Chapter 387: Lessons
Three steam ships emitting black smoke slowly docked on the shore, the gangway in the middle was the first to be lowered, and William, one black and one white, walked down first.
After William stood still in the face of the navy such as Sengoku, Yellow Ape and Vice Admiral Crane, he first glanced at the pirate ships in the distance, and then glanced at the many admirals on the dock, before saying to Sengoku: "Although I am also looking forward to meeting you for the first time, is the current scene too grand?"
"Don't play with your sharp teeth anymore," said the Marshal of the Warring States with a blank face, "what about the navy that you captured?"
William didn't care about Sengoku's tone, smiled, waved his hand to the people on the boat behind, and on the gangway behind him, two figures immediately turned out, and Harden helped Karp, who was cleaned up, and walked down with only Hailou stone handcuffs and shackles.
At the same time, the gangways of the other two steamships were neatly lowered, and the clothes were still neat, but the navy soldiers, who looked languid, dragged the chains under their feet and walked towards the dock like a long line.
Accompanied by a group of navy disembarking from the ship, there were dozens of armed personnel and cadres of the Morgan group, and the eyes of the Warring States only swept roughly over the naval officers, and then squinted and observed the cadres of the Morgan Pirates who had come out so far, and silently compared their appearance characteristics with the information they received in their hearts.
As expected by the Warring States, William's two think tanks who shined because of the Battle of the East China Sea, Danbier and Sherlock, did not appear, and even the culprit who caused the heavy casualties in this naval operation, William's henchman Ah Jin, did not see the Warring States.
Obviously, William is still wary of the navy, according to the East China Sea report, after the news of Morgan William's becoming the Seven Martial Seas was spread to various places, BIGMOM's people still did not leave the Kingdom of Navia, and the two sides were still disconnected.
Sengoku sighed in his heart, walked up to Karp, and looked the old comrade up and down, only to find that although Karp's face was a little weak, there was nothing else on his body that imprisoned and restricted his movement except for handcuffs and leg irons.
Karp's strength is well known, and he believes that with Karp's tenacious will honed by so many years of naval career, he will never be like ordinary people, who will be easily clumped after a blow, and it is difficult for him to imagine that such a pair of handcuffs and shackles will restrict Karp's actions along the way.
But when Sengoku, who was puzzled, put his hand on the handcuffs, his body couldn't help but stiffen, and Sengoku, who was also a Devil Fruit ability, suddenly noticed the material of the handcuffs, and in a blink of an eye, he already understood what William had done.
"This is the 'big gift' you mentioned to the flying squirrel?" the Warring States Marshal looked at William coldly.
"Isn't a treasure worth more than 100 million Baileys a 'big gift'?" asked William knowingly.
Sengoku withdrew his hand from the handcuffs with a grim face and asked William, "Where is the key?"
William smiled and gestured to Harden, who took the key out of his arms, bent down to open Karp's shackles, and uncuffed Karp's handcuffs.
Karp, who had been silent and looked sluggish, climbed sharply at the moment when the handcuffs fell off, turned around and punched William.
During this time, although Karp has been tortured by Hailou Shi and is weak, compared to the previous time in the windless zone, he was injected with anesthetics and various sedative drugs every day, and his physical state has actually recovered a lot.
But the Sengoku beside Karp was very aware of the character of his old comrades-in-arms, and he had already prepared, and Karp's fist was vigorously pressed down by Sengoku on the way, and then he wrapped his hands and stuck the angry Karp's arm and trapped him in place.
"Don't stop me, Sengoku!" Karp said to Sengoku as he looked at William through gritted teeth.
When Sengoku heard this, the strength of his hands increased instead.
Vice Admiral Crane, who was thin and short, and looked like a weak old lady, also slowly walked between Karp and William, and said lightly in the face of Karp, who had blue tendons on his forehead: "Calm down, Karp, the government has an agreement with Morgan William, and the war between our navy and him has ended." ”
As if he hadn't heard, Karp shouted, "Get out of the way, Crane!"
Warring States also gritted his teeth, holding down Karp, who could not get rid of him because of his weakness, but was always struggling, and whispered in Karp's ear: "The matter of Morgan William becoming the king of the Seven Martial Seas has been announced to the world, and now there are several other Seven Martial Seas on the island to watch, it is related to the credibility and image of the government and the navy, you can't do anything to him!"
"What the hell did he use to get you to compromise!?" Karp asked, turning his head and questioning Sengoku.
"It can greatly reduce the number of pirates in the first half of the Great Voyage, and the promise of stabilizing order!" The Marshal of the Warring States glanced at William, who had a calm face from beginning to end, "The Five Old Stars need him, and the government also needs him, the Warring States, you are the navy, and you must obey the overall situation!"
Karp was still panting and looked at William with a hideous expression, but he stopped struggling, and was silent for a long time before he said abruptly: "You'd better use the Hailou Stone to handpen me again, otherwise I'm not sure what I'll do." ”
Sengoku sighed, knowing that Karp was persuaded, although it seemed that this old comrade-in-arms with a legendary resume was unruly and disobedient to the leadership, but in fact, he still adhered to the bottom line of his naval identity, and was not confused on major issues of right and wrong.
Sengoku left Yellow Ape and Lieutenant General Tsuru at the docks to continue disposing of the prisoners, while he personally took Karp back to his office.
After Sengoku dragged Karp away, Lieutenant General Tsuru looked at William, who had not spoken and seemed to be extremely calm, but Lieutenant General Tsuru then slid his gaze downward, looking at William's left hand that seemed to be very natural on the handle of the autumn water knife.
Lieutenant General Crane suggested to the yellow ape without looking back: "I think it's better to take the children away first, and don't let them come into contact with these pirates for the time being." ”
It can be expected that like Karp's performance, those captured naval officers may not be so easy to accept the reality, once they are untied on the dock, they may also make trouble, and on the tall buildings of the rear fortress, those seven martial seas have already seen a lot of jokes, they must want to continue watching, but Vice Admiral Tsuru does not want them to get their wish.
The yellow ape plucked out his ears: "The children finally returned home, but they couldn't untie the shackles immediately, and they had to act like a captive, right?"
Lieutenant General Crane looked back at the yellow ape: "When they get home, they are already safe, as for the little bitterness on their bodies and hearts, there is no harm in eating a little more...... ”
Lieutenant General Crane looked at William again: "So that they can better remember this lesson." ”