The Black Prince of Pirates

"What was that just now? Tina was scared!"

Major Tina, holding a lady's cigarette in her mouth, could not control her oral habit and expressed the shock in her heart directly to her mouth.

"······I do not know either."

Smoker looked at the swept sky in astonishment, and the shock in his heart filled his heart for a long time.

In just a short moment, the dark sea of ​​clouds that covered the sky for thousands of miles was swept away, and the clear blue sky revealed such a breathtaking, clear and beautiful scenery.

Such great power,

It was something he had never seen before.

Although he has seen many monsters in the Navy Headquarters, including Marshal Sengoku, Vice Admiral Garp, Admiral Zefahara, and the three current generals... there are countless monsters in the Navy Headquarters. However, in a place like the Navy Headquarters, he had no chance to see these monsters take action.

Even though he went on several missions with General Kuzan, General Kuzan was not allowed to take action because his opponent was too strong.

As for the earth-shattering incident when the Golden Lion attacked the Navy Headquarters 19 years ago, Smoker, who was just a recruit at the time, was not at the Navy Headquarters and did not witness the fierce battle that was said to have destroyed half of the Navy Headquarters.

of course,

This may also be his luck.

After all, there were quite a few admirals who died in that battle. Faced with the legendary pirate Golden Lion, even if Warring States and Garp joined forces, it took them three days and three nights to finally defeat the golden lion who refused to retreat. Lion defeated.

It is said that the list of the dead after the war almost made Marshal Kong Kong angry.

"It's a monster!"

Eleus said without looking back.

Standing on the railing, facing the cold sea breeze that still had plenty of water vapor, he looked at the merchant ship that was gradually approaching, and his nerves could clearly sense the majestic and vast atmosphere like the majestic mountains. His eyes were wide open, and his green eyes were wide open. You can see the excitement in his eyes.

"Mr. Karp, do you really not know this Mr. Monster?"

"If you haven't seen it, you haven't seen it."

Garp rolled his eyes.

"That's not true, it's just that I thought that a well-informed old-timer like you would know this unheard-of monster...haven't you seen it? That's really strange. Such a terrifying monster is How did you manage to remain unknown until now?"

Eleus was curious.

This world is really not that big when it is said to be big. There are countless islands in the sea. If you hide on an uninhabited island, it will be difficult to find it. But this world is not that big even though it is small. As long as you make it a little bit If something goes too far, it will be spread all over the world.

On the way to the rise of a strong man, he must trample on the bones of countless losers.

Countless legends are sung in taverns and on the streets.

Because of this curiosity, he borrowed the name of the navy and sent someone to contact the fleet, like a blind swordsman extending an invitation. Garp just watched the whole process without any obstruction. He was also curious about this sudden incident. The unknown strongman emerged.

It's so powerful, but it doesn't have any reputation.

It's really abnormal to the extreme.

The duty of the navy made it impossible for him to ignore this sudden appearance of a monster. It would be fine if he didn't know about this unstable element in the sea, but now that he encountered it and pretended to be invisible...he still couldn't do it. This kind of thing.

"Who knows!"

After listening to Elus's question, Garp responded and picked his nostrils with his little finger.

"But since we have met, I still want to say hello and see what kind of character this nameless monster is!" After picking his nose, probably because he felt very happy, a smile as bright as the blazing sun appeared on the old man's face. God's eyes were filled with extremely high emotions.

The ships kept approaching.

Finally, when you can vaguely see the figure standing on the bow of the opposite ship with your naked eyes without using a telescope,

I saw a purple halo lighting up on the opposite side,

The tall figure standing on the bow of the ship suddenly flew into the sky and flew towards the warship at a high speed. As the distance got closer, everyone saw the whole figure of the flying figure. It was a figure standing on a wooden board. A tall man flying over a barrel.

He was holding a long cane in his hand, wearing a dark purple coarse cloth robe, with a pair of wooden clogs on his feet, and his clothes were shaking in the wind.

"boom!"

With a loud noise, the barrel fell on the deck of the warship.

At this moment,

Everyone finally noticed that the man standing on the barrel was a blind man, a blind man who looked to be in his 50s.

"It turned out to be..."

Tina covered her mouth and did not say the very impolite word "blind man".

But obviously,

The attention of many people on the deck was attracted by the blind eyes. They were either amazed, sympathetic, or disbelieving...all the complex emotions were expressed by those standing in the barrel. The 'blind man' above saw it in his 'heart'.

"Men of the Navy."

He just stood on the wooden barrel used to hold water, gently tapped the outer wall of the barrel under his feet with the cane in his hand, attracting everyone's attention, and then asked in a deep voice:

"I don't know what you want from a blind man like me?"

His voice was very deep, giving people the feeling of having gone through many vicissitudes of life.

"I am Socacio Eleus."

Flailing a pair of jet-black wings, Elus flew over, hovered in mid-air, and faced the man standing on the barrel head-on.

"Socaccio Elus... turns out to be the famous Black Prince. I wonder what His Highness wants to do with a blind old guy like me?"

"your name?"

"Ah! I'm so rude. As for my name... just call me [Yi Smile]."

"Mr. Yixiao, are you interested in coming to the Kingdom of Aikmundo?"

Eleus extended the invitation bluntly.

"······Um?"

I was stunned with a smile.

He has traveled all over the world and the Grand Line for so many years, and there are many people who have seen his good qualities and invited him, but no one has ever invited him so straightforwardly like this for the first time, without long-term observation and meticulous attention. investigation.

In this way, he was invited directly, a guy whose background was unknown.

Doesn't this black prince seem a bit inconsistent with the image he heard?

However, he has seen such things many times.

It is not uncommon for things like this to be unworthy of the name and exaggerated. It is because there are too many dirty and despicable people in this world that people cannot bear to look at, so he closed his eyes.

"If Mr. Yixiao is willing, I can give you the position of minister, Minister of the Navy, Minister of Public Security, Minister of Defense... As long as you are interested, you can choose whatever you want." Elus said sincerely, and with a smile, Superman An ability user with multiple fruits, a future admiral of the navy, such a person was worth paying such a high price to win over.

"...I'm sorry, Your Highness, I'm just a free-spirited man. I'm afraid I can't stand the restraints when I'm used to being free."

Yixiao hesitated for a moment, but still refused.

The Kingdom of Ekmundo may be a first-rate power in the New World. Now, with the support of the Black Prince, it will definitely be one of the overlords of the New World in the future. And the most important point is that the Kingdom of Ekmundo is not a pirate country, but a legitimate country. It has been more than 200 years since its establishment as a member of the World Government of the Eight Classics, and it has a positive image.

To be honest... Such a stage is very good. Although it is still far from the huge stage that Yixiao wants to show off his ambitions, if he misses this opportunity, he may not be able to have a better one. The stage allowed him to flex his muscles.

just,

The ambition that had been pent up in his mind for many years made him unwilling to surrender to reality.

Moreover, we had only met for a few minutes, so how could we decide our future so hastily? We should be cautious about this kind of thing...

"Forgive me that I cannot bear this kindness for the time being."

Yixiao declined very politely.

"Where? I was the one who was abrupt."

Elus was also extremely polite.

He admired this top powerhouse who attached great importance to the safety of ordinary people, so even though he knew that there was little hope, he still tried to throw an olive branch to him, just in case, just in case, if he could win over Come here, the future admiral.

The Kingdom of Exmundo can almost really go sideways in the new world.

If it continues to grow and develop, it is not impossible to compete with the World Government. Well, it is too early to say this now. The current Kingdom of Exmundo cannot do without the huge protective umbrella of the World Government.

"Mr. Yixiao, my invitation is always valid. No matter when you come to the Kingdom of Ekmundo, the conditions I said before will not change a word. The Kingdom of Ekmundo will always be vacant for you."

"Cough cough!!!"

A deliberate cough interrupted Elus's good intentions.

Garp glared at Elus. If such a monster were to be won over by the Kingdom of Exmundo... wouldn't the New World be turned upside down by this brat?Well, although this is not necessarily a bad thing for the Navy.

But his intuition told him that the kid in front of him was holding back some evil!

If Elus really succeeds in wooing this monster, it is estimated that not only the pirates of the New World will be unlucky, but the World Government and the Navy will also suffer an unexpected impact from this. It has to be said that this naval hero His intuition is more accurate than that of a wild beast.

Elus has never revealed any dissatisfaction with the current world government.

But Garp was still keenly aware of some clues.

"Mr. Garp, if you catch a cold, go to the doctor and prescribe some medicine." Elus glared at Garp angrily.

"Cap?"

hear the name.

The expression on Yixiao's face changed again.

"Navy hero? Vice Admiral Garp?"

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Naval Headquarters, Marin Vando.

This is an island with its back to the Red Continent. The narrow strait separates the connection between Marinefando and the Red Continent. It does not turn Marinefando into a peninsula protruding from the Red Continent. It maintains the independent status of an island, just like The relationship between navies and world governments.

As we all know, the Navy is one of the armed forces directly under the World Government. It is the most famous and largest force among the three armed forces.

however,

The Navy is not willing to accept a group of stupid and bad idiots dictating above its head. It has never given up on fighting for more autonomy from the world government and does its best to maintain the peace of the sea instead of maintaining Tianlong. The rule of man.

Although there is no obvious difference between the two from an onlooker's perspective.

However, only the generals in the navy know what they are fighting for. If it is not the justice in their hearts that supports their beliefs, those bastards of the Tianlong people, except for the cp0 scoundrels, do not have orders from their superiors. The generals of the navy headquarters It's true that no one wants to get close to the Celestial Dragons.

It is because the Celestial Dragons often appear in the Chambord Islands,

Even if they know that the Shampoo Islands are the only way for pirates to go to the new world, there are still not many people who are willing to stay in the Chambord Islands for a long time to wipe the butts of the Tianlong people. There was once a certain Navy Vice Admiral because of too many After witnessing the atrocities committed by the Celestial Dragon for the first time, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and attacked the Celestial Dragon.

The final result was that the lieutenant general was defeated by the CP0 agents and committed suicide in anger. The full elite navy collectively chose to retire.

this thing,

However, there was a rift between the Navy Headquarters and the World Government.

If it hadn't been for Marshal Kong's skill, and he had put down one set of administrative measures, one after another, to calm down the anger of the generals at the Navy Headquarters, it would not have been impossible for the Navy Headquarters to encounter a major purge by the World Government.

In short, today's navy is still an armed force under the World Government, but it has been trying to seek more and greater autonomy, preferably to get rid of the control of those idiot officials of the World Government.

"...Zefa?"

Marshal's Office,

Warring States looked at the one-armed man who came in, and rubbed his eyebrows with a headache.

He hadn't seen Zefa appear in front of him for a long time. Now that he broke into his office so suddenly, trouble would definitely come to his door.

"Zefa, what can you do?"

"Sengoku, I heard that His Majesty Shichibukai is going to be replaced?"

The one-armed man, former Navy Admiral [Black Wrist] Zefa, stared at Sengoku sitting behind his desk.

really,

It’s troublesome!

By the way, who told Zefa about this?Jinbei planned to voluntarily give up his status as King Shichibukai and transfer it to [Black Prince] Socachio Elus... It was obvious that Garp had told him about this not long ago, and now he is considered an admiral at the Navy Headquarters. Not all of them know this.

"Garp told me."

Seemingly sensing Sengoku's doubts, Zefa said bluntly.

"This big-mouthed bastard."

Zhan Guoqi's forehead was throbbing with veins.

"Sengoku, is this true? That black prince will replace the whale shark and become a new member of the King's Shichibukai."

Zefa's eyes widened, and his gloomy expression finally revealed a fierce smile, "Pirates... are pirates after all. Even if they are branded as Shichibukai, they can't change them. It’s the fact that it’s pirates, but it’s more reliable to recruit more strong men like the Black Prince.”

"Zefa, we're not sure about this yet!"

Warring States looked at this old friend who had been a stranger to him for some time, and asked: "What are you going to do? Zefa? I know you hate the strategy of using pirates to control pirates, like under the Seven Warlords, but this After all, it is the will of the world government, so don’t do stupid things.”

He issued a warning.

Zefa just took a deep look at Warring States, "Don't worry! What can I, a retired general, do now?" With that, he left the marshal's office like a storm, taking the two people waiting outside with him. The disciples left.

Sengoku was left scratching his long braided beard in distress.

I secretly prayed in my heart that this guy Zefa wouldn't do anything stupid.