"Oh, you're Elder Khan."
Moss saw the appearance of the reconnaissance unit, breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his weapon: "Finally came the support?"
Seeing Moss and others lower their weapons, members of the reconnaissance team looked at each other and also fired their weapons in shock.
Chief Khan sighed lightly: "Chief Chief Moss, how was the fight? Are there any other survivors besides you?"
Moss's tone was sluggish: "Captain and Commander died, less than a hundred people left"
Khan, though he expected it, but when he heard that there were less than a hundred people left, his face showed an upset expression: "The losses were so great... what about the Krieg Pirates?"
Moss thought a little and said, "It's not clear if a few dozen people should stay. Now that the support is here, join us to destroy them definitively."
After that, the scene was suddenly silent.
Hana's brain suddenly hovered, the man froze on the spot. Were the Marines not completely defeated and able to retreat less than a hundred people? Instead, the Marines hunt pirates, which are only a few dozen people!
A member of the reconnaissance unit was stunned, even thought they had heard.
"Are you a reconnaissance unit? That's what it is... It turns out the Captain with the support has not yet landed on the shore."
Moss addressed To Hahna and the others: "Hana quickly return to the Captain, let the support forces land on the island."
Hana froze, looking at Moss: "Chief Chief Moss, what happened here?..."
"It was like this..."
Moss quickly explained the situation and finally added, himself shocked by his story: "It certainly sounds incredible, but it's true."
Khan and members of the reconnaissance unit were petrified at the time.
Pirate hunter?
One against two thousand pirates?
Don Creagh was killed in a single blow?!
This is... it's like complete nonsense.
...
Marine Headquarters, Marine!
A neat spacious office, here Yamakaji exhales puffs of smoke and with a heavy face walks around the room: "Is there any news?"
"Not yet..."
The captain standing next to him replied: "But the support of 170 branches should arrive soon, of course one branch will most likely not be able to solve the problem."
"It's very unfortunate. Here on the Grand Line and so enough trouble, now still in the East Blue mess. Captains of 170 and 171 branches are just a pile of waste, were suppressed by just one group of pirates."
The Rear Admiral, sitting on the couch, said irritably.
Yamakaji replied helplessly: "The level of force of pirates in the four seas is not decisive. It's just that the range is too great compared to the Grand Line. There are more than three hundred branches of the Marines in East Blue alone, it is absolutely impossible that a strong Captain sat in each of them."
The Grand Line is separated from the four seas, where almost all strong pirates flock, as well as there are huge differences in size.
The Grand Line is not small, but there are a limited number of routes, so the collisions of pirates and Marines occur almost every day.
In the four seas, it is quite normal for a branch of the Marines for several months to try to catch one group of pirates, because the territory of the sea is too large, it is very difficult to find a hidden pirate.
Because of this, if the Headquarters decided to send some strong Captains or even Rear Admiral, everything would be to no avail. Trying to catch an experienced group of pirates in one of the four seas is akin to finding a needle in a haystack. It will only be a waste of headquarters.
Fortunately, although the East Blue Marines were weak, the power of the pirates is also small.
You could say, to some extent, the four seas are calmer than the Grand Line.
"But still we need to try to improve the quality of forces a little bit. This situation is when two branches are stymied by one pirate, at least the Captain branch is obliged to have some power!"
The Rear Admiral, who had spoken earlier, was not entirely pleased with The Amakaji's response.
It would be nice to gather all the pirates of east Blue in one heap, he can deal with them one left, the sea would calm down for a while. The vast territory of East Blue is really a pain in the ass.
Another Counter-Admiral said judiciously: "To catch some nasty East Blue pirates, it really takes some force. If some Marine is able to do that, raising him to captain will not be a problem at all."
Yamakaji replied: "There is nothing wrong with moving up at the expense of strength... the latest news has arrived."
Den Den Mushi rang, and the call came from six branches of the East Blue Marine.
Yamakaji took the phone worm, hemmed several times, the squinted eyes in each expanded a little, they read surprise.
"Yes? You didn't mix anything up?"
"... well, I get it."
After full confirmation, Yamakaji put the den den of the mushi and deeply tightened the cigar, the heavy expression relaxed.
Rear Admirals and the Captain next to them also heard the message, all were surprised, after a while one of them said: "Destroy the Pirate Fleet of Don Krieg alone, the power of this pirate hunter is not so bad."
"Unfortunately, this guy is probably chasing profit, he does not want to join our banner of justice. Otherwise, putting him in the position of Captain 171 branch would not be a problem."
A disgruntled Counter Admiral said.
Yamakaji spit out the smoke: "It's really all right, even if he doesn't want to join the Marines, the pirate hunter can also have a deterrent, only... this time the effect will be even too great, it may affect the prestige of the Marines in the East Blue."
Rear Admiral grinned bitterly: "It's too late, East Blue is too far from us. It is impossible to suppress the news quickly, now it spreads lightning fast, the government has managed to influence only the news in the newspapers."
"It can only be done that way."
Yamakaji sighed and said, "A man of good potential, a little sorry."
In recent years, there have been other rather talented hunters of pirates, most of them either settled in the original sea without much noise, or were destroyed after entering the Grand Line.
After all.
Pirate hunters are not like the pirates themselves, who day after day face the Marines and other pirates. They are not like the Marines, who can get effective training methods and will be regularly sent on combat missions against pirates.
Hunters on pirates receiving an award most often go just to live for fun. It's repeated over and over again. Just a few battles in a year, where here you can harden in battles and become strong?
If Ron joins the Navy, with such talent and after a short training, he would soon become an excellent officer in the Marines.
But since he refused, there's nothing he can do.
Another talent refused to join the Marines, And Yamakaji had a slight regret, but he soon threw him into the background and no longer remembered Ron.