One Piece: Roar of Justice

After leaving the palace, Kakulista rushed back to the wall of St. Innocent without stopping, and came to William's residence.

At this time, William was drinking with Zebra in the house, as if he was still immersed in the joy of becoming a nobleman. When Zebra led Kakulista in, William immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Long time no see, Mrs. Kakulista, you have been very popular in St. Peter's Wall recently. It has been a long time since you have returned to St. Innocent's Wall. What wind brought you here?"

"Ah, I haven't seen you for a while. The sea ban has just been opened, and I'm in charge of diplomacy now. There are too many contacts with countries that I need to deal with. I haven't had much time, but I'm not here this time. talk about it."

Kakulista said.

"Then what are you here for?"

"Isuzak is dead, did you know that?"

Kakulista fixed his eyes on William, as if he wanted to find some flaws in him, and asked.

"What? Master Isuzak actually died? Which daring guy did it? When did it happen?"

"Just this morning, his body was found in the outlying town of Bivis, and it was preliminarily determined that criminals in the outlying town did it."

"This morning? Why is there no mention of it in today's newspaper?"

William asked.

"Officials of the pope and council have suppressed the matter and did not want to cause panic."

Kakulista said.

"Okay. It should be done."

William nodded solemnly and said.

"This kind of thing actually happened, but it's true. The law and order in the outer towns has always been a huge problem. I don't have enough people under my command. There is no way to rectify this matter."

"I came here this time to tell you about this. His Excellency the Pope has decided to close the gates of St. Innocent's Wall again, isolate the outlying towns from the aristocratic districts, and tax the common people."

Kakulista said.

"No, no, you can't do this, Mr. Kakulista, the outer towns have just been included in the national territory. If you close the city gate now, the two areas will be divided again. It will also become more difficult to trade between people, and if taxes are to be imposed on the common people, it will definitely increase their living pressure and complaints, if such negative emotions accumulate, it is likely to form a hidden danger."

"I know all of this. I mentioned this matter when I was in the palace, but the Pope did not pass it. Now the proposal has passed the parliament and cannot be changed. It will be implemented soon."

"Master Kakulista, what do you need me to do?"

William hesitated for a moment before asking.

"William, you are now the captain of the militia of the Kingdom of Balegon. One of your responsibilities is to assist in maintaining law and order, and the outlying towns are all in your hands. I need you to go to the post to organize the law and order, especially to arrest Capture those lawless criminals in the outer towns to ensure the safety of the nobles!"

Kakulista said in a deep voice.

But William shook his head slowly, with embarrassment written all over his face.

"I can't do this job."

Kakulista was a little surprised. He thought that with William's consistent performance, he would readily agree to the suggestion he mentioned in the meeting. After all, Isuzak had caused a lot of difficulties for William before, and gradually weakened William's power. Power has almost lifted William up, and now is a good opportunity to regain power. He should not refuse, but he did not expect that William would refuse without hesitation.

"What can't you do?"

Kakulista's voice became cold and asked.

"I only have more than 300 people under my command, and they are only my personal guards. Maintaining law and order is not what they are good at. What's more, the surrounding towns are so large and there are so many towns. How can it be possible with my little manpower?" While managing the entire peripheral area, it is also necessary to protect the safety of the residents inside the wall?"

William spread his hands and said.

Hearing William's words, Kakulista frowned, stood up from the chair, paced the room thinking for a while, and then asked.

"What do you want?"

But William smiled and said.

"Actually, this matter is easy to solve. My problem now is that there are too few people. Unless you allow me to expand the army, I will not be able to manage the security of such a large area at all."

"Or...give me command of other armies."

"The command authority of other armies is absolutely not allowed!"

As soon as William finished speaking, Kakulista flatly refused, saying that power grows out of the barrel of a gun. Kakulista understands this sentence. When he first came into contact with William, he valued the armed forces in his hands. Moreover, William is just a viscount, and he was newly conferred, so it is enough to give him the command of his own army. It is impossible for other nobles to give him the command of other armies. The Kingdom of Balegon has been in a closed state before. They were also few in number, and if William's strength was further increased, it might pose a threat to the kingdom, and Alexander III might tolerate his subjects having an army stronger than him.

"You can expand your army, but you still have to pay for it yourself."

Kakulista thought for a while and said.

"Solve it yourself?"

Hearing Kakulista's words, William laughed and said.

"I can solve 300 people by myself, but what about 500 people, or even thousands of people? How do you ask me to solve it by myself? Mr. Kakulista, you are really embarrassing me."

Hearing William's words, Kakulista stretched out his wrinkled fingers angrily, trembling, and yelled angrily at William.

"What did you say when you wanted to restore your noble status?!"

"At the beginning, it was just to show off against Germa 66."

As if frightened by Kakulista's aura, William said in a low voice unwillingly.

"It's okay to let me solve it myself, but I want to reform the military system and expand the powers of law and order."

".Can."

Seeing that William agreed, Kakulista also calmed down, sat down again, and said.

"I will report this matter to the parliament. I don't care what you do with your power, but your first task is to ensure the safety of the nobles."

Kakulista suspects that William's request is for the convenience of gaining benefits when governing the security environment. This kind of thing is the clearest for Kakulista, who used to be in charge of the finances inside the wall of St. Innocent. Well, he can do this kind of thing by himself, but he feels very disgusted if he does it on others, but in view of the current situation, he can only admit it with his nose.

"I understand, anyway, I'm a nobleman now."

William said with a triumphant expression on his face.

"Also, catching criminals and maintaining law and order are not what I and my people are good at, so I want to build a school and train professional troops."

This was something that Zebra had proposed to him before, and Kakulista was very happy to agree this time, because on the surface, William's suggestion seemed to be for better completion of the work.

"Also, Lord Kakulista, I have another proposal."

William glanced at Kakulista, and said in consideration.

"What proposal?"

"Have you ever thought about expanding your business and attacking your competitors?"

Kakulista frowned. To be honest, he was a little moved, but he still asked cautiously.

"How to do it?"

"Set up a special police team to investigate smuggling."

said William, with a smile on his face.

Kakulista did not respond immediately, but looked at William for a while, then suddenly laughed and said.

"Use your people?"

William nodded naturally and said.

"Master Kakulista, as you know, the outlying towns are basically in my hands, including the three largest ports. You are now a diplomat of the Kingdom of Balegon, and someone who has a competitive relationship with you There must be a lot, we can take this opportunity to weaken their strength, you give us the information of your competitors, I will help you fight against them, and then hand over the seized materials to you, and then we will share the account."

Kakulista remained silent. He didn't know what William was doing for purely greedy for money, or for greedy power, and took his hands to more functions.

But I have to say that this proposal really moved him. As a diplomat, he touched the interests of too many nobles who originally lived in St. Peter's Wall, and his own rights and interests also suffered a certain loss. After a while, Kakulista nodded and agreed.

"Ok."

The two discussed some details, and then Kakulista proposed to leave to see his property left in St. Innocent's Wall. William sent Kakulista to the door, but Kakulista stopped Come down and ask again.

"William."

"What else can I order? Lord Kakulista."

"Did you kill Yixiu Zac?"

Kakulista asked abruptly.

William turned around in astonishment and asked.

"Why do you say that? Why should I kill him?"

Kakulista stared into William's eyes and said.

"He offended you and turned you who would have been a regular army into a militia."

Hearing Kakulista's words, William said with a smile.

"Just because of this? My military expenses are all settled by myself. Is there any difference between the militia and the regular army?"

Speaking of this, William paused and said with a sneer.

"If he prevents me from becoming a nobleman, I might even teach him a lesson."

When William was talking, Kakulista had been observing the expression on William's face, but he couldn't find any problem, so he deliberately showed a slightly apologetic smile, and eased it because of his sudden attack. The atmosphere became a little awkward.

"It seems that I was frightened by this case and suspicious."

William, on the other hand, seemed to have no grievances, and asked instead.

"If you are worried about law and order, I can send two members from my army to protect you."

"Never mind."

Kakulista waved his hand with a smile, and left William's residence.

After Kakulista left, Zebra came over, stood behind William, and looked at Kakulista's hunched back because of his advanced age.

"This old fox has already begun to doubt you."

Zebra said.

"Yes, but our goal has been achieved, let's talk about it later, he is still useful now."

William said, and Zebra nodded.