Pirates, Start with the vampire fruit and rescue the empress

Chambord Islands, Island No. 60, at the entrance of the naval base.

After Sephiroth pushed the bubble trolley containing the corpse to the entrance of the naval base, he took off the sly mask on his face.

Seeing this, the two soldiers standing guard at the door immediately let him go without saying a word.

In the past four months, he has brought the corpses of pirates to the naval base to collect bounties at regular intervals. The soldiers on guard have already recognized his face after makeup…

After a few brief greetings with the fat Captain Rusev in the morgue, Sephiroth went to Lieutenant General Kizaru’s room on the fifth floor.

“Yo! Brother, it’s you again!”

Kizaru looked lazy, resting his legs on the table and clasping his ears with his right hand.

“Hello, Lieutenant General Kizaru!”

Sephiroth nodded in a hoarse voice.

After Kizaru read the contents of the document clearly, he pretended to be surprised and said in a long tone:

“How scary~! This time you actually killed the pirate Supernova with a bounty of 150 million!”

“…”

The boy’s eyes twitched slightly, but he still resisted the urge to complain.

Kizaru always has a cynical attitude, making it impossible to guess what he is thinking.

“By the way…brother, besides coming to collect the bounty, have we met somewhere before…?”

Sephiroth’s voice was hoarse and he echoed with a guilty conscience:

“Maybe we passed each other by chance on a certain street?”

It was no coincidence that when Kizaru returned to Marine Headquarters to report work, the two of them actually passed each other twice…

Did I get recognized…?

“maybe?”

Kizaru scratched his head in confusion, as if he remembered something, but also seemed not to remember anything.

After waiting for the other party to sign, Sephiroth decisively turned around and left, going to the Finance Department to collect the bounty.

He thought about it and decided to temporarily ban the account of pirate hunter Roronoa Zoro.

Otherwise, if his vest is discovered, it will inevitably cause a lot of unnecessary trouble in the navy and underground forces.

…………

Shampoo Islands, Island No. 71.

One of the properties owned by the Umbrella Company, outside a certain large villa, there was a group of bodyguards in black suits on three floors inside and three floors outside. They were standing guard with guns in hand.

In the study room on the second floor of the villa.

Sephiroth, who was wearing a white suit, a white mask on his face, and still had green hair on his head, was half leaning on the couch, crossed his legs, and looked at Tezoro opposite him.

“I’m going to tell you something…”

“Boss, what do you want to say?”

“For some reasons, I’m going to give up my job as a bounty hunter for the time being.

From now on, you can only solve financial matters by yourself. ”

Hearing this, Tezzolo was stunned for a moment, but he did not ask why, but began to report:

“Yeah! No problem! Boss… Now the company is on the right track, the capital operation is normal, and it is in a stable period.

oh! correct……! ”

As if he thought of something, the young man’s tone suddenly became more solemn:

“Boss, because you have hunted pirates and captured all the treasures in the past four months, you have gained nearly 10 billion beli in total, which has attracted the jealousy of countless people.

Recently, I received news that seven pirate supernovas seem to have formed an alliance and want to unite to deal with you and steal your money…

Their combined manpower numbered over a thousand, making them a very powerful force!

It is the most correct choice for the boss to stop now. ”

Hearing this, Sephiroth couldn’t help but twitch the corners of his eyes slightly. He didn’t expect that he was now so hated by the pirates.

but……

Can you blame him?

He is just a pirate hunter who wants to make money!

Those dead pirates…

If you want to blame, blame Roger!

Thanks to the Pirate King Roger, who used One Piece as bait before his death, ushering in the era of great pirates, the number of people who go to sea as pirates every year has shown an explosive growth, making the navy unable to contain it even if it is exhausted.

In desperation, the navy could only significantly increase the bounty to attract more civilian combat forces to deal with the pirates.

This is like Whitebeard launching the Great Age of Pirates for the second time before he died in the War on the Summit. The Navy immediately came to significantly increase the bounties. It would take a few years for the Navy to rebalance the new sea. Bounty for thieves.

The greater the number of pirates, the greater the bounty per capita.

The higher the number, the smaller the number of pirates and the lower the per capita bounty.

In fact, the Navy also used some tricks on the reward order.

Among pirates from all over the world, there are very few or even no pirates with bounties over 100 million. In the first half of the Great Channel, there are more than 100 million bounties, but there are almost no pirates with bounties over 1 billion.

As for the second half of the Great Channel…the bounty is no more than 100 million, they are all miscellaneous fish, and the bounty does not exceed 1 billion, you are not qualified to call yourself a big pirate!

For pirates, the higher the bounty and the greater their reputation, the easier it is to develop their own power.

Therefore, they will subconsciously work hard to increase their bounty. Apart from murder, arson, and robbery, the easiest way to increase the bounty is to defeat pirates with a higher bounty than themselves…

The navy’s simple and direct, and at the same time the most obvious, small method was very effective. It caused huge ripples in the world of pirates and caused those pirates to kill each other.

“This is the last fund, 340 million beli…”

Sephiroth first placed a large box on the table and opened it, which was filled with stacks of banknotes.

Then, he took out a small wooden box next to him again, placed it on the table, and opened it.

“Also…I hope you can eat this devil fruit.”

“What kind of fruit is this…?”

Tezzolo picked up the gourd-shaped fruit covered with golden patterns and looked at it.

“Golden Fruit, if you eat it, you can directly manipulate and smelt gold.

After you develop it to the awakened state, you can control even gold powder freely, and it can also temporarily assimilate other items and turn them into gold. ”

Hearing these words, Tezzolo felt a little moved in his heart, but he still hesitated:

“Isn’t this fruit…too…too expensive?”

“I think this fruit is quite suitable for you…

Besides, as the second-in-command of an umbrella company now, if you have no strength at all, how will you convince the public in the future?

Just relying on your business acumen is not enough!

In this world, in the final analysis, one still has to rely on strength to speak…”

Sephiroth sighed inexplicably, and he couldn’t help but murmur in his heart.

Sure enough, “Being black is three times stronger, being white is seven times weaker” is the eternal truth!

Tezzolo has not experienced the pain of losing his loved one, nor the dark memories of being enslaved, so he seems a bit slack when it comes to training.

He had already told the other party the training methods of the Sixth Form of the Navy and Haki, but under his guidance, Tezzolo had practiced for four months, and his strength had barely reached the level of an ordinary naval soldier at the Navy Headquarters.

However, if you think about it carefully, this is natural. In a sense, Tezzolo can be said to be very proud of his career and love, and his life has reached its peak.

If Tezoro hadn’t been assassinated several times, Sephiroth would have guessed that he wouldn’t even have the intention to practice and become stronger…

“I know boss!”

Tezoro nodded and took a bite of the golden fruit…

The extremely unpleasant taste impact made his face turn green on the spot.

“It tastes so bad…”

“Eat them all! I heard that if you eat them all, the initial effect of the fruit will be better…” Sephiroth said with a smirk on his face.

“oh……!”

Hearing this, Tezoro could only hold back his nausea and swallowed the golden fruit one bite at a time.

After eating, he drank two cups of coffee to dilute the remaining taste in his mouth.

After a while, after Tezoro recovered, he straightened his posture and said to Sephiroth after considering:

“Boss, I have been thinking recently about expanding the company’s entertainment industry…

However, there is an unclear relationship between the entertainment industry giant on the Shampoo Islands, Happy Street, and the World Government.

I am hesitant now whether to compete with them in the industry…”

Hearing this, Sephiroth’s cheek twitched slightly, and he quickly spoke out to dissuade him:

“I advise you not to take too big steps. The power of Happy Street is all over the world. In addition to the Chambord Islands, there are also Happy Streets on other islands and even on the sea.

The reason why it can develop so powerfully is because it belongs to the CP0 organization under the World Government.

Happy Street is a means used by others to collect intelligence. We can’t fight each other now…

If you don’t want to be killed by the sudden appearance of CP0, I advise you not to compete forcefully with others in the entertainment industry. ”

“cp0…Shield of the Celestial Dragons…I didn’t expect them to engage in this kind of industry…”

Tezzolo’s heart trembled, his face looked a little ugly, and he couldn’t help but sneered: “Okay

risk! ”

“Boss, if we don’t get involved in the entertainment industry, we will be stuck in a development bottleneck in the arms industry for the time being…

What we are doing now is an arms middleman, wholesale and retail.

In the future, if we want to further expand and develop, we can only make more profits by expanding to the lower reaches of the industrial chain and owning our own military factories.

In this way, our arms industry no longer needs to be limited to the Chambord Islands, but can extend to other islands. ”

“Oh!? What do you think about establishing a military factory?”

“Hehehehe…! This is a plan that I expect to be implemented in the next one or two years.”

Tezzoro smiled, turned around and took out two drawings from the desk drawer and placed them in front of Sephiroth.

One is a rough chart of the first half of the Great Waterway, and the other is a map of an island.

“This is……?”

Facing the young man’s doubtful gaze, Tezzolo quickly explained:

“This one is the island map of the Kingdom of Saldo, and this one is its general sea location. It only takes about five days to sail from the Kingdom of Saldo to the Champaody Islands.

Since it can only be reached by means of a permanent pointer, its safety and concealment are higher than those of ordinary islands. In addition, the country is quite poor.

If we build a military factory somewhere, it will be much simpler in terms of manpower recruitment, and with Stella, the princess of the Sardo Kingdom, we will gain a lot of convenience…”

Under Sephiroth’s half-smiling expression, Tezoro spoke softer and quieter until he finally stopped.

“Ahem!…Okay! Boss, I admit that I have selfish motives for this plan.

If you don’t like it, we can change it to another one. “Tezolo said with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

“Your plan sounds very good and very feasible…just do what you say!”

Sephiroth did not blame the other party. Young people who fall in love are always blind…

Tezzolo was obviously influenced by Stella, the person on his pillow, and wanted to do something to help his lover’s country.

As long as it doesn’t harm the company’s interests, he doesn’t want to interfere.

Moreover, Tezzolo’s plan is indeed very good. It can help the company develop and help the Sardo Kingdom. It is a win-win situation, and Sephiroth has no reason to refuse.