alabasta should know some important information, right?
However, the specific matter about Roger has not been investigated yet. Katakuri first had an unexpected harvest, that is, he got information about the hot fruit in the black market, quickly paid the deposit, and then notified that it happened to be near Whiskey Peak. Oven went to get the goods.
Moreover, this fruit itself was prepared by Katakuri to give to Oven.
From Katakuri's point of view, Hot fruit's ability is very powerful. Didn't his younger brother want to become a devil fruit user a long time ago?
In this way, it is just right to eat hot fruit.
Oven is waiting for the hot fruit at this time.
He waited for a few minutes, and at the back door of the counter, a strong man came over with a briefcase in his hand, put it on the table and said: "Master Oven, this is what we agreed on earlier, Paramecia Hot-hot Fruit ..."
Of course, the Big Mom pirates have a Devil Fruit encyclopedia. Before coming here, Oven had already faxed the information and design of this fruit, so he said calmly, "Open it, and let me inspect the goods."
"Yes." The strong man answered, then entered the password, and quickly opened the suitcase.
Sure enough, there is a Devil Fruit in it, which is orange and looks a bit like a big pineapple.
A gleam flashed in Owen's eyes..... At least from the appearance point of view, there should be no problem, and it is exactly the same as the pattern on the Devil Fruit encyclopedia.
"Very good." Oven laughed, and also picked up a suitcase from under his feet.
Although they are pirates, in the business of the dark world, they still have to be creditable, because it is completely unnecessary for such insignificant things to ruin their reputation.
The price of Hot-hot fruit is 600 million Beli, Katakuri has already paid over 200 million, and Oven only needs to pay another 400 million.
At the same time, in the corner of the store, behind the vase, a miniature girl is observing the situation here.
She saw that Owen had confirmed the Devil Fruit's situation, and after he was about to pay for it, she reached over and snatched the devil fruit in a flash.
At this moment, Oven opened the cash box, revealing the brand new currency inside, and said, "You count..."
When he said this, he glanced out of the corner of the eye, and then his face changed, and he scolded: "Where's my fruit!?"
As his voice fell, the strong man who traded on the opposite side also shifted his eyes from the money to the Devil Fruit box, and then saw that there was still a Devil Fruit box, but it was empty now!
? ? ? ?
What the hell is going on!?
Fortunately, Oven reacted quickly and suddenly noticed something. When he turned his head, he saw a person who looked like a small human, carrying his huge Devil Fruit, running towards the outside of the store!
"Damn thief, I will crush you to death!" Oven cursed angrily.
He didn't care about any money anymore, so he chased after him.
But the little person seemed to be running very fast, and by the time Oven chased after her, she had already run out of the door.
Before he had time to think about it, Oven opened the door with only a gap, and was just about to take a step outside, when he saw a fist that was about the same size as a person!
The fist was already wrapped with a pitch-black Armament Haki, and there was still a palpitating terrifying aura.
"Explosive Fist!!!" A roar came from outside the door.
In the next moment, Oven was directly hit by the huge fist. The powerful force first hammered him into the house again, and then, the violent explosion quickly engulfed the huge house.
The person who made the move was none other than Hajrudin!
This guy has eaten the ability of Paramecia Bomb fruit before, and now he is a walking bomb. Combined with his own racial advantages, he is very strong!
When this punch went down, the explosion caused was enough to blow a warship to pieces.
Even though this guy Oven reacted extremely quickly, using Armament Haki almost immediately to harden his whole body, he still couldn't completely resist the bursting blow.
The giant's iron fist and explosion directly injured him seriously.
When the gunpowder smoke dissipated, Oven was lying in the ruins immobile. At this time, his body was tattered, black smoke was coming out, and blood was flowing from the corner of his mouth. It looked like he had been severely injured.
"What.....who??" Oven asked indignantly, his tone was weak, his eyes widened.
"Your uncle!" Hajrudin snorted coldly.
Then, ignoring Oven, who was seriously injured at this time, Hajrudin turned around and left.
Owen looked at the figure of the giant family and wanted to struggle a few times, but in the end his eyes went dark and he passed out directly.
At this moment, on Hajrudin's shoulder, Lily asked curiously: "Why don't you kill him?"
"It's not necessary, just get the fruit. I heard that this guy is the brother of Katakuri, Charlotte Linlin's favorite son. If we kill him, then we and the Big Mom Pirates will have a complete blood feud." Hajrudin said very calmly.
Lily didn't ask any more questions when she heard this, but said with a little expectation: "Can we go to Little Garden when the young master comes? Then we can see Dorry and Brogy!"
"Yeah, speaking of this, I can't help but want to leave now!" Hajrudin also said expectantly.
It didn't take long for the members of the Big Mom pirates who heard the movement to find Oven who was seriously injured in the ruins.
"Quick, quick, contact lord Katakuri!"
"Go and see if there are any witnesses around, and ask who did it!? They dare to attack our Big Mom pirates! We must not let them go!"
"It's a giant. Someone said they saw a giant, and he did it!"
"Giant?"
The intelligence capabilities of the Big Mom Pirates are still very good, and they have already investigated the matter that night.
The giant who attacked Oven, called Hajrudin, has been in Whiskey Peak for a long time, and he and some companions often haunt the tavern.
After inquiring about the situation with the people in the tavern, a conclusion was quickly drawn.
It was the Donquixote Family who attacked Oven!
In Alubarna, the capital of Alabasta, Katakuri hung up the phone bug with a gloomy face, and said coldly: "Don Quixote Doflamingo...Damn you!"