novelonline Chapter 469: The Third Raikage's Unexpected Gain
Chapter 469: The Third Raikage's Unexpected Gain
Compared to Hashirama's extremely popular daily life at the Navy Headquarters, the Third Raikage, who is stationed at the New World Naval Base, has a life mostly filled with iron and fire.
In order to quickly gain the admiration and loyalty of the base's navy soldiers, and also because he had regained the joy of fighting, the Third Raikage led the base's navy to take the initiative many times during his time in the New World, fighting pirates passing by the base.
With his powerful strength and resolute and tough character, the Third Raikage was eager to make great achievements during this period, and successfully captured and killed many pirates with bounties of hundreds of millions.
Such actions naturally earned him a great reputation in the New World and won him the respect and following of many soldiers.
But at the same time, he also became the object of hatred of many pirates.
The New World is a paradise for great pirates. Pirates who can gain a foothold in the New World are either very powerful themselves or have surrendered to one of the Four Emperors and are protected by them.
Many of the pirates captured by the Third Raikage during this period were followers of the Four Emperors. Some of them just happened to pass by the base while they were out looting, while others were escorting some cargo and passing by the base because of the orders of the Four Emperors.
In the past, when there were no admirals in charge, bases located at the forefront of the New World front generally would not take the initiative to hunt pirates. They were mainly responsible for defensive tasks.
This also causes many pirates to ignore the existence of the base, and they will not choose to avoid the area near the base during normal sailing.
The arrival of the Third Raikage changed the previous status quo and caught the pirates off guard, causing them to suffer heavy losses.
What is even more coincidental is that the pirate fleet that the Third Raikage recently intercepted was a fleet that was conducting trade between Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, and the Land of Light.
After receiving the first batch of supplies from the Land of Light, Kaido ordered his men to transport a batch of seastone as payment to the East China Sea in order to show his sincerity in cooperation.
As a result, the ship transporting seastone was intercepted by the Third Raikage just as it passed near the naval base.
The pirates on the ship were either killed or captured. Only two lucky ones jumped into the sea in time and escaped capture.
The loss of three ships fully loaded with sea-tower stones made Kaido furious, and also made the Third Raikage, who noticed it afterwards, a little embarrassed.
After the Third Raikage arranged for his men to bring the ship and the captured pirates back to the base for search and interrogation, he looked at the interrogation records brought back by his adjutant and the question the adjutant asked, "Master Wu, should we report to the headquarters and ask the headquarters to question the East China Sea for colluding with the Four Emperors Kaido?"
The Third Raikage was silent for a moment, then sneered, "Tell the headquarters! Anyway, those idiots in the World Government don't dare to blame the East China Sea."
The adjutant, who had been indignant just now, instantly quieted down after hearing the ridicule of the Third Raikage. As a rear admiral of the Navy Headquarters, he was able to be sent to serve as the adjutant of the new admiral, the Third Raikage. Although his ability might not be very strong, his command and political abilities, as well as his loyalty, were absolutely no problem.
The adjutant understood what the Third Raikage meant. Those weak guys in the World Government had even given up on the entire East China Sea. Would they stir up conflict with the East China Sea again just because of a trivial matter of trade with the Four Emperors?
Thinking of this, the clever adjutant suddenly felt that the interrogation record he had compiled was, in some ways, a bomb.
If this information is reported to the headquarters, given Admiral Akainu's character, he will definitely ask the World Government to hold Dong Hai accountable, and the senior officials of the World Government will definitely not agree.
There will inevitably be conflicts and policies between the Navy and the World Government.
"Master Wu, in my opinion, it is better not to report this information to the headquarters." The adjutant changed his previous attitude and persuaded the Third Raikage.
The Third Raikage put down the record in his hand, and then asked the adjutant beside him, "Are you scared?"
His adjutant, who was in his early thirties, was still young and passionate. When faced with the Third Raikage's question, his face immediately turned red. "Master Wu, are you looking down on me? Although I am only a major general, I will never be timid in the face of pirates and enemies. I changed my mind for the sake of the navy. After the disastrous defeat in the war at the top, those guys in the World Government had a lot of opinions about us.
If we report the information at this time, given Admiral Akainu's character, he will definitely strongly demand that the World Government hold the East China Sea accountable.
In order to maintain peace, the senior officials of the World Government will never provoke a conflict with the East China Sea, and will only ask Marshal Akainu to suppress the relevant information.
You are well aware of Admiral Akainu's character. There will inevitably be a conflict between the Navy and the World Government."
Faced with the adjutant's well-reasoned analysis, the Third Raikage, who had just deliberately spoken sarcastically, raised the corners of his mouth slightly and revealed a faint smile.
"Well, you still have some brains."
The adjutant looked at the smiling Third Raikage and reacted instantly. He said with wide eyes, "Master Mu."
The Third Raikage walked back to his desk and sat down. As he opened the drawer, he said, "I knew from the beginning that reporting this intelligence to the headquarters would not only be useless, but would also increase the conflict between the Navy and the World Government."
After saying that, the Third Raikage put the documents in his hand into the drawer and closed it.
Upon hearing this, the adjutant looked at the Third Raikage in surprise.
“What? Do you really think that I’m just a hot-tempered and reckless man?” The Third Raikage deliberately frowned.
The adjutant shook his head quickly, "I've never thought of it that way."
Looking at his adjutant who was frightened by him, the Third Raikage laughed again, "Sorok, what do you think we should do with these three ships of seastone?"
Faced with this question, the adjutant was somewhat unsure of his boss's attitude and said cautiously, "It's all up to you."
"What? You don't dare to speak?" The Third Raikage looked at his adjutant with scrutiny.
The adjutant was somewhat helpless and could only continue: "In my opinion, Kaido of Beasts will certainly not be willing to bear such a huge loss. He will soon come to the base and attack us. The safest way to deal with these three ships of seastone is to return them to Kaido and resolve the conflict to avoid too much loss to the base.
But doing so will inevitably damage the reputation of our navy, especially yours truly.
If we deal with it ourselves, or send it to the headquarters as a spoil of war in exchange for military products, we will need to be prepared for a war with Kaido."
The Third Raikage nodded slightly, and then said: "I am not going to send it to the headquarters, nor am I going to return it to Kaido for nothing."
"You want..." The adjutant coughed a few times with a strange look on his face, and then reminded in a low voice, "Sir, this is not in compliance with the regulations."
"This is what I snatched, so naturally I have the final say." The Third Raikage said in a domineering manner.
"But we are the navy, not pirates," the adjutant reminded carefully.
The Third Raikage slammed the table hard, and when his adjutant shuddered, he suddenly stood up and said in a very domineering manner: "To those evil pirates, we will be more pirates than pirates!"
After he finished speaking, he raised his hand to stop the adjutant who wanted to persuade him, and continued, "I have made a decision! Keep these three ships of seastone for me. When Kaido the Beast arrives, tell him that if he wants to take these seastones back, he has to buy them with money. The price is 80% of the market price. If he is unwilling and wants to take action, warn him that if he does, the price will be 20% higher than the market price."
Hearing his boss's domineering remarks, Adjutant Sorok took a breath of cold air. If these words were told to Kaido, the King of Beasts, it would probably lead to a war between the navy and the Four Emperors.
Sorok could already imagine how furious Kaido would be after hearing this.
"Master Wu, I am not afraid. I just want to remind you that Kaido, the King of Beasts, is known as the strongest creature on land, sea and air. He is extremely powerful. If we want to deal with him, it is best to ask for help from the headquarters. This is the safest way." Adjutant Sorok advised.
"He's just one of the Four Emperors. Why do I need help from others? I can handle it by myself." The son of the Third Raikage has fought against Kaido, the King of Beasts. He has also paid attention to the information of this Four Emperor. He has the confidence to fight against the strongest creature.
Solok, looking at the general boss in front of him who exuded confidence and domineering, finally chose to trust his boss, "I understand, I will make arrangements right away."
"Thank you for your hard work, Solok." The Third Raikage was quite satisfied with his adjutant. Solok's performance reminded him of his former secretaries.
While the Third Raikage was preparing for the battle with Kaido, also in the New World, on an island called Kale Bali, Kizaru was inspecting his investment projects.
Next to Kizaru, Buggy was holding a design drawing and excitedly introducing to Kizaru his design for the company headquarters and his business philosophy.
There is only one meaning revealed between the words, that is, Kizaru will never lose money by investing in him, he will only make big profits, extra profits, and blood profits!
After listening for a while, Kizaru felt it was a bit noisy and raised his hand to stop Buggy's explanation.
"Baki, you don't have to say so much. The money and supplies I provided will be delivered here soon. I believe you will not waste my trust, right?" Kizaru looked at Buggy with a smile.
Under Kizaru's gaze, Buggy felt his body go cold for some reason, but he quickly came to his senses and nodded hurriedly, "That's for sure! With my brain, our business will only get bigger and bigger!"
"Oh wow!" Kizaru smiled and patted Buggy's shoulder, "That's enough."
After Kizaru finished speaking, he withdrew his right hand, put his hands behind his back, and walked to the side with a smile on his face.
Rather than trusting Buggy's brain, Kizaru trusts Buggy's luck more. This time he came to the New World, in addition to paying attention to Buggy's situation, he also planned to meet an old acquaintance.
But he heard that the old acquaintance was quite dissatisfied with him and said that he had tricked him.
For the sake of his own innocent reputation, Kizaru must of course come to the New World to meet the person involved and see if he can do a new business. (End of this chapter)