People In Marine, Kizaru's Nephew, The Wage Thief

The sky is blue and clear.

The white clouds are like cotton candy.

The golden afterglow of the sunset falls on the calm sea, sparkling, and the sea surface reflects the dazzling golden light like a mirror. It seems that the whole sea is covered with gold.

It is getting close to dusk.

Wow--- A brand-new medium-sized warship sailed from the distant sea. It pushed aside the calm sea surface, raising ripples and waves.

The sea breeze blew gently, rolling up the high-hanging flag of justice, fluttering in the wind.

On the deck of the warship.

Since leaving Mushroom Town, Lu En has taken out his exclusive rocking chair as usual, put on sunglasses, and lay on the rocking chair. There is also a small wooden table next to it, with the same old desserts and drinks.

It has been about an hour since leaving Mushroom Town. The warship is traveling at a constant speed, heading towards the eastern waters of Mushroom Town, about 260 kilometers away from Pinglu Island.

According to the current speed of the warship, it will arrive at Pinglu Island in the early morning.

Lu En did not ask too much about this.

For him.

This time, going out to sea, carrying out the first mission since joining the Marine, is equivalent to an ordinary slacking action.

Lu En just treats it as a trip.

As for the task summary report at that time, he only needs to throw it to the adjutant Bart to be responsible for it.

Even the time of writing the report is saved.

It has to be said.

In order to slack off, Lu En can be said to be painstaking.

Lying on the rocking chair, Lu En looked through the sunglasses at the Marine recruits who were in training on the spacious warship deck not far away.

This group of Marine recruits seemed very excited and excited for the first time to go out to sea to perform a mission. Even the training was extremely hard, and there was no place to release their passion.

The helmsman, navigator, lookout, and cook each performed their duties.

Adjutant Bart was responsible for coordinating the main sailing routes of the warship and all matters big and small on the warship.

In general.

Lu En, the Marine colonel, was equivalent to a hands-off shopkeeper. Throwing all the troubles to his subordinates, he had a chance to relax for half a day.

"Report!"

At this moment, the lookout on the wooden tower of the warship said, "Colonel Lu En, five miles south of our warship, a pirate ship is engaging in a large-scale exchange of fire with a tourist ship."

Hearing this,

Lu En took a sip of the sweet and delicious drink and responded calmly: "Don't worry about it. Continue to sail according to the original route."

Beside him, Bart looked a little tangled and hesitant.

He couldn't help but speak after all: "Colonel Lu En, isn't it a bad idea to do this? As Marines, we can't just stand by and watch when encountering such a vicious incident as a pirate ship attacking a tourist ship. If this is seen by outsiders, I'm afraid it will seriously damage the reputation of our Marines."

The Marines around him looked over, their eyes full of expectation.

Seeing this,

Lu En rolled his eyes and gave Bart a thumbs up: "You are so noble! You are amazing! They all love you. I am just a Marine colonel."

"I just want to lie down and slack off at work. What's wrong with me?"

"Listen to my advice. You, a small major, can't control this kind of thing."

After listening,

Bart hesitated and stammered.

"Colonel! There are very few passengers on the tourist ship that is being attacked by the pirate ship. They seem to have discovered us. They are holding flags and asking for help from us."

The lookout sent intelligence again.

"You are wrong. They may be greeting us. Don't worry about them."

Lu En said bluntly.

Lookout: "..."

Bart: "..."

A group of Marines: "..."

Now, the tourist ship is almost completely covered by the gunfire of the pirate ship. Moreover, the passengers on the ship are being attacked crazily by the pirates and are screaming in despair.

So,

How did you see it?

The passengers on these tourist boats, do they still have time to greet our Marines?

Even if you are lying, you should at least find a suitable excuse!

It's outrageous!

At this moment.

The lookout who continued to observe the battle situation in the sea ahead sent a message to Lu En: "Colonel Lu En, this seems to be a slave ship! They are arresting passengers on the tourist boats!"

"I seem to have seen that there are many children imprisoned on this slave ship. This is a slave ship that specializes in capturing slaves! It's not just a pirate ship!"

"The reason they attacked that tourist ship was not just for money like other pirate groups. Their behavior was even worse, and it was obvious that they wanted to capture the passengers on the tourist ship as slaves!"

These words immediately aroused the bloodiness and anger in the hearts of all the Marines on the entire warship.

"Slave ship?"

"Come closer and take a closer look."

Lu En was still lying on the chair, and there was not much emotional change on his face.

Slacking off is fishing, being lazy is being lazy.

But,

Since some things have already happened, they still have to be taken care of.

Unless it is...

It's time to get off work.

In the final analysis.

Lu En is still receiving a salary from Marine. As a Marine colonel, his salary is not low.

With the salary issued by Marine, it is harmless to slack off occasionally and be lazy. But during working hours, if you encounter some extremely bad incidents, Lu En can no longer stand idly by.

"Yes!"

The helmsman responded quickly.

Then.

He immediately controlled the rudder and approached the direction of the exchange of fire between the pirate ship and the tourist ship.

As the distance between the two sides got closer and closer.

At this time, there was no need for the lookout to report the situation. All the Marines on the warship could clearly see the miserable appearance of the attacked tourist ship.

In addition.

The group of pirates were constantly arresting passengers on the tourist ship, and also put bracelets and anklets on the passengers, and forcibly detained them in the warehouse of the pirate ship as slaves and commodities.

Among them,

there were children and women.

Moreover,

after close observation, a group of Marines also found that most of the slaves detained in the warehouse of the pirate ship were underage children.

This made Bart and other Marines deeply angry. They clenched their fists tightly, burning with anger, and stared at the group of rampant pirates on the slave ship.

"Colonel Lu En, I roughly know their identities and origins."

Bart took a deep breath and suppressed his anger. From the clues he had at present, he made an ambiguous guess.

But he was sure.

The truth is probably close to what he thought.

"Tell me about it."

Lu En wanted to know more.

"They are slave ships under the command of Donquixote Family!"

"Behind them..."

"They also control a huge slave trade industry!"

"They capture a large number of slaves from North Blue and send them to Grand Line to sell them as commodities to nobles at high prices. I have encountered similar incidents several times in North Blue over the years."

"Among the many industries of Donquixote Family in North Blue, the slave trade business is definitely the largest source of income for Donquixote Family. It is even more than the casino opened by Donquixote Family in North Blue."

Bart said indignantly.

"Donquixote Family again? Why are they so haunting? There are shadows of them everywhere."

Lu En raised his eyebrows slightly.

The business of Donquixote Family is probably all over the world. Even Grand Line has many underground industries of Donquixote Family everywhere.

It seems so.

It's no wonder that in the dark world, the Donquixote Family has always been extremely famous. Basically, all the forces in the dark world have certain business dealings with the Donquixote Family.

Among them,

Including the Vinsmoke family, the king of North Blue.

Also including the Four Emperors Pirates far away in the New World.

In terms of connections alone, the Donquixote Family is one of the best in the world.

Even.

Even the Celestial Dragons, who are known as the world's nobles, can barely get in touch with them with the identity that Doflamingo, the young master of the Donquixote Family, once had.

"Colonel, I apply to lead the people in person to capture and detain all these hateful human traffickers!"

Seeing the passengers on the tourist boat being captured as slaves by the pirates of the slave ship, Bart was anxious and turned around and took the initiative to apply to Lu En with a serious face.

In response, Lu En did not give an accurate response.

Instead, he slowly put down the drink in his hand and asked Bart a question that had nothing to do with what was happening at the moment.

"What time is it now?"