It was already a month ago that they were eyeing Moonlight Moriah.

At that time, while resting at the naval branch, they overheard a passing merchant talking about what he had seen at sea.

One day, the other party encountered a heavy fog when sailing on the sea, and in the thick fog, they encountered an "island", they were still thinking about replenishing on the island, so they landed on the island to investigate, but on that "island", they encountered a lot of zombies.

The horrific scene immediately frightened the merchant back to his ship, and he hurried away.

When the fog cleared, the people on the merchant ship did not see the island where they had landed in the fog.

When the merchants talked about this experience, their eyebrows fluttered, just as they encountered some supernatural incident at sea, and they were lucky enough to escape from the strangeness.

And that experience has also become a talking point for businessmen when they drink.

Jiguo Yuanyi and they overheard each other's experience, and Yuanyi at that time immediately took this matter to heart.

There is no way, the construction of the naval branch has to pay a huge amount of material and labor costs every day. Now that the construction project is nearing completion, there is still a funding gap of almost one billion yuan to be filled. With the funds they have now, they can only support it for another half a month.

Originally, Ji Guoyuan thought that there were many pirates in the new world, and he only needed to reach a tacit understanding with King Liku, and with the ability of their branch, he could easily fill the hole in the funds for the construction of the branch.

But unexpectedly, with the news that Jiguo's troops were stationed in Dressrosa, the expected thing about the pirates coming to find fault with the challenge did not happen at all.

One by one, these pirates learned wisely, and all avoided Dressrosa's route. Except for the first few months, they were able to bump into the pirates, and during this time, they couldn't even see the shadow of the pirates.

It wasn't until this time that Ji Guoenyi realized that he had underestimated his name in the world.

At first, he naively thought that he was at most famous in the New World, and the deeds that were hyped up by the Navy were only three in total.

One is the Sky Pirates who cleaned up the Golden Lion Shiki before, and the other is "Rescued the abducted and trafficked children from the Roger Pirates".

As for the last one, it happened just a few months ago, and a pirate group called Scarlet in the New World was cleared, and the captain was a bloody Kevin worth a billion Baileys, and the bounty for the whole group was around 1.5 billion Baileys.

In Yuanyi's opinion, what he did was just a small thing, the golden lion Shiji who would be defeated by Wang Luffy in the future, a fictitious "rescue", and another one, a billion small miscellaneous fish that he dealt with casually.

However, the small things at a glance, in fact, every single one is a big event that is enough to shake the world!

Not to mention the status of the Golden Lion Shiki and Roger Pirates in this world, just the Scarlet Pirates are among the few powerful pirates in the new world.

A billion-dollar captain, where are there so many billion-dollar Bailey-worth pirates in this world?!

You must know that when the Navy recruited the Seven Martial Seas in the future, those pirates who had just become the Seven Martial Seas at that time, the bounties generally did not exceed one billion.

Even a famous five-five open like Crocodahl, the bounty has not exceeded 100 million.

It is conceivable that in this era, what kind of big man is a pirate with a bounty of one billion.

The fame was spread, and the number of pirates on the Dressrosa route decreased dramatically, which made Yuanichi and their "income" less.

In order to support the construction of the branch, Yuan Yi had to go to sea frequently to find pirates.

In fact, as early as when Ji Guoyuan handed over the head of the Giant Soldier Pirates to King Riku and asked Dressrosa to exchange for a bounty, the Navy Headquarters had already realized that it was tired of being here.

The vast majority of the pirates' bounties are just for people to see.

Ordinary pirate hunters can't deal with slightly stronger pirates at all, and if the bounty of the pirates exceeds 10 million, they will either die in the hands of the navy in exchange for merit, or they will be eaten by the pirates and disappear into this sea.

Destroying the pirates with a total bounty of hundreds of millions at one time and coming to the navy to receive the bounty has not happened a few times in so many years.

And now, it happens frequently in Dressrosa.

The people at headquarters are not stupid either, and it is not clear what is really going on here.

However, the steel bone is also turning a blind eye to this, anyway, merit and bounty can only be selected, and he is relieved that he chooses to exchange his head for a bounty, if it is purely about merit, he will not mention Jiguoyuan as a general, and he will not be able to explain to other navies.

But if a boy under the age of eighteen is promoted to a general, he has no way to give an account to the world government.

Therefore, the branch and the headquarters have formed this wonderful tacit understanding.

"Lieutenant General, it's been more than ten days since we went to sea, and we still haven't found any trace of Moonlight Moria."

"Considering the time it will take to get back and the supplies left on board, we should almost go back."

The sky was clear and blue, Ji Guoyuan stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the sea, and there was a faint sadness between his eyebrows.

After counting the supplies, Cyrus came to the deck, walked to Yuanyi's side, and reported to Yuanyi.

When going to sea, in order to reduce the load and speed up the warship, Yuan Yi came out this time, only bringing a month's rations and fresh water.

By now, half of the time has passed, and if there is no harvest in a short time, it is necessary to consider the matter of returning to the ship.

"Well, it looks like I'm a little whimsical."

"If my guess is correct, those merchants should have landed on a ship."

"Zombies. It's supposed to be the Moonlight Pirates of Moonlight Moria. ”

"But in the middle of nowhere, the chances of finding those guys are still too low."

"Inform me to go down, cruise for two more days, and if there is no gain, go back."

Ji Guoyuan tilted his head slightly, and ordered to Cyrus, this time he went to sea, and Yuan left Koshiro at the base to supervise the work, and only brought the two lieutenants of Cyrus and Yixiao, as well as Mihawk, a "labor prisoner", and a group of sailors.

In the past few days, Yuan Yi is also thinking, whether to get some patrol ships, this ship is too big, and the cost of a voyage is also very large, if there is a gain, it is okay, if there is no harvest, this trip is a pure waste of money.

He didn't know how expensive oil and salt was, but when Yuan Yi personally commanded a warship, he knew how important money was to the navy.

"Yes!"

Cyrus answered, and walked toward the cabin.

And not long after Cyrus left, as the warship moved, the sky, which was originally relatively clear, was soon shrouded in dark clouds.

Thin rain, sprinkled from the sky.

In the sea area in front of the warship, a mist rose inexplicably.

"Huh?!"

Ji Guoyuan raised his head, looked at the suddenly cloudy sky, and let out a soft sigh.

"The weather in the new world is really changing!"

With a sigh of emotion, Yuan Yi shouted behind the wheelhouse, "Slow down and turn on the searchlights." ”

As Yuanyi's shout entered the cockpit, the magnesium lamp located in the bow of the ship was turned on, and the pillar of light shone directly into the fog. The warship also quickly slowed down and slowly sailed into the thick fog.

After entering the thick fog, the rain became lighter, and the drizzle seemed to be obscured by the thick fog in the area.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Enichi couldn't help but stretch out his hand, not feeling any rain dripping down.

The heavy mist quickly wet Yuanyi's hair.

At this moment, Cyrus, Yixiao, and Mihawk were all back on deck. Originally, Yixiao and Mihawk were drinking tea in the cabin, and when they felt the speed of the warship, they thought something was happening, and immediately came to the deck to check.

And as soon as I came to the deck, I saw the dense fog around me.

"Lieutenant General, do you think this fog is possible?" Cyrus observed his surroundings and suddenly became excited.

When Ji Guoyuan heard this, he shook his head slightly: "I'm not sure, I haven't sensed the breath of human beings when I see and hear." ”

"Maybe not here."

Boom!!!!

As soon as Ji Guoyuan's words fell, a muffled sound suddenly came from the bottom of the sea, and at the moment of the loud noise, the entire warship seemed to have been hit by something, and there was a significant tilt, and the navy on the deck fell directly to the ground in a hurry.

And Cyrus and the others also quickly grabbed the railing, and their expressions changed suddenly.

"There's something on the bottom of the boat!"

Mihawk let out a low breath, and after steasing himself, he quickly looked underwater, but under the cover of the dense fog and the sea water, he couldn't see the underwater situation clearly.

"Is there something? I can't feel it! As Mihawk shouted, he smiled and grabbed the railing with one hand and the cane with the other, tilted his head slightly, and then frowned and said suddenly.

And Ji Guoyuanyi's face was also solemn for a while, because he was the same as a smile, and he couldn't sense what was under the boat at all.

But there is no doubt that there must be something under the boat!

Boom!!!!

After the inexplicable collision, the warship was already tilted obviously, but before the warship could return to normal, the violent impact hit the warship again.

And this time, the strength is stronger than the one just now, and the warship, which is already tilted itself, is already in danger of toppling at this moment.

"Laugh!"

At the critical moment, Ji Guoyuan greeted with a smile. And at the same time as he shouted and laughed, a smile had already drawn out a blade.

"Leave it to me!" The power of the Devil Fruit was directly exerted on the warship, and the momentum of the warship's capsizing instantly stopped, and the bow of the rear ship was also sharply straightened.

Just as everyone was breathing a sigh of relief, the impact came again.

"Bang!" And this time, the sound of the impact was clearer, and in the next second of the impact, a piercing siren sounded above the warship.

"The bottom of the cabin is damaged and flooded?!" The moment he heard this siren, Cyrus exclaimed in dismay.

Ji Guoyuanyi also looked at it quickly and smiled at the moment when he heard the alarm.

Without waiting for an order, he directly pulled out the long knife in his hand with a smile, and the terrifying lift was directly blessed on the warship, and in just a few breaths, a whole warship was already out of the sea and began to rise into the air.

"I'd like to see what it is!"

Without waiting for Ji Guoyuan to make a move, Mihawk had already grabbed the handle of the black knife night, quickly removed it from his back, and then jumped and fell directly into the sea.

Seeing and hearing the domineering failure, whether it was a smile or Mihawk, there was actually some uneasiness in his heart.

Faced with this situation, Mihawk planned to use a knife to eliminate the uneasiness in his heart!

As Mihawk jumped off the deck, Jikokuyichi and Cyrus also quickly looked towards the sea. Not long after Mihawk's figure disappeared into the thick fog, a cyan sword flashed from the thick fog.

In the next second, the sea was directly separated by Mihawk's slash, and the huge waves set off quickly spread out in all directions, the wind howled, and the dense fog on the sea surface also dissipated a lot at this moment.

And a huge black shadow also quickly floated up from the bottom of the sea.

The black-red blood directly reflected this sea area, and the strong fishy smell came to the face as the black shadow rose.

Soon, the culprit of the attack on the warship surfaced, a giant fish that looked like the king of the near sea, looking at the length, it was hundreds of meters.

"Aquaman?" Seeing this thing, Cyrus couldn't help but mutter, his face full of astonishment.

If it was an attack by a sea king, how could a smile not be perceived?

"At best, it's a juvenile sea king, and it's a corpse!"

Ji Guoyuan walked to the side of the ship, leaned over to look at the sea king corpse on the sea, and frowned. It was not so much the juvenile sea kings that attacked them as the corpses of the juvenile sea kings.

The corpse smelled of decay, and it didn't look like it had just been killed. The head of this young sea king has been separated from the body, and it is also floating on the sea surface for a while, Yuan Yi looked at the head of the sea king, and found that the mouth of this sea king was densely nailed with countless iron sheets, which seemed to be artificially sealed.

Just looking at the level of decomposition of this corpse, I'm afraid it's been a month.

"What the hell is going on here?!"

Cyrus resisted the urge to vomit, looked down at the corpse on the surface of the sea, and asked.

Ji Guoyuan seemed to have an understanding for a while, but he was also a little puzzled and frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a while, Yuan Yi said to everyone:

"It's supposed to be Moonlight Moria's masterpiece."

"He is the power of the Shadow Fruit, and he can stuff the captured shadow into the corpse, making the corpse a puppet that obeys his orders."

"We can't perceive what we see and hear, I'm afraid it's because it was the corpse that attacked us."

"It's just that what I didn't expect was that the puppet that was manipulated could still move in the sea."

"I don't know if my judgment was wrong."

"Smile, leave this sea area first, repair the hull of the ship, and then look for the other party's traces."

"The corpse can evade the domineering capture of the sights, but Moonlight Moria and his men can't."

"We've come to the right place, we can't afford to waste this opportunity!"

With the order of Ji Guoyuan, Yixiao used his fruit ability to steer the warship to quickly fly away from the sea area, and after stopping in a seemingly calm sea area, Yixiao slowly put the warship back on the sea, but in order to make it easier for the boatmen to repair, Yixiao still has the ability to make the warship dump, so that the hole in the bottom of the ship will not be pressed into the seawater.

The warship came to a standstill, and the sailors on board were busy, repairing the ship.

And Yuan Yi stood on the deck, silently spreading out what he saw and heard, looking for traces of the enemy.

After some rush repairs, the warship also regained a certain degree of mobility, and although the repair methods of the navy were rough, they were sufficient.

After the patching was completed, the warship began to cruise in the fog.

Soon, as soon as the national edge spreads out, the sight and hearing are domineering, and there is something to gain.

Yuanyi's frowning eyebrows gradually relaxed.

He has already sensed the traces of the enemy!

(End of chapter)