"I'll order a seafood noodle."
When he came to a small restaurant in town, Ross found a seat and took one and said a quick call to the restaurant owner.
The restaurant owner, who knew Ross naturally, grinned and then gave Ross a glass of water before he went into the back room and tied on his apron to get started.
Ross drank water while thinking about the next step in the future training strategy.
Suddenly.
A noise in the street disturbs Ross's thoughts. He looks up and sees a large group of marines with their guns and standard swords walking through the streets, searching for whatever is going on.
"What's going on?"
Ross showed a strange look. Could it be that some pirates had mixed into the town?
As he was sitting there, watching the marines search around outside, one of them suddenly saw him sitting inside the restaurant.
"It's here!"
That marine first froze, then at once shouted and raised the gun in his hand, aiming it directly at Ross.
It was almost an instant that all the marines on the whole street rushed over and surrounded the restaurant, putting Ross in the center, with countless guns aimed at Ross.
"Surrender quickly, criminal Ross!"
"Don't try to resist, this place is surrounded by us!"
A Lieutenant Commander rushed to the front with a long sword raised in his hand, and a stern face shouted at Ross.
Ross is still holding a drinking cup of tea in his hand. When he looked at the sudden change of scene in front of him, he was a bit dizzy.
"You guys are... up to the what?!"
He was the only one in the entire restaurant when he looked around. His brow frowned slowly, put down his glass, and asked the many marines.
"Hmm?"
The Lieutenant Commander in charge frowned, but at once, he shouted with a cold expression on his face, "Don't play dumb! You cannot hide from the crime you have committed. Put your hands on the ground!"
"Me? Crime?"
The strange, annoyed, and puzzled looks on Ross's face flashed one after another. When a pirate hunter who hunts and kills a pirate will be guilty? How the hell?
The lieutenant commander saw that Ross was still 'playing dumb' and couldn't help but sternly shout, "Come out and surrender quickly, or we'll make to do!"
"..."
Ross's look gradually turned cold.
He chose the career of the pirate hunter. On the one hand, the talent system needs to hunt pirates. On the other hand, he does not want to be hunted and clash with the Marine.
However, not wanting to clash with the Marine doesn't mean he's afraid of the Marine. Somehow coming over and saying he's a criminal and wants him to surrender and wear handcuffs. Now that's a real problem!
"Can you first tell me what crime I have committed?"
Ross looked coldly at the marines outside.
The lieutenant commander took a furious look at his words, "When you are tried, you will know what crime you have committed!"
After the words fell, he gave a direct order. Many marines pulled the trigger, and at once, there were fire salvos, and they fired countless bullets at Ross.
Bang!
Almost the moment that many marines shoot, the ground beneath Ross's feet crumbled like a cobweb, and the table in front of him also shattered at the same time. The whole person is like a ghost, directly out of the restaurant.
"Where are you? Where did he go?!"
The lieutenant commander was first startled and swung his sword to slash but ended up cutting nothing. Ross has long since gone out of nowhere, with no one knowing where he was.
Not far from the roof, Ross stood behind the chimney. He swept a glance at the town below and found that the Marine forces had surrounded the whole town. In the distance, two warships were docked on the shore, and he could not help but raise his eyebrows.
Such a big movement...
He has not done anything that would disturb the Marine except hunting pirates. It seems that something must have happened now, and they threw the charge at his head.
Ross was annoyed, and his eyes showed a hint of anger. Whoever made him take the blame, it was never going to be over!
Let's figure out what's going on first.
Ross came down from the roof to the entrance of an alleyway and took a break to have a group of marines pass by, and pulled the last marine of the group into the alleyway with his mouth covered.
"If you dare to scream, you will lose your head."
Ross pulled a dagger out of his pocket, put it against the marine's neck, looked at him coldly, and then slowly eased his hand.
The marine soldier was filled with a scared look and was tempted to call out loudly, but the sharp and cold dagger on his neck made him feel as if he was being pinched.
Ross coldly asked.
"First question, what is an objective of yours?"
"I... I..."
The marine looked at Ross with fear in his heart. He was afraid that his neck would be cut off when Ross's hand shook.
Ross put the dagger a little further away and said coldly, "Speak up!"
"Arrested... Arrested Ross the Ghost Hand..."
The marine soldier was relieved to see the dagger move away but still had a fearful look on his face and stuttered his words.
After nodding, Ross stared into the eyes of the marine soldier and asked coldly.
"Second question, why did have me arrested?"
The marine froze for a moment, not expecting Ross to ask such a question. A strange and confused look passed through his eyes, but he still stammered under the threat of the dagger and spoke in reply.
"It... was the Tarot Town tragedy... you were the culprit."
Hearing this, Ross frowned and was about to ask again what the Tarot Town tragedy was when a yell suddenly came from outside the alleyway.
"He's here!"
Has been found by the Marine, Ross also did not bother to ask it again. He is clearly somehow taking the blame for a Tarot Town tragedy. As for the Tarot Town tragedy, he can ask it in one of the best places.
Swish!
Ross once again cast Soru, and the whole body vanished into the air in a flash and disappeared into the alleyway. That marine soldier who had survived the attack was left leaning against the wall with a blank and puzzled face.
"Is he, like, wondering why we're arresting him?"
...
The marines of the West Blue are very different from those of the East Blue, as shown in the manga.
In the East Blue in the original, arrest a pirate with a bounty of 15 million berries. You can be directly promoted from Lieutenant Commander to Captain since the highest bounty of the East Blue pirate is only 20 million berries.
And in the West Blue, the highest bounty on the pirates is as high as 50 million berries. The highest bounty is more than 30 million berries, even in these seas.
That is why it is much more difficult to promote an officer in the West Blue than the East Blue. In other words, the overall strength of the West Blue Marine is much stronger than the East Blue, even the highest of the four seas, second only to the Grand Line!
The pirates with a bounty of about twenty million met the marine captain on this side, were basically turning their heads and running away. It is highly doubtful that they will escape, and it is almost impossible to win because every captain has at least arrested the pirates with a bounty of thirty million.
However,
After Ross was given a point to the talent of 'Soru', the strength has been enough to exceed the normal 30 million berries pirates.
So, under the siege of many marines, Ross did not spend too much energy escaping the marines and leaving the town.
Translator:
*) A popular Internet phrase in China. It means that you have to be a scapegoat for no reason.