A young man in a burgundy shirt, blood-red trousers, and a large red cape, with red eyebrows and a noble appearance, walked out holding an umbrella.
He walked while clapping his hands!
"Huh?"
Xia Luo was instantly jolted by the sound and hurriedly turned his head, eyeing warily the person behind him.
When he saw the person, Xia Luo was clearly stunned.
Seeing Xia Luo's expression, the person also paused slightly.
"What? Does Mr. Xia Luo know me?"
The young man smiled slightly.
He didn't think that Xia Luo, a big-time pirate from the New World, would know him, a small-time pirate who hadn't even entered the New World.
After hearing this, Xia Luo steadied his nerves but still looked at the person warily, sizing him up.
He knew the identity of this person - "The Red-Haired Recluse," Count Red Patrick Ledfield. This man would become a top powerhouse shaking the seas in a few years, on par with Roger, Golden Lion, and Whitebeard.
A person who could stand on equal footing with the other three pirate crews all by himself.
He never expected to meet him here.
But thinking about it, it was quite possible.
After all, according to the previous life's forum, Patrick Ledfield had always admired the Rumbar Pirates since childhood and was determined to become a pirate.
And the Rumbar Pirates had never entered the New World. They had been wiped out by a virus in the Thriller Bark.
Only Brook had returned from the underworld because of the Yomi Yomi no Mi and was still floating around in the Thriller Bark!
That place was always shrouded in fog, and Xia Luo didn't dare to enter it easily.
Seeing that Xia Luo didn't respond but just sized him up, could he really know him?
Ledfield couldn't help but think in his heart, but he didn't plan to just stand there looking at each other.
"Mr. Xia Luo?"
Ledfield reminded him.
Xia Luo came to his senses after hearing the voice.
Then he looked at the other person seriously!
"I really can't believe there's a powerhouse like you in the first half of the Grand Line!"
Xia Luo pretended to look at Ledfield in surprise.
After hearing Xia Luo's words, Ledfield smiled faintly.
"Let me introduce myself. I'm Count Red Patrick Ledfield! My current bounty is One million one hundred thousand berries!"
Saying that, he took out a wanted poster from his clothes and opened it for Xia Luo to see.
But after hearing Ledfield's introduction, Xia Luo paused slightly. He ignored the wanted poster and started to think. In the original work, wasn't it said that Count Red Patrick Ledfield was a solitary person with a withdrawn personality?
That he never interacted with others? Why was he introducing himself to him?
And seeing that Xia Luo was stunned again, Ledfield thought he was surprised by his bounty. Then he smiled faintly again and put away the wanted poster.
"Although I'm a pirate, I don't kill innocent people indiscriminately. So far, I've only killed some scumbags, which is why I have a bounty. They don't know my real strength!"
After hearing Ledfield's words, Xia Luo nodded subconsciously as if suddenly enlightened.
"I see! Then I wonder what brings you here, Mr. Count Red? You didn't just come to say hello, did you?"
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Charlotte frowned as she looked at the Red Count and asked.
"Hehe!"
After hearing Charlotte's words, the Red Count smiled and looked back at her.
"I'd like to have a match with you, sir. I want to see what level my strength is at."
After learning the Red Count's intention, Charlotte suddenly understood. It wouldn't be difficult to have a fight.
"Let's go! Let's pick an uninhabited island and have a fight there!"
Charlotte wouldn't decline a challenge, especially one from someone of the same level. It only excited her more.
"Sure! I just happen to know there's an uninhabited island nearby. Let's go there!"
The Red Count pointed in a direction with his umbrella.
Charlotte's [Observation Haki] instantly extended in that direction.
As if sensing Charlotte's [Observation Haki], the Red Count looked at Charlotte in surprise. He hadn't expected Charlotte's [Observation Haki] to be so strong.
After all, from the information he'd gathered before, Charlotte was just a swordsman. But after seeing her today, she must be a great swordsman.
That's why he came to challenge Charlotte.
Charlotte's [Observation Haki] quickly detected a deserted island in that direction, an island nearly the size of ten football fields. No, to be precise, it was a beach.
Charlotte nodded.
"Then let's go!"
Charlotte directly leaped onto the Brew she'd rented.
Ryder also jumped onto the Brew, and the two of them headed towards the uninhabited beach.
The Rear Admiral who'd been monitoring Charlotte also stealthily followed them.
And Charlotte and Ryder noticed it all.
"Sir Charlotte, there's a tail behind us. It seems to be after you!"
Patrick Redfield sailed alongside Charlotte and looked at her.
Charlotte laughed after hearing that and waved her hand.
"Hahaha! Don't worry about him. The Navy sent him to monitor me. After all, I'm such a big-time pirate. If the Navy Headquarters didn't do something when I came to the first half of the Grand Line, I'd even suspect they were blind."
After hearing Charlotte's words, the Red Count was slightly taken aback. She was being monitored by the Navy, yet she didn't seem to care at all.
"Aren't you worried?"
the Red Count asked.
Charlotte waved her hand.
"Worried about what? Apart from the Admirals of the Navy Headquarters, I'd only be wary of Lieutenant Generals Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr. The others are nothing."
Charlotte said confidently.
Patrick Redfield was also speechless after hearing that. He was right. For powerful people like them, numbers didn't matter. Only top-tier fighters could defeat them.
"Really? But in last month's news, your fight with Zephyr shocked the world. It almost led to a direct conflict between the Rocks Pirates and the Navy Headquarters. And it seemed that you lost!"
Ryder looked at Charlotte beside her playfully.
Hearing that, Charlotte was so angry that she jumped up.
"Bullshit! It was a draw. I fought Zephyr for three days and three nights, and we both passed out at the end. It was the Navy that forced the News King Morgans to report it that way for the so - called honor of the Navy!"
Seeing Xia Luo so angry and frustrated, Ryder couldn't help but laugh inwardly. However, he could tell that Xia Luo was telling the truth. After all, it was hard not to believe that expression.
Come to think of it, actually, he had been chatting with Xia Luo for a while, yet he hadn't been able to read Xia Luo's mind at all.
This was rather strange. He had awakened his Observation Haki since birth and could sense people's inner thoughts. Observation Haki is more powerful than Xia Luo's mind - reading ability as he could read minds without physical contact.
But precisely because of this, he couldn't control his mind - reading ability. He could always sense the innermost thoughts of people in this world, and most people's minds were dark. That's why he preferred to be a loner and sail the seas alone.
However, when it came to Xia Luo, whom he met today, he couldn't sense any inner thoughts at all. This made him even more interested in Xia Luo.