Before the journey of One Piece

In the captain's room, Hawkins looked at the card array and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't worry, the divination shows that uncle is safe and sound."

"That's good!" Lister collapsed on the sofa and breathed a long sigh of relief, his face turning rosy again.He looked at the newspaper on the table and frowned again. "How could there be such a big explosion suddenly?"

According to the report, the explosion occurred in the center of the island, affecting almost the entire island, causing heavy casualties. The cause of the explosion is still being found.

Hawkins shook his head and looked at the pictures accompanying the report. They were all destroyed and carbonized houses. It was probably difficult to preserve the bodies.

"At least uncle is still alive..." And except for him, no one familiar on the island was spared...

"Well...it's good that dad is still alive." Lister lowered his eyes.Even if they haven't entered the Grand Line, they can't rush back to meet their relatives, which will only bring trouble to their relatives.

'It's a pity that there is no way to send some money back...' Riester picked up a few newspapers on the table and stood up. "Then let's continue reading the newspaper."

"Yeah." If there were 3000 million beli pirates just out of the East China Sea, there might be relevant reports in the newspapers. 'Hawkins put away the tarot cards. As far as he knew, because the "Navy Hero" Iron Fist Garp cruised the East China Sea from time to time, the average bounty for pirates was only 300 million Baileys.So "Straw Hat" Luffy must have done something big to be wanted so highly for the first time.

"Ah." Suoli saw the door opened and the two people who came out looked normal, so she leaned over and said quietly to Qinglin: "It seems that the divination result is not bad."

Qinglin nodded, her worries relieved a lot.

"I'm sorry just now." Lister remembered that he seemed to have startled Suo Li just now, so when he took the newspaper from Suo Li's hand, he coughed lightly and said.

"It's okay." Solly waved her hand with a smile, turned to Hawkins and said, "Captain, Otis wanted to see you for something just now."

"Otis? I understand, Gina, come with me."

"Okay!" Qinglin quickly followed Hawkins to the ship's hospital.

The door to the infirmary was always open when nothing happened. Hawkins stepped straight in: "Otis, are you looking for me about what we discussed before?"

"Yeah, about the leaves collected last night." Otis stood up and stroked the goat's beard on his chin.

Otis, the ship's doctor, is a well-built middle-aged man with black and white hair. From his appearance, he is clearly older than Hawkins.Even though he likes to wear small round sunglasses and his long goatee, Qing Lin always feels like he is a charlatan.

"It's similar to what the captain guessed. Maybe the raw material of the potion is that kind of plant." The three of them looked at the table, where there were three cages containing three rats of different sizes.In addition to mice, each cage also contained cheese and other items.The first is a leaf, the second is a vial of fixed liquid, and the third is a piece of cloth.

Qinglin discovered that the piece of fabric was made of the same material as yesterday's cloak.

"Captain, what do you want to do with the sap?" Qinglin had some guesses in her mind, but she still asked Hawkins.

"Try to see if you can make a potion to repel wild beasts." Hawkins explained. "Look, does the mouse in the cage with the fabric want to escape more than the other two?"

"Well, it does look more restless." Qing Lin compared the three cages. Only the mouse in the third cage ignored the cheese and kept looking for an exit on the cage.

"But if you only rely on the liquid extracted from the leaves, the effect is still not as good as the potion made by the islanders." Otis knocked on the second cage with his knuckles. The mouse inside was huddled in the corner away from the small bottle, gnawing cheese.

"To be honest, Captain, even if I can imitate the potion, the amount of leaves picked last night alone is not enough to make a second bottle."

"Didn't you collect enough leaves last night?" Hawkins raised an eyebrow.

"That's right, we were discovered by the patrolling residents. The other party was obviously not happy to see us touching those trees, so they just used guns to chase them away." Otis snorted coldly. "Originally, the residents wanted us to keep the packed leaves, but I didn't agree. When a conflict was about to break out, the village chief came forward and asked us why we picked the leaves."

"I directly stated that I wanted to research a potion to drive away wild beasts. After all, the village chief refused to disclose the formula for making the potion, so the village chief agreed to let us take it."

"However, the village chief said that even if we researched the potion, it would be useless when there are too many beasts." Otis pushed up his sunglasses. "Maybe I'm overthinking it, and I always feel like there's something in his words."

"...Make it first, just in case."

"Captain Hawkins, the village chief of Red Pine Village would like to invite us, the Hawkins Pirates, to attend the festive banquet in the evening." John appeared at the door, and everyone looked at him.

"The village chief also said that he would prepare a lot of gin wine unique to this island to entertain us." John said, swallowing his saliva.

"Banquet?" Hawkins remembered that the village chief also mentioned this when he first landed on the island.As for the wine from this island, Hawkins had also tasted it when Greg bought it. It had a sweet taste and a pure and fragrant taste. It was really a good wine.

"For the banquet..." Hawkins thought for a moment, then turned sideways and took out the tarot cards.

'Whether you are going to attend the banquet or not? Qinglin looked at Hawkins, who was frowning in thought. 'Why did you frown suddenly?Did you get a bad result from divination? '

"The village chief is still at the port?" Hawkins put away the tarot cards and John nodded.

"Gina, remember to investigate."

"Yes!"

The three of them left the infirmary and came to the side of the ship.The village chief of Chisong Village is still dressed as he was the last time they met, except that the bodyguard accompanying him has changed.

'What's the smell? Hawkins put his hands on the side of the boat and sniffed subconsciously.

"Oh——Captain Basil." The old man with a gray beard raised his head.

"I didn't expect the village chief to take the initiative to invite the pirates to the banquet." Hawkins looked directly at the two villagers on the shore and spoke calmly.Perhaps because his eyes looked too scary to the other party, the bodyguard looked away with a hint of fear on his face.

Under his fur cloak was the same cloak as in the warehouse by the forest.

"Even a pirate is a rare guest for us, Captain Basil." The village chief stroked his fluffy beard and replied in a kind tone.Hawkins glanced at the village. It was as empty as the first day he landed.

"Why don't you see other villagers this early in the morning?"

"We are all getting ready for the banquet. Everyone is looking forward to the festive banquet in the evening. If Captain Basil is interested in the banquet, would you like to come with the crew to participate." The village chief changed the subject again. Respond to whether they will participate.

"Whether to participate or not is our business." Hawkins replied expressionlessly, and the bodyguard's hand held the hay rake a little tighter.

"Well, yes."

The village chief lowered his head slightly, as if thinking about something, then raised his head and said, "Speaking of which, the ship's doctor in your group seems to be very interested in our anti-animal medicine. If you are willing to come and participate, how about I give you the prescription?" ?”

"I remember that you, the village chief, were unwilling to share the prescription?" Hawkins' eyes became sharper.

"If I can get you to attend our festival banquet, then there's no harm in sharing it." The village chief said with a flattering tone.

"Hmph." Hawkins snorted coldly. "We can consider the banquet tonight."

"Then we look forward to welcoming you all."

After watching the two people leave, Hawkins looked at Qinglin.

"That..." Qinglin looked at the panel and recounted the picture she saw. "Other residents had been hiding in the house. They looked a little uneasy and were wearing the cloaks they used to carry nuts."

"By the way, the squirrel I found when I landed on the island is gone. It's probably been cured."

"I got it." Hawkins took out the tarot cards and after one round of divination, he turned to look at his crew.

"Drink moderately at night, don't stay more than 50 meters away from me, Simon, pay more attention to the record pointer, above."

"Yes! Captain!"