The province of water.

"Leave the construction of the Tower of the Sun to me, why bother to stop the water, you come here in person." Hinata Qingyuan chuckled at Shisui.

"It's not that pirates have been rampant recently on the side of the Water Travel Province, and there are some powerful people among these pirates, Your Majesty ordered me to supervise the construction here, and it was originally Kakashi's predecessor who was in charge, but he recently had another mission, and it fell on me." Zhishui also said with a smile at Qingyuan.

Speaking of pirates, Hinata Qingyuan also sighed: "These pirates who suddenly appeared are really a headache, although they have also settled down a lot after strengthening their armament, but it also makes many people dare not go to sea easily, and the merchants who apply for ninja escorts every day are about to stomp on the door frame of my office." ”

Zhishui asked, "Aren't there enough people?" I think there are quite a lot of registered ninjas here in the province of Water. ”

Hinata Qingyuan said: "The number of registered ninjas is a lot, yes, but ninjas are also divided into different levels, and the accompanying escorts of these merchants going to sea must be above the middle ninja, and the original fog is hidden first, and there are dozens of people at every turn, and they all want to find some way from me." ”

Zhishui couldn't help but laugh and said: "It's such a big shelf, and the guards of those famous princes in the past are only of such specifications." ”

Hinata Kiyoto said: "Who made the ninjas worthless now, and these merchants are not short of money. ”

After the ninja restructuring, the ninja who were originally wandering in the market have a formal establishment, and the ninja base has increased a lot, which makes the ninja worthless, and the businessman goes to the ninja union to issue a guard mission, and in an instant you can see a large number of people surrounding to find a job.

Of course, this situation does not apply to the upper ninja, in the context of such an era, the strong are still popular, and now there are many small guild organizations emerging in each province, and most of the upper ninja are the leaders or high-level leaders of these small guilds, just like the mercenaries in the past, but they are still controlled by the trade union, and the empire has formulated a strict legal policy, limiting the number and behavior of small guilds.

"Now the development of the Water Travel Province has been seriously affected by this group of pirates, and the pirate rebellion must be quelled as soon as possible."

Zhishui muttered: "Don't worry, Your Majesty is already working on this matter, and it will be effective soon." ”

Hinata Qingyuan also bowed his head and said, "I naturally firmly believe that Your Majesty can succeed." ”

After that, he laughed again: "Don't talk about this, it's not easy for you to come to the water trip to save once, give me a chance to entertain you today." ”

"Senior Qingyuan is polite."

The Ten Crowned Guards have a high status in the empire, and now most of the people in the village, even the elders of the same clan, have to be called "Lord Zhishui" when they see Zhishui, of course, Hinata Qingyuan is not among them, who made him surnamed Hinata.

"The water stop is showing its might at the exchange meeting, and the ninjas of the entire empire can see it clearly, if you let the ninjas of the water province know that you are here, I don't know how many fans you will recruit."

"Hahaha, Qingyuan's predecessors are too famous."

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The City of Mist, the main city of the Province of Water, was also the capital of the original Land of Water, and after the establishment of the Empire, the City of Mist was renovated, and the entire government agency was replaced by people sent by the Empire.

The Straw Hats all changed into traditional local costumes, and apart from Chopper, they were not very eye-catching.

"Robin, why are we here?"

"That's right, it's good to go directly after the supplies are replenished, if it is discovered by the navy, it will be troublesome."

Faced with Luffy and Usopp's inquiry, Nami couldn't help but scold: "Stupid, you don't have a record pointer, and you want to get lost at sea!" ”

Robin patiently explained: "I found that this country is a little special, it seems that it is completely out of contact with the information of the outside world, and the people here don't know the navy and the world government at all, and they don't even know Bailey, so I want to investigate it carefully here." ”

The previous town was probably attacked by pirates and was too vigilant, so everyone came to the city.

Sanji said, "If it's just a small country in the middle of nowhere, it's not worth our effort. ”

Robin shook his head and said, "A city of this level of prosperity can't be from a small remote country. ”

She smiled, "And seeing something new is part of a nautical adventure, isn't it?" ”

Sanji instantly lost his resistance to her smile and nodded with a smile.

"That's what Miss Robin said!"

"Why don't we find a place to eat first, I want to eat meat!" Luffy said with great interest, he didn't care about staying here for the time being.

Nami said helplessly: "It's a trouble to lose money, so I can only pawn some things first." ”

"Don't we still have a lot of gold? ”

The gold was obtained from the Sky Island not long ago, and Nami brought some with her on this trip, and gold is hard currency everywhere.

I found a shop and exchanged some local currency, but I couldn't resist Luffy's request and walked into a barbecue restaurant.

Everyone was curious to see the grill and the slices of fresh meat on the plate, and it was the first time they tried this way of eating, but fortunately, Sanji quickly mastered the essentials and took on the job of roasting meat for everyone.

"Luffy, don't eat it all at once, leave a little for everyone!"

"Bastard Luffy!"

On the other side, Usopp argued because he ordered alcohol but was suspected of being underage by the store, and the store also pointed to Chopper and said: "Pets are not allowed to be brought into the store, you have to add money!" ”

This annoyed Chopper: "I'm not a pet!" ”

The shopkeeper was startled when he saw Chopper's words, and then looked up and down: "It's a ninja beast...... I'm here to serve you a drink, please wait. ”

Robin was not preoccupied with eating, and looked at the people around him, trying his best to listen to their conversations, but most of them were trivial things that were not nutritious.

I also heard some words like "union", "ninja", and "exchange meeting".

In the middle of the meal, a man suddenly rushed into the barbecue restaurant and shouted, "Everyone, Uchiha Shisui-sama has come to the City of Mist!" It's with the union now! ”

Not only was he shouting, but similar words were faintly heard on the street outside.

Seeing that many people got up directly to settle the bill, Robin couldn't help but pull one of them and asked, "Excuse me, who is Lord Uchiha Shisui?" ”

The man suddenly looked at Robin with an alien-looking expression.

Robin laughed, "We're all from the surrounding islands, and we don't know anything on land. ”

This person looked impatient: "One of the ten crown guards, Lord Uchiha Shisui, don't hinder me, there must be more people waiting for the next person!" ”

The Straw Hats couldn't help but look at each other, Luffy's mouth was stuffed with meat, and his eyes were full of clarity and stupidity.

Nami asked, "Do you want to check it out?" ”

Robin said: "I saw this name in the local newspaper, it should be some big shot. ”

The crowd also left the barbecue shop, looking at the crowd of people swarming towards one place on the street, and also approached.

Mist City Ninja Guild Division.

Countless ninjas gathered here, and Uchiha Shisui was standing on a temporary high platform to tell everyone about the construction of the twenty-third tower of the sun, because it was an urgent project, so a group of ninjas were needed to act as laborers, and participants could receive a C-level mission reward when the project was completed.

C-class missions are not very advanced tasks, but in such a period of scarcity of tasks, they are very attractive to these ninjas, and most of the tasks issued by the guild are stolen by some small guild organizations on weekdays, and now you can get a sum of money by selling some coolies.

After the water stop was finished, the union also posted a large notice detailing the task, and the water stop asked those who wanted to sign up to line up to register.

When Luffy and the others came to the union, they found that there were so many people that they couldn't even squeeze in the gate, and there was a lot of noise, and they heard shouts such as "Lord Stop the Water" from time to time.

Usopp couldn't help but mutter, "What the hell is this Lord Shui Shui, so many people come to see him." ”

His words were heard by a crowded crowd of passers-by, and they immediately mocked: "Where did the turtle come from, even Lord Zhishui doesn't know." ”

"Huh?!" Usopp was scolded, and his anger soared in an instant, and he was still being stopped by Nami, and now it is not easy to make trouble.

Robin was tall and stood out from the crowd, and she saw from a distance that in the hall inside the gate, countless people were clustered around a person on a high platform.

The man seemed to be aware of this, and suddenly glanced at her.

The other party's eyes suddenly made Robin's heart palpitate, and he said to his companion, "Let's go." ”

"Eh, don't you see it?"

"Robin, what's wrong?"

Everyone left the crowd according to Robin's wishes, but they didn't understand what was happening, just as they had just walked through a street, suddenly a purple light hit the sky, and the Straw Hats and a group of five people and a deer were instantly enveloped.

"What's going on?"

"I can't move!"

Several people who were illuminated by the restraining light froze in place, unable to move, and the surrounding passers-by turned away from them one after another.

After a while, Luffy and the others saw a group of people in standard costumes rushing over, the same as the law enforcers in the town where they first landed.

The leader held a strange instrument and swept it towards Luffy and the others one by one, and the indicator light lit up red.

The person reached out and pressed the mini communicator on his ear: "Confirmed, it can be transferred." ”

Luffy and the others only felt a flower in front of them, and when they came back to their senses, they were already in a cell, with three walls, locked by iron railings.

"What's going on?"

"Where is this?"

Everyone was still in a daze, and the sudden change was completely unexpected.

"Are we being caught?" Sanji looked at the surroundings and frowned.

Everybody's here...... If it weren't for Sauron staying to watch the ship, I'm afraid it would have been wiped out directly.

"Let me come!"

Luffy lay on the iron railing and exerted all his strength, and the arm-thick iron railing twisted and deformed under his strength.

Seeing this, Robin immediately used his fruit ability to help destroy the cage together.

At this moment, the door of the cell opened, and the people who came in were surprised to see Luffy and the others bending the cage with their own strength.

"Stop!"

"Come on! A few of them want to break from prison! ”

Several ninjas rushed in, armed with long sticks to stop Luffy's movements.

Seeing this, Usopp directly pulled out his slingshot weapon.

"Nirvana, Egg Star!"

The space of the cell was very narrow, and it was even more cramped when so many people poured in, and there was no room to hide, and the black shadow shot from the slingshot exploded on one person's face, and the smell of coaxing suddenly diffused his mouth.

"It stinks! What taste?! ”

"Damn! This bastard is attacking me with shit! ”

"Damn it! It's rotten eggs! ”

Luffy took advantage of this gap and finally succeeded in opening a gap in the iron railing, and the whole person ejected, quickly knocking a group of ninjas to the ground.

His expression was excited: "Get out!" ”

Leaving the cell was a long, dimly lit corridor with only light at the exit, and the crowd ran forward at a rapid pace, but when they managed to get out of the cell, they were stunned by the scene before them.

It was a large circular arena surrounded by cage buildings, stacked on top of each other for three floors, as if it were a gladiatorial arena, and there were no spectators.

"There's a new guy coming in!"

"The two chicks are good-looking!"

"I recognize them, they are the Straw Hat Pirates, and the Straw Hat Kid has a reward of 100 million!"

"Can this small bounty be 100 million?"

Luffy and the others looked around, and after losing their minds, Nami was surprised, "These people ...... They can't all be pirates!"

It should be said that the captured pirates, these detainees are dressed very similarly to the pirates they know.

"Luffy." Sanji said suddenly.

"Look who that is!" He gestured to a prison cell in the distance.

Luffy looked down and saw that the person in the prison did not heak like the others, but leaned against the wall very calmly, and he could see his face clearly.

Robin next to "Crocodall ......" said in a low voice, she had worked under the other party, so she was naturally very familiar with him.

"Has one of the Seven Martial Seas been locked up, what the hell is this place?!" Nami said with a solemn expression.

At this moment, a figure appeared on the high platform not far away, looking at them condescendingly

"Hey, newcomer, go back to prison honestly, and avoid some flesh and skin."

When Luffy heard this, he just reached out and pressed the straw hat.

"Don't!"

Robin, Sanji and the others are also ready to fight.

On the high platform, the wolfberry Yakura didn't plan to make a move, but just took out the communicator and whispered twice.

Once again, a pillar of purple light shot from the sky, enveloping them.

It's this trick again......

The few people who were illuminated by the light of restraint suddenly couldn't move, and Luffy gritted his teeth and tried his best to resist but it was useless.

"Locked up."

Goji Yakura instructed the people beside him.

Luffy and the others, who had just come out of the cage for only a few minutes, were brought back to the prison with chains on their hands and feet.

Usopp and Chopper were babbling and cursing at the jailer.

Robin sighed, "It's all my fault, everyone was arrested." ”

Nami and Sanji reassured her that she didn't have to care, just find a way to escape.

"It seems like all the pirates are being held here."

Pirates' Prison ......

Luffy stood alone in front of the iron window and was silent.

"Luffy, what's wrong with you?"

"Luffy, have you thought of anything?"

All eyes were on their captain, hoping that he would find a way to escape.

Luffy stared out of the bars, then took a deep breath and shouted outside.

"Zoro! Come and save us! ”

"Zoro !!"

(End of chapter)