"Huh, are those snails?" Enel stared at the fleet of warships in the distance, each being pulled by giant snails. "Snails can swim?"
Compared to Enel, Kaku seemed a bit more familiar with the Germa Kingdom. "That looks like Germa 66, the fleet of the Vinsmoke Family."
"Germa 66? The Vinsmoke Family?" Enel chuckled, "Are they strong?"
Kaku shook his head, "The Germa Kingdom is quite famous in the North Blue. The Vinsmoke Family, who rule Germa, are known as experts of warfare and the Evil Army. They're a formidable military organization here, a scientific combat unit. As for their actual strength, I haven't personally fought them, so I can't say. But I do know their weapons are all high-tech. Given their fame, their strength shouldn't be underestimated."
"Heh, perfect," Enel smirked, "This will give me a chance to see how tough this famous family from the North Blue really is."
As he started to stretch and warm up, clearly ready to head directly towards Germa 66's fleet, Takumi suddenly spoke up, "You stay behind and guard the ship."
Enel stumbled a bit, almost losing his balance. "What? Why do I have to stay on the ship? Can't Long Nose do it?"
"Captain wants you to guard the ship as a sign of trust," Kaku intervened, backing up Takumi's words. "Germa isn't like the small islands or kingdoms we've dealt with before. If they discover our ship, they might launch a direct attack. If I'm left to guard it, facing widespread attacks would be too much for me alone. But you're different—you can instantly launch widespread lightning attacks to retaliate, or even maneuver the ship to avoid confrontation if needed. That's something I can't do."
Enel hesitated for a moment, then looked at Takumi suspiciously, "Really?"
Takumi gave a casual nod, his gaze already shifting towards a warship with a castle structure on top not far away. Without saying another word, he started using Moonwalk, rapidly making his way towards the target ship.
"Then I'll accompany the Captain," Kaku said, also using Moonwalk to follow Takumi.
Enel watched them grow smaller in the distance, leaning on the railing with an expression of boredom. "Come back soon..."
However, shortly after Takumi and Kaku left, on one of the lookout towers of the Germa fleet, an armored man holding a telescope spotted the floating ship about two hundred meters northwest of them.
"A floating ship?" The lookout put down the telescope and quickly called to a taller man who looked just like him, "There's a suspicious floating ship about two hundred meters northwest. Go ask His Majesty if we should launch an attack."
"Got it," the taller man said, hurrying into the communications room and grabbing a phone to connect to the main fleet.
Not long after, the person in charge of the main fleet's communication room received the report and promptly headed to the dining hall where Vinsmoke Judge, the King of Germa, was dining with his children.
"Report!" The communications officer stood at attention at the entrance, looking solemnly at Judge and the four different-haired young people seated around him. "We've discovered a suspicious ship. Does His Majesty wish to engage?"
"A suspicious ship?" Vinsmoke Ichiji, a young man with red hair, put down his cutlery and said with an emotionless expression, "Could it be..."
"Haha, it must be that Takumi's crew, the ones wanted by the government!" Vinsmoke Yonji, a green-haired youth, had an eager glint in his eyes. "What courage they have to come to the North Blue. Hmph, since we've run into them, I don't want to miss this chance. Father, let me go deal with them!"
Judge thought for a moment before speaking, "The Navy sent an Admiral to capture Takumi, and even now they haven't succeeded. We can't underestimate them."
"Hmph, that just means the Navy is incompetent." Vinsmoke Niji, a blue-haired youth, scoffed. "If that 1.4 billion bounty dares to appear in front of us, we'll make sure they don't leave. We can take his head and cash in for some spending money."
"Don't forget, there's also that guy with the eighty-million bounty," Yonji added.
Niji nodded, "Right. Eighty million is good for some extra playtime too. Haha."
The pink-haired Vinsmoke Reiju stayed silent, not participating in the conversation between her father and brothers.
Judge glanced at Ichiji and Reiju before finally deciding, "First, confirm if it is Takumi's group. Ichiji, Reiju, one of you go."
"I'll go," Ichiji smiled faintly.
Niji complained, "Father, why not let me go?"
Yonji added, "I could do it too. Let me go."
Judge remained firm, "Ichiji will be enough. You two stay here."
Niji and Yonji reluctantly obeyed, both saying, "Understood."
Meanwhile, with the help of Kaku's Silent Fruit ability, Takumi and Kaku landed silently on Germa's main battleship.
As Takumi's feet touched the deck, the long-absent voice of the system suddenly chimed in his mind.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully reaching the sign-in location: Germa Kingdom. Progress +10%. Current total progress: 10%. Reward: Pegasus Meteor Fist level +1. Current level: Lv3]
Takumi felt no noticeable change from this skill upgrade—it felt as if nothing had happened.
Without dwelling on it, Takumi asked internally, "System, how many tasks are here?"
[Ding! There are currently three progress tasks that need completion, each contributing thirty percent.]
Three tasks... What kind of tasks could there be here in Germa?
As Takumi pondered, Kaku glanced around before asking softly, "Captain, what exactly are we here to do?"
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