Chapter 48: The Problem of the Ship
"Huh? Who do you say? The mustachioed man estimated that his shoulder hurt badly, so his speech was a little leaky, and Ian couldn't hear clearly for a while.
Johnny and Joseph heard it clearly, and immediately exclaimed, "You...... What did you say? Gram...... Creek Pirates!? ”
"That's right!" Mustache and a few other pirates laughed out loud: "We have said a long time ago, although we are pirates, we are not afraid of any pirate hunters at all!" We are the biggest overlord of the East China Sea, the Creek Pirates! No pirate hunter in the East China Sea dares to attack us! ”
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly stretched out a foot from the side and kicked him directly in the face.
Burst! The mustache's face was crooked, and a tooth mixed with blood spurted out......
This kick was naturally kicked by Ian, and in the stunned eyes of everyone, he calmly withdrew his foot and said, "Long-winded! Didn't you say that? Roll out and cool off, little minions! ”
"You...... Are you crazy? Another pirate screamed, "We all said that we are members of the Creek Pirates, and you dare to do it!?" ”
Ian was angry, walked over and poked the pirate's head and said, "What about the Creek Pirates?" I've told you all, I'm a pirate hunter! How dare you say in front of me that no one dares to beat your idea? it! Are you slapping me in the face? ”
After saying that, Ian kicked directly at a group of pirates, and he was most annoyed by such a thing as moving backers at every turn.
The Navy soldiers in front of them turned their heads and watched stupidly as Ian hit and kick at a group of pirates, and when they saw this scene, they finally believed that it was a boy who looked like he was only seventeen or eighteen years old who had caught this large group of pirates.
For Ian's violent temper that he would do without saying a word, many naval soldiers shrank their necks in fear......
In the end, Johnny and Joseph grabbed Ian, Johnny took out a stack of bounty lists, flipped it to Ian, and said: "Brother Ian, listen to me first, the Creek Pirates are not comparable to the Bucky Pirates, and their leader, the 'Pirate Admiral' Creek, is a genuine 10 million-level pirate, and he is indeed notoriously fierce on this side of the East China Sea!" It's really troublesome to mess with them! ”
Ian took the bounty and looked at it, and found that Crick's bounty turned out to be the same as he remembered, 17 million Bailey.
You know, Ian has been at sea three years earlier than Luffy, and even Bucky's bounty is only 7 million, but I didn't expect that this guy Crick has already had so many bounties!
What Ian doesn't know is that in fact, the bounty mainly depends on the government's attitude towards pirates, Crick was originally a naval soldier, and later defected to become a pirate, but he often disguised his pirate group as a navy or merchant ship, taking the opportunity to let people relax their vigilance to attack villages and ships, for the government, this guy is not only a shame for the navy, but also constantly smearing the navy, belonging to the kind of pirates who pose a huge threat.
This can explain why Crick's bounty will reach the level of 10 million compared to Bucky, Bucky's guy is keen on looting treasures and easily does not mess with the navy, so he seems low-key, but Crick is notorious, and the two are not the same in reputation.
Notoriety also has the benefit of notoriety, the Creek Pirates are currently recognized as the overlords of the East China Sea, and many pirates have chosen to take refuge in him, under Johnny and Joseph's explanation, Ian finally figured out why they are so jealous of Creek, because it is said that the current Creek Pirates are developing very well, and there are more than 30 big ships and two or three thousand subordinates!
Such a force is not even comparable to some small naval branches......
Ian turned his head and asked the Navy Commander Cao, "Your navy just sits back and watches the Creek Pirates swell?" ”
The navy Cao Chang spread his hands and said helplessly: "What can we do?" The elite of the navy are concentrated in all the branches directly under the Great Route, not to mention the East China Sea, even the South China Sea, the North Sea, the West Sea, the naval strength of the four seas is weak, and we are also weak! Let's just see if Colonel Smoker from the headquarters will be better this time......"
Ian couldn't help but shake his head after hearing this, even the navy was afraid of this Creek, but in fact, Ian knew very well that that Creek guy was a tragedy, in terms of strength, he actually couldn't catch up with Bucky, at least Bucky was still a devil fruit ability, but Creek was just an ordinary person, nothing more than a little more powerful, and even less in terms of strategy, it was not as good as the Captain Chloe of the Black Cat Pirates, disguised to attack ships or something, it can only be said that this guy is cunning, it can't be said that it is a scheme, his so-called strength, It's just an illusion piled up with numbers, maybe it's because of his inner weakness that this guy always likes to arm himself with some external equipment.
So two years later, when Crick wanted to challenge the Great Voyage, he tragically encountered Hawkeye Mihawk, was defeated by someone who defeated the entire fleet, and only stayed on the Great Voyage for seven days before returning miserably.
For this so-called Creek Pirates, Ian doesn't care much, he can roughly feel his own strength, and he knows that he is much stronger than Zoro when he went to sea, and if that Pirate Admiral Creek really dares to come to trouble him, he will be killed when the time comes.
As for his so-called thousands of subordinates, just look at the group of pirates in front of them to understand what kind of goods they are, and they can use the means of blocking the road and stealing things, which can also be called pirates?
As a result, Ian didn't take the threat of these pirates to heart at all, and kicked them all the way to the naval base.
The captain of the navy Cao led the people and interrogated the names of these pirates one by one, so as to check whether they were wanted or not.
As a result, Ian almost couldn't help but want to kick people again, he had a hunch before, these guys were not pirates at all, and the results of the interrogation also confirmed this, almost none of these people were wanted by the Navy, that is, there was not even a little bounty!
Except for the bearded man, this guy used to be a bandit, but he accidentally injured people during the robbery, so he ran away to the sea and joined Creek's pirates, he was the only one with a bounty, but it was not a wanted bounty from the navy, but a bounty from the victim's family themselves, and it was only 50,000 Baileys......
If it weren't for the moustache bounty, Ian couldn't help but want to beat the pirates one by one again.
Bucky's bounty of 7 million will not be cashed until Smoker arrives in two days, so the 50,000 bounty of the mustache is the only money Ian has earned so far, but fortunately, the navy is also happy and pays the money directly to Ian.
With these 50,000, then there should be no problem in Rogue Town for the past two days, which made Ian feel better, so he said to Johnny and Joseph: "Go, I'll invite you to dinner!" ”
"Great!" Johnny and Joseph immediately raised their hands and cheered.
Don't look at the two of them so weak, but they are still quite righteous, and Ian found that even if these two guys have just debuted, they are like snakes on the ground, and they know a lot of things, and Ian also wants to take the opportunity to ask them something about the meal.
I took the two of them to the lively restaurant I saw on the street before, and before I could order, I saw Johnny and Joseph banging the table and shouting, "Beer!" Let's start with three beers! ”
It seems that people who go to sea are basically good at drinking! Ian didn't mind, and after the beer was served, he bumped his glass with Johnny Joseph and said, "it!" ”
After drinking a large glass of beer with a hearty drink, while the waiter was refilling the glass, Ian asked the two of them, "Do you know that there is a shipyard in this Rogue town that sells large ships?" ”
"What, Brother Ian, do you want to buy a boat?" Johnny asked curiously.
"Hmmm! To be exact, I want a medium-sized ship, and I'm going to go on the Great Voyage! Ian said.
On the way to Rogue Town, he had already thought about it, I am afraid that he really has to go to the Great Voyage, there are very few Devil Fruit abilities in this place in the East China Sea, and even a Bucky is actually a Devil Fruit obtained from the Great Voyage.
So to find the Devil Fruit, you have to go to the Great Voyage.
Gu Yina has been lying in bed for so many years, presumably even if she wakes up, she is very unwilling, as her brother, either she will not help, or she will help to the end, he thinks that it is best to get the strongest natural fruit for Gu Yina.
Although the Devil Fruit is related to the user's exercise, the fruit of the natural system is still recognized as stronger, as long as it does not encounter the ability of the Devil Fruit that is restrained, the natural system is usually insolvable, unless it is to meet a strong person who will use domineering, the characteristics of the natural fruit are destined to have a higher starting point than the superhuman and animal systems.
To find the Devil Fruit, you have to go to the Great Route, but to go to the Great Route, Ian's small boat is useless, so Ian feels the need to change to a larger ship.
However, a ship that is too large cannot be operated by one person, so Ian thought carefully about it, and a medium-sized ship is the most suitable.
Johnny took a sip of beer, wiped the corners of his mouth, and said, "With all due respect, Brother Ian, even if you get the seven million bounty, it will still be very difficult to buy a ship!" ”
"No, it won't!" Ian asked, "How expensive can a medium-sized ship be?" ”
"It's not expensive!" Joseph shook his head and said: "It's to be booked, ready-made ships can't be bought at the shipyard at all, they can only be booked, but after booking, a ship can only be obtained in five or six months, and a year in length, Brother Ian, can you wait?" ”
"For so long!?" Ian said in surprise.
"Of course, it's not that easy to make a ship!" Johnny said: "The wood needs to be dried, then painted, and then re-dried, the process before and after adds up to a lot, if you want me to say, you can buy a new ship with it, it is better to ask if there is anyone in Rogue Town who sells old boats, then it is not only cheap, but you can get it immediately!" ”