One Piece: The Beginning Top War

"Hey, why are you following me?" Looking at Katie, who has been following him, Luffy's eyes showed vigilance.

"Don't be so heartless, Luffy. After all, we are escape companions together. And I know you want to find Rayleigh. I also have something to ask of Rayleigh's wife, so let's go together."

Luffy was surprised, "How did you know that I was looking for Rayleigh, and why didn't I know that Rayleigh was married?"

"If you want to know, why don't you just ask Rayleigh yourself."

It didn't explain Luffy's doubts, because Island No. 13 where Xia Qi was was already in sight.

This is the first stop of his voyage - Shampoo Islands. The reason why he and Luffy left the Whitebeard Pirates together was to find Xia Qi here.

Although he has not yet decided how he wants to live in the world of pirates, this does not prevent him from finding a partner. After all, it is still very lonely if he is always wandering on the sea alone, and he does not like being alone.

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With a creak, the door of the pub titled Aunt Shao's Rip-off BAR slowly opened. There were only two people in the bright and spacious room, a beauty with short black hair and an old man with white hair wearing a white cloak.

"Beauty, a beer, thank you!" Katie, who didn't like drinking at first, developed the habit of drinking after staying at Baituan for a few days. Now that she's in the bar, she must have a drink.

"Brother, if I were you, I wouldn't drink the beer here." The old man said pointedly.

"Why? Is it poisonous?" Then he drank it all.

"Beauty, have another drink!"

Looking at Katie who was drinking heavily, Luffy opened his mouth but said nothing. The gloating expression on his face betrayed his thoughts. The beer here is very expensive. If you can't pay the price, you will definitely end up being beaten.

Beat him up.

"Brother, didn't you see the sign on the door? This is a blackmail store." It seemed that he was really worried that Katie would be deceived. The old man reminded her again, but the beautiful woman pouring the wine seemed not to hear it.

, pouring wine normally and doing business normally without even looking at the old man on the side.

"Haha, I know, but what the heck, I don't have money anyway, I can't afford to drink anywhere."

"Uh." This time it was the old man's turn to be choked and speechless. He looked at Katie awkwardly, not expecting him to be so 'honest'.

"Hey, little brother, if you drink without paying, you will be left here to work? You have to think about it."

When she heard that Katie had no money, the beauty was not unhappy. Instead, she greeted Katie with a smile, not caring how much he drank.

"Haha, I would also like to follow you, sister, but it seems there is no extra room here. I'm afraid this old gentleman will drink up all your wine." As he said this, he glanced at the old man aside.

"If nothing else happens, he will follow you for the rest of his life. I won't be a redundant light bulb. That would be too annoying."

"Cough, cough, cough!" Before Katie could finish her words, the old man beside him coughed violently, almost coughing out all the wine he had drunk in his stomach.

"Boy, what are you talking about!" the old man quickly denied.

"Sister, look, he goes whore for free every day but still doesn't admit it. You should enforce the family law and make him kneel on the washboard!"

Pfft, Xia Qi couldn't help laughing now.

She really couldn't believe that Katie would dare to say that. She must know that the old man who prostituted for free every day was Silbaz Rayleigh, the former vice-captain of Roger's Pirates, known as "Hades".

Xia Qi didn't think Katie couldn't recognize this person's identity. They were just playing riddles just now.

"Should I say he is worthy of being a criminal with a billion-dollar bounty on his head? He really has his tricks up his sleeve." Seeing this, Rayleigh no longer concealed his identity and pointed out Katie's identity. However, he did not get angry because of Katie's offense. Instead, there was a smile on his face.

Wearing a faint smile.

"One billion? Me? Do I have one billion?" Suddenly hearing Reilly's words, Katie was shocked. She didn't even know what happened.

It happened to be a coincidence that the bounty order came down with the news bird just after Katie left the White Group. However, he had already left the White Group at that time and did not see it.

"You don't know?" Xia Qi also admired Katie's lateness. Why are newcomers like this nowadays? They are all stupid, but they all live well.

"No, this is the bounty order that just came down. Of course, Luffy, your bounty has also changed, from 300 million to 400 million." He also handed a copy to Luffy.

Seeing that Katie's bounty amount was one zero more than his own, Luffy was silent for a while.

It should have been a joyful thing to have his bounty increased by 100 million, but looking at Katie's unimaginable amount, Luffy was not happy at all. This guy who was only one year older than him was not happy at all.

People have left themselves far behind.

For the first time, this was the first time Luffy felt pressure from his peers.

"The photos were taken quite well." An understatement.

"Why, you only care about photos, you know there are many people staring at your head now?" Xia Qi was very surprised by Katie's comment. A billion Baileys seemed to him not as good as a good-looking photo.

It's important to come.

"Haha, it's not up to me to decide whether they care about my head or not. What can I do?"

"I can only decide that no one can take my head away if I don't want to."

The calm and calm tone expressed his firm confidence, and the unintentional display of domineering made both Leili and Shaqi look sideways.

"Brother, are you here just to say useless things?" Xia Qi's eyes became serious. She didn't believe that someone like Katie could be so boring.

"Indeed, I have something I hope my sister can do for me." Without beating around the bush, Katie directly stated the purpose of her trip.

"What's the matter? Tell me." Xia Qi was very curious about what this young man who suddenly rose up would want from him.

"I am short of crew members, so I would like to hear my sister's opinion on whether there is anyone who can be my partner in the first half of the Grand Line."

Seeing Katie's serious look, Xia Qi was confused.

"Why don't you go directly to the New World to find a partner? You must know that there are not many people who are worthy of your strength in the first half."

"Not many, that means there are some." Hearing the unexpected information revealed by Xia Qi's words, Katie's lips raised slightly, and it seemed that she still had some.

She was slightly startled. She didn't expect that Katie was so attentive and heard the voice of her own words, but she didn't continue. She wanted to know why Katie didn't go to the new world. Was it because she was worried about something, or...

"I will go to the new world, but not now. As for why I want to find a partner in the first half, it's just my simple thought and there is no special reason."