The first thing Durant blurted out after coming to his senses was: "Is this the Navy?!"
Chapter 274: Monitoring the World, Difficulty in Kryptonian
It wasn't just Durant. Even the marines in the branch couldn't help but tremble in their legs when the medium-sized warship docked.
The navy is a profession that lives on the edge of a knife, and they experience many life-and-death moments in their lives.
But that doesn't mean they are fearless.
Even some veterans of the battlefield are afraid of watching horror movies.
The eerie sight of the terrifying warship covered with human head wind chimes reminded everyone present of their childhood and the many horror legends they had heard from their comrades in casual conversation.
They couldn't help but feel a chill down their spine!
They have seen many people killing pirates.
But this was the first time they had seen this scene!
It wasn't until a tall figure stood on the bow and waved to them that they felt a little relieved.
…Well, not a ghost ship!
Just when most of the Marines on the branch island breathed a sigh of relief.
I saw the tall figure lightly tap his toes.
His figure disappeared in an instant, and then in the blink of an eye, he crossed the distant ocean and appeared beside Lieutenant Colonel Durant!
"Hello, Lieutenant Colonel Durant, I am Private Li Zhong from the North Sea K11 branch, and the commander of this battleship." Li Zhong extended his hand in a friendly manner to Lieutenant Colonel Durant, who had taken two steps back due to his sudden appearance.
Facing the hand extended by Li Zhong, Lieutenant Colonel Durant did not dare to shake it directly.
Unlike the knowledgeable old sailor Edward, Lieutenant Colonel Durant, who is only in his forties, has never been to the naval headquarters and lacks knowledge of the methods of true strong people.
He was already a little nervous because of the horrifying decoration style of Li Zhong's warship. When he saw Li Zhong suddenly appear in front of him across a distance of at least one kilometer, his mind subconsciously slid quickly in the direction of the ghost.
He lowered his head slightly and saw the shadow under Li Zhong's feet. Then he hesitantly reached out his hand and shook hands with Li Zhong.
"...Hello." Although Li Zhong's military rank was six or seven levels lower than his, he now had some doubts about whether Li Zhong was a human or a ghost, so Durant subconsciously used honorifics.
"Excuse me, Lieutenant Colonel Durant, are you ready for the supplies I brought this time?" Li Zhong asked politely after letting go of his hand.
"This is ready, but are you sure you want so much?" When it comes to things related to money, Lieutenant Colonel Durant no longer cares about anything and becomes energetic.
He glanced at Li Zhong's warship.
On the Den Den Mushi, his subordinates did not ask clearly, but only reported that a warship was coming to replenish a large amount of supplies.
Durant thought that with so many supplies, the ship would have to be a large warship that could carry thousands of people, but he didn't expect it was just a medium-sized warship.
Why does a medium-sized warship need so many supplies? Those supplies are enough to feed a fully staffed medium-sized warship for half a year!
Are you here to replenish your supplies or to purchase goods from me? !
Even if the person standing in front of him today is a ghost, Lieutenant Colonel Durant will have a good fight with him!
"Sure, I have a big appetite." Li Zhong said without hesitation.
Seeing that Durant was still hesitant, Li Zhong slightly activated his Observation Haki to sense the other party's emotions, and then he understood everything.
Li Zhong doesn't know much about politics and can be said to be a political novice, but he has not lived in vain over all these years.
Li Zhong just hooked his finger, and a few seconds later, a head with its eyes open was pulled by a black string, from the sail across the sea and fell into Li Zhong's palm.
"Powell Wood, the captain of the Powell Pirates, was a troublemaker. Fortunately, Lieutenant Colonel Durant was brave and resourceful. He fought bloody battles with him and finally cut off his head. With a navy like Lieutenant Colonel Durant in the North Sea, the residents of the nearby waters must be living a happy life."
Li Zhong put the head into Durant's palm.
Durant did not mind the dirty pirate's head, which was stained with lime and blood, and caught it steadily.
Powell Wood, the pirate bounty is 3000 million berries!
A number instantly popped up in Durant's mind.
As a 'money-loving' navy officer, Lieutenant Colonel Durant could be said to have memorized all the wanted posters of the entire North Sea by heart.
"Yes, Powell is so strong. Commander Li, I have prepared all your supplies. I will let my brothers load them all onto the ship for you!" After taking the head, Lieutenant Colonel Durant, who had originally had a cold and hard face, instantly smiled brightly, and even picked up the honorifics that he had just thrown aside.
There are a lot of supplies this time. It will cost about 400 million Beli to deal with the prosecutor. All in all, I can make a net profit of 2600 million Beli this time.
What's more, this is not just a matter of money. With the military merit of a high-bounty pirate, he won't have to worry about his performance indicators this year.
While the two were talking, Li Zhong's ship had already docked.
Just now the distance was too far, and Lieutenant Colonel Durant's eyesight was not as good as Captain Leib's, so he could not see clearly. Now that it was closer, he could finally see clearly the "wind chimes" on the sails of Li Zhong's battleship!
At that moment, Lieutenant Colonel Durant couldn't help but tremble in his heart.
He originally thought that the heads hanging on the other side's ship were just ordinary pirates, but now that he had a closer look, he realized that... each of those hundreds of heads was a bounty pirate! And some of the pirates were captains of powerful pirate groups that were famous in the North Sea!
Durant remained calm on the surface, but his waist couldn't help but soften slightly, and his head lowered slightly in a show of respect.
Being respectful to the strong is something you must learn if you want to survive long in this ocean!
Durant didn't know this man's background, nor did he intend to find out. Now he just wanted to get rid of this evil star as soon as possible.
Even a small ripple around a strong person can become a huge wave for a weak person.
Flattery? When people of different levels come into close contact, sometimes it will only bring disaster! Durant still understands this principle.
"By the way, can you help me report the military merits of some of the heads I have here? And can you also report the military merits of my subordinates as well?"
Li Zhong could find any island to replenish supplies, but he chose to come to the Navy Branch just for this.
There are too many heads on the ship now. Even if they have been treated with antiseptic treatment, there will always be a stink after a long time.
There is also the possibility of epidemics.
"That's easy." Durant, who wanted to send this great god away quickly, agreed without hesitation.
But he soon regretted it.
Looking at the thousands of human heads weighing nearly 20 tons carried down by the Shanghai soldiers from the Li Zhong warship, Lieutenant Colonel Durant's face turned green!
With so many heads, not to mention the storage problem, just registering them is a very tiring job!
"Oh." Li Zhong sighed softly.
Then he said, "Lieutenant Colonel Durant has really sacrificed too much for the stability of the people of the North Sea. He had just wiped out the Powell Pirates, but he dragged his tired body to chase the Kutar Pirates. I don't know what kind of blessing the residents of the nearby islands had in their previous lives to meet such an outstanding navy like you."
Li Zhong hooked his finger, and another pirate head flew over.
Kutar J. The Jackal, with a reward of 3400 million berries.
Durant really wanted to refuse this hard job, but there was no way... he offered too much!
He ordered his subordinates to record the merits of the marines under Li Zhong.
Durant invited Li Zhong to dinner.
In this world, there is also a trend for two parties to get closer over a drink.
Just like the pirates often hold parties together.
Li Zhong gave so much money, so Durant certainly wanted to let him feel at home.
But Li Zhong refused.
"I have some things to do."
"What's the matter? Is there anything I can help with?" Durant asked curiously.
"If you want to help, that's fine." Li Zhong said after thinking about it. Although he could do it himself, it would be hard to refuse others who were eager to help.
"According to the time, they will be back soon." After saying that, Li Zhong walked towards the beach.
they?
Durant, who was following behind Li Zhong, was a little confused.
Soon, Durant understood what Li Zhong meant.
Ten minutes later, Lieutenant Colonel Durant, standing on the beach, had his eyes wide open like copper bells and his mouth wide open enough for a light bulb to fit through. He saw a scene that he would never forget in his life.
Seagulls, seabirds, and a large number of birds flew from afar, covering half of the sky in black.
The waves surged, and a huge sea king emerged from the depths of the ocean.
Following closely behind it are thousands of fish.
Then...the birds landed on the floating sea kings.
A "sea chart outline relief" appeared on the body of the sea king!
Then schools of fish leaped from the ocean, bouncing and splashing over the sea kings.
These schools of fish formed skull patterns with various decorations on the 'sea chart'.
"Well, there are seven pirate groups nearby. Commander Durant, could you please draw a picture of this sea map?"
Li Zhong asked Lieutenant Colonel Durant, whose mind was blank.
Chapter 275 Changing the World
Being able to manipulate animals is not uncommon.
This kind of thing can be done by anyone, not to mention a Devil Fruit user, even a circus animal trainer can do it.
But what Li Zhong showed to Lieutenant Colonel Durant at this moment was not just as simple as taming animals.
On the one hand, those seabirds and fish that seemed to have low intelligence were able to follow Li Zhong's instructions and become his spies to gather intelligence. At the same time, they were able to understand Li Zhong's instructions and "describe" everything they saw.
On the other hand, Li Zhong can control not only small animals, he can also control sea kings!
Although there was only one sea king in front of him, looking at the black mass of seabirds that covered half of the sky, Lieutenant Colonel Durant couldn't help but mutter in his heart, this tall man standing next to him, can he really only control one sea king? Or...
The above are only a small part of the reasons that surprised Durant, but what really shocked Lieutenant Colonel Durant was the meaning behind Li Zhong’s behavior!
The ocean is very vast. There are two main reasons why pirates are so rampant in this world.
One of them is the living environment.
The islands isolated by the ocean are like independent worlds isolated from the rest of the world. When they come into contact with the outside world, but their folk customs are not recognized by the mainstream of the world, or they have something coveted by the outside world and they have no power to protect themselves, they become "pirates"!
This is a pirate from a country that is not a member of the World Government.
The countries that are members of the World Government are not much better.
Because the core policy of the world government is to maintain stability rather than to allow people to live and work in peace, many people cannot bear the tyranny from the world government and decide to go out to sea to plunder.
Another important factor for the rampant piracy is that... the risk-reward ratio of being a pirate is too high!
In this world, if you don’t have any special talents or opportunities, working hard all your life will only be enough for you to live. Various accidents may occur, causing you to end the game of life early.
But being a pirate is different.
The money earned from two or three robberies, if you are lucky enough not to die or take everything, is enough for you to live for most of your life at your original normal consumption level!
This is still for ordinary people. If it were a strong person, it would be even more comfortable.
Some people may ask, can being chased by the navy every day be called comfortable?
That is what they say, but in reality, it is not the case.
In this world, the ocean is vast and they lack the means of large-scale perception.
This means that unless the navy sends out informants and spies, whether or not they can encounter pirates can only rely on reports from the public and luck!
In addition to luck, the navy relies mainly on three ways to capture pirates.
One is the informant I just mentioned.
The second is to wipe out some pirate gathering places that are so arrogant that they no longer shy away from people.
...However, there are some that cannot be wiped out, such as Kaido's pirate gathering place in Wano Country and Big Mom's pirate gathering place in Ten Thousand Countries.
The third is to search for pirates based on the pirates' replenishment of civilian supplies and looting of ships and islands on various islands, and through reports from survivors and civilians, searching nearby waters in order to find the pirates.
For a true naval powerhouse, the difficult part is not killing pirates.
With the strength of the three admirals of the navy, even if all the pirates in the four seas were piled together, they would still not be enough for the three of them to kill.
The difficult part is finding the pirates!
The sea is too big.
Since being a civilian may lead to being persecuted to death by the powerful, and being a pirate may also lead to death, why not become a pirate? At least as a pirate you can burn, kill, and plunder, and there is a chance to make a name for yourself!
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