Pirate: It’s not a phantom beast, it’s a phantom god!

Chapter 170 Special Employees

"Those guys?"

Ou Bei was a little confused, but then he suddenly remembered something and his expression relaxed.

With Burfat's order, hundreds of people in uniform appeared from the side of the factory. They were the first employees of the future weapons factory.

Some of these employees were originally skilled craftsmen from the Hundred Beasts Weapons Department, some were experienced workers specially recruited from various islands... and the rest, which were the largest in number, were some special people.

These people obviously had no prior rehearsal, and they kept whispering and chattering after they appeared.

But no one scolded them, not even Kaido and King said anything, as if they were deliberately giving them time to adapt.

"Eh? Look at that fountain statue at the door. Doesn't it look like Boss Kaido?"

One of the pirates said curiously, kicking the person next to him.

"No way~ I remember Kaido's dragon form looked quite majestic, but this one just feels a bit dull~"

"That's right, and with a water pipe in his mouth, he looks even sillier~"

"Hmm. I don't know who came up with this idea... Eh? By the way, who are you?"

"Huh? It's me, Disbi?"

"Disbi? How did you become like this?"

The pirate named Handica's tone was full of surprise. In his impression, the man named Disbi had always been a show-off who cared a lot about his appearance.

The person in front of him looked disheveled and had probably not taken care of himself for several months.

"Nothing, I just think this vicissitudes of life style is more suitable for my handsome appearance."

"Haha! Your personality hasn't changed at all, you're still as showy as ever."

The two people who were speaking were disabled people, one was missing both arms, and the other had one arm and one leg broken.

"By the way, Disibi, was that also someone that Boss Burfat hired? I didn't expect this factory would even hire someone like you."

"Look at what you're saying. I was begging well on Beggar Island, but I didn't expect Lord Burfat to transfer me here with a transfer order."

"Ah~ It's not that working in this factory is bad. After all, it's also our Baishou industry, but compared to begging, it's still a little less free and easy..."

Disibi, who was missing two arms, shook his hair and said proudly.

It's just that because he hadn't washed his hair for a long time, it had already clumped together, and shaking it only pulled out a few lice.

"You... Hey, if only Pride could be as optimistic as you."

Handika sighed, feeling sorry for her once high-spirited friend.

"That Pride guy is just too proud. With his strength, he could have easily challenged for the position of team leader, but he suddenly became disabled... It's normal for him to be depressed given his personality."

The person who suddenly interrupted was a middle-aged man sitting in a worn wheelchair.

He had a resolute face and muscular upper body, but his trouser legs were empty.

"Brother Zod?"
"You're still alive?"

"Hahaha! Of course, I'm not so useless that I can't survive without losing my two legs!"

Although he has lost his legs, the man still looks passionate and optimistic. He is a man who never gives up.

"Now that Brother Bourfat is mustering troops, how could I not come?" "But I didn't expect they'd summoned us in such a hurry for something like this~"

The middle-aged man looked at the many familiar faces in the crowd who were missing limbs, then looked at the magnificent weapons factory in front of him and sighed.

"I heard that this method was proposed by Master La... I didn't expect that Master would actually notice us useless guys and give us another bite to eat..."

Zod actually had no impression of La. He only saw her from a distance once when she had just joined the pirate group. After that, she lost both legs in the battle and then withdrew from the pirate group on her own.

Unexpectedly, the girl he had only met once gave him another chance in his interrupted life today.

The disability rate of the pirate profession is actually quite high.

Especially in a pirate group like the Beasts, which is famous for its military power, it is inevitable that some of them will be unlucky when they go out to sea and be blown off limbs by the enemy or cannons.

Pirates who are so injured that they can no longer fight will generally be abandoned. After all, the pirate group is not a charity organization, and they will not support those disabled people for nothing.

Those abandoned pirates, who have no other skills except chopping people, often find it difficult to find other jobs after being kicked out of the pirate group.

Some pirates who are lucky and have a bit of foresight can still rely on the wealth they have saved to barely survive for a while. Those who are unlucky and spend money extravagantly will most likely beg on the streets and starve to death.

It's cruel and realistic.

Fortunately, since the reforms within the group proposed by La were implemented, the opportunities for going out to fight have been greatly reduced, and the disability rate of grassroots pirates has also decreased.

This is also the reason why the combat teams stationed on the island, although very dissatisfied with the regulations restricting looting, did not cause large-scale disturbances.

After all, everyone has seen what happened to those guys abandoned by the pirate group. Although their income is lower now, they are safer.

When La learned about this situation, in line with the principle of not wasting, he also arranged a place for those abandoned pirates.

Since you can't chop people, just screw in the screws.

The current Beasts is no longer a pure pirate group like before. In the process of gradually transforming into a regional armed force, it also has its own production department, and these members who cannot fight can naturally be arranged.

Moreover, these eliminated pirates not only have simple social relationships, know each other well, and have no involvement with other forces, but they themselves are also a pretty perfect signboard.

Their existence clearly tells others that even if you are accidentally injured in battle, the beasts will not abandon you, and you can still have a home in the pirate group.

This is undoubtedly a shot in the arm to boost morale and team cohesion.

Therefore, when La proposed this idea, he almost immediately gained the support of almost everyone in the group, so much so that the pirate group privately called this proposal the "Angel's Gate".

The moral is that God closes one door for you, and the angel opens another for you.

The happiest one among them was Burfat.

He has a strong sense of brotherhood and whenever he sees his family members begging on the street, he can't help but step forward to help.

But his power alone is really limited, and Kaido and King never care about it. This once made Burfat fall into self-doubt of "I can't do anything".

Now that there was a way to have the best of both worlds, he immediately set out at night to gather all the injured pirates within the Hundred Beasts' territory.

"Ahem!"

"Quiet!"

Seeing that these people had almost finished reminiscing about the past, Burfat stepped forward, opened his hands and said with a smile:

"Welcome home!"

(End of this chapter)