The bright moon and the stars cannot illuminate the entire ocean, because it is night in some places but still day in some places.
But this has nothing to do with the East China Sea, at least not with a certain area of the East China Sea.
In a sea area far away from Rogue Town, there are bright moon and stars nearby and the sky is clear, but in the center, there are storms, thunderstorms and dark clouds.
Boom!
The thunder shattered the darkness, shone a bright light in the sky, and even struck the sea, covering it with a layer of electric sparks.
Near the electric spark, a black ship appeared on the sea. This black ship seemed different. Although there were strong winds and huge waves, it was sailing steadily in the waves with only some imperceptible shaking.
Death Star.
Banquet hall on the first floor.
The pirates were wearing all kinds of clothes and were excitedly counting the piles of glittering jewels and gold in the banquet hall.
One pirate picked up a golden crown inlaid with gems and put it on his head, laughing and showing off to his companions. The other pirates were not to be outdone. One of them picked up a golden bracelet, put it on his wrist, and shouted at everyone, while another grabbed a sharp knife and laughed.
Make the banquet hall look very lively.
At the top of the banquet hall, on a staircase, Sager sat on a throne and looked down at the noisy group of his men. His body was wrapped in bandages, especially his arms, which were wrapped in circles and plastered on the armrests, making him look very strong and majestic.
In front of me was a huge dining table filled with food: steaming roasted pork, beef and lamb, stewed meat and seafood pots, all kinds of meat and vegetables coated with flour and fried golden, steamed shrimps and crabs with a red glow, and cut pieces of meat with bones, all placed on the table.
The ingredients looted from Rogue Town were now used.
As for the dining table, the gentle and kind elder sister Marika scooped up a bowl of broth and fed it to Sager's mouth, who gobbled it up and quickly drank up the broth.
The next moment, the pink-haired and freckled little Lolita Renetia picked up a piece of prepared meat with bones and fed it to Sager. He opened his mouth and swallowed it very quickly, without leaving even a bone. He chewed it up and swallowed it.
The moment he swallowed it, the blonde knight Lily with big wavy hair peeled the huge steamed lobster and quickly stuffed it into Sager's mouth.
Three people fed each other one after another, one after another, and the food on the table disappeared visibly. Then the twenty-member chef team selected by Marika from the pirates brought out the prepared dishes again and continued to feed.
"So much treasure! I'm rich!"
Palu grabbed a handful of gold coins and let them flow from his hands. Listening to the rustling sound of the gold coins, '$' signs appeared in his eyes. He turned around and looked at Sager on the throne.
"Captain Sager! You are so great. Please allow me, a humble Palu, to join you in serving you meals!"
As he said that, he rushed to the dining table.
Sager had just finished a plate of fried chicken that Lily had fed him. He glanced at Palu and said, "Lily."
Lily nodded and said, "Palu."
"Huh?"
"Use a piece of iron."
Bang!
As soon as the voice fell, Lily kicked out, her legs and feet like a whip, and slammed into Palu's body, kicking him directly out and rushing into a pile of gold and jewelry, scattering gold coins everywhere, as if it was raining gold coins.
The pirates were stunned at first, and then burst into laughter.
"If I'm going to be feed, of course I'll have to use a beautiful woman. Don't come near, Palu!" Sager said viciously.
After getting on the boat, Sager asked people to start preparing food. There was no need for Marika to come in person. What he wanted at this time was a large quantity. If there was no chef, he would have wanted to eat raw food.
After all, he was badly injured after fighting with Zephyr.
Even though he used his domineering aura to protect himself, his arms were still shattered due to the domineering knife attack from Zephyr, and his internal organs were displaced, and his limbs were shattered beyond recognition due to the internal destruction of his domineering aura.
If he didn't return his life, he was afraid that he would be seriously injured and die here.
That old guy, even with asthma and old age, was still as strong as a monster. If it weren't for these two factors, plus a broken arm, he would probably have died here.
Unlike the carefree guy Garp, Zephyr simply "will not kill" the pirates, but does not let them go.
He has no relatives or friends, so why should they go easy on him? That's why he sometimes can't understand Garp's train of thought.
But Sager acknowledged that he owed Garp a favor.
"Sager."
While feeding Sager, Lily asked, "That Black Arm is almost dying. Why don't we kill him? Wouldn't that mean we can win?"
"What's the point of that kind of victory? We are pirates, not battle maniacs."
Sager said, "Lily, I like your attitude towards work, but I don't agree with your way of doing things. Our purpose is to rob, not to seek revenge. That old guy has no grudge against me. He is a navy and I am a pirate, and then a fight broke out. It's that simple. But thank you all anyway."
It's not that I'm thanking them for their help, but that I'm thanking them for stopping their fighting at the last moment.
At that time, Sager no longer cared about so many things. If it weren't for these three people, especially Lily's final intervention, he would have fought to the death with Zephyr.
It was most likely Zephyr dark star, and he died there.
Lily nodded thoughtfully, as if she understood something.
"Oh, but it's very dangerous."
Marika said as she fed him, "That Black Arm is very strong. This time it was too dangerous. The Calamity Pirates almost disbanded. Should we think about it more next time?"
"I'm still alive and well!"
Sager grinned: "And my plan was completed in an orderly manner without any mistakes. It's dangerous or not. What kind of business is not dangerous?"
Renetia poured a large cup of rich sauce on a roasted whole lamb, tore off a large piece of lamb leg and fed it to Sager, saying, "Sager, you are the overlord, and you will be the man who will reach the top of the ocean in the future. That disabled coughing old man will die sooner or later!"
Sager rolled his eyes, "That disabled coughing old man you mentioned almost beat me to death. Besides, even if I don't reach the top, Zephyr will die. Die of old age!"
In another thirty years, Zephyr might turn to ashes, but he is still alive and kicking.
The chefs were not slow in serving the dishes, but it was just rough cooking. Sager didn't even pay attention to the taste, as long as it was cooked. However, the chefs recruited by Marika obviously had some talent, and the food they served tasted pretty good. Ten tables of sumptuous food were cleared out by the three of them quickly.
At this point, Sager suddenly stretched out his plastered hand and signaled the chef to stop playing.
Hundreds of pirates in the banquet hall all looked at Sager, whose arms could move.
He stretched out his right hand, picked up the wooden wine glass on the dining table, and drank all the rum in it with a few swallows.
Bang!
He slammed the wine glass heavily on the table. At the same time, the bandages wrapped around his body made a tearing sound and broke apart along with the bandages on his hands.
A steaming white air current burst out from the body and surrounded it, rapidly healing the minor injuries on the surface of the body, as if there had never been any injury.
"Okay?" Lily asked.
"It's still a long way to go, but I can move around now and eat a few more meals and I'll be fine."
Sager stretched his body and made soothing sounds.
Ten feasts for at least a hundred people helped him recover from most of his injuries, which were indeed very serious.
But it doesn't matter, there are not so many restrictions on his life return, just eating is enough!
No matter what kind of injury he has, as long as he can replenish his energy in time, he is confident that he can recover as before, or even become stronger!
He sat back on the throne, one leg resting on the armrest, one hand supporting his chin, and said to the crowd below: "Ajin."
"Captain Sager."
Ajin, who had already finished the statistics, arrived at the bottom of the stairs and reported, "The statistics are out. In addition to the gold bars piled here, we robbed 250 million Baileys in cash from Rogue Town this time, plus 1 billion in goods. The low-purity gold in your treasury was also used as goods."
The gold and jewelry in Sage's treasury are still worth some money, but he had robbed a large amount of them and was not very interested in the collections. He decided to use them as payment for goods in case he ran out of time and failed to get the 10 billion berries.
He was serious about keeping his promise. If he said 1 billion, it meant 1 billion. As for the valuation, that was done by that group of black market traders.
In addition to these, of course, there are also supplies such as weapons, medicines, and food that fill up the warehouses, as well as clothes and weapons that the pirates have snatched away, which are not included in this statistics.
What needs to be counted now is the banknotes, gold and jewels in the banquet hall.
"very good!"
Sager glanced at the gold and jewelry in the banquet hall and said, "Pour out all the money."
The pirates opened all ten large suitcases and poured out the full bundles of Baileys that were stacked up. They mixed them with the stolen Baileys, forming a small mound of earth.
A pile of one billion Baileys of money looks like a lot.
Three hundred million Baileys could cover the large dining table in front of Sager. If it were a smaller reception table, the money would probably be piled up. And the money piled on the ground would naturally be spectacular.
"I'll give you the remaining 50 million as a reward. Take the 600 million and put it in my treasury. As for the gold and jewelry, pick out half for me and put the good ones on the second floor. Letty, make a showroom on the second floor. I want to collect them. Send the rest to the treasury. As for the rest."
Sager glanced at the pirates present, his white teeth gradually bared at the corners of his mouth, "These are all yours!!"
"oh!!!"
There was a very loud cheer in the banquet hall. Hundreds of pirates shouted in unison. The sound waves passed through the black ship and slightly masked the noise of the storm outside.
Even Lily smiled a little more. Although she didn't care much about money, under Sager's influence, she found dividing the spoils quite fun.
With a 5% share, she would be able to get more than 30 million out of the remaining 650 million, which is higher than her own bounty.
As for the remaining pirates, after they divided it up among the cadres, there would be an estimated 500 million berries left. With more than 600 people dividing it, each person could get about 800,000.
It certainly can't be compared with the cadres, but the price is not low, and there are many of them. Gathering together in Rogue Town means robbery without any risk.
Adding the gold they had shared and the things they had robbed in Rogue Town, the value was at least two million!
They had only spent half a day robbing a town, so they were naturally very happy that they had become rich.
Sager stood up, opened his hands, and laughed out loud: "Marika, go and liven up the party, and the chef team, prepare the food for the party. Hohahaha! Guys, we're having a party!!"
"Long live the captain!!" the pirates continued to cheer.
"It's a happy thing to cook for such a big eater like the captain."
Marika smiled gently and led the chefs to the kitchen, while the pirates began to divide the spoils, moving what needed to be moved and taking what needed to be taken. Before long, all the spoils in the banquet hall were cleared out. At the same time, Marika and her chefs served food and wine, and the banquet hall became lively.
Palu was the first to take charge of the arrangement. He led his newly formed combat Palu squad to quickly set up the tables and chairs, and waited for the pirates to take their seats before starting the party.
The dark storm was completely unable to stop the lights and noise of the Death Star. The storm was mixed with rain, thunder and lightning struck the ocean, and they all blended together to form the music of the sea, which gradually reached its peak as the ship sailed.
It was not until four hours later that the bustle in the banquet hall gradually died down.
"Tsk, a bunch of useless guys who only like drinking, huhahahaha!"
Looking at the pirates lying on the ground, Sager finished the wine in his glass and held it forward, "Lily, pour another glass!"
Lily picked up the beautifully decorated wine bottle, poured a glass of mellow wine for Sager, glanced out the window, and said, "Sager, we're almost there."
Outside the window, you can see a huge island, and on a cliff on the island, there is a lighthouse, emitting light in a certain direction.
"Guiding Light."
Lily said, "Follow the direction of the light and we will reach the entrance to the Grand Line. Sager, shall we enter the Grand Line now?"
Renetia, whose hands were greasy from eating, and Marika, who was eating the steak slowly, both looked up at Sager.
Ajin, who was drunk and fell to the ground, slowly got up. Although his face was still red from drunkenness, his eyes were extremely clear and firm, and full of expectation.
"Humph, if I don't leave now, am I waiting for our headquarters to find time to come to the East China Sea to arrest me? Rogue Town is not a small town. If I attract attention here, it will be hard to say what will happen if someone comes again!"
Sager smiled grimly, "Ajin, wake up these drunkards, hoist the sails, start the engine, and head for the Grand Line!"
"Yes, Captain Sager!"
Ajin opened his eyes and clenched his fists tightly, "This time, we will definitely conquer this route!"
Last time with the Krieg Pirates, they failed.
But this time it's different, they will definitely enter the Grand Line and continue sailing!
"Looking forward to your performance, hoohahaha!"
Sager stood up, walked out of the banquet hall and stood on the deck.
The storm still did not stop. The rain hit his body and the strong wind blew his fur cloak, making a rustling sound.
Behind him, three people also followed out and came to the bow deck with Sager, watching the ship sailing on the rough sea.
The men stood up, went to the deck to spread the canvas or went to the engine room to control the power. The speed of their ship increased, and after a while, they saw the huge continent that stretched between the sky and the earth, with an almost unreachable top.
Right in front of the ship, there is a huge door. Around the door is an extremely turbulent ocean current, forming a series of whirlpools. These whirlpools appear even more violent in the storm, as if they are going to suck everything in.
And where the door extends upward, the turbulent ocean currents finally converge there, flowing upstream along the door until they reach the top.
"Oh my, it's really dangerous."
Marika stroked her cheek and said, "Is this the Upside-Down Mountain?"
Lily said solemnly, "Be careful. If the course deviates a little, we will follow the ocean current and hit the Red Earth Continent. Even the ship built by Letty cannot resist that speed."
"Don't worry!"
Renetia patted her chest and said, "The biggest function of the boat I made is to withstand such currents and waves. No wave can overturn it!"
After that, she looked at the entrance that was getting closer and closer, took a deep breath, and shouted:
"I want to build a ship that allows people all over the world to sail safely!!"
Lily was stunned, "What are you doing?"
"Eh? Don't you know? It's a tradition. My master said that everyone should shout out their dreams when entering the Grand Line. Because the line is great, the dreams shouted out must also be great!" Renetia said as a matter of course.
"Ah, that's great."
Marika smiled and also faced the entrance. Her gentle smile did not change, but the voice she made was firmer than even the storm could cover up.
"I want to make the ultimate dish that will satisfy everyone in the world!"
Lily gripped the jeweled hilt at her waist and closed her eyes slightly.
In her mind, she recalled the Kingdom of Oikot, those who could not pay taxes and became bandits, the mayor of the robbed town who was still well-dressed and wealthy, and when
Sager landed in the kingdom, he killed Ennio, causing the oppressed people in the royal city to go out to sea. When he landed in the town, he robbed the mayor, but the civilians did not stop him, and when he entered the Deep Forest Kingdom, those residents who deliberately avoided him with a tiny hope.
Lily opened her eyes and shouted solemnly at the entrance: "I want people all over the world to never be oppressed again!!"
"If someone has to oppress, Sager, I hope it's you. You don't rob the poor! Right, Sager!"
Lily looked at Sager.
"captain."
Marika smiled.
"captain?"
Renetia tilted her head.
With his back to them, Sager, whose upright figure and fluttering fur cape were all he could see, curled the corners of his mouth.
You always talk about the whole world, which makes me look stupid.
You have such big dreams, don't you really want to make plans?
The first thing he wants to accomplish is to become a landlord, and he needs to have plans for the rest.
The dream of a pirate is really...
Sager stretched out his hand, and the raindrops fell on his palm, which he held tightly and squeezed out.
"Then let's become the biggest landlord in the world!!"
(End of this chapter)