Strongest Swordsman In One Piece

Chapter 41: Black Market

The first stop on the Grand Line of the four is not the whisky peak of the original manga "Cactus Island", but an island that is both ordinary and extraordinary.

Ordinarily, there is always a town one grade lower than Loguetown, with a population of more than a hundred thousand people.

extraordinary, as the first stop of one of the seven routes, a town that is not in an affiliated country, nor has a navy branch or a permanent army, it has not been destroyed or occupied until now.

You must know that the pirate groups that came from the four seas were all so rebellious.

Although there are also cautious pirates who dare not to make trouble in this town out of awe of the unknown, there are more brainless pirates who can't wait to announce their arrival to the Grand Line and act recklessly.

Therefore, this town has been able to stand strong until now, there must be a reason why countless pirate groups dare not make trouble.

When the four came ashore, El used his ability to read people's hearts and read the memory of a local resident, only to discover that this town was originally a place sheltered by the black market.

The black market is also known as the illegal markets, shadow markets, or underground markets.

The black market has never been a certain force, but a general term for an alliance.

This is a huge alliance led by several kings of the dark world, followed by countless gray and black forces, all over the world.

In the black market, almost everything is available.

Whether it's a weapon, banned drugs, slaves, Dance Powder, organs, intelligence, etc... All prohibited items, even humans, can be bought on the black market.

There is a saying in the pirate world: Even if you offend the Navy and Mary Geoise, you can't offend the black market.

Because pirates are a profession, that consumes weapons. They cannot produce weapons on their own. Unless they are attacking navy bases, even if they snatch the enemy's arms, it is not enough for them to squander.

The only place they can buy supply is the black market.

Not to mention pirates, even if the navy runs out of ammunition at sea, most of them will go to the nearest black market to buy supplies, so as to avoid encountering other pirates at sea when they return, and they have no means to defend or attack.

And a emperor standing at the apex of the black market is Donquixote Doflamingo, known as The Heavenly Demon, or Joker. He even sold his firearms to Mary Geoise, who has ruled the world for 800 years.

Yes, even the real hegemons of the world need to buy arms from Doflamingo.

And Doflamingo is just one of the emperor of the black market.

This shows how powerful the black market is.

For pirates, the navy's bounty for them is an honor, but if the black market pulls them into the blacklist, it's a disaster.

If they are blacklisted by the black market, unless they pay a higher price, other black markets will not do business with them, which is equivalent to losing the only supply channel.

Therefore, no matter how rebellious the pirate group is, they will not make trouble in the place sheltered by the black market.

And this... is the reason why this dark town has been able to stand strong until now.

"I didn't expect that our first stop on Grand Line would be one of the strongholds of the black market."

Carina, who learned everything from El's mouth, sighed slightly.