Pirates: Building High Walls Starting from the East Blue

Ignoring Tashigi's strange expression, Smoker returned directly to his warship. Watching the Mork pirate ship sail away into the distance, Smoker frowned again, took a deep drag, and removed the cigar from his lips. "Work?" He flicked the ash from his cigarette. "What's that guy up to now?"

Chapter 40 has a bad influence.

"What's going on?" Xia Che looked at the civilians who came down from the Moke pirate ship with a puzzled expression.

The crowd looked grief-stricken and their eyes filled with despair. But that was nothing compared to what was happening when one of the older men was muttering curses under his breath. If you listened closely, it sounded like he was cursing the navy.

"How should I insult the Navy? Or Smoker?"

"Haha... there was a little misunderstanding." Hearing Xia Che's question, Mo Ke scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "We met Smoke Man and his gang on the island. We were very grateful for Smoke Man's help, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to capture everyone so quickly."

The words fell.

Xia Che: ...

He looked at Moke with a strange expression.

Although Moke didn't explain in detail, as someone who had once worked at sea, he roughly guessed what was going on.

Imagine you're on the high seas, and suddenly a band of pirates appear and say to you, "Come on, let me take you away. There's work here, and you'll get plenty of food!"...

Who would believe such nonsense!

Even if you use the guise of recruiting workers, not many people will believe you.

Are they still hiring?

It would be strange if this weren't us capturing you as a slave and making you work 007 for free!

Is there a salary and meals provided?

What do you think?

Let alone refugees at sea, even the nobles at sea have never encountered anyone doing such a foolish thing in their entire lives!

So, after that, realizing that saying anything was useless, they simply... took pirate-like measures: when they encountered people, they just kidnapped them without saying a word!

As for the rest, we can talk about it later!

Anyway, once the people were brought here, they became obedient, especially after they found out that they hadn't been lied to, they instantly became even more grateful.

There's no way around it, the trust between people in the ocean... is just that low!

So, the Navy helped arrest them?

Xia Che felt he could already picture that scene.

Moral decay and the distortion of human nature!

No wonder these refugees looked so desperate and indignant. They must have felt utterly hopeless when they saw the righteous navy helping the pirates capture people.

"Smoker?" Kuzan, who had also come out, seemed to have thought of something, and a strange expression appeared on his face. "Oh, right, Smoker was recently demoted by headquarters to become the new base commander of Loguetown? Marine? Pirate?"

He looked at Xia Che with suspicion.

"I know Smoker. He's only been demoted a few days ago, and you've already corrupted him?"

"Oh my, we're good friends who've worked together before, and Smoker is a great colonel!"

however.

Moke had barely finished speaking.

"What good friends? Good friends?" Xia Che kicked him directly, speaking in a serious tone, "How many times have I told you? Some relationships can't be said. As pirates, you have nothing to do with the Navy. Remember that, and..."

Then the tone shifted to criticism.

"Didn't I tell you? Your boss has already gone ashore and cleared his name. You're not the old pirates of the high seas anymore, but the new pirates of the East China Sea. You can't just arrest people randomly. You have to have your own rules and regulations, and you have to arrest people in a civilized manner!"

"But... I already explained!" Faced with his boss's reprimand, Moke looked troubled and said, "They won't listen! How am I supposed to be civilized?"

"Can't you smile? Try to catch it with a smile? A smile is the best language, the best explanation, don't you understand!"

"understood!"

"Do you know what to do next time?"

"From now on, I'll make sure everyone catches it with a smile!"

"..."X2

Hearing their conversation, Princess Vivi and Kuzan, who had just arrived, stared at the two of them with black lines on their faces.

Is this what people say?

Arresting someone while smiling?

This is even scarier than arresting someone directly!

Especially Kuzan... Does this guy even know he's still here? He's actually colluding with pirates right in front of him?

As a naval admiral, he felt he had to say something to remind them!

however.

Just as Kuzan was about to speak.

"Come here!" Xia Che beckoned to Mo Ke with a serious expression. After Mo Ke came over, Xia Che pulled him to Kuzan and said, "This is Admiral Kuzan from Headquarters. Do you know what an Admiral means? If you see this face on the high seas in the future, run far away from him. And do you remember what I just said?"

The words fell.

"?!"

Upon hearing what Boss Shache said, Mok stared at Kuzan in shock.

Admiral?

Not long ago, the boss got involved with a naval hero and a vice admiral, and now he's hooked up with a naval admiral.

As expected of the boss!

It's amazing.

Moke quickly nodded earnestly and said, "Don't worry, boss, I will never tell anyone that General Kuzan is also our backer!"

"???"

Kuzan stared blankly at Mok, who was standing there dumbfounded.

How did he become the backer of these guys?

There seemed to be something he wanted to say, but he quickly said with a dark expression, "I'm not!"

“That’s right, General Kuzan isn’t!” Shache nodded seriously. “Don’t go around spreading rumors. Now hurry up and finish the handover. It’s getting late, we should get going!”

"Understood, boss. I, Mo Ke, am the most discreet man on the sea. I would never go around saying anything."

Moke nodded, then, with his mouth tightly shut and a serious expression, turned around and, following his boss's orders, prepared to go down and hand over the spoils of this operation to Sister Noki.

And Kuzan...

He watched Moke leave in silence, then turned to look at Xia Che in front of him.

He was just there to watch the show, and now these guys have become the backers?

Before Kuzan, who was sweating bullets, could say anything, the brat in front of him said with a sigh, "Mok lost his parents when he was young. He has no home, no relatives, and no money. He's been poor his whole life and never went to school. It's normal that he misunderstood some things. Don't worry, I'll make sure he doesn't say anything carelessly. Besides, everyone here except for the princess of the Alabasta Kingdom is one of us."

Xia Che patted his chest, then turned to Weiwei, who was standing there in a daze, and said seriously, "But I believe Princess Weiwei will not go around spreading rumors!"

The words fell.

Vivi turned her head, looking at Kuzan with a strange expression, and then nodded seriously as well. "I am very grateful for everyone's help. Please rest assured, I will never tell anyone this secret."

"..."

This guy doesn't look like someone who wouldn't talk nonsense to others!

No, there's no secret at all!

Kuzan covered his face, his tone lazy and helpless, "Huh, I think I've gotten myself into big trouble? I should have left this godforsaken place sooner."

Of course~

As a naval admiral, he wouldn't really care about these rumors.

After all, he was only the overlord of the East China Sea, not the overlord of the ocean or the overlord of the new world. What would a dignified naval admiral want from cooperating with a mere overlord of the East China Sea?

“I should be leaving too.” Kuzan climbed onto his bicycle, put his feet on the pedals, and gave Shacher a deep look. “I hope that when we meet again, I won’t have to come and arrest you myself!”

"I'm a righteous Marine," Shacher said with a smile, deliberately flicking his white justice cloak, which he hadn't worn in a long time and had obtained through a special exception from the training camp. "Why would I trouble the righteous Marines to arrest me?"

"What a cunning fellow!"

Kuzan didn't say much in response to Shache's words. He just smiled, shook his head, and slowly rode away on his bicycle as Shache waved goodbye.

however.

Just as Kuzan was halfway there.

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

Xia Che's voice suddenly came from behind.

"Next time you go to Red Romance, remember not to order the seawater bath. It's real seawater, and although it's really comfortable, it's very unfriendly to abilities. There's all sorts of rumors going around Red Romance about a lazy big guy who looks so tall and strong, but who knows how weak he is inside! It's damaging to the dignity of a Marine Admiral, and it's not a good influence!"

The words fell.

"..."

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

I know it's having a bad influence, so could you please stop shouting so loudly?

Kuzan, having regained control of the bicycle, acted as if he hadn't heard anything at all, or as if the conversation hadn't even been directed at him. He continued riding leisurely forward as if nothing had happened.

only.

Compared to how leisurely she was 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...

His figure vanished from everyone's sight, leaving behind only the crowd staring at him with strange expressions.