Chapter 468 Opportunity x Hunter Guild
The [World Government] has tried many times, but to no avail.
For long-term partners, Marcus personally customized a special [Infinite Machine] for communication.
This can also avoid being caught by the [World Government] or other forces.
Xia Jieren does not need to worry too much about the development of [Deep Blue Route].
[Fire Eyes and Golden Pupils] is widely praised for its good reputation and accurate intelligence.
In comparison, the development of [Divine Punishment] and [Hunter's Guild] is far from satisfactory.
[Divine Punishment] is not strong enough overall and can only accept orders at the major general level or below.
Facing a lieutenant general-level warrior, the [Divine Punishment] could only be accomplished through group fighting.
But this would defeat the purpose of assassination.
The [Hunter Guild] now completely relies on [Insect Man] to maintain its appearance.
The [Bug People] formed teams of two or three to hunt pirates or bandits together.
The highest bounty for killing a pirate group is 200 million berries.
The Hunter Guild destroyed the most pirate and bandit groups with less than 10 million berries.
The [Hunter's Guild] was not developing very well, and Xia Jieren couldn't think of any good strategy.
Fortunately, things took a turn for the better soon after.
[Navy Headquarters], or more precisely, Marshal Sengoku noticed the [Hunter Guild].
The Navy lost all branches in the West Sea, and the Five Elders were very dissatisfied with this.
I don’t know what they were thinking. Not only did they not increase support for the navy, but they cut military spending instead.
In response to this, the Five Elder Stars explained that the World Government had lost dozens of member states from the West Sea and was losing nearly 5000 billion berries each year, and was unable to support the navy.
Zhan Guo didn't believe any of the nonsense said by the Five Elder Stars.
But there was nothing he could do.
[World Government] is not effective.
[Shichibukai] After completing their annual KPIs, they quit their jobs.
After many expeditions to the [Kingdom of the Netherlands], the navy did not gain any benefit and instead suffered a great loss of strength.
Now, the navy has begun to gradually withdraw its troops from the [New World].
The Warring States period tried its best to maintain the stability of the sea.
The endless stream of pirates left him exhausted.
Gradually, he realized that the navy seemed unable to maintain a relatively stable situation.
Therefore, the Warring States period began to consider strategies to break the impasse.
At first, Sengoku turned his attention to the member states.
[World Government] Strictly prohibits: The Navy from having close contacts with member states.
Zhan Guo can't care about so many things now.
However, the kings of the member states are all guys who will not do anything without benefits.
After much deliberation, Sengoku looked for several countries including the [Kingdom of Alabasta].
These countries have strong military capabilities and are capable of protecting their own countries.
Moreover, their kings are all wise.
After some friendly negotiations, Sengoku reduced the strength of the [Navy Branch] near the [Alabasta Kingdom].
Logically speaking, the more [Heavenly Gold] a country pays, the stronger the [Navy Branch] nearby will be.
[The World Government] has quite a lot of objections to Sengoku's actions.
Zhan Guo retorted: "I can give in! As long as the navy budget is increased!"
Those who have dissent kept silent
After deploying the troops, Zhan Guo observed for a few more months. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, he finally felt relieved.
Then, Zhan Guo turned his attention to other forces on the sea.
The [Hunter Guild], which is active in [Four Seas] and the first half of [Paradise], comes into view of the Warring States.
After a detailed understanding, Zhan Guo's eyes lit up.
[Hunter Guild] has a wide range of business.
We do everything from small tasks like daily commissions from residents to big tasks like hunting pirates with bounties on them.
Moreover, the Hunter Guild has a clear grading system, from D to S level.
A hunter's level has nothing to do with his strength, but only with the total amount of bounties he has received from missions he has undertaken. Hunter groups have separate grading systems.
[Hunter Guild] is equivalent to a platform where all hunters are free men.
The client publishes the task entrustment to the [Hunter Guild].
Hunters accept quests from the Hunter Guild.
After completion, the [Hunter Guild] will take a certain commission.
Looking at the relevant information of the Hunter Guild, Zhan Guo said: "Good! Very good!"
"There is not much involvement with other forces!"
"Just do it for money!"
A long-lost smile appeared on Zhan Guo's face.
He took the Den Den Mushi at hand and arranged for someone to conduct an on-site investigation.
A week later, Zhan Guo got the results.
[Hunter Guild] is no different from what is described in the information.
Seeing this, Zhan Guo felt relieved.
He doesn't want to waste time in the early stages.
Afterwards, Zhan Guo sent people to negotiate with the top leaders of the Hunter Guild to discuss cooperation matters.
The [Hunter Guild] welcomes this and has no reason to refuse.
The [Navy] and [Hunter's Guild] had very smooth negotiations and reached a series of agreements.
After the content of the agreement is confirmed by Zhan Guo, if there are no problems, it can be implemented.
The protocol is quite simple.
The Navy will share the locations of a large number of pirates with bounties below 10 million berries and pirate groups with the Hunter Guild in real time.
[Hunter's Guild] is responsible for issuing missions and encouraging bounty hunters to go on expeditions.
In addition, the Hunter Guild will only take half of the commission.
Once the news of the agreement between the Hunter Guild and the Navy was announced, it quickly spread throughout the Four Seas and Paradise.
[Hunter Guild] became the center of discussion and attracted countless attention.
There is an endless stream of people applying to join the Hunter Guild.
The Hunter Guild was so prominent that it was also hated by many people.
The first to bear the brunt are the pirates.
They all looked at the Hunter Guild and its hunters with hostility.
Not only that, as time went on, many pirates appeared and attacked the Hunter Guild branches.
In order to curb this unhealthy trend, the Hunter Guild issued a hunting order.
The solution is quite simple and crude.
Directly double the bounty for pirates that attack the Hunter Guild.
The bounty hunters immediately went crazy.
They were armed with advanced weapons and chased the pirates everywhere.
The bounty hunters under the [Hunter's Guild] rely on their intelligence and weapon advantages to crush pirates of the same level.
Those big pirates won't speak up for the pirate minions.
As time went on, no pirates dared to attack the Hunter Guild anymore.
However, when facing those famous and powerful pirates, you have to admit defeat when you dare to do so.
This is also the way for the Hunter Guild to survive.
Anyway, pirates have no sympathy, let alone the concept of caring for their juniors.
Since cooperating with the Navy, the Hunter Guild has developed rapidly and soon spread across the islands of Paradise.
【Si Hai】That goes without saying.
However, the Hunter's Guild had no soil for survival in the West Sea, and withdrew soon after entering.
This incident also caused quite a stir.
Outsiders were talking about it, but the Hunter Guild didn't care.
After all, the [Hunter's Guild] and the [Kingdom of the Netherlands] both belong to Xia Jieren.
