Chapter 45 News in the Newspaper [VIP]
It was already dark when the pub closed.
After saying goodbye to the two employees, Makino did not take off his apron immediately, but went to the kitchen to get busy again.
Soon, several boxes of items were placed on a cart and she pulled it to the nearby Gorpo Mountain.
Mount Gorpo is an undeveloped wild mountain with many ferocious beasts.
The last time she and the village chief went in, they were almost eaten by a tiger. Fortunately, Captain Yale's metal ball saved them.
As a result, they let down their guard and thought that Dadan and the others would be safe.
However, shortly after that, when she arrived at the bandit hut again, she found that the hut was empty.
There was a thin layer of dust on the floor, and a lot of wine bottles were piled on the ground at the door.
The man she brought here and who protected her in the forest gave the most likely guess.
"Before leaving, they must have been drinking at the door. The fact they hadn't cleaned up meant they left in a hurry. They must have been thrown out by the man all of a sudden."
Makino covered his mouth in despair and turned around the bandit hut again in disbelief, but still found nothing.
She had to accept the fact that Dadan and his friends had indeed been driven away because they didn't have ID cards. She just hoped they were still alive...
Inevitably thinking of sad things, Makino sighed and disappeared into the forest where the moonlight could not reach.
Not long after going deeper, a few regular bird calls were heard, followed by a few dark figures approaching.
"Ms. Makino, let's pull it."
Koby's refreshing voice dispelled the heaviness of the night.
Makino smiled and did not refuse their kindness.
The group soon arrived at the bandit's hut.
The place had been cleaned, there was a light on at the door and a bonfire was burning.
Smoker's white hair was reflected red by the firelight, but his resolute face remained unwavering in everyone's eyes.
After a period of development and growth, the Alliance of Sober People now has a team of nearly 200 people.
But this place obviously cannot accommodate 200 people.
Most of those who join are actually like Makino, who still have their ID cards, stable jobs and lives, and they will only provide help when the alliance needs them.
If there was still a glimmer of hope before, Smoker could now be certain that all their actions were being seen by Yale.
The reason why the other party does not take action is either that they think they are insignificant, or they want to wait until they become stronger and then destroy all their hopes in one fell swoop.
But so what? Since Yale wants to wait, let him wait. They will never back down.
No matter how many times he is defeated, Smoker will get up again. Unless Yale kills him directly, he will never give up the land under his feet and their civilization!
"Vegapunk has woken up." Makino shared the information he got from Kaya today.
But even if she didn't say it, the World Economic Daily newspaper would definitely report it extensively tomorrow morning.
After all, it was the World Economic Daily that reported the news of Vegapunk's hospitalization three days ago, along with information about the two new islands of Future City and Harbor City.
Who is Vegapunk? He is the world's number one scientist.
Such a famous person naturally attracted everyone's attention.
Before the route to Future City was opened, a large number of curious people planned to take a bus to the nearest city and then walk to Future City for a sightseeing tour.
The newspaper praised Future City as being even more cost-effective than Rogue City. It was said that one could play free dress-up games and watch holographic projections. Who wouldn't be tempted by this? Everyone would want to go and take a look.
However, for the Alliance of Awakeners, going to Future Island is secondary. The most important thing is Vegapunk himself who is hospitalized in Goa City.
The difference in fighting power is too great. Even if they gather more people, they cannot defeat Yale.
But if they could win Vegapunk over to their side, then at least they might be able to gain the ability to communicate with the outside world.
"It's almost time." Smoker stood up and looked at Coby and Bellemeber, who had grown a lot in the past few months.
"You two are responsible for sending Miss Makino down the mountain. I will go find Vegapunk by myself."
At present, none of these alliance members who have been trained from scratch can be half as strong as Smoker.
So in this operation, Smoker didn't plan to bring anyone with him, and sneaking into the hospital meant he had to travel light.
Everyone understood and nodded in agreement, leaving him alone to be careful.
After Smoker left, Makino and his companions unloaded the supplies and pushed the empty cart down the mountain while talking about Yale's second live broadcast.
Compared to those outside who don’t understand the situation, those who live on the islands and watch them become more prosperous day by day can best understand what Yale said.
Yale did achieve what he called 'equality and order', and most people living here lived better than before - the reason I said most was because many nobles on the island lived worse than before.
However, most of those nobles have done a lot of bad things, and most of their money was robbed from the common people. Kebi and his group do not represent that small group of special people.
When it comes to equality and order, even the Alliance of the Awake cannot say a word against Yale.
The other party did a very good job, but this good thing was based on the fact that everyone was more or less mentally controlled by him.
What the Sober Alliance opposes is his mind control, which forces everyone to abide by his rules instead of allowing everyone to change things spontaneously.
More seriously, they are wary of this person who may turn against them at any time. Yale can manipulate everyone to obey the order, and he can also manipulate everyone to fall into chaos and kill each other.
This is the main reason why they oppose Yale, not to maintain the navy, or to maintain the rule of the world government or to maintain the slavery system in the outside world.
There is another point, which may be a more abstract and conceptual reason.
Even if Yale can always guarantee their equality and order, but if it continues to develop, when everyone learns his knowledge, will the civilization of their planet still be their civilization?
"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Makino." Coby bowed.
"If there's any news about Mr. Luffy in the newspaper, please buy me a copy."
"Don't worry, I'm also worried about Luffy's situation..." Makino thought of something and her voice suddenly paused.
She turned her gaze to Bellemeber, and when he pointed at her in confusion, she spoke hesitantly, "Bellemeber, you... I think you could take a look at the flyer that was tucked into the newspaper from two days ago when you go back."
When Bellemeber saw the flyer that Makino mentioned, he was completely stunned.
It was a flyer for a comprehensive soldier school recruiting instructors and teachers, and the contact person was the school's principal, Monka.
When he saw this name, Bellemeber felt extremely complicated.
That was his father, the father he was once proud of and feared. He relied on the other's name to do evil in Shields Town. Later, Luffy appeared and everything changed.
Now he has deeply realized his past mistakes and has been making changes.
He didn't expect that his father had also changed, from a prisoner in jail to the principal of the school.
"Berumel..." Coby put his arm around his friend's shoulder and patted him comfortingly, leaving Belleel alone to calm down for a while.
After a long time, when Bellumeber started to move again, he asked curiously, "What are you going to do?"
Bellemer shook his head blankly and said dryly.
"My relationship with him is not that good..." During the time he was training with Smoker, he had been deliberately ignoring his father who was imprisoned.
"Let's go find him!" Kirby suddenly said in a loud voice.
This scared Bellemere.
"Looking for him?! Are you crazy? Have you forgotten how he beat you up before?"
Recalling the embarrassing moment when he stood in front of Monka and was beaten black and blue, Coby scratched his head embarrassedly and chuckled.
"Hehe, but we are no longer the same as we were before!"
Coby patted his chest and said, "If we meet again, I will definitely beat him, just like Mr. Luffy!"
He was still growing, and after Smoker's devilish training and his own additional training, he became stronger and taller than before.
Bellemeber was somewhat tempted, but still hesitant.
Coby comforted him again, "We can ask Mr. Smoker. When he comes back, he will definitely need someone to go to the Soldier School in Rogue Town to check on the situation."
At the same time, Smoker came to the city hospital in Goa City and climbed in through the window of Vegapunk's ward.
Just as he had guessed, it went incredibly smoothly, as if it was a trap waiting for him to jump into.
But even if he guessed all this, Smoker couldn't just turn around and leave. He could only jump in and talk to Vegapunk about their transparent plan under Yale's gaze.
It was already late, but Vegapunk hadn't slept yet.
He was lying on the table, with a pile of densely packed draft papers piled next to him.
Deflector Shield - this was the name of the shield released by the metal ball that night.
This is a translucent energy field produced by a deflector shield generator. It has a wide range of uses in interstellar space, but it consumes a lot of energy, so small forces cannot afford it.
Energy…Energy…
As expected, we have to solve the energy problem before we can think about other things.
What Vegapunk is currently researching is the endless energy he envisions.
Yale called this controlled nuclear fusion, which sounds cool, but the name he envisioned, "Mother Fire," is better.
As Vegapunk was thinking quickly, a sound from the window behind him was loud enough to wake him up.
Vegapunk turned his head and the scream stuck in his throat was choked back into his stomach by the man outside the window who raised his fingers as if to silence him.
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