Pirate: This shooter is a bit fierce

After explaining the most important thing about their trip to the Seven Water City, Daro and his companions came to the Lagna Hotel where Gwent was staying.

Using Sofia's excellent camouflage ability and the illusion of the Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit, Daro and his companions successfully bypassed a series of inspections and completed the check-in procedures.

After placing their luggage in their respective rooms, Darrow, wearing a long trench coat with a lapel, a black top hat, and a fake beard, came to the hotel's banquet hall to meet up with everyone else.

Although the naval defense of the Seven Waters City is much stricter than that of other islands, Daro has no intention of staying in the hotel all the time. Since he is here, he naturally wants to understand the local customs and culture of the Seven Waters City.

They disguised themselves as a merchant group from out of town, and boarded a sightseeing boat towed by the swordfish Blu, floating down the city's waterways, enjoying the scenery along the way.

Similar to Venice, the birthplace of capitalism in the past, the City of Seven Waters also has a strong business atmosphere. Various open-air vendors and mobile merchant ships roam the waterways along the way, selling all kinds of snacks and tourist souvenirs.

"Stop, I'm going to buy some tempura. Who wants some?" The greedy Elsa stopped Blue from passing by and stopped accurately in front of a boat selling fried snacks.

After a while of sizzling sounds as the food was thrown into the wok, Elsa, who was leaning over the edge of the boat with one hand, stretched out her other hand and exchanged a few Baileys for a few paper bags of steaming tempura from the boss.

After quickly distributing the remaining portions to her companions, Elsa, who was eager to enjoy the food, couldn't wait to pick up the bamboo stick, picked up a piece of tempura with bubbles on the surface and put it into her mouth.

"Wow, it's so hot!" Elsa, who had no manners when eating, puffed her mouth. After the temperature of the food in her mouth dropped, she started to chew it with big mouthfuls.

"It's delicious!" After tasting the food, Elsa's eyes narrowed into crescent shapes and her face was full of happiness.

"It tastes so fresh, and is perfect as a drink!" Recter also gave the highest praise as a bartender, and at the same time did not forget to use his fruit ability to add some sake to everyone's glasses to prevent his companions from choking.

"This is natural." Sophia explained with a faint smile: "Every year before the arrival of the [Water Gods], the rainfall is accompanied by a magical sea salt ingredient. The dishes cooked with this sea salt have a very sweet taste..."

The taste was indeed very good, which even Daro, who had eaten all kinds of Chinese delicacies in his previous life, could not deny.

But speaking of the [Water Gods], Daro remembered another thing.

"Gwent and Haredas are currently dealing with the matter of the [Water Gods]! How come I haven't seen her for so long?" Darrow seemed very concerned about this companion who had not returned to the team yet.

After all, this person has eaten the Thunder Fruit, a top-level natural entity, and is a top-level combat force in himself.

What's more, sooner or later, Daro and his companions will have to travel to the New World. If there is not even a navigator, the strange weather in the New World will be enough to make things difficult for Daro and his companions.

"After the small sky island Visalia was incorporated into the Sky Kingdom, Gwent and his team expanded the new business of climate regulation in Qinghai, which is said to have generated a lot of revenue for Sky Island." Sophia said as she used her fingers to wipe off the lipstick smudged from the corners of her mouth due to eating.

"Hehe, this Gwent has a lot of tricks up his sleeve." Darrow raised his eyebrows and said in surprise.

Although Darrow did leave Gwent with a series of governance policies before leaving Sky Island, he did not expect that they would be implemented so well afterwards, which far exceeded Darrow's expectations.

"But I'm afraid it won't be so easy to complete their order. It is said that the scale of this [Water Gods] is far larger than the same period, and it may even be the largest tsunami in the past fifty years." Elsa added at the right time.

"Classic!" Daro curled the corner of his mouth and complained in his heart. As a Blue Star person in his previous life, he had heard the words "once in a hundred years" many times.

"Forget it, let's go see if we can help!"

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at the same time.

In the top white building on the dome of the fountain in the City of Seven Waters, several people in white Shipbuilding Association uniforms were sitting around a round table holding a meeting.

These senior executives from major shipbuilding companies and studios not only control the economic lifeline of the entire city, but are also the actual controllers of the [Seven Water City].

And they were sitting here with only one purpose - to discuss how to resist the tsunami caused by the [Water Gods] and to arrange pre-disaster prevention work.

"According to the estimates of the climate experts we invited, the scale of this [Water Gods] will be far greater than in the past, and it may cause a huge impact on the entire city..."

In front of the round table, a man with his hair styled like a hammer was leaning against it. He slammed his big hand on the table and spoke loudly.

"To this end, we must be mentally prepared, evacuate and relocate people from low-lying areas, widen waterways in cities, and reinforce buildings and dams. So I suggest that major shipbuilding companies temporarily put aside their orders and arrange for shipbuilders to carry out pre-disaster prevention work first."

As soon as the old man finished speaking, it was like a spark falling into firewood, which immediately aroused discussions among everyone present.

It stands to reason that in the face of a major disaster, all major shipyards should be in the same boat, but competitors are enemies. It is obviously unrealistic to ask them to put down their work and even risk breach of contract to do these things together.

"We big factories have so many orders that we don't have any extra manpower. In my opinion, these things should be done by small workshops that can't get orders." said a bald man with triangular narrow eyes and a scar on his head.

The person who spoke was the owner of the San Lorenzo Studio. This year, they had received many orders for tour boats from sky people and nobles. The bald old man's words directly provoked a confrontation between large companies and grassroots workshops.

"What are you talking about? Why should you let us do it?" The owner of a small local workshop was unhappy, sticking out his neck like a belligerent rooster.

The others also had their own opinions. Everyone held their own views and no one could convince anyone else. One of the workshop owners who had a good relationship with Tom spoke out bluntly:

"Tom's studio has received a large order and is in need of help. Several of our workshops have already promised Tom, the boss, that we will allocate some staff to help him. We can't help with anything regarding the Water Gods."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone on the scene was in chaos. Some "smart" small workshop owners even secretly reached an agreement with Tom and allocated some staff to help Tom's studio complete the big order.

"This is really..." Tom, who was sitting next to him, said with a wry smile.

Although the urgent manpower problem was solved effortlessly, Tom was also pushed out and became the target of public criticism. Even if the matter of the "Water Gods" could not be negotiated, a large number of casualties would be caused.

Just when everyone was arguing and about to pull out their leather shoes to start a fight, Gwent, who had just returned from an inspection of the coastline, walked into the hall with a heartless step.

"What are you arguing about!" Gwen pulled down her heart-shaped sunglasses and stared fiercely at everyone present with her eyes, her queen's aura clearly revealed.

"Since we have received your money, we will help you solve this matter satisfactorily. Please trust our professionalism and that we are your most reliable companions!"