Tom

There is only one simple house in the entire Hulk Island.

It's Tom's studio.

Kaishu saw a light yellow-skinned fish-man who was drawing beside the sea as he measured something from time to time.

His fat body looks like a big Seal when viewed from the back.

Besides Tom, there's a woman who has a delicate and beautiful appearance, with only two shells covering the important parts of her chest, revealing a large area of ​​snow-white skin.

Tom, who was concentrating on drawing the blueprints, didn't notice the arrival of Kaishu and Kaido, but the woman noticed them and she immediately reminded him.

"Mr. Tom, someone is here."

Tom's hand movement halted, and then he looked back at Kaido and Kaishu in doubt. As for the two little brats, they were naturally ignored.

When he saw their tall height, Tom's eyes immediately shrank: "Kokoro, you go back first."

"Mr. Tom?"

"I have something important to do, you go back first," Tom whispered to Kokoro seriously.

"Oh well."

Kokoro reluctantly left, then kept looking back at Kaishu and Kaido from time to time with eyes full of curiosity.

She has never seen a human being with horns on his head...

"Ya ha ha ha, Mr. Tom is indeed a well-known man, but there is no need to be like this. We have no malicious intentions, let alone embarrassing a woman."

Kaishu spoke bluntly, then he walked up to Tom and smiled proudly.

"I don't know what the famous former captain of the Rocks Pirates 10th division is doing here?" Tom asked politely.

Kaishu waved his hand and said: "Rocks Pirates are things of the past, I am now the captain of the Beasts Pirates!"

"Beasts Pirates!!"

Tom was taken aback in his heart. Sure enough, the remnants of the Rocks Pirates had begun to show their ambitions, but he remained calm on the surface.

These things have nothing to do with him, a Shipwright, let the Marines have a headache instead.

"I heard that Mr. Tom is a very skilled Shipwright. So, I want Mr. Tom to help me build a ship. I have prepared all the materials, including a branch of the Treasure Tree Adam!"

Kaishu directly explained his purpose.

"Hahaha, another famous man is going to venture into the sea."

Tom himself is an optimist, and his tone of voice is also quite cheerful.

Although he knew Kaishu and Kaido's reputation, he didn't have any fear and he spoke confidently: "Of course, there is no problem. There is no ship that I can't make, but my price is very high!"

Tom already has the idea of building ​​a sea train, but the project requires a lot of money.

"Money is not a problem, as long as you can build the best ship."

"What kind of ship do you want to build?"

"The quality is better than Roger's 'Oro Jackson', and the ship must be large enough, in addition to harnessing the wind to propel the ship, lightning, and flames should also power it…"

Kaishu spoke out some of his thoughts, and Tom took a pen to write them all down.

"Huh?!" Tom frowned as he looked at the note in his hand.

"What? Is there a problem?"

"There's nothing wrong, it's just such a large ship, the size of the Treasure Tree Adam you brought may not be enough! If you use other wood instead..."

Tom looked at Kaishu, his meaning was self-evident.

The ship requested by Kaishu was too big, and the Treasure Tree Adam might not be enough to complete the construction of the keel.

"Let's figure this out."

Kaishu never considered replacing it with other woods. Of course, the best materials are used in building it, this is his future main ship!

"Wo ro ro ro ro, isn't it just a Treasure Tree Adam? I'll grab one immediately!"

Kaido laughed arrogantly.

They are pirates!!

If you want something, just grab it!

"Actually, it doesn't need to be so troublesome. There will be an auction in the Sabaody Archipelago in a few days. I heard that in addition to famous weapons and devil fruit, there are branches of the Treasure Tree Adam!"

Tom originally wanted to say 'Don't be so barbaric', but he thought of Kaishu's identity as a pirate, so he stopped.

"Oh? Auction?"

"It's not easy to hold an auction in Sabaody Archipelago. Moreover, there are devil fruit and Treasure Tree Adam, who held it?"

Kaishu asked curiously.

Sabaody Archipelago, as the last stop before New World, can be said to be where Dragons and Snakes intermingle.

Moreover, that's the Celestial Dragons playground. So, It's not that easy to open an auction house there.

Kaishu remembers that in the manga, only Doflamingo, the "middleman" who takes everything from black to white, has this ability.

Tom gave Kaishu a weird look, and said, "It's Captain John Pirates!"

Kaishu and Kaido stared blankly at each other, feeling a little weird inside.

"Ya ha ha ha, the sea is really wonderful."

"Wo ro ro ro ro, I want to say hello to that guy."

Kaishu asked seriously: "Mr. Tom, with the quantity of that Treasure Tree Adam, can I build the ship I want?"

"Of course! There's absolutely no problem doing it."

Hearing Tom's confidence, Kaishu immediately smiles when he hears this. 

"That's good, and one last thing, it's better that this ship can be equipped with some of Pluton's weapons."

"..."

The smile on Tom's face immediately froze.

The atmosphere instantly became eerily silent.

"Huh~"

After exhaling deeply, Tom said with sharp eyes: "I don't know what you're talking about!"

Kaishu grinned and said: "Mr. Tom, I don't like to talk nonsense. The blueprint of one of the three ancient weapons, Pluton, is in your hands, right?"

Hearing Kaishu's words, Kaido was also surprised.

He looked at Tom with an inexplicable meaning and then he locked on his every move intentionally or unintentionally.

Tom remained silent with an ugly expression.

He knew that since Kaishu would speak directly like this, he must have absolute certainty.

But Tom really couldn't understand it, how did he expose himself?

Kaishu exuded a ferocious aura, and said: "Mr. Tom, can you build a pirate ship on time according to my requirements? I don't need you to hand over the Pluton blueprints. Besides, I will leave too. All I need is a pirate ship."

"Of course."

"I will pay you normally."

Tom wanted to decline, but looking at Kaishu's eyes gave him a chilling feeling.

It tells him directly that if he refuses, there will be very dire consequences!

"Okay...okay!"

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