Chapter 26 The Navy’s Biggest Problem

The flying squirrel's words were like invisible sledgehammers, constantly hitting the hearts of Gion and Kake, shaking their hearts and making their faces gradually turn pale.

They never thought that the island in front of them, with dense crowds and prosperous trade, was once the sinful city and lawless place described by Flying Squirrel.

What they even failed to understand was that all the peace and prosperity they saw in front of them actually appeared because Darren single-handedly supported two major mafia families.

Heavy impacts continue to challenge all the concepts and education they have received in this department.

"But... but... doesn't the income of the mafia family come from squeezing civilians?"

Gion murmured with a pale face, a look of confusion in his eyes.

"Yes, this is indeed the case."

The Flying Squirrel frankly admitted:

"But compared to the possibility of encountering shootings every day, my family and friends were killed due to gang fights, my children gradually learned bad things because of this harsh living environment, and finally joined gangs or went to sea to become pirates... "

"Compared with being in fear day and night, not even daring to do business, unemployed, bankrupt... civilians are more willing to pay a certain amount of protection fees to the Mafia family in exchange for a relatively peaceful and stable living environment."

"This is reality."

Gion took two steps back with weak legs, shook his head and said:

"But...but...if our navy takes action and eradicates all the mafia families, wouldn't the civilians not even have to pay protection fees?"

“Wouldn’t their standard of living be better?”

"Why do we have to keep two mafia families..."

The flying squirrel sighed again.

He couldn't count how many times he sighed.

"That's the genius of Colonel Darren."

He said slowly:

"If all the mafia families are eradicated, the final result will be the same as that of Major General Sakaski. In less than half a year or even a few months, countless mafiosi, large and small, will pop up again in this place. family……"

"In order to seize territory, they will fight more fiercely, and in the end only civilians will be injured."

"Leave two mafia families and divide their territory well...On the one hand, it will make them fearful and hostile to each other, and they will not dare to deceive our navy. On the other hand, it will also facilitate deterrence and management."

"The two remaining mafia families will, for their own benefit, protect their respective territories and fight against pirates and other underground forces who come to rob, thereby indirectly achieving the effect of "protecting civilians."

"After all, for them, after their power has stabilized, the better and richer the lives of civilians are, the higher the protection fees they can charge."

"And with Colonel Darren's intimidation, they don't dare to go too far. After all, they know deeply that everything they have was given to them by Colonel Darren."

Gion heard it as if he was struck by lightning.

Use the power of the mafia and pirates to "protect" civilians...

She had never heard of such a thing.

"But...if our navy can obviously do more..."

"No," the flying squirrel shook his head, his tone also filled with weakness.

"The Navy can't really do much."

"Because our navy is a military force under the World Government on this sea, and due to geographical factors, our navy only has law enforcement rights in various places, but no governance rights, let alone residency rights."

"That is to say, no matter what happens, whether it's the plunder of pirates, the vendetta of gangs, the melee of the mafia... our navy can often only investigate after the fact, or can only solve temporary needs."

"The navy is not allowed to station troops in independent countries and islands, so there is no way to permanently protect local civilians."

"This is the Navy's biggest problem."

"By supporting the Mafia, Colonel Darren is able to achieve the effects of 'governance' and 'protection' to a certain extent in the local area, thereby protecting the lives of civilians."

"This is a road that has never been traveled before, and at least it seems to be working."

"And the most important thing is that through this method, Colonel Darren can easily grasp the situation in various places, and can also focus most of his energy on dealing with the really dangerous pirates."

"Major Gion, Major Kaki, do you understand now?"

The flying squirrel looked directly at the two people from Gion with a solemn tone.

If the navy has the right to station troops, then naturally it does not need to use such complicated methods and can directly station troops locally for protection.

But the system does not allow it.

After all, if the navy has the right to station troops everywhere, it is not an independent military organization, but a warlord.

This is something that the world government and major kingdoms are not allowed to see.

"I know that both of you have a noble and firm belief in justice. For this, both Colonel Darren and I have great respect."

"Yes, you heard it right. I am very familiar with Colonel Darren. Although he seems bohemian on the surface, it can be seen that he is not very repulsive to you."

Seeing the somewhat disbelieving expressions on Gion's two faces, he added and explained:

"Otherwise, it would be impossible for you to discover these things."

"Please believe me, with Colonel Darren's ability and means, if he wants to hide it, you won't be able to find anything at all."

Gion and Kake were silent after hearing this.

The flying squirrel said slowly:

"Both of you, I know that you two have some opinions on the style of our North Sea Navy, but this is the North Sea after all, and our methods will not work at all in this sea area."

"In terms of results, this...is the best era the North Sea has ever seen."

His face was filled with proud pride.

Seeing islands and towns moving towards peace and prosperity under the jurisdiction of the navy is the greatest pride in itself.

It is also the best reward for my military uniform.

Even in this process, the methods used are not so glorious.

"You two, it is not convenient for Colonel Darren to tell you these things, and he doesn't bother to explain them to you."

The flying squirrel continued:

"For him, other people's looks and comments are not important at all. He has his own set of rules."

"But what I want to say is that Colonel Darren is actually not the scumbag you two thought."

Gion Beito bit his red lips and whispered:

"But no matter what, it is always wrong to collect money from civilians from the mafia..."

The flying squirrel smiled,