"Um... Brother Yi... Is it really okay to give this magical fishing bait away?" Shanks asked with a worried look on his face as he watched Fang Yi take out the magical fishing bait.
Since they hardly used the magical fishing bait anymore, Fang Yi had a large stockpile of it now.
"Well, I've said my piece. It's up to them if they want it or not!" Fang Yi hesitated for a moment and said.
"Look, you guys! You said yourselves this thing probably ain't no good!" Thatch over there came running over and joined in the fun.
"It doesn't not work; it works too damn well!" Fang Yi had no choice but to say, "Thatch, you're a cook, right? Don't tell me you've never faced a food crisis during your Navigation! With this magical fishing bait, you're guaranteed to catch something. As for what gets attracted by the bait... I can't guarantee that!"
"Is it really that amazing?" Thatch was taken aback and asked in surprise.
Since Fang Yi had spoken so seriously, everyone believed that he wasn't lying.
"That's right, but... There's too much uncertainty about this thing! What if it attracts a large Sea King? It could wipe out your entire Whitebeard Pirates! I don't want to read in the newspapers that the entire Whitebeard Pirates were killed by a Sea King!" Fang Yi shrugged and said.
"Can it really attract Sea Kings?" The members of the Whitebeard Pirates around looked at Fang Yi, somewhat stunned, and asked.
"It definitely can attract Sea Kings because we've attracted them more than once. But our the Roger Pirates are powerful, and a mere Sea King is nothing to us. But it would be different for you! So think carefully before you decide whether you want to trade for it!" Fang Yi said in an arrogant manner.
"Hey, brat! If what you're saying is true, I'll take it. Shoot your price!" At this moment, Whitebeard's voice came over.
It turned out that he had been drinking with Roger just now. When he heard the conversation over at Fang Yi's side, he couldn't help but reply loudly.
"Hey, Whitebeard, I'm telling the truth! I'm not lying to you. If your Whitebeard Pirates really get wiped out because of this, don't blame me!" Fang Yi said with a mischievous smile.
"Bah! Let's see what Sea King can sink our Whitebeard Pirates!" Whitebeard snorted and said angrily.
"Newgate! I advise you to think it over carefully before you decide because we almost got wiped out last time!" Roger said with a bitter smile.
They were drinking not far from where everyone was trading items. So they could hear the conversation over here.
Hearing Roger's words, Whitebeard was taken aback and looked at him in great surprise.
"It's true. Xiaoyi's magical fishing bait is extremely amazing. It can attract anything. It's too dangerous, so we hardly use it anymore!" Roger said with a big laugh, "Because last time, that little guy attracted an Island - Devouring Goldfish! It ate our pirate ship right away! Hahaha..."
"Captain! Don't go into so much detail!
Many crew members felt a bit uneasy when thinking about how they had emerged. So they quickly stopped Roger from continuing.
"Island - Devouring Goldfish? It swallowed you guys? Is that for real? How big was this Island - Devouring Goldfish?" Marco asked in surprise and curiosity.
Fang Yi twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "I'm not sure. The whole body of that thing didn't come out. Just its head was no smaller than a large Sea King. Its teeth were as big as a Koyama!"
"Is it really that powerful?" Now, not only Marco but also the other members of the Whitebeard Pirates were all drawn over.
"Would I lie to you? It's not something to show off!" Fang Yi pursed his lips and said, "Do you want to trade or not?"
To stop them from asking more questions, Fang Yi quickly shut down the topic.
But just because he didn't say anything didn't mean Roger wouldn't.
"Gurararara... Gurararara..."
"Hahaha... Hahaha..."
From the laughter of Whitebeard and Roger, Fang Yi knew that Roger must have told them how they had come out.
"Marco, trade your treasures with that kid. One chest of Gin for ten of his magical fishing baits! If he doesn't agree, beat him up again for me! Gurararara..." Whitebeard said to Marco with a big laugh.
"Huh?" Both Fang Yi and Marco were unhappy.
Fang Yi was naturally unhappy because the price was too low. He had originally asked for one chest of Gin per bait, but Whitebeard directly cut it to one - tenth, so he of course wasn't willing.
Marco was reluctant because he only had one chest of Gin in savings, and now he had to use it to exchange for this magical fishing bait. So, he was also unwilling, which was why both he and Fang Yi pulled long faces.
Marco knew Whitebeard was stingy, but Fang Yi also got to witness it today.
In the end, even though both Marco and Fang Yi were reluctant, they still completed the deal.
"Brother Yi, I've heard that the guy you mentioned before... hasn't slept for the past few days!" Just as everyone started to chill out, waiting for the cooks to get the banquet ready, Buggy sneaked up to Fang Yi and whispered mysteriously.
"Hmm? Maybe it's his turn to stand guard. Has he really not slept for three days?" Fang Yi blinked and asked.
"Right! It's said that he's never slept since he was born!" Buggy nodded and said with a mysterious look on his face.
"Huh? Is there really such a person in the world? Then he can live a double life. How nice!" Shanks, who was nearby, couldn't help but sigh after hearing Buggy's words.
"What are you talking about! You idiot, it's not that simple! That guy... is a Monster! A Monster!" Buggy said with a look of unease.
"Okay, you just know about it. Don't worry too much. For now, we have no conflicts with them!" Fang Yi shook his head and stopped the two from continuing.
On the other side, Roger, who was drinking with Whitebeard, took out a rubbings of a Poneglyph and asked Oden, "Can you read the words on this?"
"Yeah! I can!" Oden nodded in confusion and replied.
"Can you really understand it?" Roger asked excitedly, confirming again.
"Although I can understand it, why do you have such a text? This kind of writing is the secret code passed down from generation to generation in the Kozuki family of Wano Country!" Oden asked, looking utterly confused.
Roger let out a soft laugh and said to Oden and Whitebeard, "It was about more than a decade ago! I reached the last small island pointed to by the log pose, an uncharted place - Mizuwasa Island! But when we landed, we found that it wasn't the Final Island at all! However, the log pose went completely haywire and couldn't point out the location of the next island!"
"But I knew that there must be one last small island. Only by reaching there could we complete the unprecedented feat of circumnavigating the world! So, over the years, I've been constantly searching, and finally... I discovered this secret!" Roger took out the rubbing in his hand and continued,
"What can point the way to the Final Island are those four red stones engraved with this kind of writing! But these writings... are ancient texts that the World Government prohibited from spreading and learning a long time ago! Initially, I thought they were just simple cultural heritage, but unexpectedly, they turned out to be the map we need!"
Both Whitebeard and Oden listened quietly to Roger's account.
"This is the last small island that's rumored to hold the One Piece. The World Government tells us not to go there! But that just makes this rumor seem even more real! As long as we reach there, we'll be the veritable number one pirate crew in the world!" Roger said excitedly.
"Number one in the world?" Whitebeard and Oden both looked at Roger in surprise.
"Exactly! And then I'll be... the Pirate King!" Roger said with a big laugh.
Hearing Roger's words, Whitebeard and Oden were both stunned, as if they couldn't believe that Roger would say such things.
"Gurararara... What nonsense are you talking about? You're not some green - horned kid!" Whitebeard said with a laugh after coming to his senses.
The legend of the One Piece has always been circulating across the seas, but over the years, no pirate has ever found it. So gradually, people have come to think that it's just a legend, not real.
No one really takes it seriously that someone could find the One Piece and become the Pirate King.
But for some reason, after hearing what Roger said, Whitebeard had a faint feeling that the other man was serious.
Just then, Roger suddenly got up and knelt before Whitebeard, saying, "Newgate! Lend me Oden for a year! With this kid, we can reach the Final Island! This is a request I'll make for my whole life!"
Roger's words and actions made Whitebeard and Oden a bit flustered. The members of the Roger Pirates on the other side were also extremely surprised when they saw Roger's actions.
"Hey, Captain Roger, what are you doing? That guy is our enemy! Why are you kneeling?"
"Captain, what's going on?"
Although the crew members were all extremely puzzled, Roger didn't get up. Instead, he continued to look at Oden and pleaded, "Please, Oden! Just travel with us for a year, okay!"
"Hey... come on, get up! Why would a strong guy like you kneel down? This is not proper! Don't go around kowtowing like that, will you!" Faced with Roger's plea, Oden was nothing but flustered.
But Whitebeard, standing beside Oden and Roger, was in a different state. Roger was trying to poach his pirate crew member right in front of him! Naturally, he got extremely angry.
"What a joke, Roger! Are you trying to steal my family away?" Whitebeard's imposing qi suddenly flared up, making the surrounding trees rustle violently.
"Damn it, Dad's mad!"
"We were just chatting and having a good time. What the hell happened all of a sudden?"
Whitebeard's sudden outburst left the members of the Whitebeard Pirates utterly confused.
"Wait... Whitebeard... I want to go with him and have a look! Let me go with him!" Kozuki Oden didn't even know why those words just blurted out of his mouth.
But it was precisely these words that managed to quell Whitebeard's anger. Since it was Oden who wanted to go on his own, it couldn't be counted as Roger stealing him away.