Chapter 203 Deep Sea Labor Dispatch Agreement

At the beginning, Xiong would notify the navy in advance before sending pirates here.

But as the process became familiar, the process of advance notification was omitted. The G6 branch even organized a salvage team specifically to salvage pirates here.

The only detail here is the specific amount of the bounty, but the navy does not have to spend money on the bounty, and the World Government is not completely uninvolved in the formulation of the bounty order. The World Government will reimburse it.

No one has made any moves in this regard. Even though the huge size of the navy has spawned many corrupt elements, these people know what money can be touched and what money cannot be touched.

In the Grand Line, Lab swam along the sea current towards the Sabaody Archipelago, much faster than the ship.

As marine creatures, they have a keen sense of ocean currents and do not need to go through complicated learning like human navigators.

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To this day, the most common way of traveling in the Grand Line is still by ship, and this is no exception for Orlan and his friends.

If you are really in a hurry, you can ask the bear to take you a distance, or fly yourself, and take a ship under normal circumstances.

Although the Hexgate is convenient and is a technology tree that Orlan has already maxed out, the Hexgate's rigid demand is Hex crystals, and regular operation also requires two gates located at the starting point and the end point respectively.

The terminalless teleportation gate that Orlan has researched is still a laboratory product. It can be used but is expensive, and it is not possible to mass produce it at present.

Moreover, it is not easy to find alternative materials for Hexgate crystals. Even with the super synthesizer, the Swallowing Fruit, there is no replica of the exact Hexgate crystal.

Even if it is reproduced, some combat units will be given priority. The Hexgate also follows an essence: the larger the object being transmitted and the longer the transmission distance, the greater the consumption.

Even Piltover in Valoran has not built flying gates all over the world, but only established transit stations in places where trade transactions are frequent.

This is the nature of those businessmen, profit-seeking, and in most cases, they will not do business at a loss.

Some things are not built just because they are convenient, but they need to be analyzed in detail based on the specific situation.

As for simple aircraft.

It is not difficult to make, but the practicality is even lower in the Grand Line.

The complex magnetic field makes conventional guidance devices ineffective, and they can only fly by recording pointers like ships, and most islands do not have an environment for aircraft to dock.

This is not a big problem. The weather in the Grand Line is also terrible. The weather here can really change. Even if the weather station detected that the weather was still sunny five minutes ago, it may rain heavily in the next moment.

Well, it is normal to rain. In the new world, it is not impossible to have knife rain or thunderstorms.

A large number of meteorologists under the Golden Lion have not been able to grasp the situation. It is okay in the four seas, but it is a bit thankless to popularize conventional aircraft in the Grand Line.

Ordinary people don't need it, and strong people don't need it, even on Firefly Island.

Ordinary citizens don't need long-distance voyages, and the king who travels around the world has more than one way to fly.

"Woo!"

Lab suddenly shouted, then stopped with his mouth wide open.

"Are we almost there, Fran, Ginny, let's go, stay in Lab's mouth for a while."

The high mortality rate of going to Fishman Island is due to the risk caused by the coating. Even if the bubbles generated by the Alchiman mangrove are very tough, they are still bubbles.

Under the hidden dangers of the deep sea, the bubble film is likely to be damaged, which usually means the destruction of the ship and the death of people.

The suffocating environment and strong water pressure are all fatal to humans.

Sizzle

In Lab's mouth, Ginny pulled out a tungsten filament from her pocket, and used the ability of the Thunder Fruit to act as a human light bulb, illuminating the surrounding space.

"Brother Orlan, this whale is not a vegetarian."

As the light illuminated the surrounding space, Ginny found some unusual places, such as Lab's mouth full of sharp teeth.

"How can there be a vegetarian whale? It's just the difference between baleen whales and toothed whales. Island whales are also a kind of toothed whales. Lab's position in the food chain is not low."

"That's what I mean. It's very different from what it looks like."

Although Lab's head was covered with scars, he still tended to be honest in appearance. Ginny didn't expect Lab to have a mouth full of sharp teeth under his honest appearance.

"One of the characteristics of marine life, those who look ugly may be docile, and those who look cute may be the real predators."

No matter how big the body is, it can't change the fact that Lab is a creature. There is a slight odor in the mouth, but it doesn't take too long for Lab to dive. As a string of bubbles floated to the surface of the sea, the huge figure disappeared on the sea surface and moved towards the deep sea.

[How come there are still eight years? It's too long.]

[Less than eight years. It's too short for us. The day of the king's return is coming.]

In the deep sea, Oran could hear the sea kings still discussing the topic of Poseidon. No one knew how long these sea kings lived.

Perhaps they existed in the sea when the previous generation of sea kings were alive. Everything now is just a reincarnation for them.

On Fishman Island, Shaq also received Oran's communication.

"Shaq, I'm almost at Fishman Island. If you're nearby, come and take a look. It's an island whale with a scar on its head. We're in its mouth."

These scars are left by Laboo.

The Grand Line is indeed very dangerous for young Laboo, but for adult island whales, except for those super-large sea kings, they basically have no opponents.

Laboo had been waiting for the Twin Gorge to hit the Red Earth Continent as agreed. It didn't know where to find the people of the Rumba Pirates. It only remembered that those people agreed that they would come to pick it up after they circled the Grand Line.

Laboo's thinking is relatively simple. He took it for granted that the Rumba Pirates were on the other side of the Upside-Down Mountain, so he wanted to crash through it.

Perhaps Laboo also sensed the experience of the Rumba Pirates, but just used this way to vent his sadness.

Now that he was fooled by Orlan, most marine creatures would stay away from it when it was used as a means of transportation, and he didn't encounter any trouble on the way to dive.

"The island whale with a scar on its head."

"Brother Shaq, look over there, is that the one?"

Not long ago, Shaq had just dealt with a few pirates who had entered the island to cause trouble. Not long ago, he was at the entrance of Fishman Island. The soldiers of the Sea King Army and Shaq were also acquaintances. After hearing the content of the phone call, he noticed the big guy on the periphery.

The light of Yangshu Eve made the area very bright, but the size of the whale made Shaq stunned for a moment.

"This whale is a bit too big, it can't get in the entrance."

Fishman Island is an island wrapped in a huge bubble film, and it is a special double-layer bubble film.

There is no problem for ships to enter the entrance. If those ships that have been coated on the Sabaody Archipelago force their way in from other places, the coating will automatically peel off and merge with the island's shield.

There is an air layer between the two layers of bubble film, and ordinary ships will fall out here.

Even if they can rush in, they will fall into Fishman Island after losing power, and crash directly or be washed away by the internal sea current.

However, this is to defend against conventional ships. For an island whale of the size of Lab, it is not a problem.

"Here, here, go in from here!"

After confirming the whale, Shaq used rich body movements to guide Lab to the direction of a mermaid beach, and guided it through the bubble membrane and into the interior of Fishman Island.

As Lab opened his mouth wide, Orlan and the other two walked out.

"Shaq, I haven't seen you for a while. It seems that you have grown a lot."

The extra scars on his body became the best proof at this time. Whether it is physical or appearance, it is enough to show what Shaq has experienced during this period.

"It's nothing. Brother Orlan has helped me a lot. Haki is really useful."

As an island that crosses the entrance to the New World, Haki is not popular in Fishman Island. Those who can Haki are all fishmen who go out to sea as pirates.

If Orlan does not provide assistance, it will become extremely difficult for Shaq to get in touch with the practice of Haki.

Although Haki can be awakened naturally after fighting more even if no one teaches it, it is much easier to have a master to guide the way.

"It is your own business whether you can learn it or not. For some people, it is useless even if you directly teach them the training method. By the way, Otohime wrote to me saying that she is preparing for the wedding?"

"Indeed, a few years ago, Otohime and I were active in Fishman Street. By chance, Otohime met Neptune, the former prince and the current king.

After the death of the old king, Otohime is now the princess.

If it were a few years ago, the wedding should have been held long ago, but Roger's becoming the Pirate Queen had a great impact on Fishman Island, so this matter was delayed. In fact, even the eldest prince was born this year."

Shaq explained to Oran what happened in Fishman Island during this period, and then took out a bundle of coral branches.

"This is a bubble coral, which can release bubbles. By adjusting the amount of air, mermaids can fly on the land of the island. This big whale should be no problem.

Otohime told me before that if you arrive, Brother Oran, I will take you directly to Ryugu City."

Not long after, a huge bubble swimming ring appeared on Lab's body. The bubble effect of Fishman Island is quite strong. Even such an island whale can fly directly into the sky.

After adapting to the state, Lab flew towards Ryugu City above.

On the way, Shaq also talked about the seabed minerals.

"Brother Oran, the range of our activities is not large. After all, the relationship between races is very complicated. But the minerals nearby have almost been surveyed. These are some things exposed on the seabed.

I have some ore samples at home. We can't tell what they are. Brother Oran, you have to test them yourself."

Shaq handed Oran a simple sea map with many things marked on it, and even some underwater ruins.

Shaq and his team even found a lot of antique treasures in these ruins, which also stimulated the exploration enthusiasm of some fishmen.

"That's enough, but if you announce now that these industries are related to humans, how many people will be left in the mining team?"

"I don't know, but the impact will definitely be huge."

Apart from anything else, Aaron and Jinbei now have great opinions about humans, and Tiger is a little better, but also neutral.

Shaq can suppress some rumors with his prestige, but when rumors become reality, the difficulty is different.

"It's not easy to clean up the mess left over hundreds of years. But don't worry, I will explain this matter through the channels of the Dragon Palace Kingdom later.

Cooperation with humans is the intention of the Dragon Palace Kingdom. You are just a messenger, so it won't affect you. It's not easy to change people's ideas."

Letting Shak integrate the Fishman Street is only part of the plan. After all, if the problems over there are not dealt with, the orders of the Dragon Palace Kingdom cannot be implemented in the Fishman Street at all.

Not long after, Orlan had arrived in the Dragon Palace City. A male catfish mermaid wearing a top hat, a single-sided glasses on his left eye, and a bull horn cane in his right hand came over with a long fish tail swinging.

He is the left minister of the Dragon Palace Kingdom. Unlike female mermaids who will split their legs at the age of 30, the lower body of male mermaids will always be fish tails.

Unlike the many waterless environments in the Fishman Island, the Dragon Palace City is full of sea water, and even mermaids can move freely.

"King of the human race, I am here to greet you on the orders of King Neptune and Princess Otohime. Please move to the bubble over here."

The Left Minister is an old-fashioned man in the Kingdom of Dragon Palace. He does things in a methodical manner and treats Orlan according to the etiquette of receiving royal family.

But he doesn't know if these actions are flawed. No other royal family has appeared in Fishman Island for hundreds of years.

"You can also go together, but this whale cannot enter. Dragon Palace City cannot accommodate it."

[Lab, wait a moment. I will take you to find your friends after I finish dealing with things here. 】

After signaling Lab to wait aside, Orlan and others entered Dragon Palace City under the protection of the bubble.

"Brother Oran, if this bubble bursts, will the three of us be drowned here?"

"Don't worry, the bubbles here are not so easy to burst. Even if they really burst, I have emergency measures, and you will definitely not be drowned.

But Fran, don't poke it. If you really poke it, it will be very troublesome later."

Looking at Frankenstein who was constantly poking bubbles out of curiosity, Oran stopped her dangerous behavior, while the left minister kept looking at the people behind him with his peripheral vision, wondering what he was thinking.

After passing through a long corridor full of underwater style, they also came to the hall of the Dragon Palace.

"Welcome, King of Humans, long-lost guest of the Kingdom of Dragon Palace."

"Mr. Oran, long time no see, welcome to visit as promised."

"Long time no see, Princess Otohime, you know my habits, so I won't waste any more words, I'm here to discuss business with Fishman Island this time.

I have a project on the seabed, which requires the assistance of many fishmen, so I want to sign a labor agreement with Fishman Island and hire the fishmen here."

Adding "Princess" to the title, on the one hand, shows respect for Otohime's status, on the other hand, it shows that what is being discussed at this time is state affairs and has nothing to do with personal relationships.

"You are so direct, King Oran. In the past few hundred years, no human has ever made such a request."

"That's because not many humans have come to Ryugu Castle in the past few hundred years.

To show my sincerity, let me first tell you my conditions.

First of all, I now have the position of Shichibukai, fly my flag, and can sail freely on the sea. Humans will not embarrass you.

Even if there are pirates threatening you, you can also ask for help from the nearby navy."

The ordinary Shichibukai do not have this qualification. Although they are in the same camp as the navy, there is a difference in essence. The navy does not trust these pirates who have been amnestyed.

The navy and Shichibukai should cooperate in combat according to the rules, but in fact, the two sides generally do not interfere with each other and let each other's power be consumed by the enemy.

Olan is a special case. In the past, he could also rely on the power of the navy through his relationship. After having this title, the support of the navy became reasonable.

It is not easy for Shak's prospecting team to explore far away. The lack of a suitable foothold is one of the most direct reasons, but if they put the matter of working for Oran in the open, it would be reasonable.

It can even be said that the purpose of hiring these fishmen is to mine deep-sea minerals to develop pacifists. Anyone who delays the work of these fishmen is obstructing the project of pacifists.

Most people can't bear this hat.

"Second, when the next World Conference begins, my country will become a member country, and it will be a member country with the qualifications to attend the World Conference. I can propose to solve the dilemma of the Kingdom of Dragon Palace at the World Conference."

When Oran said the first sentence, Neptune felt that this person was a little arrogant and rude. How could he say that he would hire other people's citizens right away.

But when Oran expressed his sincerity, Neptune found that he was wrong. This seemed to be a warm offer.

From an outsider's perspective, the royal family of the Kingdom of Dragon Palace is a representative of incompetence.

But in the eyes of the people of the Kingdom of Dragon Palace, Neptune is an excellent, brave, responsible and responsible king, who is deeply loved by his people on Fishman Island.

When he was not yet king, he personally led troops to guard the Fishman Island. Neptune did not oppress this country or anything like that, and he was truly sympathetic to his people.

However, he had no ability, so he could not make any effective changes.

Neptune knew very well that the discrimination of the land humans against the mermaids and fishmen could only be gradually eliminated through communication, but they in the deep sea had no channels to communicate with the land humans.

Except for pirates, no one goes to Fishman Island, and now, Oran appears here.

Although the news about the allied countries was not published in the newspaper, the news about the Seven Warlords of the Sea had spread long ago, and the Kingdom of Ryugu also received newspapers from the mainland through the return of ships.

Just now, Neptune was able to sit on the throne steadily, but now, he came directly in front of Oran.

"King Oran, is everything you said true?"