Arceus' Pirate Journey

"Sir, this is someone appointed by Spandine."

"Go and have a good rest for a few days. I will arrange a leisurely job for you."

Chapter 398: Gyarados being studied, Tiger returning

The words of his confidant made him take back the curse words that were about to come. Spandine had a powerful backer and he couldn't afford to offend that guy. Looking at this person with connections in front of him, he had to endure it this time.

And decided to find him a place to eat and wait for death from now on.

What he hates the most is this kind of people with connections. They must take a share of the credit, but when something goes wrong, they will definitely not be able to find this kind of people to take the blame.

"This incident doesn't have much impact, right?"

"Not much. To be precise, this is what the scientific team discovered, and then it was passed on to us."

"Where is Vegapunk?"

"Yes."

"Okay, I get it. Go do your own thing and hand over the things that kid is doing as soon as possible. If this delays important things, it will be a disaster. Remember, don't arrange this kind of thing for people with such connections in the future. I don't know where this nerd came from."

After dealing with all these people and summarizing the new intelligence and sending it up, he took out a small Den Den Mushi.

"Sir, it's me. Do you remember me? I have a problem..."

To be able to reach his position, he must have some ability, but he is a superior, not an agent fighting on the front line, so in addition to ability, obedience and interpersonal relationships are also very important.

Spandine was able to push his useless son to the position of chief of CP9. The bottom line is that both Spandine and Spandam, father and son, listen to their superiors and will fulfill all the tasks mentioned above.

Although creatures like Gyarados are not as ubiquitous as Magikarp, they have also caused a certain impact. They originally thought that it was just an ordinary sea beast, but now it seems that it is clearly a special modified creature.

Now, a label suspected to be Quinn's test subject has been added to Gyarados's file. It is not uncommon to release modified creatures into the sea. Even Vegapunk has done this.

At this time, outside a research institute in the New World, a cargo ship was escorting two water tanks, which contained sleeping Gyarados. They spent a lot of effort and suffered certain casualties before they captured them.

"Why do we have to catch this kind of monster..."

"Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. This kind of thing has nothing to do with us."

There are two reasons for capturing Gyarados. One is that Vegapunk wanted to see if Quinn, his former teammate, was really so talented that he could do such a thing.

On the other hand, he recently had an idea for a mechanical sea beast army.

Vegapunk has a lot of ideas in his mind, and he often acts on them. Although he is now under the control of the World Government, he also wants to use their funds. After all, scientific research is a huge expense.

Quinn, Assie, and Naichen spend a large sum of money every year on research projects like this.

Because he felt that he did not have enough time, Vegapunk even created clones of himself so that multiple versions of himself could conduct research together.

His mechanical sea beast army had limited achievements, so he naturally developed a great deal of interest in magical creatures like Gyarados.

Moreover, these people have not yet reached a conclusion about the relationship between Gyarados and Magikarp. Few people have seen the scene of Magikarp's evolution, and even those who have seen it did not leave any evidence because they were shocked.

If we have to find someone who has done the most research on evolution, it should be Nico Robin at this moment. Only those who belong to the beasts have the opportunity to come into close contact with evolution at this time. However, even if they do, they cannot understand why this power comes from.

No one could have imagined that the humble Magikarp would become like that after evolving.

...

But when Tiger returned to Fishman Island, Fishman Street was not peaceful.

Unlike Rusalka who had already guessed it, and unlike Manderfisch's friends who were shocked, some people simply could not accept Manderfisch's identity, such as Aaron.

He didn't say anything when he was defeated by a fishman. Tiger, Jinbe, and many fishmen could do it, but being defeated by a human underwater was a blow to his self-esteem.

"How can humans breathe underwater? How can humans do that?! It's impossible!"

"Ah...Brother Aaron...stop it! What are you going to do?!"

Seeing Aaron suddenly pick up a weapon and want to leave here, several younger brothers quickly hugged him.

"Let go, don't stop me!"

"No, Brother A'long, you are no match for him!"

Hearing this, Aaron seemed to get even angrier, but at this time a voice calmed him down.

"Aaron, what are you doing? Why are you still so irritable after not seeing you for so many years?"

"Big Brother?!"

Tiger has a transcendent status in Fishman Street. Most of the fishmen from Fishman Street respect him very much, and Tiger is basically the only one who can absolutely command Aaron.

"Ah, how have you been these years? Where's Jinbe?"

"Fortunately, Jinbei has become the leader of the Kingdom Army. Where have you been all this year, big brother? Why haven't you had any news at all?"

"It's a bit of personal business, but I guess it's a glimpse into the world."

He did not want to talk about his life as a slave at all, and if possible, he would never mention those years in his life.

"Why are you still so irritable, what happened?"

"Brother, it's like this..."

Looking at the newspaper in his hand and Aaron's description, Tiger seemed to understand something.

"You mean...he was red before?"

"Yeah, and he looks a bit like you, big brother."

"I understand, Aaron, let's just forget about this..."

He knew better than anyone why the World Government's ships appeared here. It could be said that Manderfesch took the blame for him. Although he hated the Celestial Dragons, he did not extend that emotion to all of humanity.

"Okay, since you said so, big brother, then forget it."

Aaron didn't even ask why. To be honest, he also had strange feelings towards Manderfesh. His behavior in the past few years could be said to have helped a lot of fishmen, so he couldn't accept it when he knew the other party's identity.

With Tiger's request, it was only natural for him to agree.

"Okay, do whatever you want. I need to go see King Neptune."

"Got it, big brother. I'll go inform the others. Your return is a big deal."

......

In Ryugu Castle, Neptune was looking at the deal proposed by Kojiro. He didn't take Kojiro's idea of ​​opening a department store on Fishman Island seriously, and he agreed directly when Kojiro proposed it.

But faced with Kojiro's proposal of mining and an arms order, he hesitated.

"What's wrong, King Neptune? You are the king of a country, so you should know the importance of weapons. Excuse me, the quality of the weapons on Fishman Island is too poor. If you change your weapons, at least you can improve your ability to protect your citizens."

Chapter 399: Mining and the Prelude to Yamato's Voyage

Unlike other long-term transactions, single large-scale transactions are more profitable in arms. The deep-sea environment of Fishman Island has higher requirements for weapons, and old-fashioned muskets may not fire at all due to the moisture of gunpowder.

Although Fishman Island is not the territory of the Beasts, they always only consider whether the other party has money when selling arms.

He can come here to estimate the commercial value of Fishman Island because he has this ability, which is his talent in business.

Excluding hostility, beasts generally have three attitudes towards islands.

The first type is a basic base similar to Wano Country, which is the main base of the pirate group. It is not only necessary to occupy it, but also to develop it vigorously.

The second type is similar to the shelter of Sky Island, which provides flags to ensure the safety of the place and collects unique assets on the island in return every year.

In addition, there is a third type, which is to only do business, not provide flag protection, and at most provide free shipping, such as the Kraingana Island where the Kingdom of Xikaial was located.

Fishman Island is the third case. There are no special products on the island. Although its location is critical, it is in the deep sea. The investment to occupy it is too huge, and it is not worth it now.

And the most worthwhile thing to utilize is the power of the mermen. There is no need to occupy this place at all. He just wants to hire some mermen.

And this is also related to the general policy he got before leaving Onigashima.

Occupying Fishman Island now would mean going to war with Whitebeard. Although going to war doesn't matter, it is not in the best interests. Even if Whitebeard is eliminated, it would be difficult to digest such a large territory, and at the same time, we would have to face the backstab of the World Government.

Coupled with the relationship between Whitebeard and Neptune, there will have to be a major change on Fishman Island by then.

You don't have to do anything. After Whitebeard dies, Fishman Island will take the initiative to find a new shelter. The meaning of taking the initiative to find it and asking others to come is completely different.

"arms..."

"We are not interested in arms. How about we talk about your mining plan?"

Otohime was not interested in this kind of business. It was not that Fishman Island was without weapons, but their quality was much inferior to those made by Baishou.

But in Otohime's opinion, these are enough for Fishman Island.

"Well, since the princess is not interested, then forget it."

Anyway, Fishman Island is not their own territory, and compared with weapons, the problems of Fishman Island's ideology and personnel strength are more serious.

In Kojiro's opinion, Fishman Island's behavior was stupid, but he had no reason to interfere as he was not a royal family here.

"So let's talk about the mining issue. In general, we have two options.

The first Fishman Island provides labor, searches for suitable things for us in the deep sea, informs us when they find them, and works as miners. We will pay them for their labor.

The second is that you give us the ore after mining, and we will buy it at a suitable price."

"Does it make any difference?"

"Of course there are. One is to calculate working hours, and the other is to calculate products. You will get more benefits with the latter, but you will be more easily integrated into the human group with the former. By the way, this transaction has nothing to do with the pirate group, but is a serious business behavior.

This is our business license, which can be circulated even in Marijoa."

Baishou Fruit Products is a legitimate company. Although those people have long known the truth about its cover-up, they still chose to turn a blind eye in the face of huge profits and revenue.

"This is a plan. You two can take your time to think about it. I will stay here for a while to study things like department stores."

He might not be able to explain those things clearly even if he talked for several days, so he just left the plan and left. Next, he would find out the consumption capacity of Fishman Island through the department store, so as to formulate a wage system suitable for this place.

Although there are many dangers in deep-sea mining, such as lack of suitable equipment and dangerous sea beasts, that is not what he needs to think about. The Pokémon will handle all the problems, and all he needs to do is negotiate.

Looking at the plan, Otohime felt a little excited. The meaning of having a close relationship with a pirate group is completely different from that of having a close relationship with a legitimate company.

The Ryugu Kingdom is ostensibly a member state, but if it really wants to enter the public eye, it cannot rely on its relationship with the Whitebeard Pirates.

Although the people protected by Whitebeard think that Whitebeard is a good leader, for most people in the world, especially ordinary people who can only get all information from the World Government, pirates are still an absolute villain.

In addition to arousing the admiration of some young people, the hatred of the navy, the greed of bounty hunters, the great pirates in the four seas are also feared by ordinary people.

"Neptune, I think this is an opportunity, an opportunity to have friendly contact with people on land..."

"Otohime..."

"Your Majesty Neptune, Fisher Tiger has returned from his trip and is already outside the Dragon Palace."

A fishman soldier reported the details of the situation, and Otohime and Neptune paused the topic and let Tiger enter.

He is an outstanding adventurer and traveler who travels around the world. He is deeply trusted and respected by Ryugu. He brought back some information about the land of Fishman Island, but this time his news even surprised Otohime and Neptune.

"I want to save the slaves of Marijoa."

After telling some things, Fisher Tiger said a very shocking topic.

Outside Rusalka's residence in Coral Hill, Xiaobachi was operating the takoyaki machine with his six arms. At this time, he was already able to make takoyaki skillfully. In addition, there were Haku and several of Manderfesh's fishmen minions.

"Brother Manderfesh, they still can't accept your human identity and have left..."

This is also expected, not everyone can accept this.

"Boss, they also have their own difficulties. With your status..."

"I know, and I don't blame them, but it's a pity. I quite like these guys." Those fishmen had followed him for a while and had always been very caring towards their younger brother Manderfesh.

"Xiao Ba, Brother Tiger is back, aren't you going to see him?"

"New, there's still time. I heard he went to Ryugu Castle, and I just happened to bring him some takoyaki."

......

And in Onigashima, a new voyage is also being prepared. The 12-year-old Jack starts his maiden voyage, and so does Yamato, who is the same age. Maria and Robin, who are older than her, also travel with them.

At this time, she was studying the atlas and discussing with Maria and others which island to choose as the destination of this voyage.

The purpose of this trip is not adventure or entertainment, but a real trial...

Chapter 400: The White Town of Frevans

However, in Yamato's eyes, there is not much difference between the so-called trial and play. No matter how dangerous the trial is, it is not as dangerous as her biological father. As time goes by, Kaido's training intensity is also increasing little by little. It can be said that her special training is often stuck on the verge of death by Kaido.