Chapter 16

The old man was very angry, but he was very angry.

In the cognition of the older generation, the Kingdom of West Asia had a long period of peace, and not many pirates dared to invade during that period.

When the old people were asked why, they always thought of a person's name-Qiaoxi Doval.

The strongest guardian of the Kingdom of West Asia, and also the first warrior in the South China Sea at that time.

It is said that Doval was a soldier at the age of sixteen. The recruiter saw that he was tall and selected Doval into the Kingdom Guard. Later, because of his bravery and repeated achievements, he became the head of the Kingdom Guard in his early twenties.

At that time, the Kingdom of West Asia was not very strong, and many small islands along the coast were harassed by pirates, so Doval joined his adjutant, the captain of the musket team at that time, to go out to sea to fight these pirates.

The two led a fleet composed of the Kingdom Guards to patrol the surrounding seas, and all the pirates they encountered were destroyed one by one. It didn't take long for the pirates along the coast to be eliminated.

What really made the leader of the Guard Corps famous was the battle with the Evil Tiger Pirates 28 years ago.

At that time, several groups of pirates entrenched in the Kingdom of West Asia saw that the situation was not good, so they formed a pirate alliance to fight against the Kingdom Guards.

The leader was the famous Evil Tiger Pirates, which was one of the best pirate groups in the South China Sea.

So there was a great battle between Doval and Evil Tiger Tez, but Doval's reputation was not blown, and he won in the end, so Doval was awarded the title of "Tiger Hunter".

His adjutant was no less capable. It was said that he sniped a general of the Tiger Pirates from 700 meters away, and eventually earned the reputation of "Falcon Spear".

In this way, the two of them wiped out the pirate disaster that was a problem for a while, and at the same time, they also subdued the villains throughout the kingdom, bringing twelve years of peace to the Kingdom of Shiva.

But sixteen years ago, something happened.

As one of the member states, the Kingdom of West Asia had to pay tribute to the Celestial Dragons every year and hand over part of its treasures to the navy as "Sky Gold".

Because it was a matter of great importance, the task of escorting Sky Gold would fall into the hands of this Doval almost every year.

On this day, when Doval and his adjutant were escorting the treasure ship Black Pearl, which was transporting Sky Gold, to the waters near Batlila, something strange happened.

It was unknown where the news came from, but the Blood Hand Pirates, who had fled from the Grand Line, were actually lying in ambush near Batlila Island, preparing to ambush the Black Pearl.

The two ships soon met and a fierce battle broke out between the two parties.

Doval also encountered the most difficult opponent in history, the captain of the Bloody Hand Pirates, Bloody Hand Quiton.

The two fought in this battle, but fortunately, after several battles of injury for injury, Bloody Hand Quiton was defeated by him.

Seeing that the enemy was about to surrender, Doval ordered to pursue the victory and wanted to destroy the pirates in one fell swoop.

But the pirates were all extremely vicious. At that time, the lookout Wapo on the pirate ship saw that the situation was not good, and he ordered the gunner Sam to sink the Black Pearl regardless of his captain's life and death.

After hearing this story, Darrow also recalled it.

Although he roughly guessed the general plot from the conversation between Lao Qiaoxi and Wapo, he had to say that he was still shocked by Lao Qiaoxi's glorious history.

"No, you mean, you are the so-called Tiger Hunter Doval? Are you that powerful?" Darrow said in surprise, looking at Lao Qiaoxi who was drinking with a big belly next to him.

"..." Lao Qiaoxi waved his hand and didn't respond. If he responded to this, this guy would definitely disgust him later.

"What happened later?" Darrow didn't like to be disgusted by the eunuchs for listening to a story, so he asked hurriedly.

"Hey, later, the old guy went back to report in disgrace, but because of his merits, the old king and the people didn't blame him much, but tightened their belts and raised funds again, and handed it over when they collected all the gold from heaven." The old Dutch next to him took a sip of wine and connected the "bottom" of the eunuch.

"But this old guy felt sorry for the people, and resigned from his position as the head of the group within two years, saying that he wanted to find the sunken Black Pearl, and he insisted on dragging me along." It seemed that he had a great grudge against this matter, and the old man Dutch was talking with saliva flying.

"Oh, that's it." After listening to the whole story, Darrow finally figured out everything.

I know about the grievances between Old Qiaoxi, Wapo and Sam.

"No, then what are you, Old Dutch?" The identity of Old Qiaoxi is clear, but what kind of person is Old Dutch? Darrow doesn't believe that Old Dutch, who killed Belly Snake Snyder alone, is a simple person.

"Hey, you kid don't listen to the story carefully. Didn't Old Qiaoxi say that I am the adjutant of the Guard Corps, Falcon Gun." As he said that, Old Dutch also blinked at Darrow, and his iconic wine-grooved nose also trembled.

"..." Good fellow, this little old man is that Falcon Gun.

Looking at the drunken Dutch in front of him, Darrow was also black.

I thought that with such a majestic name, he must have been a handsome guy in the past, and now he must at least look like an old western cowboy.

As a result, this old man who is less than 1.7 meters tall, could it be that he shrunk because he drank too much? It seems that Lu Jiu is right, this wine is really not drinkable.

Because of the physical fitness of the people in the pirate world, they are all very well developed. Two or three meters is not considered tall, and normal people are more than two meters. Da Luo, a 16-year-old young man, is now 1.9 meters tall.

"No, what's with your eyes, don't you look like it?" Da Qi looked at Da Luo's unbelieving face and turned back.

"I was a handsome guy back then." Not satisfied yet, the old Da Qi added another sentence, as if his ancestors had been rich.

"………"

"Let's not talk about this. I called you here today to explain something to you." The relatively stable old Da Qi said, changing the subject.

"By the way?" Da Luo asked Lao Qiaoxi in an affirmative tone. Da Luo had expected Lao Qiaoxi to call him today.

"Yeah, that's right, by the way, I'm saying goodbye." Old Qiaoxi nodded and responded.

"When are we leaving?"

"Tomorrow." Old Dutch said simply.

"In fact, after decades of fishing, we have roughly known the location of the Black Pearl shipwreck, but we have never fished for fear of trouble." Seeing that Darrow didn't speak, Old Dutch continued.

"But I didn't expect that this time, it almost destroyed the Batteliera because of this incident. The two of us decided that after we salvaged the Black Pearl, we would go back and report back, which can be regarded as an explanation for what happened that year."

"Oh, by the way, here is the bounty for you to defeat Sam, a total of 87 million Baileys." Old Dutch saw that Old Qiaoxi had finished explaining, and patted the cabinet beside him and said.

"Didn't you say that this money was used to rebuild the town?" Darrow was a little confused. Why did this extra money come out of nowhere?

"The money for reconstruction came from the sale of the fish farm. We just borrowed the name of your bounty for defeating Sam to make it easier for the people in the town to accept it. Can we two take your money?" said Old Dutch.

"...I see." Darrow suddenly realized.

"How can you be so calm now that you know you have 87 million now?" Old Qiaoxi was a little curious. Darrow's reaction was not like that of a 16-year-old boy.

[Can I tell you that I am almost 40 years old in these two lives? ] Darrow thought secretly and said at the same time, "Because I have already thought about how to use this money."

He didn't ask any further. Old Qiaoxi was not interested in knowing Darrow's plan.

"There is another thing I called you here today. I want to ask you what your plans are for the future and whether you are interested in becoming a navy."

"How can you have a way?" Darrow said with a smile.

"Quilli, the current garrison general of the West Asian Kingdom, was my former subordinate. If you are interested in becoming a navy, I can help you find a way." Lao Qiaoxi said after thinking for a while.

"..." In fact, Darrow really thought about whether he should become a navy. After all, there is no place in this world that is safer than the navy headquarters.

But firstly, the navy is not free enough, and he can't stand that temper. Secondly, there are a group of disgusting Celestial Dragons above the navy, and he definitely can't accept it.

In addition, if Darrow fails to stop the wheel of fate, Lu Jiu will still be with Roger in this life. Does Darrow want to learn from Garp to kill his relatives for the sake of justice? Not possible.

"Forget it, the navy is not suitable for me. If I become a navy, I may run away the next day." Darrow said with a smile, changing the subject.

"Okay, as long as you don't rely on your own strength to do evil, it doesn't matter what you do." Lao Qiaoxi saw that Darrow really didn't have this intention, so he didn't force it.

"Speaking of this, have you eaten Lucy's fruit?" Dutch seemed to remember something, raised his head and looked at Darrow and said.

"Hey, guess." Darrow said with a smile, and stopped joking with Dutch. Darrow clenched his right hand

, a compressed gas bomb slowly condensed in his hand.

He did not mention that this was Sam's fruit. After all, the Black Pearl was sunk by the cannon strengthened by this fruit. Darrow did not have the bad taste to disgust people before leaving.

The three chatted for a while, and seeing that it was time for dinner, Darrow left because he was afraid that Lu Jiu would worry.

"Ahem, old Dutch, under the tree behind our house..."

Before leaving, Darrow winked at old Dutch.