You Have Your Rules, I Have My Workarounds

The next morning—Water 7.

News that Phoenix Lin Nuo had defeated and subdued two officers of the Rocks Pirates swept through the entire city like the wind.

It started with the thug who had been sent to deliver the message. He scrambled into the main district and shouted at everyone he saw, "Silver Axe lost! Babel lost! Someone knocked them all flat!"

Then, the people who rushed over to see for themselves truly did see it.

Silver Axe and Babel had been tied up tightly and tossed onto the deck of a cargo ship.

Lin Nuo himself sat at the bow, leisurely drinking soda.

The news quickly spread.

It circulated among the citizens and merchants of Water 7.

Those were Rocks's officers! And he had taken them down just like that!

Awed by the absolute gap in strength, many people began treating Lin Nuo like a walking calamity and avoided him whenever they could.

But Silver Axe's group had been running rampant through Water 7 these past few days, leaving everyone anxious and uneasy.

More than awe or fear, many people felt grateful toward Lin Nuo.

And just as they had said, Morgans's people were never late.

The News Coo arrived early in the morning.

Ginny took the firsthand photos she had snapped, printed them all out, and handed them over to the News Coo according to their prior agreement, to be delivered to the World Economy News Paper.

It was foreseeable that the next issue's front page would feature another explosive story.

It all depended on how Morgans handled it.

Tom's Shipyard—main dock.

Kokoro successfully returned with a cargo ship loaded with Treasure Tree Adam lumber.

When she directed the workers to unload the cargo, the entire shipyard erupted.

"Great! The material problem is solved!"

"We can finally