"Eh!"
While Kong Tai was thinking about how to avoid the sea king's attack on the pirate ship ahead, a beast he was very familiar with suddenly appeared on the other ship.
Even though its proportions had increased, he immediately recognized the beast as a "Shanshou."
After all, the Shanshou had a very distinctive appearance.
He remembered that on the island where Mihawk stayed, there was a group of apes similar to Shanshou.
He didn't know the name of this animal in this world, but in his original world, it was called Shanshou, and he had seen it more than once at the zoo.
It was easy to recognize.
"Yo! So it's this guy!"
Just then, Robin let go, allowing the wind to blow her hair, making it rustle behind her head and revealing her smooth forehead.
She looked at the sailboat ahead, the pirate flag on top of the ship, and the strong man transformed into the Shanshou form, a look of understanding on her face.
"You know him?"
Kong Tai tilted his head to look at Robin, his eyes filled with curiosity.
Robin nodded, turned to look at Kong Tai, and smiled, "I remember who this guy is."
"Oh!"
"Who?"
There weren't many people who could knock out a medium-sized sea king with a single punch in the first half of the Grand Line.
After all, the body of a medium-sized sea king was so large that an ordinary sailboat could not resist it at all.
And the power that such a massive body gave them was even more incomparable to ordinary humans, especially since this was the sea king's home ground, the ocean.
He hadn't expected that he would encounter someone who could contend with a sea king in a random pirate crew.
Without this user who had eaten who knows what kind of Shanshou fruit, the opposite ship would surely have been dragged into the sea by that sea king.
As for the pirates on the ship, once they fell into the sea and faced a sea king, their fate was predictable.
"This pirate crew is from the North Blue. I didn't expect them to make it to the Grand Line either."
"Oh... from the North Blue?"
Kong Tai turned his head, watching the sea king sink into the sea, and the ship ahead continued to sail. He asked curiously, "Is he famous? You've heard of him in the Grand Line."
"Hmm!"
Robin nodded, turned her head, and looked ahead again. "Their pirate crew isn't famous, but their captain is quite well-known in the Four Seas. I had heard of his deeds before I even entered the Grand Line."
She paused, then continued, "Back then, I was still in the West Blue, and I heard about a pirate crew from the North Blue whose captain would transform into a giant beast with a demonic face when he got angry. This guy specifically targeted nobles, so he had a very high bounty in the North Blue, and even the West Blue knew his name."
"Specifically targets nobles?"
A flicker of doubt crossed Kong Tai's eyes. If he specifically targeted nobles, why wouldn't he feel such an evil aura from him!
It seemed that besides killing nobles, he probably killed civilians and marines in noble towns too!
As for specifically targeting nobles, it was just a nice-sounding story.
Because people who considered themselves strong rarely acted against civilians, not because they wouldn't, but because they disdained to do so.
It was like an elephant, it wouldn't specifically bother to deal with an ant, right?
It was the same principle for strong people dealing with civilians.
No one would be interested in bothering with ants that they could crush with a single move.
Moreover, doing so would not only lead to further pursuit by the Marines but also ridicule from pirates of the same caliber.
Of course, perverts who enjoyed killing were an exception.
Only those truly brutal pirates, low-level pirates who acted against civilians to attract the attention of the Marines and gain fame, would do so.
Therefore, the pirates that civilians feared the most were often these kinds of pirates.
On the contrary, they were not very afraid of great pirates.
"Hmm!"
Robin nodded and continued, "It is said that this guy specifically robbed nobles of their treasures and then went treasure hunting all over the West Blue. He is a very famous treasure hunter."
As she spoke, her gaze fell on the sailboat ahead, a glint in her eyes. "This guy is here now, and he didn't hesitate to ride the upward current. It seems there must be some astonishing treasure in Skypiea that is attracting this guy to come here at such a risk!"
"Oh..."
Kong Tai nodded, "So it's for the treasure!"
And indeed, Skypiea had a treasure beyond imagination, an entire city of gold.
If this news were to spread, all the greedy people in the world would instantly gather here. Even if the chances of survival were slim, they would flock to the legendary Skypiea!
He wasn't particularly interested in treasures, because with his strength, as long as there were pirates in this world, he would never lack money. Moreover, he knew where there was money that he could never spend.
So in this world, he could arrogantly say, "I'm not interested in money."
"Haha!!"
He wasn't interested in treasure, only in the guy's devil fruit ability. So when Robin talked about treasure, he didn't react much. Instead, he raised his wine gourd, took a sip of wine, and turned to Robin, asking again, "Then do you know what kind of ability this guy has?"
"The newspapers didn't say."
Robin thought for a moment, then looked up at Kong Tai and said, "But there are some rumors. This guy is said to have eaten some fruit called Shan..."
"Shanshou!"
"Yes, Shanshou."
Robin looked at Kong Tai strangely, then smiled, "This guy is a user of the Animal-Animal Fruit, Model: Shanshou. It is said that when he transforms, he becomes extremely frenzied and possesses immense strength."
"And he gained fame in the North Blue with this fruit. I didn't expect this guy to come to the Grand Line for treasure hunting."
She turned her head to look at the sailboat ahead, a hint of playfulness in her eyes. "And he was lucky enough to meet us, to meet the captain."
After speaking, she shook her head, turned to Kong Tai, and squinted with a smile, "Captain, do you think they are lucky or unlucky?"
"Haha!!"
Gulp—!
Kong Tai put down his wine gourd, laughed heartily, and then turned to look at the sailboat ahead. "I don't know if this guy is lucky or unlucky? I only know that our luck seems to be quite good! This guy seems to have come specifically to give us a map."
"Since this guy has a treasure map of Skypiea, the treasure map must have a map of Skypiea on it!"
"That way we won't have to wander around aimlessly after reaching Skypiea."
"Hehe!!"
Robin pursed her lips and smiled, "Captain, you are truly humorous!"
"Humorous?"
"I don't think so!"
"Haha!!"