Thought Report: Taken into Confidence

The honey trap had always been the lowest of tactics. What truly moved people's hearts had always been ideals, convictions, purpose, and personal charisma!

And right now, Yang Yunzhi possessed considerable personal charisma in Hina's eyes!

She did not need to read this report, because she had watched Yang Yunzhi write it.

So, could following this report really wipe out all the mafia in West Blue?

The answer was yes!

The mafia had entrenched itself in West Blue for centuries, leaving the entire Navy helpless, yet a clerk she had recruited by chance actually had a way to solve the problem.

How could someone like that lack personal charisma?

But the problem was that, even with such an excellent plan laid before her, she lacked the ability to carry it out.

First, she could not command fifty Navy branches.

Second, she did not have two million soldiers under her command.

Even the Fleet Admiral could not accomplish something like this, because the Fleet Admiral did not have two million soldiers either.

"So does that mean the mafia is destined to be impossible to deal with?" Hina sighed and asked in a low voice.

"Didn't I already write the plan?" Yang Yunzhi tapped the plan on the desk.

"Your plan is excellent, but it isn't feasible. Where would the Navy get an army of two million?"

"Mm, this plan is a straightforward solution. If you think it won't work, I have a more underhanded one!"

"What kind of underhanded solution?" Hina asked curiously.

"Doesn't the mafia have five major families? We can help one of them crush the other four, then let that one mafia family rule West Blue!" Yang Yunzhi said. "When West Blue is ruled by multiple families, we call it mafia infestation. When it is ruled by one family, we call it a kingdom!"

"Can that kingdom solve the problem of rampant piracy?" Hina asked again.

She had not forgotten that they wanted to deal with the mafia because the mafia had caused piracy to run rampant.

"Definitely not!" Yang Yunzhi shook his head. "Kingdoms are one of the causes of rampant piracy in the first place. If one mafia family ruled West Blue, there might be fewer pirates, but they would not disappear!"

"The solution you gave can eliminate pirates completely?" Hina asked again.

Yang Yunzhi nodded. "The reason ordinary people go to sea and become pirates is entirely because they can no longer make a living or survive where they are. That is why they have no choice but to take a gamble at sea. Of course, there are also some ambitious people who want to become the One Piece, but there are very few people like that!"

"We only need to provide enough food and jobs locally, so that everyone can live and work in peace and contentment. Then naturally, they will not be willing to go to sea and become pirates!"

Hina had never expected to hear something from Yang Yunzhi that was completely different from the official conclusion.

After all, according to official propaganda, had the Great Pirate Era not been started by One Piece Roger?

She was a straightforward person. If she had a question, she naturally asked it directly.

"Wasn't the Great Pirate Era started by One Piece Roger?"

"Were there no pirates before Roger?" Yang Yunzhi asked in return.

Hina immediately fell silent.

"In fact, pirates existed before Roger, and there were quite a lot of them. Their quality was not low either!"

There was proof of that. The Rumbar Pirates had set sail fifty years ago. Could that have been because of Roger too?

"In fact, it has always been the nobles who drive commoners to become pirates, but the World Government is ruled by nobles, so they cannot say that. Then a One Piece happened to appear ten years ago, so he naturally became the scapegoat!" Yang Yunzhi said calmly. "Rather than calling him the One Piece, it would be more accurate to call him the Scapegoat King, taking the blame for an era crawling with pirates!"

Hina fell silent again.

She wanted to say that Yang Yunzhi was talking nonsense, but she could not go against her conscience.

She lived in this world too. She knew exactly what those nobles and upper-class people were like.

Marine Headquarters was even right next to the Sabaody Archipelago, and she could not possibly fail to see the slaves all over the islands.

It was just that she had never thought about it before, or had not thought so deeply about it!

Until today, when Yang Yunzhi woke her up to it.

"Your thinking is dangerous!" Hina stared fixedly at Yang Yunzhi. "So, since you believe nobles are the main reason piracy runs rampant, why did you join the Navy? The Navy is an organization under the World Government. In a sense, aren't we also helpers to those nobles and upper-class people? Do you have some other purpose?"

"My reasons for joining the Navy are not that complicated. First, I turned eighteen this year. I cannot keep relying on my parents to support me. I had to come out and do something!" Yang Yunzhi explained. "Second, the Navy upholds justice as its ideal, and many righteous people have indeed joined the Navy, so it is easy to find like-minded people here!"

"Whether or not I want to accomplish something in the future, the Navy is a good platform!"

Listening to Yang Yunzhi, Hina suddenly thought of someone.

The son of the Navy Hero, Dragon.

This low-profile Navy Vice Admiral had suddenly resigned several years ago, then formed his own Self-Defense Army. Not long ago, he had renamed it the Revolutionary Army, with the aim of overthrowing the World Government's rule.

The higher-ups in the Navy had been notified about his affairs.

What you are saying is rather similar to Dragon's!

"Do you know Dragon?" Hina asked seriously.

"You mean the leader of the Revolutionary Army?" Yang Yunzhi asked in return.

"You really do know him!" Hina immediately clenched her fists.

"I only know of him. Why are you so nervous?" Yang Yunzhi said speechlessly. "Do you suspect that I am an undercover agent for the Revolutionary Army?"

"Why can't I suspect you? Your thinking is far too similar to his!"

Yang Yunzhi shook his head. "Not at all. His understanding of this world is far less mature than mine, and I do not approve of his methods either. At the time, he was already a Navy Vice Admiral and a candidate for Admiral. With his strength, intelligence, and status as the Navy Hero's son, it would have been perfectly natural for him to become Fleet Admiral one day.

"If he had become Fleet Admiral, he would have had enormous support under his command for whatever he wanted to do, and all of it would have been support that believed in justice. Yet he chose to go his own way and build an army independently!"

"That man has neither brains nor a plan. He is an idealist, but not someone capable of accomplishing great things!"

Hina began to believe that this young man truly was not one of Dragon's people, because he even looked down on Dragon.

That was right. Earlier, he had even looked down on the Fleet Admiral, saying the man lacked wisdom!

"So your goal is to become Fleet Admiral, then lead the Navy in opposing the World Government?" Hina asked.

"I do have such plans!" Yang Yunzhi nodded.

"Aren't you afraid I'll report you to the Fleet Admiral and expose you?"

"Why would you expose me?" Yang Yunzhi asked in return. "What is wrong with a soldier wanting to become Fleet Admiral?"

"But you want to oppose the World Government!"

"Every Fleet Admiral opposes the World Government!" Yang Yunzhi explained. "After all, the Navy's governing principle is justice, yet the World Government always makes the Navy do things that violate that principle. Must every Fleet Admiral obey?"

Hina immediately fell silent.

"For example, if a Celestial Dragon thought you were beautiful and wanted you for himself, would the Fleet Admiral hand you over?"

Hina remained silent.

"Opposition and cooperation may seem like opposites, but at the level of Fleet Admiral, they are instead political tools. So my opposition to the World Government does not mean I am rebelling. Insisting on the Navy's independence is also a form of resistance, is it not?"

Hina rubbed her forehead. In such a short time, she had absorbed far too many new ideas and principles from Yang Yunzhi, yet they all sounded correct!

"So why are you telling me all this?" Hina asked curiously. "Aren't you afraid I'll arrest you?"

"Didn't you ask?" Yang Yunzhi spread his hands. "And my greatest trait is that I do not lie or play schemes. Besides, I am your soldier, your secretary, and your aide. Naturally, I need to report my thoughts to you, so that neither of us keeps things hidden and ends up with conflicting ideas that cause problems in our future work!"

"So that's how it is!" Hina nodded, feeling that this method was indeed useful.

At the very least, although she still did not know Yang Yunzhi's real name, she now knew his character and his dreams. She could indeed use him without worry in the future.

This was actually a small workplace trick from his previous life: occasionally report to one's superior, whether it was a work report or a thought report.

The purpose was to let one's superior understand and become familiar with you. That way, whenever a position opened up or an opportunity for promotion and a raise appeared, they would think of you first.

As for keeping secrets, some secrets could be kept, such as the secret of the system.

But there was no need to keep dreams and goals secret. On the contrary, they should be advertised everywhere.

If you did not publicize your dreams, how would others know whether they should follow you?

In that politically mature era of his previous life, thought reports had worked very well. All the more so in the One Piece World, where political struggle was practically a blank slate.

See? Wasn't Hina very satisfied now? On the small map, the dot representing Hina had changed from light green to dark green!

What did dark green mean? Put it this way: even his parents were only medium green.

This was equivalent to Hina having already taken him into her confidence!