Detective: I'm Sato Miwako's Informant

"I wonder what the dragon looks like now. I'll go take a look."

After hanging up the phone, Shiraishi Xiu was still a little worried about Ryu, so he went to inquire about Ryu's situation.

At this moment, Long was arranging construction matters. Upon seeing Bai Shixiu, he excitedly ran to Bai Shixiu's side and said, "General, you're back? I just found out."

“Yes, I just got back. I just went to see Roger,” Shiraishi Xiu said.

“It seems you know about this too. I think there’s something fishy about Roger’s surrender. Could it be some kind of conspiracy?” Long asked Bai Shixiu.

It's normal for others who don't know the cause of this matter to find it strange.

"You don't need to worry about anything. I'm back now, so nothing unexpected will happen. How are your injuries?" Bai Shixiu asked Long.

Long laughed and said, "My injuries from last time weren't a big problem anyway. I was even thinking of going with you to deal with Silver Axe Haier. By the way, did you take down Silver Axe Haier?"

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"Yes, the matter of Silver Axe Hale has been resolved. It's good that your injuries are alright. I'll take Roger to the Marine Headquarters tomorrow," Shiraishi Xiu said to Ryu.

"So you mean you're personally escorting Roger? This is no small matter. How about I go with you?" Long asked Bai Shixiu.

With Long and Bai Shixiu together, Bai Shixiu felt a headache coming on. He said to Long, "I'll take Roger with me tomorrow. There's no need to make a big fuss about this. We still have some small boats that we don't need, right? Go and prepare them for me. I'll set off tomorrow."

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"I see..."

Even if Ryu wanted to go with Shiraishi Osamu to send Roger to the naval base, it was better to keep a low profile about it.

According to Shiraishi Osamu, there is naturally no problem.

Long reluctantly agreed and said to Bai Shixiu, "Alright, I'll go and take care of this now. Don't worry."

"Okay, I'll leave this to you," Shiraishi Osamu said.

Afterwards, Shiraishi Osamu returned to his office, intending to review the progress of the base construction during this period.

Chapter 0182: Eager to Try

But when he arrived at the office, he found that Sakazuki and Borsalino were already waiting there.

"General, is something about to happen?"

Sakazuki and Borsalino asked Shiraishi Xiu.

“Something big will naturally happen,” Shiraishi Xiu said.

Roger surrendered himself even faster than Shiraishi Osamu had imagined, so who knows what might have happened in between.

"710" But Shiraishi Osamu knew that this matter would definitely not be smooth sailing, and he didn't know when something might happen.

Therefore, Shiraishi Osamu wanted to keep a low profile when escorting Roger to the Navy Headquarters.

"What do you plan to do with Roger?" Sakazuki asked Shiraishi.

Even if Roger turns himself in this time, Shiraishi Osamu should still get some credit for it, right?

It's just unclear how Shiraishi Osamu plans to deal with Roger.

"It's not up to me to decide what to do with Roger. I've already contacted Air Marshal Steelbone; we need to take Roger to Navy Headquarters."

"Take him to Navy Headquarters?"

After hearing what Shiraishi Osamu said, both Sakazuki and Borsalino seemed eager to try.

They could boast about personally escorting Roger to Navy Headquarters for the rest of their lives if they were given that task.

"Then we'll go with you!"

Sakazuki and Borsalino said to Shiraishi.

"Shiraishi Xiu said.

“No need,” Shiraishi Xiu said. “I need to take him there secretly. You can wait for me in this base. I will contact you if I need your help.”

After hearing what Shiraishi Xiu said, they nodded and said to him, "Alright, we'll listen to you."

After hearing their words, Shiraishi Xiu stood up and said, "Alright, you can all go about your business. I also need to check on the construction of the base during this period."

"Yes!"

Sakazuki and Borsalino stood up and left the office.

Shiraishi first looked at the documents on the table and learned that the base had been under construction very well during this period. Then he went for a stroll on the island.

When he returned to his office, preparing to tidy up and rest, Long rushed in and said to Bai Shixiu, "General, I've prepared your small boat, and all the supplies are ready. You can set off tomorrow without any problem."

“You’re pretty fast,” Shiraishi Xiu said.

He thought the dragon would take forever to prepare, but only three hours had passed and the dragon had already finished everything.

“Haha, after all, this matter concerns Roger, so of course I won’t let anything go wrong,” Dragon said.

Without Shiraishi Osamu saying anything more, Ryu knew the importance of this matter.

If anything goes wrong in this matter, the dragon will also be in trouble.

"Alright, have the kitchen prepare some food and drinks. I'll go check on Roger and tell him about going to Naval Headquarters tomorrow," Shiraishi Osamu said to Ryu.

Long responded and went out to have someone prepare wine and food. Once the wine and food were all prepared, Bai Shixiu took them to the prison where Roger was being held.

"You're here again? And you've brought a lot of food." Roger said happily when he saw Shiraishi Xiu bring in food and wine.

"The navy here is rather ignorant; I hope you haven't gone hungry?" Shiraishi Xiu asked Roger.

Chapter 0183: Making Friends

"No, I could go three days without food and it wouldn't be a problem, but since you brought so much food, I won't stand on ceremony with you," Roger said with a smile.

Shiraishi Xiu placed the food and drinks on the ground and, watching Roger eat and drink heartily, said to him, "Tomorrow morning, we'll go to Naval Headquarters. Our Marshal, Steelbone Kong, already knows about your situation and has asked me to take you there."

“I know, even if you don’t say it, I can guess,” Roger said to Shiraishi Xiu.

Shiraishi Osamu nodded and said, "I guess you know what the consequences of this will be. The Navy can't catch you even if they want to. Since you surrendered yourself, the Navy will definitely put your case first."

“Of course I could guess that,” Roger said. “But I’m not afraid of your navy at all, hahaha!”

"We're leaving tomorrow morning, so take your time eating."

After saying those words, Shiraishi Osamu strode away.

After a night's rest, just as the sun rose, Shiraishi Osamu returned to Roger's prison.

“It’s already the second day, let’s go.” Shiraishi Osamu opened the prison door and said to Roger.

Roger, who was quite drunk, staggered to his feet after hearing Shiraishi's words and followed him outside.

They didn't exchange a single word until they boarded the ship.

Dragon, Sakazuki, and Borsalino all knew to keep a low profile about this matter, so they didn't see Shiraishi off.

Osamu Shiraishi piloted the small boat himself and began heading towards the Navy Headquarters.

After Roger boarded the ship, he closed his eyes and went to sleep, appearing even more relaxed than Shiraishi Osamu.

“You really don’t take this seriously? Do you know that you might be executed after you go to Navy Headquarters?” Shiraishi Osamu said to Roger.

Seeing Roger like this, Shiraishi Osamu felt a bit of a headache for him.

Upon hearing Shiraishi's words, Roger laughed heartily and said, "Of course I know how this will turn out. I'm not even worried yet, why are you, a Marine Admiral, so anxious?"

"It's nothing, it's just a pity about what happened to you," Shiraishi Xiu said.

"What a pity? As a naval admiral, I came here to surrender, you must have made great contributions. Perhaps after Steelbone Kong retires, you will be the next marshal. What is there to regret?"

"Besides, you're a Marine and I'm a pirate. We're sworn enemies. You should be hoping I get executed," Roger said.

If Shiraishi Osamu were in Roger's shoes, he would naturally think the same way Roger did.

However, Shiraishi Osamu said to him, "As a pirate, well, the Pirate King, you haven't indiscriminately killed innocent people, and I admire you for that. Moreover, if you continue to be the Pirate King, you can also restrain the pirates and prevent them from doing anything too outrageous."

"Haha, that's an interesting question. According to your 710 statement, my surrender was a mistake?" Roger asked Shiraishi Xiu.

“That’s one way to understand it,” Shiraishi Osamu said.

Roger laughed loudly, "I only knew you were very strong, but I didn't know your ideas were so interesting. If you weren't a Marine, we could probably be friends."

“It’s never too late to make friends,” Shiraishi Osamu said.

"It's too late. You yourself said that after I'm taken to Naval Headquarters, I might be executed, so there's no need for us to be friends anymore. But if you really want to be friends, I can reluctantly agree," Roger said with a smile.

Chapter 0184: The Importance of Freedom

Seeing his relaxed expression, Shiraishi Osamu couldn't help but sigh.

"Alright, my friend, why are you sighing? It's just a trip to Naval Headquarters, nothing serious," Roger said.

“I said, if you regret turning yourself in now, I can let you go.”

Shiraishi Osamu said to Roger.

"Release me?" Roger was even more incredulous after hearing Shiraishi's words.

If he didn't know that Shiraishi Osamu was a Marine Admiral, he would have thought that Shiraishi Osamu was an undercover agent planted by some pirate crew at Marine Headquarters.

"Do you really think so?" Roger asked Shiraishi Osamu.

“Of course, why would I lie to you? If you want, you can leave now. Although you can’t see any island right now, it won’t be difficult for you to save your life.” Shiraishi Xiu said, “As long as you nod, I will unlock your handcuffs.”

"no need."

Roger said to Shiraishi Osamu, "I came to turn myself in not because of a momentary impulse. I know what the consequences of this matter will be, and naturally I will not leave 々II."

“That’s fine too,” Shiraishi Xiu said.

Whether Roger wanted to leave or not was irrelevant to Shiraishi Xiu.

Even if Roger really leaves, Shiraishi Osamu will not regret what he did, because he knows that if he changed history, something even more interesting might happen.

"By the way, do you have any wine on this boat? I'm thirsty," Roger said to Shiraishi Xiu.

This sounded like a change of topic, but Shiraishi Osamu thought for a moment and said, "I'll go check. Maybe there's some alcohol among the supplies. These supplies on this ship weren't prepared by me."

I don't know either.

After saying that, Shiraishi Xiu went to search the cabin and found quite a lot of wine.

"This dragon is really well arranged."