"You said you are from the Navy, or are you from the Navy Headquarters?"
Thirty kilometers away from the island, on a small sailboat, several villagers from Cocosia Village widened their eyes.
I originally thought I was a pirate, but instead of dying at the hands of an evil dragon, I was going to die at the hands of other pirates. Just when I was desperate, the plot took a big turn.
The faces of two extremely vicious pirates suddenly changed.
First, he untied the ropes that bound several people, and then he sincerely apologized.
at last...
It actually said it was the Navy?
"Commander...Navy, I don't understand. Since you are a navy, why did you attack other navies and kidnap us just now?"
"Regarding this, we are secretly entering the East China Sea to thoroughly investigate the affairs of the Sixteenth Branch in accordance with the order of the Warring States Marshal. Therefore, we cannot expose our identities until the matter is investigated."
"So that's it. Has the Navy finally discovered that the Sixteenth Branch colluded with the evil dragon?"
"Well, colluding with the evil dragon, are you talking about the fish-man evil dragon? Please elaborate on it!"
Sean looked surprised.
Of course, I acted!!
However, Ain on the side is not acting.
The Navy branch colluded with the Dragon Pirates, what on earth is going on?
She immediately looked at the villager who was speaking, waiting for him to explain.
"Well, about three years ago, the Dragon Pirates came to Cocosia Village and asked us to hand over life money. Regardless of men and women, regardless of age, everyone must pay 50,000 beli every month. Who knows?
If you can’t hand it over, you’ll be put to death!”
"In three years, more than 20 people in our village have been brutally murdered by them because they didn't have enough money to hand over!"
50,000 per person per month?
And regardless of age, let alone male or female?
50,000 is not too much in the world of pirates, but it is not too little for ordinary civilians.
Especially if you still have money to live on, it's even harder.
"These hateful pirates, didn't you ask for help from the Sixteenth Branch nearby?"
"Ask for help from Branch 16? Of course we did..."
The villagers said with a sad smile.
"However, all the people who secretly left the island and went to the 16th branch of the navy were sent back by the navy without exception. The navy even personally sent them to the evil dragon!"
"How could this happen... Then haven't you tried going to other branches?"
"Of course I have thought about it, but all the big boats in the village have been destroyed by the evil dragon, and if you use a small raft to travel hundreds of miles on the sea, it is the same as committing suicide!"
I see.
In his previous life, Sean had thought that since the sixteen branches were not good, why not go to other branches?
If we don't go directly to Rogge Town, is it possible that Smoker will join in with these naval scum?
But now that he heard it, he understood.
All the ships were destroyed. Although you can secretly cut down trees to make a simple raft, can a simple raft travel hundreds of nautical miles or even hundreds of nautical miles on the sea?
I'm afraid that if a random wave comes over, the raft will be overturned.
Therefore, except for the Sixteenth Branch, which was just around the corner, they had no way to go to other naval branches.
"Sean, what are you going to do?"
At this moment, Ain's eyes were already on fire.
Obviously, she was really angry.
"The Dragon Pirates? Ain, are you interested in visiting Cocosia Village?"
"Just us? No need to notify Teacher Zefa?"
"No, their assessment lasts for one week. There is no need to interrupt the assessment process for the sake of this group of weak fishmen."
"Too!"
Ain nodded.
He did not object to Sean's statement.
Perhaps in the eyes of people here in the East China Sea, evil dragons are so strong that they don't even look like humans.
Well, fishmen are not human in the first place.
However, in the eyes of the people here at the headquarters, the evil dragon is just like that. If placed on the Grand Line, it will definitely play a small role.
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Naval Branch 16.
"What did you say? They were attacked, and then those people in Cocosia Village were robbed of their people and their boats!"
"Trash, a bunch of trash!"
"Did you take any pictures of the attacker?"
"What, no?"
"You idiots, what else can you do?"
"Oh, can you roughly draw it?"
"Draw it for me immediately and send it over!"
Boom!!!
After yelling at the phone bug for a long time, the mouse was so angry that he hung up the phone.
About an hour later.
The portrait was sent.
The mouse looked at it and nodded with satisfaction.
If Sean were here, he would definitely complain about the painting skills of these sailors.
this is me?
Good guys, I finally know why Sanji is painted with such dignity in the original work.
Emotions, this is the style of the navy!
I saw that the portrait in the mouse's hand was even more outrageous than the one of Sanji in the original novel!
"Colonel, do we really want to report this to the headquarters and issue a reward? I think it's better to handle this matter privately!"
"Didn't you listen to what those idiots said? One man killed eight of them in an instant. He couldn't even see how he did it. How can he deal with it privately? Can you do that?"
"this..."
Hearing what the mouse said, the adjutant also started playing the drum.
In an instant, he killed eight sailors from the 16th branch. They were still eight people standing in different positions, and he didn't even have time to react.
I'm afraid even the big pirates in the East China Sea, who have tens of millions, can't do this, right?
Just as the adjutant was thinking about this, Mouse had already contacted the headquarters with a phone bug.
"This is the Navy Headquarters!"
"I am Mouse, the head of the 16th branch. I have urgent news that needs to be reported!"
"Colonel Mouse, please speak!"
"Two extremely vicious criminals appeared in the East China Sea. They took the initiative to attack the patrol warship of our 16th branch, causing many injuries."
"In the end, they even kidnapped a large number of civilians. I applied for an immediate reward for them, at least 30 million Baileys!"
Holding the phone bug, the mouse is constantly spraying saliva.
"Okay, Colonel Mouse, your application has been recorded and will be compiled and submitted later. Is there anything else that needs to be explained?"
"Yes, due to the serious damage to the warship and the loss of weapons, the Sixteenth Branch needs to apply for a special expenditure, which is about 3 million Baileys!"
"Understood, I will organize and submit this application together. Finally, please send the photos of the two pirates as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'll pass it over right away!"
On the side, the deputy who heard the entire phone call from Mouse had a shocked expression on his face.
Good guy, my colonel not only wants to put a reward of 30 million yuan on those two people, but also said that the warship was seriously damaged and weapons and equipment were lost. He wants to apply for a special appropriation of 3 million beli?
As for what the 3 million Bailey allocation will be used for after it arrives?
Do you even need to ask?
Of course it goes directly into the mouse's pocket.
However, the adjutant still underestimated his superior.
"Listen carefully, when the reward order is issued, we will notify the evil dragon to kill him. After that, we will arrange for someone to collect the reward on his behalf and draw a service fee of 10 million beli. Do you understand?"
hiss...
Upon hearing this, the adjutant took a deep breath.
My colonel never misses any opportunity to make money!
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Two hours later.
Navy headquarters, conference room.
Today is a regular weekly meeting, and the topic is to evaluate new pirates.
Of course, it is not possible to conduct a complete assessment of all newly discovered pirates. The Navy Marshal and other high-ranking officials are not so free.
At the meeting, they only targeted some new pirates with bounties exceeding tens of millions.
After introducing the other three seas and finally deciding on the reward amounts for those pirates.
Finally it’s Donghai’s turn.
However, most of the senior executives in the conference room were somewhat uninterested.
East China Sea...
Although it was once glorious, it is now the weakest sea.
The other three seas are filled with tens of millions of pirates, but the East China Sea...
Ten million pirates can be called the giants of the East China Sea.
Soon, the colonel who was responsible for introducing pirate information produced two portraits.
"Marshal, this is the information that has just been sent from the East China Sea. Since it was not successfully photographed, there are only portraits."
"According to Colonel Mouse of the Sixteenth Branch, this male and female duo just appeared today. They attacked the warship without any reason, causing a large number of sailors to be injured. Several of them were seriously injured. Even the warship was injured.
The damage is serious.”
"After attacking the warship, the two went to the island to kidnap a large number of civilians."
"Colonel Mouse suggested that both of them offer a reward of 30 million Baileys."
The colonel followed the procedure, pointing to the two portraits and introducing them.
The other people in the conference room had strange expressions.
"Crane...is this Sean?"
"It should be right, the other one looks like Ain!"
"So, we are discussing whether the bounties for Sean and Ain are reasonable?"
"That's right!"
He nodded seriously.
Fortunately, Sean didn't know about this scene, otherwise he would have complained like crazy.
How on earth did you recognize me from that portrait?