Chapter 14: Swarming

Chapter 14 is swarming
In just half a month, the news that Mad Hatter was about to auction a devil fruit had spread throughout the West China Sea.
All of a sudden, pirates eager for power swarmed.
Especially the captains of the pirate regiment who are ready to enter the great channel, this is inevitable.
What does a devil fruit mean?
This means that their group of veteran pirates who are about to break into Xintiandi can have a deep understanding.
On the other hand, the naval branch of the West China Sea can naturally capture this news.
However, force dispatch is an unavoidable flaw in the navy branch, so even if you know it, it is difficult to do anything.
Because this is the West Sea after all, not a great channel.
Leaving aside the priority, as one of the four seas, the intuitive sea area of ​​the West Sea is by no means comparable to a great channel.
Correspondingly, this also means that the naval branch of the West China Sea needs to spread the vast majority of its forces in various places to protect the safety of the people within its jurisdiction.
If the scattered troops are to be dispatched together, although there is nothing wrong with instant messaging and other aspects, the timeliness cannot keep up.
The most difficult problem still stems from the omnipresent threat of the pirates.
They are not like the navy that needs to be stationed in one place to maintain law and order. Although they will not be in groups, they have the same commonality as they can move freely everywhere.
Seeing the profit here, they stuck up like a grasshopper in blood.
When the navy was in place, he fled without looking back, and then went to a profitable place on the other side.
In this situation, arbitrarily dispatching troops will only give the locust-like pirates the opportunity to do whatever they want.
Therefore, compared with the threats posed by individual pirate groups, the number of pirates in the Four Seas is different from the pirates of the great sea lanes, which can make the navy branch a headache.
Of course, due to various factors such as differences in folk customs and cultures, the number of naval forces in the various jurisdictions of the West China Sea is different.
Eliminate some naval worms that do not act. In some jurisdictions with sufficient military strength, the navy will pool the overflowing forces into a mobile-based force, and their main task is to chase down the pirates who fled. .
This kind of naval force that is not restricted by jurisdiction can often make pirates frightened.
But although effective, it treats the symptoms but not the root cause.
And what can these troops do in an inaccessible zone with deep roots like Mad Hatter Town?
It's like a police officer with a gun breaking into a den of ten thugs.
Due to the deterrence of firearms, the ten gangsters in the den would voluntarily give up their numerical advantage, and then bow their heads.
But if a gun-armed sheriff broke into hundreds of gangster dens, the result is self-evident.
To break this situation, unless the navy headquarters sends a force that can break the balance.
However, the turmoil caused by just a devil fruit was not enough to form the conditions for the navy headquarters to go to war.
Although the West China Sea Naval Branch was unable to form a powerful attack on Mad Hatter Town, all kinds of eyeliners still focused on Mad Hatter Town.
Inability to act does not mean that you do nothing.
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Mad Hatter Island, Mad Hatter Town, Mad Hatter Auction House.
As the name implies, the building of the auction house is like a top hat lying horizontally on the ground.
For example:
The first to second floors of the auction house are like a hat brim, occupying the largest area and are also the main venue for holding auctions.
In order to increase the passenger capacity, the design style of the auction hall is roughly the same as that of the regular opera house.
Therefore, the second floor can actually be summarized into the first floor.
The higher levels decrease the area as the height increases.
The room on the top floor of the auction house naturally belongs to the owner who controls the auction house.
As the culmination of the auction house, the decoration of the room can be described as magnificent, revealing the atmosphere of nouveau riche everywhere.
The wall facing the center of the room is a full-surface coated floor-to-ceiling glass window. In front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, there is a set of European-style hall tables based on deep red.
The devil fruit that will be auctioned in ten days is quietly placed on the table top, underneath it is padded with a layer of soft cloth, to show its preciousness.
Sitting on the chair of the main seat is a strong middle-aged man in a red suit with a slicked head and a cigar in his mouth.
This person is the owner of the auction house-Lucches Ralph.
"A wave of your hand can make those wolves, tigers and leopards go crazy. This is the charm of Devil Fruit."
Ralph lay on his back on the sofa, his eyes were cold and dark, as if he had been stripped of his humanity, and it was difficult for ordinary emotions to appear in them.
Opposite him, a man sneered and said: "It's not worth my effort to bring the devil fruit back from the great waterway. Just a trip to another place can make its value soar several times. This kind of good business is the world. How few."
Ralph lowered his eyelids, looked at the man's proud face through the smoke that he exhaled, and did not speak to correct the man's wrong perception.
There are so many good deals in this world.
It only doubles the value of a devil fruit, and more is the effect of marketing rather than the transaction itself.
Ralph rubbed his fingers off the burning butts of his cigar, and said lightly: "The reserve price is 100 million, and the transaction price should be up to 1 billion."
"so much?"
The man was taken aback, obviously trusting Ralph's judgment.
Ralph glanced at the devil fruit on the table and said: "The giants in the Xihai Underground World look down on this devil fruit, but the five big gangs are bound to win, so those who have the ability to take the fruit will only It’s one of them, do you know what that means?"
Ralph continued without waiting for the man to answer:
"It means that as long as it is a normal bidding, this number will only be raised until the limit they can withstand. Of course, the premise is that no one secretly uses the means. As for the pirates who swarm, they are just to make up the number. It's the money giver."
Listening to Ralph's words, the man suddenly became interested.
"Then you think, among the five big gangs, who is most likely to take this fruit?"
"Gangster Becky."
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Sol Arms Store.
After half a month, Maude's injuries have basically healed, and coupled with the fact that every day, there is no sign of weight loss on his face.
Compared with the pale and haggard face when he first woke up, it was also ruddy and shiny.
Maud, who was recovering well, removed the bandage and looked in the mirror on purpose.
The original morbidity no longer exists, and replaced by a blood-filled face, plus the negative effect of the bandage covering the eyebrows.
After looking in the mirror, Maude found himself unexpectedly-so handsome?
At the same time, he finally found his second prey-a neighbor.
I didn't finish writing until three o'clock, covering my face... Is it too late to ask for a recommendation ticket?
(End of this chapter)