Pirate: I am the nephew of Akainu

Chapter 16 Contributing to Baroque Works
There is nothing to say about the craftsmanship of the navy chefs. The food just looks light and tastes good.

The headquarters is not too strict, these simple ingredients can also ensure the daily nutritional intake of soldiers, but eating meat to supplement protein and eating soy supplements bring completely different levels of pleasure.

Hughes ate the food bite by bite. This was his first meal as chief officer.

This meal told Hughes that he was no longer himself, and that what he did was no longer paid by one person, and hundreds of soldiers would share the responsibility with him.

Kyle on the opposite side had a great time eating. As Hughes' adjutant, she was very happy that Hughes made such a mistake when he first took office.

The era of great pirates can make an excellent navy leap forward, but the growth of strength does not mean that the mind also grows. Many navy captains have stumbled and regretted that they did not fulfill their responsibilities as captains.

Hughes was promoted too fast, and Kyle was also worried that Hughes would be difficult to make a good transformation both personally and collectively.

From the current point of view, Hughes is a person who is good at accepting suggestions, and this innocuous lesson will speed up his growth.

Hughes originally planned to go back to the office for dinner, but after learning about this, he temporarily gave up going back to the office to eat, and ate punishment meals in the cafeteria with the soldiers.

Hughes did not publicly apologize to the soldiers. As Kyle said, these soldiers had given their lives to him. He could only guarantee that he would be the last to evacuate the battlefield when facing the enemy.

I sailed at sea for three days and ate three days of punishment meals.

On the fourth day, we arrived in the waters where Alabasta is located. We don’t need to worry about the supply problem, and the cafeteria has resumed normal diet.

Alabasta is a big country in the first half of the great route, with a standing army of 60, which is quite terrifying in size, and few countries can reach it when looking at the earth.

The Navy has a naval base in the Alabasta waters, with nearly [-] naval personnel stationed there, responsible for maintaining maritime security.

After his identity was authenticated, the warship sailed into the naval base, and Hughes also set about the authority of the base. He is the supreme officer of the Alabasta waters, and the naval base is also under his jurisdiction.

The former base chief was also a major general who died at the hands of pirates, which is very rare in the first half of the great route.

The Rear Admiral of the Navy Headquarters was considered a high-end combat power in the first half of the great voyage. It is too childish to die at the hands of pirates or unknown pirates.

Sengoku attached great importance to this matter, and originally planned to send a lieutenant general to investigate the matter. It happened that Crocodile, one of the Shichibukai, was active in Alabasta recently.

This is very difficult.

The Shichibukai system was established by the world government, and it is held by seven powerful pirates. The world government recognizes their legal status and allows them to plunder legally. The navy cannot interfere with their behavior.

Nominally, the Shichibukai system is to help the navy to restrain pirates. In fact, the Qibuhai system is also used by the world government to restrain the navy, which means killing two birds with one stone.

There are many people in the navy who are dissatisfied with the Shichibukai system, and the Akainu faction is the main force among them. This is why Akainu recommended Hughes to Alabasta, and Sengoku immediately agreed.

If the vice admiral was sent to Alabasta rashly, it would be somewhat suspected of causing friction. After all, the resident general of Alabasta has always been a major general.

Hughes is a major general in the headquarters, and it happens that he needs to arrange a garrison area. Thinking that Hughes can fight with Zefa, no one is more suitable for this position than him.

Warring States once hinted to Hughes that if the death of the former base chief had something to do with Crocodile, then he would take the opportunity to solve Crocodile.

If there is evidence, go through the process, if there is no evidence, kill him first, and then slowly find evidence.

Naval justice does not apply to pirates. At this point, Sengoku used it very deftly. Hughes deeply felt the gap between himself and Sengoku.

Because the former base chief was killed in battle, the morale of the entire naval base was very low, especially when he knew that the new base chief was just a boy over [-] years old, the morale was even more sluggish.

Hughes saw all this, and he needed a victory to prove himself in order to restore the morale of the naval base.

On the second day after entering the naval base, Hughes planned to break up his fleet and divide it into various grassroots parts of the naval base to facilitate the management of base affairs.

The proposal was stopped by Kyle, and the reason given to Hughes was.

"The warship soldiers spent too little time with Hughes, and they didn't establish an overly close relationship with Hughes. Breaking up now won't do much good, and they will lose the only available soldiers."

This is what it means on the surface, but in the dark, Kyle hints at Hughes.

"The naval base is under the jurisdiction of the Navy Headquarters and belongs to the administrative sequence. It will not be mobilized with the transfer of Hughes. The only force that can really be obtained is its own direct warship."

Hearing Kyle's remarks, Hughes couldn't believe that this was a soldier from the Red Dog Fleet. Now he finally understood why the Red Dog had to give Kyle to himself.

If Hughes intends to develop power in Alabasta, Kyle's role is not inferior to that of Zhang Liang and Xiao He, and it is difficult for such a person to play a role in the Red Dog Fleet.

Just when Hughes was thinking about how to start the next work, Kyle put a thick stack of ledgers in front of Hughes.

Hughes asked, "What is this?"

"Ledger, the bribery record of the former base chief." Kyle said with emotion: "The death was too sudden, and there was no time to destroy these things. I really don't understand these people who are corrupt and bribery. It is obviously a shameful thing, and they have to record it specially." come down."

Hughes picked up the ledger and flipped through it. He recorded in detail when and who the former base chief took bribes.

Among these bribery records, there are local officials and some notorious pirate groups. One of the bribery entries called the Baroque Work Agency caught Hughes' attention.

Baroque Works does not belong to the pirate organization, at least not on the surface. He is a secret criminal organization secretly formed by Crocodile, and he claims to be a pirate hunter.

If Hughes remember correctly, the Baroque Work Club has a large number of members, and the secrecy system is very good. Senior cadres are all referred to by code names, and most of them don't even know who the president is.

That's interesting.

Hughes needs to set up a private intelligence system. A complete intelligence system requires not only a lot of money, but also a large number of people.

It is too slow to recruit people privately, and it is necessary to establish a complete organizational structure and train cadres and talents, which will not be difficult to achieve within three to five years.

This is not in line with Hughes' plan. He intends to complete the intelligence system before Luffy goes to sea, take advantage of his control over the plot, and further expand the influence of the intelligence agency.

The Baroque Work Agency gave Hughes an option. If he could replace Crocodile and take over the entire Baroque Work Agency, he would be able to complete the rough prototype of the intelligence agency.

(End of this chapter)