Chapter 11 Island Fusion
"It's so annoying, I can't put it together..."
Sitting on the throne of Goa's palace, Yale was eating a devil fruit in one hand while dragging the virtual screen in front of him with the other hand.
On the screen was a sea chart, with two adjacent islands outlined in detail with bright blue lines.
One of them was the city of Goa.
The other is Conker Island, northeast of Goa City—there is no kingdom on it, only a peaceful and tranquil small town.
At this moment, Yale's finger was pointing at the center of the pattern of Conker Island. He held it and compared it around Goa City, thinking about where to place it most appropriately.
There are no parts on the edges of the two islands that fit together. Simply put, they are like two puzzle pieces of mismatched sizes. If you want to force them together, you can only use violence.
Do you want to cut some of it off?
Yale made a simple simulation using virtual projection.
The charged particle beam easily cut the edges of the two islands into straight lines, and then the two islands could be successfully put together.
Of course, when doing this, avoid towns and choose a place where there are no people.
He is a principled pirate who will not attack the citizens under his rule casually.
"Execute." He ordered lightly.
The next moment, the metal ball floating above the two islands changed its light.
The soft blue light pattern instantly switched to red light attack mode, and a flash of red light shot out from the crack.
The red light flashed by the edge of the island, so fast that it seemed like an illusion to the human eye.
However, this was not an illusion. Wherever the red light passed, a loud rumbling sound was immediately heard.
The rock layer cracked and collapsed in an instant, and the cut was smooth and straight, as if it was a precise cut made by a god after measurement.
The molten lava flowed into the sea along with the fallen and burning trees, and was pushed deeper into the distance by the huge waves generated when the two islands moved closer to each other.
Residents on both islands heard a loud rumbling noise.
When they rushed out of the house in panic, they saw the clouds in the sky retreating rapidly and felt the strong wind blowing as the island moved forward quickly.
This is nothing. The scenery seen by people living by the sea is the most shocking.
Their island is galloping across the sea.
Next to the beach where the land meets the ocean, you can see the waves receding rapidly.
Makino opened his eyes wide and held on tightly to the pillar next to the tavern to avoid being blown away by the wind and waves.
Their island... was raging on the sea? The realization made her mind go blank.
The same goes for the surrounding villagers.
Everyone was so dumbfounded that they forgot to scream.
"Don't worry, it's just a matter of putting the islands together. It will only take a few minutes~"
Lazy, casual voices drifted from overhead across the island.
Everyone could tell that it was that man's voice. It was this man's sudden appearance that disrupted their lives.
The other party's ambition is not limited to occupying them.
Judging from the previous projected speech, the other party wants to replace the world government and even the world aristocracy.
The government and the nobility were too far away from them, and the common people could not reach them and were too lazy to care about them.
The only thing they care about is their own life. Whoever can bring them a peaceful, stable and prosperous life will be the object of their love and loyalty.
But now, just a few days are not enough to see what this man’s big reform can bring to them. Instead, it brings more shock and anxiety.
What kind of strength does the other party have, and why can he control the island and speed across the sea?
Also, what does 'put the island together' mean, and what do you do in a few minutes?
A lot of questions were running wildly in everyone's mind, but that man would definitely not answer them.
Yale is busy now.
He ate most of the devil fruit, leaving only the pitiful handle and the head part which had the worst taste.
According to the planting methods of this world, he squatted down beside the most fertile piece of land in the palace garden, dug a hole devoutly, buried the thing in the soil, then watered and fertilized it, and waited quietly.
One second...
Two seconds...
After looking up at the sunny sky, Yale lowered his head and continued to stare at the fruit stems that emerged from the soil.
His patience soon ran out, and his body, squatting on the ground, began to sway back and forth.
"Why hasn't it sprouted yet?" Unconvinced, Yale looked at the former king waiting beside him.
The former king was sweating all over and suffering terribly from the scorching sun, but he forced a smile when he heard this.
"Respected Captain Yale, it will take at least several days for plants to sprout after being planted." Moreover, devil fruits cannot be planted at all, but he didn't dare to say it so bluntly.
"You can be more straightforward. I won't kill you."
Yale glanced at him, propped himself up in boredom, and kicked away the devil fruit he had just planted a minute ago.
He already knew that devil fruits had no seeds, let alone could not be planted, he just wanted to play with it.
Maybe this backward soil cultivation method is useless. When the starship arrives, he can ask the druid to think of a solution.
There was a loud "boom", which made the birds in the forest fly away in all directions.
The island stopped moving, as if it had collided violently with another giant object.
Makino raised his head and looked at the towering mountains that suddenly appeared in the distance with the villagers.
Soon, someone recognized the landmark mountain.
"That's—the mountain on Conker Island?! I remember that triangular slope on top of it. That's the mountain on Conker Island!"
"Could it be that the man—Respected Captain Yale—when he said to put the islands together, he meant to put our island and Conker Island together?!"
Makino glanced at the metal ball that suddenly appeared because of her disrespectful words and immediately changed her words.
In shock and panic, the villagers walked towards the mountain.
After passing through a forest, they saw a clear black line that was burned in the place where the forest should have been.
Across the black line is the broad, flat land of another island.
At this time, the residents of the island also rushed here quickly out of shock and curiosity.
The residents of the two islands looked at each other across a black line.
Originally they might never meet each other in their lifetime.
But now, after the islands were joined together, all they had to do to reach another island was cross a black line.
"It seems you have discovered it. It's very interesting, isn't it?"
A voice suddenly rang out in the silent atmosphere.
Everyone looked in horror at the man who appeared out of nowhere.
Yale stood on the black line between the two islands, looking as proud as a child showing off his toys.
"Isolated islands can't form a stable, long-term relationship, so I pieced the islands together. This black line is your Goa City—"
He raised his hand to indicate Goya City, then raised his other hand. "The border with your Conker City—a border checkpoint will be built here later. You can inquire about the details through your respective city halls."
After saying this, he looked at the citizens on both sides.
The atmosphere was silent and a little weird, and then suddenly someone clapped, prompting everyone else to react and start clapping and cheering.
Only then did Yale nod with satisfaction.
"What a shame! I thought I could chop off all your hands this time~"
The aftermath still echoes in the air.
His figure had already disappeared from the spot.
Everyone who had been to the gates of hell breathed a sigh of relief.
However, looking at the island opposite, some people who thought they would never be able to leave the island in their lifetime began to feel restless.
Makino watched a young man with an eccentric personality in the village walk out of the crowd and head towards the black line.
Everyone was worried for him, but few spoke out to stop him because they all wanted to see what the consequences would be if they crossed the line.
In fact, there are no consequences.
As the young man approached the black line, a metal ball floated in front of him.
"Citizen, please show me your ID card."
The man immediately took out his ID card.
After a simple scan, the metal ball gave way.
The young man crossed the black line and arrived at another island that he might never reach in his lifetime.
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Yale stretched himself and looked sleepily at the fancy ceiling above the palace.
People came and went, and the soldiers placed various tables and chairs in the hall, building the future city hall according to the blueprints.
In the past, the Kingdom of Goa used the terrain to distinguish between different levels of status. The royal palace was in the center, at the highest point, surrounded by the villas and manors of the nobles, and outside of that were the residences of the citizens.
It would be a good idea for Yale to not demolish these buildings and recycle them into infrastructure such as city halls, police stations, courts, etc.
But of course he would not be the one to do these chores, but the soldiers sent by the newly appointed mayor.
What Yale has to do is to occupy this planet and find more devil fruits to fill his stomach.
"Is anyone asking for help?" he asked curiously.
The shipborne elf, which had already synchronized with the Den Den Mushi signal, answered honestly.
"No relevant distress information has been received yet."
"It's strange. The people on this planet don't have a good life either..." Yale straightened up and gasped in shock.
"Hiss—could they be suffering voluntarily?!" The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed.
"There are indeed quite a lot of masochists on this planet."
The ship-borne elf rolled in the air.
"Captain Yale is right!"
"Of course I'm right." Yale accepted the compliment as a matter of course.
"What about the World Government? Have the Celestial Dragons expressed their willingness to give up their seats and invite me to sit there?"
"The ships on this planet are very slow, respected Captain Yale."
The elf reminded: "The warship you visited earlier has just arrived at its destination."
Yale also remembered this reminder.
This is a rather backward planet, and he must think about problems using the common sense of this planet.
"Oh, so boring..." He collapsed on the throne again, grabbed a grape, threw it into the sky, and then opened his mouth to catch it.
The elf blinked and turned around again.
"Respected Captain Yale, perhaps you will be interested in this."
It projected a copy of the World Economic News newspaper, and the picture on the first page was Yale's face appearing on the projection.
Yale became more energetic, held his chin and put another grape into his mouth.
"Ah, newspapers, this primitive medium for disseminating information, I'd rather give this thing to—ahem!"
He was suddenly choked, coughed twice, and looked at the newspaper in disbelief.
"What does it say about me—a narcissistic psychopath?!"
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