Pirates: Your Emperor is Back!

Great route, the first half.

On the wavy sea, a ship with a black flag is furling its sails, dropping its anchor, and drifting quietly.

The boats passing around saw it from a distance, and they avoided it one after another, for fear that they would notice him.

That's a pirate ship!

Looking at the skull logo on the black flag, I am not familiar with it. It is probably a pirate group that has just entered the great route.

...

"Full right rudder, avoid them!"

Under the command of the captain, a merchant ship quickly turned to avoid.

"Huh, it's good that they didn't catch up. It looks like they are resting."

For experienced merchant ship captains, the last thing they want to meet is this kind of pirate group.

These stunned youths have just entered the great route, and they become complacent with their small achievements, thinking that they will make a fortune, so they often do things as they please.

They often attack very hard, even if the caravan offers tolls, they will not let the other party go easily.

They have never heard of the old rules of the sea, let alone abide by them, so they do some things like killing chickens to get eggs.

The old captain is too lazy to mess around with these youngsters.

While smoking his pipe, he picked up his small binoculars and looked into the distance, intending to confirm the movement of the pirate ship.

Suddenly, the old captain noticed the sea not far away.

There is also a merchant ship there, raising its sails, and advancing at full speed.

The size of this ship was several times that of the old captain's small merchant ship, and even reached the level of a ship. The draft was also extremely deep, and it was obviously fully loaded with cargo.

The lookout on the side asked: "Captain, do you want to send them a signal to remind them that there is a pirate ship ahead?"

The old captain narrowed his eyes, shook his head and said, "No need, let everyone know that we will follow that ship for a while!"

"What?"

The lookout was stunned, and reminded: "Captain, they ran directly towards the pirate ship, and we escaped from there!"

The old shipyard couldn't help grinning when he heard this.

"Smelly brat, haven't you heard of this route?"

The lookout was a little embarrassed and said: "Didn't we run the route of the capital of seven waters before? Didn't you take us here, Captain?"

The old captain taught him a lesson: "Then you should also read the newspapers more to get acquainted with major news events!"

The lookout scratched his head, "Captain, I can't read."

The old captain: "..."

After a pause, the old captain said, "Look at the flag on that ship."

The lookout looked through the binoculars and saw a blue flag fluttering in the wind, which seemed to have a pattern of spears on it.

"It's not a black flag, it's not a navy, what is that?"

"It's the flag of the Universal Alliance."

While beckoning everyone to follow quickly, the old captain explained: "The reason why I gave up the business in the capital of seven waters and turned to this business route is because of them!"

The lookout blinked, puzzled.

The old captain now has a rare time to relax when running a business, so he feels much better, and patiently explained:

"The Alliance of the Four Seas is a commercial alliance that popped up recently. It is said that it was established under the leadership of the superpower Alabasta."

"Relying on national-level military strength, they have established a safe and fixed route between Magnetic Drum Island and Alabasta, and there is no need to record pointers!"

Hearing what the old captain said, the young lookout didn't show any surprise.

He asked puzzledly: "If there is only one air route, it won't work, right?"

Buying and selling between two countries can only make a small amount of money, which is not proportional to the risk of sailing at sea.

But the old captain laughed and said, "Of course not, otherwise the Universal Alliance wouldn't attract my attention."

He approached the lookout, "I heard that the Universal Alliance still has a fixed route to Sky Island!"

"Sky Island?!"

The lookout was taken aback, "Isn't that a legend?"

When he was a child, he used to laugh at those little kids who believed in Sky Island.

The old captain shook his head, "You're still too young, the sky island is real, but it's hard to go up there, it's normal for people who have lived in the nearby waters to think it's a legend."

He smiled and looked up to the sky.

"Speaking of which, I've only heard of it. I really want to go and see it for myself!"

"Can we go to Sky Island?!"

The lookout was also in high spirits at the moment, with a look of anticipation in his eyes.

"Hahahahaha, in short, on the fixed route, the merchant ships of the Four Seas Alliance are protected by the alliance, and no pirate ship dares to approach. Today we are lucky!"

The old captain laughed and said, "We will follow them closely and we will arrive in Alabasta soon!"

"oh!"

The crew shouted excitedly.

After all, they have been worrying about pirate attacks all the time after running business all the year round, and now they have a rare leisure time, so they are naturally very happy.

...

On the ships of the Four Seas Alliance.

The person in charge of escorting this ship is the idle Crocodile.

... No, it's not very busy.

He went to the Medical Research Institute on Magnetic Drum Island to collect some scattered intelligence and data for emergencies.

It's not that he is eager to learn, but that there are such high-quality resources, why not use them?

Crocodile frowned slightly as he heard cheers from the small merchant ship behind him.

He originally wanted to teach those ignorant guys a lesson, but he was really too lazy to deal with Luo Wen's subsequent cross-examination, so he gave up.

Alas, sailing at sea is the most boring thing.

Crocodile was about to go back to rest in the cabin when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the pirate ship docked on the sea not far away.

"oh?"

Crocodile lit himself a cigar.

"oh!"

His eyes gradually became excited, as if he saw an interesting prey.

Then, he suddenly said in a deep voice: "Enemy attack, everyone be alert!"

Swish!

For a moment, everyone on the ship became vigilant. They looked around and found the pirate ship docked in place.

The accompanying adjutant scratched his head and said in confusion: "Mr. Crocodile, they, that, don't seem to plan to attack us..."

"Hehehe, really? I don't believe it!"

Crocodile took a sip of his cigar and said with a dark smile, "And why do I feel that they are heading towards us at full speed?"

The adjutant paused, and wanted to retort, "Obviously we are heading towards them", but Crocodile interrupted the words.

"Don't shoot, if you get hurt, that old guy will say that I am looking for trouble again!"

Looking at the pirate ship getting closer, Crocodile smiled even more happily.

"They are too 'dangerous', so just let me come..."

...

the other side.

On a small raft.

A huge and strong man was staring at the record pointer in his hand, and with the other hand, he was sliding the oar to make the raft move forward.

He came from Marin Vandor and went to Alabasta to establish a new branch of the Navy.

He was born in a slum without a surname.

His name is Barlow.

Vice Admiral of the Navy...

Formerly, Vice Admiral of the Navy Headquarters.

Incumbent, ad hoc at the Navy Headquarters, head of the Alabasta G-T Naval Branch Base, retaining the rank of lieutenant general.

He folded his most precious cloak of justice and put it in the deepest part of his bag, then, shirtless, he rowed a small raft all the way to Alabasta.

The wind and rain along the way made this strong man feel a little bit dusty.

But before reaching Alabasta, Barlow saw a merchant ship and a pirate ship from a long distance away.

What happens when these two things are put together?

Barlow came to the answer without hesitation——

not good!

Weak and helpless citizens are being threatened by terrible pirates!

Barlow stood up on the small raft, held the oar, and slid quickly, and the small raft rushed towards the two boats at an alarming speed!

Navy, justice is done!