He did not want to be pursued by the Marine on this island. Ross made that he had already fled on the boat. After that, he then quietly returned to the island.
This method may not be able to hide from the Marine for long. However, it does not matter to Ross how long it takes. He just wants to find out exactly what is going on.
"Let's go to Gale City."
Ross took a long look at the town he had lived in for a year. After he shook his head, he turned and left along the path to the bustling town in the middle of the island.
There is an underground intelligence organization in that town. Ross has hunted and killed many pirates, of which a large part of the information was collected there.
Follow the trail across the mountains.
After two hours;
Ross wore a leather jacket with a lowered brim as he walked through the streets of Gale City.
He did not intend to hide his tracks. People on this side of Gale City did not react too much. It seems that what happened in Tarot Town should not have spread to here yet.
However, Ross wanted to know more than just what happened in Tarot Town. He also wanted to precisely know who let him take the blame and get rid of the problem of being chased by the Marine.
While Ross was walking towards the location of that underground intelligence organization, a large number of newspapers suddenly spilled from the sky on the street not far away. Many people casually picked up a newspaper and read it.
"Unbelievable!"
"Ghost Hand Ross... in fact plundered and massacred a town? Didn't he just end up just about having targeted several pirates with bounties in the tens of millions?!"
Many people looked at the newspaper and showed shock.
Ross's feet paused for a moment. He lowered the brim of his hat a bit again and walked through the crowd and picked up a newspaper without asking.
Tarot Town Tragedy!
Only seventy people are living in the town that has always been cozy in one night was plundered and massacred. He burned the whole town into a ruin. After Marine's careful investigation, the culprit is the pirate hunter, Ghost Hand Ross!
Ross's face grew dark as he watched.
At this time, the voices of many passers-by next to him also came into Ross's ears.
"I really didn't expect that Ghost Hand Ross was such a terrible pirate!"
"I've said it before, pirate hunters are similar to pirates. They are all people who fall for money and it's not at all uncommon to do such things."
"I wish the Marine would arrest guys like that sooner."
His fingers that held the newspaper gradually exerted force with which the newspaper became crumpled. Ross was silent for a moment, turned around, and walked into the alleyway at the side. He casually threw the newspaper in the trash can.
After crossing a few streets;
Ross arrived inside an empty tavern. There was only one owner who sat behind the counter and yawned.
Ross walked into the tavern. He swept a glance at the boss behind the counter and did not talk to each other. He walked directly into the inner room of the tavern, pushed open the door of a room, and walked down a staircase leading to the underground.
The staircase is extremely narrow, but it becomes wide open in front of you when walking to the bottom. There appears an open room with many refined tables and chairs placed in it, just like a high-class tavern.
"... This is really big news!"
"Ghost Hand Ross, this guy, tsk. If this happens, we will have one less fellow who will be taking our business in the future."
"Not just a missing one, the Marine will certainly issue a bounty. I wonder how high the bounty will be. I think it will not be less than 20 million berries!"
Several pirate hunters sat on the sofa, holding in their hands a few newspapers and discussing.
Just at this time, Ross came down from above.
Once they saw Ross, the crowd's chatter abruptly stopped. All eyes focused on Ross, with different looks. Some had a sneer, some had the corners of their mouths raised, and some showed a bit of tension.
Ross did not show any anger or other look on his face. What was there was a kind of peace that was haunting, and he swept the hall aloofly.
The scene was silent.
Nobody made a joke or something similar. Ross is now facing a terrible problem. The Marine may even hunt him with a bounty, but his strength is proven strong among pirate hunters!
Most other pirate hunters are to work as a team with the goal of the pirates with bounties of less than ten million. Even if they hunt pirates with bounties of more than ten million, it is rare.
Such as Ross alone, in a few months, has been hunted and killed several bounties ten million level of huge pirates in a row. There is no doubt that his strength is one of the few strong. However, in the world of pirate hunters and underground, strength means status.
"..."
When Ross saw that no one was talking, he withdrew his gaze and walked straight to the hall's interior, where he pushed open a door and walked in.
It wasn't until that door was closed entirely that someone in the hall let out a breath.
"Phew, I didn't expect him to come here, at a time like this..."
"It seems that the Marine's siege has completely failed. It's really useless as always." Someone picked up a glass of wine and took a sip.
"I don't know how far this will go in the end. By the way, what do you guys think he's doing here? He can't be a pirate hunter anymore."
The next man shrugged, "Who knows? Probably wanted for information about the Marine and then escaped from here."
...
The inner lobby of the underground building;
Compared to the outside, this place is much quieter. The soundproofing effect is also excellent. When the door is closed, the outside chatter will not come in at all.
The inner room is not large, with only a sofa, a bookshelf, and a desk placed.
Behind the desk sat a middle-aged man with a thick beard and a cigar in his mouth, the head of this underground intelligence organization, Theron.
Next to the desk;
A young girl, about 16 or 17 years old, with black shawl hair, was sorting through a pile of documents with a serious expression as if she was silently memorizing them.
Despite being very young, Ross recognized the young girl's image straight away when he first saw her a few months ago.
It is the Devil Child Nico Robin that is in the manga itself.
Today she is still struggling to survive, hiding in the underworld, and is currently a key player in this underground intelligence organization. With a strong memory, she writes down all kinds of information so that she can hand it over at any time.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, if it isn't Ghost Hand Ross. I didn't expect you to come over at this time of day." Theron, who was sitting behind his desk, looked up at Ross.
"The timing is not very good."
Ross calmly looked at Theron and said, "You must already know about me. That would mean you should know what information I want."
The corners of Theron's mouth slightly lifted as he removed the cigar from his mouth and said, "Is it from Tarot Town? I happen to have inside information here. However, with your current status, selling the information to you will take quite a bit of risk. That' why the price requires twice as much."
Ross stared at Theron for a moment.
"No problem."