Attracting Pirates

At this point, the entire Pildac Island knew.

The Marines had landed, and they had brought a very strange figure with them.

A colonel who loved cleaning up trash, and on his very first day, he had cleaned their streets spotless.

Moreover, this Marine was unlike the others, without that lofty, superior air.

Even now, late at night, he was still cleaning up trash in the bars that stayed open after dark.

Three days later.

As long as it was a resident's home in town, Ye Tong had cleaned it once.

The entire town had taken on a completely new look.

Even Kakajero, the king of the Pildac Kingdom, came to meet this colonel. In the end, however, he had only managed to bring the colonel away by asking him to clean the royal palace.

Still, they had a very favorable impression of Ye Tong.

"Have you been attacked by pirates here before?"

After cleaning the royal palace, Ye Tong directly asked Kakajero.

"Only small-time pirates come here. The major pirates do not even consider us worth robbing."

"And there are also the bandits here, Marine sir, you..."

"Alright, my men have already gone to deal with the bandits."

"We'll be staying here for another two days. During that time, can you lure some pirates here?"

Ye Tong directly asked the question he cared about most.

Indeed, major pirates would not appear here.

But Ye Tong believed there had to be some way to make it happen.

He simply did not know what it was.

"There is a way. As long as we acquire a huge amount of wealth, we can attract major pirates."

Kakajero said directly.

"A huge amount of wealth?"

"I have thirty million here. Is that enough?"

As Ye Tong spoke, he tossed out a bag.

It was filled to the brim with ten-thousand-Beli notes.

"That's enough. It's enough to lure pirates with bounties over ten million."

Kakajero grew somewhat excited.

Since becoming king, let alone possessing vast wealth, he had nearly been unable to keep the country running.

If not for the people here still living peaceful, stable lives, the kingdom would likely have fallen long ago.

That was the reality of many small nations.

They could not pay the tribute to the Celestial Dragons, nor did they have enough military strength to defend themselves against pirates.

They were like duckweed drifting on the sea, the kind that could be destroyed at any moment when a wave came crashing in.

Seeing this, Ye Tong felt somewhat moved.

There were countless places like this in the world.

If he wanted to save them, then he would have to change the Celestial Dragons' policy of collecting protection money.

But changing that group would not be easy.

"Go lure them here. Before I leave, I'll make sure you can live peaceful lives."

With that, Ye Tong left.

As time passed, Ye Tong continued carrying out his cleaning duties the next day.

On the third day.

The day after Kakajero promised to lure in pirates.

Pirate ships appeared one after another off Pildac Island.

"Men, there's only one Marine colonel here. With our three crews working together, we can destroy them all."

"This is the West Blue. Once we're done, we can just run, and even the Marines won't be able to do anything to us."

"Prepare the cannons!"

On one pirate ship, its captain began rallying his crew.

"Hey, are you Ulrok, captain of the Beheading Pirates, with a bounty of twelve million?"

Just as Ulrok was about to attack, a voice reached his ears.