Chapter 17 There Is Such a Terrible Place

Three days.

It has been three days since I came to the island food city.

The original target, Saga Lido, disappeared quietly... Oh no, to be exact, he disappeared.

Charlotte sat in the captain's room and leaned back, feeling very annoyed!

Then he sat up straight, "Tell me! Is there any way to find him?"

For a moment, Beta and Barrett, who temporarily joined to repay his gratitude, were stumped.

Charlotte was completely incredulous when he got the news that Barrett had joined the Heberfil family.

Of course, Charlotte had no reason to refuse such a potential stock.

It's just that he was simply confused when asking these two people for their opinions. These were two people who only knew how to fight with their brains.

So when he asked this question, he himself regretted it a little.

Looking at the silent two people, Charlotte also tacitly did not ask any more questions.

He really needs a wise subordinate now.

For example... the smart Ivan.

At this moment, Lina, wearing a black women's V-neck short suit, black shorts, and a black tight cloak, walked in.

The long, straight white legs are quite eye-catching.

"Charlotte, I heard that Mr. Saga Rido disappeared five days ago."

Lina spoke slowly.

Charlotte was delighted, "Lina, can you continue?"

Lina nodded.

"I found out through Hill Palen's network that Saga Rido finally disappeared in the civilian area."

Hill Palen?

Charlotte knew that the other party was an overseas businessman who opened a shipping transit station on Lati Island and that the other party was a subordinate of the warehouse king Giberson.

Charlotte had to admit that these underground forces with no background had strong intelligence capabilities.

Their power should not be underestimated, and their intelligence work was great.

Unexpectedly, in the end, it all depended on Lina. Men are unreliable.

"Civilian area?"

Charlotte pondered for a moment, and he seemed to have a very bad feeling.

There are almost inexplicable troubles when the One Piece world is related to the civilian area.

Charlotte shook his head, put away his chaotic thoughts, stood up and walked outside.

He naturally considered this matter.

He didn't have time to waste here. Now that he had a clear location, he naturally needed to go there in person to understand the situation and get the job done as quickly as possible.

"Beta, you and Barrett, take good care of the boat and wait for us to come back."

Beta shuddered, "Boss, don't worry, the people are on the boat."

"Yeah!" Although Beta was a hot-blooded and battle-minded reckless man, he never perfunctorily asked whether he should say what he asked.

Barrett, who had a weak presence on the side, also straightened up, and said nothing and looked a little arrogant.

Charlotte didn't pay attention to these details, and was focused on finding Saga Lido.

Looking at Charlotte and Lina who left in a hurry, Beta breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you afraid of Mr. Charlotte?"

Barrett was a little confused. In his opinion, Charlotte gave him a really good impression. He was a strong, low-key and kind person.

Beta couldn't help but tremble in his heart when facing Barrett. He was young, still young. Who knows the pain of training when Boss Charlotte disagreed with him!

Sooner or later, you will cry.

So he said calmly, "What do you know? Is this called fear? This is called respect, you know nothing, you little brat!"

Barrett glared, he hated others treating him as a child, and roared, "Damn it, how many times have I said that I am not a little brat, my name is Douglas Barrett."

"Got it, little brat!"

Beta said with an indifferent face, tapping his ears.

Barrett's face turned red, and he roared loudly in anger, "I am not a little brat, I am Dagoras Barrett."

His mouth was so excited that it was bald.

"Oh, little brat, what is your name?"

"You bastard, I'm Barrett!"

"What thunder?"

"Barrett!"

"What special?"

...

Barrett was furious. If he couldn't beat this guy now, he would make Beta regret coming to this world.

"Hey, brat! Brat!"

Barrett's eyes twitched, and he felt terrible. He turned away angrily, not paying attention to this neurotic guy.

"Hey, hey, don't go! Are you angry? I'll treat you to meat."

Beta hurriedly chased after him, with a playful look on his face, not mature at all, and looked like he deserved a beating.

...

Island Food City, District 54, Civilian District.

The old, crowded, dilapidated, and short buildings are hard to imagine.

There is such a bad place in the prosperous island food city.

In the dark alley.

A boy collapsed on the ground. He looked at the dirty half bread in his arms, but a smile from the heart appeared on his scarred face.

That smile was full of indescribable charm.

"That's great, Mitia, I don't have to go hungry today!"

The boy endured the pain from his body and stood up tremblingly.

He carefully put the piece of bread in his hand into his arms as if it were a treasure.

After slightly cleaning the blood stains on his face, he limped out of this dark place.

He walked very slowly and with great effort, but he walked with great determination!

He quickly left this dark place and turned into another darker, more closed, and narrow place!

It is more appropriate to call this place a slum rather than a civilian area.

40% of the indigenous population of the entire island is gathered here, but the area of ​​the entire "civilian area" is not even 1/30 of the island's food city.

This is a narrow place that makes people feel suffocated.

But this is indeed the boy's home!

The tired boy limped for about half an hour.

Finally, he came to a house that looked extremely shabby even in the "civilian area".

Rather than saying it was a house, it was better to say that it was a small nest built in a half-collapsed house with discarded cardboard boxes.

The boy took a deep breath and patted his cheeks to make himself look excited.

Then he showed a sunny smile and lifted the curtain covering the door with rags...

"Brother...you, you are back...cough cough..."

The weak voice mixed with coughing came from the house, and it was not difficult to hear that the voice was very childish.

Hearing the voice, the boy quickly quickened his pace, regardless of the pain caused by his own injuries!

He walked to the simple bed made of broken wooden boards.

A pale little girl was lying on it, and this girl was the boy's sister...

"Mitiya, I earned another 30 Baileys today. Don't worry, your illness will be cured soon!"

The boy smiled reluctantly, and then took out the bread in his arms. He completely ignored the sound of hunger from his stomach and handed the bread to his sister Mitiya.

"Brother, you eat too..."

The little girl on the bed divided the bread in her hand into two, took the smaller piece, and forced herself to hand the slightly larger one to her brother!

"Mitiya, brother has eaten, you eat!" The little boy forced a smile and said with a relaxed look.

"Really?" The little girl Mitiya asked uncertainly.

"Of course, don't worry."

After that, he resisted the hunger, turned his eyes away and put the hard-earned 30 Baileys into the rusty box.

His sister needed more food for her illness and it didn't matter if he went hungry. He did this to prevent his sister from noticing his hunger and to save enough money for her medical treatment.

The little boy got up and went out to look for some work to make money.