Chapter 57: Culpability
"Did you all see that? That one was a sea king just now? ”
"Good...... It seems to be ......"
"That guy's size is at least a thousand meters......"
For the rest of his life, several people were still staring blankly at the sea where the huge creatures had disappeared, especially Tom, the shipwright, as the indigenous inhabitants of the water capital, had experienced so many 'water gods', and only now did he realize that the culprit that caused this natural disaster could be the cause of the sea kings, and he couldn't help himself for a long time when he thought of this.
The wind has subsided, the rain has stopped, and the water capital has been in shambles after the tsunami.
Fortunately, Saitama's punch dispersed the ferocity of the tsunami, so the damage and damage caused by the disaster was the slightest in years, but a third of the city was still in ruins.
The disaster relief and repair work was carried out for half a month, and finally came to an end, but after this disaster, Saitama walked the streets and found that the city was much deserted, with fewer and fewer tourists, and even fewer and fewer shipbuilding guests, and even Saitama could feel that the water capital was in a slump.
Half a month after the gods of water, Tom, who had completed the renovation of the city, began to build a new ship for Roger according to the agreement, before the start of construction, Tom also deliberately found Roger and others to see the drawings of the new ship, Saitama found that after experiencing the last incident of the gods of water, Tom's attitude towards himself and Roger and others was obviously much more enthusiastic, and several people talked like old friends who had been friends for many years, maybe this is the transformation of people's emotions after experiencing life and death together, Saitama guessed.
"Ah, uncle, are you going to go out?"
Roger and Saitama came to Tom's shipbuilding studio, but today Tom did not go to the dockyard to start shipbuilding, but was packing up some materials and changing his outfit, obviously preparing to go out.
Seeing Saitama and Roger and the others walking in, Tom laughed and responded: "Yes, every year after the gods of water, the mayor will convene a meeting of everyone, and I just take this opportunity to sort out the giant sea kings I saw that day and other things that need to be reported, the whole island is the size of the sea kings!" This is a very important matter, I was going to report to the mayor that day, but that guy suddenly left the day after the arrival of the gods of water, really, the mayor was not in charge at such a critical time. Tom rarely complained.
"Okay, I'm leaving, I'm afraid I'll be back late today, but I'll be in a hurry at night."
"It's okay, we can wait a little longer."
Tom and Roger had a few brief words, and then Tom left with his assistant Cocoro, leaving Yokozuna as the only frog to watch the house in the studio, and Roger and Saitama had nothing to do, so they simply played a game of checkers with Yokozuna.
In the conference room of the Water City Hall, the chief shipwrights of the seven major shipbuilding companies are all gathered here today.
"Did you hear that? Tom, that guy is actually building a ship for pirates! ”
"Even if the shipbuilding business in the water capital is not good now, it can't build ships for the vicious guys like pirates, this kind of person is the world's number one shipwright, it's really a shame for our shipwrights."
"That's it! Later, when the mayor and Tom's old fellow arrived, we must make sure to talk to the mayor. ”
The shipwrights had already made up their minds, and the door to the conference room was opened, and the mayor walked in with his secretary, followed by Tom, who was not very pretty.
When everyone was seated, the mayor spoke:
"Ladies and gentlemen, at this year's meeting, there is a very unbelievable news that I want to share with you, and when this news is spoken, everyone's reaction may be very intense, please be mentally prepared." After the mayor finished speaking, he looked at Tom: "Tom, you can tell everyone." ”
Tom looked up, and the shipwrights sitting around him also looked at him, and Tom could clearly feel that some of them were not looking at him with friendly eyes.
But it doesn't matter that Tom's mind is not on them at all, not to mention, his peers are enemies, and his relationship with other shipwrights has always been not very good, especially those in the seven major companies, who often look for trouble for no reason, but this news is related to the fate of the entire water capital, which is very important.
Tom groaned and said, "On the day of the arrival of the Water Gods, a few friends and I saw a giant Sea King the size of an island on the city wall, and I guess that the Water God may have something to do with the Sea King. ”
After Tom finished speaking, the whole conference room was in an uproar.
"A giant sea king the size of an island is outside of our city? Are you kidding! ”
"Never since the establishment of the Water Capital has there been any record of such a large Sea King invading the city, and you mean to say that the Water Gods were caused by giant Sea Kings? It's just nonsense! ”
"However, there is something strange about the gods of water, and it is said that eight hundred years ago, the water capital was rarely hit by a tsunami, and perhaps Tom has a point."
There was a lot of discussion about Tom's news, but the vast majority of them were skeptical, and a few of them had a very strong denial of this claim.
"Alright, everyone, be quiet." At this point, the mayor interrupted the discussion in the conference room.
"Tom, we all know about the feat you did on the day the gods of water arrived, but I'm sorry I can't believe what you said about the giant sea king."
"But the mayor, and several of my other friends have seen it with their own eyes, and if they can, they can all testify that I am not lying."
"Old Tom, who knows if you're colluding to create panic in the city."
"yes, stop talking nonsense."
Seeing the attitude of these people, Tom couldn't help but frown in puzzlement.
"Mayor, you probably don't know about Old Tom, do you?" One of the shipwrights said suddenly.
The mayor was slightly stunned when he heard this, and asked with some surprise: "About Tom?" What's the matter? ”
"Tom is actually building a ship for pirates! This is a thing that helps to make abuse! ”
"Yes, Lord Mayor, Tom builds ships for pirates, this is discrediting all the shipwrights in our water capital, this guy really doesn't care about it for the sake of money!"
"Is this true? Tom. The mayor asked.
"I think you're all wrong, there is no ship in this world that is a pirate ship from the beginning, as long as the people on board are pirate flags, the ship becomes a pirate ship, with the flag of the navy, and the ship is a naval ship, which has nothing to do with us shipbuilders, my Tom just did a job that a shipbuilder should do."
"Sophistry! Nonsense! ”
When Tom finished speaking, the boatmen rebuked them even more fiercely.
"Lord Mayor, we don't welcome a guy like Tom who builds ships for pirates."
"That's right! Our shipyard too! ”
"Tom, get out of the Water City, there's no place for people like you!"
Looking at the chaotic appearance of the quarrel in the conference room, the mayor's face became more and more gloomy: "Enough, today's meeting is over." ”
After saying that, the mayor walked out with a calm face.
Tom did not respond to the boatwrights who accused him, and the meeting broke out unhappily.
Tom's Shipbuilding Studio, Saitama and Roger were having fun with Yokozuna Frog, when there was a commotion outside, accompanied by the sound of something slamming on the door.
"What happened?" As soon as Saitama opened the door, a rotten egg suddenly smashed towards his head, but fortunately Saitama was able to hide quickly.
But the next moment, more rotten vegetable leaves and eggs and stones smashed over, and just when everyone was annoyed and confused, the shouts of the people outside became more and more, and they became louder and louder: "Tom! Get out of the Water City! Boatwrights like you are not welcome here! ”
"That's right! The garbage has to go where the garbage belongs! ”
"Get out!"
…… A hair growth journey of one punch Saitama