After Vane read his mind, Hakuza's identity was completely grasped. On Fish-Man Island, he could be said to have quite a background.
The two important forces on Fish-Man Island are the Ryugu Palace of Fish-Man Island and Fish-Man Street.
The Ryugu Palace is the official force, while Fish-Man Street is the local street power.
These two forces are tangled with each other. The Fish-Men in Fish-Man Street are mostly hot-tempered, violent incidents happen frequently, and for many of them the best way out is to become guards for the Ryugu Palace.
Tiger, Jinbe, and even Hody Jones have all done this job.
The Fish-Men of Fish-Man Street being hot-tempered isn't really their fault. The main reason is that this place is too easy to be raided by pirates, and the defensive power is far too weak. They are extremely sensitive, and at the same time extremely dislike humans.
Hakuza has some reputation in Fish-Man Street, ranking around third or fourth, and he even has some blood relation to that Hody Jones.
The only one whose reputation clearly surpasses his is Fisher Tiger. Fisher Tiger is truly the top boss of Fish-Man Street, with countless Fish-Man underlings.
Fish-Men of all kinds of personalities have been trained by Tiger to respect him deeply.
After all, he's someone who could climb the Red Line with his bare hands—having strong personal charisma is only natural.
But Tiger seems to still be in Mary Geoise right now… This tough man has a humiliating past. He was captured by the Celestial Dragons and made into a slave, and finally escaped by luck. It was precisely because of that experience that Tiger developed the idea of climbing the Red Line.
If he could meet Tiger, he could take seventy percent of Fish-Man Street.
"I agree to your conditions!"
"And 15 million Belly is a bit too little. I'll bring you at least 30 million Belly in value before I leave."
Hakuza's personality leans toward Jinbe's—he's a man who values loyalty. He doubled his own value by double, and he also felt he was being sold too cheaply.
"Fine, but if you end up owing me more in the meantime, that value will have to increase again."
Hakuza nodded. "As it should be!"
After confirming through mind reading that the other side was sincere, Vane directly had Meowth remove the explosive collar from his neck.
"Being free again feels great."
Hakuza clenched his webbed palm. Even though it was his neck that was locked, once it was removed he felt his whole spirit rise—this is the bonus of freedom!
"You and the others stay here for now. We'll arrange suitable work for you later."
Hakuza directly found a place to sit down. The music troupe nearby kept some distance from him in fear. The size difference between them was too great—Hakuza was like a mountain of flesh to them, capable of twisting them into knots with ease.
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Sabaody, District 7. This place has the largest slave-trading street.
Ordinary women and men, rarer Fish-Man, Longarm Tribe…
Of course, the vast majority of slaves here are definitely not as good as those who can make it to the auction. From time to time there will be some good goods, but those are usually already reserved.
"Great Celestial Dragon-sama! It is truly a blessing of three lifetimes to serve you!"
A slave shop owner prostrated himself at the feet of Saint Garlos.
"So it was you, you lowly commoner, who planned this little amusement."
"That's right. Previously, a very high-quality slave came to our shop named Stella! She has flowing golden long hair, is also proficient in musical instruments and dance, young and beautiful!"
This is an extremely high-quality slave. If discovered, she would be bought very quickly—there's no way she could be kept for so long.
But this slave shop owner noticed that Stella had developed unusual feelings with a young man with green hair.
That green-haired young man also liked Stella very much, often running to the cage to sing for her.
What a touching love… Unfortunately, he is a ruthless slave dealer who kills without blinking.
He told the young man the lowest price for Stella, gave him hope, and let that green-haired young man desperately go work to earn money.
On the other side, he contacted this Saint Garlos who has a perverted mentality… no, all Celestial Dragons are quite perverted—he found one whose particular perversion matched the requirements.
He is famous for liking to destroy beautiful things.
How wonderful is the love story between a beautiful slave and a green-haired fool. At the moment when the other party ignites hope and comes here with all his money,
Saint Garlos will make a dazzling entrance, smash the other party's hope with a huge sum of money, and trample him into the mud!
"Hahaha! Not bad, you did well. I like it this way! Not only will I buy that beautiful slave and torture her, I'll also capture that man and torture him! Turn him into a slave too!"
The slave shop owner, prostrated on the ground, thought: as expected of a Celestial Dragon, far more cruel than himself. He only wanted the Celestial Dragon to humiliate them, to make this pair of ill-fated lovers forever separated.
In the end, he directly thought of turning both of them into slaves together… as expected of a Celestial Dragon.
Forget it, as long as the Celestial Dragon is happy. With this kind of hype, Stella can be sold for a sky-high price, and he also gets a connection with a Celestial Dragon. The one who suffers is that green-haired kid, not himself. Let this Celestial Dragon play however he wants.
Led by the slave shop owner, Saint Garlos arrived at the entrance of his slave shop.
Near nightfall there were already few people on the slave street. After seeing the Celestial Dragon arrive, those who had intended to linger fled immediately.
For a time, the street became quiet, leaving only the people brought by the Celestial Dragon and a few of the shop owner's underlings.
"C-Celestial Dragon!"
Tesoro had already prepared "enough" money and was sharing his joy with Stella.
Then he saw the Celestial Dragon leading his men, approaching menacingly to the entrance.
"Seeing the great Celestial Dragon and you still don't kneel!"
Several guards had long rehearsed this. Seeing that Tesoro didn't kneel, they directly moved to press him to the ground.
Saint Garlos leaned in, looking at Tesoro struggling with all his might and Stella beside him full of worry and fear, his body thrilled beyond control!
"This is the expression! I want that female slave—drag her out!"
"Stop! I brought enough money! I came first!"
Hatred surged in Tesoro's heart—hatred for the Celestial Dragon, hatred for the slave shop owner, and hatred for himself.
He hated himself for not having money, for taking so long to scrape together enough!
He didn't know that from beginning to end this was a setup. How could such an excellent slave like Stella possibly go so long without being bought? No matter who he was, the ending would be the same.
Dragged out of the cage, Stella knew her own ending. She showed Tesoro a comforting smile.
"Sorry, Tesoro~ I can't fulfill our promise."
"After meeting you, my heart became free."
"They can buy my body, but my heart will forever be free because of you."
"Because of you, I truly feel happy."
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