Chapter 475: Celebration Warming Up
The heat of the attacks on holy sites remains high.
During these more sensitive times, the news of the Ralph Drew Permanent Pointer has the whole world boiling again.
Where is Love Drew?
The end of the great waterway that no one has been able to step on for twenty years is also the location of the great secret treasure!
If the news of the permanent pointer is true, that is to say—
As long as you get Ralph Drew's permanent pointer, it basically means you can get the big secret treasure left by One Piece.
Most of the pirates around the world suddenly fell into a frenzy, but many pirates retained their sanity.
They wouldn't easily believe the existence of Ralph Drew's permanent pointer just because of a piece of news published in the newspaper.
Even if the person with Ralph Drew's permanent pointer was a member of the Roger Pirates...
"How could there be such a thing as a Ralph Drew permanent pointer?"
"that is."
"One Piece has been dead for more than 20 years. If there is such a thing, it should have come out long ago."
"Hahaha, only a fool would believe it."
There are not a few pirates who think that the Ralph Drew permanent pointer is a joke.
But on the contrary, there are not a few pirates who believe that there is a Ralph Drew permanent pointer.
In less than two days, the world's attention slowly shifted to the permanent pointer of Ralph Drew.
Revolutionary army stronghold, the island of white earth.
The sandstorm stopped, and Maud stood on the edge of the deck, holding a newspaper from the Revolutionary Army.
"Ralph Drew's permanent pointer..."
Maud narrowed his eyes slightly and whispered to himself.
He has no interest in the so-called Great Secret Treasure.
The reason for following this story is because the person who owns Ralph Drew's permanent pointer is Douglas Barrett.
Suppose there really is such a thing as a Ralph Drew permanent pointer,
Then Barrett, who took the initiative to expose this news, will become the target of countless people in a short period of time.
"What an almost morbid fighting maniac."
Maud looked at the horizon in the distance, and a ray of cold light escaped from the crevice of his eyes.
Regardless of whether the existence of Ralph Drew's permanent pointer is true or not, Barrett's operation is equivalent to turning himself into a target of public criticism.
Thinking of Barrett's frantic search for someone to fight in recent years, it is not difficult to guess the motive of Barrett.
It's just that in Maud's view, Barrett's behavior is no different from dying.
If Barrett has a force and a team, then Maud can understand.
Yet Barrett has always been a loner.
There is neither power nor team, but it still needs to be on fire.
Maud couldn't understand this behavior, and didn't intend to.
All he has to do is kill Barrett himself.
"It's your turn, Barrett."
The cold light in Maud's eyes became more stern.
Even if the comprehensive star rating he possesses now exceeds that of the Four Emperors under normal conditions, Moder still feels that it is not enough.
because--
The existence of the terrifying aura of the Holy Land made him feel that it was necessary to quickly upgrade all ability stars to ten stars.
Only in this way can the sense of crisis that follow like a shadow be eliminated.
And Barrett is undoubtedly one of the key preys for him to make all ability stars reach the apex, and he cannot be taken away by others.
Maud's killing intent overflowed, and then he moved away, looking back at Luo who was walking slowly.
"Did you just come out of the lab?"
"Um."
Luo nodded in agreement and came to Maud's side.
For the past half a month, he has had a pair of conspicuous dark circles under his eyes.
Maud looked at Luo with a tired look on his face, and asked with concern, "Have you eaten yet?"
"Just had something to eat."
Luo's voice sounded a little weak.
As he spoke, he glanced at the newspaper in Maud's hand.
"Maud, do you think this news is true or false?"
Not long after he came out of the research laboratory, he had obviously read the newspaper that published the news.
"You mean the news of the Ralph Drew Perpetual Pointer?"
"Um."
"I think it's fake."
Maud answered Luo's question without any hesitation.
But if you put this question in front of the old crew members of the former Roger Pirates like Rayleigh, maybe you will get a different answer.
Hearing Maud's words, Luo nodded and said calmly: "Even if it's true, you who have no interest in the big secret treasure will definitely not be interested in the permanent pointer."
"That's right."
Maud didn't deny it, but he thought of the pact between Brook and Raab.
"But...if the Ralph Drew Perpetual Pointer is real, I need to get it."
"Uh?"
Luo looked at Maud in surprise, and the look in the past seemed to be asking why.
Maud just smiled and didn't take the initiative to explain.
Seeing that, Luo didn't ask any further questions.
Maud looked into the distance.
Both of them didn't speak, and on the platform, there was only the whirring of the wind.
After a moment.
Maud, who was staring at the distant scenery, suddenly said: "If there is no accident, set sail before evening."
"receive."
Luo grinned.
Although there is also a research room here, but in the final analysis, the research room on the horror barque is more comfortable.
After staying here for more than half a month, he has long wanted to go back.
And with the ability of a bear, it only takes three days to go from the island of white earth to the three-masted ship of terror.
afternoon.
Under the waving goodbye of Sabo and several old acquaintances of Xiong, the Polar Diver, which was supplemented with a wave of nautical supplies, slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.
The original plan was for the bear to shoot them, including the Polar Diving, directly onto the Horror Barque.
However, because the position of the Terror Barque changed too much, the bear could not accurately land on the position.
With this in mind, Maud decided to go back to the Dread Barque as normal sailing.
The Polar Diving sank to a depth of 200 meters, and then swam in one direction under the guidance of the life card.
At the speed of the Polar Diving, it would take about half a month to travel from the White Earth Island to the location of the Terrifying Three-masted Ship.
It will be another journey of boring scope.
Time passes day by day.
The popularity of Ralph Drew's permanent pointer finally replaced the impact of the attack on the Holy Land.
Countless pirates, outlaws, and even the vast majority of civilians are paying attention to the follow-up news of Ralph Drew's permanent pointer.
Not to mention that it pursues a world government that would rather kill a mistake than let it go. It pays great attention to this matter, and even temporarily shifts its attention to Barrett.
As for Maud...
After the discussion at the World Conference, Maud has been listed as a public enemy, and it is still a public enemy that will be solved sooner or later.
.........
A new world, an island.
In a tall building, Festa sat on a chair with Erlang's legs crossed, reading a few reports in his hand.
On the wall directly in front of him, there was a screen with snowflakes flashing on each side.
"The response was okay, but not enough."
Festa threw off the report in his hand and sneered: "Just releasing the news of Ralph Drew's permanent pointer is not enough to gain the trust of the jackals."
As he spoke, he squinted at Barrett who was sitting on the sofa drinking.
Seemingly aware of Festa's gaze, Barrett looked up at Festa, did not speak, but continued to drink.
Festa didn't care about Barrett's reaction, and said seriously: "Barrett, it's time to raise your chips."
"How to do?"
Barrett put down the bottle and asked blankly.
A dangerous smile appeared on Festa's face, and he said negatively: "Let's have a live broadcast of the celebration first, and use this method to tell those greedy idiots that the good things we have prepared are not only Love Drew's permanent pointer."
"..."
Barrett was silent.
He lacked interest in what Festa said about the live broadcast of the celebration, but if it was to set up the final stage, he would do everything in his power to do it.
......
New World, within a country town.
Several cp0 members wearing white robes and strange masks walked on the street like no one else.
Pedestrians who came and went all the time cast surprised glances at the cp0 members.
"Is the mission on hold for now?"
"right."
"Hey, just for a piece of news whose authenticity cannot be confirmed..."
"Shut up, what you should do is follow orders, not complain here."
"..."
"If that news is true..."
"Hmph, a lot of people will die."
"I'm really looking forward to it."
"Go back, I'll be busy next time."
Several cp0 members in robes drifted away.
The news of Ralph Drew's permanent pointer has unsurprisingly moved cp0, a strong spear driven by the Five Old Stars.
At this point, shortly after the World Conference, greater and more violent upheavals are on the horizon.
And more people are watching the change.
........
ten days later.
The Polar Diver successfully arrived at the Terror Barque.
About five days sooner than expected.
Before the Polar Diving docked, everyone in the Maud Pirates, and even Rebecca, Hiyori, and Mansherry, the princesses of one country, had been waiting on the shore for a long time.
crunch.
The wet cabin door was pushed open.
Maud took the lead out of the cabin and onto the deck.
Luo, Brooke, Jim, Bepo, Bonnie followed closely behind.
"Why are you all here?"
Looking at everyone on the shore, Maud smiled helplessly.
It was just a normal return trip, as if he was welcoming some big man.
It seems that he heard Maud's inner thoughts, and Cavendish, who was also welcoming the crowd, said in a sour tone: "It's all to welcome the big man."
"..."
Maud glanced at Cavendish speechlessly.
On Cavendish's handsome face, there was visible envy written all over it.
Ignoring Cavendish, Maud looked at his companions.
"Go back to the castle first."
Afterwards, a group of people went to the castle in a mighty manner.
In order to help Maud and the others to wash away the dust, a grand banquet is naturally essential.
There was laughter and laughter on the banquet table.
After a full meal, Brooke's melodious playing reverberated in every corner of the hall.
For pirates, the lively atmosphere brought by the banquet is irreplaceable by anything.
Maud took the seat, raised his glass, and smiled at Brook who was playing the piano.
On the piano, Bailey twisted his butt quickly along with the melody, and his funny dance attracted a lot of laughter.
Seemingly not wanting to let Bailey stand out, Bepo also joined in, which immediately attracted more laughter.
Maud drank the wine in the glass, and then slowly put it on the table.
Perona in a pink princess dress floated over immediately and filled Maud's wine in time.
The sommelier service, which can be called in place, attracted Rayleigh's attention.
"Little Perona, this way."
The wine glass in front of him happened to be empty.
Hearing Rayleigh's greeting, Perona hesitated for a while, and went over to help Rayleigh, who was sitting beside Maud, fill the wine.
Satisfied, Rayleigh took a sip from the glass, completely unaware that Shaqi was smiling at him.
Maud moved the glass with his fingertips and asked, "Uncle Rayleigh, did you ever make a permanent pointer when you arrived at Ralph Drew?"
"I'm still wondering when you're going to ask this question."
When Rayleigh heard this, he turned his head to look at Maud.
Maud and Rayleigh looked at each other, waiting for the next.
Rayleigh slowly put down the glass and said calmly: "There is indeed a permanent pointer that has been 'made' by Ralph Drew."
"Um?"
Maud's eyes narrowed, surprised by Rayleigh's answer.
Although he didn't know the Roger Pirates' style of doing things very well, he didn't think Roger was the kind of person who would make Ralph Drew's permanent pointer.
"It's just that the permanent pointer...was secretly created by one of our companions without the consent of Captain Roger. After Captain Roger discovered this, he directly threw the companion and the permanent pointer overboard."
Rayleigh's subsequent explanation made Maud dispel his doubts.
Someone on the Roger Pirates secretly made Ralph Drew's permanent pointer, but it was quickly discovered and destroyed.
"So the news that Barrett put out is false."
Maud pressed his chin.
Riley was silent for a moment.
Judging from the results at the time, the Ralph Drew permanent pointer did appear on the ship, but it was indeed thrown into the sea by Captain Roger, and the possibility of being preserved is very low.
only……
From what he knew about Barrett, Barrett didn't look like someone who would do such a thing.
Jabba, who was also sitting next to Maud, suddenly took over: "Not necessarily."
He and Reilly broadly agreed that Barrett's style of doing things would not have done such a thing.
Maud looked at Jabba and asked curiously, "Is there any secret here?"
"There is no secret, but..."
Jabba thought back to the scene.
"Captain Roger just threw Festa and the permanent pointer into the sea at that time, if Festa could survive in that situation... It is not impossible to keep the permanent pointer in an unknown way, of course. , the probability is very low.”
"..."
Maud was silent.
That is to say—
As long as this man named Festa is still alive, it means that Ralph Drew's permanent pointer is likely to remain in the world.
at this time.
Lafayette brought a projection phone bug.
"Captain, Barrett has a new move."
"..."
Lafayette's words made the atmosphere of the banquet stagnant.
"What did he do?"
Maud looked at Lafayette and asked calmly.
Lafayette put the projection phone bug on the table and turned on the projection function.
The phone worm suddenly opened its eyes and shot out rays of light that reflected on the wall, forming a clear live broadcast.
In the picture, there are ships burning with fire on the sea.
Judging from the flag of the ship, it is the ship of the World Government.
The person who attacked these ships was Barrett.
"Is this a live broadcast?"
Maud glanced at the projection phone bug.
"Yes."
Raphael nodded, then raised his cane and placed it on the ship that was billowing with black smoke in the live broadcast.
"These ships are the ships that the world government is responsible for transporting 'Gold in the Sky'."
"..."