Chapter 175: Entering the New World, Clear Justice! (Two-in-One)
After Tom's design was confirmed by Yoshikazu Tsugakuni, construction officially began.
Although he said he was confirming the blueprints, Yoriichi actually only made some adjustments to the ship's living facilities. According to Tom's original plan, the ship was a pure warship, with only the necessary cockpit and rest area, weapons storage and material storage, nothing else.
The design concept is to design the warship purely as a weapon.
However, Ji Guoyuanyi had a different idea. After they entered the new world in the future, if they were busy with affairs, people would probably spend more time on the warship than on land.
If the marines stay on the warship for a long time without any entertainment facilities, their mental state may be affected.
Therefore, Yuichiro reduced the number of rest cabins, reducing the capacity of a rest cabin with a full capacity of 200 people by 50 people, and used the empty space to build a special gym, dojo, and library.
Yixiao also strongly suggested that Yunyi set up a casino on the warship, but such an outrageous suggestion was directly rejected by Jigoku Yunyi.
The blueprints of the warship were officially finalized, and the seven docks on the Seven Water City all received the blueprints assigned by Tom and began to build parts.
It is worth mentioning that the warship was not built in one dock by the same group of people as Tsugakuin Yoshikazu originally thought.
Instead, it was built by seven docks working together.
Dock No. 1, headed by Tom, was responsible for the construction of the hull, power system, and firepower system, while the living area on the warship was assigned to the other docks.
After all, it is a big order worth 200 million Baileys, and a single shipyard cannot handle such a large amount of work.
As the construction of the warships began to progress rapidly, Tsugikuni Yoriichi was also keeping an eye on the news from the Navy Headquarters. The news that his team had killed CP9 was spreading like wildfire in the newspapers, and he had heard countless people discussing this matter during his time in the Seven Waters City.
Public opinion was developing in a direction favorable to Yoriichi, but almost a week had passed and the Navy Headquarters had not responded to this matter at all.
The thought of praising Tsugikuni Yoriichi was completely lost, but neither was the expected reprimand. The Navy Headquarters seemed to have forgotten about the incident and made no comment on it. Admiral Sengoku didn't even call Yoriichi.
Zefa did call Yunichi several times, but they were just daily greetings. When Yunichi asked about this matter, Zefa just smiled and changed the subject. However, when he became impatient with Yunichi's questioning, Zefa said lightly, "This kind of thing should not happen again."
There is no news from the Navy Headquarters, and there is also no news from the World Government.
However, a piece of news was published in the newspapers a few days later, which was noticed by the careful Yuanyi. That is, a newspaper office owned by Morgans accidentally encountered a fire. The accident caused considerable losses to Morgans. Not only was a large newspaper office under his name completely burned down, but even the reporters, editors and other staff in the newspaper were killed in the fire.
This report only occupied a very small space in the newspaper, and the story was described very briefly. If it weren't for Yuichi's habit of reading the entire newspaper instead of just focusing on a few "major events", he would have missed such news.
"It seems that the World Government is not inactive either."
"However, it seems that Morgans' power is quite strong!"
"Not only did he dare to report such a thing, but he was also able to get away with it."
"It seems that for the World Government, there is nothing that cannot be compromised except 'history'!"
In the temporary naval base of Water Seven, Tsugikuni Yoriichi, Mihawk and Issho were sitting on chairs at the edge of an open space. In the open space, Cyrus was sparring with Koshiro. Issho and Mihawk were watching the two sparring with a relaxed look.
While waiting for the warship's completion in the Seven Waters, Tsugukuni Yoshiichi's daily routine consisted of eating, sleeping, and training. His way of relaxing was to take a walk with his friends, then drink tea and read the newspaper.
Real retirement life for the elderly.
Yixiao originally thought that a young and promising vice admiral like Jigoku Yoshiichi would have been unable to wait and wanted to go out to sea for a "stroll", but he did not expect that in the nearly one month since the design drawings were completed, Jigoku Yoshiichi had not shown any intention of going out to sea at all.
What surprised Yixiao even more was that not only Tsugukuni Yoshiichi was patient, but the three young men, Cyrus, Shimotsuki Koshiro and Mihawk, were also able to be patient.
Be content with this simple and boring life.
After all, Yixiao still didn't know Cyrus and the others well enough. Cyrus was a steady person at heart, and after all these years in the navy, he knew the importance of strength to people. Now that he had time to practice without having to run missions, Cyrus cherished such days very much.
As for Koshiro, he had grown up in Shimotsuki Village and had never left the village in all those years, having long since grown accustomed to this kind of life. In fact, when he was with Yoriichi and the others, Koshiro was able to communicate with his peers, which was actually more interesting than when he was in Shimotsuki Village.
As for Mihawk.
He is a complete sword fanatic. Whenever he loses in a practice match with Yoriichi, he will practice madly, and then challenge Yoriichi Tsugikuni the next day.
During these monotonous yet fulfilling days, the strength of Shimotsuki Koshiro and Cyrus was steadily improving. Cyrus began to practice "Ryuo" under the guidance of Shimotsuki Koshiro, and practiced Observation Haki under the guidance of Issho.
Koshiro also often practiced with Mihawk and Issho, and his swordsmanship improved a lot, and his domineering aura also increased.
However, the speed of their improvement is far from comparable to Mihawk's.
During his training with Tsugikoku Yoshi, Mihawk's swordsmanship and Haki improved at an alarming rate. Although his improvement rate cannot be quantified, a simple comparison would indicate that it is no slower than Luffy's improvement under Rayleigh's guidance.
From this perspective, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi is actually a famous teacher who surpasses Rayleigh!
Time often passes especially quickly in this ordinary daily life.
Tom's construction speed was slower than expected. He did not complete it within the three months he promised, but instead took almost half a month longer.
Mid-December of the Haiyuan calendar year 1499.
A giant warship with a sky-blue hull fell into the sea along the "ocean current" of Dock No. 1.
The battleship named "Dawn" was finally successfully launched today.
At the port, the onlookers and the shipbuilders who were building the warships gathered at the dock, their faces filled with pride as they watched the giant warship being successfully launched.
This is the strongest battleship built by their Seven Water City for the "Dawn" of this world!
Unlike the stealth construction of Roger's ship, the entire island knew about the construction of this warship. And when the warship was launched, all the people cheered.
“It’s finally done!”
"It seems that it's time for us to leave the Seven Water City!"
At the dock, after exchanging pleasantries with Tom and others, Jiguo Yuanyi looked at the warship docked on the shore and a smile appeared on his face.
"Vice Admiral Jigoku, my suggestion is that you and your crew conduct a trial run on the Grand Line for a few months. Once your subordinates are thoroughly familiar with the operation, it won't be too late to enter the New World."
"After all, it's completely different from a traditional sailing ship. Even if your men are veterans, they still need to familiarize themselves with it."
Before Yunyi and the others boarded the ship, Tom suggested to Yunyi that during this period, Garp had come to the Seven Water Capital once and left 30 veterans with Yunyi. These people were all excellent navy soldiers who were ready to enter the New World with Yunyi.
After all, a warship cannot be driven away by just a few people like Yunichi. Because except for Yunichi and Cyrus, the others cannot operate a warship.
Koshiro has never been to sea, Yixiao is blind and has to rely on others to guide him when he goes to sea. As for Mihawk, he has experience in driving a small boat, but not a warship.
"Yeah! I know what you mean. I do have such plans."
"Thank you, Mr. Tom, you really helped me a lot!"
Turning his head to look at Tom beside him, Jigoku Yoshiichi expressed his sincere gratitude.
"What are you talking about? It's my honor to help a navy like you."
"Lieutenant General Tsugukuni, these are words from my heart."
When Tom saw Tsugikoku Yoshiichi's attitude, he immediately waved his hand and said quickly.
Yunyi didn't continue to be polite with Tom. He ordered the crew to start restocking supplies, then took out a Den Den Mushi from his pocket, handed it to Tom, and said:
"I won't say anything about repayment, Mr. Tom."
"This is my personal Den Den Mushi. You can use it to contact me at any time."
"If there's anything I can do for you, please don't hesitate. As long as I'm still alive and you need my help, I'll come and help you!"
Having said that, regardless of Tom's objection, he immediately stuffed the Den Den Mushi into Tom's hands.
While the two were talking, Yixiao used his fruit ability to help the Marines quickly restock their supplies.
"Mr. Tom, I'll take my leave now. I'll come see you later!"
When Ji Guoyuan saw the marines boarding the ship one after another, he had no intention of staying any longer. After saying goodbye to Tom, he jumped onto the bow of the warship in full view of everyone.
"Lieutenant General Tsugikuni! Goodbye!!"
"Have a bon voyage!"
With the sound of a whistle, the warship began to slowly leave the port amid the farewell of the people of the Seven Water City. After sailing a few hundred meters, the warship began to accelerate and then quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.
For the first stop of the trial voyage, Tsugikuni Yoriichi chose a superpower in the first half of the Grand Voyage - the Kingdom of Alabasta.
There is not much distance between Water Seven City and the Kingdom of Alabasta. At the sailing speed of the Dawn warship, it can reach the Kingdom of Alabasta in less than ten days.
As for why the Kingdom of Alabasta was chosen as the first stop for the trial voyage, it was mainly because Yoshiichi Tsugakuni had an inexplicable urge to "check in".
It's just like when you go to Beijing, you will definitely visit Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.
Coming to the world of pirates, how could one not go and see the Arabian-style Kingdom of Alabasta? By the way, Tsugikuni Yuichi also wanted to try his luck and see if he could encounter the "Sand Crocodile".
Yoriichi Tsugikuni really wants to meet Crocodile, a natural fruit ability user of Crocodile's level. As for the legendary "50-50 match of pirates", Yoriichi really wants to see if Crocodile can compete with Mihawk and Issho.
However, this trip was ultimately unable to satisfy Yoriichi Tsugikuni. At this time, Crocodile had not yet entered the Kingdom of Alabasta as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, so Yoriichi was unable to meet him.
However, on the way to the Kingdom of Alabasta, Yoshiichi encountered several teams of pirates, but they did not give Yoshiichi a chance to attack. Mihawk, who was itching to fight, directly used several flying slashes to send the other party to see God.
After practicing with Yoriichi for a long time, Mihawk began to lose confidence. Those groups of pirates helped Mihawk regain his confidence.
It turns out that it wasn’t because he was too weak, it was because Yoriichi Tsugakuni was too strong!
Yoriichi and his crew stayed in Alabasta for less than a week before leaving in a hurry. This was partly because this "superpower" was not prosperous at all, and partly because someone from the Navy Headquarters called Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
The news that Tsugikuni Yoriichi's warship was wandering on the sea was reported to the Naval Headquarters. When Sora Akechi heard the news, he immediately asked Sengoku to give Yoriichi an order, asking Tsugikuni Yoriichi to hurry to the New World and not wander around in the first half of the Grand Line.
Kong Kong was also scared of Yoriichi, and was afraid that he would encounter something "unavoidable" in the first half of the Grand Line.
The World Government is currently tolerant of Yoriichi, and Sora is unsure what the World Government will do if Yoriichi does something else.
After the order was given, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi also ordered the warship to return to the Seven Water City. After asking Tom to improve and maintain the warship, he headed towards Marineford.
January 1500 of the Haiyuan calendar.
Under the guidance of the headquarters ship, Tsugokuni Yoshiichi's warship docked at the naval port of Marinford. The passing navy cast curious eyes on the naval port's novel design.
The Dawn is painted with blue anti-rust paint all over. There are navy seagull logos on both sides of the hull. The word "Dawn" is printed directly below the seagull. There are two seagull flags at the bow, fluttering in the wind.
In the Naval Academy, in the office of Chief Instructor Zefa.
Yunyi, who had just returned to the headquarters, brought his companions to visit Zefa. Before leaving for the new world, he wanted to see Zefa and, by the way, ask Zefa for something.
"Yuichi, you little brat, why are you in such a hurry to pull me back?"
In the office, Jigoku Yuichiro got a roll of rice paper from somewhere and spread it on Zefa's desk. At the same time, Yuichiro also prepared a brush for Zefa. He was pulling Zefa to the desk and helping to grind the ink.
Seeing this, Zefa scratched his hair in confusion and asked in confusion.
"Teacher Zefa, I see that General Sengoku, Marshal Kong, and even you have hanging in your office a piece of justice that you have expounded upon."
"I was thinking, as a Vice Admiral of the Marine Headquarters and your disciple, I should also hang a picture to appear more sociable."
Tsugikoku Yoshiichi smiled gently and pointed to the "Justice without Killing" sign on the wall of Zefa's office.
"." Hearing this, Zefa gave Yuanyi a speechless look, then sighed softly, turned his head to look at the plaque hanging behind him, shook his head, and said:
"My justice is not for you."
"And you can't do it."
Yunyi shook his head upon hearing this and said with a smile: "Teacher Zefa, I just want you to help me with the words. As for the content, I have already thought of it!"
"Have you thought about it? What do you want me to write?"
Yunyi knocked lightly on the table, then raised his head, looked at Zefa with bright eyes, and said:
"Clear justice!"
"I hope Mr. Zefa will give me this! After all, I'm also a student at the Naval Academy, so consider this my graduation certificate!"
Hearing this, Zefa raised his head and looked deeply at Jigoku Yoshiichi, sighing in his heart: "Clear justice. This kid will definitely stir up a bloody storm on this sea."
Although he was feeling so emotional in his heart, Zefa quickly picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and then began to write on the rice paper.
As expected, as one of the representative figures of Confucian generals, Zephyr's handwriting is much better than Garp's!
Afterwards, Ji Kuni and others stayed in the Marine Headquarters for less than a week before being urged by Steel Bone Sora to go to the New World.
On the rough sea, a pirate ship flying a black skull flag is trying hard to withstand the wind and waves.
The sea in the new world was like an unpredictable woman, changing its mind without notifying anyone. This pirate ship, over 20 meters long, was like a rootless fallen leaf on the sea, tossed here and there by the waves.
"Captain of the ship!"
"There's a ship in the southwest! It's heading towards us!"
Suddenly, a pirate on the pirate ship's observation deck shouted, notifying his companions on the deck.
"Boat?!"
"Still coming towards us? What pirate group is this? How dare they target us?"
Raila Chapman asked loudly on the deck. He was a leader of the Moonlight Pirates, with a bounty of 110 million berries. In this new world, the ships that would rush towards the pirate group were most likely from other pirate groups!
Black eating black is not new in the New World.
"It seems they are not pirates!"
"That strange ship has no masts or sails."
"Looks like a warship?!"
A loud shout came from the observation deck. Raila Chapman was stunned when he heard the word "warship".
And the next second, a terrifying buzzing sound suddenly broke through the sound of crashing waves and entered his ears.
The next second, the waves that had just risen in front of the pirate ship were suddenly cut off, and an invisible slash directly crossed the sea and plunged into the bow of the pirate ship.
After a violent shaking, the entire pirate ship split in the middle, and under the influence of the waves, the pirate ship began to disintegrate rapidly.
In the distance, on the deck of the Dawn, Tsugumi Yuichi was holding a telescope in one hand, watching the bat-shaped skull-shaped pirate flag gradually disappearing on the sea horizon. He slowly put down the telescope and said to Mihawk, who was holding a sword and slashing beside him:
"Well, it's completely cut off."
"As expected of you, Mihawk."
"But, I don't know who the pirates we eliminated are, so I can't report it to headquarters!"
(End of this chapter)
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