"Captain, want to test the power of our Windfire Energy Cannon and Terminator Particle Cannon?"
"I guarantee that with just one shot, we can sink that so-called magician Basil Hawkins's ship." Windfire Wheel confidently patted his steel fuel tank as he spoke to Rody.
"Not this time, Windfire Wheel. I'm somewhat interested in Basil Hawkins's divination and Devil Fruit abilities. That guy is a Devil Fruit user—if we sink his ship, he won't survive. Who knows when I'll get another chance to see that Devil Fruit's ability?"
"All right, Captain."
Rody's ship gradually approached Basil Hawkins's Grudge Dolph.
"Boss, we're about to reach Basil Hawkins's pirate ship, but they don't seem to be showing any hostility toward us..." Galdino sounded puzzled.
Galdino had read the newspaper reports about his new boss, Slayer Rody. Based on those reports and Hawkins's status as a Shichibukai, upon seeing Slayer's ship approaching, Hawkins should either have fled or chosen to fight. Neither fleeing nor attacking like this, Galdino had no idea what Hawkins was thinking.
"No matter what Hawkins is thinking, we'll find out once we meet him."
Rody waved dismissively. Let alone the current Basil Hawkins, who had yet to enter the New World in the latter half of the Grand Line and only had a bounty of 170 million Beli, even Basil Hawkins two years later in the original story, after joining the Beast Pirates and becoming one of their lead performers with a bounty of 320 million Beli, was nothing more than an ant Rody could crush at will.
When Hawkins landed on the Sabaody Archipelago, his bounty ranked third among the Supernovas, and his strength was also in their top tier. Yet after joining the Beast Pirates two years later, aside from his fairly decent Fruit ability, his strength had