The Hardline Duke Richard

Count Reinhardt sent a fax to Count Thompson, hoping Count Thompson could help him think of a solution.

Pirates attacking the Kingdom of Arthur, if it happened once, it would happen a second and third time.

Moreover, if the mysterious pirate group that attacked the Kingdom of Arthur wasn't caught, it would give more pirates ideas.

Therefore, Count Reinhardt urgently needed the Navy.

Count Thompson quickly replied.

After seeing the fax reply from Count Thompson, Reinhardt suddenly understood.

"So they want money!"

Count Reinhardt never thought the Navy would extort them.

In the past, Colonel Malone of Branch 189 never asked for money.

However, Oren and Malone were clearly different.

At this moment, the butler reminded him, "Master, a few days ago, Colonel Oren invited you to William Port. You were busy then and sent someone else instead."

"What do you mean by that?" Count Reinhardt was stunned by the words.

The butler lowered his voice and said, "Master, is it possible that the invitation to the banquet and the attack on Fast Port are actually related?"

Count Reinhardt held his breath and paced back and forth.

The butler's words had alerted him.

Perhaps there really was a connection.

"If there is a connection, then the goal is money, right?"

Reinhardt couldn't help but frown. As a noble, he had seen many people.

He just hadn't encountered Navy personnel who would extort them.

However, he had now.

Count Reinhardt said, "Prepare the carriage, I'm going back to the capital."

Count Reinhardt's older brother was Duke Richard.

Duke Richard was the heir to the Kingdom of Arthur and had significant influence within the kingdom.

That night, Count Reinhardt rushed back to the capital and met Duke Richard.

"Has the matter of Fast Port been resolved?" Duke Richard inquired.

Fast Port was Count Reinhardt's fief.

Therefore, when pirates attacked Fast Port, Count Reinhardt thought of fighting back, rather than just thinking about escaping like other nobles and wealthy merchants.

Count Reinhardt replied, "This attack case might not have been carried out by pirates."

"Not pirates? Then who could it be?" Duke Richard asked curiously.

Count Reinhardt said, "I suspect it was the Navy in disguise."

"What did you say!" Duke Richard was greatly shocked upon hearing this, then he quickly shook his head, "Don't talk nonsense, we are a member nation of the World Government, how could the Navy attack us!"

Count Reinhardt said, "I don't have any evidence yet, but this matter is too coincidental."

"What coincidence?" Duke Richard inquired.

"It's like this." Count Reinhardt informed Duke Richard about Oren's invitation to them.

Upon hearing this, Duke Richard replied, "Indeed, Colonel Oren also invited me, but I didn't go either."

Count Reinhardt said, "I heard that apart from some merchants, nobles and officials, basically no one from our Kingdom of Arthur attended."

"Because we didn't go, Oren couldn't get the money, so he sent people to attack Fast Port?"

Duke Richard understood Reinhardt's line of reasoning.

Count Reinhardt said, "Yes, so the only things we can do now are either report the situation to the World Government or invite Colonel Oren to the banquet in the name of the Kingdom of Arthur."

The implication was, either fight back or submit.

"Just a mere branch colonel."

Duke Richard snorted coldly, then said to Count Reinhardt, "We will go see the King and inform him of this matter."

As a Duke of a member nation of the World Government, how could Duke Richard allow a branch colonel to extort them?

If this matter got out, the Kingdom of Arthur would become a laughingstock of the world!

Duke Richard and Count Reinhardt arrived at the palace.

The current King, Brown II, was Duke Richard's biological brother.

However, Brown II was not in good health and had no heirs.

Therefore, after Brown II's death, Duke Richard would inherit the throne.

It was precisely because he was going to inherit the throne that Duke Richard needed to adopt a 'tough' stance.

Otherwise, if the citizens learned that the entire kingdom had been extorted, how could he rule the country in the future?

"Cough, cough, cough." Brown II lay sick in bed, his health declining day by day.

"Your Majesty," Duke Richard was about to speak.

At this moment, the Queen shook her head at Duke Richard, "He cannot speak with you right now."

"Alright." After listening, Duke Richard informed the Queen about the matters concerning Fast Port and the Navy.

After hearing this, the Queen said, "Our Kingdom of Arthur is a member nation of the World Government, so we truly cannot act like William Port."

Duke Richard said, "I plan to send a fax to the World Government to express our protest."

"Mm." The Queen nodded, "Although there's no evidence, we can still warn these Navy members."

A mere branch of the South Blue Navy dares to extort?

Truly ungrateful!

With the Queen's consent, Duke Richard sent the fax to the World Government.

Of course, Duke Richard did not explicitly state that Branch 189 was demanding money.

He mentioned the incident at William Port.

This represented a precedent for Branch 189 at William Port.

Furthermore, he recounted all the coincidences.

As long as the World Government wasn't blind, they would surely understand.

Holy Land, Mary Geoise.

Pangu City, Chamber of Power.

Duke Richard's fax still reached the Gorosei.

In fact, member nations of the World Government frequently raised some 'dissatisfaction.'

The Gorosei were all aware of this.

Dealing with matters concerning member nations was also one of their daily tasks.

"Branch 189? Colonel Oren."

The bespectacled elder lost interest after reading the contents of the fax.

In his eyes, these were all trivial matters.

However, a mere branch colonel dared to extort a member nation of the World Government.

This was somewhat interesting.

At this moment, the white-haired elder said, "We've already investigated. Oren is Victor's subordinate, and Victor recommended him to become the Colonel of Branch 189."

"I recall now, the William Port incident was allowed to happen by Victor, wasn't it?"

"Should we deal with this?"

"If we were to truly deal with such matters, the World Government would lose face."

"But if we ignore it, more member nations will voice their opinions."

"Then let them provide evidence."

"Yes, with evidence, we can deal with it. Otherwise, there are simply too many such incidents."

The Gorosei all wore smiles on their faces.

If Oren were just an ordinary branch colonel, they would have dealt with him casually.

But, Oren happened to be Victor's man.

Victor was a supernova that the Gorosei were focusing on cultivating within the Navy.

Given Victor's personality, he would definitely protect Oren.

Therefore, it was better to avoid trouble.

"Send CP4 to investigate. Tell Gana not to investigate too seriously."

Gana was the commander of CP4.

Dispatching CP4 was meant to appease the member nations, informing them that the World Government was already in the process of investigating.