General Lanlin of One Piece

Chapter 261 Treasure House and Another Invitation

"Kakakakaka."

As the dull sound of the machine sounded in the closed room, the ground under Rorschach's feet cracked, and a dark hole appeared diagonally downward.

"Come with me and let you see what I have saved over the past 30 years."

Jonathan walked in front with a torch in his hand, and Rorschach followed him curiously, walking along the steep stairs diagonally downward toward the ground.

"So mysterious? Is the Bounty Hunter Guild very profitable?"

Luo Xia subconsciously released his own domineering energy, penetrating and spreading all the way down.

Soon, he discovered that the length of the underground passage was somewhat deeper than he expected.

It seems to go all the way down to the depths of the ground.

Seeing and hearing the domineering perception was greatly weakened in the face of this nearly solid soil, rock formations, and a large number of artificially thickened defenses, and it was not as smooth as it was in the air.

"Opening a hunter's guild itself is not profitable, and you may have to spend a lot of money for the daily operations of the guild. But the bounty commission system established by me allows the guild to make tens of billions of profits every year from the world and the paradise. profit."

Jonathan walked slowly.

In fact, he didn't even need to hold up a torch or anything.

Although he is old, he is not yet unable to release even a little domineering energy.

Rorschach's raised steps paused and he hung in the air. In the darkness, his face could not be seen clearly, but his shocked voice clearly exposed his shock at this time.

"How many?"

"It's only tens of billions, don't make such a fuss. This little money is just the income of the Gilder Tezoro for a month. What I earn is hard-earned money. We have hundreds of guild branches all over the world. , just going to various places around the world to collect accounts and summarize them every year requires you to be on tenterhooks.”

Jonathan rambled.

Rorschach couldn't understand the specific details of his description, but the exaggerated figure of tens of billions of beri's annual profits really shocked him.

"Several billions a year, over 30 years, wouldn't it be trillions?"

"It's not like we can make that much every year." Jonathan suddenly sighed, "Speaking of which, since that bastard Roger started the era of great pirates, although the commission from the bounty we earned from the park has been less, it has never been so. The commission earned by Sihai has increased several times. However, overall, the pirates in the paradise are more valuable."

"Why is this?" Rorschach was curious.

“Because as soon as the Great Pirate Age began, a large number of people from all over the world chose to go to sea and become pirates every moment.

The number of pirates once swelled to millions every year, comparable to the total population of some medium-sized kingdoms.

The waves wash over the sand, and the weak will prey on the strong. The pirates who can pass through many levels and successfully enter the park will not be weak in strength, and the difficulty of successfully hunting them will increase many times.

Although the pirates in the four seas are weak, their base is too huge. "

"Those bounty hunters who killed pirates, why didn't they go directly to the navy to claim the bounty, instead of asking your hunter's guild? As far as I know, naval bases stationed all over the world can also issue bounties, and only two will be drawn. The handling fee will be charged.”

Rorschach asked again.

Yes, the Navy will take a cut of the bounty money it pays to those who catch pirates to claim the bounty.

Usually [-]% of the total reward will be taken.

Of course, this commission is not fixed and will generally be adjusted based on the quantity and quality of local pirates.

Places where pirates are rampant will be reduced accordingly to encourage everyone to hunt pirates in exchange for rewards.

When he was a second lieutenant of the branch on Qianyan Island in the North Sea, he had learned a lot of relevant information.

"There are many reasons for this. I will tell you about the twists and turns."

While going down the steep stairs, Jonathan gave Rorschach a rough explanation of the operation and commission system of the Bounty Hunter Guild.

Nowadays, the bounty hunters on the sea are divided into two types by Jonathan.

One is to join the Hunter Guild and register as a real-name hunter.

This kind of bounty hunter can gain many benefits by arresting and killing bounty criminals and improving the hunter star rating within the guild.

Pirates captured by bounty hunters below four stars can obtain [-]% of the pirate's bounty from the guild.

It seems like the guild took out a little too much.

But in fact, it is only [-]% more than the hunter going directly to the navy to exchange the bounty.

If three stars rise to four stars, the commission will be reduced by [-]%.

If four stars are upgraded to five stars, it will become the same [-]% commission as the navy.

For those with five stars or above, not only will no commission be taken, but wages will also be given.

The higher the star rating, the more benefits you enjoy.

And after the Hunter Guild gathered these skilled hunters, it wasn't every day that it brought a large group of hunters around the world to hunt down bounty criminals.

Guilds have their own channels and businesses.

For example, serving as a guard for caravans and nobles.

Protect the town, the kingdom.

He even accepted a temporary call-up from the Navy and became a temporary teammate to fight against pirates and so on.

These businesses can also bring huge benefits to the guild and the hunters themselves.

Other than that, it’s a free hunter.

The identity of a free hunter is quite complex.

There are ordinary civilians, kingdom guards, and ordinary pirates who don't want to be managed.

And the biggest of them all is the pirate himself!

Yes.

Rorschach heard it right.

According to Jonathan, [-]% to [-]% of the free hunters who capture and kill the most pirates every year are pirates themselves.

These pirates who acted as pirate hunters either killed their opponents in battle, or because they had no money, they acted as pirate hunters temporarily.

After killing several colleagues who had bounties placed on them and getting a sum of money, he returned to his ship and continued to go to sea.

For these people, how to get the most bounties is not the most important thing.

How to safely exchange for bounties is the most important thing.

The Bounty Hunter Guild will give them this exchange channel.

It's just that the bounty is taken as high as [-]%.

That is, open in half.

The bulk of the Hunter's Guild's annual income comes from the contributions of the pirates themselves who act as free hunters.

Because of his past status as a naval admiral, Jonathan opened a bounty exchange channel with the World Government when he founded the Hunter Guild, and received a preferential price that only charged [-]% of the tax.

After all, the hunter's guild is relatively just in nature and can help the world government's rule.

"Why should we exchange bounties for those pirates who come to exchange for bounties from their peers? Aren't the Hunter Guilds hostile to them?"

Rorschach asked the doubts in his heart.

In this regard, Jonathan's explanation is: There are too many pirates in the world, and relying on others other than pirates to hunt pirates is just a drop in the bucket.And exchanging bounties for pirates, to a certain extent, encourages them to fight among themselves and distrust each other.In this way, pirates can be prevented from clumping together and forming a large-scale pirate force.

This explanation makes sense, and Rorschach found no reason to refute it.

Ten minutes later, Rorschach estimated that the two of them had walked down a distance of 5000 meters before finally seeing a thick and huge stone door at the end of the stone steps diagonally downward.

He couldn't help but turn around and look at the dark underground passage, speechless.

"Hey, Jonathan, isn't the place where the treasure house is built too hidden? Can such a deep underground project be dug out by manpower?"

"Human power may not be enough, but don't forget that there are unreasonable abilities like Devil Fruit in this world."

As Jonathan spoke, he took out a large key from his arms, inserted it into the keyhole on the door and turned it.

Following another series of loud noises, two stone doors that were more than one meter thick and weighed an unknown number of tons slowly opened, revealing a huge underground space.Rorschach was dumbfounded as he looked at the underground space surrounded by tight stone walls. There were piles of boxes of an unknown number piled up like mountains, as well as gold and silver jewelry piled randomly on the ground, forming mountains of gold and silver jewelry.

The dazzling gold jewelry almost dazzled his eyes.

"Fuck...this...how much is this worth?" Rorschach licked his lips and looked back at the proud Jonathan in disbelief, looking up and down at the wizened old man.

"You old guy couldn't have turned into a giant dragon, right? Every night when you come down, you will revert to the appearance of a giant dragon and sleep peacefully on the gold jewelry piled up like a hill."

Jonathan, who was opening a treasure chest, rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Don't read those boring story books. I don't even know if there is a giant dragon. Even if there is, unless it eats the Renren Fruit, it is impossible to change." aldult."

Rorschach walked over and looked at a wooden box that he opened casually.

Inside is a large box of Baileys neatly stacked.

Rorschach turned around and looked at the thousands of wooden boxes of the same size around him, as well as the piles of gold and jewelry, and couldn't help but shake his somewhat groggy head.

"How much money is there?" A sleepy murmur came out of his mouth.

"I don't know either." Jonathan paced back and forth beside Bailey and the golden treasure mountain with his hands behind his back.

"There should be 8000 billion beli. These gold jewelry are rare antiques and their value will be much higher than pure gold. But there are too many things and it will be difficult to sell them all at once."

"With so much money, I think you, this old guy, are the king of this Holy Poplar Kingdom, right? This should be called the Kingdom of Bounty Hunters."

Rorschach no longer knew what to say.

In this sealed underground space, even the air is filled with the scent of Bailey's ink.

"In fact, this place has long been known as the country of bounty hunters." Jonathan had pride in his eyes.

These wealth were earned in the rest of his life.

Although he is still incomparable with the most profitable people in the world, the money he earned, Jonathan, was earned with a clear conscience and he did not engage in any illegal business that went against his conscience.

Not only does it have a clear conscience.

Jonathan was still very proud.

Because in his eyes, these money are not just pure monetary wealth.

Instead, they put bounties on the heads and corpses of criminals.

This is the graveyard of hundreds of thousands of pirates who ravaged the sea.

He fulfilled his original intention of creating the Hunter Guild.

Such a huge achievement cannot be achieved by being a naval admiral.

With this achievement, it is no exaggeration to call him the King of Hunters.

But now, as the number of high-star hunters in the Bounty Hunter Guild decreases, the expansion rate of this cemetery will continue to slow down or even stop completely.

Because the Hunter Guild is now facing the same problem as the Navy Headquarters.

That is, there is no successor.

No good, powerful successor emerged.

After his death, the Bounty Hunters Guild will exist in name only.

Jonathan took a deep breath and revealed what he was thinking about the navy boy in front of him, whom he had only known for less than two days.

With a sincere look on his face, he pointed at the endless wealth around him, looked at Rorschach and said:
"I'm serious, Rorschach, quit the navy and come over to take charge of the Bounty Hunters Guild. It doesn't matter even if you don't like Sera, as long as you serve as the president of the Hunters Guild, all the wealth here will be yours. "

Rorschach looked at Jonathan's sincere expression and hesitated: "Are you serious? Do you believe me so much? We have only known each other for less than two days, and you are not afraid that I will be the next Gulliver? This is your life savings. , if it is given to a bad person, I am afraid that a huge force with great wealth will be born."

Listening to Rorschach's question, Jonathan grinned, showing a mouth with few teeth: "The battle last night made me fully understand who you are..."

"Can we understand other people's personalities and hearts through fighting?" Rorschach interrupted.

"Of course!" Jonathan said matter-of-factly: "Fighting and fighting are the most intuitive reflections of a person's character, beliefs, talents, and potential. And these..."

He looked at Rorschach eagerly, "You have performed so well. I haven't found such a satisfactory opponent for a long time. And the most important thing is that you are still the most outstanding young man of this generation in the Navy. My group of juniors in the Navy Your vision is much more vicious than mine. If you don't meet their standards, will they treat you so favorably?"

Rorschach was speechless.

This old guy is quite thoughtful.

However, he is probably going to be disappointed.

Rorschach is not quitting the Navy.

Perhaps seeing what Rorschach meant, Jonathan sighed inwardly, a little disappointed.

But he still said to Rorschach: "Don't be too busy to refuse, you are still young now. People's ideas will change over time. When I was in the Navy, my passion for fighting crime and upholding justice was no less than yours." If you don’t die this time, then I will try my best to hold on for a few more years. The position of the next president of the Bounty Hunter Guild will be reserved for you at any time..."

"forget it."

Before Jonathan could finish his words, he was interrupted by Rorschach raising his hand.

He broke his head and couldn't figure it out.

What kind of virtue and ability is this.

Let others willingly give away the huge power they have worked so hard to build, and the huge wealth they have accumulated over decades.

It was impossible not to be moved by what Jonathan said.

He doesn't want to be a pirate.

Under the current situation, the Navy is still the eagle dog under the World Government. In most aspects, it is still subject to the control from above and does not have much autonomy.

If he quits the navy and serves as the president of the Bounty Hunter Guild, having such a ready-made and huge force organization covering the whole world will definitely be of great help to the dream he wants to achieve.

But he also had no reason to quit the Navy.

Everyone in the navy was so kind to him.

He has long regarded the Navy as his home.

However, although he did not want to stir up the banner of the Bounty Hunter Guild, this did not prevent Rorschach from giving some small suggestions to the respectable old man in front of him.

"President Jonathan, have you been to the East China Sea?"

He suddenly asked such a question without any end, leaving Jonathan unable to react for a moment.

"What did you say?"

Rorschach chuckled: "Don't you just want an excellent successor? That's not easy. I'll recommend one to you."

"Can you recommend me a successor to the president? Who is it? Are there any outstanding people in the navy? I have promised you that if he is much worse than you, I won't take him." Jonathan didn't seem too concerned. .

"It's not the navy. That person's strength may not be as good as mine now. But his growth potential is definitely the best in the world, and he has strong perseverance that ordinary people can't match. If you are interested, you can take a trip to the East China Sea. With your old age As a great swordsman of the era's double sword style, if there is a chance to meet him, I think there is a high chance that he will be willing to follow you here. Because as far as I know, his dream is to become the world's greatest swordsman. Swordsman."

Jonathan was stunned when he heard this, "The dream is to become the world's greatest swordsman? What is his name?"

Once upon a time, Jonathan's dream was to become the world's greatest swordsman.

But many of the strong men in the old days used swords.

In that era, it was simply more difficult than becoming the Pirate King to defeat the heroes with a long sword.

The world's top swordsman, on the bright side, includes Golden Lion, Roger, Red Earl, Rayleigh, Green Gu and others.

All of them are powerful and stand on the top of the sea.

Although his name as the Great Swordsman "Gouki" later became famous all over the world, Jonathan did not think he could live up to the title of the world's greatest swordsman.

Anyone who is number one in the world is completely waterless and absolutely powerful!

In fact, a few years ago, Hawkeye Mihawk, the current world's greatest swordsman, came here and sat across from him to talk about swordsmanship.

It was also after that that Jonathan realized with some bitterness that that amazing young man had surpassed himself.

"Who is he?" Jonathan asked again.

"A young man named Roronoa Zoro, from Frost Moon Village in the East China Sea."

(End of this chapter)