Hawkins?
The three women looked puzzled, each hailing from the East Sea, unfamiliar with the notorious pirates of the ocean except for the well-known Pirate King, the Four Emperors, and the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Others, in terms of fame, might not even surpass Arlong and Krieg from the East Sea.
As for Sage...
"Who?"
He couldn't remember either.
"Bounty price: 249 million Belly, 'Magician' Basil Hawkins, a famed pirate on the Grand Line, Captain Sage, this is a dangerous guy," Bellamy said.
A bounty of over 200 million is certainly not low!
Bellamy only looked down on legends, not those famous on the open sea.
At this level, they naturally couldn't make decisions on their own.
Renedia pulled her goggles up to her eyes, looked through the window and said, "Oh... I see them, sailing this way, the flag is so ugly."
Sage also picked up the binoculars and looked outside, seeing a ship sailing leisurely in the distant sea, with a pirate flag hanging atop the mast, the emblem was somewhat unusual.
On the ocean, not all pirate flags are skulls; as symbols for Pirates, they carry strong personal characteristics of the captain. Anyone who knows the sea's intel knows what the flag represents.
The flag Sage saw depicted a blond face, like a scarecrow, crossed with two coffin nails and a black cross insignia at the back.
"Basil Hawkins?"
Sage put down the binoculars and murmured, "Magician..."
Sounds somewhat familiar...
"Go and check it out."
He stood up, led his crew out of the captain's cabin, and went to the deck, observing the ship's outline emerging on the sea.
On the ocean, Hawkins' pirate ship sailed smoothly, a fierce-looking man with just three braids tied in his hair, a red coat on, holding a monocular, was also looking ahead.
Through the monocular, he saw a ship traversing the ocean, reflecting in his view; it was a Black Ship, unusually large, making the insides much clearer.
At first glance, the fierce man broke out in a cold sweat, his pupils shrank, and he rushed to the captain's cabin.
"Captain! Captain Hawkins!"
He didn't even have time to knock, he burst the door open, pointing outside in panic, "Ship! It's the Black Ship!"
Inside the captain's cabin, a man was divining with Tarot Cards. Calmly, he glanced at the fierce man and said flatly, "No need to panic, fate is already decided, everything is predestined, speak slowly."
This man had wavy blond hair, a slender build, armor on his left arm, and a black cross tattoo on his throat. His eyebrows extended in six vertical lines across his forehead, giving an aggressive look, yet his features seemed melancholy.
With difficulty, the fierce man gulped and said, "Captain, we've probably encountered the Disaster Pirates."
"Disaster..."
Basil Hawkins's action of drawing cards paused slightly, then he placed the card on the table, flipping over the top Tarot Card.
"It's okay, we're all pirates, we won't have issues, he has his purpose, but..."
Hawkins stood up, walked to the deck, "I want to see who this current top bounty Super Rookie is."
A bounty exceeding 400 million is now the highest in the Grand Line's first half.
What's his skill for his bounty to be this high, Hawkins was quite curious.
The two ships seemed to sail coincidentally, as they got closer, Sage also saw the much smaller ship compared to the Death Star.
He stood at the ship's edge, observing the approaching small ship, seeing the blond man standing on the deck, looking up directly at him with a smile, "Oh, a blond big wave..."
After a glance, Sage lost interest, even facing him, he still couldn't recall him.
Indicating he's not a significant figure.
Since that's the case, let it be.
Being pirates themselves, without conflict, Sage just finished discussing plans, in good spirits, won't bother this guy.
As for Hawkins, his face remained indifferent, unaffected by Sage's presence.
The ship didn't stop, and right before the two ships were about to pass by, Hawkins quickly shuffled the Tarot Cards in his hand, and strangely, a few straws extended from his pants, he placed several cards on the straw, calmly saying:
"Disaster, Norton Sage... the purpose this time seems not too smooth."
"Hm?"
Just about to turn, Sage paused, looked back, only to see Hawkins drawing cards nonstop, and said: "The journey is perilous, hm... the success rate for achieving your goal is 0.01%, the failure rate is 99.9%, looks like no need to act, you'll bury yourself at sea."
His voice was flat, but everyone standing on the deck heard it, Gin drew the combat crutches from his waist, glaring fiercely.
"Hey, Captain Sage is not for you to comment on!"
Bellamy stepped up and said to Sage: "Captain Sage, let me take care of him!"
"Give up..."
Hawkins repositioned several cards, glanced at Bellamy, and said indifferently: "Fighting me has a 100% victory rate, your successful escape rate is 0%, you can't escape, and as for your survival rate..."
He placed a card, hesitated slightly, surprised, "100%?"
Bang!
A dark shadow hit down, smashing Hawkins directly into the deck, forming a hole.
"Captain!"
The subordinates on the pirate ship screamed.
Near the hole, Sage, originally on the Death Star, mysteriously appeared there, clenching his fist, with wide eyes, grinned: "Magician, Basil Hawkins, remember now, it's you, the fortune-telling charlatan! Good! Very good! Hohohoho! I'm finally turning my luck around!"
If memory serves right, this guy was adept at divination!
And...
Incredibly accurate!
Meanwhile, on a pirate ship sailing the ocean, a group of pirates was rejoicing in surviving a disaster.
Just twenty minutes ago, they had encountered the 'Magician' Hawkins, but he let them go without a fight.
Bam!
Suddenly, a pirate's face was inexplicably punched, visibly dented, and he fell with eyes rolling.
In the deck hole, Hawkins stood perfectly fine, his face showed signs of a fierce hit, but he was unscathed, instead, a crack opened on his arm, a smoking straw effigy emerged from within, its head lobbed and fell.
"Want a fight?"
Hawkins said calmly, "My survival rate is 100%, today, I won't die."
"Whether you die or not, it's my choice!"
Sage laughed heartily: "Hey, Hawkins, come aboard my ship, join my crew!"
Although he didn't believe in such things, he believed in strength above all, but having someone to predict is better than none, probabilities are a standard reference, enhancing his plans a notch further!
Recalling who this guy was, Sage wouldn't miss out on such a useful probability strategist.