Chapter 39： gather together

After coming out of the restaurant, the three separated.

Sabo is going to detect Bell's castle, find out the garrison inside, detect the terrain, and formulate an evacuation route.

Rhodes and Kerla went to the arena to observe secretly.

Before he arrived, he heard the sky-shattering noise coming from the front. The voices were full of people, and the shouts were endless.

This is an extremely wide circular square, surrounded by auditoriums, and there are figures sitting on it, from fish people, long-handed, long-legged and other races.

Rhodes also saw that some well-dressed nobles were blushing and shouting to vent, and some noble ladies even had green eyes, staring at the burly man on the stage like a wolf.

"Bell will take out Devil Fruits every once in a while to hold contests to attract popularity."

"Usually, this place is used for gambling. Players come to the stage to compete to win prizes, and the audience will bet and gamble, forming an industry that makes money every day."

There was an undisguised look of disgust in Kerla's eyes.

This kind of battle is not about life and death. The scenes are often extremely bloody, and they are often cut into two parts. Sometimes slaves are used to play. The kind-hearted Kerla is naturally unaccustomed to it.

Rhode's expression is indifferent, natural selection, you love me, there is nothing to say.

Soon the game started.

It was two tall and strong men who came up. Both of them played extremely fiercely, and the hot battle instantly stimulated the audience.

The entire arena went into a state of madness.

As one player came on stage and lost again, the game gradually reached a climax.

Many people even took off their outer clothes and danced with them in their hands. After each match, the winners were naturally elated and shouted excitedly, while the losers scolded the streets, very unwilling, and even wanted to put all their family assets on the line.

During the interval of the competition, there are hot girls with good body and scantily clad dancing on stage, and the whole scene is always maintained in a frenetic atmosphere.

"too weak."

Seeing this scene, Rhode shook his head.

Most of these people who came to power were at the bottom of the new world, and they couldn't even master the domineering of two colors.

"Of course it is now."

Kerla said: "After two days, when the real competition starts, there will still be experts coming."

"There will even be some pirate captains who have just come to the new world, and they will come to the stage to fight in person."

"Devil Fruits are clearly priced, but most of the time, they are priceless."

Rhode nodded lightly.

The most important reason is probably because these pirate captains, after coming to the new world, experienced the strength gap between that day and the earth, and couldn't wait to become stronger.

Even the ability to gamble on Devil Fruits is worth it.

"Strength is a more tempting existence than money and power."

"Only with strength can you have money, power and status, and you can get everything you want and realize your dreams." He said to himself in his heart.

Rhode was lucky.

The existence of the Book of Knowledge changed his destiny and gave him the opportunity to set foot on the peak and overlook the world.

And Rhode firmly seized this opportunity, which means that this world will be different.

"Let's go."

It was getting dark, Rhodes and the two left the arena and found a hotel to check in.

Soon, Sabo joined them, the three discussed it, and then went to sleep separately.

Of course, Rhodes still uses lightning to forge his body instead of sleep, and he will never slack off in this regard.

The time has come to the spring of 1521 of the Haiyuan Calendar, and it is getting closer and closer to that turbulent era. Naturally, there is less and less time left for Rhode to become stronger.

In the next few days, I will search for information and wait for the start of the ring competition.

Rhodes is very leisurely, and the hotel is not suitable for high-intensity exercise, so he wanders around the town, and when he encounters a weapons store, he goes in to see if he can find a good sword and sword like Zoro. .

However, this is obviously something that can be met but not sought after. In other words, it is very difficult for a famous knife to have no owner in the fiercely competitive new world. After a few days, Rhodes had nothing to gain.

Finally, the last day came.

This afternoon, when I entered the arena, I obviously felt that the atmosphere was completely different from the previous days.

The audience sat there, not daring to come out.

On the one hand, the quality of this group of spectators is higher than usual, either rich or expensive, or powerful. On the other hand, it is also because there are fierce bodyguards standing near the arena, all armed with guns and swords, with cold eyes, obviously well-trained. .

"Come on, come on."

The crowd became commotion, and a group of people filed to the VIP seats on the high stage.

"That's the boss of Barkley, the pillar of the Beast Pirates!"

"Hey, Bell Island Lord is here too."

"Oh, the captain of the Silver Sword Pirates is here. I heard that he is looking for Devil Fruits. I'm afraid he will play in person."

Every big man's appearance caused a lot of discussion, some showed envy, some hated, and some sighed.

These people on stage are all famous in this sea area, and some people are quite famous in the whole new world.

"Hey, who is this woman, so beautiful!"

Some people in the audience were secretly suspicious, and many men with insufficient concentration even had red eyes, and they were fascinated by their emotions.

"You don't even know Stucci, the Queen of Happy Street, so don't mess around in the New World!" Someone mocked.

"Queen of Happy Street?"

The person who spoke before was stunned for a moment, then suddenly thought of something, his face turned pale, and he quickly shut up.

Kerla also looked solemn, and said in a low voice, "It turns out that Stuthy was visiting, no wonder Bell came directly to the scene."

"I just didn't expect that even the pillar of the Beast Pirates came. It seems that Stuthy's status in the dark world is higher than expected."

Rhode nodded slightly. Stuthy was able to sit at the main table at the Four Emperor Aunt's tea party. Obviously, he was also at the level of an old monster. Even the big muscle tyrants of the Hundred Beast Pirates had to give face.

"That's fine. All attention is drawn here, and Sabo's actions will be much smoother."

Kerr breathed a sigh of relief, "But we'd better make some noise on our side. We're not at risk anyway."

"Um."

Rhode nodded and looked around. He was looking for Peach Rabbit. On such a big occasion, it stands to reason that Peach Rabbit should also come.

Of course, it can't be the navy's identity, but the audience's identity. After all, this is the site of the Beasts Pirates. If the navy's identity is openly exposed, I am afraid that something big will happen.

The Four Emperor Kaido is a real lunatic and madman. If the navy dares to provoke him, he dares to rush to the naval base, or even the naval headquarters.

At this moment, a cold female voice suddenly came from behind.

"Little devil, are you looking for me?"

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