Chapter 27: Pirates Massacre on the Island

It is still the east coast with maple and locust trees for thousands of miles. The Red Earl has left this place and returned to his villa on the lake in the middle of the island to drink. He is looking forward to winter, which is one of the few things worth looking forward to in his lonely life.

Now Lex was the only one left standing here.

Bilibili~~!

Bilibili————!!!

The Den Den Mushi in Lex's arms suddenly rang, and he took it out and answered it.

"Uncle Rhine, are you ready?" Lex asked.

"Well, it took a day, and this island called Yanban Island has been completely slaughtered by pirates." Rhine answered on the other end of the Den Den Mushi, who was doing the final finishing work.

Here's the thing.

Rhine and Figni first found an island called Slate Island. Because the island was extremely barren, few pirates visited it on weekdays.

However, Rhine asked Figni to use the Memory Fruit to instill a piece of false information into the captain of a group of bloodthirsty pirates, saying that the legendary sea treasure - a precious devil fruit - appeared on the Rock Plate Island. For a captain of a pirate group in the West Sea, this is undoubtedly a fatal temptation.

Whether he ate the devil fruit himself or sold it for Bailey, it would be a huge gain, so he brought hundreds of his men to the island!

Then came the old drama, the pirate captain asked about the devil fruit, but most of the residents on the island didn't even know what a devil fruit was and gave irrelevant answers. After repeated questioning without results, the pirate captain began to order the massacre of the island (his memories were tampered with by the memory fruit, and he was deeply bewitched, he would not dare to do this under normal circumstances). He thought that someone was hoping for a chance and secretly hid the devil fruit that belonged to him.

So, the pirates raised their knives against the unarmed civilians!

There were wailings everywhere on the island, blood flowed like a river, and the smell of blood drifted far away.

When only two or three people were left after the massacre, Rhine deliberately hid them.

The pirates thought they had slaughtered everyone on the island, but still couldn't find the devil fruit the captain had mentioned, so they took away all the valuables on the Rock Plate Island while cursing and left the island.

At this time, Rhine was talking on the phone with Lex.

"Leave a few alive?" Lex asked.

"Well, let me see. Another one died from excessive blood loss. There are only three left." Rhine looked at several native residents of Yanban Island who had fallen unconscious on the ground beside them.

"That's enough. Uncle Rhine, take Enelu to that island. Let Figni take care of the rest. Don't make any mistakes. I will arrange for the navy to investigate there. By then, I hope there will only be corpses and a few living people on the island, including Enelu."

"Don't worry, young master. Didn't you miss seeing Enel for the last time?" Rhine was a little confused when he heard that he had to go to Fenghuai Qianli to bring Enel here instead of Lex sending him here personally.

"No, I've told him everything I need to say."

"Okay, then I'll hang up." Rhine replied.

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Uncle Rhine."

After hanging up the phone, Lex looked at the calm belt in front of him, and released his Observation Haki slightly. He "saw" Lusca sleeping in the underwater canyon, smiled slightly, and did not disturb him, and retracted his Observation Haki.

He knew that the task of finding the giant golden lantern fish had been handed over to his sea kings by Lusca, and perhaps it wouldn't be long before Lusca would send him the news about the pure gold.

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Today, Vice Admiral Putres, the highest leader of the West Sea Navy, suddenly called Navy Marshal Cyborg Sora via Den Den Mushi.

"Marshal Kong, there is an emergency!!"

On the other side of Den Den Mushi, Steel Bone Sora was sitting in the office of the Navy Admiral with a serious look on his face. The mountain-shaped hair on his head had turned slightly gray.

Hearing Putres' words, Cyborg Kong just frowned slightly. His many years of career as a marshal had already made him calm.

"Speak slowly, Putres. I am listening."

"Marshal Kong, today when my 145th branch was out on patrol, we discovered that the people on Yanban Island had been massacred by the Berserker Pirates! There were only four people left alive on the entire island." Putres said shockingly.

Snapped! ! !

Cyborg Sora slammed the table, his eyes widening.

"Asshole, such a heinous incident of pirates slaughtering an island has not happened for many years! What a daring pirate! Putres, what do you do for a living?!!! You actually let such a thing happen in the West Sea, is this how you protect justice?!!" Cyborg Sora lost his composure and shouted loudly.

"This... this is indeed my mistake." Putres replied weakly.

In this era, when the great pirate era has not yet arrived, the probability of pirates massacring an island is extremely small.

The only people in this world who can wantonly massacre an island are the descendants of the noble "Creator" - the Celestial Dragons.

Every few years they hold an island-massacre feast, calling it a "school trip", in order to select the best among the Celestial Dragons.

The Battle of God Valley that ended Rocks was caused by the Celestial Dragons choosing the God Valley island in the West Sea as a slaughterhouse and competing in strength by hunting civilians.

Ordinary pirates don't dare to massacre an island at will. Killing one or two people is acceptable, and at most it can increase the bounty and improve their reputation. But if they massacre an island, they will almost be on the navy's kill list!

Except for pirates like Eustace Kidd who were born cruel and killed people to increase the bounty, ordinary pirates did not do it so thoroughly.

Plunder is the main means, killing is only a special means.

In today's so-called 'old times', piracy is a business, a way to earn money, and rarely a person's lifelong dream. In other words, there are still too few people who become pirates purely for the sake of being a pirate.

Therefore, at this moment, Steel Bone·Sora was furious!!

"I give the order! You must go out in person and bring the Berserker Pirates to justice! Otherwise, you will be beheaded, Putres!"

"Yes, Marshal Kong!" Putres on the other end quickly answered yes.

Cyborg Sora paused for a moment.

"Also, this matter must be kept secret and must not be spread out, understand?" Cyborg Kong said meaningfully.

"Yes!" Putres had been in a high position for many years, so he naturally understood what his old boss meant. The fewer people who knew about this kind of thing that made the Navy lose face, the better.

"Okay, go and do it!"

After hanging up the phone, Cyborg Sora leaned back in his chair, his eyes slightly narrowed, reviewing this incident that seemed to be a pirate massacre on the island.

Years of naval work and political career gave him an extraordinary intuition that no pirate group would cause trouble for themselves or massacre an island for no reason.

Unless you're crazy, this is unlikely.

Or maybe there is something precious on this island that is worth these bloodthirsty guys taking such risks.

Or maybe someone gave instructions!

As expected, the Den Den Mushi in front of Cyborg Sora rang again.

"Putres, what's the matter again?" asked Cyborg Kong.

"Marshal Kong, I just found a person with special abilities among the survivors of Rock Plate Island! He's a 7-year-old boy who can release lightning, and seems to be a nature-type person." Putres replied. With his vision, he naturally knew Eneel's abilities.

"Oh?!!! A natural element that can release lightning, could it be the Thunder Fruit!" Steel Bone Kong instantly perked up.

It is now the 1489th year of the Sea Circle Calendar. The future Akainu and Kizaru will have to wait until next year to join the navy at the same time and become the first students of Zephyr, who has lost his wife and son. Then Aokiji will be the third. In other words, the current navy lacks excellent fresh blood.

"Protect the boy and wait for my instructions."

After hanging up the phone again, Cyborg Sora seemed to have some idea. He vaguely guessed the truth behind the pirate massacre on the island, but he was not very sure.

Two days later.

Cyborg Sora answered the Den Den Mushi call from Putres again.

"Reporting to Marshal Kong, I have arrested the pirates who participated in the island massacre." Putres reported as if seeking credit.

"Very good. Have you investigated their motives for slaughtering the island?"

"Yes, according to the confession of the captain of the Berserker Pirates, after he got the news that the Devil Fruit appeared on Slate Island, he was very excited, so he went to look for it. After searching in vain, he decided to take a risk and massacre the island and intimidate the civilians on the island in order to obtain the Devil Fruit." Putres replied.

"Well, very good. Send those pirates to Impel Down. Darkness and torture will be the rest of their lives. Also, you can reveal some information about the pirate island massacre, but don't make it too public. The point should be that we have arrested the culprit. Do you understand?"

"Yes! Marshal Kong, what should we do with the boy with the Thunder Fruit?"

"You will personally escort them to Marinford. The navy is in dire need of fresh blood like this. If you do a good job, I will remember your great achievement."

"Yes! I guarantee to complete the mission!" Putres replied excitedly.

After hanging up the phone again, Cyborg Sora suddenly felt very confident.

Although he was guarding the base camp in Marinford, he had already made a wise judgment on the pirate massacre on the island. The pirates should be looking for the Thunder Fruit, but it was accidentally eaten by a young man on the island and survived.

Thinking of this, he felt that given the importance of this Thunder Fruit that had not appeared in the sea for more than 400 years, it was necessary to report it to the Five Elder Stars.

"Moshimoshi~, I'm Kong Kong, and I have a special incident that I need to report to the five of you."

In Pangu City, on the other side of Den Den Mushi, between powers!

Five old men of different appearances were either leaning on the sofa, standing casually, or sitting cross-legged.

"Sora? What's wrong?"

Topman Wochulisheng, who is known as the "God of Law and War", asked. He is Mercury and has a signature 'W' shaped beard.

"It's like this. Today, an extremely serious pirate island massacre was discovered in the West Sea. We found a young man among the survivors. He is the Thunder Man who ate the Thunder Fruit. I think it is necessary to report to the five of you." Kongkong answered in a proper manner.

"Hmm? Thunder Fruit?" said Jupiter Shepard ten Peter Saint.

"It seems like we haven't appeared on the ocean for a long time." said Saturn Jagarcia Satan.

"Such power should be in our hands." said Marcus Massan of Mars.

"Sora, you did a great job. Hand that boy over to the government. CP is in need of fresh blood like this."

The bald Five Elders said that, after all, the navy is just a violent organization that suppresses the sea, and the CP is the confidant of the Celestial Dragons.

"...This, but..." Cyborg Kong's face looked a little ugly. Although he knew that this would happen before he made the call, he still informed the Five Elders.

Because things like this could not be hidden from these five people. There were many traitors in the navy, and Kong Yi knew it clearly.

It would be better to just be honest and fight for the boy who has the Thunder Fruit.

But it is obvious that Cyborg Kong is at a great disadvantage.

"Okay! No buts. You are just responsible for bringing the boy to Marijoa. You must recognize your position, Kong!" Venus emphasized again.

"Now that Fate is old, who will be the next commander-in-chief of the army is still to be discussed. Do you understand what I mean, Kong?" Venus painted a big picture.

“……” A moment of silence.

"…I understand." Sora's tone was a little low.

Cyborg Kong chose to compromise once again. He had made such compromises countless times over the years. He was not greedy for power and status.

He needs to climb to a higher position in order to practice his justice. Even if the government itself is full of evil, the fragile balance and peace are already hard-won.

"Okay, that's all, nothing else." Mercury ended the call.

beep-

After a busy tone, Cyborg Sora silently put down the Den Den Mushi.