Chapter 201
The reputation of the Rainland City that robbed Baby-5 was completely resounding in the first half of the Grand Line, and Alabasta also received a lot of benefits.
The territory of Kahn Punt, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the "magician", plus the production area of Sky Island's specialties, was almost catching up with the reputation of the Sabaody Archipelago in the first half of the journey.
The fame brought more benefits naturally. The hotel, food and other industries developed very quickly. Moreover, the Santa Dora River was not open to pirate ships. If pirates dared to come to Alabasta and did not cause conflicts, they would have to hide their flags and change their clothes.
Generally, there would be no stupid pirates to cause trouble. Even if there were a few blind people, Alabasta's regular army with replaced equipment would be enough to deal with them.
Every team of 100 people was equipped with ten Gatling guns, ten RPGs, and the rest were all AK assault rifles; the trained regular army could empty the magazines and carry ammunition in a few seconds. This was how Kahn taught them to use it.
It can not only effectively deal with pirates, but also increase the frequency of Alabasta's purchase of ammunition. Of course, Kahn said that all this was for the good of the soldiers. It is better to fire more ammunition than to let the soldiers get hurt when dealing with pirates. Cobra agreed with this statement.
Kahn, the newly promoted Shichibukai, hates pirates so much that it has almost spread throughout the first half of the Grand Line. In addition to the propaganda of the World Government in newspapers, Kahn's group of devil fruit ability users are destroying the pirates that appear near Alabasta day and night.
It has slowly spread among the pirates. Pirates who want to go out to sea from the first half of the Grand Line have to go through two fatal levels, one is the navy, and the other is Kahn, the Shichibukai who is stationed in Alabasta.
Three people with extraordinary identities came to Yudi City today. They are cadres of the Don Quixote family, Diamante, Gladius and Baby-5. The three of them are devil fruit ability users. They came to Alabasta today to discuss a business with Kahn, the new Shichibukai.
However, not long after arriving at Rainland City, Gladius felt something was wrong and asked, "Isn't Rainland the best tourist destination in Alabasta? Why is there dark clouds and thunder? The weather around here is strange and doesn't look like the climate in the first half of the Grand Line at all."
Just after Gladius finished complaining, the cloudy sky that had not yet dispersed thundered again. This thunder was not far from Rainland City, which scared him.
Seeing this, a local Alabasta who was passing by smiled and reminded, "Don't be surprised. Thunder has been happening during this period for the past month. Fifty miles southwest of Rainland has even been designated as a restricted area. I heard that the magician is practicing. Just be decisive and time will be fine..."
"Practicing? You said this is the effect of the new Shichibukai's practice?"
Baby-5's cigarette almost fell from her surprised red lips. She could hear such a loud noise from such a long distance. What kind of scene would it be if she got closer?
The civilian of Alabasta proudly replied, "Yes, it is that sir. Our guardian of Alabasta is so strong."
Then the civilian wanted to tell Baby-5 and the others about the other glorious deeds of that sir, but Diamante had something else to do, so he told the other two to leave quickly.
The Navy's replacement of equipment could not be concealed, and it was soon discovered by several arms dealers in the underground world; this new type of military equipment aroused the interest of many people, and some people even got a few guns specifically, which were indeed better than the flintlocks and smoothbore rifles used by ordinary pirates.
They didn't get the cannon, but they heard that it was better than other artillery. According to reliable information, after the Navy and other firearms are updated, they will slowly replace all the artillery on the warships; the shells at that time will be fired farther and more powerful.
If the Navy popularizes all of these, it will become an extreme at that time; the miscellaneous soldiers on the pirates' side will no longer be useful, and they can only fight against the Navy.
And if there are many guns and cannons, it can threaten the big pirates with a bounty of over 100 million.
That situation would be a devastating blow to pirates and underground forces. The number of pirates going out to sea would drop sharply, and the dark forces would shrink. Many people could not sit still and also wanted to get a batch of such firearms, and then manufacture and sell them to pirates and underground forces.
However, they did not have a matching production line. Even if they could research it, it was a new type of firearm polished by the exquisite craftsmanship of craftsmen. The second-rate ones would explode after firing many shots in a row, and the third-rate ones were useless at all, and their power was not as good as flintlocks and smoothbore guns.
In short, it cannot be mass-produced, but small-scale production has no effect on the current situation.
Doflamingo was the first to act. Although he operated many underground forces, he was the king of a country on the surface. With the identity of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, he should be able to cooperate with the new Seven Warlords of the Sea, so he sent three cadres from the Don Quixote family to Alabasta.
The three of them saw a lot of good things along the way, especially the Ark Maxim that could fly. When Gladius saw the spaceship in the sky, he was jealous and wanted to snatch it and present it to Doflamingo, but he still had reason and knew what he would face if he took action here.
However, Diamante also wrote down the news of the Ark Maxim, and planned to report it to the young master after meeting him; a flying ship is an extremely exciting news for any force.
Flying in the sky means being completely isolated from the dangers of the sea. As long as astronomical disasters are avoided, huge profits can be obtained; as a loyal supporter of Doflamingo, Diamante thought of the benefits of the Ark Maxim to the family in a short time.
Diamante and the other two came to the headquarters of the Kahn Chamber of Commerce. After seeing the receptionist of the Chamber of Commerce, they said directly: "We are members of the Don Quixote family of Dressrosa. This time we want to discuss a business with the magician Mr. Pente."
"Dressrosa is the subordinate of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Please wait a moment. I will go to inform Mr. Robin."
The receptionist covered his mouth in surprise when he heard the identities of Diamante and the other two, and then went to inform Nico Robin, the vice president; now she has completely changed her identity, and her name has also changed to Robin, because Kahn often calls her that.
Then Nico Robin came to the reception room of Diamante and the other two, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Diamante, what business does the Don Quixote family want to cooperate with the Kahn Chamber of Commerce?"
However, Diamante did not see Kahn, but said to Nico Robin a little unhappy: "I want to see that magician. Some things can only be told to him alone. Don't you understand the weight of the Don Quixote family?" "It's not that I don't understand, but for some reasons, your idea is unlikely to succeed, so there's no need to... Hey, is this Baby-5 from the Donquixote family? A user of the superhuman weapon fruit?"
Nico Robin, who was about to reject the three of them, suddenly noticed the person on the list and was surprised. She didn't expect that the other party would come to her before she even went to find him.
Rounding it off, it can be considered Nico Robin's credit.
"It's me, what do you want to see me for?"
Nico Robin smiled and said to Bay-5, "My boss needs you."
"Need, need me? Is your boss going to propose to me?"
Baby-5 immediately became shy after hearing this. After seeing this, Nico Robin was more certain that she was the one Kahn wanted.
However, Gladius on the side angrily slammed the table and said, "Hey, are you going to attack the cadres of the Don Quixote family? And go and call out your boss, it's just defeating a sand crocodile with a bounty of 87 million."
"Haha, don't get excited, I'll go inform the boss now, you guys go to the underground conference room with me first, it's more spacious there."
Nico Robin covered her mouth and chuckled a few times, then took a few people to the underground conference room, and took out the Den Den Mushi to inform Kahn on the spot: "Boss, Don Quixote Doflamingo sent his men to find you, it seems that he wants to discuss arms business with you. The person you asked me to pay attention to is also here."
"How does she know our purpose?"
Gladius asked curiously after Nico Robin ended the Den Den Mushi communication. It seems that they haven't stated their intentions yet.
Diamante said unhappily, "Shut up, you idiot!"
The next second, a person suddenly appeared in the conference room, followed by several flashes of lightning; Diamante clearly saw that the lightning directly sank into the body of the person in front of him.
'If there is no undiscovered power-controlling superhuman fruit, then the magician's ability is... the nature-type thunder fruit! ? '
Diamant thought of this answer instantly, and then raised Kahn's importance to a higher level in his mind; the strongest nature-type fruit ability user appeared, and it seemed that Crocodile was defeated by the thunder fruit.
After Kahn appeared, before Diamant could speak, Baby-5 covered her face and asked, "It's you, do you need me?"
"Of course, I need you very much, Baby-5, come to my side."
Kahn smiled and said, then gently raised his hand to Baby-5. Such elegant etiquette, coupled with his face and temperament, made Baby-5, who was eager to be needed, sink directly.
Baby-5's eyes almost turned into a pair of red hearts, and she immediately nodded quickly like a chick eating rice: "Okay, I agree to your proposal."
"Hey, shut up, you bastard, we are here to trade, what proposal!? Baby-5, are you planning to betray the young master?"
Diamante shouted loudly in an instant, and then said to Kahn with a serious face: "Sir, we are here to negotiate business with you on behalf of the Don Quixote family, not to send the young master's men. Baby-5 is a cadre of the Don Quixote family and it is impossible for her to leave the family!"
"Don't be so absolute, forget it, it's not important; I know why you are here, it's nothing more than two things: arms and equipment or Sky Island specialties."
Kahn waved his hand and used magic to make Baby-5 come to his side, and then continued to chuckle,
"But I hate your Don Quixote family, so I won't do the deal, I want the person too, you can go back."
Diamante heard Kahn being so rampant and despising their Don Quixote family, he gritted his teeth and roared in anger: "What did you say."
Bang!
Before he finished speaking, Diamante suddenly fell to the ground with his eyes white, his whole body twitching and foaming at the mouth.
The power seemed to be a bit too strong, Kahn thought in his heart after seeing Diamante's reaction, but he still couldn't remember the man's name, so he said directly: "Take this guy away from here, or stay and plant trees."