East Blue, Orange Town.
Buggy, the captain of the Buggy Pirates, looked at the emergence of the Big Daddy Pirates, especially their cadres whose bounties were higher than his, with a fearful expression on his face.
"Captain Buggy, the pirate ship of the Big Daddy Pirates seems to be heading in our direction. Do we have to make a 'strategic retreat'?"
Acrobat Kabaji said, he also serves as the chief of staff of the Buggy Pirates. When he saw the luxurious lineup of the Big Daddy Pirates, he felt a little weak and could not even stand on his unicycle properly.
They actually defeated the Krieg Pirates, the overlord of the East Blue, and they still had a terrifying record of attacking 5,000 people with just 8 people.
"Captain, I also think we should go to other islands to explore the scenery. After all, staying on one island all the time would be a bit boring."
The beast tamer Mohji knew that Buggy had a bad temper, so he quickly changed his excuse and told him in a persuasive way.
"Yes! We are not afraid of the Big Daddy Pirates, we just happened to be plundering other islands to replenish supplies!"
"Hurry up! What are you waiting for! Hurry up and pack your things and go sailing, haven't you seen that I am starving and have become thin from the lack of food? "
Buggy the clown immediately yelled, these guys are so ignorant, don't they know that time is money and money is his life?!
Following Buggy's order, the Buggy Pirates' circus-like group immediately gathered their things and set sail, running very fast for fear of being blocked by Big Daddy and then being slaughtered.
On the other hand, Basire did think about going to Orange Town to capture Buggy the clown.
However, when they arrived at Orange Town, the Buggy Pirates had already emptied the place, so they had no choice but to rush directly towards the Arlong Pirates in Cocoyashi Village.
'Buggy the Clown's luck is really incredible!'
Basire thought of Buggy the lucky, who could turn danger into good fortune every time and get all kinds of benefits. From a little pirate to becoming one of the Four Emperors, it can only be described as a legend.
…
Inside the Logue town Marine branch, Smoker repeatedly applied to his superiors to leave the station so he could go to arrest the Big Daddy Pirates.
However, all his applications were rejected, and he was severely warned to be calm and ordered to guard the important strategic location that is Loguetown.
This is the entrance to East Blue's Grand Line. Pirate groups may land every day and the safety of people's lives and property is very important.
So Smoker could only wait until the Big Daddy Pirates landed in Loguetown before he could take down Basire.
…
Cocoyashi Village, Arlong Territory.
Arlong looked at the bounty orders. He was a little surprised that the Big Daddy Pirates actually destroyed the Krieg Pirates.
But he just thinks that Krieg is a real waste and that's why he was killed so easily.
He believes that the fish-men race is the strongest race!
"Brother Arlong! It's time to collect protection fees again this month!"
The fish-man Chew walked in and said to Arlong happily, because in recent years they have collected a large amount of protection fees from more than 20 nearby villages for them to eat, drink and have fun.
This is the happiest time in their lives.
Compared to the dark and lowly life in Fishman Island, they prefer to enjoy the sunshine and the pleasure of enslaving humans in this remote sea area of the East Blue.
On The Fishman Island, they endure the fear of being oppressed every day. Here, they unleash their power to the fullest, allowing humans to experience the feeling of being oppressed.
Here, they truly live with dignity.
"Then go and take all the money! Don't lose even a penny. If you encounter humans who resist and have no money, just kill them directly!"
Arlong smiled sinisterly. On The Fishman Island and Sabaody Archipelago, he was submissive, but in the waters of East Blue Conomi Islands, he was the only emperor of the Arlong empire!
"Understood!"
A group of fish-men, in teams of three, went to more than 20 villages to collect protection fees.
Even three fish-men can make a village so scared that they hand over their money even if they are unwilling.
The Arlong Pirates, with less than a hundred fish-men, were enough to suppress more than 20 human villages. These humans were as cowardly and timid as livestock.
Previously, the Commodore and commander of the 77th branch, Pudding Pudding, actually dared to lead a team to attack the Arlong Pirates privately, but was killed by Arlong and his entire army was wiped out and his body sank into the sea.
This also made Arlong become more arrogant, thinking that the Marine Commodore was nothing more than that.
He may not be aware that Marine is divided into a headquarters and a branch. The level difference between the headquarters and the branch is three levels. For example, a branch captain is only equivalent to a Lieutenant in the headquarters.
There are overall 19 ranks in the Marine, named from the lowest rank to the highest they are:
Chore Boy
Seaman Recruit
Seaman Apprentice
Seaman First Class
Petty Officer
Chief Petty Officer
Master Chief Petty Officer
Warrant Officer
Ensign
Lieutenant Junior Grade
Lieutenant
Lieutenant Commander
Commander
Captain
Commodore
Rear Admiral
Vice Admiral
Admiral
Fleet Admiral
The Commodore Pudding Pudding's of the 77th branch is equivalent to the strength of a Lieutenant Commander of the headquarters.
Even Basire didn't understand these military ranks when he crossed over. He thought that the branch captain was only one level lower than the headquarters captain. Unexpectedly, he was three levels lower.
Branch Captains like Captain Morgan and Captain Nezumi are equivalent to Lieutenants in the headquarters. During the Summit War, they were among the lowest-level minions.
The highest military rank of the Four Seas Branches is Branch Commodore, and most of the leaders of the Grand Line and New World fortresses are elites from the Naval Headquarters.
The Rear Admiral and Vice Admiral of the Marine Fortress are actually not much different from the Rear Admiral and Vice Admiral of the main headquarters. They are just the main Marine who has been sent out. According to the importance of the location of the Marine Fortress, they are on the same level or at most one level of difference.
Smoker, a disciple of Zephyr an ex-admiral, was originally a Captain of the Naval Headquarters like Hina. However, because he had a bad temper and often disobeyed his superiors' orders, he was demoted three or four levels in a row and became a Captain of the Loguetown branch.
Of course, the location of Loguetown is also very important. It may be that the boss is deliberately trying to sharpen Smoker's temperament.
Later, Smoker was promoted faster than Hina. When Smoker became the Vice Admiral of the headquarters, Hina was still the Rear Admiral of the headquarters.
In the original work, Fullbody can enter the East Blue from the Grand Line to pursue the defeated Krieg Pirates and capture Gin alive, which shows his strength.
His rank of Lieutenant of the headquarters is actually on the same level as Captain Morgan and Captain Nezumi, and his personal strength is even stronger.
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With the monthly protection fees paid to the Arlong Empire, more than 20 villages have become stained with blood.
Under the rule of the Arlong Pirates, residents have to spend money to buy their lives every month, 100,000 beri for adults and 50,000 for children. If they cannot pay, they will be brutally executed.
This amount of money has completely crushed the poor families. Those who could not escape from this sea area have long been killed by the fish-men.
The fish-men of the Arlong Pirates have exerted the oppression they suffered on The Fishmen Island tenfold and a hundredfold on the civilians in the waters of Conomi Islands.
From the oppressed role to the perpetrators, they will do more cruel things, become more violent, and become even more inhumane.
This is hatred between two races.
When the Big Daddy Pirates' Dreadnaught Saber battleship entered the waters of Cocoyashi Village, they could see smoke rising from some small islands.
Those were tragedies in which people were killed and their houses burned down because they could not afford the protection fee.
Seeing these scenes, even Basire, who was a ruthless man and still feeling a bit out of place in this world, couldn't help but feel a little angry.
It seems to be a sort of instinct for humans. For those who are not of their own race, kill them!
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