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August 15, 1519, Maritime Calendar.
Colonel Mouse of the 16th Division of the East Sea Navy learned that the fish-man Arlong of the Fish-Man Pirates and his gang had been annihilated.
He then led three warships to the Fish-Man Pirates' area to verify the news. During the voyage, they encountered the strongman who destroyed the Arlong Pirates.
Eventually, the fleet, led by Colonel Mouse, was attacked and killed by him, and the warship was destroyed, leaving no trace.
The attacker's name is Rody. He has spiky black hair and is about 2.3 meters tall.
He had strange black patterns on his face. It was suspected that he consumed a Devil Fruit. The Devil Fruit's ability to cut was suspected.
The suspicion stems from the fact that those he killed were cut into several pieces by his powerful slashes.
Currently, we only know that he suddenly appeared in the Goa Kingdom and headed to Watermelon Island, where he confronted and eliminated the Axe Pirates who had sacked Watermelon City. Afterward, he boarded the Axe Pirates' pirate ship and traveled with it to Nami, known as the cat burglar.
According to the information, Nami was one of the ringleaders of the Arlong Pirates and then went to Arlong territory to eliminate the fish-man Arlong and his gang.
After ignoring the information sent by the 16th Navy Division, Sengoku rubbed his eyebrows in distress.
"Cut... the Devil Fruit ability?"
Damn it, Roger, they should have gagged him before executing him. If it weren't for his instigation before his death, so many criminals wouldn't have gone to sea. How could the sea have become so chaotic?
Sengoku sighed in exasperation, then calmed down and said to Brannew:
"The killer, Rody, has a bounty of 50,000,000 million Baileys. The thieving kitten, Nami, has a bounty of 16,000,000 million Baileys. Send her in!"
"Yes, Marshal."
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"Rody, look, there are pirates ahead of us. They haven't launched an attack, but they're getting closer," Nami said to Rody, who was sitting in the armchair, pointing ahead.
"Ah, then let's wait for them to get closer." Rody took a sip of the orange juice in his hand and replied lazily.
As the ship approached, Nami looked at the skull and wolf flag and said to Rody,
"The Wolf Pirates, Captain Disck Wolf, are offering a reward of 2 million berries."
"Captain Disck, you've had a lot of luck lately. You just committed a major robbery, and now you can rob another good ship."
"Yes, yes."
"Those on the ship ahead didn't run away when they saw our Wolf Pirates. They must have been scared to death, hahaha."
Listening to the shouts of his subordinates, Disck calmly toyed with his two daggers: "Okay, the ship is approaching. Call everyone and prepare to use the grappling hooks and kill anyone who resists."
As soon as he finished speaking, Rody jumped onto the deck of the Wild Wolf Pirates' ship with an unfinished glass of orange juice in his hand.
"Who are you? How dare you board our Wild Wolf Pirates' ship without my permission?"
"Who knows? All you should know is that this ship belongs to me." Rody responded, drinking some juice.
The pirates grew enraged upon hearing this. Shouting, they drew their knives and slowly surrounded Rody. Disck walked in front with a dagger in both hands, staring at Rody, who was still drinking the leftover orange juice, as if his Wild Wolf Pirates and their captain, with a bounty of two million berries, weren't as important as the orange juice in his hand.
Disck waved his hand to calm his subordinates and glared at Rody with murderous intent: "You brat, you're dead!"
Just before he could finish, Rody also finished the orange juice he was holding, threw down the empty glass he was holding, waved his hand, and cut all the pirates in front of him to pieces, leaving only one unknown pirate standing.
Rody looked at the pirate at the helm, who ran to Rody and knelt tremblingly: "Sir, sir, please don't kill me, I'm willing to be your dog."
At that moment, Nami also followed the launched harpoon to the Wild Wolf pirate ship.
Nami looked at the mess and sighed in exasperation. She looked at Rody and said dissatisfied, "Rody, can't you be more restrained? Every time I go up with you, I end up covered in blood from the mess you leave behind."
Rody smiled slightly, raised his hands in apology, and replied, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it was my mistake."
Nami sighed, then looked at the pirate kneeling on the ground and said, "Take us to see what treasure there is."
The pirate, trembling, looked at Rody and, seeing that he didn't respond, said to Nami, "Yes, miss."
Roddy and Nami followed the little pirate to the cabin and saw an old man in his sixties.
He was wearing a suit that was obviously of very good quality. However, his suit was disheveled, his hair was disheveled, and he was locked in a cage with a listless look on his face.
"Who is he and why is he in a cage?" Nami asked the pirate leading them.
"Sir, his name is Sebas Tian. He's the butler of a family we robbed. Our captain saw his great ability and planned to recruit him.
But since all the members of that family, except the butler, were killed by our pirate group, he refused to join them no matter what, so the captain decided to keep him under control for a few days. If I remember correctly, he's been there for four days now."
"Let him out."
Sebas Tian looked up and observed the man and woman following the little pirate. The woman was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and a short skirt, and her face revealed the youthfulness of a young woman. She couldn't have been more than 20 years old.
The man was tall, with strange lines on his face, and his eyes reflected an arrogance that surpassed everything.
Sebas Tian had seen many arrogant people. Whether they were nobles or high-ranking kings, their arrogance was like bubbles. They only dared to display it to ordinary people and those with little power.
As soon as they encountered someone of higher status or dared to resist, their arrogance would burst like bubbles upon contact.
This man's arrogance was so great that it surpassed that of noble kings and even celestial dragons, as if he were a god.
The cage opened, and Sebas Tian stepped out. He reached out to smooth down his messy clothes and hair, and greeted Nami and Rody. "Dear sir and madam, thank you for rescuing me. May I have your names?"
"My name is Nami, and yours is Rody."
Rody nodded and yawned lazily.
"Rody has already finished off this group of pirates. You can leave when we sail to an island with a village," Nami said to the meticulous old man in front of her.
"Thank you very much, Lord Rody, for saving my life, for destroying the Savage Wolf Pirates, and avenging the Bruce family," Sebas Tian greeted Rody.
Nami tugged at Rody when he didn't respond and looked at him with dissatisfaction.
"I destroyed the Savage Wolf Pirates not to avenge the so-called Bruce family, but to steal their belongings. Crushing these guys is like crushing an ant in the road." Rody looked at Sebas Tian, who solemnly thanked him and responded with an indifferent expression.
"Of course, to you, Lord Rody, these pirates are nothing more than vermin easily annihilated, but to me, they are a favor I can never repay."
This year marks my sixty-eighth birthday. I have served the Bruce family all my life, but now all my relatives have been killed by the Wild Wolf Pirates. I am homeless, so I have a request. I hope to dedicate the rest of my life to serving Lord Rody and repaying his generosity."
"Please accept it, Lord Rody." Sebas Tian knelt before Rody with a sincere expression.
Looking at Sebas Tian, who was kneeling with a sincere expression, Nami couldn't bear it and turned to him: "Rody, let him stay!"
Rody looked at Sebas Tian, rubbed his chin, and said, "Oh! Mmm, what can you do?"
"Mr. Rody, I've been the Bruce family's butler for 40 years. I know a thing or two about tea art, cooking, flower arrangement, gardening, cleaning, and raising animals and horses."
Before Rody could say anything, Nami tugged on his arm, surreptitiously rubbed her breasts against his, and said flirtatiously, "Rody knows a lot. Let him stay. He can also help me with the orange trees."
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Rody was speechless at Nami's audacity. He had already agreed to let this old butler join him; he was very capable and reminded him faintly of an anime character in his previous life.
Roddy looked at Sebastian, who was kneeling on the floor, and said, "Get up, you can follow us."