Chapter 63: Swordsmanship Instructor
"What to do?" Ian blinked his eyes and pretended to be stupid.
Smoker let out a puff of cigar smoke and said, "Don't pretend to me, you can see for yourself, because this appearance has caused a lot of trouble to Rogue Town?" β
Ian turned his head to look around, only to see that the huge square was full of blood and craters, the execution table had also collapsed, the wounded pirates and navymen were sitting on the ground and moaning in a low voice~ groan, and everywhere you could see sweaty doctors running around treating the wounded, which was a tragic scene after the war.
"It's not my fault, is it?" Ian spread his hands and said, "These are all made by pirates!" β
"But you shouldn't have killed so many people!" Dusty walked over from the side and said loudly to Ian.
Ian gave her a blank look: "It's their own fault!" β
"You ......"
At this moment, Smoker spoke up: "Dusty, don't be so naΓ―ve, since you have become a full-fledged navy, you must get used to this kind of thing, if you still have this kind of compassionate mentality, you may be killed by pirates first!" β
Dusty felt the coldness in Smoker's tone, and was speechless for a moment, and finally turned his head away with a grunt.
Smoker shook his head, the young sailors are like this, under the ideological education of the navy, they are full of justice and blood when they first come out, and only when they have experienced more things will they realize the cruelty of this world, whether it is a pirate or a navy, killing and being killed is fate.
He looked at Ian again and said, "Originally, I wanted to arrest you, but since you didn't escape, then forget it, just like you said, I don't care about the pirates, it's their own fault, but the execution table was destroyed by you, this is always true, right?" Now you are given two choices, you either pay compensation or be responsible for fixing the execution table! But you can only do it yourself! β
"Do it yourself?" Ian was surprised: "I don't know how to do carpentry, you let me do it myself?" β
"Oh, so you're going to make amends?" Smoker Road.
As a result, Ian cautiously asked first, "That...... Can you first ask, if so, how much will it cost? β
"At least fifty million Bailey!" Smoker gave a number.
Ian immediately jumped up: "Fifty million!?" A broken wooden shelf, you actually want 50 million? Why don't you go and grab it!? β
"Definitely worth the price!" Smoker said: "You know, this is the execution table for the execution of One Piece Roger, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a monument, most of the tourists who come to Rogue Town are here to see the execution table, during the period of repairing the torture table, do you know how many tourists will be lost?" β
Damn, 50 million, it's not enough to add Bucky and Creek's bounty together!
Speaking of the bounty, Ian suddenly remembered, ran to the dead Creek, took off the diamond-encrusted fist gloves from his fist, wiped the blood stains on it, and stuffed it in his pocket, which is also money!
Smoker watched his actions and didn't make a sound, after all, Crick was killed by Ian, which he couldn't deny, so the bounty must be given to Ian at that time, and Crick's property Ian also has the power to dispose of it.
Although the Navy has captured a lot of people from the Creek Pirates, but there are also many people who have escaped, and the Navy has dispatched warships to the sea to pursue these remnants, I believe that under such a double blow, the dissolution of the Creek Pirates is a foregone conclusion.
Just as Smoker was thinking about how to deal with the aftermath, he saw Ian running back, so he said, "I want to remind you that Crick's bounty and wealth are combined, and you can't pay enough!" β
"I know!" Ian nodded and said, "So I'm not going to pay for it, I'd rather do carpentry work!" β
As he spoke, Ian took out the documents he had to prove when he caught Bucky, handed them to Smoker, and said, "By the way, give me this bounty with you!" β
"......" Smoker was speechless for a while, took the document and looked at it, and found that the Bucky Pirates were also caught by this guy in front of him, that is to say, this time the navy will pay a bounty of more than 20 million to Ian at a time.
Such a rich guy actually chose to do carpentry work in order not to lose money? This really made Smoker not know what to say.
If Ian knew what Smoker was thinking, he would definitely scoff, what are you kidding, you want me to pay for it? I'm so poor that I want to rob the money, and I used to think about building a wooden shelf, if tens of thousands of Bailey can do it, then it's out, as long as I can get Smoker to give his bounty, but I thought that Smoker would be 50 million as soon as he opened his mouth, so Ian didn't plan to accompany him.
Isn't it just carpentry, don't blame me if it's crooked when the time comes!
It is estimated that Smoker also thought of this, and after a headache for a long time, he spoke: "In this way, I will give you a third choice, you stay at the naval base in Rogue Town, be a swordsmanship instructor for a year, and the execution table will be repaired by the navy, what do you think?" β
Ian looked at Smoker in bewilderment, wondering how he could suddenly throw out such a condition.
In fact, he didn't understand Smoker's current situation, although he saw that Smoker came to Rog Town to be the person in charge, but in fact, he was transferred from the Navy Headquarters to the East China Sea, which was a disguised punishment.
In this case, the manpower situation brought by Smoker can be imagined, the elite soldiers of the Navy who escorted him on the warship will return when the time comes, and the subordinates that Smoker can really use are only Dusty and a few others, and just came to Rog Town, what he saw was the performance of the navy here in the face of pirates, which made him feel that these people were even more useless.
The scene of Ian killing Creek with one knife made him realize that the pirate hunter in front of him was a good swordsmanship, so he suddenly moved in his heart and wanted to keep Ian as a swordsmanship instructor, in this way, firstly, he had a master available under his command, and secondly, he could also use Ian to train these naval soldiers in Rogue Town well, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
In fact, this kind of idea of wanting to pull into the navy when you see a good seedling, not only Karp, but also many officers in the navy, the advent of the era of pirates has made many navies feel understaffed, as long as the other party is not a pirate, if you can find a way to pull into the navy, you will definitely try it, so don't say that Ian has the identity of a pirate hunter, even if it is a real pirate, sometimes you can be flexible: That's how the Seven Martial Seas came!
Hearing Smoker's words, Ian shook his head desperately: "A year is too long, don't do it!" I'd better go carpentry! β
"And how long can you take it?" Smoker asked.
Ian thought about it and found that he really needed to stay in Rogue Town for a while, firstly, to wait for Karp to come back, hand him the letter written by Ace, and ask Karp if he could help by the way, and secondly, he had been out for so long, and he didn't know what happened to Master Koshiro and Sauron Guyina, while they were still in the East China Sea, maybe they had to write a letter to report their safety or something.
Since you want to stay for a while, it is not a problem to agree to Smoker's conditions, Smoker is talking about being a swordsmanship instructor, not to join the navy by himself, then he is also free, and he can leave whenever he wants.
Before going to sea, Master Koshiro asked Ian if he wanted to join the navy, and Ian shook his head and denied it, the navy is indeed huge, but seriously, he has too little relationship with the navy, after joining the navy, even if he can win a good rank and status with his strength, but he also loses his freedom, if he gives an order from above, let himself be stationed at the base of which island, he may stay for many years, and then everyone will be wasted!
Thanks to the card system, Ian must maintain his freedom, constantly challenging powerful opponents to gain experience and level up, while also finding ways to earn money and draw cards to increase his strength.
Although you don't have to rely entirely on the system on the road to becoming stronger, the system is a good auxiliary after all, Ian's current idea is to learn to be domineering as soon as possible, because if you don't expect it wrong, when you learn domineering, it should be transformed into a corresponding idea by the system, and it is a basic numerical thought! In this way, even if it is difficult to increase the attributes of the cards in the later stage, Ian's limit on the energy value will be much smaller.
Since he wants to remain free, then pirate hunters and pirates are the best choice, but Ian also understands that when the pirates are inevitably pursued by the navy, when their strength is not strong enough, provoking a huge force like the navy is looking for death, and he doesn't expect that he can have Luffy's luck and be able to save the day every time.
Ian is still confused about his long-term goals, he hasn't thought about becoming One Piece now, looking for Roger's great secret treasure or anything like that, those things are too far away, but he sees the short-term goals very clearly.
If the top war will still happen in the future, it means that the turmoil of the times is coming, and he may join the forces of a certain side at that time, but whether it is to become a pirate or a navy, or to become a revolutionary army, there is a premise for these, that is, he must have enough strength to protect himself, and now he has no qualifications to stand in line at all.
To put it simply, human beings live in the world just to survive.
Thinking like this, Ian had a better idea of understanding, and felt that the relationship with the navy should not be too stiff, so he raised a finger and said, "That's it, a month!" I'll be your swordsmanship instructor for this month, so don't mention it again if you pay compensation to the execution table or something, is that okay? β
Smoker originally felt that a month was too short, but judging by Ian's attitude, there seemed to be no possibility of concession, so he nodded in approval.
Ian snapped his fingers and said, "Refreshing, then please report the bounty first!" β
Smoker didn't know what was in mind, and unconsciously looked at the naval flag fluttering over the base in the distance.
"Think you'll be fine if you kick me out? It's a good thing, the bounty of the two pirates, together with the repair cost of this execution table, will give you a headache first! β