Chapter 176: Opening a Treasure Chest?! Golden Legend!
On the deck of the Dawn warship, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi slowly put down the telescope in his hand, smiled, and joked to Mihawk beside him.
His warship has been in the New World for almost a week, and they have encountered quite a few pirates along the way.
And those pirates who were unfortunate enough to meet Yoshikazu Tsugakuni and his men were all buried in this sea. They received a total of 300 million berries in start-up capital from the headquarters. After spending more than 200 million berries on building ships in the Seven Water City, they now have nearly 200 million berries in savings.
I have to say, the pirates in the New World are really good people!
When Tsugakuni Yoriichi was short on cash to establish a naval branch, he rushed to send money. And this was money he had saved up when so much of it was wasted. This young man, Mihawk, seemed completely unconcerned with money or supplies. Sometimes, when he encountered a pirate ship, he'd strike before Tsugakuni Yoriichi could even speak.
The weak pirates were simply unable to withstand Mihawk's attack, and both they and their ship sank to the bottom of the sea. Not only were they unable to capture the pirates and report their achievements to the headquarters, but a lot of the "treasures" on the pirate ship were wasted.
"Drive the boat over, and get the salvage team ready. Let's see what we can salvage this time."
Mihawk obviously did not intend to respond to Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's intention. He put the knife back on his back and then looked at the sea ahead silently.
Yoriichi gestured to Cyrus and Koshiro behind him and gave the order.
The sinking of the pirate ship formed a terrifying vortex on the sea, but the Dawn warship did not wait for the vortex to weaken or dissipate, and quickly approached. Under the command of Cyrus and Koshiro, the marines cast a huge net towards the place where the shipwreck occurred.
After stopping the pirate ship from sinking, Cyrus quickly took off his shoes and shirt, carried a big sword on his back, tied a tow rope around his waist, dived into the sea, and began searching in the shipwreck.
Koshiro was on the deck, holding the tow rope, with a watch in his hand. He paid attention to the movements on the sea and silently began to time.
Jiguo Yuanyi, Yixiao and others also turned their eyes to the sea, quietly waiting for Cyrus to come back.
The troops under Tsugikuni Yoriichi are now becoming more and more organized. Although Mihawk boarded the ship as a "labor camp prisoner", in fact, he is the number one thug on Yoriichi's ship.
And Yixiao mostly acts as Yunyi's personal soldier, and follows Yunyi most of the time. He will only take action when the battle affects Yunyi. And when Yunyi makes a decision, Yixiao will at most give some suggestions, and most of the time he is just a "spectator".
Compared to Mihawk and Yixiao, Cyrus and Koshiro are much busier. Most of the affairs on the ship are left to them. Vice Admiral Tsugikuni Yoshiichi can be regarded as a half-hands-off boss.
However, Cyrus and Koshiro are not at all opposed to the tedious daily affairs. These two people have calm personalities and have now acquired strong military attributes, and they do things in a very methodical manner.
Tsugikuni Yoshiichi had already made up his mind that once his branch stabilized, he would promote Cyrus and Koshiro, who had accumulated enough experience, and let them both lead their own teams to sea in the future.
Then assign Ichisho and Mihawk to their respective ships. In this way, Yoriichi will have plenty of time to strengthen himself, and the affairs of the branch can be handled by these "workers"!
What's that saying? Oh, it's "If you can't lead a team, you'll just have to work yourself to death."
Yuichiro Tsugikuni agrees with this deeply!
“Boom!!!!”
A slight sound on the sea interrupted Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's thoughts. Cyrus, holding two treasure chests, one large and one small, in his hands, flew out of the water and quickly landed on the deck.
When Ji Guoyuan saw Cyrus coming back with two treasure chests, a faint smile appeared on his face.
While the pirate world is brutal, in some ways, it's quite "fairytale." Take these pirates, for example. While they commit all sorts of evil, they store their valuables in "treasure chests." This makes it easy for Cyrus to locate his target when "salvaging."
Look, in this shipwreck, Cyrus found two treasure chests and had a great harvest.
"Lieutenant General, we found two treasure chests on the ship, as well as some scattered gold and jewelry. I'll lead a team down to retrieve them later."
After Cyrus went up to the deck, he put the two boxes on the ground and said to Yunyi with a smile.
Ji Guoyuan's team was self-sufficient. If they gained anything, they would split it 20% to 80%. Eight of the gains would be confiscated, and the other two would be distributed to all the Marines.
During their time at sea, the sailors on board had already developed ambitions. Their first thought upon seeing a pirate ship wasn't to flee, but to sink it and then raid it to plunder its treasures. The only way to distinguish between the military and the pirates on this ocean was to see whether they were under control.
"Oh, here it comes."
"I'll go first, I'll go first!"
"One hundred thousand Baileys! I bet the contents of the small treasure chest are even more valuable!"
As soon as Cyrus finished speaking, Yixiao, who was standing behind Yunyi, immediately passed by Yunyi and shouted excitedly. Mihawk glanced at Yixiao beside him, expecting him to be dismissive, but he took one look at the treasure chest and actually placed a bet with a calm expression:
"The things I bet on the big treasure chest are more valuable."
"There's probably a record pointer in the small box. Those pirate ships used to carry these things."
Ji Guoyuan pressed his head with his hand, looked at the marines who surrounded him excitedly, and said helplessly: "You two, that's enough!"
"Gambling is not allowed while on duty."
"Cyrus, open it and take a look first."
Yoriichi raised his chin towards Cyrus and said casually, not caring what was in the box at all. He turned his head and looked at the sea, enjoying the cool sea breeze.
“Hissssssss!!”
"Ohhhh! What a great harvest!"
"Gold, silver, and jewelry, these pirates have some assets, these things must be worth tens of millions of berries!"
As Cyrus opened the treasure chest, the marines on deck gasped, then cheered. Mihawk glanced at the treasure inside the chest with a faint smile on his face.
Cyrus had seen some people in the world, so he was not surprised by these treasures. Instead, he quietly opened the small treasure chest in his hand.
Originally, Cyrus thought that the small box contained a recording pointer as Mihawk said, but the moment he opened the box, Cyrus' expression froze.
"This is..."
"Devil Fruit!!!"
The contents of the box made even Cyrus unable to control his emotions and he cried out in a low voice. The sailors surrounding the box were all startled when they heard this and turned to look at Cyrus.
At the same time, when Mihawk heard Cyrus' words, he was also stunned and looked at Cyrus.
Even Yoriichi Tsugikuni, who was indifferent to these properties, turned around and looked at Cyrus.
Under the gaze of the people around him, Cyrus turned the box around and showed everyone what was inside.
It was an orange-red devil fruit with flame-shaped cloud patterns on the surface. From a distance, it looked like a burning flame.
"This is the Nature-type, Flame-Flame Fruit!"
The moment he saw the devil fruit, Yoshikazu Tsugakuni recognized it. As calm as he was, his neck had straightened slightly at this moment.
What does it feel like?
It's like buying a stove for 200 yuan at Panjiayuan, and then having it authenticated as a Xuande-era stove. Ji Guoyuanyi felt much the same way.
They just cleaned out a group of pirates in the New World and actually found this kind of thing from their ship. This was something no one had expected at first.
(End of this chapter)
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