One Piece: The Magician

Chapter 278 Illusion and First Encounter

Sherlock sat on an ornate chair, crossed his legs, and played with the cross sword that had been placed on his neck just now.

He curled his fingers and flicked the sword's spine. The bright silver blade of the cross sword trembled slightly, and a subtle and melodious buzzing sound was heard.

"It's a really nice sword."

Sherlock admired that although he was not comparable to famous sword masters like Dusqi in terms of sword-related knowledge, he could clearly see through certain glasses how superb the forging technology of this cross sword was.

"Interesting. It seems that your hometown has very exquisite forging skills."

Maya didn't reply. At this time, she had been untied by the sorcerer and was kneeling on the stall. She looked pitifully at her nominal "master", looking like she was easy to bully.

Glancing at the blue-haired girl, Sherlock put the sword in his hand on the table and pushed up his glasses slightly.

After the interrogation just now, a certain glasses also learned that Maya's previous weak performance on the auction stage was really not an act, but her usual personality was like this.

Only when she holds the sword in her hand does the blue-haired girl show her strong and brave side.

And just as Sherlock learned at the Carlo Auction House, Maya comes from a kingdom called Askar. That country is not a member of the World Government and is very closed. People like her who dare to venture out to sea , can be said to be very few.

Sherlock was not surprised at all by this. After all, this ocean is too vast. There are as many islands on the sea as there are stars in the sky. Even though the world government has been established for more than 800 years, countries like the Askar Kingdom I don’t know how many more there are.

But that's not the point. I just want to know where that strange feeling came from.

Sherlock was a little depressed now, because he was surprised to find that he could no longer feel the same feeling from Maya at this time.

"Are these all the things in your bag?"

Sherlock pointed at the hill-like pile of debris behind Maya. According to his assumption, the space in Maya's body should be a strange "gadget" attracting him.But the pile of sundries were all food and various daily necessities needed for going to sea, which made the curious glasses disappointed.

Was that strange feeling at that time really my illusion?

Sherlock has always trusted his instincts, but this time he couldn't help but be a little shaken.

"Well, that's all."

Maya nodded like a fool, but she was really not good at lying, and her big watery eyes revealed her true thoughts deep inside.

"you are lying."

Sherlock said coldly, he pushed up his glasses slightly, and the spotless lenses reflected two pale white lights, which made the blue-haired girl tremble subconsciously.

"Take out what you are hiding."

"But" Maya's expression became extremely unnatural: "But this thing is very important to me."

"Take it out." A certain glasses person repeated in a calm tone, and at the same time stretched his hand forward.

Maya was so anxious that she almost cried, but forced by Sherlock's tough attitude, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and obey.

唰

The familiar white light flashed again, and Maya suddenly had something in her hand. With a red face, she slapped the object hard into a certain hand with glasses, then covered her face with both hands, and there was faint smoke rising above her head.

Sherlock was puzzled by Maya's strange reaction at first, but when he moved his eyes expectantly to the object in his hand, his expression suddenly became extremely weird.

This is a piece of close-fitting clothing made of a small piece of white fabric. It is triangular in shape. The soft fabric should feel very comfortable, but Sherlock felt like pins and needles at this time.

This one

A certain spectacled man withdrew his gaze and raised his head stiffly. Looking at Maya's extremely humiliated look, his heart felt like a hundred thousand Neptunes were roaring past.

As the saying goes, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. Even a well-educated person like Sherlock felt the urge to curse at this moment.

"This thing is the last thing left in your space." The corners of Sherlock's mouth twitched slightly.

The blue-haired girl nodded while covering her face.

After confirming again and again that Maya was indeed not lying this time, Sherlock threw the girl's underwear in his hand on the table, helplessly put his hand on his forehead, his eyes filled with unconcealable disappointment.

Well, I guess I was delusional.

Sherlock let out a long sigh. After all, he had vaguely mirrored a Devil Fruit not long ago, and even his memory was blurred. It would be excusable if he made some mistakes in perception.

And since he couldn't get the result he wanted, there was no need for Sherlock to stay in this room full of rose scent.

So stupid

A certain glasses pinched his swollen eyebrows, and was about to get up and leave, but he glanced at Maya, his nominal slave girl, and took out a stack of berries from the mirror space and placed it on the table.

"Go ahead and take the money."

"I hope you won't be captured and used as a slave by others next time."

After saying that, Sherlock didn't wait for Maya's response, activated his fruit power, and his figure slowly disappeared.

""

The blue-haired girl, whose brain was in chaos due to extreme shame, was stunned for a moment when she heard this. Then she quickly raised her head and was shocked to find that the mean-spirited man with glasses had already disappeared.

"What he means is: I'm free."

Maya blinked her eyes in confusion. Things developed so suddenly that she felt unreal.

She wiped the tears on her face, stood up, picked up the sword on the table, and looked around the gorgeously decorated room, keeping her eyes on guard for fear that the man with glasses would leave and come back.

But after a while, Sherlock still didn't come back, and Maya couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

Only then did she become convinced that she was truly free now.

"What a strange guy"

Maya looked at the stack of berries on the table, her expression became extremely complicated.

After leaving the hotel, Sherlock took out his pocket watch to check the time and found that there was still quite some time before the beef party Luffy planned to hold.

So he found a quiet cafe, sat near the window, and ordered a cup of coffee.

Sherlock is not as fond of coffee as Robin. He actually prefers to drink black tea on weekdays.

But when he was not in a good mood, Sherlock liked to be alone with a cup of fragrant coffee. He felt that this was very effective in adjusting his mood and relieving stress.

While relaxing, a certain glasses has been listening attentively to the conversations of other customers in the coffee shop, silently collecting information.

Like a certain scheming woman, this can be regarded as one of the habits Sherlock has developed over the years.

"Hey, regarding this death match, which pirate team you bought will win?"

Sitting at a table behind a certain glasses, a well-dressed businessman asked his two companions: "Are they also the Poker Pirates?"

Sherlock, who was blowing hot air on the coffee cup, paused, and a light flashed in his eyes under the lenses.

"That's natural."

Another businessman spread his hands and said: "After all, the Big Bear King Bills is recognized as the strongest pirate among the many registered pirates in Hannabal. His bounty is a full 5000 million beli."

"I guess even the several murloc captains from the murloc alliance combined may only have a slight upper hand against him."

The Poker Pirates are probably the pirates who bought Maya as a slave.

Sherlock's expression was a little subtle. This sea area is so big, and Nizi can actually fall into the hands of the strongest pirate here. This character is really unparalleled.

"Tch, you two, the information is a bit out of date."

A bearded businessman glanced disdainfully: "The Big Bear King may indeed be the strongest pirate in Hannabal, but who told you that all the pirates competing this time are from Hannabal?"

"Oh" x2

The other two businessmen were stunned, and then said in confusion: "You mean, could it be?"

"I wonder if you have heard of the Straw Hat Pirates, who are currently in the spotlight?"

The bearded businessman stroked his beard with an inscrutable look on his face: "Although their captain Straw Hat's bounty is not as good as that of the Big Bear King, it still exceeds [-] million. What's more, one of his men has a bounty that is close to breaking [-] million." The magician of billions.”

"According to the latest information I got, the Straw Hat Pirates also signed up for the competition not long ago."

The bearded man was beaming as he spoke, but he didn't know that the "magician with a bounty of nearly [-] million" was nearby, and he almost choked on his coffee when he heard this.

So stupid

In fact, before going to the auction, Sherlock had learned that there was a traditional event called the Death Race. He also felt that based on the behavior of his funny captain, the latter was most likely going to join in the fun. of.

But Sherlock never expected that things would develop so suddenly, and that the idiot captain would sign up in a daze.

It seems that I really shouldn't have any expectations for Luffy on this kind of thing.Sherlock closed his eyes and shook his head with a wry smile.

At this moment, Sherlock suddenly felt something. He looked towards the street through the spotless glass of the coffee shop, and immediately met the eyes of the two men.

Of these two people, one had short dark blue hair, a crisp and smart white outfit, and a knife on his waist. He was waving his hands at a certain pair of glasses with great joy.

Another man with a moustache wearing spotted jeans also carried a long knife on his shoulder, with a very indifferent expression on his slightly gloomy face.

Under the furry hat brim, a pair of eyes with thick black eye bags narrowed slightly. His eyes seemed lazy, but when he looked at the magician, they were full of scrutiny.

"Rowick" Sherlock said in surprise.

Since leaving Mogu Town, he really didn't expect to meet the blue-haired traveler here again.

But who is the stranger wearing a fur hat next to him?

Through a layer of glass, Sherlock looked at the other person silently.

Then someone with glasses keenly noticed that the man wearing a fur hat and a gloomy face was inexplicably attracted to him.

full of hostility

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