59 Chapter 59: fruit

[ Fishmen island]

On the outskirts of the city and inside an old store Odrick stood and there was a satisfied look on his face.

In front of him stood two men, one of whom was carrying a box, the lid of which opened to reveal what was inside, which was a strange fruit of a dark red color.

The Shape of the fruit was a drop of blood, and its shell was surrounded by some small lines of contrasting colors, some of them were dark blue and others were green, these lines spread on the fruit's shell like arteries.

Well done, I will give you a reward for your hard work, " Odrick took the box, closed it and then complimented his followers.

"Thank you, sir commander," when the two men heard Odrick's words and thanked him wholeheartedly.

' The leader will be happy with this ' Odrick tightened his grip on the small box and left, heading towards his ship.

After walking for a few minutes, a small harbor appeared, which was filled with several sailing ships of varying sizes. They raised a banner in which OTC was written, which symbolized the ocean trading company.

This startup company became well-reputed in the Grand line seas as their trade began to expand and include some islands in the four main seas, the main items they traded were spices and clothing in addition to medical items and sometimes weapons.

Through this company, Odrick accumulated enough wealth to make him one of the main business magnates in the world, but he did not use this wealth for his own benefit and passed it onto the twilight organization that he leads under Arthur.

Is the deal a success? " a young man with a noble appearance stood next to Odrick and asked quietly as he turned his eyes to the small box.

"Yes, everything went well, although the Revolutionary Army made us go through a difficult time in order to get this fruit, but the orders of the leader are something that must be carried out at all costs," Odrick said while nodding and sighing." the negotiations were very difficult."

After two years of painstaking research, Odrick received a result for his efforts, and a few months ago he received some unconfirmed news that the blood blood fruit was in the hands of the Revolutionary Army, and through the use of his authority and resources, he was able to organize a secret meeting between him and one of the commanders.

There were violent negotiations between them, so that the other party demanded that Audric use part of his fleet of ships in order to smuggle some weapons and men to some unknown islands, although the devil's fruit is worth a lot, Odrick found the other party's demands exaggerated.

But he continued negotiations and after a long effort they reached a tacit agreement that serves both parties, Odrick will get the devil's fruit and will have the right to use some sea lanes under the control of the Revolutionary Army and in return, Odrick will sign a long-term cooperation contract with the Revolutionary Army through which he will use some ships to smuggle the materials the other side wants.

Odrick would receive a small commission for each smuggling operation, but he did not mind it because he would finally be able to deploy his spies in the high command of the Revolutionary Army.

"Even though we agreed on everything, in the end they kept stalling and didn't deliver the fruit directly, that made me have to send some followers to put pressure on them," Odrick sighed and took a breath of sour air. "Business transactions are annoying and give me a headache."

"It's good that my main job is to provide protection for the headquarters, I prefer sword fighting to verbal fights," the young nobleman answered next to Odrick

"The important thing, Takeda, I want you to take command of the headquarters during my absence," Takeda listened to Odrick's command and nodded his head as a sign of approval.

During this time that Takeda spent away from his homeland, he had a smallpox change, his mood changed so that he became more sober and mature, how his way of dealing with others became more professional, and because of the experience he gained through training under the leadership of Odrick, he received the rank of higher commander and had under his authority 200 men whose specialty was assassination and looting.

After sailing for about three weeks, Odrick reached the sea around Wano, the reason for his delay in arriving was to pass through some islands and do some trade exchanges, this was a routine they did in order to hide their movements under the cover of trade.

No one was necessarily watching them, but Odrick preferred to take precautions rather than regret it later.

"Prepare well, we are now in enemy waters, recently I cut off patrols of Monster Pirates, if you collide with them, start attacking without saying a word."

"We'll do a few laps until the Golden Claw finds us and then we'll turn back," Odrick gave a series of orders and took over the helm of the ship.

The Golden Claw is the nickname that the followers of the twilight organization gave to the Giant Eagle, after a long time after the transmission of messages it became indecent to call him only the Eagle.

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[ Two days later ]

The Giant Eagle flew over the ship flapping its wings, which moved the air, making it a small storm. After the deck was emptied, the eagle landed calmly and then looked at Odrick , who was standing in front of the helm.

Odrik stepped forward and opened a small bag tied around the Eagle's back, emptied it of its contents, which consisted of a first aid kit and three letters, carried the small box in which the fruit was placed and stuffed it into the bag.

Odrick paused in his pose for a few seconds and after careful thought climbed over the back of the yoke and tightly tightened the box.

The Eagle did not move and continued to look at Odrick with sharp eyes, as if asking him " what are you doing?"

After Odrick realized his mistake, he coughed and said, " I want to hand over the item personally to make sure everything goes as it should."

The Eagle continued to look at Odrick but eventually turned its head, fluttered its giant wings and soared into the high sky.

Although the feeling of flying an eagle was a very nice and comfortable thing, Odrick kept his serious expression unchanged, even if it was slight.

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[ Kebbi district ]

Arthur stood quietly while he put his hands behind his back, looked at the distant horizon and with his sharp eyes followed a giant eagle flying towards him at an unusually leisurely speed.

'Hmmm, Audrick?' 'After the Eagle approached Arthur noticed an orca-like fish man sitting on his back.

Whistle!

The Giant Eagle landed and Audric got off his back while holding a small wooden box in his hand, Arthur looked at the box and gave Audric a questioning face.

"I'm sorry, sir, for coming in so badly to let you know, but I felt the need to hand over this fruit personally so that no mistakes would happen," Audrick bowed and greeted his leader politely and then gave a brief explanation of his reasons, after finishing his words he raised his head and looked at Arthur with eyes full of aspiration.

The leader's strength has risen significantly, and his mood has also become stable.'

"Ah, I apologize sir, your strong Luck made me forget about myself" after seeing Arthur staring at him holding the box in his hand and apologizing outright.

Arthur listened to Audric's flattery and felt strange, he was not used to seeing Audric so openly, but he didn't think about it much.

"It's okay, you'll find all the new commands in the letters I handed you" Arthur took the box and turned his back, leaving, but suddenly he felt something solid pierce his back and come out of his chest.

Arthur turned with a face full of indignation and at the same time wondering looked at laudrick, who pulled out his sword and stuck it in his back and said in a broken voice full of pain.

" Why? "

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