"Ten billion a year?!"
On the deck, Renedia moved her goggles up to her forehead and asked puzzled, "Is vacationing this profitable? Sage, should we get into the vacation business once we enter the New World?"
"We're pirates, it's not like ordinary people would come here for a vacation. Tourism depends on the environment."
Sage looked at Renedia, "By the way, how are your blueprints coming along?"
"Still working on them."
Renedia rolled her eyes, "Not that fast, I've only learned a bit of the technique, modified my mechanical hammer, and this..."
She pulled out a beautifully adorned flintlock gun with a gold handle and encrusted with gemstones from her waist, handing it to Sage, "Your gun has a bit of that technique with my power techniques. It has the same six-round capacity, but stronger power and longer range."
Sage took the flintlock gun, aimed at the outline of that cylindrical tower ahead, sized it up, and then put it back in his waist.
The previous flintlock gun had been damaged and lost when he was captured, so over the past two weeks, he had Renedia remake one.
With a weapon in hand, he felt a bit itchy...
The ability of the More-More Fruit is best expressed through weapons, but maybe not in this place.
He still had to rob this place, after all.
"Hey, ol' Hawkins, give us the odds!" Sage turned and shouted to Hawkins.
Hawkins was now sitting at the edge of the deck, already drawing cards before Sage even spoke.
"99%, It's so obvious that I don't think there's any need to calculate," Hawkins said blandly.
"What about the intel?"
Sage turned his gaze to Lucci on the other side.
"The Hot Spring Island is a ship, but also a vacation spot. The area it docks has the 'Round Rainbow' and 'Candy Rain' attractions. Many tourists come just for this, and only this region can produce the candy clouds," Lucci replied, his voice equally bland.
"See, that's what I call professional," Sage said with a grin to everyone.
"Candy Rain?"
Renedia's eyes lit up, "Will candy really rain down?"
Las's eyes sparkled as well.
Kids, naturally, love candy.
Lucci did not respond but his silence affirmed it.
For someone that cold, no response meant consent.
"Oh my... Candy Rain? The Grand Line is full of wonders. Does the rain really turn into candy? I'm curious about how it tastes. If it's used for desserts, it might be quite a delicacy," Marika mused with some longing.
She was interested in exotic and rare ingredients too.
"Captain, Hot Spring Island is loads of fun. How about we take a break here? We haven't rested in half a month," Jabra suggested.
Sage thought for a moment, then waved his hand and laughed, "Everyone, it's time to spend money! Let's relax and enjoy ourselves!"
"Oh!!" The pirates cheered aloud.
After half a month of non-stop robbery without respite, they hadn't found a proper rest spot. The money they had was about to mold if not spent.
Half an hour later, the Death Star arrived at the base of the cylindrical tower.
This place, resembling a giant elevator, had a hollowed-out cylinder serving as a harbor for ships. Above it was a large platform, the vacation destination.
At the docking port below, there were receptionists. When the Death Star arrived, those receptionists seemed indifferent to the pirate flag, letting them dock as they pleased, unfazed by their pirate identity.
Dozens of ships were docked at the port, either tour boats or merchant ships. The massive Death Star navigated into a gap among them, docking smoothly, then lowered the gangway.
"Hmm?"
Sage stood at the gangway, observing the adjacent docked twin-masted ship with a gold sunflower figurehead. He raised an eyebrow, pointing at the figurehead, "Lily, is that a starfish or a sunflower?"
Lily, standing beside Sage, followed his finger to look. The ship's figurehead somewhat resembled a sunflower, but also like a starfish with extra tips, with an animal symbol in the middle, resembling either a bear or a lion.
"Neither."
Lily looked up at the black flag atop the mast and said, "Sage, that's the Straw Hat Gang's pirate flag."
Though the sails were furled, the pirate flag remained flying. On the black flag was a skull with a straw hat.
Lily remembered this emblem, especially after it made an impression on her recently.
After they plundered Sisomia, they continued their spree, with each news report checked by Lily. There was no news about Sage's jailbreak, but she noticed a new wanted order for the Straw Hat Gang.
As the other mastermind for destroying Enies Lobby, the Straw Hat Gang's bounty had increased significantly.
'Straw Hat' Monkey D. Luffy, bounty of 300 million Belly.
Additionally, Sage's sister, Nico Robin, with a bounty of 80 million...
Whoosh!
Lucci suddenly appeared on the gangway, staring intensely at that ship, speaking in a low voice, "Straw Hat, huh..."
"Oh? Want to take revenge?" Sage smirked, "Because you failed, you got delisted, right?"
He had indirectly been involved but didn't meddle in their affairs. However, he'd heard when he boarded that Lucci had been defeated by Luffy.
"It's all related."
Lucci said, "The main reason is that you destroyed two Buster Call Fleets and acquired Pluton, causing Spandam's mission to fail partially. The other part was Nico Robin's escape, which Spandam blamed on us."