Rogue Town Wharf.

After Smoker reorganized the original garrison of Rog Town, the battle plan to conquer the dragon territory finally came to fruition.

Although many of the soldiers in the original garrison were corrupt elements who were in the same league as Major Hammer, after some purges, Smoker successfully reorganized the remaining available personnel under his command, so that he, the colonel of the headquarters, finally pulled up a team of 100 people.

After taking over the Rogue Town base, Smoker's ship was finally replaced from a small civilian armed ship to a standard warship loaded with dozens of guns.

Smoker finally had the prestige of a high-ranking officer.

Naturally, senior officers do not deal with those tedious matters themselves.

So Smoker was smoking a cigarette in the bow of the ship alone, while his lieutenant Dusty was busy directing the sailors to carry supplies, overhaul equipment, count personnel, and prepare for the warship's sailing.

At this time, the busy movements of the navy soldiers suddenly stopped, and immediately there was an unconscious whisper of admiration one after another.

Dusty followed the soldiers' gaze and saw a burly man in a decent white suit, with a majestic appearance, slowly walking towards it.

"Galen-senpai!"

Dusty waved his hand distantly, and greeted Galen in a respectful tone of some excitement.

Galen also bowed slightly.

However, the attention of the Navy soldiers naturally did not follow the same as Dusty, and their eyes were closely followed by the orange-haired girl in a pure white off-the-shoulder dress beside Galen.

After following Galen for some shopping yesterday, Nami actually changed her short-sleeved short skirt that had not changed for thousands of years, and put on the short off-the-shoulder princess dress she chose, which was rated "amazing" by Galen at first.

"How?"

Nami enjoyed the admiring gazes of the people around her, and asked Galen beside her a little proudly:

"I look good in this dress, don't I?"

"Okay."

Galen subconsciously tensed his nerves when he heard this familiar question, and his tone became stiff.

"Humph!"

Nami pursed her lips in dissatisfaction, "That's not what you said when you bought it for me yesterday. ”

Galen paused, but told Nami what he really thought:

"Good looking is good looking..."

"But you shirtless and leggy..."

"How can anyone dress like this and go to sea to fight?!"

"Huh?"

Nami, however, looked down at her bare thin shoulders and slender legs sticking out of her skirt for some reason, and said with an innocent face:

"Is there anything wrong with wearing it like this?"

"That's how a lot of girls go to sea, right...?"

"Uh..."

Looking at Nami's righteous look, Galen couldn't find a rebuttal.

Compared to the way Nami dressed in the "future" in her memory, Nami, who is only wearing a short off-the-shoulder dress, is indeed extremely conservative...

And all the beauties on the sea are dressed cooler than the other.

I really can't imagine what special skills these bold girls used to keep themselves from going out in the fierce battle.

"You can wear it if you want..."

Galen, who has a rigid mind and can't keep up with the open atmosphere of this world, simply doesn't express his opinion on the way Nami dresses.

Anyway, Nami is wearing it like this, which is indeed a lot more eye-catching.

"This time back to Cocoa West Village..."

Nami's expression suddenly became serious, and there was firmness in her voice:

"I want them to see a different version of me."

Standing beside Galen and standing in front of that warship, Nami's whole person at this time was completely new.

It's not just a gorgeous new outfit, it's also the hope of a new life in my heart.

She finally had the courage to stand up to the dragon head-on.

"Miss Nami?!"

Beside him, another startled voice suddenly sounded.

Galen and Nami turned their heads to see Wallace, who had arrived at the docks at some point.

He had already made up his mind two days ago to follow Galen, the humanoid newsmaker, to the village of Cocoa West to follow the heroic deeds of the knight Galen.

Wallace exclaimed in amazement, "What a change Miss Nami has made! ”

"Can you take a picture?"

"Absolutely!"

Nami gladly accepted the request.

But instead of pulling out his camera as he used to, Wallace took out a strange large snail and put it in his hand, and then posed for Nami and Galen...

Nami and Galen were both slightly stunned.

Galen carefully looked at the large snail in Wallace's hand, which was obviously a living thing, and asked with some surprise, "This is... Phone bugs? ”

"That's right!"

Wallace smugly introduced his new gear:

"This is a video phone bug with a camera function."

"You don't need film, so you can take and store a large number of photos, and you can record them..."

"By linking to a special external communication device, it is also possible to fax photos and videos back to the headquarters remotely in real time."

"Video phone bugs?"

Nami was taken aback, and asked with a little surprise, "This thing is expensive, isn't it?!" ”

Indeed, phone bugs are already scarce creatures in the East China Sea...

The higher-level video telephone bug, which is as rich as a digital camera and a fax machine, is a legendary treasure in the impression of low-level working people like Nami.

Nami is such a professional thief, but she doesn't even know the specific price of the video phone bug, and she only has the impression of "very expensive" in her mind.

Because the level is too far apart.

"yes!"

Wallace nodded lightly, and then said:

"We don't have a lot of equipment like this in our newspaper, and only high-level journalists are qualified to use it."

"The average journalist doesn't capture much news, and there's no need to use this expensive real-time fax equipment."

"Oh?"

Galen heard Wallace's voice: "You've been promoted?" ”

"Thanks to Lord Togueren, I have captured the world's big news."

Wallace nodded gratefully to Galen, and said with an excited expression:

"I have been promoted to become the vice president of "Donghai Daily"!"

"The vice president of the Tokai Daily?"

Nami exclaimed, "That's really..."

This position is much more valuable than it sounds.

Because of the existence of such a special creature as the "news bird", almost every island in the sea, except for the windless zone, is within the coverage of the newspaper.

Big news similar to the execution level of One Piece can spread throughout the world within three days, reaching the point where women and children know about it.

Under such circumstances, the newspaper that controls public opinion has actually controlled the trend of the situation at sea to a certain extent, and its influence is self-evident.

The "Donghai Daily" is the newspaper with the largest circulation in the East China Sea.

Although its influence cannot be compared with that of the big newspapers on the Great Shipping Route, it is enough to dominate the trend of public opinion in the entire East China Sea.

Coupled with the weak dominance of the world government and the lack of news supervision, the presence of local newspapers is even stronger.

Nami looked at Wallace's face, which was too young compared to the position of vice president, and said in disbelief:

"Have we been making this much news in the past two days?"

"You were directly promoted to vice president?"

"This..."

Wallace said with some embarrassment:

"Actually, there are a few other reasons as well."

"The back-the-scenes financier of the Tokai Daily is my father."

"Hmm..."

Nami's expression suddenly became strange, and she thought of the huge interview fee that Wallace had casually taken out before:

"No wonder you're a little reporter, and your shots are so generous."

"Haha..."

Wallace said with a shy smile:

"Miss Nami and Lord Galen have been very helpful to me."

"My father never supported me as a journalist, but it was you who helped me prove my ability as a journalist and finally changed his opinion."

Wallace waved the video phone bug in his hand again and said:

"Don't say more, let's take a picture!"

"Your image is perfect now, and I want to take a picture and fax it back to the agency to use as a picture for that special report."

"Oh?"

Galen was a little strange: "Haven't you sent out that news yet?" ”

"Not really."

"After all, this is world-class big news involving naval heroes and One Piece crews, so naturally it needs to be treated with caution."

Wallace explained with a serious face:

"And Miss Nami is also involved in the news, considering the covert nature of our next anti-bandit operation..."

"I specially arranged the release time, and the delivery of this news report will probably arrive at the same time as our bandit team in Kekoyaxi Village."

"I see..."

Nami nodded to Wallace with some gratitude.

"Speaking of which..."

Galen suddenly said with some curiosity: "Since it's about me, can I read the press release in advance?" ”

"No problem!"

Wallace happily took out a stack of papers from his briefcase:

"This is a news sample I wrote, take it and read it!"

"From the steel knife to Bucky the Clown to the corrupt garrison of Rogue Town, it's all about Lord Galen's heroic deeds!"

"Good."

Galen nodded in satisfaction, and eagerly took the press release from Wallace and read it.

After all, it was the first time to become a newsmaker, and Galen was still looking forward to it.

A moment later...

"I said...."

Galen's face was gloomy and watery:

"This 'five-five-open' and 'a Taoist sword hero'..."

"What the hell are they?!"