He studied the devil fruit all night long, and by the time he finished all the work, it was already noon.
His eyes swept towards the armor plate.
The marines on the deck saw Li Zhong coming up and saluted him solemnly in unison.
Although Li Zhong's military rank is much lower than theirs, Li Zhong's actions these days have completely convinced them physically and mentally!
In front of the Marines were human heads that had been pickled in lime.
After a person dies, the various microorganisms in his body that were originally suppressed by the immune system will begin to multiply rapidly, starting a carnival of life in the body. Human corpses are very easy to rot if they are not processed.
In order to ensure that the faces of these pirates can be recognized after arriving at the destination, a certain degree of processing is very necessary.
Li Zhong took a look at the neatly stacked heads and tossed them around. The heads with a bounty of more than 50 Baileys were picked out and tied to the sails with black hair, adding a dozen more 'human head wind chimes' to the warship.
As for the remaining nearly 200 heads, Li Zhong waved his hand.
These navy men have been with Li Zhong for some time, and the two sides had some exchanges during the voyage.
They understood the meaning of Li Zhong's gesture.
Seeing that gesture, the navy soldiers all smiled happily.
A carnival for them began.
"Mine, this one is mine!"
"You took two extra last time, you should give me the extra this time!"
"Don't rush, don't rush. If you break them, you won't be able to play with them. There are a lot of them this time, so everyone can get a share!"
The marines on the deck were smiling happily, holding the human head, their bodies covered with lime and blood, but they didn't care and were playing around in the warm sunshine.
If they took off their uniforms, the scene on the deck would be enough to scare a normal person, or even an old pirate, to wet their pants!
A group of sturdy men happily playing with hundreds of human corpses. If this extremely fragmented picture suddenly appeared in front of others, it might leave a lifelong shadow on them.
But the marines in the painting did not feel that there was anything wrong at all. In their eyes, what they held in their hands were not human heads, but wealth and glory!
Li Zhong is not a person who likes to eat alone. For him, the heads of those pirates with bounties are enough. Those small fry who don't even have a bounty are better than nothing to him.
In that case, just divide it among the marines under my command.
Killing pirates is very dangerous, because you don't know what kind of cards the pirate group you encounter has, and you may also suffer unknown AOE damage from the enemy or even your own strong ones on the way.
If pirates' burning, killing and looting are like hanging their heads on their belts, then marines killing pirates are like dancing on the edge of a knife.
These small pirates are of little significance to Li Zhong, but for ordinary marines, they can shorten their path to promotion a lot.
The rank of lieutenant is an insignificant transitional rank for the strong, but for ordinary marines, it is a height that they will never be able to reach in their lifetime!
Enlisting as a private first class and retiring as a private first class is the fate of most Marines.
You have no ability, no connections, no money, no power, and still want to be a lieutenant? Then you can only have a chance like now, by chance, by holding the right thigh!
Li Zhong destroyed more than a dozen pirate groups along the way, and each time he distributed the heads of the small pirates to the marines.
Now there are at least two human heads hanging in every marine's room on the ship.
Hundreds of human heads are hung on the surface of this naval warship.
But in fact, there are more than two thousand heads inside!
A human head weighs nearly ten kilograms, and the weight of the pirate heads alone on this ship is nearly twenty tons!
The waterline of the warship has been lowered a bit!
Although the scenery inside the ship would not be out of place for a horror movie, the marines slept more soundly than ever before.
Li Zhong will deal with all enemies from a distance, and all they have to do is clean up the mess.
The most difficult work is handled by the boss, and the employees only need to slack off.
Just eat and drink every day and serve your superiors well, then you can get military merits for free every day without any danger. If possible, they want to live like this for the rest of their lives!
All the marines on the ship had only one thing to say to Li Zhong, the third-class private commander.
"Sir, we respect your teeth!!"
However, this happy journey will soon come to a halt.
Because there are not enough supplies on the ship, we need to find a place to replenish them.
"Well, there happens to be a naval branch nearby."
At Li Zhong's command, the terrifying warship with full sails quickly sailed towards the friendly forces' base!
Chapter 273 Is This the Navy?
Old Edward made a lot of preparations for Li Zhong's trip.
These preparations naturally also include the most basic food supply.
But even if Edward prepared a lot, it was still not enough.
During this time, Li Zhong has been testing his newly developed techniques on the various pirate groups he encountered, and he also uses the free sailing time after actual combat to maximize his training time.
The development of his observation Haki, the development of his armament Haki, and the frequent use of his hypnotic ability all consume a lot of energy. The amount of food Li Zhong eats every day is basically calculated in tons.
...This is one of the few things that Li Zhong is dissatisfied with about the power system of this world.
A system in which a strong man, who according to news records, can destroy an entire island by himself, actually replenishes his energy through the most primitive means of eating!
Isn't there anyone who can develop a better way to replenish energy? !
Li Zhong sighed as he was about to reach his destination.
In fact, the problem that Li Zhong encountered has also been encountered by practitioners in this world.
Thus, a technology called "Life Return" was born. This is a physical technique that can accurately control every part of the body, even cells and hair.
Once you learn this, you can...eat more meals faster!
Well, in this world, there are very few powerful people who can overturn an island by themselves.
For most people, life return is enough, so there is no higher level of body energy replenishment technology that can be popularized.
"Forget it, I'll just do it myself and have enough food and clothing." Li Zhong finally decided to find a new way to replenish his energy. Otherwise, it would take him two hours every day just to eat. If the timeline was extended, how much time would be wasted!
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In this world, the ocean is roughly divided into six parts: the four seas of the east, south, west and north, and the 'paradise' in the first half of the Grand Line and the new world in the second half.
The New World is the place with the most powerful people in all the seas, because that place not only has many rare treasures, but also has the treasure left by the legendary Pirate King.
That is the dream of countless pirates.
The four seas are the source of most pirates.
Among them, the East China Sea, the hometown of One Piece, is the weakest sea among all the seas.
This is closely related to the fact that a certain lieutenant general frequently returned home to visit his grandson.
The strongest sea is the West Sea.
But if we don't limit our focus to pirates, the North Sea can also compete for the title of the strongest sea.
Borsalino, the Yellow Monkey, and Sakaski, the Akainu, who have just become admirals in recent years, are both from the North Sea!
Among the three generals, two are from Beihai. All the navy in Beihai are proud of this.
Although the navy is a military force, it is ultimately a government department, and some "bureaucratic practices" are inevitable.
After the emergence of the two big figures, even if nothing else, the approval of military expenditures in Beihai has become much easier.
But even if military expenditure approval becomes easier, it does not mean that they can spend it at will.
Durant is a very frugal Marine.
Having worked his way up from the bottom, he is highly sensitive to money.
In the eyes of the strong and the powerful, money is just a string of numbers.
They can even spend a lot of money just for fun!
Even if treasure worth hundreds of millions fell into the sea, they would probably just smile indifferently.
But for the weak and the little people at the bottom like them, money is life.
A good knife that won't curl, an extra flintlock rifle, better medicine, a pension that allows people to maintain basic living after being disabled... every little extra money may be an extra life!
Although Lieutenant Colonel Durant is the highest officer of this naval branch, he works like an accountant every day, reviewing every account in his branch to ensure that not a single cent is wasted.
He wants to use all the 'good steel' on the blade!
Under his governance, all the soldiers of this naval branch use the best equipment they can afford, and the pensions they receive after being injured are basically the highest in the North Sea. Each warship is equipped with several extremely professional military doctors.
He also encouraged the soldiers to learn some knowledge in addition to training to lay the foundation for future progress... It has nothing to do with wanting to save some money on recruiting personnel or wanting to use one person as two. Lieutenant Colonel Durant is simply concerned about the future of the soldiers!
The thing that Lieutenant Colonel Durant hates the most is "extortion".
The "extortion" here, of course, does not refer to encountering pirates or something, but encountering fellow navy officers!
Each naval branch usually sails in its own waters.
It’s not that we can’t go to other sea areas.
There are mainly two inconveniences.
One is that the sea conditions in unfamiliar territory are unclear, and one is unfamiliar with the place and may encounter accidents.
The second is the inconvenience of supplies.
Normally, the navy’s daily expenses are purchased by a special department and paid through public accounts.
Each island in this world is relatively independent.
Some islands are still at the medieval level, while others are almost reaching cyberpunk technology.
Of course there is no unified invoicing system.
If the Marines go to local islands to make purchases, they usually cannot get reimbursed and have to pay out of their own pockets.
...Unless you have strong connections above you, whether or not the expense will be reimbursed is just a matter of a word.
Except for a very small number of people who are just or hateful and join the navy just to kill pirates, most of the navy joins the army mainly to make a living. In this shitty world, fighting pirates with knives every day may be safer than being a civilian.
For people like this, do you want them to empty their own wallets to replenish supplies?
Stop it!
So in order to avoid this situation, if you encounter special circumstances, you need to replenish resources.
It is usually resolved in the friendly forces' branch.
In this way, the public account can still be used.
But for the branch that provided the supplies, it was equivalent to a sudden abnormal expense.
It's not impossible to pretend to ask for reimbursement, but the higher-ups will have to send someone to review it.
This is to prevent some people from embezzling public funds through petty means.
Anyone who has worked in a place where a particular culture is prevalent should know that if someone from above comes to conduct an inspection, it will not be easy to pass unless you give them some "small gifts".
What Lieutenant Colonel Durant hates most is inexplicable and meaningless spending!
And today, such expenses are about to appear again.
Not long ago, he picked up the receiver of Den Den Mushi and learned the "bad news" that a warship would soon arrive at his branch to replenish supplies.
Looking at the vast ocean, Durant's face showed a look of grief.
He was thinking about how to minimize the losses.
Until a small black dot appeared on the horizon.
Durant picked up the telescope at hand and wanted to confirm the other party's identity.
“…F*ck!!”
It would not matter if you did not look at it, but when you looked at the telescope in Lieutenant Colonel Durant's hand, your hand almost shook and it fell to the ground, adding another expense.
In just a moment, Lieutenant Colonel Durant was stunned by the "decoration style" of Li Zhong's warship.
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