One Piece – Thunder and Lightning

Chapter 59 The Black Flag

“Have the remnants of the Red Line continent come to participate in this war? The situation is getting more and more confusing.”

While Nicholas was cranky on the deck, he suddenly felt a boat approaching not far away.

For Nicholas, New World was not at the same level of danger as the first half of the Grand Line, so he kept the Kenbunshoku Haki open almost all the time.

Nicholas opened his eyes immediately after sensing the approach of a ship, and then appeared on the side of the ship looking towards the approaching ship in the distance.

After noticing Nicholas’ actions, the ship’s lookout and captain quickly discovered each other.

But after seeing the black flag hoisted near the ship, everyone relaxed their vigilance, and even many people had several points of anticipation in their eyes.

Because of this flag, it may not be very famous in the first half of the Grand Line, but it is very famous in the Sea Territory of New World. Whenever this flag appears, it means that it is possible get some good stuff.

It was a flag with a black background and a golden pattern around it, and a treasure chest pattern was printed on the flag, which was completely different from the Pirate flag that had the most New World.

This flag represents a mysterious Chamber of Commerce.

The Chamber of Commerce’s name is the same as its banner, ‘Black Flag’.

No one knows the location of the Chamber of Commerce headquarters, much less the origin of the Chamber of Commerce.

And everyone who knows the black flag knows that as long as the ship flying the black flag Chamber of Commerce flag, it will carry some rare treasure.

They accept Beli’s purchases as well as barter.

For example, some rare ores, famous knives, Devil Fruit, and more precious slaves can be exchanged.

It stands to reason that this kind of ship with a large number of precious items can easily attract some Pirates to loot it, not to mention the New World regardless of the law and of natural morality.

But all the ships of the Chamber of Commerce have a characteristic, that is, in addition to the precious and rare treasure on their ships, they also have terrifying dynamite rock, this extremely unstable explosive Once detonated, a terrifying explosion occurs.

Once they find that they can’t escape, these madmen of the Chamber of Commerce will directly detonate the explosive rock. Under this huge explosion of formidable power, not only the ships of the Chamber of Commerce, but also the precious and rare ships on board will be destroyed. The wares will be turned to fly ashes, and even the looters who get too close will be buried with them.

And even if the looters are lucky enough to escape this self-destruct attack, there will be a frenzied revenge against the entire Black Flag Chamber of Commerce in the following.

Although the black flag Chamber of Commerce on the surface doesn’t expose much powerhouse, they will spend a lot of money on the black market and Bounty Hunter Union to hang high bounty, and even use some precious treasure with some Force cooperation to issue a commission.

Too often the Black Flag Chamber of Commerce will retaliate at a price that seems obviously unreasonable to outsiders.

But because of this, the people of the Black Flag Chamber of Commerce not only represent precious and rare treasure, but also represent madness and seeking revenge for the slightest grievance.

With this madness of pulling the enemy to death at every turn, the Black Flag Chamber of Commerce has maintained a record of never successfully robbing a single product for nearly 50 years.

This is also the case, the Black Flag Chamber of Commerce is famous in the New World, and many Pirates, black market merchants, nobles and even Government like to trade with them.

“Captain, they sent a flag to ask if we were going to trade.”

The flag-bearer said loudly to the captain with a telescope, and the captain looked towards Nicholas, although he Nominally the captain of the ship, but the whole ship still needs to listen to Nicholas.

“Reply to them with a semaphore, and we agree to the transaction.”

Soon the flagman on the ship quickly replied to Nicholas’s words with a semaphore.

Seeing Nicholas and their semaphore, the ships of the Black Flag Chamber of Commerce also began to reduce their speed and moved towards this side.

And Nicholas and their ships are also anchored and waiting. Nicholas is very interested in this Trading Company, after all, this is the first time to trade with each other.

Not long after, the two ships approached.

The ships of the Black Flag Chamber of Commerce are not very large, so when the two ships approached, they were connected together by raising a board directly on the side of the ship.

When the ships came together, a man with a gold mask stepped out of the cabin of the Black Flag Chamber of Commerce.

The masked man wears a black cloak, wrapping his body and wearing a historical golden mask on his face.

“Ma Cabaji, what a lucky day, didn’t expect to meet the famous Nicholas here, it seems that today is also a day full of hope.

So, Mr. Nicholas, would you like to make a nice deal with us?”

“Come on to my ship first, after all, I don’t want to be misunderstood by you lunatics.”

Nicholas said unceremoniously.

“Mr. Cabaji, of course, Mr. Nicholas.”

After he finished speaking, the black flag businessman stepped directly onto the board and came to Nicholas and their ship.

“Mr. Nicholas, this is the item list I brought this time, as well as the materials in the hands of our other members. Do you have any interest?”

said He took out a huge picture book from the cloak, and I don’t know how such a big thing is hidden in the cloak and can’t be seen at all.

“Then, please choose as you like. If you find a product you like, and if you have any questions, I will introduce it to you in detail.”

Saying that, The atlas was handed to Nicholas.

Nicholas took over the catalogue and directly flipped through it, and began to choose his favorite products.

While Nicholas was picking out the goods, the captain of the ship also secretly looked aside, wanting to see if there was a chance to buy a treasure, and then make a fortune on the resale, but When I saw the price on the item in the album, I gave up directly. The price of the above things simply couldn’t afford it.

Soon Nicholas picked out a favorite item, a set of precious medical books.

“Mr. Nicholas is really insightful. This notebook is a note left by a famous doctor in a kingdom with extremely developed medical technology and his unique insights on some bacteria. In this notebook, it can be said that It records the life experience of the famous doctor, some of which are complicated surgical skills, which are now lost.”

Hearing the businessman’s words, Nicholas was just nodded.

“I want this thing.”

After saying that, Nicholas continued to rummage, and soon found another thing he needed.

“I also want this Adamwood, which is 50 meters long and 3 meters thick. Is there any problem with the horn Fishman Tom from Tom’s studio in Water 7?”

Hearing Nicholas’ words, the businessman took out a price list from the cloak and began to count it carefully.

“Mr. Nicholas, according to the distance from New World to Water 7 and the difficulty of transportation, the transportation cost is about 10 million Beli, I don’t know if you can accept it.”

Finished The businessman also deliberately added: “Of course, if there is a problem during the delivery process, we will compensate you five times the value of the goods.”

Nicholas was stunned when he heard the businessman’s words. Is there a compensation package?

The black flag businessman certainly saw Nicholas’ doubts.

“Guests don’t be confused, after all, we are all about reputation.”

Hearing the explanation, Nicholas didn’t say much, but gave Vestad and the others a selection one after another. Got something for Black Flag Chamber of Commerce to deliver to your door.

“Mr. Nicholas, except for Kairoseki, because the quantity you want is larger and it takes a little longer, all other items will be delivered within a month.

What you want to buy The total of all items is 765 million Beli. It is good to charge you 760 million because we are the first transaction. You can choose to barter or pay with Beli or gold. ?”

“When your shipment arrives, someone named Bellin will pay for it.”

“Thank you for your generosity, and look forward to better cooperation next time. .”

After getting Nicholas’ reply, the black flag businessman said enthusiastically.

Just as Nicholas knew that the Black Flag merchants would deliver the goods, the Black Flag people also knew that they would receive the payment, because no one could ever owe Black Flag the payment.

(End of this chapter)