Pirates: Your Emperor is Back!

Great route, first half.

On the wavy sea, a ship with a black flag was hoisting its sails, dropped its anchor, and floated quietly.

The surrounding ships saw it from a distance, and they avoided it, for fear that they would notice him.

That's a pirate ship!

Looking at the skull symbol on the black flag, I am not familiar with it. It is probably a pirate group that has just entered the great route.

...

"Right full rudder, avoid them!"

Under the command of the captain, a merchant ship quickly turned to avoid it.

"Huh, it's fine if you don't chase, it looks like they are resting."

For experienced merchant ship captains, the last thing they want to meet is this kind of pirate group.

These stunned young people have just entered the great route, and they become complacent with small achievements, thinking that they will make a fortune, so they often do whatever they want.

They are often very heavy, and even if the caravan offers tolls, they will not easily let go of each other.

They have never heard of the old rules of the sea, let alone abide by them, so they do everything they can to kill the chickens and get their eggs.

The old captain was too lazy to accompany these young sons to fool around.

While smoking a pipe, he picked up his small telescope and looked into the distance, intending to confirm the movement of the pirate ship.

Suddenly, the old captain noticed the sea not far away.

There, too, was a merchant ship, sailing at full speed.

The size of this ship was several times that of the old captain's small merchant ship, and it even reached the level of a ship. The draft was extremely deep, and it was obviously fully loaded with cargo.

The lookout on the side asked: "Captain, do you want to send a signal to them that there is a pirate ship ahead?"

The old captain squinted his eyes, shook his head and said, "No need, inform everyone, we will follow the ship for a while!"

"What?"

The lookout was stunned for a moment and reminded: "Captain, they ran directly towards the pirate ship, and we escaped from there!"

The old shipyard could not help grinning.

"Stinky brat, haven't heard of this route?"

The lookout was a little embarrassed and said, "Didn't we run the Seven Water Capital route before? Captain, you didn't take us here!"

The old captain taught a lesson: "Then you should also read more newspapers and learn about major news events!"

The lookout scratched his head, "Captain, I can't read."

Old Captain: "..."

After a pause, the old captain said, "Look at the flag hanging on that ship."

The lookout looked through the binoculars and saw a blue flag waving in the wind with what appeared to be a spear.

"It's not the black flag, it's not the navy, what is that?"

"It's the flag of the Four Seas Alliance."

The old captain greeted everyone to quickly follow, and explained: "The reason why I gave up the business of the Seven Waters and turned to run this business route is because of them!"

The lookout blinked, puzzled.

The old captain now has a rare relaxation time when running a business, so his mood is much better, and he patiently explained:

"The Four Seas Alliance is a business alliance that popped up recently. I heard that it was established with the superpower Alabasta as the leading force."

"With national-level military strength, they have established a safe and fixed route between Drum Island and Alabasta, and they don't even need to record pointers!"

Hearing the old captain's words, the young lookout did not show any surprise.

He asked inexplicably, "If there is only one route, it won't work, right?"

Buying and selling between two countries can only make a small amount of money, which is not proportional to the risk of sailing at sea.

But the old captain smiled and said: "Of course not only, otherwise the Four Seas Alliance will not attract my attention."

He approached the lookout, "I heard that the Four Seas Alliance also has a fixed route to the empty island!"

"Empty island?!"

The lookout was taken aback, "Isn't that a legend?"

When he was a child, he used to laugh at those little brats who believed in empty islands.

The old captain shook his head, "You're still too young. The empty island is real, but it's just hard to get up. It's normal for people who have lived in the nearby waters since childhood to think it's a legend."

He smiled and looked up to the sky.

"Speaking of which, I've only heard of it, I really want to go and see it for myself!"

"Can we go to the sky island?!"

The lookout also came to the spirit at this moment, and there was a light of anticipation in his eyes.

"Hahahaha, in short, on the fixed route, the merchant ships of the Four Seas Alliance are protected by the alliance, and no pirate ships dare to approach. Today we have great luck!"

The old captain smiled and said, "We follow them closely, and we will reach Alabasta soon!"

"Oh!"

The crew shouted excitedly.

After all, they have been worrying about the attack of pirates all the time, and now they have a rare leisure time, they are naturally very happy.

...

Ships of the Four Seas Alliance.

The one in charge of escorting this ship was the idle Crocodile.

...No, it's not too busy.

He went to the Medical Research Institute on Magnetic Drum Island and collected some scattered information and materials for emergencies.

It's not that he is eager to learn, but that he obviously has such high-quality resources, why not use it?

The cheers from the small merchant ship in the back could be heard, and Crocodile frowned slightly.

He wanted to teach the group of ignorant guys a lesson, but he was too lazy to deal with Rowan's subsequent cross-examination, so he gave up.

Alas, sailing at sea is the most boring.

Crocodile was about to return to the cabin to rest when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the pirate ship docked on the sea not far away.

"Oh?"

Crocodile lights himself a cigar.

"Oh!"

His eyes gradually became excited, as if he had seen interesting prey.

Then, he suddenly said solemnly: "Enemy attack, everyone is on alert!"

Swish!

In an instant, everyone on the ship became vigilant. They looked around and found the pirate ship that was docked in place.

The accompanying adjutant scratched his head and said suspiciously: "Mr. Crocodile, they, that, don't seem to plan to attack us..."

"Hehehe, really? I don't believe it!"

Crocodile took a cigar and smiled gloomily: "And how do I feel that they are heading towards us at full speed?"

The adjutant paused, and wanted to retort, "We are clearly heading towards them", but when the words came to his mouth, he was interrupted by Crocodile.

"Don't shoot, if you get hurt, the old man will say that I'm not looking for trouble again!"

Looking at the pirate ship that was getting closer, Crocodile smiled even more happily.

"They're too 'dangerous', so just leave me alone..."

...

the other side.

on a small raft.

A large and strong man was staring at the record pointer in his hand, and the other hand was sliding the oar, making the raft go forward.

He came from Marin Vando and went to Alabasta to establish a new naval branch.

He came from a slum and has no surname.

His name is Barlow.

Vice Admiral...

Formerly, Vice Admiral of the Navy Headquarters.

Incumbent, ad hoc in the Navy Headquarters, Alabasta G-T Naval Branch Base Commander, retains the rank of lieutenant general.

He folded his most precious cloak of justice~www.readwn.com~ and put it in the deepest part of his bag, and then, shirtless, rowed a small raft all the way to Alabasta.

The wind and rain along the way made this brawny man feel a little dusty.

But before he got to Alabasta, Barlow saw a merchant ship and a pirate ship across a long distance.

What happens when these two things are put together?

Barlow came to the answer without hesitation—

not good!

There are weak and helpless citizens who are being threatened by terrifying pirates!

Barlow stood up on the small raft, held the paddle, and slid quickly, and the small raft rushed towards the two boats at an astonishing speed!

Navy, do justice!