"Look, there's a large ship behind us."
"Really? Let me see."
In the lookout room aboard a pirate ship with a scarecrow nailed to its prow, a tall pirate who had been smoking heard his companion and stubbed out his cigarette before taking the telescope from him.
"Whoa! It's huge."
"But I feel like I've seen the flag on that ship somewhere before."
"Why can't I remember it?!" Looking through the telescope at the large ship steadily closing in on them, the tall pirate grew so anxious that he scratched at his head and ears.
"Then tell me what features the ship's flag has." Seeing the tall pirate scratching his head in distress, the pirate beside him quickly spoke up.
"Features! There are four hands and four eyes on that ship's flag. Right, I remember now."
"That's the flag of Slayer Rody, the newly appointed Shichibukai reported in the newspapers a while back." The tall pirate slapped his fist into his palm, his face flooding with relief.
"A Shichibukai? Those guys are all lackeys of the government, especially this newly appointed Slayer. He's one of the more vicious ones among the Shichibukai."
"So what if he's a Shichibukai? Slayer only has a bounty of 50 million Beli. Even Crocodile, the former Shichibukai he killed, only had a bounty of 81 million. Don't forget, Captain Hawkins has a bounty of 170 million Beli."
"Keep watch here. I'll report that Slayer is approaching to Captain Hawkins." After giving his companion those instructions, the tall pirate left the lookout room to find his captain.
"Captain Hawkins, we've spotted the ship of Slayer Rody, one of the Shichibukai, approaching us from behind the Grudge Dolph."
Hearing his subordinate's report, Basil Hawkins, captain of the Hawkins Pirates—nicknamed the Magician, with flowing golden hair, a tall,