Chapter 285 The trace of Nika, do you call this harmony?

The news that Admiral Jiguoyuan had entered the East China Sea spread quickly with the distribution of newspapers.

The people who paid the most attention to this matter were of course the pirates active in the East China Sea, so this news quickly spread among the pirate circles in the East China Sea.

On the Red Foss, he had just been woken up by his companions, holding a newspaper in his hand. After looking at it carefully, his face showed a bit of solemnity:

"The fate of the country is one."

"Why would such a guy come here?"

"Is there something here that attracts him?"

"I haven't heard about the active revolutionary army in the East China Sea, nor have I heard about any big pirates in the East China Sea!"

After thinking for a while, Shanks scratched his head, his tone was a little emotional and a little confused. For a while, he couldn't figure out the purpose of Jiguo Enichi's coming to the East China Sea.

"Boss, do you think he is?"

"Coming for you!?"

Jesus looked at Shanks, touched his chin, and guessed.

The Red-Haired Pirates have been established for several years now. Jesus has not been on the ship for a long time, but he also knows that Shanks was once a trainee crew member on the Pirate King's ship.

If there is anything that can attract an admiral in a place like the East China Sea, then there is a high possibility that Shanks, a former crew member of One Piece, could do it.

And unfortunately, the red-haired pirates also made some noise during this period, and their captain Shanks' bounty has reached 30 million.

In Jesus' view, a bounty of this level is already quite "large", and it is natural that it will attract the attention of the navy.

"Are you coming for me?"

"impossible."

When Shanks heard those words, he smacked his mouth in astonishment. He hesitated for a while before shaking his head and denying it.

He didn't think that a pirate group of his own level would attract Enichi Tsukuni to attack personally.

And if the world government and navy really want to deal with them, they won't wait until now.

Yes, his current bounty is 30 million, but so what?

For Enichi Jikuni, he probably wouldn't even take a serious look at the pirate who has a bounty of thirty million on his head.

If the navy wanted to pursue him because he was a crew member of the pirate group, the intensity of the pursuit should have been greatly increased in the early years. It would not have waited until now. After all, his whereabouts had already been exposed.

After pondering for a long time, Shanks showed a bright smile on his face and said in a relaxed tone:

"No matter what the purpose of joining the country is, it is a blessing, not a curse, and there is no way to avoid it."

"We'll just go on our own journey!"

"Hahahahaha!"

Shanks, who grew up on Roger's ship, did inherit some of Roger's personality traits in some ways, and his way of thinking about problems was also in the same vein as Roger.

Focus on the life in front of you more than anything else.

"Welcome General Ji Guoyuan to visit our Donghai 044 branch for guidance!"

One sunny afternoon, the warship Dawn docked at the coast of the Moorish Kingdom in the East China Sea.

The Moorish Kingdom is a small kingdom on the border of the East China Sea, with a population of nearly 100,000.

The Moorish Kingdom has excellent natural conditions, beautiful mountains and rivers, and a beautiful environment. The towns are built on the mountains, backed by mountains and facing the sea.

Due to the climate, agriculture on this island is very underdeveloped, and most of the country's living materials need to be imported from other islands.

The entire kingdom's economy basically relies on the support of the tourism industry.

The unique economic structure also creates unique B\u0026B habits.

People in this country are not directly engaged in agricultural labor. They basically rely on industries such as food and accommodation, travel, hunting guides, sea hunting, etc. to serve foreign travelers to make money.

If we had to find a similar place in the real world, I'm afraid the Aegean Sea on the Greek Peninsula is very similar to this place.

044 Naval Branch is a naval branch stationed on this island. There are only more than a hundred people in the entire naval branch. The person who leads the branch is a lieutenant colonel named Rudy.

Rudy was wearing a school officer's uniform and a navy-style peaked cap on his head. He was tall and thin, with double thorns pinned to his waist. It looked like they should be his weapons.

At this time, Lieutenant Commander Rudy and all branches of the navy stood on the beach in front of the military port and shouted loudly towards Ji Guoyuan who was walking down the wooden ladder.

After the words fell, the two navy teams behind him saluted Jiguoyuan, and then the coastal defense gun at the military port base in the distance actually fired a shell into the air, which exploded in the air. , turned into fireworks all over the sky, falling down.

Even on a sunny day, the colors of the fireworks are still faintly visible.

Such a thing, if placed at night, would definitely be very gorgeous and beautiful.

"Hoho?"

"It's a big battle."

When Jiguoyuan got off the boat, Mihawk, Xiong and others also followed Jiguoyuan one after another.

Mihawk stepped on the beach, raised his head and glanced at the sky, and couldn't help but murmur softly.

When Ji Guoyuan heard this, he looked at Rudy for a moment, then walked up to Lieutenant Colonel Rudy, with a faint smile on his face, and said first:

"For your trouble, Lieutenant Colonel Rudy."

"The coastal defense artillery can also be used to set off fireworks. I have never thought of this use before, nor have I tried it."

"You really opened my eyes."

Hearing Ji Guoyuan's compliments, Rudy first showed a bright smile on his face, and then he noticed something was wrong. He immediately stopped smiling, straightened his body, and subconsciously saluted Ji Guoyuan. , said loudly:

"I'm so sorry!"

After saying that, he seemed to think that this was not enough, and actually bowed respectfully towards Jiguo Enichi.

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Ji Guoyuan was a little confused by Rudy's "combination moves". This was the first time he had seen a navy with such a "craftsmanship spirit".

This silky little combo made Yuanyi a little stunned.

"Relax, Commander Rudy."

"Don't be so nervous."

"I'm not here to cause trouble for you. Why are you making such a big fight?"

"Besides, you are the leader of the 044 Naval Branch here, so forget about saluting. What's the point of bowing?"

"Why don't I remember that our navy still has this kind of etiquette?"

Ji Guoyuan lowered his head slightly and glanced at Rudy who was bending down to bow. He held his shoulder with one hand and said in a soft voice.

After hearing this, Lieutenant Colonel Rudy not only did not stand up, but instead lowered his body a little lower, and let out a low growl in his throat:

"I'm really sorry, General Ji Guoyuan."

Yuanyi was a little confused by Rudy. He raised his head and glanced at the other marines in the 044 branch. He saw that the faces of those marines were solemn and there was nothing strange about them.

Seeing this, Yuanyi didn't think much, patted Rudy on the shoulder and said:

"Let's go to the office and talk about business."

"I have something to confirm with you."

With that said, Ji Guoyuan led a group of marines and walked towards the naval base not far away.

When Rudy heard this, he quickly stood up, looked at the backs of Ji Guoyuan and others, breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly waved his hands towards his subordinates, and he quickly followed Ji Guoyuan.

Under Rudy's leadership, Ji Guoyuan arrived at Rudy's lieutenant colonel's office within a few minutes of their departure.

This is a small room of about 20 square meters. The room is divided into two parts. The front is the office and the back is the bedroom. The two spaces are connected by a small corridor.

The layout of the office is very simple. Apart from a desk, a sofa coffee table and a bookcase, there is nothing more.

There were many books on the bookshelf. Ji Guoyuan swept them away and saw some familiar books, such as "The Contribution of the Celestial Dragons" and "World History".

These books are neatly stacked on Rudy's bookshelf, and there are even bookmarks peeking out between the pages.

There was no peculiar smell in the room, but there was a faint woody aroma of furniture. It seemed that Lieutenant Colonel Rudy was a self-disciplined naval lieutenant colonel.

There are actually not many such people among the naval branches all over the world. Since the navy has to fight pirates all year round, the pressure on the ordinary navy is very, very high.

Men's way of relieving stress is nothing more than smoking and drinking. There are actually many sailors in the navy who have the habit of smoking and drinking.

Moreover, ordinary thin cigarettes simply cannot satisfy the navy. If conditions permit, the navy will choose stronger cigars.

The same goes for wine. Either you don't drink it, or you drink a lot if you do.

Even outstanding navy men like Zefa and Kuzan, who have such strong self-control abilities, still like to drink.

This is true for the generals of our headquarters, and even more so for the navies from all over the world.

There may not be many conditions for the grassroots navy, but there are still relatively few people who have reached the rank of colonel and can still exercise restraint.

After Guoyuan entered the office and briefly looked around the room, his perception of Lieutenant Colonel Rudy changed slightly.

Although he doesn't look like he has bones, at least his life style is not too flawed. It should be

"General, please take a seat. All leaders of the headquarters, please take a seat!"

"I'll make you tea."

Lieutenant Colonel Rudy diligently dusted off the non-existent dust on the sofa and said to Ji Guoyuan and the others.

In addition to Ji Guoyuanyi, Ferrander and Xiong also came to the office together.

As for Mihawk, he had no interest in the Nika Fruit. After getting off the ship, he took Erin and Robin to wander around the town.

Abel stayed on the warship. All this time, Abel's hands had been shackled. Although Yunichi Jiguo had told him to help him remove the shackles, Abel refused.

He seemed to feel that with the shackles on his hands, his mind could be calmer.

Ji Guoyuan didn't say much about this, but having his hands and feet shackled was too eye-catching after all. When Abel was in the South China Sea, he rarely left the naval base, and after leaving the South China Sea, he almost never left the naval base. Leave the warship.

"Lieutenant Colonel Rudy, don't be polite."

"I have something to ask you."

"A large auction was held in the Moorish Kingdom some time ago."

"The auction attracted a lot of people to attend."

"The grand finale of the auction is a Devil Fruit."

"I just want to confirm with you whether the Devil Fruit sold is this one?"

Jiguo Yuanyi didn't have anything to do with Rudy. He took out a piece of A4 paper from his arms. On the paper, there was a hand-drawn devil fruit pattern, which was exactly what a rubber fruit looked like.

Although it is a sketch made in pencil, it is not colored.

But when Lieutenant Colonel Rudy saw the painting in Ji Guoyuan's hand, he immediately recognized it, nodded quickly and confirmed:

"Yes! It's a devil fruit that looks like this."

When Yuanyi heard Rudy nodding in confirmation, he nodded slightly. When Xiong behind him heard this, he immediately clenched his fists and looked a little excited.

"Who is the buyer?"

The intelligence network under Ji Guoyuan had limited information. The information about the rubber fruit was only noticed by his subordinates when they picked up the auction brochure by chance.

I don't know the more details.

The reason why Yuanyi came to Rudy, the navy, to inquire was because he got the news that the person responsible for patrolling and guarding the auction at that time was not someone from the auction organizer, but the navy!

"this"

When Ji Guoyuan asked this question, Rudy immediately hesitated. Seeing his appearance, Ji Guoyuan raised his eyes and glanced at him, his eyes becoming deep.

"General, I really don't know who this buyer is."

"I know that this thing will be auctioned at the auction."

"But I did not attend that auction. I also learned about it through other channels."

As he spoke, Rudy seemed to have thought of something, and hurried to the desk and began to rummage through a pile of documents.

Not long after, he took out a booklet from it, hurriedly walked to Yuanyi, handed it to Yuanyi, and explained at the same time:

"You know, I'm just a branch lieutenant colonel."

"How can I be qualified to participate in something like an auction?"

"I can't afford anything."

"However, the auction house hosting it sent me an invitation letter and auction list."

"It's just that I was busy with military affairs and didn't dare to leave my post without permission, so I didn't go."

As he spoke, Rudy carefully glanced at Jiguo Yuanyi's face and asked quietly:

"Admiral, is there anything wrong with this Devil Fruit? Is it something special?"

Ji Guoyuan took the booklet and answered casually:

"It's not a very powerful thing. It's a superhuman rubber fruit. It can turn into rubber if it eats people."

"There are some experiments in this department and we need the help of people with such abilities."

"I happened to be on vacation in the East China Sea, so I was entrusted to come over."

"You may not know that I am actually from Donghai."

As Jiguoyuan spoke, he had already opened the auction manual handed over by Rudy, but after only a few pages, Jiguoyuan's face had already darkened.

However, Rudy, who was standing beside him, seemed to have something on his mind. Hearing Jiguo Yuanyi's answer, his face obviously relaxed a lot. He didn't notice Yuanyi's face. When he heard Yuanyi's words, "It's actually Donghai." When he said "people", Rudy said with a smile:

"I have only heard some rumors that the general is from the East China Sea, but I didn't expect it to be true."

"Thanks to you, the East China Sea is now prosperous and harmonious!"

Rudy finished his complimentary words, raised his head slightly and looked at Jiguoyuan, and saw that Jiguoyuan was looking at him. His handsome face was calm, but Jiguoyuan's eyes conveyed The terrifying oppressive feeling made Rudy unable to hold his breath.

"General. What's wrong with you?"

Ji Guoyuan raised the auction brochure in his hand and said coldly:

"Prosperity is quite prosperous."

"But you call this harmony?"

"Don't you care too much about justice?"

On the top page of Ji Guoyuan's manual, there is a photo of a young girl. The girl is beautiful, wearing a long white dress and a white veil on her head, looking like a bride.

Underneath the girl's photo is a brief introduction:

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