Pirate: I'm just slacking off, do you really think I'm a noob?

No one would have expected that such a tall and fierce-looking man would speak in such a weak voice.

If it weren't for the quietness in the mine and the dragon's concentration, it would have been difficult to hear clearly.

He managed to control his interest very well, but Swor next to him could not.

Hearing Swole's laughter, the bald man felt a little embarrassed and shouted:

"Are you laughing at me?"

Although he was yelling, in fact his voice was not much louder than before.

So, Swole, who was about to apologize, laughed again.

"Asshole, Crow Kill!"

In an instant, a black crow appeared vividly in the bald man's hand.

And it attacked Swor at an extremely fast speed. Looking at the flashing light on the crow's beak, you could tell that it would definitely make a bloody hole with one poke.

The bald man's original intention was to teach Swole a lesson, so the place he hit was not fatal.

"Dragon's Claw."

A peculiarly shaped claw stretched out in the crow's path and easily grabbed the crow.

"That's amazing. I've never seen a devil fruit user with such special abilities."

The bald man looked at him in disbelief, only to see that Long was still studying the crow in his hand.

He couldn't imagine that one day his moves would be cracked so easily by others.

"Crows attack!"

Dozens of crows flew out from all parts of the bald man's body.

"Hiss, this is a bit difficult. Dragon's Breath!"

The dragon did not advance but retreated. Its claws were covered with numerous strong winds, which destroyed all the crows like a whirlwind and locked the dragon's claws on the crows' shoulders.

"do not move."

Chapter 96: The First Meeting between Dragon and Crow (Please read it later)

2024-09-07 23:30:47 Author: Mu Chenxin

Long grabbed the bald man's shoulder and said:

"I'm very sorry. Swole didn't mean to laugh at you just now. If you think it's inappropriate, I will ask him to apologize to you."

"But if you do it again, I won't be polite."

Long looked at the bald man who was still trying to resist and said seriously.

Although Crow's devil fruit ability is a bit tricky, Dragon is a veteran of many battles when he was in the navy.

If he had not held back, the bald man might have been captured by him long ago.

The bald man felt the pressure from the dragon, so naturally he did not resist.

"My name is Crow."

The bald man said his name and motioned to Long.

"My name is Monkey D. Dragon."

Long said lightly that he had some favorable impression on the person in front of him because he felt they were of the same type.

"I'm sorry for my disrespect just now Mr. Crow, I'm Swor."

Swore bowed and apologized to the crow in embarrassment.

"Let's find a secluded space. This place has already attracted other people's attention."

The sound of fighting just now has caused some miners in the mine to look over here.

"Come with me."

The crow signaled to everyone, then walked towards another mine.

The mines here are very winding, and many of them are not recorded on the mine route map.

But the crows seemed to be familiar with the place, as if they had been to these mines many times.

Finally, after following the crow for ten minutes, the men saw a small house deep in the mine.

"Come in and have a chat, Mr. Long."

The crow took the initiative to invite, and the dragon followed him in without any doubt.

The small wooden house was packed with five strong men.

Long and Swor of the Self-Defense Forces, as well as Crow and two cadres of the Miners' Association.

"Okay, this place is relatively safe, you can talk without worry."

Crow still spoke in a low voice.

"My name is Monkey D. Long, the leader of the Self-Yong Army, and I traveled all the way from the East China Sea."

"Our organization is to help those people who are oppressed by the World Government and the World Nobility to stand up."

"The Self-Defense Forces?"

Crow was somewhat surprised by the name.

After the dragon briefly described it to the crow, the crow nodded and said:

“Interesting idea.”

"It's your turn."

Long looked at the several people from the Miners Association in front of him.

“We are steelworkers and members of the Miners’ Association.”

"The reason we came here is because you just joined in the past few days and started asking for all kinds of information. Naturally, we have to come and take a look."

"Steel factory?"

A hint of doubt appeared on Long's face, he was not familiar with the steel factory.

The Coal and Iron City is divided into two parts: one is the coal mining area responsible for mining coal resources, and the other is the steel factory specializing in smelting iron ore.

Long had heard of the steel factory mentioned by some people, but due to the obstruction of the high wall in the middle, the workers on both sides were actually unable to contact each other.

"No, if you are really workers in the steel factory as you said, then how did you get here?"

"Because according to the information I have gathered in the past few days, the two areas are not interconnected."

Long asked this question with a frown on his face.

"You may not be able to communicate with each other, but in fact, there are many connections between the two parts. For example, the supervisors in the coal mines are actually workers in the steel factories."

"What? The supervisor of the coal mine is actually a worker in the steel factory?"

Long was very surprised.

"Yes, the steel mill selects three or four hundred workers every week to work as supervisors in the coal mines. This is a good thing. The pay is about the same as working in the steel mill, but basically you don't have to do any work."

Crow explained to Dragon the connection between the coal mines and the steel mills.

"Who is the supervisor of your steel factory?"

Long asked again.

“The supervisors of our steel mills are basically indigenous people from the four major port cities, and only a few are lifelong supervisors.”

After the crow finished speaking, the dragon fell into deep thought.

He was not sure whether it was the idea of ​​the nobles of the Kingdom of Eryokabu or the idea of ​​the World Government.

But there is no doubt that this splitting tactic was used very well.

Compared with workers in coal mines, workers in steel factories are treated better and have richer food.

If workers from steel factories are sent to work as supervisors in coal mining areas, the long-term working environment will create conflict between the people in the coal mining areas and the supervisors from the steel mining areas.

This is what fundamentally divides the two groups that are most likely to unite.

Having people living in other parts of the kingdom serve as overseers further severed the connection between the workers and the masses.

In addition, there are the tall city walls and thousands of soldiers armed with guns and cannons.

Reduce the scale and frequency of uprisings as much as possible.

"But a new question arises. You probably didn't come here as an overseer."

"If I were the architect of this plan, I would definitely restrict the freedom of movement of steel mill workers as well."

"Otherwise, this plan based on the lack of information exchange between groups will fail."

The dragon looked at the crow with a very interested smile and continued:

"Since this plan is based on this theory, it is necessary to control the coming and going times of the supervisors. As far as I know, the supervisors have fixed hours in the morning and evening. All supervisors must leave after these times."

"At this time, theoretically there shouldn't be any supervisors in the coal mine."

The dragon's words made Crow break out in a cold sweat.

He didn't expect that the tall man in front of him could make so many inferences based on just a few words from him.

Most importantly, these speculations are very close to reality.

"It seems that Mr. Crow is still a little reluctant to believe us."

Swor said, shrugging.

The crow also calmed down and said to Long and Swor:

"I can't help it. I have too much on my shoulders. Before we establish complete trust, I can't guarantee whether you are members of the CP organization."

Long smiled brightly:

"Hahahaha, from our conversation just now, I have come to the conclusion that you are the leader of the Miners' Association, and your goal is to launch a popular uprising."

"If we were really from the World Government, we would have arrested you just for that alone."

Crow found it difficult to understand why the man in front of him, named Long, had such a high IQ.

In a sense, if Long was a member of the World Government, then the workers' uprising in the Kingdom of Eryokabu would be like a joke in his eyes.

He can easily find the key figures of the uprising and has the power to eliminate them in one fell swoop.

After seeing that the dragon was so wise, the crow was shocked at first, and then said with a complicated expression:

"Mr. Long, your words really touched me. But I carry the hopes of too many people, so I cannot fully trust you for the time being."

"I hope you can understand my behavior. I am very sorry."

Chapter 97 Reasonable Speculations (Please read on)

2024-09-07 23:30:49 Author: Mu Chenxin

One week since Raleigh took power.

Gion finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Rawley, are we here on vacation or on business?"

Pushing open the office door, Gion was a little angry.

After Raleigh dealt with Zachley, he didn't even leave the house for a week.

He just stayed in the office all day reading the history of the kingdom and never asked to go out to check the situation.

Gion originally thought that Raleigh was just joking about coming on vacation, but he didn't expect it to be a real vacation.

"Oh, it's you, Ang Gion. Come, have some tea. This is the new black tea from Nanhai."

Raleigh pushed a cup of steaming tea towards Gion.

"Aren't we here to investigate the uprising?"

Gion said angrily, but still took the tea handed to him by Raleigh.