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Chapter 321 The Arrival of the Straw Hat Pirates
Uchiha Hikaru was not surprised by these two pieces of information.

After all, these are all plots that clearly happened in the original work. After she and Bulma and others came to the pirate world, although they successively caused a lot of things, they did not have any intersection with younger generations such as Ace and Luffy, so the plot about them must continue to advance according to the original inertia.

but……

Uchiha Guang was a little surprised at Xia Qi's ability to obtain intelligence.

Judging from the date on the letter, Ace was arrested three days ago. The Navy has not announced this matter until now, but Xia Qi got the information the day after the incident.

As for Luffy and his crew defeating Moria...

Moreover, Moria's identity as a Shichibukai was considered a disgrace by the World Government, so they specially dispatched another Shichibukai, Bartholomew Kuma, to try to block the news.

Although this operation ultimately failed due to Daxiong's identity as an undercover agent in the Revolutionary Army, it was indeed unusual that Xia Qi was able to get the news so quickly.

——Of course, according to the original setting, Xia Qi had been following the Straw Hat Pirates long before they arrived, and even claimed to be their fan. It was reasonable for her to work a little harder to collect information about her idol.

At this moment.

Xia Qi tapped the counter with her fingertips, seemed to hesitate for a while, and finally couldn't help but speak:
"Hey, little girl, what did you mean by 'Ace is Rayleigh's nephew'?
"I know that boy is Garp's adopted son. He founded the Spade Pirates two years ago and ate the Nature-type Flame-Flame Fruit. He joined Whitebeard's pirate group after failing to challenge him a year ago... But what does this have to do with Rayleigh?"

"Eh? So you didn't know?"

This time it was Uchiha Hikaru's turn to be surprised.

But if you think about it carefully, it is true.

Although the Navy knew Ace's identity early on, they did not make this information public. Instead, they announced the execution of "Pirate King Roger's son" only when the execution date was approaching.

Before this, the only people who knew about the relationship between Ace and Roger were a few people such as Whitebeard and Red Hair.

Even Blackbeard only regarded Ace as a "trusted subordinate of Whitebeard with a bounty of over 100 million." Otherwise, he would not have handed Ace over to the Navy so easily. Instead, he would have used it as a bargaining chip to propose more exchange conditions to the Navy and the World Government.

In this case……

This does explain one doubt, which is why in the original work, Rayleigh was so close to Marinford but did not participate in the Battle of Marineford.

present.

Uchiha Hikaru explained the hidden story in a concise and concise manner.

As Xia Qi listened, her eyes gradually widened and an expression of surprise appeared on her face.

"I see……"

"That kid who ate the Flame-Flame Fruit is actually Roger's son? The Pirate King's son was actually raised by a navy hero. Ha, this kind of thing sounds really interesting."

After a pause, Xia Qi took out the money she had just received and said, "Well, I won't take advantage of you. Take this 2 Baileys back. Consider it my reward for buying this piece of information."

"That's not the case. It's just a small amount of money."

Uchiha Guang waved his hand and rejected Xia Qi's proposal: "As long as you can introduce us to Mr. Rayleigh, that would be great."

……

After thinking for a moment, Xia Qi agreed to help introduce Rayleigh.

But according to her, Rayleigh never clearly states his itinerary whenever he goes out, so she needs to look for him in places he often goes.

During this process, Uchiha Hikaru and his group could stay in the bar and take a rest. It would be even better if they could help her greet the guests coming and going.

Bulma accepted the job with great enthusiasm. - Although from the communication, Luffy and his crew have not been here yet, but since they have dealt with Moria, they are probably on their way to the Sabaody Archipelago, or have already landed on the island, but have not found this bar yet.

Bulma was very interested in meeting this child, who was the protagonist of the "One Piece" comics and whose personality was a bit like Goku.

of course……

Bulma also wants to meet another member of the Straw Hat Pirates - Sanji.

"I originally wanted to get him to be a chef on our ship, but it's too late. It's probably impossible now... But if I pay Sanji to cook a meal for me to try, it should be okay, right? I really want to see what the dishes at the 'Sea Restaurant' taste like."

"...I think you don't need to pay. Just say a few nice words and the guy will volunteer to cook."

Uchiha Hikaru said so.

Bulma hesitated: "It seems so..."

present.

Uchiha Hikaru warned Bulma a few words, asking her to be careful about what Sanji said - although this guy was considered to be very gentlemanly compared to Master Roshi, he was, after all, a lecher who dreamed of using the "transparent fruit" to peek into the women's bathhouse, so she had to be as careful as possible to avoid being taken advantage of by him.

Then, Uchiha Hikaru left Eri and Naruto behind, created a shadow clone to stay with them, and his real body walked out of the bar with Esdeath, ready to go out for a walk.

The Chabaody Islands are quite large.

Both the geographical environment and the customs and practices on the island are very different from those in other worlds and even most areas of the pirate world.

Even Esdeath couldn't help but marvel at it.

As we walked side by side along the seaside path.

The back of Uchiha Hikaru's hand touched Esdeath's unconsciously several times.

At first, both of them subconsciously moved their hands away and kept a little distance.

But gradually...

The two no longer avoided each other, but pretended to be nonchalant, allowing the backs of each other's hands to touch each other, their smooth and cool skin touching each other, and their slender fingers slightly opened, with faint signs of being clasped together.

in this process.

Uchiha Hikaru took a deep breath and his heartbeat quickened slightly.

"...Hey, that cafe in front looks nice."

Esdeath suddenly stopped, and while turning around, she gently clasped Uchiha Hikaru's five fingers, then revealed a sly smile: "Would you like to come in and sit down, Hikaru? Just consider it my treat?"

"……it is good."

……

While Xia Qi was busy looking for Rayleigh, Uchiha Guang was leisurely drinking coffee.

A pirate ship flying the Straw Hat flag sailed into the port of the Sabaody Archipelago.

"arrive!"

Xiao Ba, who looked like an octopus man, jumped off the boat first, and then waved to Luffy and others behind him: "Let's go, I'll take you to find the coating master!"

(End of this chapter)