Pirates: Build a high wall from the East China Sea.

Chapter 40 Bad Influence
"What's going on?" Xia Che looked at the civilians who got off the Mok pirate ship with a puzzled look on his face.

Everyone had grief and anger on their faces, and despair in their eyes. Of course, these were nothing. What mattered was that one of the older men was still cursing, and if you listened carefully, it seemed like he was cursing the navy?

"How do you curse the Marines? Or Smoker?"

"Wahaha... there was a little misunderstanding." After hearing Boss Xia Che's question, Mok scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "We met Yan Nan and his men on the island. It was also thanks to Yan Nan's help. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to capture them so quickly."

The words fell.

Xia Che: ...

He looked at Mok with a strange expression.

Although Mok didn't explain it in detail, as someone who had been to the sea before, he had a rough idea of ​​what was going on.

Imagine that you are on the sea and suddenly encounter a group of pirates who say to you, "Come on, I'll take you away. There are jobs here and you can eat well!"...

Who would believe such nonsense!
Even if you are recruiting workers, not many people will believe you.

Still hiring?

This is not to capture you and make you a slave. It would be strange if I let you work as 007 for free!

Are there wages and meals provided?
What do you think?
Not to mention the refugees on the sea, even the nobles on the sea have never encountered someone doing such a stupid thing in their entire lives!
So, after that, when I realized that it was useless to say more, I simply... took the measures of a pirate. When I met someone, I just kidnapped them without saying anything!

As for the rest, we’ll talk about it later!
Anyway, after bringing people here, they became obedient, especially when they found out afterwards that they were not deceived, they instantly became more grateful.

There’s no way, the trust between people in the sea... is so low!

So the Navy helped catch people?
Xia Che felt that he had already thought of that scene.

Morals have fallen and human nature has been distorted!

It is no wonder that these refugees looked so desperate and angry. They must have felt extremely desperate when they saw that the righteous navy was helping the pirates to capture people.

"Smoker?" Kuzan, who also came out, seemed to have thought of something, and a strange expression appeared on his face. "Oh, by the way, Smoker was demoted by the headquarters some time ago to become the new base commander of Rogue Town? Navy? Pirate?"

He looked at Xia Che with suspicion.

"I know about Smoker. He has only been demoted for a few days, and he has been corrupted by you?"

"Hey, we are good friends who have worked together. Yan Nan is a good colonel!"

however.

Mok just finished speaking.

"What good friends, good friends?" Xia Che kicked him directly and said in a serious tone, "I have said it so many times, some relationships cannot be revealed. As pirates, you have no relationship with the navy. Remember this, and..."

His tone changed to criticism again.

"Didn't I tell you? I've already cleaned up my act and come ashore. You're not the old pirates from the sea, but the new pirates from the East China Sea. You can't arrest people recklessly. You have to have your own rules and regulations, and you have to arrest people in a civilized manner!"

"But... I explained it!" Facing the boss's admonition, Mok showed a distressed expression on his face and said, "They didn't listen! How can I be civilized?"

"You can't smile! Catch it with a smile? Smile is the best language and the best explanation, understand?"

"understood!"

"Do you know what to do next time?"

“I’ll let everyone catch it with a smile in the future!”

"..."X2
Listening to the conversation between the two, Princess Vivi and Kuzan, who had just arrived, looked at the two people in front of them with dark faces.

Is this what people say?
Arresting people with a smile?
This is even more frightening than arresting people directly!

Especially Kuzan... Does this guy in front of him know that he is still here, and he is actually colluding with pirates in front of him?

As a navy admiral, he felt that he had to say something and give a reminder!
however.

Kuzan was about to speak.

"Come here!" Xia Che waved at Mok again with a serious face. After Mok came up, he pulled him to Kuzan and said, "This is the admiral from the headquarters - Kuzan. Do you know what admiral means? If you see this face on the sea in the future, run away quickly. Do you remember what I said just now?"

The words fell.

"?!"

After hearing what Boss Xia Che said, Mok looked at Kuzan in front of him with shock.

Admiral?

Not long ago, the boss was associated with a naval hero and a vice admiral, and now he's getting close to a navy admiral.

As expected of the boss! It's really amazing.

Mok nodded seriously and said, "Don't worry, Boss. I will never tell anyone that General Kuzan is also our backer!"

"???"

Kuzan looked at the stupid Mok in front of him with a confused look on his face.

How did he become the backer of these guys?
There seemed to be something in his heart that he didn't know whether to say or not, but he quickly said with a dark face, "I'm not!"

"That's right, General Kuzan is not!" Xia Che nodded seriously, "Don't talk nonsense everywhere, hurry down and hand over what needs to be handed over. It's getting late, and we should set off!"

"Got it, Boss. I, Mok, am the tightest-lipped man in the world. I will never tell anyone about it."

Mok nodded, then, with his mouth tightly shut, he turned around with a serious face, and according to the boss's order, he prepared to go down and hand over the harvest to the big sister Noqigao.

And Kuzan...

He watched Mok leave in silence, then turned around and looked at Xia Che in front of him.

He was just here to watch the fun, so these guys became the backers?

Before Kuzan, who had a frown on his forehead, could say anything, the brat in front of him said with emotion, "Mok lost his parents when he was young. He has no home, no relatives, no money, and has been poor all his life. He has never been to school. It is normal for him to misunderstand some things. Don't worry, I will warn him not to say anything nonsense. Besides, except for the princess of Alabasta, everyone here is ours."

After Xia Che patted his chest, he turned his head seriously and said to Weiwei who was standing there in a daze, "But I believe Princess Weiwei will not spread it around!"

The words fell.

Weiwei turned her head and looked at Kuzan with strange eyes, then nodded seriously, "Thank you very much for your help. Don't worry, I will never tell this secret to anyone else."

"..."

It doesn't look like he would talk nonsense to others!

No, there is no secret!
Kuzan covered his face with his hands, and said in a lazy and helpless tone, "Ah, I seem to have caused myself a big trouble? Sure enough, I should have left this damn place earlier."

Of course~
As a naval admiral, he doesn't really care about these rumors.

After all, that was only the overlord of the East China Sea, not the overlord of the sea, nor the overlord of the New World. What was the purpose of him, a dignified admiral, cooperating with a mere overlord of the East China Sea?
"It's time for me to leave too." Kuzan climbed onto his bicycle, stepped on the pedals, and looked at Xia Che deeply. "I hope that when we meet again, you don't have to arrest you in person!"

"I am a righteous navy." Xia Che deliberately shook off the white righteous cloak that he had obtained in the training camp as an exception and had not worn for a long time, and said with a smile, "Why would I bother the righteous navy to arrest me?"

"What a cunning fellow!"

In response to Xia Che's words, Kuzan didn't say much. He just smiled, shook his head, and slowly rode away on his bicycle at Xia Che's wave.

however.

Just when Kuzan was halfway through his journey.

"Oh, there's one more thing I forgot."

Xia Che's voice suddenly came from behind again.

"Next time you go to Red Romance, remember not to order the sea bath. It's real sea water. Although it's really comfortable, it's very unfriendly to your abilities. There's a rumor going around in Red Romance about a lazy guy who looks so tall and strong, but who knows what he looks like inside! It's detrimental to the dignity of the admiral and has a bad impact!"

The words fell.

"..."

Kuzan, who was riding a bicycle leisurely, suddenly slipped on the pedal and almost fell off the bicycle and into the sea.

Knowing that it has a bad influence, could you please stop shouting so loudly?

Kuzan, who regained control of the bicycle, seemed to have heard nothing just now, or as if no one was talking to him at all. He continued to pedal the bicycle leisurely and rode forward, as if nothing had happened.

only.

Compared to the slow look just now.

At this moment he...

Although his upper body still looked lazy, his feet were pedaling the bicycle at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye.

Just a moment...

The figure disappeared in front of everyone, leaving only the people still looking at him with strange eyes.

"You can pretend!" Xia Che muttered in satisfaction, then coughed twice to draw everyone's attention back, and said lightly, "Get ready, it's time for us to set off... and enter the Grand Line!"

(End of this chapter)