181 Battleship delivered, the kingdom’s navy rises!
On the hospital bed.
Rayleigh looked at the ceiling, very doubtful about life.
Even after experiencing it personally, Rayleigh still didn't understand the source of Sean's terrifying power.
Rayleigh felt that just as Shanks said, neither Sean nor the power he possessed were incompatible with this world.
Could it be that he is not from this world at all...
Unknowingly, this strange idea came into my mind.
But the next moment, he smiled bitterly and shook his head.
It seems that I am also crazy. People from other worlds?
I prefer to believe that this guy ate an unknown devil fruit that has never appeared before!!
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Just when Rayleigh was doubting his life.
Lu Qi, who leads a team to the Grand Route to hunt for those with abilities...
came back!
In order to find a suitable Devil Fruit for Sophia, this guy also worked hard.
Excluding the time spent going back and forth, in the past two months, with the support of the intelligence network, a full 27 pirate groups were killed.
There are 11 pirates among them, either the captain is a Devil Fruit user, or there are Devil Fruit users among the crew.
Of course, it's also possible that the captain and crew are all Devil Fruit users.
In total, 11 pirate groups contributed 15 ability users.
At this moment, pirates are being escorted off the warship one after another.
In addition to the 15 ability users, there was another person who was wrapped in a cloak and even covered his entire head.
Not to mention not being able to see the face, even the gender cannot be identified.
Being so careful, it is obvious that the identity of the person Lu Qi captured is not simple.
"Lieutenant General, her identity is somewhat special, so I took some special measures when escorting her!"
"Huh? Who is it?"
"She is from the Don Quigote family. News came from the intelligence network on the Grand Line that she was alone on a certain mission, so I quietly left the warship at night and rushed hundreds of nautical miles away to capture her.
I came back and no one else knew about it.”
"Being from the Don Quigote family? If you can put so much thought into it, you must have a very good fruit ability, right?"
"Yes, because she is a natural devil fruit user!"
Lu Qi nodded.
This is the biggest gain of his trip, and it is also the devil fruit he personally selected for Sophia.
"Natural type, could it be that Mona?"
"Lieutenant General, do you know?"
"Of course, it's a natural snowy fruit, right?"
"Well, although the attack power of this fruit is not strong, it is of the natural type after all. It can be transformed into elements, as well as provide some defense and combat assistance."
"Isn't the attack powerful? That's because this woman doesn't know how to develop it. I'll write you a suggestion on how to develop Snow Snow Fruit later!"
"Thank you Lieutenant General!"
Lu Qi's eyes suddenly lit up.
He knew that Sean had wild and unconstrained ideas in the direction of fruit opening.
Especially Ace's Burning Fruit, the tricks he has developed now almost make Lu Qi wonder if this thing is some other devil fruit disguised as a Burning Fruit.
"It's okay, you take them to the underground scientific research institute and deal with them all. After the last branch competition, 17 people chose the fruit priority. After removing this Snow Fruit, there are still 16 people waiting for food! It's over.
After that, let them choose in order according to their ranking at that time."
"Yes, Lieutenant General!"
Nodding, Lu Qi waved to the marines behind him, and then headed towards the entrance of the underground scientific research institute.
Although Monet can be considered a beauty in the pirate world.
But Sean is not interested in her at all, because this woman is completely loyal to Doflamingo.
this type
Characters can only be cut off, but cannot be poached.
Just like Hancock in the original work, after meeting Luffy, who can still pry this corner?
The principle is the same.
Since he can't pry the corner, he is also a pirate himself, and he is willing to do any bad things for Doflamingo.
Then Sean would have no hesitation in killing her.
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Three hours later.
A total of 16 Devil Fruits have been released.
One of them came from Monet, and the other fifteen came from the eleven pirate groups.
After handing over the natural Snow Fruit to Sophia, Lu Qi summoned the sailors who had obtained the ranking last time but chose the Devil Fruit priority and asked them to start choosing Devil Fruit one by one in order of ranking.
Soon, among the sixteen people, except for the person at the bottom, all the others chose Devil Fruits.
After all, according to Sean's original rules, giving up the reward of the competition, there is only one priority for this Devil Fruit.
If you still give up this time, you will really give up the reward. You will have to wait until next year's second branch competition and get the ranking.
Not to mention the long time, just by missing this opportunity, it is difficult to say whether I can get the ranking next year.
Because everyone knows that the warriors of Nine Snakes have also received a supply of dried meat.
Once these women are armed with sex and their basic physical fitness improves, they may not be able to defeat them next year.
Therefore, the first few people who choose are very happy, but the later people choose, the more tragic it becomes.
Because all the good fruits have been selected.
On the contrary, I came in last, so I was so happy!
Although he failed to get the Devil Fruit this time, look at Brigadier General Lu Qi, he went out for more than two months and got back more than a dozen.
If I get a dozen more coins next time, I will be the first one to choose!
It is equivalent to Sophia's status in this round of distribution.
Therefore, at this moment, he was not without regrets, but on the contrary, he was very happy.
However, the unobstructed expressions of excitement also stimulated those sailors at the bottom of the rankings who did not have many choices and could only pick one at random.
In the end, the sailors, who were looking for something to vent their anger, just forked the guy out. Not long after, a horrifying scream was heard.
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Under the command of Kaku, a large fleet of 31 ironclad ships docked at Rapeseed Flowers in Alabasta.
Among them, there are 3 cruiser-class ships, 8 destroyer-class ships, and 20 frigate-class ships.
Of course, the first batch of warships given to Alabasta by Sean actually only had 28 ships, that is, 8 destroyers and 20 frigates.
As for the three large warships, they are used as escorts.
After all, there are only the most basic number of sailors who can operate the ships on the more than 20 warships, and there is no actual combat effectiveness at all.
Besides, after the handover is completed, Kaku must have enough ships to bring all the sailors back to the branch, right?
Therefore, Sean directly asked him to take three of the four cruisers in the branch.
By the way, he was also given a task!
Well, take over from Lu Qi, continue to sweep around the Grand Line, and then come back!
Three cruisers, Kaku, and nearly 500 official sailors of the branch can almost travel sideways in the first half of the Grand Route.
Even if Kaku goes to fight Moria, he can definitely be pushed aside.
In fact, Sean actually gave Kaku an order to kill Moria in the name of harming the navy, and to bring back all the cadres under his command who had Devil Fruits!
As for whether the Warring States Period or the World Government will punish themselves.
Sean said he wasn't worried at all.
Or play Crocodile?
That set, directly related to Moriah's unforgivable crimes, was first made public through Morgans.
A large number of sailors were deprived of their shadows by Moria and trapped in the terrifying three-masted ship for many years. Now they are all rescued by Sean.
Under such circumstances, if you dare to convict Sean, there will be a large-scale shock in the navy. Believe it or not?
Therefore, Sean is not worried at all.
As long as you control public opinion, that's fine!
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On the port.
King Kobra personally led thousands of the kingdom's navy to wait in line here.
This is a historic day for Alabasta because...
After receiving this batch of warships, the Royal Navy of Alabasta will become the most powerful naval force among all the participating countries.
You must know that most of the more than 100 participating countries do not engage in navy.
After all, isn't it just to obtain naval protection by handing over so much heavenly gold every year?
In this case, why do I need to spend a lot of Baileys to build a navy?
Those are all Pele!!
Most of the kings and nobles were naturally unwilling.
Rather than wasting this money, it would be better to divide it among everyone. Wouldn’t that be nice?
Of course, some of the participating countries will form an armed force similar to the navy to protect the kingdom's coast to prevent pirate attacks.
After all, if something happens, even if the navy comes to support, it won't be there in a short time.
However, due to the problem of heavenly gold, these participating countries do not have much budget, so they only develop this expensive military unit.
Basically, there are only single-digit battleships, and the firepower of these battleships is also very weak.
Therefore, Alabasta, with its 28 armored warships, is obviously the country with the most powerful navy among the participating countries.
Now, Kobra can shout out confidently.
Starting today, Alabasta's navy...
Rise up!!
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in the next few days.
The newly formed Kingdom Navy, according to the long-decided distribution, all went to each warship, and were taught by the sailors brought by Kaku how to operate this kind of iron-clad warship.
Until the fifth day.
After the handover between the two sides was completed, Kaku left with three cruisers.