Chapter 348 Protection Fee x Upside Down Mountain

Zhan Guo let out a sigh and waved his hand, not blaming the intelligence personnel.

Zhan Guo had also heard of the reputation of the Netherlands Kingdom in the intelligence community.

Sengoku pulled out Taili's information and said to himself, "Snake Snake Fruit·Ancient Species·Titan Python Form? A Devil Fruit User?"

"The only record of the attack was at Mafi Island in the West Sea."

"I know nothing about the rest except their names."

Thinking of this, Zhan Guo held his forehead with a headache.

Then he ordered: "Increase the level of attention to the Kingdom of the Netherlands."

"Yes!" The intelligence officer stood at attention and saluted.

"Gather as much information as possible about the Kingdom of the Netherlands." Zhan Guo sent someone to instruct Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel.

After putting down the receiver, Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel frowned and said, "It seems that in the next period of time, I will need to greet the high-level officials of the Netherlands Kingdom frequently."

"Thankfully, they appear to be good people at this point."

Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel's brows relaxed slightly.

As a serious, earnest and justice-loving navy officer, Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel does not want to have too much contact with princes and nobles.

Just as Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel was considering how to contact Xia Jieren and others, a ship flying a skull and crossbones flag appeared in front of the two ships.

"Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel, a pirate ship has been spotted ahead." A navy soldier reported in an orderly manner: "According to the data, it is the Sam Pirates. Captain Sam has a bounty of 200 million berries."

Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel looked up, and with his excellent eyesight, he saw the pirate ship in the distance at a glance.

The pirate ship also discovered the huge Dragon God at the first moment, and greed suddenly arose in their hearts.

However, when they saw the flag flying on the Dragon God and the large naval warships escorting it, fear instantly took over their hearts.

"Hurry... turn around... and leave here." After a burst of chaos, the pirate ship turned fully left.

While escaping, they did not forget to hang a flag embroidered with a golden dragon and golden wheat ears on the top of the mast.

After seeing the flag from afar, Xia Jieren immediately gave up the idea of ​​going hunting.

Robin looked at Xia Jieren with confusion as he went from eager to try to slightly disappointed, and asked, "Why? You're not going?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Jieren handed Robin a telescope, pointed to the flag hanging on the top of the pirate ship, and said, "Look at that."

Robin looked in the direction Xia Jieren pointed: "That is... the flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and... the symbol of the divine seal."

"How could this group of pirates have..." Robin looked at Xia Jieren in confusion.

"I know what's going on." Litt stood up and said.

Seeing Robin's curious look, Litte smiled and explained, "As long as you spend one million berries in the Netherlands, or pay 100,000 berries and promise not to do anything evil in the Netherlands, you will get this flag."

"With this flag, the patrol fleet of the Netherlands Navy will not take the initiative to attack them."

"Otherwise, once discovered, they will be sunk."

"It is worth mentioning that this flag is only useful for three days."

When Robin heard this for the first time, the corners of his mouth twitched and his eyes wandered between Litt and Xia Jieren.

After a moment, she said with a strange look on her face: "Are you collecting protection money from pirates in disguise?"

Robin has been wandering on the sea for so many years, but this is the first time he has heard of such a strange thing.

The kingdoms should be thankful that the pirates did not actively attack and plunder them.

I'm afraid these pirates would never have thought that there would be a day when they would be charged protection fees.

"Ahem!" Xia Jieren coughed lightly, then explained: "I didn't force them!"

"Everything is based on the principle of voluntariness!"

"Heh~" Robin chuckled, obviously not believing Xia Jieren's nonsense.

If she had not seen the so-called "Netherlands Waters" designated by Xia Jieren, she would have really believed it.

It is true that the Kingdom of the Netherlands is close to the Upside-Down Mountain, but it would be a bit too much to include the Upside-Down Mountain in the sphere of influence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Doesn’t this mean that if the pirates don’t pay some protection fees, they can’t even enter the Grand Line?

The pirates of the West Sea have also thought about resisting.

But unfortunately, although there are countless pirates in the West Sea, there are only a few that are successful.

The pirate overlords of the West Sea now roam around the West Empire and dare not enter the Grand Line.

As for other minor pirates, they formed groups and launched several attacks on the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The result did not mean anything. They were all easily suppressed by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The head of the leading pirate captain had been strung together like a candied haws and was still standing in the port of Eastbourne.

Just as Litt was explaining to Robin why they didn't take the initiative to attack the pirate ship in the distance, Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel also withdrew his attention from the Sam Pirates.

He said calmly: "The primary mission of this ship is to escort the Queen of the Netherlands."

"Yes!" The navy immediately understood what Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel meant.

The warship continued to follow the Dragon God at a constant speed.

After traveling for a distance, two Dutch Navy warships appeared right in front of the Sam Pirates.

Xia Jieren and others, as well as the sailors on the warships, all looked at the suddenly appearing Dutch navy.

"You called?" Robin looked at Xia Jieren.

"No! He must have happened to be patrolling nearby." Xia Jieren shook his head.

As the Sam Pirates were trembling in fear, the Dutch Navy sailed past them without any intention of attacking them.

After getting away from the Dutch Navy, Sam looked at the flag hanging on the mast and felt very grateful.

The Sam Pirates were immediately filled with joy at having survived a disaster.

In comparison, Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel looked a little ugly.

The tacit understanding between the Dutch Navy and the pirates made Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel feel very uncomfortable.

Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel also heard about the flag system of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from Colonel Neil Taylor when he stayed at the 173rd Navy Branch.

"Hmph! Evil ways!" Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel snorted coldly.

Xia Jieren and others did not take this little episode seriously.

Soon, the majestic, towering red earth continent appeared before their eyes.

Although it was not the first time that Xia Jieren, Robin, Litte and others had seen the Red Earth Continent, they were still shocked when they saw it now.

The closer you get to the red soil continent, the stronger the winds and waves and the more turbulent the currents.

Near the red soil continent, the wind and waves seemed to have life, sometimes roaring, sometimes growling. They rolled up thousands of piles of snow and hit the thick red soil continent violently again and again, making a deafening roar.

Xia Jieren and others were lucky as the weather near Diandao Mountain was good today.

When seeing a waterway flowing upstream, the Dragon God slowly stopped.

Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel looked towards the Dragon God, curious about what method Xia Jieren was talking about.

Suddenly, more than a hundred flying dragons flew out from the Dragon God, and then they were evenly distributed around the Dragon God and grabbed the thick iron chains that had been prepared on the hull.

"Do we want these flying dragons to lift the ship directly?" Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel pondered.