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Chapter 314 Zephyr is moved

February 21, 1520 (Haiyuan Calendar).

Alabasta is blessed with clear skies and gentle breezes today. The harbors are bathed in sunshine, and the seas are calm.

Whether it was an auspicious day or not is unknown, but such weather conditions undoubtedly set a good precedent for the future Alabasta Navy.

Two warships docked at the port, and then two gangways were deployed, and two groups of marines filed down, forming neat ranks on the pier.

Although the nobles were scoundrels, they did do something worthwhile. At least the secrecy here was very good; unless you were flying in the air, no one could see what was happening here.

Of course, Ning Yuan wouldn't care even if he were seen. The Navy couldn't possibly be unaware of Hina and Zephyr's resignations, and even the World Government should know.

If you already know everything you need to know, why keep it a secret?

Ning Yuan's eyes lit up when he saw Colonel Hina, dressed in a burgundy military uniform, with a handsome figure and stunning looks, appear on the gangway.

"Who is she?" Nami asked the goddess of wisdom curiously.

"Former Navy Captain, user of the Black Cage Fruit, invited by Lord Ningyuan to join the Alabasta Navy!" the Goddess of Wisdom replied.

"An invitation?" Nami narrowed her eyes. The World Government Navy has such a bright future, why did they come running over as soon as Ning Yuan invited them?

Could it be?

She instinctively tightened her grip on Ning Yuan's arm, and then felt Ning Yuan pulling her forward.

Nami hurried after him and saw Ning Yuan extend his hand: "Colonel Hina, I've finally been waiting for you! Welcome to the Alabasta Navy!"

Hina glanced at Nami next to Ning Yuan, then instead of taking Ning Yuan's hand, she spread her arms and pulled him into her embrace.

Nami, who was next to Ning Yuan, only felt a fragrant aroma waft towards her, and then she was completely stunned.

What's going on? I'm still standing right here, are you pretending I don't exist?!

Then, she heard Hina whisper in Ning Yuan's ear, "Why did you bring a little girl along? To intimidate me?"

You're the little girl, your whole family are little girls!

Looking at her newly developed breasts and then at the towering hills around her, Nami felt inexplicably discouraged.

It's one thing to be unable to compare to that Bora, but how come even a naval colonel can crush her?

Why do you, a navy officer, have such a big chest? Doesn't it affect your combat ability?

Ning Yuan whispered, "There's no show of force here. This is Nami. I'll introduce you later. Now, let go of me. I see Admiral Zephyr!"

Hina chuckled softly, released Ning Yuan, then tidied her hair slightly before turning to say, "Let me introduce you, this is Admiral Zephyr, also my teacher!"

"I know him!" Ning Yuan hurriedly ran to Zefa's side. "General Zefa, I have long admired you. I fully approve of your actions, your ideals, and your unwavering commitment to justice!"

"You can understand my beliefs and actions, but can you understand my sense of justice?" Zephyr retorted.

He didn't actually intend to join Alabasta; after all, what was there to join a kingdom's navy?

This is similar to a former general manager of a Fortune 500 company joining a rural enterprise.

He just came to take a look and, incidentally, to help his disciple vet the student so he wouldn't be fooled.

The moment Zefa saw Ning Yuan, he felt that Hina's defeat might not have been unjust.

This child is indeed very likable.

Once Ning Yuan spoke, Zefa understood Hina even better; this kid had a sweet tongue!

However, although he was not Hina's father, he was almost the same as her father.

Fathers-in-law have never been fond of their sons-in-law.

Not to mention that Ning Yuan came to see Hina with a little girl by his side, which made Zephyr even angrier!

In this situation, he'll find fault even if there's nothing wrong with him, let alone if he actually finds something to criticize.

His justice was to not kill, but because of this justice, his entire family was killed first, and later, when he went to sea with his disciples, Edward Weevil killed a whole ship of them.

He no longer believes in his own sense of justice, but only in one sentence: Pirates must die!

If Admiral Akainu believes in absolute justice, then Zephyr now believes in conservative justice!

That is: feeling that Admiral Akainu's justice is too conservative.

Akainu only wanted to kill all the pirates, but Zephyr wanted to detonate all the explosive rocks in the New World, wiping out the pirates and their environment in one fell swoop.

He no longer believed in his own sense of justice, and suddenly a young man appeared who endorsed it. Wasn't this just a case of trying to curry favor but ending up hurting himself?

Ning Yuan simply smiled and said, "This isn't the place to talk. Let's change the scenery! Bora, treat the navy soldiers to a meal; they'll all be our future comrades!"

"Yes!" Pola nodded, and then immediately called a group of municipal government officials to guide the navy to the barracks that had been arranged in advance.

In an instant, only a few people remained around them.

"Let me introduce you, these are my two disciples!" Zephyr pointed behind him: "Ain, the user of the Rewind-Rewind Fruit, and Binz, the user of the Lush-Lush Fruit!"

Binz was wearing a black jacket with yellow cloud pattern, and his body was wrapped in pink bandages. He looked like a circus clown, nothing more to say.

Ai Yin, however, is a stunning beauty with large, round eyes, long, dark blue wavy hair, a slender figure, and long, straight, delicate legs.

Moreover, perhaps because of the attack and the lingering pain, Ain possessed a pitiful and fragile quality, almost like a naturally delicate and fragile body that could arouse a strong protective instinct in others.

"Hello!" Ning Yuan shook hands with the two people and then introduced them: "This is Nami, one of my future wives. She will be in charge of Alabasta's finances, and the Navy's funds will be allocated by her!"

Hina's face immediately darkened, but Nami curled her lips into a smile, "Didn't expect that, did you? From now on, you'll have to watch your step!"

Zefa was also taken aback, then said irritably, "You brat, how many wives do you have already? Still having affairs everywhere?"

Ning Yuan smiled shyly. At this moment, anything he said would be wrong, so he could only remain silent.

Zefa only muttered a few words; a king can marry as many wives as he wants.

He was only a little angry because it involved his disciple.

Zephyr glanced at Hina and noticed that although Hina was a little angry, she showed no sign of backing down.

Sigh, I really don't understand young people's views on love.

"Let's go!" Zephyr waved his hand. "Where shall we talk? I want to hear how you define my sense of justice!"

Ning Yuan smiled confidently, "You want to hear my opinion, huh!"

Putting everything else aside, in all my years of wandering the world, what I'm most confident in is my mouth!

A moment later, in a spacious conference room of the Rapeseed Flower Port City Hall, Ning Yuan, Nami, Hina, Zephyr, Ain, and Binz sat around the conference table.

In the center of the table was a white, spiky sphere. Others might have thought it was just a decoration, but only Ning Yuan knew that it was the true form of the goddess of wisdom.

However, as a decorative object, the goddess of wisdom is also qualified, because she is not only full of technological sense, but also extremely beautiful.

"This meeting is practically the founding ceremony of our Alabasta Navy!" Ning Yuan laughed. "With the World Government currently dominating the world, we in Alabasta can only proceed discreetly in building our navy, without a grand ceremony. I hope everyone can understand!"

Hina nodded: "Neither of us are the type to enjoy complicated rituals; simplicity is better!"

Ning Yuan nodded and continued, "I promised you before that you would become a Fleet Admiral upon your arrival, and my promise remains unchanged. Now you are the Fleet Admiral of the Alabasta Navy!"

Hina blushed, then immediately shook her head: "How can this be? I can't shoulder such a heavy responsibility. Since the teacher is here, then let the teacher be the marshal!"

"I'm not going to be a marshal!" Zefa shook his head. I haven't even decided to join yet, what kind of business is it to agree to be a marshal?

"But!" Hina frowned, "With my abilities, I'm afraid I'm not qualified to be the marshal!"

"It's alright, strength can be improved!" Ning Yuan laughed. "Besides, this is Alabasta, the first half of the Grand Line. There aren't many powerful pirates you need to fight. Didn't your previous Black Cage Squad manage to control this area?"

Hina nodded, "That's true."

She always thought the Navy's Fleet Admiral was a powerful figure like Sengoku, but she never imagined that Sengoku was going to fight against pirates of the Four Emperors level, while the Alabasta Navy was only going to fight against small pirates in the first half of the Grand Line.

Moreover, if she doesn't accept the position of Admiral of the Navy, who will?

Among those present, no one had a higher military rank than Zefa.

"Then I'll take this position!" Hina nodded emphatically. "I will definitely wipe out the pirates near Alabasta and maintain the safety of this sea area!"

"Not only that!" Ning Yuan shook his head, then raised his hand and pointed, and a world map appeared on the wall to the side of everyone.

Zephyr and Hina were immediately stunned, and Einbinz's eyes widened as well. Only Nami remained calm. This was the Wisdom Map.

"Our Alabasta Navy is not only responsible for the security of the waters surrounding Alabasta, but also for maintaining the security of trade routes around Alabasta!" As he spoke, more than a dozen dense lines appeared on the map.

"Modern Alabasta not only engages in trade along the Grand Line, but also has commercial exchanges with the rest of the world. These shipping routes all require the navy to maintain them!"

"What is this?" Hina pointed at the map in surprise. "Is this some kind of Devil Fruit ability?"

"In principle, I shouldn't tell you, since it involves the secrets of our Alabasta. However, I believe General Zephyr is someone who can keep secrets!" Ning Yuan laughed. "So I'll tell you. This is a national treasure of our Alabasta, the Goddess of Wisdom. This map is part of the Goddess of Wisdom's power—the Map of Wisdom!"

"A goddess?" Hina's eyes widened. "A god?"

Zephyr frowned as well, but he didn't believe in the existence of any gods. He was more convinced that this was just some Devil Fruit user playing tricks, simply projecting a screen. Maybe it was some kind of Screen Fruit user.

"The smart map is very powerful!" Ning Yuan said, as the screen zoomed in and then suddenly appeared with a dense array of isosceles triangles of different colors and sizes.

"What is this?" Because the image was magnified, all four of them could see that the magnified image was Alabasta, the port of Rapeseed Flower.

The meaning of the triangle is also quite clear: it represents ships!

Because two naval ships were among them.

"That's right!" Ning Yuan laughed. "This map can monitor all ships on the sea, including naval warships, pirate vessels, merchant ships, noble yachts, and fishing boats. We've even marked them with colors!"

"Green indicates ships registered in Alabasta and belonging to Alabasta; red indicates pirate ships; yellow indicates naval warships; blue indicates merchant ships from other countries; and gold indicates noble cruise ships!"

"Of course, this is just a general distinction. Once you take over, you can set up more detailed icons to represent ships, such as differentiating fishing boats, coast guard vessels, warships, and so on!"

No one answered. Zephyr, Hinata, Ein, and Binz all stared intently at the map on the wall.

As naval personnel, they were all too aware of the map's value.

You should know that the hardest part of fighting pirates is never the moment of battle, but finding the pirates!

Finding a pirate ship on the vast ocean is like finding a needle in a haystack.

As for guarding the island and besieging the pirates?

This seems feasible, but you have to understand that pirates are a bunch of outlaws. If you dare to hunt down pirates on the island, they will dare to take all the island's residents hostage.

If they fail to kill the pirates, they will instead lose a large number of hostages.

Even if the Navy doesn't punish you then, their own conscience won't allow it!

Or perhaps we could establish naval branches on every island?

That's even more impossible. The world of One Piece is full of islands, probably hundreds of thousands of them. Even if the World Government is rich, it can't afford to build them like that!

As for installing cannons on the island so that the islanders can defend themselves against pirates?

Someone actually tried this before.

However, the forts could defend against foreign pirates, but not the pirates from the island itself. As a result, the island's residents dismantled the forts, mounted them on their ships, and went out to sea to become pirates.

Moreover, many pirate crews are not as principled as the Straw Hat Pirates. When they approach an island, they take down their pirate flag. Do you know if they are pirates or civilians?

But now, we have this map!

Doesn't this mean that if you want to catch pirates, you can just follow the map?

Hina, Ein, and Binz only saw this much, but Zephyr saw much further!

He clearly saw three yellow icons chasing a red one.

This should be three naval warships surrounding a pirate ship.

What if we increase the number to three hundred warships to surround and kill one hundred pirate ships?

Previously, such things could only be imagined; they could not be contained at all because the navy relied entirely on Den Den Mushi for communication, and the positions of each other were determined by the naked eye. Whether the formation was straight or curved could not be known unless one flew in the air to observe.

But now that we have this map, can't we just look at the map and see if it's straight or not?

This map is extremely effective for small-scale bandit suppression and also provides strong support for large-scale troop operations.

If the Navy had this, even without powerful figures in charge, crushing pirates would be a piece of cake!

Even with Hina's talent and strength, combined with this map, she could easily wipe out pirates at the level of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!

Zephyr immediately took a liking to this map; our NEO Navy needs it too!

"This map can not only lock onto pirate crews, but also lock onto individual pirates!" Ning Yuan snapped his fingers again, and the scene changed again, this time to a visitor's room.

Inside the restaurant, a group of people are eating. In the picture, one of them has short black hair, freckles on his face, and Buddhist beads around his neck.

A personal information form appeared on the screen: "Ace, Second Division Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates!"

The person eating next to him was a boy wearing a straw hat and laughing happily.

The information provided next to it is: Monkey D. Luffy, captain of the Straw Hat Pirates!

"This!" Zephyr and Hina exchanged a glance, then looked at Ning Yuan together.

"This feature will be rolled out to the Navy later, and what we'll give you is the military version, several levels better than the civilian version!" Ning Yuan laughed. "And most importantly, it's for our own Navy, free of charge!"

"Wait a minute!" Zephyr suddenly asked, "So, outsiders have to pay?"

"Of course!" Ning Yuan nodded. "We're not a charity, so we can't provide navigation for free. This feature will be charged for, and we're tentatively planning a monthly subscription. The pricing details haven't been finalized yet, but it definitely won't be expensive, ensuring everyone can afford it!"

Zefa's face immediately showed a wry smile.

Not expensive?

But the navy I plan to build will be built entirely from my own resources!

and many more!

Zefa suddenly realized, why should I spend money to buy it?

If I join the Alabasta Navy, can't I use it for free too?

As for saying you look down on Alabasta, don't be ridiculous!

Alabasta was one of the original 20 nations that created the World Government, so theoretically, the Alabasta Navy and the World Government Navy are on the same level!

Joining the Alabasta Navy is nothing to be ashamed of!

(End of this chapter)