Pirate Commander

Chapter 153 Fluttering Fruits
The New Year's Eve Ceremony came to an end smoothly.

In the brand new 1519, everything in the new country is developing with each passing day.

After winning the "Battle of the Beasts Pirates Mammoth Fleet", North's military rank was finally promoted to "Lieutenant General", unlocking a batch of new technologies. (For details, refer to the data cards around Chapters 107 and 108)
The rest of the new buildings, new technologies, and new units are developing in an orderly manner according to North's plan.

What needs special mention is that after North unlocked the radar station, he obtained a propeller-type reconnaissance plane from the coalition forces. This reconnaissance plane was too slow to fly, and was once shot down by the former vice-admiral tea dolphin.

With North's promotion to lieutenant general, the propeller reconnaissance aircraft of the Red Alert 2 coalition has been replaced by the jet mini drone of the Red Alert 3 coalition.

This kind of advanced reconnaissance aircraft is small in size and extremely fast. Even the anti-aircraft weapons of the Red Alert series are extremely difficult to defend against. It should basically never be shot down by the enemy.

……

Unlike the automatic unlocking of technology, changes in physique require North to actively confirm the upgrade.

In Noy's explanation, it may bring some bad effects, and the commander needs to be prepared in advance.

At the very beginning, Noye said that with the promotion of the commander's rank, the commander's physique will also be improved to the level of the corresponding rank.

However, because North's real strength has always been ahead of his rank, North has never been able to feel the physical changes brought about by the promotion of the rank.

According to Noy's standards, the "Vice Admiral"'s physique is roughly equivalent to the mainstay of the vice admirals such as flying squirrels and ghost spiders.

Three days ago, when North walked out of the system's promotion Blu-ray, he felt for the first time what it felt like to suddenly become stronger.

It's an amazing feeling, with both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that North will feel that his body has suddenly become much lighter than before. Yes, it is not strong, but relaxed, as if he used to live with weights, but now he has taken those weights off, and at the same time his body The ease also brings joy in the mood.

The disadvantage is more embarrassing. Because I have not gotten used to the sudden increase in strength, it is easy to damage items in daily life, such as holding a water glass and accidentally crushing it; holding a pen to write, and accidentally breaking the tip of the pen.

Compared with North himself, Nami's experience is more obvious. These days, she doesn't let North go to her to do proof questions.

In Nami's words: this bastard North is too insignificant, and he doesn't care about other people's feelings at all.

North had no choice but to admit his mistake and surrender in embarrassment, and decided not to harass Nami for the time being.

On this day, North was feeling the changes in his body.

"Blu blu blu..."

North, who was meditating to adjust his strength, calmed down and picked up the receiver of the phone bug. The phone bug's eyes turned into a pair of sunglasses.

"Hello, Mr. Dover, what can I do for you?"

"Fufufufu...North Consul, the matter you asked me for help before has now come to fruition."

North's expression immediately became serious, and he said solemnly, "You mean... Piao Piao Guo?"

"Yeah, it's fluttering fruit, fufufufu..."

"Where is the fluttering fruit?"

"..."

"..."

The two were silent for a while, and it was Doflamingo who broke the silence in the end. He grinned and said, "Fufufufu... North Consul, don't you have anything to express?"

"what do you want?"

"Fufufufu... just kidding, I don't want anything."

"Nothing? What does that mean?"

North's expression remained unchanged, and he frowned in his heart. He didn't think Doflamingo was a kind person who didn't ask for anything in return.

Doflamingo replied: "Because the fluttering fruit is not in my hands."

North continued to ask, "Oh? Where is it then?"

"Guran Tezoro."

"Golden City?"

"Yeah." Doflamingo said, "Gilder Tezoro got a devil fruit from somewhere, and my people risked their lives to take pictures of the devil fruit. Let me take a look at the photo, isn’t this the Piao Piao fruit? Oh, by the way, I’ll get someone to send you the photo with a fax or phone bug, and if you don’t believe me, you can confirm it yourself.”

"That's not true. I just want to say, Mr. Dover, you can buy that devil fruit for me. I can pay you double the price at that time, and the extra will be used as a hand fee."

"That won't work."

"No? Why?"

"It's not that I can't, it's that Tezoro can't."

"What does he mean?"

"He wants to use the Piao Piao fruit to hold an auction, where various forces will compete, and the one with the highest price will get it."

"Hehe... Will he be short of money?"

North laughed twice, and the phone bug faithfully imitated North's expression.

Doflamingo also laughed, and said, "Fufufufu...Of course he is not short of money. It's just that there are some things you don't understand, Governor North."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

"That fellow Tezoro used to be a poor man, but he got lucky after stepping on dog shit and picked up golden fruits, and then he gradually made a fortune. You understand this kind of nouveau riche, right? He likes to show off and show off himself, In terms of the phrase you invented, what is it called pretending? Oh yes, pretending to be a pen!"

"So he wants to use Piao Piao Guo to put a pen in front of the eyes of the major forces?"

"Yes. At least I think so."

North knew in his heart that Doflamingo's words were actually false.

Tezoro didn't pick up the golden fruit by stepping on shit luck, but the golden fruit he grabbed from Doflamingo's banner.

Doflamingo was going to kill him.

Later, Tezoro developed and became a tyrant of the dark forces. Doflamingo, a businessman, felt that he would lose more if he continued to fight to the death with Tezoro. Secondly, he saw that cooperating with Tezoro could gain greater benefits , and did not pursue this matter further.

But out of face, Doflamingo would definitely not say that.

"Mr. Dover, do you have a better idea now?"

"Actually, I can't help it. I can only say that you should go to the Golden City as soon as possible. If you catch up with the auction, you might still have a chance. Oh, by the way, you need a membership invitation card to go to the Golden City. I can get it here. You can come to Dressrosa first, and then go to the Golden City."

"Then thank you Mr. Dover, I will pay you for the invitation card."

"No, we're friends. This time I'm going to help you. Fufufufu..."

After a few more pleasantries with Dover, the two finally hung up.

Looking at the photo printed by the fax phone bug, North can be sure that it is indeed the Piao Piao fruit.

It's just that North always feels that something is wrong, as if someone is secretly plotting something.

(End of this chapter)