The poison maker among pirates

"Usopp, this beggar is..." Meng Xuan pointed at the old man who came in with Usopp and Robin. .shung

"Bastard brat! I'm not a beggar!" The old man whom Meng Xuan called a beggar was carrying a strange thing behind his back, much like a radar! But the clothes he wore were very shabby. Both...

Looking at the old man indifferently, Meng Xuan swallowed the food in front of him in one gulp, as if he was afraid that the old man would snatch it. Just when the old man was itching with hatred, Meng Xuan's words silenced him. "Do you have any money?" Unlike Nami, Meng Xuan does not want to rob or steal ordinary people's money, but it does not mean that Meng Xuan has a bad taste in people - as long as he carries more than a certain amount of money, Meng Xuan You will notice it at first sight! This was practiced after Mengyu fell into the sea. During that period of time, stealing, um... you couldn't do anything casually when taking money, otherwise it would probably cause ordinary poor people to suffer.

But the old man was obviously quite thick-skinned. After only three seconds of silence, the old man pointed at Usopp next to him and said. "He's treating you today."

"Asshole! When did I say I wanted to treat you?" Usopp's money was basically spent on making and improving equipment. Usopp's remaining expenses were basically divided into two parts! It's really hard to ask him to treat you.

"Don't you want to hear the legend about the rainbow fog?" The old man moved the meal handed to him by the boss with a very calm tone. "If you want to hear stories, you have to pay."

"But aren't they listening too?" Usopp yelled, pointing at the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates.

Meng Xuan reached for the medicine bag; Mengyu looked at Usopp with a smile; Zoro had already pressed his hand on the handle of the knife; Sanji also rolled up his sleeves; Nami shook the weather stick from time to time; Qiao Tomoe and Luffy were enjoying themselves; Robin didn't even look at him...

"You guys are so cruel..." Usopp rubbed the tip of his nose, preparing to admit that he was unlucky.

"My name is Hanzo. I am a genius who has studied rainbow fog for many years." Hanzo was very serious. "Repeat, I am a genius scientist!"

"What a narcissistic old man." Meng Xuan turned to look at Meng Yu. Compared to this narcissistic old man, Meng Yu was more attractive.

"Mr. Hanzo..."

Before Robin could finish his words, Hanzo yelled. "Call me Doctor!"

"Tch!" Meng Xuan's disdain for the old man became even stronger.

"Dr. Hanzo." Robin's expression remained unchanged as he took out a book from his backpack and handed it to Hanzo. "Do you know this book?"

"This is..." Hanzo looked surprised, then snatched the book from Robin's hand.

"This book is a book I got from Alabasta." Robin said calmly. "I don't know who the author is, but this book was written forty years ago. According to what is recorded in this book, the rainbow fog seems to be related to a mysterious entrance."

"According to the records in this book, the port of entry of the Ace Army is also specified. This book records several guiding paths." Hanzo's voice suddenly became a little deeper. "Many people went to sea to look for rainbow fog because of this, but no one came back successfully, and among them... there was my friend."

"Is this why you study Rainbow Fog?" Usopp attaches great importance to feelings, and of course he values ​​people with deep feelings. Now that I knew the reason why Hanzo studied Rainbow Mist, I was naturally very impressed.

"Don't worry." Meng Xuan took over. "It's been so long, everyone who went in is guaranteed to be dead."

"Hello, guest." Suddenly the hotel owner spoke from behind. "You'd better not trust this guy."

"Huh?" Usopp looked at his boss in confusion.

"This guy is Bet's lackey!" The look of contempt in the boss's eyes was stronger than that in Meng Xuan's eyes!

"That's right!" It was obvious that Hanzo was notorious on this island. As soon as the hotel owner spoke, the other guests began to accuse Hanzo of his faults. "You obviously have profound knowledge, but you use it to feed Bet and work for your life! Living in this world is simply an insult to the name of scientist!"

Suddenly there was a drumbeat outside. All the local customers in the restaurant immediately started eating as quickly as possible, except Hanzo of course.

"What's wrong?" Luffy looked curiously at the strange behavior of the people around him.

"The tax collector is here!" A person who was almost finished reminded him kindly, and then continued to eat like a life-threatening maniac.

"Ah, what a harmonious and beautiful scene!" A middle-aged man appeared at the door of the hotel, but he said something completely inconsistent with the facts. After all, except for the table where the Straw Hat Pirates were sitting, the other local guests were He was looking at the middle-aged man with eyes that dared to be angry but dared not speak. "Is this a dinner for citizens? Did everyone enjoy their meal? Now that you have enjoyed your meal, don't forget what you should do as a taxpayer." After that, he walked to a person. "Whiskey? This is good wine! Remember to pay the tax, hehehe..." As soon as he finished speaking, two soldiers walked up to the man and took his wallet away forcefully!

"Hey...this is my family's living expenses!" Although the man knew that it was unlikely that the money would come back, he still wanted to save something, hoping that the other party could leave some for himself.

"Remember! The security here is very bad." The middle-aged man seemed to have not heard the cry of the man whose wallet was robbed, but said to himself. "If you don't pay taxes, we brave soldiers have no obligation to protect you. Do you want to pay them or not?"

"No!" Luffy said carelessly. Then he turned to look at the restaurant owner. "Uncle, have another bowl!"

"Oh? Really?" A hint of gloom flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes.

"Because he's treating us, hehehehe..." Luffy pointed at Usopp and said.

"Asshole, I didn't say I wanted to invite you!" Usopp is timid and fearful by nature. Under such circumstances, how can he not see that this middle-aged man is the overlord of this small island? He has always avoided this type of role whenever he can! But it's still okay to complain. "But who is this guy?" Usopp turned around and asked.

"This is Philip, Bate's son. He is a guy who regards wealth as his life. He collects taxes in various names. Now basically % of the city's income will become taxes."

Suddenly, the middle-aged man, Philip, turned his attention to the person on the Straw Hat Pirates table who should not be looked at the most. "Hey, isn't this Dr. Hanzo? Father has been looking for you for a long time. Regarding the research on rainbow fog, I wonder how far the doctor has progressed?"

Hanzo's eyes, which were already dead like fish, became even more dull, as if he had seen something disgusting. Hanzo even just glanced past Phillip and then turned directly to other places. "It's still the same. It's still unknown when and where the fog will appear. There's no way to explore!"

"Oh, this is not good..." Phillip pinched his chin, looking embarrassed. "Your research has cost a lot of tax money! Just like the tower over there. The longer your research takes, the more trouble it will bring to the citizens, understand? Well, see you later..." After saying that, he waved his hand and prepared to go out. However, when he saw Luffy, Meng Xuan and others who were still eating wildly, Phillip's eyes flashed. This was because he saw the large amount of money. “It’s unjustifiable to eat such a big bowl of pasta without paying tax.”

"Oh." Before Usopp could speak, Meng Xuan had already handed over one hundred thousand beli. "This is tax, I guess it's enough for us to move around as we please for the day?"

"Yes. This gentleman is really well-informed." Philip regarded wealth as his life, but he also knew that he could not squander all his wealth. One hundred thousand beli was enough to cover half of the island's tax revenue in one day.

"But I have a suggestion." Meng Xuan stopped Phillip who was about to leave.

"Oh?" No one would ever talk to him like this, but Meng Xuan had just paid a large sum of money, and Phillip was still happy to give him a good look.

"How tiring are you to watch like this every day? Why not implement a whistleblower system - once someone is found not paying taxes, the whistleblower can get % of the tax. And those who fail to pay taxes will be fined twice the original tax. In this way Then no one will not pay taxes, and you can stay in your own house peacefully without having to look at these people every day like now, right?" Meng Xuan said with a shrug.

"Sir, you are really a great talent!" Philip's eyes lit up. Isn't this method more than good? If everyone pays taxes honestly, you don't have to do anything. If someone doesn't pay taxes, even if the reporter is given % of the tax, the actual tax collected is more than what could have been collected! "You take this, as long as you hold this thing, no matter how much you consume today, you don't have to pay tax anymore!"

"In that case, thank you very much." Meng Xuan waved his thanks. After Phillip walked away, Meng Xuan turned his wrist and found a pile of wallets! Among them was the one who was robbed first. "Want to make money from me? There is no such person in the world yet!" But when Meng Xuan just shrugged, Meng Yu, who had already noticed Meng Xuan's eyes, used her ability to take out Philip's tax bag. All naked! Meng Xuan gave the money to the other people in the hotel, but naturally kept the extra money himself...

"Hey, old man, can you tell us about the Rainbow Fog somewhere?" Meng Xuan vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a treasure in the Rainbow Fog. A treasure means a lot of money, anything related to money. Meng Xuan will never give up on the problem.

"Call me Dr. Hanzo!"

"Oh, okay old man. Hurry up and say it." Meng Xuan pinched his nose, and then pressed his booger to Hanzo who was closest to him. This made Hanzo almost want to beat the big guy, but he gave up this powerful idea because he couldn't reach Meng Xuan's body at all.

"Boom!" Suddenly a loud noise came from the side, as if a thunderbolt fell to the ground from the clear sky.

"That's... Nami, and Chopper?" Meng Xuan saw two figures hiding in the corner from a distance. Who else could be furry besides Chopper?

"Boom!" came another sound. Meng Xuan rushed over immediately. Nami was responsible for buying clothes this time. If the clothes were damaged, Meng Xuan could only promise not to kill Sanji, who was on duty as a bodyguard...

"Be careful, Sanji." Nami said in a rare soft voice.

"Hi!" Sanji's eyes immediately turned red. "Miss Nami is so worried about me, I will definitely use % of my strength!"

"No." Nami's voice returned to normal instantly. "I'm just worried about the bag." But I was thinking that if I could complete this task perfectly, would that big guy accompany me to buy clothes in the future?

"Huh?" Sanji smiled awkwardly, but didn't care. "Miss Nami doesn't need to ask, I will fight to the death to protect these bags!"

"Yeah, just protect it." A voice suddenly came from behind, and Sanji's face immediately turned as if he had eaten Xiang.

"A tax collector, right?" Meng Xuan's tone was not affected at all as if he didn't notice the foul look on Sanjishi's face. "Do you know this?"

"Is this my dad's thing?" The lightning generator is a guy hiding in a robot. Of course, this person is not a person with abilities, but relies on the current generated by the power generation team behind him to attack and defend. Meng Xuan could also see the opponent's strength - he was just a scumbag with a slightly stronger fighting power than Usopp, with a combat power of at most seven.

"Mr. Phillip said that we don't have to pay taxes for all our actions, and I have already paid taxes for a day." The other party turned out to be Phillip's son. He looked quite ferocious, but his fighting ability was not worthy of this ferocious face. …

"Oh, my name is Dolie. Since you have already paid your taxes, on behalf of the mayor, I welcome you to visit this city!" Seeing Philip's token, Dolie immediately seemed to have changed. Although It looks a bit out of place with his face, but it's obvious that this guy is a chatty guy. No, he is planning to drag Meng Xuan to be their tour guide now!

"This guy..." Shanks looked at Duolie now and couldn't believe that this guy was the one who just wanted to kill him!

"Meng Xuan is still awesome..." A strange look flashed in Nami's eyes, just like Luffy's expression when he saw something new.

"That big bastard..." Sanji looked at Nami with hatred - Meng Xuan was watching with all kinds of envy and jealousy in his eyes.

"Oh, if that's the case, then thank you Brother Dole." The mayor's grandson is a third-generation official! Although I disdain the fake power of the tiger, after all, I am not alone at this time. The Straw Hat Pirates are walking around here, and it is good to have a local snake to cover them. At least they will have less trouble when doing things.

"That's..." Hanzo, who was still watching the battle not far away, suddenly seemed to see something, and he, who was still dead-eyed at first, suddenly became excited. Later, with this frail body, he even outran Bolt's sprinting level!

Meng Xuan noticed that a ship had just arrived, and what attracted Meng Xuan's attention more was the sky in the distance, where there was a sea area with fog, and the color of the fog was seven colors - rainbow fog!