When the warship Dawn docked at the port of the Sabaody Archipelago, it immediately attracted a lot of attention.
Today, Tsugakuni Yuichiro's warships have long become one of the navy's representative ships, and reporters who often pay attention to world affairs are also familiar with some of the "alien" ships in the navy.
They don't even need to look at the flags and numbers on the warships; they can tell who is leading the warship just by looking at its appearance.
Therefore, when the reporters on the coast saw the Dawn warship approaching from afar, they had already gathered on the dock, whispering and talking to each other.
As the warship came to a steady stop, Yuichiro Tsugakuni walked off the ship, and the cameras in the hands of the reporters focused on Yuichiro Tsugakuni.
After Tsugumi Yoshiichi got off the boat, Yixiao, Tiger and Jinbei, who had been waiting for a long time, stood up one after another and came to Tsugumi Yoshiichi.
"It's been a long time since we last met!"
"Ichisho, Tiger, Jinbe."
Tsugikoku Yuichi's gaze quickly swept over Yixiao and the others, a faint smile appeared on his face, and he greeted them with a smile.
"I hope you are well, Yunyi."
Yixiao stood in front of Jiguo Yuanyi, blinked, and rolled up his eyes. He did not call Jiguo Yuanyi by his title, but chose another slightly more intimate name.
He is a year older than Jiguoyuan. In front of so many people, calling Jiguoyuanyi in this way is also a subtle emphasis on their personal relationship, and it also means to express one's position.
Although Yixiao's eyes cannot see, his heart is as clear as a mirror.
This time, the navy of the Sword of Dawn gathered at the Sabaody Archipelago, and Yixiao had some guesses in his mind about what Tsugikuni Yoshiichi was thinking.
The way he addressed Yuichiro Tsuchikuni was equivalent to telling Yuichiro Tsuchikuni that no matter what decision Yuichiro Tsuchikuni made, he would stand by Yuichiro Tsuchikuni and face it together with him.
"Mr. Jiguo, long time no see."
"general."
Compared to Yixiao, the names of Tiger and Jinbei were a little more polite. Tiger looked at Tsugikuni Yoriichi with a solemn look, while Jinbei looked at Yoriichi with awe.
After a simple greeting to Yuanyi, the two of them shut their mouths, looking like they were worried about something.
"Um."
"Have Cyrus and his men reached the island?"
Ji Guoyuan smiled and nodded, turned around and asked Yixiao.
"I heard they've already landed on the island."
"And not long ago, Mihawk clashed with the World Government's CP0 and cut off both of that CP0's arms."
"The story has spread widely."
"Right now, they should be heading to the Holy Land with King Riku and the others."
Hearing Tsugumi Yoshiichi's question, the smile on Yixiao's face faded and he reported to Tsugumi Yoshiichi.
Although they had just landed on the island, the conflict between Mihawk and CP0 had been quite a big deal, and there were so many reporters and people watching around. Such a thing could not be concealed at all.
The reason why Tiger and Jinbe looked so worried was because they had also heard about Mihawk's previous behavior.
Although they didn't know what exactly happened, these two fishmen from Fishman Island felt the depressing atmosphere permeating the island and expressed concern about the future of Fishman Island's participation in the World Conference.
"conflict?"
Jiguo Yuanyi murmured, his face slightly gloomy.
"Did the World Government take the initiative to attack Mihawk and the others?"
"Or is it just a test?"
Ji Guoyuan quickly took a look at the environment on the harbor side and found that there were no signs of fighting on this port. He immediately had a guess in his mind.
"Let's go to the Holy Land too."
"We, the navy, will serve as King Neptune's guards."
Just as Tsugikoku Yoshiichi was exchanging information with Yixiao and the others, the masked man wearing the crying and laughing mask from CP0 appeared again, went to King Neptune, and negotiated with him:
"King Neptune, Princess Otohime."
"Welcome to the Sabaody Archipelago. The person you two are waiting for must be General Tsugikoku Yoshida, right?"
"Now that he has arrived, please move on to the holy land of Marinjoa."
"The World Conference will be held in Marinjoa."
The masked man kept a low profile when communicating with Neptune. He bowed respectfully to Neptune before speaking to him.
Upon hearing this, Neptune did not agree immediately, but turned his head to look at Ji Guoyuan and his group in the distance.
At this time, Yunyi and the others were also walking towards Neptune.
As they approached, Yunyi seemed not to notice the masked CP0, and greeted King Neptune and Princess Otohime as if no one else was around:
"King Neptune, Princess Otohime, I'm sorry I'm a little later than expected."
"Sorry to have kept you two waiting."
Yunichi's tone was slightly apologetic. Hearing Yunichi say this, Neptune waved his hands and said happily: "General Jigoku, it's too formal for you to say that."
"Between friends, what's there to be sorry about?"
"By the way, this is the CP0 who is in charge of receiving us. He informed us that the location of the World Conference is in the Holy Land of Marinjoa."
"We're next"
Neptune said, glancing at the masked man standing in front of him.
"Of course, I'm going to the Holy Land to prepare for the meeting."
"We have been hired as the guards of Ryugu Castle. My men and I will take our responsibilities."
Hearing this, Jiguo Yuanyi narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a smile. As soon as he finished speaking, Jiguo Yuanyi's eyes fell on the masked man.
“.”
Ji Guoyuanyi didn't exude any aura at all, and he gave people the feeling of being an ordinary person.
But when Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's gaze fell on the masked man, the masked man suddenly felt a chill on his back and goose bumps appeared on his skin.
A vague sense of oppression enveloped the masked man.
"King Neptune and Princess Otohime, please move aside."
"Of course, General Tsugikoku Yoshida, you and your subordinates will also be here."
"That's right, General."
"Ordinary Marines, please remain in the Sabaody Archipelago. Officers above the rank of colonel may proceed to the Holy Land."
The masked man said this and looked up at Tsugikoku Yoriichi.
"Well, the rest of the navy will stay here."
"I have no intention of having them go to the Holy Land of Marinjoa as well."
Upon hearing this, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi nodded, and then waved to a lieutenant behind him. After the other party ran up to him, Yoshiichi gave the order to stay on standby, and at the same time signaled these navy to stay on the ship according to his orders and not to disembark without orders.
The young lieutenant who received the order from Ji Guoyuan had no idea what Ji Guoyuan meant by this order, but he still bowed to Yuan and left in a hurry.
Then, under the leadership of the masked man, Yoriichi Tsugakuni and King Neptune and others began to go deeper into the island.
The Chagos Archipelago is composed of many scattered small islands.
Each island has a different serial number, and these numbers have different meanings.
Islands 1 to 29 of the Sabaody Archipelago are mainly used as human trafficking shops, human auctions, and illegal areas. These islands were closed during the World Government Conference.
Only exit is allowed, entry is not allowed.
Islands 30 to 39 are mainly home to a variety of entertainment facilities such as the Soap Bubble Park, while the adjacent islands 40 to 49 also have tourist areas and shampoo specialty shops.
During the World Conference, the islands are open as normal.
Islands 50 to 59 are shipyards, and there is also a dedicated inland sea, which is mainly responsible for shipbuilding, coating, etc. These coating shops are officially recognized and are mainly used to coat passing merchant ships.
Of course, in recent years, there are inevitably shipbuilders who "illegally coat" pirates for high rewards. This kind of thing is unavoidable no matter in which world or dynasty.
Islands 60 to 69 are mainly naval bases, government entrances and exits, etc. The place where Tsugakuin Yuichiro's warships docked is Island 60.
The "elevator" to the holy land is located in the core area of this area, GR-65 Island.
Led by the masked man, Ji Guoyuan and his group arrived at the elevator, which was an elevator made of a chain transmission system combined with Shampoo Land's unique "bubbles".
The lift from these large bubbles can effortlessly carry people to the top of the Red Earth Continent. It's a perfect blend of magic and reality.
"Oh!! What is this? This is the first time I've seen it!"
Princess Otohime, who came to the Sabaody Archipelago for the first time, was very happy and excited. She showed a strong curiosity about everything around her, just like a little child, completely lacking the elegance and dignity of a princess.
The masked man followed Princess Otohime and when he heard her exclamation, he guided her onto the elevator and answered her questions.
Neptune, Ji Guoyuan and his group also walked onto the elevator while listening to the masked man's explanation. When everyone had stood firmly, the masked man locked the guardrail and pressed the button.
The chains that bound the giant bubble fell down, and under the lifting force of the giant bubble, the elevator began to slowly rise upwards.
As the elevator rose, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi walked to the guardrail and looked at the Sabaody Archipelago that was getting smaller and smaller, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
"Is this elevator the only way to enter and exit the holy land?"
"Or do the Celestial Dragons have other solutions?"
"Tiger should have no problem climbing up to the Red Earth Continent by hand, but this elevator can probably only accommodate a few dozen people at a time."
"How do we liberate the slaves in the Holy Land?"
As the elevator slowly rose and entered the clouds, such questions arose in Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's mind.
As the elevator got higher and higher, Yunyi's doubts grew deeper and deeper.
The Red Earth Continent is simply too high.
Either fly down or take this elevator down. Ordinary slaves, even if their hands are not restrained at all, will never be able to get down from the Red Earth Continent.
Although Yunyi didn't know how powerful Tiger was when he attacked the holy land, he felt that with Tiger's strength, it was impossible for him to escape from the hands of the Five Elders.
But the truth is so strange, Tiger not only ran away himself, but also ran away with the slaves.
For the Celestial Dragons, this scandal that challenged their dignity happened right before their eyes, but the Five Elders did not take action, which made Yoriichi think more.
“Chirp—”
The elevator entered the clouds. Princess Otohime, who had been quite active, seemed to be a little tired. She snuggled up to Neptune and gasped for breath.
As the elevator passed through the clouds, its speed gradually slowed down. In the blink of an eye, a magnificent town appeared in everyone's sight.
The refreshing air blew in her face, and Princess Otohime, who was originally gasping for breath and having difficulty breathing, suddenly took a deep breath, her eyes full of excitement.
Holy Land, Malinchoa.
The clean and white square was exposed to everyone's sight. In the distance, there was a tall and magnificent building, just like a modern urban "CBD".
Opposite the magnificent building is a large villa area, surrounded by lush green plants, which enclose this large villa area.
At the exit of the elevator, a walkway with exquisite carvings extends from the entrance to the "CBD" building in the distance.
At this time, several people in gorgeous clothes were standing in twos and threes on this long aisle. Although they did not move their feet, the aisle beneath them was making slight sounds, driving the people on the aisle towards the "CBD" in the distance.
“This road, this road, I can actually walk on my own!”
After the masked man opened the elevator fence, Princess Otohime quickly walked out of the elevator, looked down at the road she was "moving forward", and immediately shouted in surprise.
"It's really amazing that the Holy Land of Marinjoa actually has such a powerful and convenient thing!"
"It's worthy of being the residence of the Celestial Dragons!"
King Neptune was amazed by these novel things. He smiled and "swam" to Princess Otohime's side, bent down, and praised with a smile.
While the couple was amazed, the masked man came to their side, stepped lightly on the aisle, and his body was carried by the "aisle" towards the front.
"No matter how heavy a person is, as long as they stand up, they don't need to move their feet to walk."
"Of course, if you actively move forward, that's also possible, and the speed is much faster than normal walking."
"Isn't it interesting?"
The masked man explained while standing in the aisle and demonstrating to Neptune and Princess Otohime, and his words more or less revealed a hint of pride.
And when he looked at King Neptune and Princess Otohime, the eyes beneath his mask showed a hint of contempt.
That look was like the way a city person looks at a country bumpkin, with an inexplicable sense of superiority.
"Yeah?"
"I'll give it a try!"
Princess Otohime's personality has become a little erratic. I don't know if it's because this is her first time on land, but the state she has displayed along the way is completely different from the calmness she showed in Ryugu Castle.
"Wait a mininute."
"Princess Otohime."
"This automatic walkway is not fun to ride on!"
At this moment, Yoriichi Tsugikuni, who had been standing beside King Neptune and Princess Otohime, suddenly spoke up to stop them.
Neptune and Otohime turned their heads with a puzzled look and looked at Tsugakuni Yoriichi, and the masked man also quickly turned his head and looked at Tsugakuni Yoriichi with an extremely solemn look.
"Don't like sitting? Why?"
Princess Otohime asked innocently, with a look of curiosity on her face.
"The accumulated product of human sin."
"Would you, kind soul, sit on something like this?"
As Ji Guoyuan said this, he held down the long sword in his hand.
Amid the stunned expressions of King Neptune, Princess Otohime, and the masked man, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi lightly pressed the long sword, and the scabbard directly separated from the blade and fell diagonally backwards into the ground.
“Boom!!!!”
With a slight sound, the scabbard embedded itself into the ground.
Ji Guoyuan grabbed the hilt of the knife with his backhand, took a few steps forward, pulled out the long knife, and then suddenly swung the knife towards the aisle in front.
In an instant, the blade light flew past in front of several people, and fell into the mud on both sides of the aisle at a speed faster than lightning.
"boom--"
"boom!!!!!"
After a brief muffled sound, a deafening muffled sound suddenly came from the ground, and the roar suddenly exploded in everyone's ears.
Pieces of exquisitely carved white stone shattered one after another, and under the influence of the terrifying air wave, they actually rose into the air briefly. At the same time, the underground structure of the corridor was exposed to everyone's eyes.
So what's the high technology?
The novel moving walkway in the eyes of Neptune and Princess Otohime was nothing more than a primitive device driven by manpower and using gear transmission.
Beneath the broken white stone is an underground fortification.
Here, countless ragged slaves are standing in front of a giant "gear". In front of each of these slaves is a handle, which is the handle that the slaves use to drag the gear.
The reason why the automatic walkway moves is because there are slaves underground pushing giant gears to allow the walkway to move forward smoothly.
The so-called moving walkway is like a bicycle chain.
The flying white stones were strangely suspended in the air. He moved his feet with a smile and stood beside Yuichiro Tsugakuin, and couldn't help but tilt his head slightly.
The dazzling sunlight shone into the underground fortification through the cracks between the suspended stones.
The ragged slaves who had been working hard all stopped what they were doing, squinting their eyes and feeling the long-lost sunlight.
(End of this chapter)
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