Pirates: It's not a mythical beast, it's a phantom god

"Didn't you say you wanted to make Miss Ossi and Admiral Kaido look at you differently? You'll never catch up with them if you're as lazy as you are, Arlong."

Jinbei, who is calm and precocious, is getting anxious when he sees that Arlong is becoming more and more lax day by day and gradually starting to show signs of just living a life of idleness and waiting to die.

As one of the oldest mermaid children brought back by Burfat, compared to other mermaid orphans who were still a little overwhelmed in the new environment, Jinbe had already understood the nature of the Beasts Pirates early on.

The Beasts is a pirate group that prioritizes force, so although these fishmen will not be discriminated against or excluded here, they will not receive any special treatment either.

Everything here depends on strength.

These fishmen were brought back to be trained as the future reserve combat force of the pirate group because their innate physical fitness is stronger than that of ordinary humans.

But that's all. If you start to live a life of idleness and wait for death just because someone provides you with food and drink, it won't be long before you are abandoned again.

You know, even the Dragon Palace Kingdom doesn’t have a free lunch, let alone a pirate group?

"I'll be watching you from today on, and you'll have to do extra training with me, got it?"

"Yes, yes, I understand, Boss Jinbe."

Although Arlong still spoke in a perfunctory tone, his body obediently followed Jinbei's back.

"Wait, wait for me! Brother Along, Boss Jinbei!"

"Instead of making us stop and wait for you, why don't you just catch up quickly~ Stupid Hachi... Hey~ Boss Jinbei, don't walk so fast~"

……

An uninhabited island in the Fenrir Sea.

"Guuuu~"

"Okay, did it work?"

"It should have been successful."

"Go pick it up and have a look."

"No, you go."

"Ah? Didn't you make this yourself? Why do you want me to go? You should have confidence in your work."

"The energy in me might upset the balance within it, so go ahead."

"Why do I feel like you made this excuse up... Hey hey hey! Stop pushing me!"

Finally, under the force of 4000 fixed panels, Osi was pushed to the front of the workbench in a "defense descending" posture.

"Guuuu~"

Swallowing again, Osi picked up a dead branch on the ground and carefully reached towards the cube on the table.

Unlike the original golden color, the volume of the cube has not changed, but its color has turned dark blue.

The faint golden light on the surface also completely subsided at this moment. The entire cube became quiet and dark, and the space around it became filled with dead silence...

pat!

The dark cube swayed slightly when it was pricked by a branch, making a slight sound.

“Ah!”*2

Swish-!

The next moment, the two little ones had spread their wings and retreated to the edge of the island.

"..."

"..."

A few minutes later...

"Okay, it seems to be alright~"

"Well, it's okay."

"Huh~"*2

The two little ones breathed a sigh of relief when they found that there was no explosion.

"Heh~ Look how scared you are~ You clearly made this yourself and you don't even dare to touch it yourself."

Throwing away the branch in his hand, Osi wiped the sweat from his forehead and returned to his normal tone.

"You're not much better, are you? I ran away because I saw you running away."

"Okay, okay, it didn't explode this time, so I guess it was a success."

"Yeah~ I'm really exhausted these past few days."

After stretching, Osi felt relaxed.

Ever since he was brought here by Obera to be a security guard, except for the one time when he returned to Fenrir Island to replenish the materials because he had run out, the rest of his time was basically spent on deserted islands.

These days were basically spent sleeping in the open air and in a state of high mental stress.

……

Returning to the simple workbench, Ober looked at the dark cube on it, which was still as quiet and stable as the abyss, and reached out to pick it up.

"Well, judging by the appearance, it's definitely fixed. There's no sign of instability."

As she spoke, she tentatively released her divine power, allowing it to flow across the surface of the cube.

There was still no sign of instability or explosion, and Oubey's energy was transmitted abnormally smoothly on its surface.

Just like ceramics that have already been fired, it will not have any effect even if they are washed with water and mud.

"Success."

Feeling relieved, Ou Bei couldn't help but smile on his usually expressionless face.

"Judging from your expression, you really succeeded this time?"

"Ah."

Oubei nodded and threw the small cube in his hand to Osi. Osi also had half the credit for the success of this experiment.

"Hmm~ It's pretty nice, just like the color after your 'altered painting'."

"Shouldn't we give this thing a name? Like...Orichalcum?"

Tossing the small cube in his hand, Ossi began to think of one thing after another.

"Could you please not give it such an unlucky name? Do you want whoever uses the weapon it makes in the future to lose?"

Catching the cube thrown into the air, Ouba carefully placed it in the 'Conical-Faced President' knitted bag on his waist, then looked at Ossi.

"Let's call this thing 'Phantom Alloy Blue' for now. So, would you like to try it?"

"Huh? Try what?"

"Just like me, making your own alloy?"

"Eh? It belongs to me... Never mind. I don't want to get bombed."

Thinking of the islands and reefs that were blown up during this period, Osi shook his head.

This thing is troublesome and dangerous, she really doesn't want to touch it.

Now Osi just wants to go home quickly, take a shower and then have a big meal in the cafeteria.

"Well, if you don't want to, forget it."

"But the 'special weapon' you want probably won't happen."

Oubey said deliberately.

"Eh hey hey? Why? You clearly promised me."

Sure enough, as soon as he heard the other party say this, Osi immediately stopped in front of Oubei.

If Ou Bei hadn't promised to make her a 'special weapon' after the task was completed, she wouldn't have been so hardworking and uncomplaining in accompanying her everywhere to 'revise the sea charts'.

"Specialize your weapon. You must choose the weapon that best suits you. Have you ever seen a demon king wielding a holy sword all day long?"

"Hmm ↑ Hmm ↓ That makes sense, so..."

"So if you want a weapon that truly suits you, you must create your own 'Phantom God Alloy Red' like I did."

Chapter 223 Enemy

"My 'Phantom Alloy Red'..."

"That's right, and the process isn't as complicated as you think. It's just like making the Tailed Beast Ball. You just need to grasp the energy ratio between you and Big Sister."

Ou Bei continued to persuade him patiently.

After observing it just now, she found that the physical properties of the modified alloy had not only changed, but it also seemed to have acquired some special "abilities".

This is just like a different color of Time Digital Alloy. Now Obery is eager to get another different Phantom Alloy for comparison to see what factors cause this change.

In the end, after hesitating for a long time, Osi still couldn't resist the temptation of the special weapon and chose to take the golden block handed over by Oubei.

As a result, the last uninhabited island in the Fenrir Sea completely disappeared from a geographical perspective.

……

"Hmm? Where are those two brats, Ossi and Obe? I just saw them coming to look for you."

In the meeting room, Burfat looked at La who was weaving the third shoulder bag and asked curiously.

"The two of them went to the Red Earth Continent."

"Huh? What are you doing there?"

Of course, it was because all the nearby places that could be destroyed had been destroyed by the two of them.

Since he was too lazy to look for any uninhabited island, Osi simply slapped his thigh, came back to ask La for another large bag of basic gold cubes, and then flew directly to the Red Earth Continent with Obe.

After all, the area is vast and sparsely populated, and it seems very resistant to bombing. It is much more comfortable than blowing the sea breeze on a palm-sized island reef every day.

"They're off to experiment with some materials. When they come back, you should be able to ask Oubey to make some handy weapons."

"Haha, I don't need that. My fish-man karate is enough with these two hands."

"But Jin and Boss Kaido can give it a try. Jin, haven't you always wanted to install some mechanisms on your sword?"

"Ah."

Jhin nodded, he did have some thoughts in that regard.

Although his weapon is also a sword, he is not a "swordsman" in the traditional sense, and what he pursues is not kendo.

For him, a knife is just a tool for killing. If he can install some mechanisms on it to better attack the enemy, he will be very happy to do so.

"Speaking of which, it seems like there's been some big movement over there lately. I've seen a lot of new faces coming in and out of our factory lately."

"Is it going to be expanded again?"

Burfat, who had been on a field trip, didn't know about the military-industrial complex. When he saw the frequent comings and goings of people at the arsenal on the island and all kinds of large machines coming in and out, he thought a new factory was going to be built.

"That's actually fine, but it's not like we're building a new one from scratch."

The one who answered him was Wright. He and Jin were the ones on Baishou's side who were specifically responsible for communicating with those underground arms families and solving problems.

Wright is mainly responsible for communication, while Jhin is responsible for solving problems.

"Haven't we recently been 'cooperating' with those arms dealers? I'm thinking of converting all of their factories into something like ours, so we can all produce the same weapons and sell them uniformly."

"After all, everyone makes money."

"Huh? Wouldn't that mean our technology would be leaked? If they take it and then break the contract, then we..."

"Don't worry about that. They don't dare."

Wright glanced at Jin and added:

"And even if they do leak the technology, it doesn't matter. After all, we don't rely on these things to make money, right?"

"When the time comes, we'll upgrade our technology and lower our prices, and those imitation factories won't be able to keep up."

"Oh...oh, so that's it."

After listening to Wright's explanation, Burfat nodded as if he understood.

Economic concepts like supply and demand, price wars, etc. really made things difficult for him.