Although Garp's Dog Head Warship looked a little bizarre, its performance ranked among the best of all warships. As standard Marine equipment, warships were excellent in every respect, and this one was exceptionally fast.
After receiving the support mission from Admiral Sengoku, Ortolan and the others had traveled day and night. After nearly ten days, they finally reached the waters near Ranky Island.
So far, according to reports sent back by Marine intelligence agents on Ranky Island, nothing unusual had happened on the island.
On the deck, Ortolan was reading through the relevant intelligence documents in his hand.
"Ranky Island is Rude Field's territory, right?" Ortolan smacked his lips.
"That's right. Rude Field holds considerable influence in the Underworld and possesses astonishing wealth. He's known as the 'King of Usury,'" Kuzan said from the side.
The fact that he had invested in the MADS research team showed that he truly had a good eye. However, according to intelligence, he had suffered a severe blow in his investment business before this, leaving his cash flow extremely tight for more than a year. As a result, many of the projects in his hands had been scaled back.
Judging by the timing, Rude Field's business troubles were likely closely related to Shiki's defeat in the Ed War Sea Battle. Shiki's failure had most likely set off a chain reaction in some of his ventures, eventually leading to this outcome.
Still, as Ortolan remembered, this guy remained quite solid even twenty-some years later. He should have weathered this crisis.
The unlucky ones were some of the projects in his hands. MADS's research project, for example, had its financial support drastically cut. That was why internal conflicts erupted within the illegal civilian research group, and several of its scientists wanted to disband.
As a result,