One Piece: My Spirit

On the way to the dock area, Ciel also glanced at Iska who was hesitant to speak, but Ciel didn't explain that much, and soon the two went to a warehouse with the number 17 written on it, and regularly knocked three times and tapped four times in front of the wooden door of the warehouse.

Not long after, a short man with a scar at the corner of his eye came out of warehouse No. 37 opposite. Charles handed the note to the little man. The short man took a few glances at Charles and Iska before leading them into warehouse No. 37.

The inside of the warehouse was pitch black, and Iska, who had just entered, was extremely uncomfortable for a while, and the short man ignored the two of them and led them to a wooden door. After opening, it turned out to be a staircase leading to the ground.

After coming down through the underground stairs, there is a vast underground space filled with a large number of guns and weapons. You can even see some heavy artillery or powerful special explosives, which come alive to a large arsenal.

Two hours later, Charles left Rum Island with Marilou and Iska, and returned to the navy ship docked far away from Rum Island.

"I see that you hesitated to speak all the way, and you wanted to ask me why, right?"

Charles looked at Iska with a smile on the side, Iska nodded, and Charles also smiled meaningfully: "I just wanted to verify one thing, but I didn't expect to come to the Great Channel, and it was such a coincidence that I ran into it. It's really a coincidence!"

On the contrary, Iska was even more confused and couldn't understand what Shire was talking about. Just now, Iska also knew that the place they went to should be a place for underground arms trading. Although the main duty of the navy is to fight against pirates, the smuggling of these strategic arms and materials is also included in the scope.

After all, war is always inseparable from arms!

"Iska, do you know why there are so many pirates gathered here on Rum Island? Even after repeated sieges, it can be revived. It is even said that the navy has nothing to do with this 'carnival island' of pirates and can only let it exist?"

Instead, Charles asked Iska such a question. Iska recalled what happened on Rum Island just now, but he concluded that there was only one reason: 'Because pirates like to drink'.

However, this reason cannot be said to be wrong. It can only be said to be one of them. Charles took out the sea chart of this sea area. There are many countries, islands, and small towns marked on it. At the same time, there are also many warning signs of abnormal climate in a certain area. This is an advanced sea chart within the Navy.

In the great waterway where the climate is changeable and harsh, such a chart is hard to come by. It is the information obtained by countless people at the cost of experience, lessons and even lives!

Charles pointed to the location of Rum Island on the chart and explained that there is another important reason why Rum Island is so popular with pirates is its geographical advantage. From the chart, it can be found that there are many islands around Rum Island, and Rum Island can be used as a transfer station and supply point, radiating to other islands or countries. It is a rare and very high-quality navigation route!
In fact, in addition to pirates, there are also a large number of merchant ships on Rum Island. The degree of its trade development can be seen from the three port terminals and a large number of warehouses on the island.

Development has now become a route index island for many pirates, so the smuggling trade is also extremely developed and convenient.

Among them, according to Shire's information from the G2 branch, Rum Island is the largest wine smuggling place in "Paradise", or another way of saying is "fake wine manufacturing place". As for the reason why it is "fake wine", everyone is very clear.

However, in addition to wine smuggling, arms and weapons smuggling also accounted for a huge share. After all, most of the islands were pirates.

And the reason why Shire has today's action is mainly because of the 'Vulture Family Pirates', as one of the four big pirate forces on Rum Island, they also control these gray transactions, among which arms trading is the main business of the 'Vulture Family Pirates'!
It's just that they were almost wiped out by Charles in the Kingdom of Lulucia in two months. When dealing with the stolen goods of the pirates, Charles accidentally discovered the same thing. He had also seen something in the East China Sea.

It was a silver pocket watch without any needles that I had seen on Colonel Mouse before, and the reason why Colonel Mouse became the middleman of the underground transaction in the East China Sea was that a mysterious person with this silver pocket watch without needles found him to cooperate.

And Charles accidentally found the same silver pocket watch without hands on the boat of the dead 'Vulture' Keith!
Even Charles was stunned when he saw this silver pocket watch. He didn't expect that he would come across this thing by such a coincidence when he came to the Great Channel. He even killed the other person.

Charles estimated that the other party might be secretly cursing himself for lingering ghosts.

As far as Shire knows, the source of this underground arms smuggling comes from the Great Waterway. It is estimated that after the incident of 'Vulture' Keith, he has officially got in touch with this group of people. This is also the reason for this trip to Rum Island. The main reason is to investigate and obtain information.

Iska also frowned after hearing what Shire said. She also knew that arms smuggling was a trouble. The continuous occurrence of wars and the proliferation of pirates led to a great increase in the demand for arms and weapons. The increase in arms and weapons in turn promoted the outbreak of wars and the increase of pirates. Therefore, the smuggling of arms and weapons has always been a headache for the navy.

But at this time Iska reacted a little belatedly: Is Charles from the East China Sea?This is from the same place as that person.

Iska patted his face and forgot about these things that affected him. He is now a navy!
Charles glanced at Iska suspiciously. During this period of time, Charles also found that Iska would sometimes be distracted like this. Could it be some kind of habit?Still sick?

Afterwards, Shire also said that for the time being, he should focus on collecting the other party's intelligence. He is in the open and the other party is in the dark. It is not Shire's style to act rashly without preparation.

It's just that on the way back to the G2 branch, Shire and others happened to encounter a merchant ship that was shipwrecked. The hull of this merchant ship was damaged in many places, and the sail mast was directly broken. It seemed that it was completely unnavigable.

It is not uncommon for places like the Great Channel where extreme weather does not know when to occur. Some merchants and passengers on the merchant ships showed rescued and relieved expressions when they saw the navy ships. The most fearful thing in this situation is that there will be no rescue ships, or worse, they will encounter pirates!

Undoubtedly, they were lucky enough to meet a navy ship, but on this ship, a small number of people changed their expressions drastically after seeing the navy ship, and then secretly dialed the small phone bug in their arms.