The time has arrived on April 27th!
The entire Hive Island was bustling with activity.
Charlotte came alone to the pirate ship named Gibek's Sword of the Rock Pirates.
This Gibek's Sword was the flagship of Captain Rocks. It was entirely crafted from Adam's Treasure Trees.
It cost Rocks quite a fortune to build this ship. He collected the materials of Adam's Treasure Trees in the dark world.
He even had to conduct plunders in the dark world to acquire these materials.
When Charlotte stepped onto the ship, quite a few cadres had already arrived!
Edward Newgate, Whitebeard, Shiki, the Golden Lion, and Charlotte Linlin! Wang Zhi, John, and Silver Axe were also standing at the bow of the ship.
Rocks was standing in front of the helm, playing with a log pose in his hand and looking at Charlotte.
"Charlotte! Don't tell me you're the only one from the Eighth Division here?"
Rocks stood in front of the helm, looking at Charlotte and demanding.
"That's right! I'm the only one. One of me is enough. Do you expect me to bring those women on my ship to the battlefield?"
Charlotte looked at Rocks fearlessly and said.
After hearing Charlotte's words, Rocks fell silent and didn't say a word.
For a moment, the atmosphere became extremely tense.
Seeing this, Shiki, the Golden Lion, quickly stepped forward to ease the situation.
"What's the big deal! Brother Charlotte doesn't have many members in his division, and most of them are women. If we let a bunch of women go to the battlefield, that would be a laughingstock. Besides, Brother Charlotte alone is sufficient, right, Captain Rocks?"
Shiki took the initiative to step forward, which also relieved the atmosphere a lot.
"Right! Charlotte has the smallest number of people in his division. It'd only invite ridicule if we sent a bunch of women to the battlefield."
Edward Newgate, Whitebeard, also stood up and said a word.
After these two major cadres spoke up, the others also joined in to ease the atmosphere.
Actually, Rocks didn't really want to say much. He just wanted to give Charlotte a warning, but he didn't expect Charlotte to be so hot - tempered and not give him, the captain, any face at all.
He let out a soft snort and stopped paying attention to Charlotte.
On the contrary, Charlotte felt at ease and sat on an empty wine barrel, sipping his wine in small cups.
Seeing this, Shiki walked over. He glanced at Rocks above, then looked at Charlotte in a low voice and said,
"Kid! Why are you being so hostile to Rocks? Are you looking for trouble?"
Looking at Shiki's angry expression, Charlotte felt a slight disdain in his heart. He didn't say a word but just drank a cup of wine on his own.
Seeing Charlotte's arrogant look, Shiki was also very helpless.
All the powerful people on this ship had different personalities, and Charlotte was extremely arrogant, showing a haughty look towards everyone.
If it weren't for Shiki having something to ask of him, he would have drawn his sword and fought Charlotte long ago.
Feeling embarrassed, Shiki simply sat down and smoked a cigar.
There were others to manage those pirate minions for him.
The two sat together, which made the other cadres' eyes widen.
Could these two be forming an alliance?
Wang Zhi, John, and Silver Axe exchanged glances, their expressions hard to read.
Charlotte Linlin also exchanged glances with Kaidou.
Kaidou shouldered his mace and stared silently at Charlotte.
Charlotte also noticed that Kaidou, who was behind Charlotte Linlin, was silently watching him.
Actually, Charlotte and Kaidou were about the same age, but their situations were completely different.
One was an intern of the Rock Pirates, while the other was a cadre of the same pirate crew. The gap in status was huge.
Moreover, Kaidou at this time was not like the governor of the Beasts Pirates in later generations. His strength was still weak! He simply mastered the three kinds of Haki and was good at hand - to - hand combat.
He hadn't obtained the Zoan type - Mythical Zoan Fish Fish Fruit, Azure Dragon Form yet!
Charlotte was also coveting this fruit, but he didn't know how to get it.
He couldn't just go around asking about that Azure Dragon fruit!
Moreover, Charlotte estimated that the Azure Dragon fruit should be in the hands of Charlotte Linlin, because in the original story, it was Charlotte Linlin who gave it to Kaidou.
This also put Kaidou in debt to Charlotte Linlin.
This was also mentioned in the original story.
Now, Charlotte was not afraid of Charlotte Linlin, but there was no need to make a mortal enemy.
It was impossible to rob, after all, he also had a large family, and he couldn't act without considering the consequences.
"So, are you interested in that kid Kaidou?"
Shiki noticed Charlotte sizing up Kaidou and couldn't help asking.
Hearing this, Charlotte glanced at Shiki and then shook his head.
"I'm just a little curious about what race Kaidou belongs to?"
Charlotte told a lie and casually came up with an excuse.
"Don't you know the Oni race (a race of demons in Japanese mythology)?"
Shiki looked at Charlotte in surprise. He didn't expect that Charlotte didn't know the Oni race.
"Oh? The Oni race? There really is such a race?"
Charlotte pretended to be surprised and looked at Kaidou!
He openly sized up Kaidou!
This made Kaidou slightly furrow his brow.
"Why not! There are many races in this world, with humans being the most populous. For instance, there are the giant race, the demon race, the snake - headed race, and so on. This Kaidou is from the Oni race. He joined the Rock Pirates midway. It's said that he was a shogun in a kingdom before, but somehow became a pirate!"
Shiki glanced at Charlotte and said.
Hearing this, Charlotte nodded. How could he not know why Kaidou became a pirate? Kaidou was born in the Woca Kingdom and became the strongest warrior in the country at the age of 10. The king of the Woca Kingdom sold Kaidou to the Navy to gain the right to participate in the World Conference. Kaidou then escaped and was given a Bounty of 70 million berries. After that, whenever he was hungry, he'd turn himself in, have a good meal, and then escape again.
Later, when 15 - year - old Kaidou was running amok on the pirate island "Hive Island", Whitebeard conveyed an invitation from Rocks D. Gibek to Kaidou.
Then Kaidou joined the Rock Pirates as an intern pirate and got to know Charlotte Linlin.
Charlotte knew all about this. He might even know more about Kaidou than Charlotte Linlin!
Seeing Charlotte silent, Shiki also lost interest in continuing the story and started to drink with Charlotte.
Charlotte wasn't stingy either and drank with Shiki.
Strangely enough, since Charlotte joined the Rocks Pirates, they've had the most interactions with Shiki.
On the contrary, unlike in most novels from Charlotte's previous life, Charlotte didn't have a friendship with Edward Newgate, Whitebeard.
The relationship between Charlotte and Edward Newgate, Whitebeard was just a nodding acquaintance, and neither of them showed much of a reaction.
Neither of them had ever taken the initiative to make friends with the other.
This was also related to the personalities of Whitebeard and Charlotte.
However, it was different with Shiki, the Golden Lion. Every time, Shiki would talk to Charlotte in a carefree manner.
Although Charlotte would sometimes fall silent during the conversation, Shiki didn't care at all.
Everyone watched as Shiki and Charlotte sat on the wine barrels, drinking wine.
Everyone had different thoughts and no one went to disturb them.
"Set sail!"
Suddenly, a loud shout jolted everyone awake. They saw Rocks standing at the helm.