Who told him to become the Pirate King!

Chapter 51 How to Be a Pirate? Just Tone It Down! (Please Read On! Please Vote!)

"A warship?"

The moment Aokiji heard Storm's voice, his heart nearly skipped a beat.

"Vongola Storm! What outrageous thing have you done now?"

Eh?

Upon hearing this, Aokiji was momentarily stunned.

Why did he say "again"?

"Lawless? Admiral Aokiji, aren't you saying something that hurts my feelings?"

Storm sat cross-legged on the head of the blue-eyed white dragon.

High in the air, he didn't need to worry about being overheard, and responded without restraint.

"As a member of the elite special forces, I have always been extremely dedicated to my job and law-abiding!"

Dedication to one's job?

Aokiji can be agreed with.

But obeying the law?

How could you possibly say that idiom?

In Aokiji's view.

If it weren't for Vongola Storm joining the Blade Squad ahead of time.

Based on what he did in Impel Down alone, he could be sent there!

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore."

Aokiji rubbed his head, choosing to skip over this incredibly frustrating problem.

"What exactly is going on with the warship?"

"That's how it is..."

Storm gave a brief explanation.

"I visited the South China Sea a couple of days ago—"

"South China Sea? Wait a minute!"

Aokiji couldn't help but interrupt Storm.

"Why did you go to the South China Sea?"

"As we flew, we emerged from the doldrums..."

Storm shrugged, and the Den Den Mushi made a "pouting" expression.

"What can I do? I'm desperate too."

Aokiji felt a sudden throbbing in his brain's blood vessels.

This feeling is like stuffing your stomach with ice cubes at midday in the sweltering heat of summer.

A bone-chilling cold shot straight from my stomach to the top of my head, so cold it made my nerves ache.

He had forgotten that the intelligence reported from Impel Down had clearly mentioned "Vongola Storm transforming into a dragon and flying into the sky."

This thing can fly!

Being able to fly is truly amazing!

"Ara la la..."

Aokiji sighed.

"You can continue, I won't interrupt you..."

Followed by.

Storm gave a general account of what had happened in the Kingdom of Solbe.

"...Simply put, that's how those three warships came about."

At this point, Storm added another sentence.

"If I hadn't arrived in time, these three warships, along with the hundreds of sailors on board, would probably have become stepping stones for the 'tyrant' to make a name for himself."

"By then, headquarters will have suffered huge losses!"

A large warship can cost billions of dollars to build.

Even the large and powerful Navy Headquarters cannot easily withstand this level of property loss.

and so--

Storm was truly a good marine who diligently protected naval property from external forces!

"The Kingdom of Sorbe..."

Aokiji frowned, recalling a moment.

"I think I've heard of this country before. It's said that some kind of revolution happened recently, and even the king was replaced."

"The 'tyrant' you mentioned, isn't that the new king of the Kingdom of Sorbe?"

Storm gave an affirmative answer.

"That's the situation based on what I understand."

"Ara la la..."

Upon hearing this, Aokiji couldn't help but rub his head again.

"Strohm, do you know?"

"Unless there are very rare circumstances, our navy generally does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries."

The Navy's duty is to maintain the ruling order of the world government.

Combating pirates who roam the seas is the navy's primary method of maintaining order.

As for the internal problems of the member states of the World Government...

The navy will basically not participate.

Just look at Alabasta and you'll know.

Under the covert manipulation of the Sand Crocodile, a massive civil war involving millions of people broke out in Alabasta.

Three hundred thousand royal troops clash with seven hundred thousand rebel troops.

Even so, the navy surrounding Alabasta did not participate in the country's civil war.

This is still Alabasta under the rule of the Nefertari clan!

Eight hundred years ago, the Nefertari family was one of the twenty royal families that participated in the creation of the World Government!

Even with a massive civil war erupting in Alabasta, the Navy's attitude remains the same.

If other member states of the world government, or even non-member states, were to encounter internal strife...

The navy's attitude was therefore predictable.

"I have no intention of interfering in other countries' internal affairs."

"Stromb said seriously."

"However, I can't just ignore something like this, can I?"

"Am I supposed to just stand by and watch three warships and over two thousand sailors die at the hands of a tyrant?"

"I'm not asking you to ignore your colleagues..."

Aokiji scratched his head.

"Forget it, is that tyrant really that powerful? Able to handle three warships?"

"Although I also come from the South China Sea, that's still the open sea..."

"Bartholomew the Great Bear, that is the 'Tyrant's' real name."

Storm reminded him.

"If you are unfamiliar with this name."

"You must be familiar with the Revolutionary Army's commander, a user of the Paw-Paw Fruit, right?"

Kumamoto was a key member of the Revolutionary Army.

When Ginny became the commander of the East Navy of the Revolutionary Army, Kuma also became the commander of the army.

"So you're... one of Dragon's subordinates."

Aokiji's tone became much lower.

"Okay, I understand."

"Making contact with the revolutionary army is a very dangerous thing..."

"Forget it, let's not talk about it anymore. I trust your stance."

"Storm, I want those three naval warships."

After hearing Aokiji's words, Storm nodded in satisfaction.

Although there are other forces at sea that can take down naval warships.

However, Storm has not yet come into contact with these forces.

The best-case scenario would be if the navy could "recover" warships.

"General Aokiji".

Storm reminded him.

"Not only the warship, but also the marines on board were captured by me."

"Of course! Of course!"

Aokiji quickly replied.

"These marines too!"

"good!"

Storm clapped his hands and laughed.

"Then let's talk about the price!"

"……money?"

Aokiji was stunned and asked incredulously.

"You mean...money?"

"yes!"

Storm countered with a question.

"You're not trying to get something for nothing, are you, Admiral Aokiji?"

"Each of these large warships, which are 60 meters long, costs billions of dollars to build."

"As for the marines, I haven't done the statistics yet, but each of them can earn at least two million Berries a year."

"Three ships—no, two warships, and more than two thousand marines. You don't want to take them for free, do you?"

"Are you a Marine or a pirate?"

It's hard.

Aokiji's fist hardened.

This was the first time his subordinates had questioned his stance.

Vongola Storm, you're completely upside down!

"Stromb! You're a member of the Navy! A member of the Sharp Edge Force!"

"I'm heartbroken," Aokiji said.

"How could you... how could you talk to headquarters about something like this, about money?"

"If we don't talk about money, are we supposed to talk about justice or ideals?"

Storm remained silent.

"General, I need to eat too!"

"Since we're colleagues, I can give you a super low discount."

Two large warships and more than 2,000 marines.

If calculated according to the "market price"—the market price of warships and "human slaves."

The two combined are worth at least 10 billion pegories.

But Strom doesn't have that much of an appetite.

He can offer headquarters an incredibly low price—

A billion Berries, that should be no problem, right?

Aokiji remained silent.

The ideal of justice was torn to pieces by the pull of reality.

"I need to report this matter to Marshal Zhan Guo."

"no problem!"

Storm readily agreed.

"By the way, Admiral Aokiji, I'm only selling two warships; I need to keep one."

Aokiji asked in confusion, "Why?"

"I'll keep it for myself!"

Storm answered matter-of-factly.

"In addition, the Navy can use this incident as an excuse to set a bounty for me."

"Statements like 'seizing warships and defecting overseas,' 'the biggest stain on the Navy,' and so on..."

"In short, this will completely solidify my identity as a 'pirate'!"

Aokiji remained silent for a long time once again.

He spoke softly.

"Storm, so you had similar thoughts all along, didn't you?"

"what?"

"Actually, when I first met you, I was very curious. You seemed quite skilled at 'defection,' as if you had made a special plan."

"ah??"

"If you want to be a pirate, you better behave yourself, you brat!"

Aokiji hung up the phone with a click.

Storm was inexplicably given a severe dressing-down by his boss.

He stared at the Den Den Mushi that had lost signal, completely bewildered.

"What happened to this blue pheasant?"

After all, a deal had already been reached with Aokiji.

Storm has finally let go of some of his hopes.

He piloted the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and flew back to the island.

The moment Storm landed.

He saw a huge bear paw print on the ground near the feet of the bear and Burdog.

That's a special mark that can only be created by the "pressure cannon" of the Paw-Paw Fruit.

In the very center of the imprint, some remnants of human organizational systems still remain.

The predecessor of this "organizational system" should be called "King Beckley".

It looks like...

This tyrannical king, who had ruled the Kingdom of Sorbe for many years, has been executed by the "tyrant" himself!

Just then.

Kidd and Kira led a group of "Nendoroids" to move the supplies from the three warships to the island.

These supplies mainly consist of the "food" and "fresh water" that Storm mentioned earlier.

"Boss! Everything's been moved down!"

"The food reserves are far greater than we imagined; these things can't be stored for long..."

"It's okay."

Storm looked at the food that the "clay doll" was carrying over.

"Let's hold a banquet here! Invite people from the neighborhood to come and eat!"

In a place where no one can see.

Using the Diamond Trophy he had just acquired, Storm increased his Stamina attribute to—

Endurance: ★★★★★★★

(End of this chapter)