Chapter 68: Flatly Reject Sengoku! 

"I really didn't expect, Miss Hina, you would actually call me.

"Did you miss me?"

"Sure enough, it was the right choice to keep this den-den mushi and not throw it away."

Black Pearl, on the deck, Rifan is lying on his deck chair.

While tapping his fingers rhythmically on the table with drinks and fruits on the side, he said to Hina who was opposite the den-den mushi.

"Bastard, how could Hina miss you! It should be said that I really want to throw you into Impel down!"

"Hehe, isn't this a kind of miss? Speaking of which, you said earlier that you are no longer a colonel? Could it be that because you learned about our information, your higher up has promoted you to be the Commodore of Naval Headquarters?"

"Damn Rifan, do you think it's possible? Because of you, Hina is now a Marine lieutenant colonel, and is now grounded in Naval Headquarters!"

"Is it grounded? Isn't that just right, the sea is so dangerous, Hina, you must be safe in Naval Headquarters. That's great, I don't have to worry about your safety~"

"You bastard, Hina doesn't need you, a pirate, to worry about Hina!"

In Naval Headquarters, Hina roared angrily into the microphone of the den-den mushi.

It can be seen that if Rifan is in front of her now, she will definitely attack Rifan without hesitation.

Although it is impossible for her to beat Rifan.

"Let me talk to him, Hina."

Sengoku beckoned to Hina, beckoning her to pass the microphone to him.

Hina heard the words, although she still wanted to scold Rifan a few more times.

But due to Sengoku's identity, she still handed the microphone to Sengoku with some reluctance.

She vaguely felt that this might be the only chance to talk to Rifan.

After this call, Rifan may choose to get rid of her personal den-den mushi.

And after that, if she still wants to scold Rifan again, maybe she can only wait until one day she meets Rifan at sea.

"Rifan, I'm Sengoku from Marine, you should have heard of my name, right?"

A steady voice came from the den-den mushi.

This time, it wasn't just Rifan who was drawn to the sound.

Even Mikita, Robin, Nami and Nojiko who were preparing to go to sea not far away looked at Rifan.

Out of curiosity about the purpose of the call between Sengoku and Rifan, everyone put down what they were doing and gathered around.

Similarly, Rifan's live broadcast room also suddenly had a lot more viewers because of Sengoku's voice.

[Eagle Audience: Sengoku? It should be the Naval Headquarters Marshal Sengoku in the copyspace introduction. Why did he talk to Rifan?]

[Camel Audience: Needless to say, Rifan must have been targeted by Sengoku. This is good, no matter how powerful Rifan is, if he is targeted by the Marine Marshal, he will have no good future. ]

[Get lost people from above! What if he is the marshal, he can't control the entire sea. On the contrary, our Rifan can be paid attention to by Marine Marshal, doesn't it just prove his strength?]

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Rifan sat up from the recliner, and after thinking for a while, he said to the den-den mushi:

"Unexpectedly, Marshal Sengoku of Naval Headquarters would take the initiative to call me, an unknown pirate."

"I'm really flattered~"

"I just don't know why you, Marshal Sengoku, a legendary figure, would want to contact me?"

Originally, he kept Hina's personal den-den mushi, thinking that one day, he might talk to the Marine for some reason.

After all, no one knows what will happen in the future, maybe in the future they will make him a Shichibukai.

What he didn't expect was that the highest authority in the Marine would call him, and it was so fast.

Of course, Rifan has already asked Robin to confirm Hina's private den-den mushi, and no one will be able to track him through this den-den mushi.

"You are not a small pirate, the owner of two Conqueror's Haki in a pirate group."

"And you also have Robin, whom the Marine has wanted for many years."

"No matter where you look at it, you are not a little pirate."

Sengoku said in a deep voice.

"So, Marshal Sengoku called to praise me?"

"If it's just that, then I'm going to hang up the call."

"After all, I originally wanted to hear the voice of lovely Miss Hina."

"It's not that I want to hear the voice of an uncle."

The corners of Rifan's mouth were raised, and his words seemed extremely frivolous.

Hina and Sengoku couldn't help frowning when they heard this.

"I'll cut to the chase! Rifan, Colonel of Marine's 16th branch in East Blue, is his disappearance related to you?"

"I see. Marshal Sengoku wanted to ask about Colonel Mouse."

"You know him? So sure enough, his disappearance is related to you..."

"That's right, I kill him."

Rifan nodded and admitted generously.

"Asshole Rifan, you said that after Hina took you to East Blue, you were just looking for someone!"

"And will not shoot Marine!"

Hina's angry voice sounded across the den-den mushi.

"Hina, I think I have to help you remember your memories."

"I'm just saying that I probably don't intend to cause trouble for Marines.

"Besides, this Colonel Mouse bumped into the muzzle of my gun himself."

"In addition, to a certain extent, I can also be regarded as pulling out a moth for you Marine."

Rifan smiled and said.

"Pulling out moths? Pirates attacked Marines and said they were pulling out moths?!"

Sengoku frowned.

"That's right, if Marshal Sengoku doesn't believe me, you can go to East Blue's Marine 16 branch to investigate."

"Look what good things they've done over the years."

"Obviously knowing that the Arlong Pirates rule dozens of villages on an island."

"But he only wants to help the Arlong Pirates hide their whereabouts and get benefits from them."

"It's because Hina is my 'friend' that I will help you guys out and pull out this moth so no need for thank you~"

Rifan said with a smile on his face.

"Arlong Pirates have an affair with Colonel Mouse? Rifan, do you think I will believe what you say?"

"Believe it or not, but I believe that if you investigate the remaining 16 Marines, it should be clear. Also, if Marshal Sengoku has nothing else to do, I will hang up!"

"Wait Rifan! The matter of Colonel Mouse has been revealed. Before the call is over, I want to know why you invited Robin to board your ship. "You should know the meaning of her existence, right?"

"There's no need to ask, of course I fell in love with Robin~"

"This is not a good answer! Rifan, Robin has betrayed many organizations over the years, and your pirate group may be just a stepping stone for her, if you can hand her over to Marine…"

"Fuck off! I reject!"

Before Sengoku finished speaking, Rifan hung up the phone directly.

"Tsk, what the hell, you actually asked me to hand over my partner, what a shameless bastard. 

Rifan shook his head, his face full of disdain for Sengoku.

"Captain Rifan, is this okay?"

Robin walked up to Rifan and asked worriedly.

"Of course it doesn't matter. Robin, I recognized you as my partner. I have no reason to hand you over."

"Besides, after handing over you, what can he give me?"

"Remove my bounty so that I am no longer wanted by the Marines?"

"I'm the one who wants to find One Piece, which means that it's impossible for me not to be wanted."

"Even if the bounty is revoked now, it doesn't mean anything to me."

"Or, just make me a Shichibukai?"

"The current Shichibukai is still full of seven people, I don't think they will give me a Shichibukai position.

Rifan waved his hand and said indifferently.

"I think, with my presence, even the position of Shichibukai, it would be very difficult for the Marine side to hand it over to you, Captain Rifan."

"Captain Rifan, are you interested in becoming a Shichibukai?"

Robin asked curiously.

"Well, becoming a Shichibukai may bring some convenience, and it will have some effect on my voyage.

"But don't worry, Robin, if the price of becoming a Shichibukai is to hand you over, I will never agree."

At this moment, Rifan looked at Robin very seriously.

"What a reliable Captain."

Robin covers her mouth and chuckles.

"But then again, if you can grow like Nami, maybe it will be very different from what it is now."

"At that time, maybe you can hide from the Marine, but I don't know."

Rifan said with a light smile.

"Unfortunately, even if my body is growing a little now, the changes should not be too big."

"After all, Nami is still growing up, and I'm an adult."

Robin shook her head and smiled.

"You can't say that, maybe you will grow big, and the changes will be quite big."

Rifan thought of how Robin's skin color would change two years later, with a mysterious smile on his face.

"Blu, blu, blu, blu!"

At this moment, the den-den mushi in Rifan's hand rang again.

"Again? This guy Sengoku really don't know how to give up."

Rifan shook his head and connected the phone in his hand:

"What do you want, I already said I refuse!"

"Rifan, this is Hina!"

"Hey, Ms. Hina, if it's you, we can still have a chat. Is there anything else you want to ask?"

"Rifan! Hina wants to know, is what you said earlier about Crocodile true?"

"Huh? To ask this question when so many days pass. It seems you Marines haven't figured it out yet."

"Rifan, you and the Sand Crocodile are at odds, right? That being the case, why not tell us more about it."

"Hehe, it seems you're not an idiot that you can figure it out. But you actually want to ask a pirate about these things. Forget it, since your Marines are so useless, let me reveal more information to you."

Rifan shook his head and handed the phone to Robin.

"Robin, come and talk to them about the Baroque Works."

Rifan is a bit regretful, if Hina is in front of him now.

He had to make Hina dance like last time and tell the relevant information.

Robin smiled and nodded.

She knew that Rifan wanted to use the Marine's hand to deal with Crocodile.

Coincidentally, the Marine will not relax the investigation of Crocodile easily because of the Ancient Weapon.

Now Robin has pinned her hope of finding the historical text stele on Rifan.

So for saying something that would hurt Crocodile

For her, she didn't feel any discomfort.

However, in order to be able to easily find the historical text stele on Alabasta in the future, Robin also concealed something.

"Captain Rifan, I've said everything I can say, what are you going to do with this den-den mushi?"

Robin handed the rose-colored den-den mushi to Rifan with a smile on her face.

"No need, it would be bad luck if that guy Sengoku called again."

Hearing Robin's voice, Rifan turned his eyes to Robin's communication interface and spoke.

Robin nodded slightly, and walked to the side to deal with the den-den mushi in her hand.

"Captain Rifan, even the Marine's marshal is calling you. Doesn't this mean that we are in a very dangerous situation?"

"Could it be that Marines will appear in front of us anytime and anywhere?"

Nami threw herself in front of Rifan, the word worry was almost written on her face.

"Nami, If you regret boarding the ship now, it's too late."

"I will not let you disembark and return to Cocoyasi Village you know."

"Get ready, it's time for us to sail."

Rifan patted Nami's back and raised his head to look at the sea in the distance.

After several days of waiting, Rifan has fully confirmed that Nasser has been randomly resurrected to The fish men island.

That being the case, he has no reason to stay in Cocoyasi Village.

At this time, a news bird flew across the sky.

Seeing this, Rifan jumped straight up and flew into the air stepping on his feet.

Nami, who was pulling Rifan's collar, was naturally taken up into the sky by Rifan.

The sudden wind and waves made Nami couldn't help but open her hands and hugged Rifan's neck tightly.

At this moment, she even forgot that she was a Thunder Devil fruit user, and she could elementalize and fall back to the deck of the Black Pearl at any time.

"Give me the latest paper."

Rifan took out a coin and handed it to Newsbird.

Newsbird was taken aback by the sudden appearance of Rifan and Nami in the air.

However, after seeing the coins handed over by Rifan, it was still very happy to hand a newspaper with a reward order to Rifan's hand.

Then, Rifan returned to the deck.

"Really, can't you remind me before you take off, Rifan?"

With one hand on her hip, Nami pouted to Rifan.

"If I reminded you in advance, wouldn't I not be able to enjoy your hug?"

Rifan smiled, and handed the rewards in the newspaper about him, Mikita and Robin to Nami.

Nami accepted the reward order suspiciously, but after seeing the number of rewards offered to Rifan and three people on the reward order, her eyes widened on the spot.

"Eight...eighty million Berry, more than double that of Arlong!"

"Damn it, won't there be many pirate hunters and Marines following us?!"

Nami said with a look of despair.

"Eighty million is just the beginning, Nami, with your ability, I believe you will also have a very high reward soon."

"After all, you are a Thunder Devil Fruit user."

Rifan laughed.

"I don't want to get a reward! By the way, I will just use the weather stick in the future."

"In this way, even if Marine offers a reward to me, the amount of reward won't be too high."

Nami clasped her hands together, as if praying to the gods.

Rifan gave Nami a funny look, and then focused on the remaining reward order in his hand.

"Monkey D. Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji."

"Are these guys even on the reward list?"

"Then, this guy should be Otoshi."

Rifan's eyes moved down, and landed on the last photo of the man with fierce eyes in the corner of the reward order.

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