"How come it's the Devil's Triangle again, Polusalino senior......"

Standing on the bow deck of the "Touching Fish", Kuzan looked at the mysterious sea shrouded in fog in front of him with a puzzled expression, "Could it be that the old monster you said is here?" But if he's here, why didn't we go directly to Klockdahl in the first place? ”

"That's why Kuzan you are only a major general, and my predecessors are already lieutenant generals......"

With a smile on his face, Polusalino stepped out from behind Kuzan with his hands in his pockets, side by side.

"Huh?"

"Let me ask you, Kuzan, is our recruitment plan for His Majesty's Seven Martial Seas a task given to us by the Navy Headquarters, or is it directly ordered by the Five Old Stars, the rulers of the World Government?"

“…… Five old stars, what's wrong? ”

"That's the key! Ordinary tasks need to focus on efficiency, that's because we are directly responsible to the headquarters, and our mission funds are also allocated by the headquarters, and you don't know the character of the Warring States Marshal...... Once the budget is exceeded, we have to make up for the surplus ourselves...... This time, we can finally use the activity funds freely, why should we pay so much attention to efficiency? Why do you want to save money for the five old stars? I, senior, have already thought about it, I must resupply in the Chambord Islands a few more times! With the best supplies! Invoice five times as much! ”

“……”

"Besides, the sooner we complete our mission this time, the sooner the new mission assigned to us by the Marshal of the Warring States will be after returning to the headquarters...... In case you are given a Draco escort mission, do you say that you are uncomfortable? ”

“……”

"What's wrong? Why do you look at me like that? ”

“…… It's a miracle that you have such a good relationship with Lieutenant General Sakaski, and you haven't been killed by him......"

"Hey, Kuzan! What do you mean by that, boy? ”

"I mean, Lieutenant General Sakasky is jealous!"

……

"Yo ho ho

"Yo ho ho ho

"Why is someone singing? And the sound of the violin......"

"Unknown ships are observed in the fog ahead! It seems to be ...... A long-abandoned pirate ship!! ”

"Wait?! Be...... Skeletons singing?! The skeleton is alive!! ”

"Lieutenant General Polusalino! Oh no! There are ghosts!! The skeleton has been resurrected!! ”

……

Compared with the warships of the same specifications in the Navy Headquarters, the number of sailors on the "Touching Fish" is relatively small. But these people were specially selected by Polusalino in order to make up for his penchant for fishing, so almost everyone can be called an elite and have a wealth of combat experience.

But like the common disease of the vast majority of people in this world, more than half of these elite sailors are afraid of ghosts......

Therefore, after observing the abandoned pirate ship gradually emerging from the fog and approaching, and the scene on the deck where the skeleton with an explosive head was playing the violin flexibly, the exclamations of the male sailors mixed with the screams of the female sailors resounded throughout the "Touching Fish".

"Do you want to open fire, Lieutenant General! I've already prayed with a cross on the shell! ”

"I'll go to the kitchen and get garlic, Lieutenant General!"

"Destroy this goblin with your invincible light, Lieutenant General! It's terrible! ”

......

"Please...... Please don't fire! I don't mean anything malicious!! ”

The violin in the hands of the Exploding Head Skull suddenly stopped, and he was taken aback by the reaction of the marines.

"Mama, don't get excited~"

Polusalino took a leap and jumped directly onto the deck of the abandoned pirate ship, and Kuzan followed closely with the moon step.

"Yo ho ho ho ho ~ This Mr. Navy, are you the captain of this warship? I heard them call you Lieutenant General? My name is Brooke, I'm a musician, and I don't mean anything. ”

The skeleton named Brooke had a strange laugh, but its slightly bowed posture was quite elegant.

"I know you, the musician of the Rumba Pirates, Brooke known as 'Nose Song', the powerhouse of the Yellow Springs Fruit, right?"

Porusalino touched the stubble on his chin and looked at each other with interest, and smiled straight to the point, "I wonder if you remember a small island whale named 'Rab'?" It's at the mouth of the Great Voyage, at the place called Twin Heads, and has been waiting for you for years......"

……

Although Polusalino and Kuzan were out on a recruitment mission for the Seven Martial Seas, due to his early arrangement, the new phone bug system, which was already able to operate automatically, not only did not stop, but also carried out the first closed beta test of the strong world game, which he had high hopes for, in the name of the phone bug clan.

And since this is the first closed beta, the selected players must be representative and influential figures in the pirate world. Under the dark manipulation of Polusalino in advance, 5,000 "Chosen Ones" received an invitation to the closed beta on their personal phone bugs.

……

Naval Headquarters, Marin Vando.

In a spacious, bright office in a majestic fortress building, a man sits behind a desk, a cigar in his mouth, and a crimson telephone bug in his hand, tinkering with something.

The man was quite tall, dressed in a dark red suit, wearing a navy hat and a rose on his chest. And behind him, a white righteous coat fluttered in the wind, and the rank on the epaulette was dazzling.

It is none other than the leader of the new generation of the Navy, one of the three famous natural monsters in the headquarters - Sakasky, the magma fruit ability.

Unlike the other two natural monsters, Polusalino and Kuzan, this serious-looking powerhouse has always been a hawk with a tough personality in the navy. He has offended many people within the world government, but he has also won the respect and support of many young naval colonels.

And because of the previous O'Hara mission, this monster sailor and his colleague, Polusalino, the Shining Fruit Ability, were promoted to Vice Admiral of the Navy Headquarters together, and became a real senior admiral and a stalwort.

But if someone is in his office at this time, he will definitely be shocked when he sees the current situation of this "naval killing god", and he will not even be able to believe his eyes at all......

At this moment, Sakasky's eyes were fixed on the upgraded screen of the phone bug, and he kept swiping his fingers on the phone bug's abdomen. The look of concentration was unprecedented, and it seemed that even the information about the pirates he was most concerned about on weekdays could not distract him in the slightest.

And his mouth was still whispering to himself:

"Can you find a way to become stronger in this? It's unbelievable...... But since it's a new feature launched by the mysterious phone bug family, there must be something left......"

The screen is a dynamic login screen designed by Polusalino in the "strong world" - a raised cliff from the player's point of view, a rain of falling meteorites, and a forest that has been eroded by floods...... All kinds of elements with a man's unique romance are intertwined, so that any normal man can't help but shine.

Above the cliff there is a slowly moving progress bar with a small line below the progress bar: It may take some time to land for the first time, please be patient......

Finally, when Sakasky was already starting to hit the table with his fingers, the progress bar, which was marked by a fuse of a burning shell, was finally 100% at the point. The dynamic image paused for a moment, and then quickly turned into a sea of rolling waves. A few news birds flew in the blue sky, and a deep male voice immediately sounded:

"The boundless sea, the vast world, who is the strongest?"

"The answer to this question is unknown to no one for a variety of reasons – but in the world of strong world, we may be able to know......"

"Unknown adventurer, now that you've opened the door to strongworld, you must be ready! Sprinkle! Let's decide who is the strongest king on an absolutely fair platform!! ”

The male voice that changed from low to passionate disappeared, the sea surface also disappeared, and the perspective of the screen quickly increased, and what appeared in front of Sakasky's eyes was the scene of Marin Fando of the Navy Headquarters from a bird's-eye view!

This scene of Marin Vando is so vivid that it even makes Sakasky wonder if this scene was really shot from above Marin Vando (in fact, it was actually shot by Polusalino).

Just as Sakasky pondered why there was a scene of the Navy headquarters Marin Vando, a sweet female voice that was still familiar to him sounded.

(The customer service voice of the official phone of the phone bug family?) Why is it ...... ）

"Hello Dear Competitors! Welcome to the Absolutely Fair World of Competitive Force! I'm Barbara, your onboarding ambassador, and I'll walk you through getting acquainted with and getting up to speed on Strong World......"

"A total of ten competitors will be divided into red and blue factions in the Strong World Showdown, and now you are looking at the blue base Marin Vando. As a blue competitor, your ultimate and only goal in a duel is to protect your own base and destroy it. ”

(Does it sound like it's not just about individual force, it's also about teamwork and strategy...... ）

……

At the same time, a similar scene in Sakasky's office is happening in other parts of the world.

For example, the station of the New World Big Mom Pirates, the waters of Totland.

"What?! The old lady actually wants to protect Marin Fando?! Are you kidding! Who do you think the old lady is!! ”

Charlotte Lingling's roar made the sprawling castle on Cake Island tremble, and the Homitz created by her power curled up.

"Mom, what's wrong?!"

"Is there another guy who doesn't have long eyes to make Mom angry?!"

"It's horrible! It's scary! ”

……

"Dear Athlete, are you quitting Strong World? Because it is now in the closed beta stage, if you quit this time, you will no longer be able to log in to strongworld before the open beta~"

"Huh?! Does this need to be asked? Old lady ......"

Charlotte Lingling's words paused, and she suddenly remembered the game called Tetris99 that brought her a lot of joy. Curious, she once purchased a cake and dessert themed skin in the game, and since then she has been out of control ever since, and it is uncomfortable not to play for two hours a day......

She remembered the audiobook feature launched by the phone bug, and the one in it was priced at 1999 Bailey, and she had heard it more than a hundred times about the bedtime story of various races living happily together......

"Dear Competitor, are you quitting Strongworld?"

Barbara's sweet voice sounded again.

“…… Mother...... Don't quit! ”

"Thank you for making the right choice, then I will move on to the defense turret ......"

……

“frist blood！” (First blood!) ）

"How could I have been killed by three turrets?! That's impossible!! ”

Sakasky looked at the screen that had turned black and white, and couldn't help but slam his fist on the desk, and said angrily, "Not to mention the 128-pounder gun on this defensive turret, even the fortress cannon of Marin Fando can't hurt me in the slightest!" And the speed of the character's action is too slow! Even if I used the weight of that guy in Polusalinno, it would be impossible for me to move so slowly! ”

"And! Why can't my attack destroy the red side's defensive turrets, and why do I have to attack four times to destroy the normal pirate warships on the red side? This is so fake!! ”

"Hello dear competitors, the character you chose, 'Vice Admiral Sakasky of the Navy Headquarters', is positioned as a warrior, and it is true that he can't withstand three attacks from the defensive turret at the first level~ As for the authenticity, Barbara recommends that you act according to the guidelines given by Barbara in the novice teaching level~ You also need to keep in mind the various rules introduced by Barbara~"

……

"Ask the Competitor to officially name your character!"

Lieutenant General Karp, who had been idle all day long, quickly completed the novice level, and although there were still many things he didn't understand, this thing called strongwolrd really interested him.

Thinking, "Can you do it again soon?", he said his real name almost without thinking: "Monchi D. Karp!" ”

"Dear Competitor, the name you chose is the same as the character name, so you can't use it~Please change your name~"

"Karp!"

"Dear Competitor, the name you chose is the same as the character name, so you can't use it~Please change your name~"

"Karp can't do it either...... That...... Grandpa Karp! ”

"Dear competitors, the name you chose cannot be used because it involves sensitive characters~Please change the name~"

"That's not going to work, that'...... The old man loves to eat senbei! ”

"Dear competitor, are you sure you want to use 'the old man loves to eat senbei' as your name?"

"Sure, sure! So what are you talking about! Hurry up and give the old man another game! ”

……

Sakasky spent two hours in the Strong World, and it wasn't until his lieutenant, Ghost Spider, came to call him for dinner.

On the way to the Navy canteen, Sakasky, who didn't like to talk much, didn't say a word, and his mind was full of what had just happened. If it were an ordinary sailor walking beside him, he would definitely be oppressed by the strange atmosphere around him at this time, and his breathing would not be smooth. But fortunately, Ghost Spider is quite familiar with Sakasky's personality, and he doesn't like to talk much, so the silence between the two seems to be very harmonious.

Sakasky is completely captivated by the novelty of the Strong World, but whether it's the variety of playable characters sold in the Marketplace, including the Sea Pirates, the dazzling in-game purchasable items that all swordsmen will love to have in mind, or the intricately designed Red Base Hive Island...... And so on these things are not enough for Sakasky to care so much, what really makes him think about it all the time are actually two things.

First, his colleague Polusalino somehow did not become a playable character like him and Kuzan, but instead became a statue in the deepest part of the Blue Base Marinfando - when Sakasky tried to enter the depths of the Blue Base as the Red faction, which is where Barbara told him about the "Spring". A laser suddenly fires out from the statue of Polusalino, killing the 18-level warrior "Vice Admiral Sakasky of the Admiralty Headquarters" with 5,000 HP under his control.

Sakasky tried again a second and third time, and the result was still exactly the same - the laser shot from the hand of the statue of Polusalino instantly evaporated his character, whether he chose himself, or he resisted his disgust and chose Big Mom, the most vulnerable character in the game, Barbara told him.

This makes Sakasky can't help but think of the strength of Polusalino in reality, especially the other day when Polusalino turned into a giant tree of light, and that miraculous act brought him unprecedented shock and frustration. Coupled with his repeated experiments in the strong world today, Sakasky only felt extremely bitter inside.

(Is Polusalino already that strong?) Even the phone bug clan knows it very well...... Is...... Alas...... ）

Second, when Sakasky used the character "Vice Admiral Sakasky of the Navy Headquarters" in the game, he unexpectedly found that although this character was exactly the same as himself, the four skills were completely different from his own. These skills inspired Sakasky to wonder if he could do the same in reality.

Especially when his character is upgraded to level 6, he gets the ultimate "Destruction Lava Burst Bomb", which has an apocalyptic attack effect that makes Sakasky's heart even more - if he can implement such a move in reality, he must be even more desperate to see his pirates!

In fact, these four skills are very much in line with Sakasky's liking, in addition to themselves. For a long time, the names of Sakasky's moves have been very "plain", what magma fist, magma giant fist, magma super giant fist, magma three-headed dog...... The only one with a cool name, "Fury of Anubis", was copied by him after reading the storybook given to him by the ghost spider. And the names of these four moves, not to mention anything else, just the "dog bite red lotus" made Sakasky's eyes light up.

While depicting the characteristics of his own moves, it also contains elements of his favorite flowers, and there is also a feeling of a tiger sniffing roses!

- Very nice name, but the next second it's my Sakasky!

……

After eating lunch in silence, Sakasky took the initiative to speak, "Ghost spider...... You, do you have something called strongworld on your phone bug? ”

The ghost spider was stunned, "Hmm...... Lieutenant General Sakasky, are you talking about this strongworld, is it a software? ”

"Software?" Sakasky frowned, "What is this?" ”

"It's the kind of thing you mentioned by Lieutenant General Sakasky, which was explained in the changelog sent by the phone bug clan a few days ago...... I don't know why it's called this, but it's official. ”

The ghost spider replied.

"I see...... Yes, I'm talking about strongworld as a software. Do you have a phone bug on it? ”

"Nope."

The ghost spider shook his head decisively.

"Hmmm......"

"But Lieutenant General Sakaski, I received a text message from the official phone bug clan yesterday, saying that there is such a software, but I haven't had time to ...... it yet."

The voice of the ghost spider became smaller and smaller as the corners of Sakasky's mouth slowly hooked, and his face couldn't help but show an unbelievable, or more accurately, a shocked expression - his boss Sakasky would actually laugh without Lieutenant General Polusalino?

When Sakasky saw the ghost spider's expression, he also realized that he had lost his temper. He instantly changed back to a serious expression, and after coughing twice, he said:

"Ahem, what's that...... Ghost Spider, you can install the software called Strong World in a moment, and we'll talk about it in depth in the afternoon. ”

"Uh, good...... Lieutenant General Sakasky, have you already used this software? ”

"Slightly and slightly."

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