Chapter 22 King of Sheep

Starting from Lan Tang, Ace took advantage of his time to pick on the well-known and powerful fighting factions of the Port Mafia one by one.

Although Mori Ogai tried to stop him and used Ace's cultural studies to limit him, people who want to slack off and avoid studying always have various reasons to do so. For example -

"Mr. Ougai, you are too weak. You need to exercise! You should find someone to practice with more often! You even sprained your waist when you competed with Miss Hongye last time!"

When the doctors in the medical department saw the leader being sent in, they were all shocked!

Mori Ouwai refused to admit it: [It was you who sprained your back, not me. ]

Although the process was a bit, well, a bit difficult for Mori Ou to watch, it is true that his physical fitness has improved a lot during this period of time.

Because the first person Moriogai mentioned to Ace was Randou, so the first person Ace picked was also Randou. Although this behavior made others suspect that the leader didn't like Randou and had some intentions against him, later on, all the high-level fighting factions of the Port Mafia were picked, and people stopped spreading such stupid rumors.

I knew it, when Chief Sen came to power, Lan Tang was one of the first to join him, so how could the chief target him?

Correspondingly, the rumor that Ace and Lantang returned to the organization drunk and arm in arm that night began to spread. In fact, it was spread in a small circle at first, but after the two went to the underground training ground to compete, people didn't believe the rumor anymore, but it started again now.

Mori Ougai handled A's matter personally.

A is a standard businessman. The reason he wants to join the Port Mafia and become a cadre is purely for profit. The Port Mafia gives him protection. He relies on and borrows the reputation and power of the Port Mafia to grab more wealth. He is also confident that after getting the protection of the Port Mafia, the wealth he can get will far exceed the wealth he needs to hand over to the Port Mafia.

After becoming an official of the Port Mafia, he also gained power.

This is not a one-shot deal. If he wants to continue to borrow the name and power of the Port Mafia, he must continue to bring benefits to the Port Mafia, otherwise Mori Ogai will get rid of him without mercy. Of course, it is more likely that he will be dealt with directly - after becoming a cadre, some internal intelligence will be open to him, and after knowing that, the Port Mafia will definitely not let him go.

[I don't like that guy.] After talking with A, Ace said this to Mori Ogai. He thought about the words and said, [He is not... He did not join us with the purpose of becoming our partner. He... is not suitable to be our partner.]

If you allow someone with ulterior motives to become your companion, there is a high possibility that this person will become a betrayer one day and harm other companions.

"Of course, you don't have to consider him as a companion." Mori Ogai placed a candy on the white paper with a few lines drawn on it that Alice had spread out in front of her. "Just consider him as a screw or a part of the organization. Just consider him as a functional accessory for the operation of the organization."

Moriogai had already discovered that Ace seemed to be very obsessed with words like "companion" and "partner". Once he was associated with such words, he would become extremely serious.

Ace was still very confused, [But... since he joined the organization, he should be our partner, right? ]

Mori Ouwai sighed softly: "Then you can just treat him as our external employee."

Although he did subtly make Ace think of himself as a member of the organization, and also subtly made Ace consider the organization like him, but when it really came to this step, there were indeed some problems of different concepts.

But this is a minor problem, as long as it doesn't affect Ace's plan to destroy him.

Mori Ougai ignored his subsequent silence and turned to deal with the day's affairs.

The Intelligence Department had previously given them clues about the Cang King, and so far they have only listed a few possible locations where the Cang King might be hiding, so they need more accurate intelligence before they can take action.

However, before he could find the hiding place of the King of the Blue Sky, another piece of information came to him first.

"The previous leader seems to have resurrected and wants to take revenge on the port mafia?"

"Yes, Lan Tang, who went to Leibo Street to carry out a GSS-related mission, saw the figure of the previous leader there. According to Lan Tang, the man suspected to be the previous leader attacked him using a powerful black flame. The team members he brought with him on the mission were all wiped out. Lan Tang himself was also seriously injured. He just woke up for a while, but soon fell asleep again."

The person who came to report was Ozaki Kouyo, who was promoted to cadre not long ago. She frowned and said, "Rantang and I are the only ones who know about this matter. I have asked him to keep silent. But if what he said is true, I am afraid this matter will not be kept secret for long."

As long as there is indeed someone in Leibo Street who looks like the previous leader, there will always be other people who will see him. Coupled with his hostility towards the Port Mafia, Mori Ougai will immediately be put in the spotlight.

The once suppressed rumor that the forest gull had murdered the previous leader and taken over would spread again, and the leader's prestige would drop significantly.

Moreover, this is not just a rumor. Ozaki Kouyo, who had been in contact with the previous leader before his death, is almost certain that Mori Ugai killed the previous leader to take over, although she did not see the scene with her own eyes.

Among those recruited by Omi, there must be people who sided with the previous leader. The reason why they were not dealt with except Mori Owl was because those people did not have time to do anything. Moreover, dealing with too many people at once would cause chaos in the organization, and it might even cause the collapse of a few pieces.

But once this rumor becomes popular again, there is no guarantee that they will do something behind the scenes. After Omi's death, they lack a capable and leadership person to lead them. They are scattered and unorganized, but if the previous leader reappears with more power than before, these people may secretly gather around the previous leader and rebel against him again.

"Alas." Sen Ou sighed.

The previous leader was not able to have the power to seriously injure Lan Tangdu when he was still alive, so how could he be able to do it after his death?

"You did the right thing, Hongye-kun. Let's temporarily stop all the missions related to Leibo Street, and try our best not to let the people below get close to Leibo Street." This kind of thing certainly cannot be banned explicitly, otherwise it will prove that the rumor is true.

The office was silent for a while, and Mori Ogai asked again: "Hongye-kun, do you think it is really the previous leader who has come back to life to seek revenge?"

Ozaki Kouyo looked grim: "The dead cannot be resurrected. The so-called resurrection of the previous leader must be a trick by someone."

Ace commented: [I remember that the Devil Fruit has a power that can bring people back to life after death, and this power is completely useless when the user is alive. It only works when the user is dead. Maybe you have such a power user here too?]

Mori Owl thinks this is possible.

"Hongye-kun, wait until Lantang-kun wakes up, then go ask him and see if he can remember more detailed information."

"yes."

After Ozaki Kouyo left, Mori Ogai couldn't help but sigh again.

"Ah... I'm so busy. Being a leader is really a never-ending job."

Ace thought so too. Compared to him who used to be a captain, it was really tiring for Mori Ou Wai to be a leader. When they encountered problems, they would directly act as explorers, but when Mori Ou Wai encountered problems, he would immediately make arrangements. What he encountered were all kinds of troublesome things with various interests and intrigues, which were not fun at all.

"No matter what, we can't ignore the matter of the previous leader." Sen Ouwai sighed again in distress, "We have to find someone to go to Leibo Street to investigate the matter of this previous leader..."

Ace popped his head up at this time: "Why don't we go by ourselves? I want to see what the resurrected former leader looks like."

Mori Owl: "..."

This eager tone gave Sen Ou a headache, because every time he used this tone, nothing good happened.

No, we have to arrange someone to investigate as soon as possible, otherwise Ace will really go by himself!

…

"You want me to investigate the previous leader?" Dazai Osamu showed an incredible look, "Mr. Mori, I assume you still remember that I didn't join the Port Mafia?"

"So I asked you to come here today for another purpose." Mori Gugai said, "Dazai-kun, come and join the Port Mafia. If it's you, you will definitely become an executive as quickly as possible."

Dazai Osamu was unmoved. "To become an executive, don't you still have to work for Mr. Mori? This seems to be what Mr. Mori wants more, right?"

"He also wants you to become an official companion."

Dazai Osamu pursed his lips.

After playing the emotional card, Mori Ogai knew that his weight was not enough and said again: "Didn't you always say that you couldn't find the meaning of life? Maybe after seeing more life and death, you will have new insights?"

Dazai Osamu neither agreed nor refused, he just said: "Okay, I'll go take a look first."

He was about to leave when Mori Ogai stopped him and said, "Dazai-kun, when you go to investigate the previous leader, please invite the Sheep King in. Only the Sheep King."

Dazai Osamu turned his head and said in astonishment, "Mr. Mori has a really big appetite. The Port Mafia has sent someone to assassinate him before. Are you so sure that he will have no grudges?"

"That was the business of the previous leader. What does it have to do with me?"

Dazai Osamu sneered at him and walked away.

As soon as he left, Ace couldn't help asking: [Who is that Sheep King? I haven't heard you mention him before.]

Sen Ou paused for a moment, a mask of pain on his face.

"He... um... sells roast lamb, I guess."

He has seen through it. Once Ace knows that the "King of Sheep" Nakahara Chuuya is also a very capable psychic, he will probably come to him.

However, things did not develop as expected.

[The guy selling roasted lamb...] Ace made a sound that sounded like he was slurping his saliva, [Why would the Port Mafia assassinate a guy selling roasted lamb? Could it be that he stole the Port Mafia's business because his roasted lamb tasted so good? I'm really curious about how delicious his roasted lamb is, slurp...]

Mori Owl: "..."

a bad feeling.

[Mr. Ougai, can we find some time to stop by and try it? ]

Mori Owl: "..."

In other words, have you ever thought about why the Port Mafia is called the Port Mafia instead of the Port Roast Lamb Restaurant?