Chapter 278 Performance

"Misunderstandings are all misunderstandings!"

Looking at the coin Sauron took out from his pocket, a group of people stood there in disbelief.

Nami hurriedly explained: "It must have been when you bumped into each other that your things accidentally fell into Zoro's... er, pocket."

"Accidentally." Tang Sen sneered angrily: "So, I have misunderstood you. That is really a coincidence!"

"Yes, hahaha!" Luffy laughed and said, "Just explain the misunderstanding clearly, Zoro would not do such a thing!"

"What a clear explanation!" Usopp roared from the side: "I don't seem to believe it at all, okay?"

"Who do you think I am! No matter how miserable I am, I will never steal money!" Sauron suppressed his blush and glanced at the coin in his hand: "And it's still a stone coin that can't be spent!"

"Stone coin?" Tang Sen said angrily: "This is a coin made from sea tower stone!"

"What is the sea stone?" Luffy came over curiously, "It's not Bailey. I can't understand the words written on it."

He raised his hand to pick up the coin, but suddenly he fell to the ground.

"Luffy!"

The group of people were shocked and glared at Tang Sen. Zoro held the handle of the knife again: "Asshole! What did you do to Luffy!"

"Ha, pirate." Tang Sen sneered.

Luffy got up from the ground and screamed: "It's so strange. I suddenly felt like I had no strength at all just now, as if I had fallen into the sea."

"Are you a Devil Fruit user? The Sea Tower Stone is the natural enemy of people with abilities!" Tang Sen said disdainfully:

"Just like touching the sea, once a person with abilities comes into contact with the Sea Tower Stone, they will become weak and lose their abilities."

"Is there such a thing?"

Luffy and his group had just come to the Grand Line from the East China Sea. The only time they came into contact with the Sea Tower Stone was the one inlaid on the top of Juju by Smoker. In the original work, until they were imprisoned by Crocodile and mixed with the Sea Tower Stone Inside the cage, they learned about the existence of Hailou Stone.

"It's amazing!" Luffy came over again and stretched out his hand towards the coin again in disbelief.

Nami snatched the coins instantly and hit Luffy on the head violently: "Now is not the time to play around!"

She raised her hand, picked up the coin and handed it to Tang Sen, saying: "Since it is your thing, then give it back to you. We have important things to do, so don't follow me anymore."

"Who wants to follow you pirates? I also have important things to do!" Tang Sen reached out to pick it up angrily: "But you guys look different from ordinary pirates."

"If ordinary pirates knew that this was a sea tower stone, they wouldn't return it to me so easily."

"After all, this coin is worth at least tens of millions of beli."

Nami's movements froze in place.

"Tens of millions of Baileys?" She squeezed the coin reflexively.

"Huh?" Tang Sen frowned slightly, and it took some effort to snatch the coin from the opponent's hand, and said dissatisfied: "Don't you guys know anything? There are really not many seastones used in this coin. , the same volume can be sold for at most one million beli, and the most precious thing is the craftsmanship of processing it into coins!"

He raised his chin and said in a proud tone: "Apart from the scientific research institutions of the World Government, only I can process the Sea Tower Stone in such a detailed way, directly increasing its value dozens of times!"

"That's it!" Luffy clapped his hands: "Now that the misunderstanding is resolved, let's go back to the ship. I'm starting to get hungry again."

This person obviously didn't understand at all, but Nami did.

She ignored Luffy and stared at Tang Sen with bright eyes, as if staring at a golden mountain.

"In other words, if you want to make money, you can get dozens of times huge profits at any time?"

"It's too simple." Tang Sen sneered: "I don't care about money or anything like that -"

He paused and waved his hand: "Forget it, why am I wasting my time with you pirates? Now that I have recovered the coins, I have to leave here quickly."

Seeing Tang Sen turn around and leave, Nami suddenly became anxious and shouted: "Wait - wait!"

"Didn't you say there is something important to do? Maybe there is something we can do to help you!"

She slapped Luffy on the shoulder vigorously and said, "This is our captain. Don't look at him like this, but he is actually very strong!"

"You only need to pay a small hiring fee——"

"I don't want to join the ranks of pirates." Tang Sen kept walking and sneered: "And, is it just you?"

"You guys, I'm afraid you'll be scared to shit when you hear who I'm going to deal with."

"Huh?!" Veins suddenly appeared on Zoro's forehead: "Don't underestimate us, kid!"

"Our captain is a big pirate with a bounty of 30 million beli!" Usopp also patted his chest and showed off at the right time: "In addition, the great Lord Usopp has not been able to scare anyone in this sea area. Our people!”

"Really?" Tang Sen paused, turned around, and looked at everyone one by one.

"A captain wearing a straw hat who looks like he has just grown up."

Luffy showed two rows of white teeth and waved his hands happily.

"A swordsman who doesn't have much intelligence at first glance."

Zoro's face darkened and he began to be unable to suppress his anger.

"The smoker with curly eyebrows."

"Long nose."

"reindeer."

"A weak woman."

"Even a.duck?"

He looked disdainful: "Are you here to make fun of me?"

"The person I want to deal with is one of the Shichibukai, a natural Devil Fruit user."

"Sand Crocodile, Crocodile!"

The Straw Hat crew's almost uncontrollable anger due to Tang Sen's comments suddenly stopped, and they all froze in place.

"Eh?!!!!"

"so--"

Tang Sen sat cross-legged on the deck of the Meili, looking at Weiwei with a look of sudden realization: "You are the princess of this country. Because you discovered the secret of Crocodile, you hired these pirates to escort you all the way back to Ala. Bastain, want to stop Crocodile’s conspiracy?”

"I told you it's not for hire!" Luffy shouted, "Vivi is our partner!"

"It's not a good idea to be partners with pirates."

Tang Sen didn't have a good attitude towards Luffy and the others. He ignored Luffy and said to Weiwei with a serious face: "After I came to Alabasta, I found that everyone seemed to respect Crocodile. I felt that Something’s wrong.”

"How could a person like Crocodile change his past and become a so-called hero?"

"Everyone has been deceived by him." Weiwei gritted her teeth: "That's why I need to rush to Yuba quickly to tell everyone the truth and end this civil war that is maliciously manipulated."

Tang Sen was silent for a moment, shook his head, and said: "I don't agree with your plan. Doing this will not only fail to end everything, but will also make the situation worse."

"I know too well how powerful Crocodile is. Even if the entire Alabasta people see his true face, they can't stop him. If Crocodile becomes angry, he may directly destroy the entire kingdom."

"Just like what he did to my hometown!"

Having said this, Tang Sen showed an expression of extreme sadness.