Pirates: Dark Smoker, never lose three times in a row

The two sides of the border have been in chaos.

Half a month later.

Smoker returned to the G12 branch after a long absence.

With the departure of Smoker and Vip, Esther was the only one left in the top management of G12.

At this time, he was on the playground, quietly watching the new recruits.

With the vigorous development of the slave industry, other industries in the Sabaody Archipelago were driven.

Although Smoker had only been away for more than half a year, two new ports were built on the Sabaody Archipelago and several new routes were opened.

The Sabaody Archipelago has now become an absolute commercial center.

Although several emperors of the underground dark world realized it later, they also began to intervene in the layout, especially "Loan Shark King" Du Felder, "Hidden Master" Giberson, and "Deep Current" Umit, all extended their tentacles to the island.

Vip and Zen were very unhappy about this, but it was difficult to stop them.

Because although the other party's methods were not clean, they used commercial methods, and they could not directly resort to force.

And it was unrealistic to defeat them with business.

These guys have been operating for decades, even generations, and have accumulated an unknown amount of wealth.

It is impossible to uproot them just by relying on Zen's slave auction house and casino.

Of course, with Zen's current strength and means, it is enough to break one or two of them.

Therefore, a mysterious balance is maintained on the island now.

Zen can't drive them away, but they can't think of getting involved in other industries besides their own business.

As for Zen.

Anyone with a little status already knows that she is the "royal merchant" of the Celestial Dragons who buys and sells slaves.

Now, both the black and white sides of the world have tacitly accepted her half-black and half-white identity.

Sometimes she even goes in and out of the Navy Headquarters, and everyone thinks it is normal, and even gave her the title of "Seven Warlords of the Underworld".

And the G12 branch.

Because of the prosperity of business, the number of merchant ships and caravans that trade is increasing day by day, which has also attracted a large number of pirates.

In fact, there are quite a few pirates who are not weak, but because they do not plan to enter the New World, they will not approach the Sabaody Archipelago at all.

The Sabaody Archipelago is now a piece of fat meat, attracting the attention of these hyenas.

For a time, the number of pirates in the G12 area increased dramatically, even if the number is several times that of ordinary branches, it feels stretched.

But now it is too late to train new recruits.

So, Esther thought of a way.

Directly rent people and ships from other branches and bases, and pay them according to three times the military pay.

As a result, G12 was able to quickly add a batch of veterans, and other branches also received a large sum of money, instantly filling the financial hole.

The Navy Headquarters also acquiesced to this.

Tina has already settled in Alabasta, and Jamil stayed in Mogu Town and got the Snow Snow Fruit. In addition, a large number of pirates were attracted to the Sabaody Archipelago.

It can be predicted that the number of pirates in the first half of the Grand Line will soon drop sharply.

Instead of leaving these veterans in various branches and bases, it is better to reinforce the Sabaody Archipelago.

This is also the blood transfusion plan for branches that the General Staff has determined early...

Now on the playground are the 1,500 navy that have just been transferred.

Esther looked at the neat military appearance and nodded secretly in her heart.

These branches are quite authentic. Not to mention the elite who can fight ten with one, at least they are veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they are worthy of the money they give.

For this group of soldiers alone, the annual "rent" requires nearly 2 billion Baileys.

(At this time, 1 berry ≈ 2 yen, 2 billion berries ≈ 200 million yuan, and the rent is three times the monthly salary, which is equivalent to a soldier's monthly salary of more than 3,000 yuan. In the semi-feudal background of the pirate world, the purchasing power is enough)

Originally, G12 could hardly afford so much money.

But when Smoker first came to the Sabaody Archipelago, he bought several streets in the name of the branch and converted them into shops with his own money.

Now, these streets have become the most prosperous commercial streets, and Smoker also named them "Guomao", "Wangfujing", "Dongdan" and "Xidan"...

With more and more people in Sabaody, the rent of these shops has also risen.

It was easy to bear this expense, and he didn't even ask for support from Zane...

After Esther finished the inspection, he was about to leave when a shadow suddenly flashed in the air.

[Huh? ! What is it, a big bird? ! ! ]

Then, Smoker fell from the sky.

"Long time no see...Ester!!"

The new marines didn't know who the newcomers were, and all looked alert.

The veterans of G12 were pleasantly surprised: "Base Commander!"

"Smoker?!"

Esther was overjoyed at first, then turned into a glaring face: "Asshole, you still remember to come back!!"

"It's fine if you leave by yourself, but you also transferred Vip away! Do you know how I've been spending the past six months?!"

Smoker laughed: "Sorry, sorry... You did a great job! Mr. Zhan Guo is full of praise for you!!"

"Okay, okay, I brought you a lot of gifts this time!!"

Smoker coaxed and persuaded Esther, and finally made Esther calm down.

"Is there any trouble that needs to be solved in the base now?"

"Let's go to another place to talk in detail..."

Esther asked the recruits to disperse first, and took a few officers with Smoker to the meeting room.

In fact, Smoker wanted to say hello and then go out for a walk.

Unexpectedly, he was pulled to the meeting directly. Although he wanted to refuse, he looked at Esther's half-smile eyes and wisely shut his mouth.

Arriving at the conference room, Esther smiled and said, "Actually, there are a lot of things to deal with recently, but they are all trivial matters, not troublesome."

"However, your apprentice Sanai has officially joined the army, but he went to sea with Major General Aiman ​​a few days ago and is not in the base now..."

"Oh?!"

Smoker's eyes lit up: "Aiman ​​was promoted to Major General? That's great."

"Humph, you are not here, Vip has been transferred, I can't just rely on me to support it!!"

"Ah, sorry, sorry... But Sanai is not here, it's really unfortunate."

"Well, you asked me to pay attention to a Starlight Pirates last time, and Miss Zane seems to have a clue, so he hurried to go to sea."

Smoker was stunned.

Stella is on the ship of the Starlight Pirates, no wonder Sanai is so anxious to go to sea.

But how does Sanai know Zane?

Esther guessed Smoker's thoughts and said helplessly: "This guy has been hunting human traffickers everywhere since he came. I don't know where he heard that Miss Zane was the owner of the auction house, so he rashly went to assassinate her..."

Smoker's face darkened: "... Zane didn't do it?!"

"No... Fortunately I arrived in time, otherwise your apprentice would be gone..."

"Fortunately, fortunately..."

With Zane's strength, it is not much more difficult to crush Sanaibi to death than to crush a grasshopper...

But with the news of Stella, this is undoubtedly a good thing.

Esther continued: "The rest is the development of the Sabaody Archipelago and the construction of the branch. I have notified the heads of various departments to come to the meeting and let them report directly to you..."

"Oh, you are thoughtful..."

Suddenly, Smoker noticed a navy man next to him.

"Hey, this..."

Ester: "Oh, his name is Vergo, a newcomer who was transferred in after you left. He is an excellent marine!"

Vergo stepped forward and saluted.

"Nice to meet you, Captain Smoker, I am Vergo!"

Smoker looked at the familiar face and fell into deep thought.