Chapter 182: Casino
It's not for nothing that Sengoku is so hesitant.? (a).
can injure a lieutenant general, the captain of this dragon hunter pirate group is definitely not weak, and if you want to offer a reward, it will definitely be more than 100 million.
Some time ago, according to the information obtained by the navy, Fire Fist Ace was taken away by Whitebeard, and with Sengoku's understanding of Whitebeard, the old guy who loves to accept Yoshiko as a family will definitely invite Fire Fist Ace.
Although there is no definite news yet, Sengoku estimates that it is a foregone conclusion that Fire Fist Ace will join the Whitebeard Pirates.
At this time, the bounty of Fire Fist Ace is 220 million Bailey, and after joining the Whitebeard Pirates, his bounty is likely to be increased again, and with his joining, the strength of the Whitebeard Pirates will be improved again.
The matter of Fire Fist Ace has not been resolved yet, if there is another 100 million-level bounty criminal, after letting Whitebeard know the news, he may have to think about it again......
If it could, Sengoku really didn't want to make so many bounties, because every time there was an additional bounty, it meant that another enemy was on the opposite side of the navy, and the navy was almost using the bounty to constantly create one enemy after another for itself.
Right now, Sengoku is planning and preparing, wanting to deal with the Whitebeard Pirates, if you offer a reward for this...... Ian, to the person named Ian, it is tantamount to pushing a powerful guy into the arms of Whitebeard, which is fundamentally contradictory to his plan.
But...... This dragon hunter pirate group, after all, injured a vice admiral and a major general of the navy, if he is not rewarded, it is difficult for Sengoku to explain to his subordinates.
Sengoku was having a headache, but at this time, he suddenly thought of something and asked the flying squirrel: "You just said, what kind of ability does this captain of the Dragon Hunter Pirates use to do this?" ”
"The power of thunder and lightning!" The flying squirrel described: "It seems that he can use the power of thunder and lightning to gather iron sand to form a very special sword, and he can also inject lightning into the projectile and shoot it out at a very high degree!" ”
When Sengoku heard this, he immediately frowned, no! When the bear returned, the clothes on his arms seemed to have been burned by the flames!
After thinking about it, Sengoku found the original photo of Ian, and compared it with the photo brought back by the flying squirrel, and now it is indeed the same person.
"In that case, there are two possibilities for this matter!" Sengoku secretly thought: "The first possibility is that Xiong lied, and the person who injured him at that time was not this pirate hunter Ian, but another flame ability!" As for the second possibility, that is, the bear is not lying, but this pirate hunter Ian has a new lightning ability! ”
Warring States is known as a wise general, and his mind is naturally very cautious, and he began to analyze: "If it is the first possibility, then why is Xiong lying?" He can't fake the fact that he was injured, and there is a repair report from the Naval Research Institute...... However, it is not ruled out that this is the bear's bitter ploy, this pirate hunter Ian, who wears the same hat as him, there must be some connection in this, he may be trying to hide something for this pirate hunter Ian......"
The first possibility, after analyzing it here, Sengoku can't analyze it, he doesn't know the true identity of the bear at all, and he lacks key information, so he naturally can't reason anything.
So, he began to try to analyze the second possibility.
"This Ian's original name was the Burning Blade, which means that he can indeed use flames!" Sengoku analyzed: "If this kind of flame is regarded as some kind of special sword skill, then the thunder and lightning power he displayed when he fought with the fighting dogs may be another ability!" ”
In addition, he obtained an ability, which is mostly produced after eating Devil Fruits, this pirate hunter Ian, after fighting with the bear, suddenly disappeared for a while, and after reappearing, he not only became a pirate, but also had a special ability......
Suddenly, Sengoku suddenly remembered the two Devil Fruits stolen by the Draco people!
At the beginning, the Draconians didn't report this incident, after all, in their opinion, the Devil Fruit was not a big deal, but when the navy investigated the incident in detail afterwards, this missing link appeared.
Since the stolen fruit was two fruits, the navy has been staring at the auction houses in the underground world for a period of time, wanting to see if anyone auctions off the devil fruit with the same shape as the stolen fruit, and wants to use this as a clue to investigate.
Now Sengoku suddenly thought, what if the fruit that was most likely a phantom beast seed was eaten by this pirate hunter Ian?
"In this way, it can explain why he suddenly has an extra lightning ability!" Sengoku thought along this line of thought: "What if this pirate hunter Ian, who escaped after being injured in a fight with a bear, and then waited for an opportunity to infiltrate Mary Joya, intending to steal the Devil Fruit, but was unexpectedly revealed by the Draconian, so he killed and killed him?" ”
"No, no, if it's him, then why did he show that amazing fire ability when he was fighting with the pheasant?" Sengoku frowned: "Could it be that at that time, he had actually eaten that strange devil fruit and gained a stronger flame ability?" How do you explain the lightning power behind it? ”
"Or maybe that fruit allows him to wield the power of fire and lightning at the same time?" Thinking of this, Yue Di was a little surprised: "This seems to be very likely, after all, that fruit is a phantom beast species is just a guess, what kind of devil fruit it is, only those who eat it will know, that thunder and lightning ability, is it possible that it will be opened later?" ”
No matter what kind of speculation it is, Sengoku feels that this pirate hunter Ian is very problematic, didn't the flying squirrel also say it, he saw the existence of several races on the ship of the dragon hunter pirates, and he also suspected at that time that he might be the mastermind of the Mary Joya incident, so he chased the other party to Tiao Island and led to the later oolong incident.
Boom! Sengoku slammed the table, stood up and said loudly, "Immediately investigate Ian, the captain of this dragon hunter pirate group!" ”
"Won't you give him a bounty first?" The flying squirrel was stunned for a moment and asked.
"Nope! , absolutely not! Sengoku glared at him and said, "I don't want to make a second joke!" ”
Failed to find out the identity of the black-clothed masked man before, and issued a reward for him, which has already embarrassed the navy, if a bounty order is issued to the captain of this dragon hunter pirate group, once the investigation is completed and it is confirmed that this Ian is the man in black at all, it will be equivalent to the navy giving two bounties to the same person!
What does this prove? Prove the incompetence of the navy! The Sengoku would never allow such a situation......
Although the flying squirrel didn't understand what Sengoku was thinking, he carried out his orders unconditionally.
More than ten days after the events of Mary Joy's second slave emancipation movement (as it is called within the Navy), the Navy finally ended its headless investigation and finally found the right direction.
Of course, now Ian is only regarded as the main target of suspicion, and everything will have to wait for the results of the navy's investigation to be confirmed, and the time of this investigation is still uncertain.
Ian naturally didn't know about the things that happened to the Navy Headquarters, but even if he knew, he wouldn't be surprised.
He has long been mentally prepared to detect his true identity, people live in this world, no matter what they do, there will always be traces and clues, he doesn't expect that he can hide from the navy for a lifetime with a masked dress.
At this time, the Dragon Hunter Pirates had already seen the island they were about to arrive on under Margaret's guidance.
It is a small island, named Gramber Island on nautical charts.
After entering the port and stopping the ship, Ian and the others divided their men to enter the island to buy, Ian didn't want to repeat the mistakes of Tiao Island, the devil knows what accidents will happen on this island, so let's finish the supply first.
Ian did not go to the island for the time being, but stayed on the ship, waiting for the return of the group.
About two hours later, the members of the Dragon Hunter Pirates returned with large bags of supplies.
"Captain!" As soon as Zike of the Long-Hand Clan came back, he said to Ian with some excitement: "This island is so strange, obviously there is not a lot of products, and the inhabitants of the island are also very poor, but there is a big casino here!" ”
"What's so strange?" Ian smiled and said, "Since the products are not abundant, if there is no means to attract tourists, how can the people on this island survive?" ”
"Hey, hey!" Zike rubbed his hands and said, "Captain, why don't we go to the casino to have fun?" It's all here......"
Ian didn't answer him, but looked at the other people's expressions first, and then he was now, many of them with eager and expectant eyes.
When Ian was on the ship, he often saw his crew playing cards and gambling together, he didn't interfere much, just told them to stop in moderation, and he also knew very well that on a ship that lacked entertainment, if they didn't find something to do for them, they would soon be bored and crazy.
When they were on the ship, they only gambled between the crew, winning or losing, and there was not much money at all, but now after hearing that there is a casino on the island, the situation is different.
"Well, since you want to go to the casino, let's go together!" Ian smiled and said, "I happened to be going to get some money too!" ”
"Whew! Long live the captain! The crowd shouted excitedly, and then enthusiastically gathered around Ian to disembark.
Of course, there are some who are reluctant to go and voluntarily stay on the ship to guard the ship, Matthew and Erlange are.
Ian wants to go to the casino to make money, not that he also likes to gamble, or has a talent for gambling money, but ......
In Ian's impression, the people who open casinos are generally not good people, and they don't plan to stay on the island for long, so maybe they can grab this casino before leaving?
It doesn't matter what kind of gambling skills you have, Ian only knows that what he has now is just one thing.
Force!