Chapter 245: Recruitment Dilemma and Turnaround! (2-in-1)
For the evil Ah Long in front of him, Ji Guoyuan did not show obvious hostility towards him. Yuanyi's mind is very clear, and he knows what kind of person Aaron will become in the future.
But no matter what the future holds, at least for now, Ji Guoenyi has no reason to make a move against the other party.
Yes, Ah Long's body is indeed full of evil spirits, and there must be many people who have been killed, but in terms of position, as the successor of the navy, it is impossible to blame Ah Long at all.
In the current era, let alone civilians coming to this Fish-Man Island under the deep sea, it is probably impossible to even sail far.
The humans who can come to this fish-man island basically won't have any good stubble.
As for the future Aaron will become the scum who wantonly kills humans and enslaves the people, that is all in the future.
If it was just because the other party "maybe" become like that, killing the other party at the moment when the other party did not commit a crime, then the behavior of Ji Guoyuanichi is not fundamentally different from those Draconians who ordered the slaughter of O'Hara.
The sin of the moment, the disposition of the present.
The sins of the future, then deal with them in the future.
If you set a position for others, the end result is to force them in that direction.
Ji Guoyuanyi looked at Ah Long, his face was flat, there was no extra emotion in his eyes, in Ah Long's opinion, Ji Guoyuanyi's eyes were very clear.
But it was so clear that it put a lot of pressure on him.
"Mingming. Just an inferior human being! Ah Long thought so in his heart, and after hearing Ji Guoyuanyi's words, he pursed his lips and retorted:
"We fishmen are not like treacherous humans like you!"
As he spoke, Aaron looked at Tiger and said with a slight dissatisfaction in his tone: "Brother Tiger, you should have something to do, so I won't bother." ”
"When you have time to go back to the back streets, the brothers miss you very much."
"Gone."
Dealing with Tiger who was mixed with the navy, Aaron did not show as much enthusiasm as when he first met Tiger, the joy on his face completely faded, and after saying goodbye, he turned around and left with someone.
Tiger saw Aaron walking away with an unhappy face, but he was not embarrassed, but smiled towards Jiguoyuan, and explained for Aaron:
"Lieutenant General, don't worry."
"Aaronta, he is still young, and he has some prejudice against humans."
"But when he gets to know our navy, this idea will definitely change."
"Let's not care about a few of them, let's go to Dragon Palace City first to meet King Neptune and Princess Otohime, the princess is a very good person, she will definitely support you."
In Tiger's eyes, Aaron is just a child who has not grown up, and those fish people in the backstreets are his brothers and sisters in Tiger's eyes. For Aaron's coldness, Tiger not only did not get angry, but helped Aaron say good things.
Tiger, who had been in the Sword of Dawn for a while, knew the strength of the Sword of Dawn navy, and he had seen a pair of enemies in Jiguoyuan, and those seemingly strong sea thieves could not take a breath in front of this red-haired young man before they could be easily killed.
Tiger is also in awe of Jiguo Yuanyi, even if Jiguo Yuanyi is harmless to humans and animals in normal times.
"I'm not small enough to take this kind of thing to heart."
"Still."
"Tiger, there's something I need to tell you in advance."
"You know, we are the navy, and my subordinates, whether they are humans, fish-people or mermaids, if they stand on the opposite side of 'justice', I will never spare my hands."
"When I say justice, I don't mean the world government, not the navy itself, not the rules and regulations."
"The justice I speak of is the moral standard that people generally recognize."
"Words that violate my red lines. I will never spare him. ”
Ji Guoyuan walked to Tiger's side, looked at the back of Aaron and the others leaving, turned around a little, patted Tiger on the shoulder, and continued with a smile:
"Let's go, go to Ryugu City."
Tiger heard Jikuni Yuanyi's slightly warning words, but instead nodded with a smile, led in the direction of Ryugu Castle, and walked to the front of Yuanyi to lead the way for the navy.
Along the way, Tiger also greeted familiar people cordially, and at the same time gave Jiguo Yuanyi and them a brief introduction to his hometown.
Back on Fish-Man Island, Tiger was in a good mood, and he never stopped with his little mouth along the way.
A group of people walked towards Dragon Palace City, and they didn't wait for Ji Guoyuan to go to Dragon Palace City to see King Neptune, but King Neptune led a large number of guards out of his palace and rushed to find Ji Guoyuan and them.
On the wide street, King Neptune, with a trident in his hand, led a large number of guards, blocking the way of Ji Guoyuan and others.
Seeing Ji Guoyuanyi's navy, Neptune's face showed a little solemnity, and then his gaze stayed on Tiger's body for a short time, and then moved to Jiguo Yuanyi's body.
"This. . . It's the first lieutenant general of Ji Guoyuan, right? ”
"I am the king of Fish-Man Island, Neptune!"
The marching procession stopped, and Neptune flicked his tail and came to the ranks of the navy, bowed his head, and greeted Ji Guoyuanyi.
Fish-Man Island is not strictly isolated, and Neptune only knows about some of the major events happening at sea.
One Piece Roger can be regarded as a good friend of Neptune, and when a big man like Roger is caught, everyone will want to know more about it.
Following the appearance of the country's edge, Neptune has an impression.
The bright red hair and the flame markings on Jiguoyuan's forehead are too eye-catching and easy to identify.
“ohhh! It's huge! ”
"Is this the king of Fish-Man Island? It's amazing! ”
In the ranks of the navy, the young navy couldn't help but sigh when he saw Neptune's huge body. Mihawk and Cyrus also looked up at Neptune at this moment, both of them in surprise.
Neptune is a mermaid, more than ten meters tall, and at this time "standing" in front of the navy, like a small high-rise building, it looks quite spectacular.
After getting along with Tiger for a while, the navy thought that the fishmen and mermaids on Fish-Man Island were similar in size to Tiger, but after going to the island, they found that most of the fishmen and mermaids were actually the same size as humans.
It wasn't until they saw Neptune that they realized how wrong they were.
Seeing Neptune's size, the navy suddenly realized why Fish-Man Island was able to resist the invasion of pirates and maintain the current peace. An ordinary pirate like Neptune simply can't be an opponent of the other side.
The "stout" trident in the opponent's hand, nailed to the person's body, should . It's going to die.
"Lieutenant General, this is the King of Neptune, known as the 'Knight of the Seas'."
In fact, there is no need for Tiger's reminder, Ji Guoyuan Yi also recognized the person, and a smile appeared on his face, Ji Guoyuan Yi stretched out his hand towards the huge King Neptune, and said with a smile:
"Greetings, Dear King Neptune."
"I am a vice admiral of the Navy Headquarters, and I am the first of the country."
"I took the liberty of coming to Fish-Man Island, please forgive me."
It looks like he is very talkative, although he is a little lacking in etiquette, and he does not bow to his royal family, but the posture shown by Ji Guoyuan is not arrogant.
King Neptune slowly bowed down, stretched out his huge fingers, gently squeezed Yuanyi's hand, and said with a smile:
"Lieutenant General Jiguo, you're polite."
"You can come to our Fish-Man Island, you should be busy with military affairs, right?"
"If there is anything I can help with, I will fully cooperate."
Neptune didn't talk nonsense, and directly asked about the purpose of Ji Guoyuanyi's trip. But as soon as he said his words, he felt that his fishtail was slapped hard.
Then a slightly grumbling voice rang out from Neptune's side.
"You're really, how can you be so rude?"
The voice came, and a petite blonde fishman walked out of Neptune's side, and after a coquettish sigh, he actually bowed slightly towards Ji Guoyuan.
When Ji Guoyuan saw the other party's appearance, he also bowed slightly, and at the same time, Tiger also bowed to the comer, and then whispered to Yuanyi: "This is the wife of King Neptune, Princess Otohime." ”
Without waiting for Jiguo Yuan to speak, Princess Otohime smiled directly and said, "Jiguo Lieutenant General, please don't be surprised." ”
"Let's go to Dragon Palace City first, I think it's the first time you've come to Fish-Man Island, and we, as the host, should entertain you well."
"King Neptune's faux pas, please don't take it personally."
"I'll talk about official business later."
Compared to Neptune, Princess Otohime behaved very kindly, obviously a royal family, but while apologizing, she walked in front of Yuanyi and stretched out her hand towards Yuanyi.
Ji Guoyuan was also quite surprised to see Princess Otohime put her posture so low.
has lived for so long, such a polite, and kind royal family, and it is really the first time I have seen Ji Guoyuanyi. Some of the nobles he had seen were dragged like 258,000, for fear that others would not know that they were nobles, so they almost wrote the words "superior" on their faces.
Otohime and Neptune have a pretty good first impression on Yuanyi.
There are some things that are indeed inconvenient to say on the street, Ji Guoyuan turned around and waved his hand at Cyrus, and after the other party approached, he said to Cyrus: "Cyrus, let them go back to the boat, don't run around on Fish-Man Island." ”
"I'm going to Ryugu Castle to discuss our affairs with King Neptune and Princess Otohime, and if there is news, I will notify you by phone bug."
"Restrain them, don't get me into trouble."
The matter explained by Jiguoyuanyi and Cyrus was heard by Neptune and Princess Otohime, and the couple looked at each other, and Otohime gave Neptune a look, and Neptune reacted quickly at this time, and immediately said to Jiguoyuanichi:
"Lieutenant General Jiguo, your subordinates must be coming to Fish-Man Island for the first time."
"Just let them wander around the island and take a tour."
"Our Fish-Man Island also has a lot of special food, beautiful and strange scenery, and a lot, I won't let you come for nothing."
"You must have been under a lot of pressure on the way to Fish-Man Island, relax, hahaha! Relax, relax! ”
As he spoke, he didn't wait for Jiguo Yuan to say anything, and shouted directly to the seahorse fishman behind him: "Minister Zuo, you let people be the guides of Jiguo's lieutenant generals' subordinates, and have a good time." ”
"All the consumption is paid by our Dragon Palace City!"
Hearing Neptune's words, the navies who followed the national fate directly cheered "oh", Cyrus heard the cheers of his subordinates and suddenly turned grim and looked back, while the navies saw Cyrus who did not look good, and they closed their mouths and looked embarrassed.
Turning around, Cyrus's tight skin couldn't help but loosen, grabbed his hair, and asked Ji Guoyuanyi: "Lieutenant General, these guys are indeed nervous along the way, you see"
Cyrus was very strict with his subordinates, but he was not the kind of person who was unreasonable, and when he saw his twisted appearance, he also smiled, and thanked Neptune and Princess Otohime:
"Thank you, King Neptune and Princess Otohime, for the trouble."
"But the guide doesn't need it, I'm sorry to trouble you again. In terms of cost, I really need Ryugu Castle to help me bear it first, and then I will replace it with the equivalent gold and silver. ”
The monetary system of Fish-Man Island is independent, and Bailey is not universal here. Wang Luffy and the others came to the island to borrow Xiaohachi's light.
And as soon as they are, it's different.
Merely. The gold and silver in a mouthful, neither Neptune nor Otohime took it to heart, for them, there is no essential difference between gold and silver and dung.
"Okay, Lieutenant General, you have the final say, please!"
Neptune enthusiastically moved out of the way and led in the direction of Ryugu Castle, and under the opening of the escort army, Ji Guoyuan Yi only took Tiger, Cyrus and Mihawk to Ryugu Castle.
The other navies were also disbanded on the spot, and the team dispersed in a hurry, and the navies disappeared in front of them like a happy successor.
Neptune had already set up a banquet in the Dragon Palace City to entertain Ji Guoyuan and others, during the banquet, Ji Guoyuan and they simply ate a little something, and then through Tiger's mouth, he said the intention of the navy.
"What?! Your navy is going to recruit troops on Fish-Man Island? ”
"How is this possible?"
Hearing Jiguo's plan, Neptune subconsciously shouted, realizing that he had lost his words, Neptune hurriedly continued:
"Ji Guoyuan No. 1 Lieutenant General, it's not that I don't agree with this matter, if the people themselves are willing, I will definitely not stop it, but Fish-Man Island and human society have always been."
"The Navy wants to recruit troops on Fish-Man Island, which seems to me to be an impossible thing."
"If you're going to force conscription. Forgive me for not being able to say yes, Lieutenant General. ”
Neptune was resolute in this matter, and when he heard his words, Tiger also smiled and said: "King Neptune, Lieutenant General Jiguoyuan is not what you think, he will not force conscription." ”
"As long as you don't object, the lieutenant general will naturally issue a recruitment order and let the people choose for themselves."
"There will never be a compulsion! That's it, I promise! ”
Tiger has a good reputation, seeing his sworn appearance, Neptune didn't say anything more, he and Princess Otohime both knew what it meant for the Navy to recruit troops on Fish-Man Island, Neptune was actually a little hesitant about this matter, on the one hand, he was the same as Otohime and Tiger, hoping that Fish-Man Island and humans would build a bridge.
But Neptune still has concerns about Jiguoyi, for fear that his decision will push the people into the fire pit.
That is, now Tiger patted his chest and vouched, otherwise, Neptune would not even hesitate.
Compared to Neptune, Princess Otohime was much happier after learning the news, and Princess Otohime was very relieved to succeed to the country's Yuanyi, and Otohime actually said a lot of why, relying solely on her personal feelings, she felt that Yuanyi was reliable.
Maybe it's because Otohime was born with seeing and hearing and being able to feel something, or maybe it's because Otohime is kind by nature and thinks people too well.
In short, during the banquet, Princess Otohime showed her full support for the navy's recruitment.
Later, with King Neptune's approval, the navy, after a night's rest, began to spread the news of naval recruitment on the streets of Fish-Man Island.
However, for three days in a row, not to mention signing up for the army, there was not even a single person who asked, and this situation finally made Ji Guoyuan realize that he had thought too much about some things.
The contradiction between Fish-Man Island and human society is far more difficult than I imagined.
Tiger pulled his face and found a few of his best little brothers during this time, and asked each other if they wanted to join the navy, without exception, all of them refused.
In a square on the streets of Fish-Man Island, Cyrus sat in front of a "small stall" with his chin propped up, looking bored.
Not far away, Tiger enthusiastically handed out recruitment leaflets to the passing mermaids and merfolk. Some people take it and glance at it and drop it, while some people don't even connect.
Tiger stood on the street, like a summer worker handing out flyers, with a confused and helpless face.
"Failed. Big failure! ”
"How do you explain to Lieutenant General Jiguo if you continue like this!"
"It's been so many days, and there is no one, not even one asking!"
The pedestrians on the road became deserted, and Tiger walked up to Cyrus, a thick stack of leaflets in his hand slammed on the table with a "bang", looking dejected.
“.”
"It's because we've made things simple, and we're waiting for a while to see, and if there's no progress, we're leaving."
"There's a big operation ahead of us, and we can't afford to waste time here."
Cyrus looked at the thick leaflet and sighed.
"ε=(ο'*)))) Alas!"
Just as Tiger and Cyrus were sighing, they suddenly heard a loud noise coming from a distance.
"Boom !!!!"
This loud noise, like a thunderclap in the spring night, disturbed countless people on the island.
Soon, the residents who heard the noise came out of their houses, and the streets were crowded with people for a while, and then the crowd rushed in the direction from which the sound came.
People love to watch the excitement, regardless of whether it is a human or a fishman.
"What happened?" Cyrus raised his head, muttered, stood up, and then glanced at Tiger and rushed in the direction from which the voice came.
At the time of the loud noise, Ji Kunichi and Mihawk were visiting Ryugu Castle, and the recruitment was not going well, and Enichi hit the idea on Neptune and Princess Otohime, and he hoped that the two could help the navy "shout and shout", and preach it, if he could, Enichi hoped that Neptune could let his escort force do some "example".
Halfway through the discussion, a muffled sound was heard.
Realizing that something might be wrong, Neptune immediately stopped the meeting and called the escorts to drive out of Ryugu Castle.
At this time, in the open space hundreds of meters away from the city, the wreckage of a cruise ship appeared inexplicably, this cruise ship seemed to have been attacked by some terrifying creature, and the whole ship broke from it, and on the hull and deck, there were still tooth marks and claw marks.
Among the wreckage and ruins of the cruise ship, a figure slowly crawled out from under the broken wooden planks with difficulty, and the man's face was covered with blood, and he looked weakly at the people of Fish-Man Island who were running here, and roared:
"Help me!"
"Untouchables, why don't you hurry up and save me!!"
(End of chapter)