In the Twin Capes Lighthouse.
Crocus was entertaining the crew of the Big Daddy Pirates, and was preparing to pack up his medical books and medicinal materials before boarding the ship.
To be honest, at the age of over seventy, he really doesn't want to leave this old place. Recently, he stayed inside the stomach of Laboon the whale for a month or two, constantly transforming and treating Laboon.
But this time, in order to fulfill Laboon's wish, he had to make another trip.
He just hopes that this time, as Basire said, Brook's whereabouts will be found.
At this time, the Seagull news coo of the World Economic News Agency flew over. As a person who likes to read newspapers, Crocus bought a newspaper.
In Laboon's stomach, he hadn't received the latest newspaper for a couple of months.
After Kuro saw it, he also bought a few copies. They were not short of money anyway, and there were no newspapers from the East Blue here on the Grand Line. They were usually newspapers owned by "Big News" Morgan.
When Crocus glanced casually and saw the latest news, his eyes narrowed slightly, and then a hint of gloom appeared on his face. At the same time, he also saw Basire's latest reward order and was shocked.
What a killing!
The most brutal rookie pirate group in East Blue, massacred the Krieg Pirates, the Arlong Pirates, destroyed the underworld Barto Club, and destroyed the 8th and 16th Marine branches of East Blue...
Daddy Basire's hands alone were stained with the blood of more than two thousand lives.
The captain of the Big Daddy Pirates, [Big Daddy] Daddy Basire, has a bounty of 100 million Beris, dead or alive!
Is this still a new pirate?
This is simply a devil!
Thinking of Basire's respectful smile before, Crocus was suddenly filled with disgust.
In an instant, he no longer wanted to follow Basire out to sea. He doesn't like pirate groups that are keen on killing!
If he boarded their pirate ship, he might also see people being killed in large numbers.
And he doesn't want to protect a demon pirate group and help it grow up. This is not the seed of the times that Roger sacrificed his life for!
When he boarded Roger's pirate ship, the strength of their pirate group had reached its peak and its intimidation was extremely high. Almost no pirate group dared to provoke them.
What's more, Roger didn't have long to live at that time, so he had been saving time and trying to find the whereabouts of the historical text.
So after Crocus came on board as the ship's doctor, they had almost no real battles except for two big battles with Golden Lion Shiki and Whitebeard.
Most small battles did not require Crocus as the ship's doctor. However, he also learned a lot of combat abilities and techniques from Roger, Rayleigh, Kozuki Oden and others.
Seeing the change in Crocus's face, Kuro also showed a joking smile. It seemed that the captain was going to be defeated this time!
This old man should be another kind-hearted and bottom-line doctor.
Crocus returned to the lighthouse with a solemn expression, and looked at the Big Daddy Pirates who had started to have a noisy dinner, his eyes had become much colder.
Basire soon felt the changes in Crocus, his face froze for a moment, and then slowly became expressionless, and the barbecue in his hand felt like he was chewing wax.
When he saw the newspaper in Crocus' hand, he had a little guess in his mind about what happened.
Kuro took the newspaper, silently handed it to Basire, and then stepped aside as if he were watching a show.
As for the other crew members, they seemed to feel the sudden change in the atmosphere. Everyone's eating and drinking slowed down, and the atmosphere became more serious.
Basire quickly read the reports about him in the news. Although it was slightly exaggerated, it was basically true. He just didn't expect that Naval Headquarters had increased the bounty for him by so much.
Basire also fell silent and stopped talking. He just wanted to see how the Pirate King's doctor wanted to go back on his word and refuse the conditions he had agreed to before.
After a long silence.
Crocus also considered whether he could take Basire by force and force him to reveal Brook's whereabouts.
But obviously, he is not completely sure, not even 60% sure.
He smelled something similar to Douglas Bullet on Basire. He was just as crazy and powerful as the devil's descendant!
"Basire, I'm very happy that you can invite me on board, but I don't like the fighting style on your ship."
"When people get old, they don't like to fight and kill, so now I want to change the conditions. I'm afraid I can't board your pirate ship."
"However, as long as you reveal Brook's whereabouts, I can still try to meet the other conditions you mentioned before."
Crocus spoke first. He had already made up his mind that he would never get on this cruel pirate ship.
Hearing Crocus' going back on his word, even the road idiot Roronoa Zoro raised his head, with a look of impatience on his face.
"Hoho~! Then what do you have to make sure that we can learn the advanced two-color Haki and make others become a professional doctor?"
Basire didn't expect such a good tool man to run away like this, and he couldn't help but feel it was such a pity.
"I can give you some Haki training experience books and some medical manuals. These should be enough for you to learn?"
Crocus said expressionlessly, if it weren't for Brook's whereabouts, he wouldn't want to hand these things over to this demon pirate group at all.
And he even has a collection of Rayleigh's voice when he taught Shanks and Buggy Haki, which is one of the ways he learned.
"Not enough, really not enough."
"Since Mr. Crocus' words don't count, I just want to test your strength."
"Let's have a pirate duel. The winner gets everything."
"Only those who are evenly matched in the end are qualified to negotiate terms!"
Basire pulled out Sandai Kitetsu. Since the old man has written Haki experience and medical manuals, let's go straight to the fight!
If he can defeat Crocus, he might be able to directly obtain all of the opponent's treasures.
And Basire also wants to know where his current strength is. With the barrier fruit, he is confident that he will at least not lose.
So let's just have a fight now and negotiate terms later.
"You are indeed a violent person. Come on then, young man. The winner gets everything!"
Crocus also chuckled and pulled out his harpoon. In order to find out Brook's whereabouts, he wanted to see how strong this most evil newcomer in East Blue was!
Within a few breaths, his harpoon had slowly been wrapped in black Armament Haki.
Crocus is not just a top doctor who only treats diseases.
"It's really a strong Armament Haki."
Basire did not dare to be careless at all and became extremely serious. This old guy must be the strongest opponent he has ever encountered since he went to sea.
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