Chapter 183 Rocks Pirates
"You have some pretty good brothers, it's not in vain. They really fight when there's trouble, but their brains are not very smart. No matter whether they can win or not, they just rush forward. Can you drink?" Vic said as he walked into the room and came to Mantis' bed and handed him a bottle of rum.
Mantis did not answer and struggled to sit up, but there was no sign of pain on his face. His younger brothers wanted to help him, but he drove them away. After sitting up, Mantis took the wine from Vic's hand, bit off the cork and took a big gulp.
"Good wine!"
Vic smiled but didn't say anything. He found a chair and sat next to the bed. He also bit open the cork and took a sip of wine. Vic usually only drank when there were a few people gathering together. He almost never drank at other times.
"You didn't use your full strength in the fight this afternoon!" After taking a sip, Vic said something that made the younger brothers behind him extremely excited. Their boss had held back and did not use his full strength.
But Vic knew that even if Mantis fought with all his strength, he would not be his opponent, and he would win in the end, it would just take more time.
"Does it make sense to say this now?" Mantis said calmly.
"Are you testing me and those islanders?" Vic continued to interrogate him. Mantis' eyes shrank for a moment, but soon returned to normal. The little brother behind him showed an incredible look.
"I've already got the answer, and aren't you cooperating with me?" Mantis admitted it in disguise.
"I was thanking you for helping me hone my swordsmanship, and I also benefited greatly from the chill afterwards!"
It was only after the battle that Vic realized that Mantis was intentionally helping Vic improve his realm.
When Vic couldn't break through the defense before, Mantis could choose to transform into a human-beast form or use Ryusakura, but he didn't do it and kept fighting with Vic in the full beast form.
The Yellow Springs cold was also intentional. He knew that level of cold could not deal with a strong man of Vic's level, and if used, it would most likely benefit Vic. However, he still used it, and strengthened it little by little to help Vic adapt and enhance Vic's will.
The younger brothers behind them were a little confused when they heard what the two said. We were there at the time. Did you do so many things? How come we didn't see it at all? Are you really stupid?
"My observation Haki tells me that you are not as vicious as you say. What's that saying the stronger the person, the happier you are at killing? You must be kidding! So I want to take a gamble!" Mantis said after taking another sip of wine.
"Boss! We are not kids. We really thought he would do what he said. Such aggressiveness can't be considered as a kind person. How can such a person lie?" Several younger brothers complained in their hearts.
"Hehe! Your observation Haki may have deceived you. The stronger and more ferocious I become, the less likely I will leave anyone alive. Those who are weaker may still survive!" After saying that, Vic also took a sip of wine.
"So I'm not fierce enough or strong enough to catch your eye? Then I guess only my former colleagues can catch your eye!" Mantis retorted to Vic.
"That's not the case. You are strong enough but not fierce enough. I will kill the fierce ones, and I will also kill the strong and fierce ones, but I have no interest in killing the ones who are not fierce enough.
There don't seem to be many good people on your ship, so how come you and Whitebeard are the two weirdos? I'm a little curious!" Victor showed an interested look, and was somewhat interested in the secrets of the strongest pirate group of that era.
"We both have different pursuits. We didn't go out to sea to dominate the world. Brother Newgate is also someone I admire.
He longed for his family instead of the tense atmosphere of the Rocks Pirates. I went out to sea only to gain powerful strength and then return to my hometown to protect it. I left Rocks because I felt that my strength was enough. "Mantis narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was lost in memories.
"Rox D. Gibeck will let you leave in one piece? I don't believe he's such an easy person to talk to!"
"Of course he wouldn't. I left on the eve of the God Valley incident. At that time, Rocks had no time to care about me.
We had already split up into different ships. Rocks planned to attack the Valley of the Gods and kill all the Celestial Dragons there, so he summoned all his men to meet up at the Valley of the Gods.
I didn't go, I left the New World and came back here. Later I heard that the Rocks Pirates were destroyed by Garp, and he became a hero of the navy. Captain Rocks died, so I lived safely here for more than ten years!"
"Yeah, your Rocks Pirates were put together in a completely random way. It sounds impressive, but they fell apart when something went wrong.
In that battle, except for Rocks and some minions who died, the other strong men all ran away. Now they are all top strong men in the sea.
Your captain Rocks must be very unpopular. No one came to help him during the battle, and he was beaten to death by Roger and the navy heroes!"
Vic sighed. If so many powerful people fought together, none of the Celestial Dragons in God Valley would survive, and Roger and Garp would be powerless to save the situation. It was just luck that the two of them escaped.
"The Rocks Pirates are indeed a mixed group. The strong ones were forcibly invited by Rocks after they became famous. Those who did not join would be killed, so they joined.
I was also recruited in this way. That’s why the people in the pirate group have too many small thoughts. We are completely held together by Rocks’s powerful strength. Without his hand, we would fall apart immediately.
This is exactly the case. Rocks is in a desperate situation. Everyone else took the opportunity to leave. Maybe someone will attack him and prevent him from leaving alive!"
Mantis was also sighing. The former pirate group did not give him good memories, and he was arranged by Rocks to do many evil things. If you don't do it, he will destroy you, so no one treats Rocks sincerely.
The only person that Mantis has a good impression of is Whitebeard Edward Newgate. Not only is he powerful, but he also has no ambition. He just wants to find some like-minded family members to adventure and hold a party on the sea. If he were not tied to his hometown, he would definitely join the Whitebeard Pirates.
"Haha, that's normal. They are all ambitious people. Who wants to have another father? I heard that Big Mom likes to have children. She started on Rocks' ship. Did she ask you to lend her sperm?"
Vic asked with a smile, and the younger brothers behind him were extremely surprised. Could it be that their boss and the legendary female pirate were destined to be together?
"Ahem, no!" Even someone as calm as Mantis felt a little unnatural. It was hard to believe his denial with this kind of behavior.