Sabaody Archipelago, Area 13, this is an unlawful zone where many pirates and bounty hunters run rampant.
Here, there is a very famous bar — Shakky's Rip-Off Bar!
And at this moment, Kyle stood at the entrance of this bar, pushed the door open without hesitation, and walked right in.
Upon entering, what greeted him was not the noisy clamor typical of other bars, but rather a complete silence, with only one figure behind the counter wiping glasses.
After hearing the sound of the door opening, she didn't even turn her head, merely asking with a light smile:
"Hello, what would you like to drink?"
"Bring out the best wine you have here!"
"Hmm?!"
Hearing this, the figure finally slowly turned around, and what came into view was a person completely wrapped in a black robe, only revealing a tiger mask.
While Shakky was sizing up Kyle, Kyle was also sizing her up.
This former captain of the Kuja Pirates, the world's number one beauty of the previous era!
Although her beauty is no longer what it once was, one can still faintly glimpse the shadow of her peerless elegance from her youth.
After all, Shakky is currently just a little over fifty years old, slightly younger than her appearance in her sixties when she first appeared in the original work.
In the original work, Shakky in her sixties looked like she was only in her thirties, an immeasurable improvement compared to the unseemly aged appearances of Gloriosa and Stussy.
In her youth, Shakky had countless suitors, but in the end, that guy Rayleigh was the one who opportunistically snatched her up!
Hmm! Should we also crown Rayleigh the King of Opportunistic Gains??
After watching for a while, Shakky smiled and spoke again:
"Alright, please wait a moment!"
After saying that, she turned around to fetch the wine.
It was the first time Shakky had encountered a situation like this where a man was wrapped up so tightly and wearing a mask, so her attention lingered a little longer.
How is this any different from those CP0 guys?
Although she was inwardly complaining like this, Shakky knew the person before her was definitely not CP0.
Don't ask her how she knew, this belonged to her intuition!!
Not long after, Shakky brought up a bottle of wine, placing it in front of Kyle, and said in a calm voice:
"This is the most expensive wine we have here, ten million Berries per bottle!"
"Ten million Berries?!"
Kyle's voice rose slightly.
He knew Shakky would ruthlessly overcharge rich pirates, but he didn't expect she would try to fleece him, and with a fifty-meter-long butcher's knife at that!
Although he was indeed very wealthy, he was not a pirate!
Kyle simply looked at her with a calm gaze and spoke softly:
"Proprietress, aren't you afraid some customer might go crazy and smash your bar with such fleecing?"
"That's something I've never worried about~"
Shakky responded with a smile.
"I see..."
Kyle murmured softly, then immediately continued:
"How about this, I have some business with your better half, I want to borrow something from him. If we can come to an agreement, I wouldn't mind drinking this ten-million-Berry bottle of wine!"
"After all, I have many strong points, and one of them is being extremely wealthy!!"
Kyle wasn't boasting at all; the total value of all the treasures recovered from Moriah exceeded well over a billion Berries.
Later, after dealing with Doflamingo, he could also plunder the various assets of the Donquixote Family, and that would mean another huge sum of Berries coming in!
ε=(´ο｀*))) Sigh!
Sometimes, when you have too much Berry, you really don't know how to spend it all.
Killing and arson bring golden belts; indeed, inheriting others' wealth is the true path to riches!
Kyle's words made Shakky narrow her eyes slightly, and her gaze towards Kyle took on an unclear meaning.
After a long moment, she spoke:
"It seems your target has been my better half all along!"
"Fine, I'll go call him."
"No need, Shakky, I'm already here."
Just as Shakky was about to turn around, a calm voice came from a certain direction.
Following the direction of the sound, what appeared in Kyle's sight was a man wearing a yellow shirt, glasses, with a scar over his right eye, white hair mixed with black, radiating a powerful aura.
The legendary pirate, the Right Hand of the Pirate King — Silvers Rayleigh!!
Rayleigh looked at Kyle and spoke with a smile:
"Sir, is your identity so sensitive that you need to be covered up so thoroughly?"
"Hah~"
Kyle chuckled lightly, took off his hood, removed his mask, revealing a face that was excessively young.
Seeing Kyle's appearance, both Shakky and Rayleigh were stunned for a moment, seemingly not expecting the person before them to be so young.
And after Shakky looked closely at Kyle a few times, she suddenly exclaimed in surprise:
"You're Kyle?!"
"Truly a specialist in the information business, you even know a small fry like me!"
Kyle said with a smile.
Shakky gave Kyle a deep look and said with a profound gaze:
"You're no small fry, Marine rising star Kyle!"
"You just captured Gecko Moriah, you've been the talk of the town these past few days! What? Now you want to ride the momentum and capture us two as well?"
The Marines knew she and Rayleigh were in hiding here, that she was very clear about, but they turned a blind eye because they were wary of Rayleigh's strength and because they had never shown any ill intentions.
But what's the situation with Kyle coming here now?!
Even though Kyle captured Moriah, Shakky didn't think he was a match for Rayleigh, unless...
Shakky subconsciously glanced at the door, inexplicably feeling that the next second, those two big men, Garp and Sengoku, would jump out.
"I have no such intention! I'm not interested in you two, as long as you've decided to live in seclusion peacefully here!"
"Why would I capture you if you're not causing trouble?"
"Moreover, I still have some sense of my own strength; Dark King Rayleigh is not an opponent I can contend with at my current level!"
Kyle spread his hands and replied calmly.
As for being recognized, he wasn't worried at all.
Since he revealed his face, he wasn't afraid of being discovered, or rather, he wasn't afraid of being discovered by Rayleigh and Shakky.
So what if they later find out he was the one who dealt with Doflamingo?
Would they go and report him?
What a joke?!
Reporting would not only be useless but would also bring trouble upon themselves; then they wouldn't be able to live their peaceful, secluded life here on Sabaody anymore.
Both of them were smart people; they couldn't possibly fail to understand this reasoning.
At this moment, Rayleigh spoke.
"Kyle, is it?!"
"Since you don't want to capture us, what is a Marine doing looking for us?"
"Didn't I just say? I came to borrow something from you!"
Kyle replied calmly.
"Borrow what?!"
Rayleigh's eyes suddenly sharpened, and an inexplicable pressure emanated from him.
If Kyle uttered the words 'I want to borrow your head' next, he would act immediately.
It wasn't that he was being overly sensitive, but back when he was still a pirate, he had experienced this kind of 'head-borrowing' behavior countless times.
And Kyle, as if completely unaffected by Rayleigh's imposing aura, calmly uttered two words.
"Shenchuan!"
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