In the middle of the uncharted sea, dozens of mountains and rocky peaks rose into the sky, near one of those rocks a medium-sized sailing ship docked, its shape was ordinary without anything special about it, the ship raised a white flag with the inscription Ocean Trading Company.
Inside the cockpit and in front of a desk full of paper documents sat Odrick, holding a fountain pen in his hand, carefully read the documents and signed them, every now and then filling out some business forms or amending some conditions and sorting the documents into several groups to determine their type.
After a long time of painstaking work he raised his head and put the pen on his desk while exhaling a breath of cold air.
"Finally I'm done, this paperwork never ends, whenever I think I'm going to have a break, new piles of papers come" Odrick stood up and stretched his stiff muscles with a lot of sitting.
He walked a few steps and stood in front of the cockpit window and watched the lively deck of the ship, several men sat while they were playing cards or chatting.
'We have already come a long way, the number of members of our organization has increased and our influence has also increased significantly, Huh' with a small sigh Odrick continued to observe with a serious expression.
During this period that Arthur spent in Wano, Odrick worked to bring in several new members, although the conditions that Arthur offered were very difficult, but the people who suffered from the persecution of the Celestial Dragons are not so few either.
After several months of work, the number of their members reached about 50 members distributed over several branches, the Ocean Trading Company was one of their investments that provided them with a stable source of income, and it also provided a good cover for conducting espionage work.
Hundreds of employees have been employed in this company, but the people who actually join their organization are branch leaders and some members assigned to various tasks.
Odrick was known for being the owner of the OTC, so he suffered a lot due to the pressure of work and official interviews, because he did not want to spoil his disguise and cover, he studied the business field in order to be convincing while speaking.
Due to his field of work he was forced to travel and visit several islands to do business deals either with an important figure in the fields of politics or important merchants.
Most of the OTC's business is currently concentrated in the Sabaody Archipelago and Water 7.
At first, Odrick couldn't come to this place, but now that he has built the foundations of the OTC and made it stable, he no longer needs to do a lot of professional trips, so he decided to take a break and come to this secret place located near the island of Wano.
Once a month Arthur sends a message with the Giant Eagle with his new orders and the tasks they should focus on, although most of the messages contained simple orders and did not focus on anything important, Odrick is aware of the fact that they are still at the beginning and need more time and training if they want to do something.
"Hmmm!" As Odrick was contemplating the crew on the deck of the ship, he noticed that some of them began to point to the sky, the rest raised their heads and looked in the same direction.
"What's going on?" Odrick was surprised by the crew's action, with quick steps he got out of the cockpit and stood on the deck of the ship, raised his head and looked up at the sky to find a giant eagle flying towards them.
'It's too early, there's still a whole week before the reports are sent, has something happened?' Odrick was confused but did not continue to think about it, with a loud and solemn voice he ordered the crew.
"Move aside and make room for the eagle to land easily, make sure that the ropes of the sails are tied tightly so that they are not pushed by the wind caused by the Eagle"
All the crew members ran and began to do their business, the Eagle did not descend directly, but continued to fly around them until Odrick gave him the signal to land.
In the beginning, before the Eagle's landing method was organized, several problems occurred because of it, one time the ship's mast was broken and the other time some sails were torn.
Whistle!
After the Eagle saw Odrick waving his hand to him, he fluttered his wings and landed on the deck.
While Odrick was thinking about what kind of command Arthur sent, he saw someone dismounting from the Eagle's back, at first he thought it was Arthur, but after seeing his facial features he became confused and at the same time cautious.
"Who are you?" with a sharp look asked Odrick.
Takida was surprised to see a giant man standing next to him raised his head and looked at the person in front of him, then he was incredibly shocked, unable to get out the words he wanted to say.
"I am.., I am Takida " with great difficulty Takida calmed himself down and said a few words.
"What are you doing here?" Odrick kept his sharp looks and serious expressions and did not care about Takida's overreaction, most of the people of Wano have not left their country and have not come into contact with the outside world, so seeing someone who looks like a fish will make most of them terrified.
"Musashi sent me and gave me this letter and ordered me to give it to the captain." Takida pulled the letter out of his pocket and presented it to Odrick.
Odrick opened the letter and read its contents leisurely.
'Train this person and put him under your direct command give him some information and make him an external member, lie to him about our goals and make up a convincing lie for that, but at the same time tell him the essence of our organization, keep a close eye on him if he shows any suspicious signs send him to me again, if there is a possibility that he poses a threat to us kill him'
The message was short and laconic.
After Odrick finished reading he looked at Takida and contemplated his face for a few seconds and then said:
"Welcome to the crew of our ship"
When Takida heard these words he felt great joy, because of his happiness he said Out Loud:
"Hey hey captain!"
All the other crew members started laughing at Takida, surprised by his crazy joy.
After Odrick arranged someone to guide Takida, he went to his room, took a pen and a piece of paper, and began to write a reply to send to Arthur:
"One of our spies in the Navy was exposed and executed, he did not reveal anything about us and directed the Marines to suspect Beasts Pirates, before he was executed he sent us important information about the book of fruits, there is one copy in the Marines headquarters that Sengoku owns"
"He couldn't steal the book, but he was able to copy the information in it.it was discovered before he sent us the copies, but he hid them somewhere at the Marines headquarters. right now I'm sending some people to get the copies back "
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'This is very good' Arthur reads Odrick's letter and he looks forward to the kind of abilities and fruits he will know about.
The Devil's Fruits are diverse, their abilities and ignorance have a great weakness that may lead to Arthur's fall in many deadly situations if he fights its recipients, so one of his first orders was to find the book of Devil's Fruits.
When he knows the shapes and abilities of fruits, he can choose the most suitable fruit for him and he will not eat it ignorantly to be surprised that he has ridiculous abilities.
Arthur did not like gambling because he is aware that he is an unlucky person and if he does not fight for everything around him from the simplest to the biggest things, what will happen to him will be mostly a bad thing.
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OTC= Ocean Trading Company.
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