Aloof Red

"Ha! Finish the fight and call it a day!" Luffy clapped his palms and a contented hand.

The surrounding pirates are very speechless looking at this scene; this guy is powerful, but is he a pirate?

Even the old man in red at the beginning also smiled and asked, "He just tried to kill you, this situation, you do not intend to kill him?"

"Isn't it enough to fight and fly?" Luffy looked puzzled.

The old man in red laughed dumbly, "Pirates do not know how to be grateful, it will not be long before he should return with other pirates."

"So, ah, when the time comes, then all of them will fly!" Luffy said carelessly.

"Haha, really interesting little brother."

Luffy walked back to the barstool to sit down; the rest of the pirates are no longer concerned, each talking and drinking, patiently waiting for the second act of the good show to open.

"Old man, you are also a pirate? My name is Monkey D. Luffy, the man who wants to become the Pirate King!"

"This family name, and this straw hat ..." the old man in red looked slightly strange, whispered and laughed, "I am also a pirate, of course, my name is... Patrick Redfield."

"It really is him, why would such a big shot appear here?" It shook Robin's heart, but her face remained calm and composed.

Just then, Robin met the smiling eyes of Redfield, her heart was more than a bit of panic, but fortunately, the other party did not say anything but blandly moved away from the sight.

"Old man, what about your nakama?"

"I don't have nakama, and I don't need one."

"People who don't even have nakama can't become the Pirate King!" Luffy said seriously.

Redfield is not angry; look at the people behind Luffy asked, "By a few of them, you will be able to become the Pirate King?"

Luffy, full of confidence, "That's for sure! I have the world's best swordsman, navigator, sniper, chef, doctor, archaeologist, so I can definitely become the Pirate King!"

"If you think so highly of them, why do you still come to this pirate game?"

"What's wrong with that?" Luffy tilted his head.

"It seems that you guys really don't understand the cruelty of this game at all." Redfield laughed, "Then let me tell you, Davy Back Fight, is a cruel competition that bets on 'nakama' and 'dignity', and as the loser's side, they will be robbed for the excellent crew, and even, even the pirate flag may be taken away!"

Hearing Redfield's description, Usopp indisputably swallowed, took the elbow to poke the dazed someone, "Luffy, I think we better hurry up and leave here?"

"Why?" Luffy looked bewildered.

Nami grabbed Luffy's body and shook it hard, "Idiot! We will lose our nakama!"

"As long as we win, won't it be okay?" Luffy asked rightfully.

"And what if we lose?"

"I won't lose!" Luffy said with bewildered confidence, "I have the best crew in the world, you have the best captain in the world, it is impossible to lose."

"It is because you say so, we will be more worried!" Nami and Usopp exuded the aura of defeated dogs.

"I never thought that such a cruel game would attract so many pirates." Sanji smoked a cigarette; his heart was a little upset.

"Of course it's not just because of this game." Redfield smiled, "In fact, most of the pirates here are here for the prize of winning the tournament."

"Prizes?"

"It's Captain John's bracelet, which supposedly marks the location of Captain John's treasure."

"Ah!" Nami scream, "Captain John's treasure?"

Looking at Nami's eyes has become a Berry pattern, Usopp immediately had a sense of foreboding.

Sure enough, the next moment, he saw the initially, and his united side of Nami hugged Luffy's arm, "Luffy, you must win! Please!"

"That's for sure!" Luffy said and looked at Redfield, "Old man, you are also here for the treasure?"

"Sort of, I'm a little curious about his previous experiences as well." Redfield smiled, "By the way, look for a few more minions that will work well."

"Minions? Not companions?"

"I don't need the same ..."

Just then, a large group of pirates came into the bar aggressively.

The bald pirate lying miserably on a stretcher raised his finger towards Luffy, "Boss, this is the kid who beat me."

"Will be defeated by such a brat, you really waste." The leader of the pirates first snorted coldly, then narrowed his eyes at Luffy, "Offended our Stormbear Pirates and still do not run, kid, you are quite bold."

Luffy's eyes lit up, and he asked bluntly, "Want to fight?"

Zoro, Sanji, and others also stood behind him, seemingly ready to start a fight.

Just then, Redfield stood up from the barstool, "Today's conversation was very happy, Luffy-chan, then I will leave first."

"Boss, don't let this old guy get away, it's all because of him that I got beaten up." Bald pirate lying on a stretcher shouted.

The pirate leader did not care, just waved his hand, "Kill them together."

Standing behind Luffy, Robin mourned; perhaps, this is their own looking for death.

"Oh, then I'll be the old man to send you on your way." Redfield's hands pressed on the umbrella.

Almost at the same time as the words fell, they saw a blurred blood-colored light shadow dancing in the crowd, and a breath later, Redfield's figure appeared outside the bar and left calmly.

"Awesome, this old man's speed is so fast!" Luffy cheered loudly.

"Indeed, it is completely impossible to see his movements!" Zoro looked grave.

"Did he do something? How come these pirates are not moving at all?" Usopp asked in confusion.

"They're all dead." Robin let out a long breath.

"Dead?" Nami exclaimed, "But they just look like they were stunned, right?"

"It's because he did it so fast that these pirates were dead before they could react." Zoro took a deep breath and gently stepped on the floor; like triggering a chain reaction, these pirates fell one by one.

There seemed to be not even a wound on the body; they could see no trace of blood, only a few sharp-eyed people could see that these pirates had a scarlet pinhole at the center of their eyebrows.

This appalling method of death caused a chill to surge through the surrounding pirates who were watching. A moment later, the pirates in the bar scrambled to escape outside with screams.

"So powerful, so powerful!" Luffy was still there with a high voice of praise.

Nami is frantic shouted, "Luffy, in the end you do not understand ah, if he is also to participate in the competition, we will certainly be killed!"

Usopp is pale and snotty, "No, I have a disease that will kill me if I participate in the competition."

"In fact, you guys don't have to worry too much, with his pride, he actually doesn't even bother to make a move on us." Despite these words, Robin still looked grave.

"Robin, you know who he is?" Zoro asked.

"He is known as Aloof Red, decades ago stood at the peak of the sea, alongside Roger, Whitebeard and others big shot!"

"Big shot alongside the Pirate King!" Usopp, Nami, and Chopper, the three, crouched into a ball, shivering.

"That old man turned out to be such a powerful person!" Luffy nodded pretentiously.

"This kind of big shot, why would appear here?" Sanji asked, smoking a cigarette.

"I don't know, but, to think about it in a different way, maybe it's not such a bad thing." Robin lightly bit her lips and said, "At least, with this kind of big man in, we can not worry about the Marine's siege."

Published in Qidian, October 01, 2019