Navy Headquarters.
Dauberman's office.
boom!
Dauberman slapped the desk, causing cracks to appear on the hard wooden table. He stood up directly, with a look of anger on his face.
"Who does he think he is?"
"Arrogant! How arrogant!"
Although there are countless pirates in the sea, and as the Vice Admiral of the Navy Headquarters, he has dealt with many cruel pirates, but there are only a few who dare to speak arrogantly against the Navy Headquarters, and most of them are from the New World.
A mere brat from the West Sea dares to speak such arrogant words. He is really lawless!
"Lieutenant General Dauberman, the strength of this ghost-hand Ross is no longer something that the commanders of the branches in the West Sea can handle. How should we deal with it?"
Stoloberg stood in front of Dauberman's desk and asked in a deep voice with an indifferent expression.
If he was a little sympathetic to Rhodes at the beginning, his sympathy turned into anger after Rhodes killed Moby and uttered wild words to the navy's top brass.
Dauberman took two heavy breaths, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "Notify all branch bases in the West Sea to include Ghost Hand Rhodes on the list of dangerous pirates, and leave it to each branch base to have full authority. Deal with it!”
"yes."
Stoloberg nodded solemnly.
The base commanders of each branch base in the West Sea are different from the branch colonels. Their military ranks are all branch major generals, and a large number of branch major generals were decentralized to the four seas by the headquarters officers. They are strong enough to suppress the sea areas where they are located. .
…
In the face of behemoths like the Navy and the World Government, all arguments are in vain. Compared with Rhodes, the public is obviously more likely to believe in the World Government and the Navy, and to believe in the news reports issued by the government.
The navy represents the world government and can easily distort facts and confuse right and wrong around the world.
argue
protest
That's no use.
So from the moment when Navy Captain Moby attacked and killed him, Rhodes had already made a decision. Since the Navy's top brass was determined to smear him as a pirate, he couldn't bear the title of pirate in vain and let those Navy officials disappointment!
In order to quickly defeat Navy Captain Moby, Rhodes clicked on the paper drawings in the Sixth Navy Style. Although he spent a few free talent points for this, the effect was very significant. He quickly killed Moby without missing a beat. into a situation surrounded by the navy.
After rushing out of the navy branch, Rhodes came to the south shore of the island, where his small boat docked.
"I wonder how the Navy will announce my crime this time."
Rhodes rowed away from the coast, looking at the boundless sea and shaking his head.
never mind.
From today on, he is the captain of the Ghost Hand Pirates.
"After today, the Navy will most likely increase my reward, launch a massive siege and hunt in the West Sea, and may even send out a rear admiral and fleet. If I run around without intelligence, I will easily fall into an ambush and siege."
Ross pondered for a moment.
Now that he has become a pirate, he will have to face heavy pursuit by the navy. Obviously, a small boat alone is not enough. He needs a minimum medium-sized ship and above, and he also needs all kinds of intelligence.
For him, there are two ways to become stronger, one is to practice on his own, and the other is to hunt pirates, and hunting pirates also requires intelligence.
Thus.
It became clear that the first crew member he needed was hiding in the dark underground world and knowing a lot of information... Nico Robin.
"Then let's go to Geer City."
…
Geer City.
Base of underground intelligence organization.
Nico Robin was standing at a desk, sorting out and memorizing the information on the desk one by one. She passed the doctoral examination in archeology at the age of eight, and her memory and analytical abilities were almost unquestionable.
In the few months she has been working for this intelligence organization, she can quickly memorize information no matter how complicated it is, and she can answer it immediately when asked, with an almost photographic memory.
"It's all recorded."
Robin put down the last note, closed his eyes slightly, opened them again after a few seconds, and nodded to Teren who was sitting behind the desk.
Teren picked up the cup and took a sip of coffee, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Very good, go and burn all these intelligence documents."
Taking in Nico Robin, the son of the devil, with a bounty of 79 million Baileys, was a big risk for him, but Robin's ability in intelligence processing did make him extremely satisfied.
Otherwise, he would have left Robin to the navy to collect the bounty.
Robin grabbed the scraps of paper on the table and walked aside, quickly disposed of the intelligence documents, and then returned to the desk.
"If I remember correctly, you should be sixteen years old now."
Teren looked at Robin while holding the teacup.
"Yes."
Robin nodded.
Tren leaned back leisurely on his chair, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said, "You are really at a good age. If it weren't for the bounty of 79 million Baileys, he would be a perfect assistant."
Robin was silent.
Terun looked at Robin's appearance, slowly put down the teacup, and said, "Besides sorting out information, what else do you do? Can you dance?"
"Won't."
Robin shook his head.
"That's so boring..." Tren stood up, looked at Robin, walked over slowly, stretched out two rough fingers, and tried to lift Robin's chin.
Robin's expression changed slightly and he took half a step back.
Seeing that Robin stepped aside and his fingers failed to touch him, Teren's movements paused slightly, and the interest on his face faded. He retracted his fingers that were stretched out in the air, put his hands behind his back, and said with a look of contempt:
"Take off your clothes, Nico Robin."
"What?"
Robin was stunned for a moment.
Seeing Robin in a daze, Teren said with a slightly heavier tone, "I asked you to take off your clothes, didn't you hear?"
"This kind of request..."
Robin's pupils shrank and he took another step back. He didn't know how to respond for a moment.
She has been on a bounty since she was eight years old and has been hiding in the underground world for eight years. She has seen too much darkness over the years, but this is the first time she has encountered this situation today.
"What? Are you going to disobey my order?"
Seeing Robin retreat, Tren couldn't help but darken his face and said, "You can do anything. You said that yourself, right? I took the risk of a high bounty of 79 million beli to take you in." ! ”
“…”
As soon as Tren mentioned the bounty of 79 million beli, Robin's expression changed and he bit his lip with his teeth.
It is precisely because of such a high bounty that she has been hiding in Tibet for the past eight years and has tried her best to survive. If her calmness and wisdom were not far superior to ordinary people, it would be impossible to survive until now.
She will do whatever it takes to survive.
But the humiliation in front of her was unbearable for her.
Which is more important, survival or dignity
She bit harder and harder, her teeth deeply embedded in her lips. She bit her lips at some point, and bright red blood slowly dripped.
Teren looked at Robin with a look of leisure. To him, he was just bored and having some fun.
"You look like you haven't experienced it yet? That's really too bad. With such a high bounty, you may be caught by the navy at any time. Once caught, you won't have the chance to experience it."
“…”
Robin was silent. Survival was so difficult for her. Is it so difficult that she needed to give up her last bit of dignity
Just when Robin felt a sense of sadness in his heart.
boom!
The oak door suddenly banged, and someone forced it open from the outside. The door lock shattered, with sawdust flying everywhere.
"who?!"
Teren, who was observing Robin's reaction, was suddenly interrupted by the voice. He couldn't help but show anger and turned to look at the door.
Ross walked in from the door. He had arrived half a minute ago. Because the door was locked, he waited for a while. Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened.
"It's you?"
When Teren saw Ross, he suddenly frowned.
"I don't think you'd mind if I broke your door."
Under the surprised gazes of both Robin and Teren, Ross walked into the field, looked at Robin, and said:
"You don't seem to be very happy here. How about changing your identity and becoming my crew member?"
Ross never liked beating around the bush, and Robin was a smart man. In the situation at hand, he just needed to make a choice.
Hearing Ross's words, before Robin could react, Tren spoke with a gloomy face.
"Ghost Hand Ross, what do you mean, are you planning to poach my assistant in front of me?"
"That's right."
Ross responded calmly, and his "yes" made Teren choke on his throat.
"So, what do you think? Nico Robin." Ross looked at Robin.
Robin was slightly startled.
This was the first time that someone took the initiative to recruit her into the group.
Even though Robin is still very young now, her calmness and composure are still far beyond those of her peers and ordinary people. It took her less than a second to analyze the current situation clearly, and then she nodded calmly.
"It's an honor to serve you, Captain Rhodes."