Handling

The next day.

After waking up, washing up, and arriving at his office, Xia Che picked up the newspaper that had been placed on his desk, ordered by the Marine branch.

After a quick glance and finding no information about the East Blue from last night, a hint of surprise flashed in Xia Che's eyes, followed by a hint of understanding.

That's right~

What a big deal it was last night!

They said the East Blue Overlord, along with East Blue pirates, had massacred Marine Branch 16, but if you look closely...

What kind of trash were they?

Setting aside Moke's 50 million Belly, the highest bounty among the remaining pirates was only the captain of the Krieg Pirates.

But.

That was only 17 million Belly!

They said there were over ten thousand pirates, but if you pieced together the bounties of this group of pirates, the total wouldn't even be as high as a single pirate crew in the New World.

As for pirates attacking a Marine branch, it's not like attacking Enies Lobby, Marineford, or Impel Down.

Every day, countless Marine branches are attacked by pirates on this sea.

The only difference is that most pirates do it sneakily, while Moke was so brazen.

So, this matter is probably as big as a sesame seed to Marine Headquarters. Even if Garp hadn't hyped it up, Marine Headquarters might not have known about it until after Moke truly massacred Marine Branch 16.

It's like the protagonist's crew. Later, after attacking Colonel Mouse, if Colonel Mouse hadn't specifically hyped up Luffy, Luffy's first bounty probably wouldn't have been 30 million Belly.

So, with the situation in the East Blue... what kind of caliber is that!

Still want to be on the trending news?

If the pirate big shots from the Grand Line and the New World saw this... wouldn't they laugh their heads off?

Perhaps this is also why Marine Headquarters only sent Colonel Smoker to provide support.

If this were any other sea, facing an attack from more than half the pirates in the entire sea, the Marines would at least have to send a Marine general for support.

But the East Blue now... it's really not necessary.

Xia Che seemed to have figured something out, nodded, and continued reading the newspaper.

Currently, there were two main trending topics on the newspaper. One was the East Blue's Supernova—Portgas D. Ace.

After leaving the East Blue, this guy became famous. Relying on his own strength, he quickly passed through the Grand Line and entered the New World.

He was currently being invited by the World Government to become a Shichibukai, thus causing a huge stir on the seas.

The other trending figure was the protagonist of the "One-Man Revolution" in the South Blue's Sorbet Kingdom a few years ago, the so-called Tyrant, Bartholomew Kuma.

Of course, later, after the former King of Sorbet Kingdom, King Becori, fled and cooperated with the World Government, he led several Marine warships to the Sorbet Kingdom. Kuma sank them all by himself, and now Bartholomew Kuma has also gone out to sea to become a pirate.

While taking his daughter around the sea searching for doctors to treat her, he also stirred up so-called revolutions in various countries, causing a huge stir. He has now become a trending topic on the newspaper and has been heavily rewarded by the World Government.

As for Moke... although his bounty was already quite high for a newcomer, he didn't really have many outstanding achievements.

Before 30 million, it was all thanks to his boss hyping him up. Later, Garp hyped him up to 50 million. And when he attacked Marine Branch 16, he failed and even dragged down the entire East Blue pirates.

It is estimated that the pirate forces in the East Blue will find it difficult to recover in the short term.

Xia Che felt a wave of emotion and sighed, then put away the newspaper and looked at Miss Robin beside him, "How are those pirates being arranged?"

"They are already being arranged, but because the number this time is indeed quite large, it will take some time to fully arrange them," Miss Robin, who was still reading, did not look up. She flipped through the book in her hands and said slowly, "Udo is already watching over there. According to your wishes, some will be used for the construction of the Konomi Islands, and some will be used for the construction of the Marine branch."

As she spoke, she also used her ability to pour Xia Che a cup of black tea.

"As for Nami, she went to sort out the spoils early this morning; Moke has already set sail in his new ship; on the Marine side... Colonel Smoker is still here, and Sergeant Tashigi was invited by Guina for a spar early this morning."

"Moke has already set sail?"

It seems Moke is also very excited after getting a new ship~

After hearing Robin's introduction, Xia Che had a general understanding of the current situation.

In short, everything was arranged properly, and he didn't need to worry about it.

As for Colonel Smoker, it was probably because of Tashigi that he hadn't left yet.

After all, to suddenly encounter someone who looked so much like him and also used a sword, it would be strange if they didn't spar properly!

So, there was no need to mind Colonel Smoker.

"What's the situation on the East Blue? Did Moke expose himself?"

Since he didn't get any useful information from the newspaper, he would collect it from the East Blue later.

"We are already arranging for people to collect it, and it will take some time." Miss Robin showed a helpless smile as if she had thought of something.

Who would have thought that this guy would end up arranging for Moke to save a group of small pirates?

He single-handedly blocked a Marine colonel, leaving hope for the East Blue pirates. I estimate those pirates were almost moved to tears looking at Moke's back at that time.

And Colonel Smoker... he had a foul expression all night yesterday. I heard the cigar ash piled up at his feet was almost full.

"Oh, right~" Robin looked up, a graceful smile on her face, and said, "This time, we encountered quite a few civilians who were abducted by pirates on some pirate ships. Because they were all unconscious at the time, they didn't know what had happened. And you hadn't woken up yet this morning, so Udo specifically came to me just now to ask me to ask you later how to deal with them. Also, I heard you are planning to recruit a few pirates?"

"Civilians? If you want to go home, I'll have Colonel Smoker take you later. If you want to stay, we can arrange it as before," Xia Che said after a moment of thought.

Normally, when Moke and his crew kidnapped people, they did so according to his instructions, taking them from impoverished areas. Therefore, these individuals, who had experienced poverty, would greatly cherish their lives here upon arriving.

But this time...

It was just an accident.

It was likely that many of the civilians weren't originally poor, but had simply encountered pirates by chance and were then abducted.

Therefore, there was no need to force them to stay. After all, in this East Blue... there was no shortage of people looking for work.

As for recruiting pirates...

There were only a few of them, especially Captain Kuro. Of course, whether they were people or not didn't matter; as long as Silent Step could be obtained, that was enough.

So, he could just send Udo later. Xia Che was confident that Udo would handle it.

On the contrary...

[Name: Xia Che] [Occupation: Level 4 Section Chief] [Metric Count: 8000, Remark: When employee reaches 10000, they can be promoted to Level 3 Section Chief and receive an employee benefit.]

This operation actually increased his metrics by 2500, from the original 5500 to 8000. It was almost as much as when the inspection team came last time. Was it because he had wiped out several minor bosses that the protagonist encountered in the early stages?

But he had to admit, the gains this time were quite substantial!

Since there was nothing else to do, Xia Che stretched and stood up, saying to Robin, "Do you want to go take a look at Cocoyasi Village together?"

As soon as he spoke.

Miss Robin thought for a moment, closed the book in her hands, and with her fair, jade-like hands, gently brushed aside the hair on her forehead. She smiled and nodded, saying elegantly, "Okay, BOSS~"