"So you think highly of Lucci?"
Gion frowned.
"Although we don't have much contact with CP, many people in our navy have heard of Lucci."
After all, his title is too exaggerated; people say he is the strongest person in the 800-year history of CP9!
"Oh?"
No Jinbe Gion finished speaking than Jinbe couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"The strongest CP9 member in eight hundred years?!"
Why have I never heard of such a powerful person before?
"He was, after all, an intelligence agent, so his whereabouts were very secretive, but I still remember the thing that made him famous."
Approximately twelve years ago, a highly malicious attack occurred in Endoril, a member state of the World Government's South Blue Affiliated Nation.
A group of pirates attacked and kidnapped five hundred guards of the Kingdom of Endoril, imprisoning them in a warehouse and demanding a large ransom from the King of Endoril.
In response, King Endoril contacted the World Government by paying double the amount of Heavenly Tribute he had received that year.
The person the World Government sent to handle this matter was Rob Lucci, who was only thirteen years old at the time and had not yet joined CP9!
At this point, Gion picked up her wine glass and gently poured some wine for Gawain.
After seeing Gawain pick up the drinks, Gion poured a drink for Jinbe and herself as well.
At a nearby desk, scholar Dan, who was scribbling on drawings, kept shaking his head.
"I'm currently researching Merfolk Land-Walker, so I won't trouble you."
"Okay, although I didn't intend to prepare it for you."
Gion responded with a smile, then picked up her wine glass and clinked it with Gawain's.
Taking a sip of sake, Gion continued.
"After Rob Lucci arrived in the Kingdom of Endoril, he did something that no one expected."
It was precisely because of this incident that his reputation spread throughout our navy.
Not only did he fail to rescue the kidnapped guards, he also stormed into the warehouse where the pirates were holding their soldiers and killed everyone inside without anyone noticing!
This included a few scattered pirates guarding the warehouse, and a full five hundred royal guards!
Note that no one noticed his actions; he silently killed five hundred people in a warehouse that was not very well sealed!
For this alone, he can already be called a master assassin.
After some time, when a large number of pirates arrived at the warehouse, all they saw was a mountain of corpses and Rob Lucci sitting on top of them.
Rumor has it—or rather, it's just a rumor—that pirates fired at Rob Lucci, but the thirteen-year-old Rob Lucci, relying on his mastery of Tekkai, withstood all the damage and single-handedly killed the captain of a large group of pirates.
After that, Rob Lucci officially joined CP9, and since then, no further information about him has been released.
As soon as she finished speaking, Gion put down her sake cup and sighed softly.
"He is the kind of person who is very similar to Admiral Sakazuki, in order to avoid using captured soldiers as bargaining chips and to prevent captured soldiers from bringing shame to the World Government."
So, while dealing with the pirates, he also took care of the soldiers...
In short, sir, is this kind of person... suitable to join our team?
Hearing Gion's words from the side, Jinbe couldn't help but ponder.
Having joined less than a day ago, he was still a little hesitant to face the word "team."
And Gawain.
He took a drag of his cigarette and then smiled.
"A team's style is never determined by any one member. Once someone joins us, I will naturally shape them into my style."
After speaking, Gawain picked up his wine glass, took a sip, and after swallowing the wine, he exhaled a light breath of alcohol before continuing.
"I can't have only the two of you around me."
Or rather, there are some things I have that aren't suitable for you to do.
For example..."
Gawain suddenly smiled, raised his hand, and pointed towards the back of the carriage.
"Didn't the Chief Justice say he had prepared a special gift for me in the last carriage? Jinbe, go check and see what they brought us."
"Yes, sir!"
Jinbe stood up, and as he walked towards the back of the car, he said to Gawain with a wry smile.
"I'm often a bit slow on the uptake, and I always thought it was my problem."
It wasn't until now that I realized it wasn't that I was slow to react; it was because the people I was chatting with weren't good enough!
After hearing your example, I understand everything at once.
I'm even starting to look forward to Lucci joining us, haha!
"That's right~."
Gion couldn't help but laugh too, raising an eyebrow at Gawain as she did so.
"It's really not enough for just us. The adults really need a capable and excellent team of assistants to take on the roles of housekeeper, secretary, accountant, and so on, haha."
If you asked someone like Jinbe and me to challenge the Four Emperors, we wouldn't hesitate at all.
But if you ask us to accept bribes, make money, manage finances, or handle miscellaneous tasks, that would be unacceptable.
We could manage those things, but our skills were definitely not as professional as theirs!
"Yes."
Gawain smiled and nodded, then got up and walked out of the carriage.
Sitting in the connecting area of the Shirahoshi carriage, Gawain took off his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs, and let his feet dangle beside the train.
His feet were still quite a distance above the sea, so he wasn't worried about bumping or hitting anything.
But his face suddenly contorted in pain.
It turned out that the seawater kicked up by the Sea Train had splashed onto his feet, and his feet were now bloodshot and covered in wounds...
Seeing Gawain approach, Shirahoshi put down the miniature guillotine, then placed her arm on the side of the barrier next to Gawain, rested her head on her arm, and looked at Gawain tenderly.
On the other side, Gion carried Konpira to Gawain's side and sat down next to Gawain.
Slowly taking off her high heels, Gion placed her delicate white feet down outside the car.
Her legs were much longer Gawain's. She gently dipped her feet into the water, touching the rapidly passing railway tracks with her toes.
As the train gradually left the area around Enies Lobby, darkness quickly fell again, and the moon appeared and disappeared in the high sky.
By the moonlight, Gawain looked to his left and saw Shirahoshi, who had been excited all day, yawning sweetly.
Looking to the right, one is greeted by Gion's caring smile.
"My lord, please bear with it. The pain you are in now will not last long. At the latest, it will be two months, or after you subdue Bartholomew Kuma, you will no longer be covered in injuries like you are now."
Moreover, don't worry, as long as you master the skills of Seimei Kikan in the future, you can shape your body however you want!
The greatest transformation in the Navy in the last two hundred years was brought about by the Air Force Commander and Garp.
By studying the unique skills of countless powerful naval warriors, the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force eventually summarized and generalized the Six Powers.
Based on this, Garp innovated and developed the incredibly terrifying special technique of Seimei Kikan!
At this point, Gion suddenly smiled mysteriously, then leaned close to Gawain's ear and whispered something.
"Seimei Kikan not only makes it easier for us to maintain our peak condition, it can even give us free control over our bodies."
For example, my colleague, Onigumo Vice Admiral, wielded six swords with his hair, and together with his two hands, he mastered the Eight-Blade Style.
Imagine, in Seimei Kikan, you can even control the length of your hair, and make it dance like an arm!
So, sir, as long as you accumulate enough, you can Seimei Kikan freely control your height!
"Cough cough!"
Upon hearing Gion's words, Gawain coughed violently, and while coughing, he gently kicked Gion's shin.
"Stop joking, I don't care about height at all. If I can't see far, I can just stand on the shoulders of giants."
Are you calling me?
As soon as Gawain finished speaking, Shirahoshi asked in a daze.
"Does the master want to play on my shoulder now?"
Gawain:...(-_-)...
Seeing Gawain's speechless silence, Gion couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Meanwhile, in a more distant carriage, Jinbe walked back with measured steps.
When he reached the front of Shirahoshi's carriage, he lightly leaped onto the roof, then jumped down between Shirahoshi and Gawain.
"Grown ups!"
Jinbe bent down and said in a low voice.
"Then there wasn't just one carriage, but two, two whole carriages piled high with all sorts of treasures."
I don't have much experience in valuation, but in my opinion, those should be worth at least a billion or so!
"Only a few billion?"
Gawain sat there and frowned.
"It's a bit too little, but it's just a windfall, so it doesn't matter."
Everyone, please rest first. We'll have a lot to do once we arrive in Water 7. Let's work together to get everything sorted out tonight.
"We'll head to Amazon Lily by noon tomorrow at the latest."