On the second day after occupying Cappadocia City, Charlotte sent someone to deliver a letter to Briton. He had yet to receive a reply, but two merchant ships docked first.
Before the crews of those two merchant ships could figure out what was happening, the West Wind Knight Regiment, which had been waiting for them, stormed their decks and detained everyone aboard. Charlotte skillfully "brainwashed" them all, and with the saltfish-flavored Stiff Leg Staring Pill, the Labyrinthization progress reached (6/18).
There was a minor mishap this time. The captain of one merchant ship claimed that he had once been a pirate. During a boarding battle, a Transcendence aboard the ship they were raiding had cut off one of his arms. Forced into retirement, he had switched careers and become the owner of a merchant ship, but since he was unfamiliar with the business, his trade had never gone well.
This captain, Mad Horse Dai Weisi, learned that Charlotte had taken control of Cappadocia City and possessed four merchant ships. Including his own vessel and the other merchant ship, Charlotte now had six in total. He threw himself into serving Charlotte with such enthusiasm that Charlotte began to wonder whether he was a Byronian spy.
However, Charlotte currently had no one skilled in navigation under his command, so he warmly welcomed the former pirate captain and offered him excellent terms.
Charlotte himself, Dorothy, Anastasia, Belisa, and Cruz—the former Chief Inspector of Cappadocia City's City Patrol—each commanded a one-hundred-man combat squad. He gave Mad Horse Dai Weisi the same treatment.
Having gained Charlotte's "trust," Mad Horse Dai Weisi learned that he wanted to gather more ships and made an extremely tempting proposal. "Lord Qian Nan! If you want a pirate fleet of your own, merely seizing merchant ships won't be enough. We