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

After a two-day, two-night voyage, Raleigh and his party finally arrived at the Kingdom of Eryokabu.

"Is this the Kingdom of Eryokabu? It's so different from what I imagined."

Raleigh nodded; the sight before him was indeed extremely rare.

Even before they got close to the shore, they could see that the kingdom was shrouded in a layer of black smoke.

Although I don't know exactly what it's like, the kingdom gives a very bad first impression.

"Ugh, this is such a headache."

Raleigh isn't here to clean up the mess for the World Government; he'd love for an uprising to break out here.

Anyway, although the agreement was reached, he had no intention of fulfilling it.

However, looking at the port not far away, there were ships of all sizes docked there, including merchant ships, warships, and even several pirate ships of varying sizes.

Raleigh thought he was seeing things, so he rubbed his eyes and looked again.

But yes, there were indeed several pirate ships docked there.

Raleigh was speechless. Although there were many pirates in the North Blue, it was rare to see them so openly docked near the port.

"It seems that the officers here do not agree with Lieutenant General Sakazuki's orders."

Raleigh said, half-jokingly.

Upon hearing this, Cleveland immediately stood up and retorted:

"Admiral Raleigh, this is not a place that Lieutenant General Sakazuki can control."

"This kingdom has always been under the control of the World Government, and its defenses were drawn from the Grand Line."

"Lieutenant General Sakazuki was very dissatisfied with this place during his tenure, but there was nothing he could do. He had been given an order from headquarters not to concern himself with anything here."

Raleigh looked into the distance with surprise.

This place seems interesting.

"Let's go, we'll talk about it once we're ashore..."

The warship docked, and the people on board followed Raleigh as they disembarked.

"Damn it, there's nobody here. Don't they know we're here?"

"Cleveland complained."

Gion, standing to the side, also looked rather grim.

Even if a rebellion has broken out in the kingdom, surely there should be at least one person left.

We're here to be your superiors!

"Don't rush..."

Raleigh's voice rang in everyone's ears.

After reaching the shore and seeing that no one was around, he activated his Devil Fruit ability.

A gentle breeze carried the news from afar to his ears, and he understood everything that had happened on the island.

It's simply that the former commander of this base felt he had been dismissed and was very unhappy.

So they joined forces with some pirates to ambush him.

Sigh, how come there are such clueless idiots everywhere?

Raleigh is bored.

Faced with such an opponent, he found it difficult to assert himself.

Let all of this end quickly.

"Gion, Cleveland, wait for me on the warship for a while. I'll signal you later."

"Yes, Admiral Raleigh."

"Be careful, Raleigh."

Just as Raleigh was talking with Gion and Cleveland, several tall figures in the naval base spoke up.

"Major General Zakri, is this alright?"

His words carried a hint of worry, and he was quite uneasy.

"Don't worry about it. I haven't heard of any impressive achievements they've made. They've only captured a few small-time pirates and dealt with the mafia a bit."

"Especially their commander, Christine Raleigh. I investigated him, and he doesn't have any military achievements at all. Most of the arrests were made by his subordinates."

A middle-aged man with a lewd appearance and an extremely arrogant tone spoke up angrily.

"I had my friend contact the most famous pirate in the North Blue. Although they offered a higher price, their captain already has a bounty of 100 million. With his strength, no one in the North Blue can stand against him."

The man known as Brigadier General Zakri looked utterly resentful.

He was originally the son of a high-ranking official in the world government, but due to his extremely low emotional intelligence and poor talent, he was not good at anything.

His family was worried that he would cause trouble if he worked for the government, so they planned to have him join the navy.

However, he also lacked the talent for combat. Helpless, his family used connections and spent many years and resources to train him to the rank of brigadier general.

Because he was too weak, his father stepped in and found him a job guarding the Kingdom of Eryokabu.

He was originally a local tyrant here, beyond the reach of the North Sea Navy and even more beyond the reach of the main navy.

His task was to ensure the resource output of the Eryokabu Kingdom. Over the years, the kingdom's guards and overseers had been able to handle it themselves, so he hadn't been overworked.

His excessive pampering at home blinded him to his own abilities.

"Hmph, after I kill this fool, I'll find the rebels and kill them too. Then who will dare to call me a piece of trash?"

Zachley was very unwilling because the North Sea government officials did not trust his abilities and instead sought the help of the weak North Sea Navy in his eyes.

This made him feel extremely humiliated, and he decided to contact the pirate crews in the North Blue to kill Raleigh and his crew.

In return, he generously allowed pirates to use the naval port for human trafficking activities.

If Raleigh and his crew are truly powerful enough to compete with the Bear Pirates...

Alternatively, they could wait until both sides are severely weakened before General Zakri leads his men to wipe out both sides in one fell swoop.

However, we'll see if this so-called Admiral Raleigh will still have the face to be the base commander then.

I am truly a man of exceptional wisdom!

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Raleigh strolled leisurely into the island.

He seemed oblivious to the fact that something was amiss in the atmosphere around him.

"Boss, he's here. He's alone and doesn't seem to be on guard."

Pirate henchmen rushed into the tavern and spoke to a man who looked like a humanoid behemoth.

"Phew, it's finally here. I've been waiting impatiently."

The burly man put down his beer glass, stood up, and left.

"The customer... hasn't paid yet?"

The tavern owner spoke tremblingly, looking helplessly at the pirate leader.

The pirate leader turned around, his eyes glaring at his boss with intense murderous intent.

"I'm in a good mood today, so I'll spare your life as payment for the drinks."

After saying that, he walked out of the tavern without looking back.

Looking at the mess inside the tavern, the owner felt an indescribable bitterness.

"Damn pirates..."

After leaving the tavern, Dominic looked at the road leading to the island with murderous intent.

"Hmph, this guy should have come a long time ago. He wasted my whole day and made me lose a lot of money."

"This time, Zachri must get a bigger share of the spoils, or I'll make him pay."

"Hey! Where's that guy?!"

"We'll be there soon..."

Before the pirate underling could finish speaking, Dominic pushed him away.

Because he had already seen it on the other side of the road, a man in a navy uniform with a lazy smile on his face.