Codex Pirates

Chapter 204 The Abandoned Person (two chapters in one)

Sherlock didn't speak, but Edmond on the side said coldly: "You live and do business in the free trade zone of the Kingdom of Navia, and you need to follow the laws of the Kingdom of Navia. The words of the consul here are the law. Those who died were all disobedient people, do you have an opinion?"

The pirate captain muttered, but in the end he didn’t say anything. The average bounty of the pirates in the East China Sea is only three million. These pirates who are active in White Pine Town have generally been dealt with by the Morgan Pirates. Not everyone has Bucky and Ah. The ones who attacked the banks here with the confidence of a dragon, and even Bucky and Aaron, were characters who had taken risks on the great route, and the bounties offered were generally higher than most pirates in the East China Sea.

...

While Sherlock and Edmund were talking with a group of pirate captains, there were people inside the same small building looking at the situation in the square.

Dampier opened the blinds, glanced at the commotion in the plaza, turned around, and looked at the clown Bucky lying on the ground: "He said he invented the cannonball?"

At this time, Bucky the Clown no longer had the vigor he had when he first bombed the Gold Flash Bank. He had a bruised nose, a swollen face, white lips, burn marks all over his body, and a missing front tooth. He was lying on the ground, dying.

William sat on a sofa, drank the glass of mead in his hand, and said with a frown, "That's right, and he also named the shell Bucky Bullet after himself."

"Then he is a talent." Dampier looked at Bucky in surprise, "I can let him join my laboratory, but I don't know if he will be honest."

"I think so too. As for whether he will be honest and obedient, you don't have to worry," William sneered and took out a box and opened it in front of Dampier. "This is a devil fruit ability user, no wonder he knows some The bank's details, and dare to rob."

Dampier looked at the box, but found that there was a neatly shaved piece of meat inside. He subconsciously frowned and asked, "What is this?"

"His heart." William grabbed the piece of meat in the box with his hand, and the ability of the devil fruit was activated, and the high temperature quickly condensed in his hand. At the same time, Bucky, who was lying on the ground like a dead fish, was miserable. With a cry, he rolled over in pain.

It was only then that Dampier noticed that Bucky's left chest was empty and missing a piece, but the strange thing was that there was no blood flowing from that part.

If Bucky is compared to a person built from countless building blocks, then the flesh and blood building block containing the heart on his chest at this time is equivalent to being held by William in his hand.

"The ability of the devil fruit?" Dampier's eyes flashed a gleam, "It's amazing, even the heart can be separated from the body."

"Don't pretend to be dead," William put the meat back into the box, and said to Bucky who was lying on the ground panting, "Captain Bucky, you heard what we just said, your devil fruit ability can't protect you My little life, obediently stay in the lab for me, and I will keep you safe and sound."

Bucky panted heavily, and looked at William with some resentment: "You want me to be your slave?"

"I spared your life, you should be lucky," William closed the lid of the box, and said coldly, "You ruined the Gold Flash Bank, and I don't know how much trouble you caused me, if you didn't value what was in your mind , I will definitely let you die miserably."

In the final analysis, the foundation of a bank is actually two words - credit.

The Gold Flash Bank is officially endorsed by the regime of the Kingdom of Navia, which is a member of the world government, and has the Morgan Pirates. The army of the Kingdom of Navia provides a substantial guarantee of force, so it can attract pirates All kinds of illegal funds have been invested.

In this troubled world, force is the biggest barrier, even more important than money, and it is the most reassuring for people like pirates. It is not that the Flash Gold Bank has not been robbed before, but it has never been like it is today. The entire bank was being torn down, which obviously would have shaken outsiders' confidence in the bank, so William would have seemed annoyed at first.

William's unscrupulous mobilization ability evaporates groundwater and other water sources, covering the entire island with steam. The purpose is to declare force and restore some confidence that may have been lost by the outside world after the destruction of the Flash Gold Bank.

After William rang the bell beside him, two people came in from the door and carried Bucky, who was covered in bruises, out.

When only William and Dampier were left in the room, Dampier asked, "Since Bucky is going to be kept alive, how do we explain the bank?"

"The bank was robbed by murlocs, and it can only be robbed by murlocs," William said meaningfully. "Tomorrow's newspapers will say the same thing. Since the bank has been destroyed, it can't be hidden from anyone. Let's use it as a waste. Let it help promote the terrifying image of the Murlocs and the Dragon Pirates."

...

In a small town within the Kingdom of Navia, on the pier, a somewhat puffy boy with glasses and a pink parted head was holding the latest "Donghai Shimbun" and was concentrating on the news on it.

The little boy named Kebi sighed from time to time when he read the news about the murloc pirates attacking the bank of White Pine Town.

Some adults on the pier couldn't help laughing when they saw Kebi's appearance like a little adult.

"Keby, how is your test result this time?" A young man in a playful manner shouted at Keby.

Kebi was interrupted, looked at the other party timidly, and replied reluctantly: "It's okay, but some subjects are not satisfactory."

At the end of last year, William officially began to implement mandatory compulsory education in the Kingdom of Navia. He also built nearly twenty new primary schools in the country. Except for the capital city of Kalmar, all villages and towns also guaranteed the existence of national primary schools. The "Regulations on Compulsory Education" was promulgated, requiring all minors aged six to twelve in the country to receive education, regardless of gender, high or low.

Regardless of whether it is a city or a town, as long as there are students who miss classes, they will all be recorded and the parents will be fined.

When the immigration movement was launched, William had taken the opportunity to abolish the local self-government institutions and seized the local government in the hands of the central government. The local administrators were all appointed by the central government controlled by William.

In addition, William also reformed the education system. Referring to the national education system established by Napoleon, he incorporated teachers into the national bureaucratic system, resolutely suppressed the living space of local private schools, forcibly realized the state's monopoly on education, and established The Ministry of Education supervises the education situation in various villages and towns.

In this environment, the local governor only needs to be responsible to his superiors. Although brutality and quick success are inevitable in the process, the promotion of compulsory education in the local area is very efficient.

It was in this situation that Keby entered the small town national elementary school.

Keby is a child who loves to read and study, which can be seen from his heavy glasses, but the school established by William does not only focus on book knowledge, limited to the general environment of this world, but also pays great attention to physical subjects, Keby Although he was studying in elementary school, fencing and gymnastics were already compulsory subjects, but these two subjects were Kebi's shortcomings. He is currently partial to serious subjects, and his grades have been stagnant.

A short and strong middle-aged man dressed as a porter seemed to know Keby. He stepped forward and advised Keby: "You should get in touch with your classmates more. If you have free time to read newspapers, how about Do some more training, you are so serious about subjects, and you only know how to study hard, in this era of big pirates, you will suffer a lot."

Kebi muttered unwillingly: "We haven't encountered pirates around our town for many years."

Although Keby said in a low voice, the middle-aged porter's ears were quite good, and he still heard what Keby said clearly, and reprimanded loudly: "It's been a long time since I met a pirate. Haven't there been any pirates around Nian Town?"

"There are no pirates, because of the policy implemented by the consul, and only our country is like this in the East China Sea. You often run to the pier. Haven't you seen those sea merchants complaining? Besides our country, there are several other countries. Are there no pirates to rob you in the territory?"

Kebi stopped talking. He actually knew what the other party said was correct, and what he just said was just to defend himself.

Keby’s school also has history and social classes. Why this era is called the era of great pirates, the reason and the current situation, Keby knows very well. Before William took power in the central government, Keby and the people in his hometown were afraid of pirates. It is beyond words. Under the circumstances at that time, no one dared to say that a place like Kebi's hometown was absolutely safe.

So at that time, under the influence of the environment, Kebi had the idea and ideal of becoming a navy when he was very young. It was only after he went to elementary school that he learned about Tianlongman and Tianlong's hoof through the teacher's narration and the contents of the textbook. After a series of events, such as slaves, the kingdom of Tecchila Wolf on the bridge, and the order to kill demons, although there were no comments on these phenomena in the classroom and books, Keby gradually gave up the idea of ​​becoming a navy .

At least the navy under the World Government, in Keby's young heart, can no longer represent the word "justice".

Kebi's latest dream now is to enter the New East College located in the capital Kalmar City for further studies in the future. After graduation, he will join the attendant room under the kingdom's first consul Morgan William, follow the great consul, and even more Well build and defend your home town.

What others said was right. Kebi glanced down at the newspaper and remembered the content of the news. In this era of great pirates, it is not easy to live a peaceful and stable life. Even the Kingdom of Navia, protected by the Consul, will After being attacked by the murloc pirates, he had to work hard to become stronger, so that he could do his best to save this era like Lord William.

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"Zango, have you really met the consul from the neighboring country?"

In Kekeyasi Village, in an open space in the village, a group of local villagers surrounded the troubadour Zangao and asked.

Zangao hugged the guitar, plucked the strings, played a series of notes, and said, "Of course."

Zangao's words are actually half true and half false. He was originally a wandering dancer, but unfortunately he was so unknown that he couldn't eat enough every day. Whenever he was hungry, he would rely on sleep to resist hunger.

Later, I don’t know if it was because he slept for too long, or he had hallucinations at the beginning. Zango can’t remember clearly. He remembered that he found a mushroom growing on his chin, and he ate the mushroom head when he was hungry. , Since then, he has gradually mastered hypnotism.

William's reform of the military can be regarded as meritocracy. As long as there are capable talents, unless they are criminals who are wanted by the world government, even those who have committed crimes in other countries will not be blamed. Crowe, before William did something similar.

In order to do a good job in intelligence work, inquire about all kinds of news, and integrate into various social strata and groups, Crowe inevitably needs to recruit talents of all kinds from all walks of life. Through the senior agents in his hands, he has developed countless downlines. Zang Gao originally wanted to satisfy his hunger. And became the offline of Crowe's intelligence agency. Later, because of the hypnosis technique, his status in the intelligence department continued to improve. Finally, after the intelligence part was separated, he was transferred to the fifth business department and became the "ace agent" of the five business intelligence department. .

He came to Cocoyasi Village, not by accident at all, but on purpose. In addition to inquiring about the information of the Dragon Pirates at close range, he also had to do a good job in public opinion work in the local area, not only to promote the Dragon Pirates The image of horror, but also to make the local residents feel desperate for the ruling class of the kingdom, the world government and the local navy, so that after William led the team to drive away the dragon pirates, the places controlled by the dragon pirates were merged into Navia Kingdom prepares.

"I've heard people say that after that consul took office in the Kingdom of Navia, no cities or towns in the kingdom have been plundered by pirates?" A villager asked.

"That's true," Zangao said similarly in front of countless people and how many times, but he can still say it with sincerity, "I have traveled to so many countries, and the Kingdom of Navia is the most peaceful one I have ever seen. country."

"If Aaron and his gang occupy a village in the Kingdom of Navia, I don't know what the consul will do." A villager sighed.

Another villager said bitterly: "Anyway, they will definitely not ignore us like the gentlemen in our country."

When Zangao first arrived in the village, he was very enthusiastic to help them contact the outside world, especially the ruler of the Kingdom of Falaise.

However, Aaron's bounty is as high as 20 million Baileys, which is one of the best among the bounties offered by many pirates in the East China Sea. The Kingdom of Falaise, to which Cocoyasi Village belongs, canceled the rescue including The idea of ​​several occupied villages including Cocoyasi Village.

The news of Zangao was conveyed to the local villagers almost immediately, letting them know that he had been abandoned by the ruler of this country.