Chapter 18: Pirates!
Footsteps were heard, and soon a large group of guards rushed into the study.
Since there were too many of them, a huge number of people were left standing near the entrance to the office.
Hank stood next to Su Xiao and shouted — " Everyone listen up! This is our new Boss, Mr. Byakuya!
The guards were a little confused, but after Su Xiao picked up the documents, everyone realized what had just happened.
— Welcome, Boss!
— Boss, with a promotion, I'm Kappa.
— Boss, we brothers will serve you!
Compliments started pouring in from all directions, but Su Xiao just nodded and looked at Oki's two bosom buddies.
— The two of them contacted the pirates and decided to disrupt the order in ... " But before Su Xiao could finish speaking, the two of them pulled out their pistols and aimed at him, however, their pistols were not ready to fire.
— Brothers, don't listen to him, only Oka is our Boss!
Su Xiao was stunned and looked at the two of them in surprise.
These two were so dumb?
But in reality, they didn't do so because they were stupid, but because they were afraid of Su Xiao's words.
Earlier, Su Xiao had hinted to them that they would die if they didn't leave, so these words...
— Just like the Boss said, they are related to the pirates and have now been exposed, but instead of admitting their mistake and surrendering to the mercy of the kingdom, they actually decided to go up against our Boss in charge of guarding the capital! "Hank was really smart and picked a side very quickly.
«Su Xiao sat quietly at his desk and didn't move. He didn't need to do anything.
The other guards began to move slowly, and because of this, two of Oki's cronies were left in a desperate situation.
— Wait, we just wanted to... but before they could explain, a group of guards rushed forward and fell on top of them.
There were loud gasps and a very nasty rattling noise in the office...
Thirty seconds later, there were only two mangled corpses on the floor of the office. Some of the guards had large bloodstains on them.
The smell of blood filled the air...
The rules of this world were simple but cruel — the strong controlled everything, while the weak could only wait for death.
In the bloodstained office, the messenger from the palace swallowed his saliva. Su Xiao's ferocity scared him. His thoughts about making some profit disappeared.
— Clean up here and go get some rest.
Soon, there were only three people left in the office: Su Xiao, Hank, and the messenger.
Hank didn't leave with the others, but stayed by Su Xiao's side.
Su Xiao looked at Hank and decided to leave him alone. He didn't know much about the place and didn't have the right connections, so he needed old-timers like Hank.
He needed an assistant who was smart and ambitious enough.
— Mr. Byakuya, please ask your subordinate to leave. I have something important to pass on to you.
— He's my 'trusted friend', " hearing Su Xiao's words, a smile appeared on Hank's face.
— Well, that's it. Have you heard about the" incident " that will happen tomorrow night?
Given the context, the messenger was most likely talking about burning the Gray Terminal.
— Heard.
— It's good. There are three groups of pirates that are suitable for this task. We've reached out to them, so now you need to talk to them and choose one of them to do the action."».
— Oh, really? Su Xiao looked at the messenger with a strange expression in his eyes. — I will have to decide who will do it."»?
— That's right, you have to decide who will do it. After all, we've only heard about these pirates, but the decision will only need to be made after a conversation.
After receiving a clear answer, Su Xiao was overjoyed. He really wasn't wrong. His current identity played a vital role.
— I see, I'll contact these three groups of pirates in a while.
The messenger smiled at Su Xiao and turned to leave, but before he left, he said, "The documents have all the necessary information, but remember that only one group can be selected to implement the 'action'.".
The messenger left under Hank's watchful gaze, and Su Xiao picked up the documents from his desk and began to review them.
He was given a detailed report on the Gray Terminal. To sum it up, it was possible to say the following: first, he would need to select a group of pirates, supply them with bombs and fuel so that they could burn down the Gray Terminal.
He had three groups of pirates to choose from.
The first group is the local pirates of the kingdom of Goa, the Bluejam pirates. It was these pirates who fought against young Luffy, Ace, and others in the original story..
The second group is pirates who have recently sailed to nearby waters, the Krieg pirates.
After seeing the information about this group of pirates, Su Xiao was a little surprised. He was familiar with this group.
Krieg's band was a relatively well-known group in East Blue. In the original story, this group was almost completely destroyed by Mihawk, after which its remnants escaped into the ocean, where they stumbled upon Luffy's group and were finally destroyed.
And even though it had been ten years, Krieg's group's strength wasn't small — there were only about 600 people in his group.
As for the third group of pirates, it was the so-called "Skeleton" group. This group wasn't very strong, so Su Xiao immediately excluded this group from the list.
According to the plot of the original story, the strength of the Bluejam pirates was at a very "normal" level, as they were defeated by young Luffy and Ace.
Su Xiao had high hopes for Krieg's group, so he had to meet this group of pirates first.
— Hank, go get in touch with the people in Krieg's group.
Hank smiled sheepishly.
— This, Boss...
Hank's reaction made Su Xiao realize something important.
— I'll leave this matter to you, but I have to meet them today.
It became obvious to him that Hank might have contacted Krieg's group.
As for the relationship between them, Su Xiao wasn't interested in it.
The government and the pirates were constantly colluding with each other. This was a very common occurrence in this world. After all, the two sides had many common interests.
And Hank didn't disappoint Su Xiao. Just two hours later, he made an appointment with Krieg's group.
Of course, the meeting place was within the kingdom.
After all, no one trusted the pirates.
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In a muddy alley, several men in loose black robes and matching hoods kept glancing around.
— Boss Krieg, we've arrived. The old warehouse in front of us is a designated place, " said a thin pirate with a machete on his belt. He was behind the tall man and often looked around.
The man was dressed in a wide black hoodie, but under this very ordinary clothing, you could sometimes see golden armor.
— OK, wait for me here, Gin, you will come with me, " Krieg's voice was low, but as he walked, a very unique sound could be heard coming from his armor.
— Gin was wearing the same black hoodie, but his weapon was hidden in his sleeves.
— Boss, it's rumored that the newly appointed guard commander is ruthless. We have to be careful.
Krieg turned his head and looked at Gin. — So what?" I can't have anything to do with the guard commander? If it wasn't for our status as an aristocrat, we wouldn't be here.
Arrogance is a common trait of most pirates.
Gin said nothing and the two of them entered the warehouse.
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