Chapter 20: Rats
"Report to Captain Bucky, we are about to enter the jurisdiction of the Sixteenth Branch of the Navy." The Bucky Pirates' unicycle swordsman, Kabaji, put down his binoculars and turned back to his captain and said, "Are you sure we're really going there?" It's not a good idea to head towards a naval base. ”
He didn't know what his captain was crazy about the other day, and as a pirate, he wanted to run to the naval base.
Even if the strength of the sixteenth branch is not enough to look at, but how can it be said that it is also a navy, and the artillery on a warship is not much weaker than the bucky gun in terms of power.
"Shut up, I've got my mind." Bucky, who pretended to close his eyes and recuperate, opened his eyes impatiently and dismissed Kabaji with a brutal attitude.
"Bring the guys from the Black Cat Pirates, and Uncle Ben will use them to exchange the bounty for the navy later!"
Regardless of whether his subordinates' jaws that had fallen to the ground after hearing his words could be picked up, Bucky was just honestly completing the task that Zoro had assigned him.
Fortunately, Zoro did not let Bucky personally go into battle to accompany him to receive the reward, but asked him to send a subordinate with no name, no bounty and no criminal record, to escort the tightly bound Chloe and others to the 16th branch of the Navy.
A small boat carrying 6 people was rowed fast by the little pirate minion who had no sense of existence, although Zoro had the intention to let the other party not work so hard, and he would have no strength when he returned later, but where could the little pirate minion stand Sauron's politeness, and immediately mistakenly thought that Zoro disliked that he was rowing fast enough, and the two unicorn arms holding the oar turned fast.
The distance from the disembarkation of the Bucky to the 16th branch of the Navy was almost 5 nautical miles, and it took less than an hour to row the boat with the pirate brothers, which had to make Zoro feel that the potential of people was infinite, and the Wind Blade was also amazed by the physical fitness of the inhabitants of the pirate world.
You must know that even in the Valoran Continent, it is difficult to find ordinary people with such physical strength.
Fortunately, the sun was not too hot in the morning, and both Zoro and the pirate boy wore a peaked cap to shade the sun, so overall it was not bad. It's just that the four of them are dressed in extremely heat-absorbing black outfits, and the Bucky Pirates basically only give one meal a day, so they don't have much strength when they are hungry, and they are even more dizzy when they are exposed to the sun.
finally got ashore, and the hypnotist Zangao, whose physical strength is basically negligible, is already the same as a dehydrated salted fish, and the cat man brothers are better but not much better, only Chloe has always said nothing with a cold face.
Zoro could probably guess what he might be paying attention to, maybe he would suddenly come out later to reveal his relationship with the Bucky Pirates, putting him in a situation where it was difficult to discern his innocence.
It's just that Zoro is not a fool, the pirate brother who came with him was specially selected by him, there are no scars, no tattoos, no fierce face and temperament, strong and strong, but the face is honest like a peasant uncle, no one can see that this is a pirate.
There are many losses, and Sauron has also gained experience, and he has learned to prevent problems before they happen.
Of course, the safest way is actually to directly turn Chloe into a dead man, but it is too bloody and violent, and it is not very in line with Zoro's usual behavior and the light-hearted style of this book, so he just knocks Chloe and the others unconscious.
In order to save some effort, he only started when he was close to the naval base, so that he didn't have to drag the four people too far away.
"What do you guys do?" As he approached the naval base, the navy standing guard stopped Sauron, looking at this strange combination, he couldn't figure out what Sauron meant.
Zoro got straight to the point: "I am a bounty hunter who captured Chloe, the captain of the Black Cat Pirates, and his men. ”
"What?" The naval soldier standing guard had a strange look on his face when he heard this, and he said with a mocking face: "The Black Cat Pirates have long been wiped out by the Wind Pirates, where do you go to find the survivors?" If you want to cheat the bounty, you should also learn about the current affairs first. ”
Possessing Crow by the collar and lifting him up, Zoro pointed Crow's slightly pale face at the navy soldier, and took out the newspaper with Crow's wanted notice and put it in front of the navy soldier: "You take a closer look, can you get it right." ”
The navy soldiers fixed their eyes and found that the captured guy in front of them was really one of the only tens of millions of pirates in the East China Sea - Bai Ji Chloe, and he didn't dare to snub Zoro for a while, and after asking Zoro to wait for a while, he turned around and ran into the base to report the situation.
The wait was not long, and not long after being ushered into the waiting room, Zoro met a colonel from the sixteenth branch base, and unlike the colonel of the Shelds Town Naval Base, this colonel of the sixteenth branch also dealt with Sauron, to be precise, by Nami.
If the Colonel of Shelds is still an upright person, then the Colonel of the 16th Branch in front of him, who looks like a mouse, is an out-and-out scum and shameless scum.
Just like his nickname, Colonel Rat has a mouse-like appearance and heart, greedy, despicable and shameless, not only accepting bribes from pirates, but even colluding with pirates to scourge the East China Sea and oppress the people, which is simply the purest villain + villain role.
The first bounty of the Straw Hat Pirates was also achieved with the help of this guy, and it can be said that it was this scum that made the Straw Hat Pirates "official".
"You're the one who captured a hundred Chloes?" With one hand behind his back and the other touching the mouse's beard next to his nose, the suspicion on Colonel Mouse's face was exactly the same as that of the one in Sheldstown, making Zoro wonder if this was a necessary exercise for the Navy to practice dealing with bounty hunters.
"Yes." Zoro nodded, thinking about how to fix this naval scum if Colonel Rat didn't admit it and wanted to withhold the bounty he deserved.
Maybe you can sneak in in the middle of the night and slaughter it (unmistakable)?
No, it's easy to be targeted by the Navy.
Then dig a hole in the warship when this cargo goes to sea to "patrol" and let him be buried in the sea?
This is okay, but there is a clear schedule for Colonel Mouse, and it is difficult to arrange the time.
Just when Sauron was already planning how to deal with Colonel Mouse, Colonel Rat had already instructed his subordinates to verify the information, and after verifying that it was correct, Colonel Rat conveniently asked his subordinates to prepare a bounty, and congratulated Zoro with a smile:
"This little hero is really young and promising, he can already capture such a powerful pirate at a young age."
Well said, but this compliment didn't make Zoro feel even a trace of sincerity.
After all, would such a money-greedy guy really be kind enough to give away so much money?
Zoro didn't think so, and looking at Colonel Mouse's flickering squints, he decided that something must be wrong at this time, this guy must have some bad idea.
And sure enough, just after Zoro left with a huge bounty, Colonel Mouse pulled out a phone bug from his arms.
"Hey, dragon, there's a big deal coming to the door."