Chapter 51 The pirate ship with a different flag!
The West Sea is the most complicated sea area among the four seas.
If you want to say which sea area has the most pirates, which sea area has the strongest pirates, and which sea area has the most rampant pirates, it must be the West Sea.
In addition to the raging pirates, Xihai also has other specialties that Sankai has never had - the mafia.
To put it simply, it is the underground evil forces on land. Although there are underground black and evil forces on land in the other three seas, the mafia in the West Sea can even compete with the country for the right to speak. Or to put it simply, this is the complicated version of Mexico.
In Xihai, chaos and disorder have always been the norm here.
But in this chaotic and disorderly West Sea, there is a paradise that is not stained by mud. That is the Kingdom of Mia under the jurisdiction of the 133rd branch of the Navy-Ange Town.
The Kingdom of Mia is the most common archipelago-type kingdom in the world of One Piece.
The entire Kingdom of Mia consists of sixteen islands.
These islands vary in size, and the combined area is only 600 square kilometers. If compared with the current world, it is about the size of a Seoul.
It's just that the economic development of the Kingdom of Mia is far inferior to the first city of the Great Universe Kingdom, and the population of the entire country is only 150,000.
Among the thousands of countries in the world of One Piece, the Kingdom of Mia is at the middle or lower level both in terms of land area and population. In the entire West Sea, it also belongs to the middle and low-end countries.
Ange Town, where the Navy's 133 branch base is located, is the easternmost island of the Mia Kingdom, with an area of only 45 square kilometers and a permanent population of less than 10,000, which is a small town.
After more than ten days of sailing, the warship of the 133 branch finally docked at the military port of Ange Town on a sunny afternoon.
The long wooden ladder was lowered from the ship, and Colonel Kane led the sailors on board to slowly get off the warship. Kane, who was walking at the front of the team, stood upright and looked forward with a solemn expression.
The sailors passing by seemed to admire and love Colonel Kane very much. When Kane led the team through, they all stopped to salute.
This time he went to the Navy Headquarters to report on his duties. Kane only brought more than a hundred sailors, while the entire 133 branch has a total of nearly 2,000 sailors.
Therefore, when Kane led the team off the ship, there were many sailors coming and going in the port. When these sailors saw Kane saluting Kane together, they were really quite imposing, and at the same time, it could be seen that Kane was really prestigious in the branch.
At the end of the line, Ji Guoyuan was surprised when he saw the scene in front of him.
In fact, Ji Guoyuan's first impression of Kane was not very good. I can't say why, but I just feel that Kane is a bit deep, unlike Karp and Zefa who can see it clearly at a glance. Yuan instinct I really don't like this feeling, I don't like this kind of person.
This feeling of dislike was intensified when he was assigned to work as a "boilerman" on Kane's warship.
It was supposed to be the responsibility of the servants, but the third-class soldiers were in charge. So here comes the question, what about the slaves on the ship? ! Whether the vacant establishment has been truly eliminated, or just eliminated on the books, is a question worthy of further investigation.
Don't think that serving in the navy seems to be an insignificant role, but you must know that the number of serving in a naval branch of 2,000 people often reaches a hundred. Not a small amount.
The funds given by the Navy Headquarters to the branch are given according to the establishment, apart from meritorious service awards, the branch's funds are fixed every year.
If done properly, the empty salary of hundreds of people can easily fill Kane's pocket.
It was also based on this suspicion that Yuanyi didn't put his heart and soul into contact with the sailors of the branch, so he naturally took precautions.
In Yuan's eyes, Kane is a naval officer who may be empty-paid.
It is not surprising that Yuanyi, who followed the disembarkation at this time, was surprised when he saw the admiration and respect of the sailors at the port for Kane.
"Did I think too much?" Yuan Yi thought to himself, his expression softened a lot.
After arriving at the branch, Ji Guoyuanyi and Cyrus were assigned to a sergeant of the branch.
"Ji Guo Yuan Yi, Cyrus, welcome to join our 133 branch."
"You have been assigned to my team."
"My name is Santos, and I'm your captain. There are 21 people in our team including you."
"Let's go, I'll take you to the dormitory. After that, you will live and act together with the other sailors in the team."
Sergeant Santos is a young man in his early twenties. He is about 180cm tall.
Yuanyi greeted Santos politely, showing neither alienation nor intimacy, just like treating ordinary colleagues. Cyrus, on the other hand, was more enthusiastic and greeted with a smile.
"Haha, it's okay, we'll get to know each other later." Santos thought that Yuanyi was just here because he just arrived, and he didn't care, and enthusiastically led Yuanyi and Cyrus to the dormitory.
Yuanyi and Cyrus were assigned to an 8-person dormitory. When they came to the dormitory, the sailors who shared the dormitory with Yuanyi and the others were training, and the dormitory was empty.
Near the toilet, there was a double bed with bunk beds.
After Santos brought Yuanyi and Cyrus to the dormitory, he pointed to the empty bed and said to Yuanyi and Cyrus, "That's where you will sleep in the future."
"Upper berth or lower berth, you choose."
"Don't think it's close to the toilet, because the other sailors have already picked out the beds, and this bed is the only one that's vacant."
"We are in the navy, and we still have to overcome this difficulty."
While speaking, Santos helped Yuanyi and Cyrus dust off the bed.
Since entering the room, Yuanyi has been looking at the dormitory, neither he nor Cyrus said much about Santos' arrangement. After briefly looking at the dormitory, Yuanyi and Cyrus didn't let Santos busy alone, cleaned their own bed, and threw the bag on the bed.
After cleaning, the two followed Santos to receive daily necessities such as sheets and bedding, and settled down quickly.
After helping the two settle down, Santos did not leave immediately, but talked with Yuanyi and Cyrus about what their team had to do every day.
The 133 branch is stationed in Ange Town, but the sea area under the jurisdiction of the branch is not only the sea area around Ange Town, the sea area radiating 100 kilometers outward from the Kingdom of Mia is the area under the responsibility of the 133 branch.
As for Santos' team, in addition to training, they usually go out to sea with other teams to patrol. If they encounter pirates, they will retreat quickly and notify the branch. Belonging to that kind of information force, not that kind of combat force.
Knowing what the team was going to do, Yuanyi and Cyrus nodded to express their clarity. Then Santos took Yuanyi and Cyrus for a brief stroll around the branch, roughly letting them get acquainted with the environment.
In the evening, Santos led Yuanyi and Cyrus to have dinner in the cafeteria with other team members. After getting acquainted with the team members, Yuanyi and Cyrus officially joined the team. The squad is up.
The next day, Ji Guoyuanyi and Cyrus got their first sea patrol mission in the branch.
At sunrise, the patrol boats of Branch 133 sailed on the sea.
Ji Guoyuan stood on the deck, holding a telescope in his hand, looking at the sea surface through the telescope, observing the situation on the sea surface.
The sky is high and the sea is wide, there is no abnormality.
Just when Yuanyi was about to change direction, a black dot suddenly appeared on the sea level and appeared in Jiguo Yuanyi's line of sight.
"Um?"
Ji Guoyuan let out a light sigh, cheered up, and pointed the telescope at the black spot in the distance.
It was a ship without a flag, and it was heading towards the direction of the patrol ship at a fast speed.
"It's coming straight towards the patrol ship. What does this ship do?"
Yuan Yi felt strange, and called the captain Santos, Santos took the binoculars and looked at it for a while and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Yuan Yi."
"That's a merchant ship from the Lolo Chamber of Commerce, probably returning to the Kingdom of Mia."
Santos handed the telescope to Yuanyi and was about to leave when Yuanyi suddenly asked:
"Captain Santos, is it really a merchant ship?"
Yuan Yi, who took over the telescope, was looking at the ship in the distance. From his perspective, the "merchant ship" that was sailing quickly towards the patrol ship for a certain distance had already hoisted a flag. It was a pink No matter how Yuan Yi looked at the skull pattern, he couldn't see the appearance of a merchant ship.
"ju~~~~"
Not long after Yuanyi's voice fell, a sharp howl exploded from the air.