Arceus' Pirate Journey

Chapter 153 New Bounty

It would be great if we could have a good relationship with each other when we were children. By the time Yamato grows up and takes over the Beasts Pirates, I'm afraid it will be time for me to retire. I will be able to get a good job relying on this relationship.

Although it was a bit far-fetched, Manderfesch felt that his idea made sense, so when he saw Yamato's things fall into the water and heard crying, he was the first to jump in.

When others saw Mendefiance jump into the sea, they gave up the opportunity. When it comes to swimming, Mendefiance is almost unbeatable in the Beasts Pirates, and the ability to swim gives him a great advantage in this regard.

This was the most severe time that Yamato cried since he was taken back to the Beasts Pirates by Kaido. Even Arceus was attracted to it. Chansey briefly described the situation at that time and then pointed to the side of the ship.

"How long has Manderfesh been gone?"

"About five minutes..."

"You guys go down and see what's going on." After all, he had obtained the power of Magikarp. He couldn't drown himself when he went into the water to retrieve a mace.

Arceus glanced at a few people casually, and they jumped down without saying a word, but soon swam up again.

I tried a few more times, with the same result.

"Master Holy Beast, the water is too deep, we can't dive down!"

"Yes, we swam down for a long time without seeing Manderfesh, and we couldn't see the bottom at all. I'm afraid we need to prepare diving suits."

Even though they are considered elite pirates, they are still ordinary people. They have neither the blood of fishmen nor abilities like Manderfesh. Although they can swim, few of them have ever practiced diving, and they can't stand it when they reach a certain depth.

Fortunately, the climate in Wano Country is only relatively cold in Reiko's area. Except for the sea area near Reiko, the waters in Wano Country are relatively warm, so after several dives, they still have enough physical strength.

A few minutes later, Manderfesch emerged from the water with the small mace that Yamato dropped in his hand. He stepped into the water and jumped back onto the deck.

After gaining the ability to splash through water, the water became a completely new surface for him.

"Master Holy Beast, there are secrets down here. Wano Country is more than it seems."

"What did you find?"

"The terrain of Wano Country may be man-made..."

"Wait, bring the thing here first." He took the mace from him and gave it back to Yamato. After coaxing the child, he signaled Mandfesh to continue describing what he had seen.

According to Manderfesch, he jumped into the water to look for Yamato's dropped mace. With the ability granted by Arceus, he caught up with the falling mace without spending too much effort, but he seemed to see something under the water.

Because he was curious, and the Magikarp gave him the ability to breathe underwater, he went down to investigate.

"You mean there's a flooded town down there?"

"Yes, Master Seiya. The architectural style is very similar to that of Wano Country, or it is even older. Then I swam to the edge and found that the cliffs around here might be their walls..."

According to the information brought back by Manderfesch, it seems that someone built a very tall wall to surround this place, but due to unknown reasons, the water level rose, leading to the current situation.

But Arceus always felt that this situation was ridiculous, and the situation seemed somewhat familiar.

"Sha Yina, is the project on Ghost Island finished?"

"No, Master Holy Beast. What's the matter?"

"Go back and ask someone older to see if there is anyone named Isayama Hajime among their ancestors."

Building a huge wall to surround his country, this strange operation made him feel familiar, but he did not detect any sleeping life forms in the rock walls around Wano Country.

Shortly after.

“Master Seiya, I have asked, and the current leader of the craftsmen is called Gangyou, who is considered a legendary carpenter in Wano Country, but he said he has never heard of the surname Isayama in Wano Country.

Riko has not heard of this either, and Quinn has also tried to inquire about it with Orochi, but he seems to be unaware of it either. This should be a secret of Wano Country."

"Got it. Everything remains the same. Let Manderfesh explore the underwater ruins and see what is inside."

As a result, Manderfisch had a new task, which was to explore the nearby underwater ruins. Although Quinn got several diving suits, those people were still not as convenient as Manderfisch.

In order to avoid being discovered, they dived secretly from Onigashima. Only Manderfesch could explore all areas freely without being affected by oxygen, so this important task basically fell on him.

......

Two days later, on the ghost island, Setsuna just jumped off the boat and started running, carrying a small backpack behind him, which was full of newspapers.

The Newsbird will not enter Wano Country, so the only way to get newspapers is through the nearby islands, which are the outposts of the Beasts outside Wano Country, and external information is generally sent from there.

The biggest news was naturally the Battle of Edwall. This massive battle was almost recorded in history and was also one of the few battles between pirates named after a battle.

However, those have little to do with the Hundred Beasts. Those who have recently challenged the Golden Lion's territory are all newcomers. As old acquaintances, they know that the Golden Lion is still the same Golden Lion, and there will be no changes due to the reduction in his subordinates.

And Setsuna cares more about the two bounty warrants in his hand.

"Lightning" Zeraora - Bounty of 270 million Baileys

Arceus the Hidden One - Bounty: 1.19 billion berries

This was the conclusion reached by the Navy after comprehensive analysis, directly raising the bounty from 5,000 to 1.19 billion. In this era, this is almost a huge bounty.

Nowadays, almost all of those with bounties exceeding 1 billion Baileys are the remnants of Rocks and Roger's members, all heavyweights.

Although Arceus had the strength to injure Sengoku, he left suddenly after gaining the upper hand, which made the Navy doubt his ability to continue fighting.

Although the intelligence from the investigation showed that Arceus was not a tyrannical type, he was suspected to have magical special abilities, so this amount was decided after comprehensive consideration.

As for the hidden person, the Navy believed that he was hiding his true identity, so he always appeared in beast form. They decided to adopt all the intelligence sent to them, and formulated this bounty order based on the principle of no penalty for wrong answers and extra points for correct answers.

This led to Quinn looking at his bounty with a very confused expression.

"I've been farming and doing research, so how come the reward is higher than that pervert?"

Looking at the bounty of 444.4 million, Quinn suddenly felt it was very unlucky.

Chapter 154: The Second Son of a Down-and-out Merchant - Kojiro

However, Quinn's bounty did not attract any attention. After all, he himself didn't know why he raised the price, and it was a sudden increase.

He could not have imagined that some intelligence personnel believed that he was the one who truly realized the ability, so they also raised his price.

His bounty is higher than Zeraora's. In the Navy's view, the impact he causes will be greater than that of Zeraora alone. After all, he is now also a certain suspicion.

Sha Yinna's mood was normal this time. Although "Hiddener" was not a serious title, looking at the information of the bounty order, Sha Yinna felt in a good mood. This was much better than the bastard who issued the bounty order last time.

In the world of pirates, few people worry about bounties, and most regard it as an honor.

The higher the boss's bounty, the more excited they, the younger brothers, became. Seeing that Arceus' bounty had also exceeded the 1 billion mark, they were even more excited than Arceus himself.

The previous bounty of 5,000 Baileys was considered a disgrace, but the updated bounty can be considered a different kind of "honor".

As for Setsuna, she lived in Zuowu until she was seven years old and had no idea about the outside world. After coming to the outside world, she was first kidnapped by an organ trafficking and assassination group, and then came to the Beasts Pirates, so her cognition was also affected by the atmosphere of the Beasts.

She believed that the high bounty was a certification of strength, and that the photos of Zeraora taken by the photographer this time were very cool, with standing hair, surrounded by thunder, and eyes filled with electricity, which were completely in line with the aesthetics of the Fur Tribe.

"That's so cool, Zeraora, take me with you next time."

"No, not unless you can hold your own against me for five minutes."

"Then... let's go on a full moon next time. If I use the Moon Leo, I can last for five minutes! Besides, I can give you long-range support. I am best at the bow and arrow."

Shanna has always been very confident in her archery skills, and she has the capital to do so. She can't use a gun, and Baishou's firearms can't hit people in her hands. Even shotgun shells are useless. She can be called a master of human body outlining, but her bow and arrows are very accurate, and she never misses the target within several hundred meters.

The craftsmen from Wano Country are also helping her to make a longbow. There are many similar craftsmen in Wano Country. Except that their output cannot be compared with machines, their handmade products are even better than machines in some aspects.

Manderfesh is still exploring the mysterious underwater areas of Wano Country, and the world's development has not stopped. Golden Lion used the heads of many pirates to prove to the world that although he was defeated by Roger, it does not mean that he has become a weakling.

In Wano Country, the development of Beasts is still continuing. Xenophobia is a fundamental problem in Wano Country, and it is difficult to solve it in a short time, so Beasts is recruiting some local people to join the Beasts Pirates.

It's not about making them pirates, nor just working on the Beasts' ranches and orchards, but about becoming the Beasts' local partners in another way.

Kurozumi Orochi was not interested in such trivial matters at all. His mind was full of revenge, so Baishou was looking for other suitable people, but he waited for a long time and still couldn't find anyone.

They could still accept working as herders for the beasts, after all, it could only be considered as working, but cooperation was different. So when faced with business cooperation with the beasts, most of the local wealthy people and businessmen in Wano Country chose to refuse.

In fact, this is also related to Orochi. Although his goal is to persecute everyone, it is mainly aimed at ordinary civilians. He did not touch those daimyos and wealthy people. His own interests are also linked to these wealthy people.

Moreover, Baishou's actions also made him doubt whether this partner could achieve his goals, so apart from the cooperation that has already been reached, he does not plan to expand the cooperation.

Due to the closed nature of Wano Country, gold coins only circulate within the country, which means that these people's funds are in a closed-loop state, and Orochi has a great influence on it.

If he changed some policies, these wealthy people might also go bankrupt, after all, he was only the acting general in name only.

Therefore, they all tend to obey Orochi's orders, and due to the national conditions of Wano Country, they have no interest in the trade of beasts.

The transaction of beasts itself means interfering with the economy of Wano Country. Although they can intervene by force, that will cause a major collapse of the economy of Wano Country first, which is not in their own interests.

Therefore, Beasts needs to break this closed-loop economy first and allow the external funds of Beasts to flow into Wano Country.

There is no shortage of goods among the beasts. Everything from the outside world can be sold in Wano Country. What they lack is a local merchant.

After all, the people of Wano Country are very strange. They are unwilling to buy things when the people of Baishou go to sell them directly, but if it is a local person from Wano Country, they will excitedly buy those products, so that if Baishou wants to sell goods, he has to change into local people's clothes first.

They are pirates and are not good at this kind of thing. Bargaining and sales are all difficult for them.

They could have used force to coerce a businessman, but that would have defeated the original purpose.

However, not everyone will reject the idea of ​​​​beasts. There will always be people who are the first to try something new no matter where they are.

On this day, a man with short purple hair came to the Ghost Island alone in a small boat.

Now that the construction of Onigashima has been completed, the workers have returned to their homes. Except for those who are arranged to deliver supplies here, few people in Wano Country will take the initiative to go to Onigashima.

So when the members of the Beasts saw that person, they were all surprised.

"This guy doesn't know how to row a boat. How can he use the oars like that?"

"It's normal that people from Wano Country can't row a boat, but why don't you give him a hand? If he drowns here, it will ruin the plan of the Holy Beast Master."

"That's impossible. There's not even a bit of wind or waves in this place. How could he possibly capsize?"

Just as he finished speaking, he saw the man in front of him capsized his boat.

"What did you just say?"

"I said hurry up and rescue him!"

......

"Thank you both for your help. My name is Kojiro, and I am the second son of an ordinary merchant family in Flower Capital. I came here to seek cooperation. I am willing to sell goods for the Beasts Pirates in Wano Country."

Then he didn't even have the chance to change his clothes and was taken directly to Sha Yinna.

"Big sister! There are businessmen willing to cooperate!"

"Reason, why are you willing to accept our cooperation." She had been looking for the person for so long but couldn't find him. Now someone came to her door, so she naturally asked.

"My Lord, I was born into a merchant family in the Flower Capital. My family was very wealthy, but after General Sukiyaki passed away, Kurozumi Orochi was appointed as the acting general.

Our biggest competitor teamed up with Kurozumi Orochi to destroy our family's business. My father and mother both died of depression, and our family has declined since then. I need a chance to make a comeback and take revenge on them."

"Big snake? You should know that we were brought in by the big snake."

"Yes, sir, I know about this, which is why I came here now, because I think your deal with Kurozumi Orochi is not that close, and there is a fundamental contradiction between what you are doing and Orochi's purpose."

These were all his speculations. Although he had no solid evidence, he was already at his wits' end. No one in Wano Country was willing to help him, so he could only place his hopes on outsiders.

Chapter 155 Kojiro's Ambition

He comes from a family of merchants, and his father has asked him to learn various things since he was a child. Even though Wano Country is a closed country, it is a big deal to do business in this country.

The mutual flow of products between the six townships and the consumption capacity of the people need to be studied thoroughly. It was fine before Kurozumi Orochi started to act, but during this period of time, Kurozumi Orochi's behavior was weird everywhere.

The prices of items are changed arbitrarily. Recently, there are more coins circulating in the market of Wano Country, and many of them are new coins. If the currency of Wano Country had not remained in the form of metal currency and there was not much trade with the outside world, the impact would have been even greater.

He was not the only businessman to be hit. Almost all those who chose to join forces with Kurozumi Orochi in various industries used various unfair methods to defeat their competitors and achieved a monopoly position.

In Kojiro's opinion, Kurozumi Orochi's behavior is challenging the limit. Just one opportunity can cause the economy of Wano Country to completely collapse.

This behavior became increasingly evident around the Flower City. The wealth gap began to widen, and only the rich could survive in the Flower City. In this environment, many families that relied on small businesses were forced to leave the Flower City and settle in nearby villages and towns.

In other areas, this trend is less common because several daimyo each have jurisdiction over their own towns. However, the economy of Wano Country is a whole, and the Flower Capital is the economic center. Under its influence, other regions will inevitably be affected.

And Baishou plays a very special role here. They are close to but not close to Kurozumi Orochi. It seems that they have some agreement and will help Kurozumi Orochi build a factory, but there seem to be contradictions in the details.

Those orchards and pastures are meant to be a long-term business, which is completely different from the policy of Kurozumi Orochi. He has been observing for a long time. Kurozumi Orochi neither supports nor opposes these behaviors of the beasts.

Or perhaps he didn't dare to oppose openly. He had never seen anyone from Dashe dare to directly interfere in the affairs of the beasts.

In other words, Baishou has something in his hand that Kurozumi Orochi fears. Even if his mind is active enough, he has never left Wano Country. A frog in a well cannot imagine the vastness of the sky, so he can only have a rough guess about this.

Coming here alone this time was a gamble, because he could see that Beasts also wanted to interfere in the economy of Wano Country, and that Beasts would get involved sooner or later. If others could not accept it, they would eventually be abandoned, because Beasts' advantage was too great.

For example, regarding the issue of oxen, he knew that the Beasts Pirates raised two special kinds of cattle. The labor force of those three-tailed monster cattle was at least ten times that of ordinary cattle, and they were also stronger and could even be said to be smarter, as they could understand the orders of their masters.

In actual operation, one Kentaro can do the work of more than twenty ordinary oxen, and the price that the Beasts Pirates rent them out is the same as that of ordinary cows.