Chapter 29: The Magical Giant Snail

"Miles, you are already a little man, you have to learn to do this kind of thing by yourself."

Just kidding, Miles is young though.

But people in the One Piece world grow very fast, and now he is over 1.7 meters tall.

With a boy who is 1.7 meters tall and a little lolita, do you still need to consider this?

Gion was also very curious. She jumped high, grabbed the edge of the skylight with one hand and climbed up.

Raleigh glanced at Gion and said nothing.

Holding Bello Betty in her arms, her legs suddenly stepped on the air, and she rushed towards the giant snail in the distance with moon steps.

As the distance continues to decrease, the figure of the giant snail is gradually getting larger.

When I looked at it from the elevator just now, the giant snail was clearly visible, but the human figure looked like an ant.

Now when I got there, I realized that these snails were as big as a house.

"Master, these snails are so huge."

Bello Betty, who was in Raleigh's arms, stretched out her head and looked at these climbing giant snails.

"A strong man is coming, please be careful."

Before reaching the giant snail, Raleigh's keen hearing captured the conversation of the people on the snail.

"You can actually walk through the air. Isn't this a strong man from all over the world?"

"Whatever, I think this strong man is wearing navy clothes, so he won't take action against us."

Listening to the messy yet calm conversation, it seemed that these people were very knowledgeable and had seen people walking through the air before.

Ta...ta...

Raleigh landed on the largest snail, and his leather shoes made a sound on the giant snail's hard shell.

"Hello, Lord Marine, is there anything we can do to help you?"

On the back of the giant snail, there are fixed and sturdy seats, and the one who greeted Raleigh was a well-dressed businessman sitting in the middle.

"Hello, this is the first time we have seen this magical creature. My apprentice and I are very curious, so we came to take a look."

Raleigh's very polite attitude made everyone on the snail's back relax.

After all, this is on the red earth continent thousands of feet high, and they are businessmen who know a few ordinary moves at most.

When you encounter powerful people, you can only obey their arrangements.

"Raleigh, you guys don't wait for me either."

Gion followed closely behind, landed on the hard snail shell, walked over and called Raleigh angrily.

"Two marine lords, let me explain it to you."

"This snail is a giant snail that lives near the red earth continent. Our ancestors discovered them many years ago. At that time, our ancestors realized that they could walk on steep mountain walls, so they deliberately cultivated and cultivated them."

"We found that this snail has two shells. We only need to knock off a small part of the outer shell to stuff the cargo into the middle for transportation. Even the smooth red earth continent can be crossed. With this Skills, our ancestors specialized in selling goods across the world.”

The well-dressed businessman explained.

"I see, there are such magical creatures. I really didn't expect it."

Raleigh handed Bello Betty into Gion's arms and jumped to the broken shell to observe carefully.

Sure enough, as the leader said, looking from this opening, there are neatly piled goods inside.

By comparing the size of the shell horizontally, Raleigh can know how much cargo such a giant snail can carry.

At the same time, he was also keenly aware that giant snails like this could not only transport goods, but also be equipped with seats for people to ride on.

At present, it is much more efficient than the navy's elevator.

Although the hoist is a high-tech technology for the navy, the technological level is not very high in the navy that does not yet have Vegapunk.

Currently, transportation efficiency is far less efficient than using a group of giant snails.

"No wonder, I never knew how those pirates returned from the Grand Route to the four seas. It turned out to be this kind of magical creature."

Raleigh's sudden voice startled everyone present.

Gion was also keenly aware of the key point.

Yes, in today's sea, even the navy of the dominant sea power has a difficult time returning to the four seas, let alone the backward pirates.

The navy had not paid attention to the activities of the merchants before, and naturally it had not noticed that the merchants already had transportation tools like giant snails.

"Raleigh, I think we should report to the headquarters."

Gion spoke anxiously, now that the remnants of the Rocks Pirates are making more and more moves, the navy is unable to deal with the pirates who have fled back to the four seas.

They have never been clear about the means by which the pirates returned to the four seas, and the means they used were also very pale.

Now that we know how the pirates climb over, it's easy to target them.

"You two navy masters, you can't act like this."

The leader spoke anxiously.

"Don't worry, Gion, just listen to what he wants to say before speaking."

Raleigh rejected Gion's words. He wanted to hear what the businessman in front of him had to say.

"Master Marine, you are a symbol of justice. We can understand why you deal with the most vicious pirates, but please understand us, okay?"

"No one wants to die if they can live. We can live happily if we do this trip four times a year. But the pirates don't care about our life or death. When they find us, they don't use money to solve the problem."

"Last year, one of my friends, Spender Rex and his family, was killed because they refused to provide giant snails for the pirates to ride. Your navy has enough strength to fight them, and we are just some civilians who have no power to resist. When encountering such a thing, refusing means death."

The leading merchant seemed to remember some sad past events. Even though it was inconvenient to move on the back of the snail, he still took out his handkerchief and cried bitterly.

Raleigh nodded. Sometimes some policies and systems should also take into account the actual situation.

This is the first time that Raleigh discovered that giant snails can be used to transport people and materials, but it is very likely that the navy has already discovered this phenomenon.

As for why this matter was not dealt with, it may be that there are too many things involved.

After all, those who want to cross the Red Earth Continent through giant snails are not just pirates.

It can even be said that pirates are just a small group of them.

Everyone knows that if you want to go to the New World in the second half of the Grand Line, you have to go to Fishman Island from the Sabaody Archipelago.

But the Navy has never thought of controlling the coating house in the Sabaody Archipelago, and no one has thought of controlling Fishman Island.

Although Raleigh doesn't understand what kind of people are operating inside, he can guess the basic purpose.

The purpose of that person, or that force, is to prevent the Navy from blocking the pirates' way!