Pirate: I was just slacking off, do you really think I'm bad?

"Then let's review it."

Raleigh lazily climbed up from the sun lounger, reached out and draped Mikazuki Munechika around his waist before standing up.

I glanced at the pirate ship in front of me. It looked quite big, but it was dilapidated.

It feels like a ship that was hidden somewhere a few years ago and then dragged out to set sail again.

"What's your name?"

Raleigh looked at the pirate captain kneeling before him and asked directly.

"Marine... Navy lord, spare my life!"

The pirate captain, kneeling on the deck, was trembling with fear.

He never expected that his return to sea after more than a year would lead him to encounter two terrifying naval officers.

He originally thought that with the advantage of numbers, forty or fifty pirates would easily defeat two young marines.

Unexpectedly, the slovenly-looking naval officer possessed astonishing strength, punching his second-in-command into the cabin, his fate unknown.

Moreover, his defensive capabilities are astonishing; neither swords nor firearms can leave any wounds on his body.

They could only watch helplessly as Jiaji rampaged through the crowd.

He found himself facing a female naval officer, looking at the beautiful and young woman before him.

The pirate captain was initially lustful, but after seeing the sword light that Gion unleashed, he was completely terrified.

A soaring sword beam! That's the symbol of a swordsman!

Who could tell me that a female naval officer who looks so young is actually a master swordsman?

It's absolutely terrifying.

Am I already out of touch with the times just because I haven't been to sea for a little over a year?

Seeing his men suffer heavy casualties, the pirate captain had no choice but to kneel down and surrender, begging to save his own life.

"My name is... Melville Sandy, and I am the captain of the Hyena Pirates."

"My lord, please spare me! I haven't done anything pirate-related in a long time. I just reorganized my pirate crew and am preparing to set sail. I haven't committed any crimes yet."

Seeing the pirate captain kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, Raleigh roughly guessed the truth of the matter.

"So, you haven't been a pirate for a long time, but recently you've had the idea of ​​going to sea and becoming a pirate again, is that right?"

"Yes, Vice Admiral Sakazuki's methods were too brutal a couple of years ago, so my crew and I discussed it and hid the pirate ship."

"I hid in this town with the treasure I had previously looted. Now that I heard that Vice Admiral Sakazuki is going to be transferred, I'm thinking of gathering my former crew and setting sail again."

After listening, Raleigh's eyes revealed a coldness.

Sure enough, he was right.

Over the past two years, Sakazuki has achieved great success in his operations in the North Blue, capturing and killing many pirates, but many more have chosen to lie low.

These guys all have an incredibly keen sense of smell.

When Sakazuki was around, with him suppressing the pirates, they didn't dare to rob openly.

Most people either leave Beihai for other places or choose to live in anonymity, waiting for the opportunity to go to sea again.

The people on this pirate ship are the ones who narrowly escaped when Sakazuki led his team to hunt down the pirates.

Fearing Sakazuki's formidable reputation, he chose to hide in a place where the navy's power was weak.

The reason they went to sea again to become pirates was because they heard that Sakazuki was going to be transferred. They thought that they had finally reached the point where they could rob without restraint.

"So, if we hadn't come, would you have already gone to rob some nearby islands by now?"

"Moreover, before you hid yourselves, your hands must have been stained with the blood of many civilians."

Raleigh's cold words made the pirate captain, who had been looking down, suddenly raise his head.

"No...that's not how it is, my lord, please let me explain."

Raleigh turned to Cleveland behind him and said:

"It seems the reason for the unrest in Beihai is because Lieutenant General Sakazuki is about to be transferred."

"It's really interesting that the mice, which can never be completely eliminated, suddenly jumped out just when the cat was about to leave."

Having obtained the information they wanted, Raleigh and his crew did not waste any more time on the pirate ship.

They need to get to the North Sea naval base as soon as possible and report this matter.

Such tendencies must be nipped in the bud immediately.

Otherwise, once this trend grows stronger, it will be extremely difficult to restore calm.

As for the pirate captain, he had already been sentenced to death when Raleigh questioned him.

However, killing him with one blow was too merciful, so Cleveland threw a torch on the deck before leaving.

Watching the flames spread across the deck, the desperate pirate captain couldn't help but curse:

"Damn the Navy, you can't stop the pirates from setting sail!"

"This is the tide of the times. You cannot resist the power of the tide, and you will eventually be crushed by it."

"Damn the navy, remember this: I, Melville Sandy, will be waiting for you in hell."

"Ha, since when did marine debris have the right to curse the navy?"

Raleigh expressed utter disdain, saying that a pirate is a pirate.

Almost all pirate crews obtain their supplies by robbing civilians. Only pirates with stable territories choose to protect the people on their territory.

Similar to the Four Emperors in the New World, no ordinary pirate would dare to rob a place where the Four Emperors' flag is planted and protection money is paid.

Because when pirates are facing the Navy, they can choose to surrender if they are truly unable to defeat them.

The navy often doesn't kill pirate prisoners. They have a procedure for dealing with prisoners: after trial, they either imprison them or execute them.

There is a high probability that they will not be executed, because the navy has many prisons holding a large number of prisoners.

For example, Impel Down, or the prisons within each branch.

However, pirates don't follow these rules. Once a conflict of interest arises, it's usually not just a simple fight.

Especially for people like the Four Emperors, their subordinates, whom they casually send out, can often kill them.

Aside from Kaido needing prisoners to help him mine and transport goods, the other four emperors don't like keeping prisoners.

For them, prisoners of war were simply a waste of food to feed.

They themselves do not engage in production; they rely entirely on robbery and protection money to support themselves. Where would they find surplus food and space to feed their captives?

Therefore, once defeated by fellow pirates, one either joins the enemy and becomes cannon fodder, or dies directly.

Regarding such pirates, Raleigh thought Sakazuki's idea was correct: just capture them and execute them directly.

However, his methods were too cruel, sometimes disregarding civilian casualties. There was actually a better way to change how the outside world perceived him.

"Sakazuki, I will prove with time that I govern the North Sea better than you."

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