Chapter 70 High Pressure Policy

"Please wait a moment." I signaled not to send the little girl out yet, and the White Shark clan leader immediately nodded to his wife.

As soon as the little girl was released, she immediately ran to me and asked me with tears in her eyes: "Do you agree?"

I shook my head. "I haven't thought about it yet. Just calm down and let me think about it for a while. This is not a small business after all."

"Lingling, don't make trouble. Come and sit down." The patriarch pulled the little girl back to his side and pressed her onto the seat. Then he continued to wait for me to express my position. The room became quiet for a while.

If you think about it carefully, this matter is definitely not trivial. If you make one wrong move, you will lose everything. The current position of the White Sharks is hostile to us, but this does not mean that it cannot be transformed into a positive relationship. To be honest, we don't seem to have any substantive hostile relationship. The current hostility is because of our allies. The Japanese are allies of the White Shark Clan, and we are allies of the Mermaid Clan, but the White Shark Clan and the Mermaid Clan are truly hostile. We have basically no interaction with the White Sharks, at least no direct contact, and there is no question of hostility at all.

The key to determining whether to help the White Shark Clan now is profit. The key is whether it is more beneficial to keep this race or to get rid of them. Eliminate the White Shark Clan and Atlantis will be the only one in the future. This does not seem to be a good thing. An ally that is too powerful may become tomorrow's enemy. This is what my father said, and it should be correct. But without the White Sharks, the Japanese's source of science and technology will also be cut off. This is a huge benefit and will help us control the sea in the long term. But if we keep the White Shark Clan, we can contain the Mermaid Clan to prevent them from becoming too powerful. Once the mermaid tribe becomes too powerful, the conditions for the alliance will no longer exist, and a maritime war will be inevitable. I can't guarantee that I can defeat the mermaid navy. This is too difficult! Leaving the White Sharks behind may not necessarily allow them to have long-term relationships with the Japanese. Maybe we can use this opportunity to negotiate with them.

After much consideration, I decided to make a tentative inquiry. "Before I make a decision, can I ask some unrelated questions? I am new to the guild, and I don't know much about some of the previous information, and I am even a little confused."

"Of course." The White Sharks don't want to offend me for this little thing. "What do you want to know?"

"Well, that's it. I want to know who contacted you in the first place to promote this business?"

"Do you want to know how we met?" The patriarch looked at me and nodded and continued to answer: "It's my daughter. She met Matsumoto-kun when she was playing in the water. As a result, Matsumoto-kun rescued her as a person who fell into the water."

Will Matsumoto save people? I think it’s because this girl is pretty! But this cannot be said now. "So how do you talk about this business?"

"It was when we went to pick up Mingling that Matsumoto took a fancy to our boat. He thought our technology was very advanced and wanted to buy it."

I continued: "You just asked for the magic crystal by the way, right?"

"Yes Yes."

After thinking for a moment, he continued: "I want to ask a question. I hope you can answer me directly without caring about face."

"Please say."

"If someone else comes to trade with you now, as long as the terms are more favorable, will you definitely deal with them and ignore us?" The clan leader was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, opened his mouth and then closed it. I added, "I'll be fine as long as you answer truthfully regardless of our feelings. I want to know the real answer. Trust me, as long as you tell the truth, I won't blame you."

The leader of the White Shark Clan finally nodded and said: "Yes, we will sell it. To put it bluntly, we are just two parties to the transaction, and we have no feelings or credibility at all. We only have these things, and we can use them to exchange for more demons. Of course we will not refuse the crystal. Although this is hurtful, please don't be offended. After all, we are just talking about business. I will not disagree if someone offers a better price. There is no need to trade with you."

"Hahahaha!" I laughed suddenly and made the other party tremble. "Don't be nervous, I'm very satisfied with your answer. To be precise, very satisfied." They were all confused by me and didn't know what kind of 'medicine' I was selling in my gourd. "You guys sit down now. I have a secret to tell you. Don't get excited if you stop."

They all nodded to show that they were mentally prepared. The patriarch took a drink and took a sip to stabilize his mood, and then said, "Just tell me."

"Actually, I am the person sent by the mermaid tribe to stop this transaction."

Bang throat. All three stood up and stared at me. Not a glare but a surprise. This news was so shocking that no one could accept it. Think about it when someone around you suddenly tells you that he is the assassin hired by someone to kill you. How would you react?

The clan leader was the clan leader after all, so he was the first to react. "Aren't you afraid that we will use force against you?"

I still said calmly: "Since I dare to say it, I'm not afraid of what you will do. I still have some confidence in my own strength. Although I can't beat you, escaping is still not a problem. The crew outside are all adventurers. Death is only a temporary pain, and they are resurrected later. Their equipment is all guild suits, and they cannot be exploded even if they want to. Even if they die, there will be no loss. That ship was indeed driven by Matsumoto Masahiro, who came to trade with you today. , it's a pity that I intercepted it halfway, so I won't feel bad if you sink it. As for the magic crystal on it, don't think about it. We put a bomb in it, and you won't be able to pick out the bomb for a few hours. And I can detonate them at any time to ensure that you won't get a single fragment. In addition, I don't know if you know that the magic crystal is usually very safe, but if it is detonated by a powerful enough explosive, the magic crystal itself will be destroyed. The explosive power is more powerful than dynamite. If all that ship of magic crystals explodes, not a single ship of your fleet will be left. I am satisfied enough to support so many of you."

"You...!" The patriarch and the three of them sat back in their seats feebly. "What do you want?" They were like cocks defeated in a fight, their words were weak.

"I want to help you."

"What?" The three people raised their heads and looked at me with wide eyes. "What did you just say? You said you wanted to help us?"

This is my purpose, from great sadness to great joy, and repeated ideological impact to completely disrupt their thinking. First make them despair to the point of 'suicide', and then give them a glimmer of hope. At this time, you are a flashlight in the dark, definitely much brighter than a searchlight in the sun. Giving help in times of need is always more touching than adding the icing on the cake.

"You heard me right, I just want to help you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to talk to you so politely. If I really want to harm you, just finish the business and sell you the magic crystal with the bomb in it, and then wait for me Detonate as soon as you get out of a safe distance. Not only can you not get the magic crystal, but you will also destroy a fleet and three of your royal family members in vain. This blow is more serious than anything else, right? If I don't do this, I just want to help you."

"You are truly the greatest person. On behalf of all the members of the White Shark Clan, I would like to thank you for your kindness." The leader of the White Shark Clan was so excited that he didn't know what to say.

"Stop." I stopped him from kneeling down. "Don't get too excited yet. I'm sure I can help you, but I'm not a charity. Free assistance is impossible."

"No matter what the method is, as long as we can get the magic crystal to sustain our lives, we would like to thank you." Although he said this, his movements were not as enthusiastic as before.

"Actually, I don't have any excessive demands. I just need to trade according to the original plan. And you can no longer trade any technology with the Japanese in the future. I want to get the exclusive right to operate your magic crystal. There can be no second parties." A magic crystal merchant appears. In exchange, I guarantee a long-term and stable supply of magic crystal. But you must never contact the Japanese again, otherwise don’t blame me for blocking your magic crystal supply. To tell you the truth, I can stop it once I can intercept them the second time. No matter how many Japanese they transport, I will intercept them all. So it is best not to try such stupid things as smuggling magic crystals. Apart from this, I hope you can have a good talk with the mermaid tribe."

"What?"

"Don't be so surprised. I feel like your two races are not incapable of coexistence. Negotiation is good for everyone."

"But we...!"

"Don't make excuses. I'm not negotiating with you. This is a decision. Your choice is to accept or reject. There is no bargaining."

After more than ten minutes of silence, the White Shark Clan Leader finally nodded with difficulty. "I can consider communicating, but I don't guarantee that it will be successful. We are no longer hostile for a day or two. The mermaid clan and the white shark clan have never used any method other than force to communicate before, but this This time, I agreed to negotiate so that my people could survive."

"Have courage." I applauded. "A new ocean era is coming. Please believe me, your decision is right."

The leader of the White Shark clan said: "Don't be too relaxed, your matter is more than that. It is the mermaid clan, not us, that Zhenzhen needs your persuasion and persuasion. They are the ones who have suffered the most serious damage in the wars for many years. I agree with the requirements of the negotiation. What we have to overcome is only our arrogance, but the mermaid people have to face more. So you have to be prepared. If your relationship with them is not strong enough, I suggest you not to mention this matter to them. You may Thrown out by them.”

"Now that I've said it, I'm confident that you don't need to worry about this. Now let's discuss our deal."

"Yes. How do you plan to decide this?"

"Of course I'll let you take the magic crystal away, and I'll give you the detonator as well."

"Aren't you afraid that we will regret it?" asked the White Shark Clan Leader.

I asked back, "Can you rely on this for the rest of your life?"

"E!...Please continue."

"I found that the technology of your White Sharks doesn't seem to be particularly powerful. The information from Atlantis is very inaccurate on this point. But your warships are far superior to those of the mermaids. The problem seems to be coordination. The mermaids The technology is very developed, but many things cannot be effectively utilized and exerted, and your battleships fully demonstrate your technology. It seems that your race has stronger hands-on ability and is better at transforming technology into products. This is probably why the mermaid race Thinking that you are more advanced, they are always researching magic technology to catch up with you, but they don’t know that their technology has already surpassed yours, but they just lack the ability to transform.”

"This is also new news to us." The patriarch said: "I thought they were just behind in technology!"

"You really know very little about each other. I didn't know you had been here for so many years! I decided that the transaction project this time is this ship, plus 500 technicians and their families. In addition, there is your daughter. .”

"Why?"

"Your technology is not as good as the mermaids. Your technology is not very useful. On the contrary, your technicians are more useful. I want them to read the mermaids' technical information and help me build a ship. In order to prevent the technology from being leaked, These people will not be able to come back to you, so their families are asked to go with them. As for your daughter, do you know what a hostage is?"

"That's it!" They seemed relieved. "I thought you wanted her to be an underwater monitor!"

"I want her to be an underwater monitor! She can also be a hostage."

"No. Absolutely not." Mrs. Baisha hugged her daughter tightly and wouldn't let go.

The little girl broke away from her mother's control and said with tears, "Mom, don't do this. If it's for everyone, I am willing. Although I can't bear to do it, I have to do it." As soon as she finished speaking, the family of three hugged each other and started crying.

I quickly stopped. "Stop...stop...stop...! Is there anything wrong? You have sold so many technologies, how can a monitor technology be like this? How can it be like life and death for you to make a monitor?"

The patriarch said in a trembling voice: "It's not a technical problem. We can give away the technology of underwater detectors for free, but...but...! We can't lose our daughter!"

"What does this have to do with your daughter?"

The patriarch wiped his tears and looked at me blankly. "Don't you want her to use a monitor?"

"Yeah! So what? I won't abuse her. I will send her back when your negotiations are over."

"Huh?" The three of them looked at me in confusion. After a long time, the clan leader slapped his forehead and said: "I forgot! You may not know. This detector is not a simple machine. To make it requires part of the organs of a living white shark royal family member, so each detector The completion of the vessel means the disappearance of a life."

"Huh? That's it! I'm so sorry, I didn't know! I thought I was just assembling a machine! Then there is no need for this, as long as she is a hostage until the negotiation is over."

"What if the negotiation fails? How can we negotiate if you take hostages? Anyway, we must obey."

"If the negotiation fails, I will send her back to your clan first, and then kill you all together. Maybe I am a devil, but I am also a principled devil."

"I hope you keep your promise."

"I am a businessman. I can have no humanity or morals, but I can't have no credibility. The most important thing for a soldier is loyalty, and the most important thing for a businessman is credibility."

"Please prove it to me with your actual actions!" The White Shark Clan Leader shook my hand excitedly.

I stood up and said, "That's it, do you have technical staff now?"

"Yes. There is a dock on this ship, so we brought a lot of technicians with us. Their family members are usually technicians, so they came with us."

"That will be much more convenient. Let's start the handover, shall we? Evacuate all your people from this ship except the technical staff. Of course, Her Royal Highness the little princess will stay. I will let my subordinates take the magic crystal... Shocked! This ...Wait a minute!" I almost forgot, there are a lot of fakes in the magic crystals on the ship, it would be a big trouble for them to take it back, and my credibility would be ruined. It was originally a one-and-done deal, but it didn't matter anymore. Now the situation has changed. "Hey! Does it take time for you to evacuate with so many ships? You evacuate slowly. I'll go back and help you prepare the magic crystals first."

"Can."

I quickly returned to the Sakura, and while they were evacuating the people, we started frantically working to separate the magic crystals. I really shot myself in the foot, mixed sand into the rice, and now I have to pick out the sand. I feel so dizzy! Fortunately, it was marked, otherwise it would have been fatal to knock on it one by one!

Fortunately, the girls in our guild were very quick and started working on the separation immediately after receiving my notification. When the Jaws evacuation over there ended, so did the separation here. After loading the magic crystal onto the White Shark clan's ship, he watched the White Shark clan's warships disappear on the sea one by one. Only the Sakura and the Great White Shark were left here. This big guy is really big, it's like a mobile dock. It's not bad to exchange such a large pile of magic crystals for such a large submarine. At least it can be used for assault. It is definitely not a problem for this thing to transport hundreds of thousands of troops at a time.

"Okay, girls, let's go home! They're all gone."

"cut!"

"Scared me!"

As soon as I finished speaking, I was immediately beaten up by the girls. "You want to rebel!"

"Who made you so nervous? I got another wrinkle!" said a girl.

Another mm said: "My heart was in my throat, I was almost scared to death when they rushed up!"

I pulled a mm to my side, grabbed her hand and pulled out her sword. "What is this? This is not a fire stick. They are not as fierce as you are. Look at your potential, do you look like a man?"

All the girls responded in unison: "We are not like men because we are women. And you, go to hell!" As I said that, seven or eight girls kicked me into the sea.

"Hahahahaha!" The little princess standing on the Great White Shark saw me being kicked into the water by the girls and immediately forgot the pain at the beginning and laughed.

I emerged from the water and pointed at her and said, "Why are you laughing? You are a hostage! Throw her down!"

The girls behind the princess threw her down after three attempts, but the princess immediately transformed into a big fish tail as soon as she got into the water, while her upper body was still human. "Haha, I'm from the White Shark tribe? Are you throwing me into the water?"

"Don't mess with me, or I'll throw you into the crater."

The princess immediately covered her mouth nervously and stopped talking. I 'rubbed' her blond hair. "Little flower in the greenhouse, you will have to go through ups and downs in the future. Pray for the success of the negotiation! I don't want to turn you into a withered flower with my own hands." After saying that, he immediately pulled her onto the White Shark. "Okay, let's go!"

Although the White Shark is large, for advanced ships, the number of crew members on a larger ship does not make much difference. The weapon system does require a lot of people, but only a dozen people are responsible for navigation, and the remaining technical staff are enough.

While the battleship was returning home, I looked at the technical data diagram of the Jaws. This thing is actually a movable dock. It is about the same size as the Noah, and the middle is basically empty. The internal dock can accommodate 80 warships at the same time, making it a small port. Moreover, there are complete living areas and work areas, and it is equipped with a repair dock so that warships can be repaired at any time. If we had had this thing earlier, there wouldn't have been the Victory incident!

In addition to being able to dock ships, its firepower is also quite terrifying. This thing is equipped with more than 30,000 cannons of various sizes, and its firepower can match that of a fleet. Moreover, this thing has a large number of torpedo launching ports, but it uses direct torpedoes. In addition, I finally discovered the function of its huge shark dorsal fin. The dorsal fin is a ram made from a single piece of high-strength alloy. With the inertia generated by the size of the ship, it can cut the enemy ship in half like cutting tofu.

Finally, I looked at the power structure of this thing. This guy has 10 thrusters. Eight of them are installed on the left and right fins respectively, and the other two are on the tail fin. On the side is a turbofan propeller, which is relatively small. The two on the tail are jet thrusters, which are very powerful. Each of these two thrusters weighs 1,000 tons, and the thrust generated can knead the steel balls into steel cakes like dough. It is a miracle that such a huge battleship will not break due to its structure!

"It's great, isn't it?"

The sudden sound from behind startled me. "Your Highness, you are a hostage now. Can you please feel like a hostage? If I don't imprison you, don't run around!"

"My name is Linling, you don't need to call me princess."

"I'm not discussing this issue with you. I'm talking about your identity. I hope you can do what a prisoner and a hostage should do."

"Um... In fact, I came here just to ask you this question. You have been telling dad that you want me to be a hostage, but I don't know what a hostage is. Can you explain it to me? Ah! Why are you fainting! ...Someone is here...your leader fainted...ah! He was still spitting out white bubbles!"

Oh my God! How could she be such a lively princess! I jumped up from the ground. "This is called foaming at the mouth, not bubbles. Crabs only blow bubbles!"

"Oh! So this is called foaming at the mouth! Can you explain what a hostage is?" Her big twinkling eyes looked at me expectantly.

"I knew I would have asked your mother to be a hostage!" I had definitely missed this! "The hostage is...!" I really didn't know how to explain it for a moment! "That's it...that's it...!"

"What is it?"

"It's... it's... it's insurance, mortgage, guarantee. Do you understand?" I was so anxious that I couldn't speak Japanese!

The princess looked at me with innocent eyes, then shook her head. "Still do not understand!"

I rushed to the door, opened it and shouted outside: "Come here."

A mm was called to the door by me. "What's going on?"

I pushed the princess to her side: "From now on, you are responsible for answering her questions. You will explain to her whatever she asks. As long as it is not a guild secret, you can say anything!"

call! Finally solved! It’s so scary! After closing the door, I went back to read the information and unknowingly arrived at Treasure Island. Hongyue and the others' jaws dropped when they saw the Jaws, especially King Chuang, who was as excited as a child seeing a toy and wouldn't walk away and just jumped on it.

After the fleet gathered, it began to return to Isengard. Of course, the ghost fleet had to stay. The task assigned to them at this stage is to intercept all Japanese ships that attempt to approach the White Shark activity area, and sink them regardless of whether they are military or not. The Japanese who were kidnapped this time will definitely find ways to contact the White Sharks. I must completely stop them. Moreover, the success of the negotiation between the White Shark Clan and the Mermaid Clan also depends on this interception operation.

The biggest reason why the White Sharks agreed to negotiate is that they are afraid that I will cut off their maritime lifeline. Now is the time for me to show my strength. They also know that the Japanese will not end easily and will definitely continue to find ways to contact them. If the Japanese succeed, it means that we do not have the ability to block maritime traffic, and then there is no hope for negotiations. If the Japanese cannot pass the blockade, it means that we have the ability to strangle them at any time, and then they must obey. What is on the negotiating table must ultimately be backed up by actual force.

This time I went back for a short break and will come back soon. It would be difficult to block this place with the ghost fleet alone. In order to facilitate contact, Wu and I agreed on the contact information. If she had something to report or ask for instructions, she would pile up words with stones in a designated area on the island. There is a dedicated person in Babel Tower who is responsible for keeping an eye on this place at all times. If she sees the words, she can tell me. And when we have orders, we will use the red line of the Tower of Babel to write on the ground. As long as they see the red line, they can come and follow it. The trouble is that it is a bit troublesome. After all, it is the longest-distance global satellite communication system now. It's a pity that the undead don't know Morse code, otherwise they would just flash the red line and send telegrams.