Two days later, in the afternoon sunshine, Esdeath sat on the balcony, flipping through a popular science book called "The Great Line", with a bottle of red wine placed on the dining table beside him.
The welfare of the admiral in the headquarters has always been very good. After Esdeath was promoted to captain, he naturally had a house of his own in Marineland.
Moreover, with the bonus directly from the general, I was assigned to a small single-family house near the sea, and it was a sea view room.
The house is not big, but it is not small either. In addition to Esdeath and Annan, Kaede and Ling also live here as maids, and Crowe is still in the boot camp as a recruit.
The original house was not idle and was rented out by Annan at a normal price.
"The ocean currents, air currents, and magnetic fields of the Grand Route are all turbulent, and the direction can only be determined by recording pointers."
Esdeath held up "A Comprehensive Guide to the Grand Line" in one hand and took a sip from the wine glass in the other hand. He said to Annan who was sitting across the dining table.
"Annan, this book says that it is crucial to have an experienced navigator when sailing on the great route. It seems that we need to find an excellent navigator."
"Navigator? We are not pirates, so we don't need that kind of profession. Nowadays, everything is high-tech. The Ice and Fire Man has a full set of recording pointers and can also navigate automatically. Esdeath, times have changed."
Annan lay on the recliner, pushed away his eye mask and said lazily.
With the development of climate science and warships, the profession of navigator has gradually been marginalized in the navy. It is not that it has not existed, but it is not as important as before.
"No, machines will always break down. It would be good to have an extra layer of insurance." Esdeath said seriously.
"Ah, do you need to be so serious?" Annan stood up and rubbed his eyes, "If you insist on finding a navigator, you don't have to go to so much trouble. There is one on the Ice and Fire Man."
"Aboard the Ice and Fire Man?"
Esdeath closed the book and looked thoughtful.
"Feng, Ling, and Crowe, although they all have sailing experience, they don't have much experience, and they are not as good as me..."
"Don't think about it, I'll tell you directly."
Annan tapped his fingers on the table.
"Kulomi is the little scientific research mine. She studied weather knowledge for two years in the Visalia system in the sky-island country, and developed the first weather forecast machine for the world government, but it didn't work."
"She actually understands this?" Esdeath was quite surprised, "I thought she was just a weapons inventor, but how did you know?"
"Hmm, who among the scientists from Egg Head Island doesn't have two brushes?" Annan put his left fist to his mouth and yawned.
"Didn't you go to see your old man the day before yesterday? Kurome came out not long after you left. I saw that she was in a bad mood, so I took her out to play. I praised her a few times during the meal, and she wanted to play with her.
All her glorious deeds are told."
"She has knowledge and knows the basics." Esdeath stood up from the chair, clenched her fists and said, "Then let her decide."
"Don't make a conclusion so early." Annan reminded, "She is only a specially appointed consultant of the Navy now, not our subordinate. She may not be willing to invite her to be a navigator."
"Don't worry." Esdeath grinned, "I have my own way."
"Pulu Pulu Polo..."
The phone on Esdeath's wrist rang.
Esdeath glanced at it and opened the top cover. The phone bug turned into a vulgar appearance.
"Esdeath~"
"Have you finally remembered me, old man? I thought you were going to leave me hanging in Marineland."
"How could that be? You have had a good rest these two days. Come to the office. I have a new task for you, and you are alone."
Click.
After saying that, the phone caller over there hung up.
"I'm alone. Has the Navy's personnel shortage reached this point?" Esdeath turned off the phone and looked back at Annan, "I'm going to the marshal's office."
"Well, I heard everything." Annan lay down again and waved to Esdeath.
"Walk slowly."
Esdeath put on his military cap, raised his head, thought for a moment, and said to Annan:
"You'd better sort it out in advance. I think I'll call you soon."
Annan smiled.
"How is that possible? My eldest son is still in the New World——"
"Pulu Pulu Polo..."
The phone in Annan's hand rang.
"Um?"
Annan stood up and looked at the phone bug, then at Esdeath.
With a smile on her lips, Esdeath picked up the navy cloak hanging on the wall and turned around to leave.
After a while, Esdeath appeared in Kizaru's office.
The first time he walked in, Esdeath saw Kizaru sitting on the boss's chair with his legs crossed and cutting his nails, with a leisurely look on his face.
"Here you go, sit down." Kizaru pointed to the chair in front of the desk and said.
Esdeath stepped forward and sat on the chair.
"What is your mission, old man? It's so mysterious." Esdeath asked.
"There are some."
Kizaru took out a stack of documents from the drawer and pushed it in front of Esdeath.
"Open it and take a look."
Esdeath raised his eyes to look at the document, reached for the top document, unsealed it and took out several reward notices.
"Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach."
"Champion, Gizzards Badgers."
"Yin Yue, Fan Oka."
"Devil Sheriff, Lafitte."
"Death, Poison Q."
"This is..." Esdeath held the reward order and frowned.
"Now, this is a pirate group that has caused a lot of headaches for our headquarters recently, the Blackbeard Pirates." Kizaru pointed to the document in front of Esdeath, "The rest is their detailed information."
"Let me hunt down a pirate group by myself, old man, you really understand me."
Esdeath put the reward order into the document bag, his eyes becoming more and more excited.
"It's scary to think that you can deal with a pirate group alone." Kizaru said, "But the intention of this department is not to let you arrest them, but to find their traces."
"I understand, first find where they are, and then arrest them all, right?"
Esdeath put the document in her arms and looked at the teapot on the desk.
"Then I'm ready to go. Master, just drink tea in the office. I'll bring you some good tea when I come back."
"It's really resolute, so I can rest assured." Kizaru said with a smile.
"You are already a colonel. You can also try to lead your subordinates. I have heard that your new subordinate is a very smart man."
"The old man is talking about Crow, right?" Esdeath said with a smile, "Although he was a pirate before, I think he will become a good navy here."
"I have no objection to the subordinate you recruited, but his identity will be very troublesome in the future. If he has not been acquitted by the World Government's court, someone will use this to attack you in the future."
"Well..." Esdeath rubbed her chin and thought for a moment, "Master, do you have any good suggestions?"
"Any suggestions?" Kizaru said with a smile while holding the tea cup, "I won't tell you that Justice Island can sentence him not guilty."