My partner in One Piece is Esdeath

Chapter 232 Elite Team

The next morning, the news of the assassination of Bingshan, the mayor of the Seven Waters City and the president of Carrera Company, had spread throughout the city. Esdeath immediately realized that CP9 lurking in the city had begun their operation.

In order to ensure that the plan would not be disturbed, Esdeath decided to stay at the scientific force station and go shopping with Annan in the morning.

It was afternoon. In the conference room, Kuromi reported to Esdeath and Annan the recent upgrade work of the Ice and Fire Man without any expression on his face.

The future is unsurprisingly promising. The Ice and Fire Man has transitioned from electrification to automation, and only one person can fully drive the entire ship. The next upgrade will be about weapon intelligence.

Of course, there were still some difficulties during the upgrade process.

Most of the equipment on the Ice and Fire Man requires electrical energy, so a generator is indispensable. However, the generator on the Iceman was an early invention of Dr. Vegapunk and had many flaws. Kuromi has been constantly improving this problem.

"When the Ice Fire Man docked for resupply, I finally discovered a new energy source. After preliminary research, I found that it can completely replace coal, the mainstream fuel for today's naval warships."

Kurome said, putting on the light pressure gloves, a thick dark brown liquid appeared in the holographic projection.

"Well, this isn't the first time I've discovered it." Kuromi said helplessly.

"When I uploaded it to Egghead's cloud database, I found that Dr. Begapunk had already conducted relevant research. He called this liquid 'petroleum'."

Kurome sighed silently.

"Dr. Vegapunk also invented a more advanced generator to use the energy of 'oil' for this purpose... Really, he also changed the public permission of the database to 'Unlocked without discovery', let me go It took a lot of detours.”

"Although I have successfully created a 'petroleum' generator and engine... but I was not the first to discover it, so the reward will be reduced by half." Kuromi said aggrievedly.

"After all, it is a discovery that spans the ages. Even if the bonus is discounted in half, it is already a lot. It can almost catch up with the salary of a lieutenant colonel in the headquarters for ten years." Annan held a large bucket of ice cream in his arms and said while eating.

Not to mention, the ice cream made by the ice cream machine on the Ice and Fire Man tastes really good.

"But I'm still not reconciled. These bonuses are enough for me to buy many, many desserts."

Kurome rubbed her eyes. She had stayed up for several nights working on this invention and felt that she already had dark circles.

"Scientists like you do need to add a lot of sugar to supplement the brain's consumption capacity, but how much can you spend on desserts?" Annan put the ice cream bucket on the table and noticed that there was an ice cream bucket in front of Kurome. Dish cake.

The cake looks a bit plain and simple. It shouldn't cost much, right?

"It's my personal hobby. Eat some high-end desserts." Kuromi took a bite with a fork. Seeing Annan looking towards her, she subconsciously protected the cake.

"This is very expensive, don't think I will share it with you."

"I won't snatch snacks from children." Annan rolled his eyes, "It's just a piece of cake, how much can it cost."

"Ordinary cakes are definitely very cheap, but this is a secret "dessert" made by a senior chef in the New World 'Wanguo'. I often bought it when I was an intern at Egghead, but in the first half of the Grand Line, the shipping cost It’s much more expensive.”

Kuromi said, "The efficiency of today's express delivery companies is really poor. When receiving an order, they swear that it will be delivered on time and there will be no problems. They are not reliable at all. I will call customer service later and ask for a refund!"

"You're right, I support you!" Annan waved an ice cream scoop, "Those express companies that are always delayed are so annoying. I can understand delays due to weather, pirates, etc., but I don't support compensation yet. what happened!"

"That's right! I finally found my soulmate!" Kuromi's eyes lit up, "Those unscrupulous express companies should all close down!"

"Senior chef...Okay, okay, stop talking now and listen to what I have to say."

When Annan and Kuromi complained about the express company, Esdeath held her chin with her right hand and tapped the table with her left hand's fingers.

"The Ice and Fire Man lacks a chef in charge of the dishes. Although Kurome can take over the job of the navigator, your job is still a researcher, and you cannot keep delaying your research. Also, your weather forecast system is indeed reliable in the Grand Line. Not very practical.”

"Don't mention the dark history. Besides, you insisted on letting me take it out and try it." Kurome pushed up the transparent round glasses on the bridge of her nose.

"Also, I am a scientist. I now have a doctorate."

"How can you call a child doctor..." Esdeath looked at Kurome, who was sitting on the chair with her legs swinging, "When you grow to 1.6 meters, I will consider changing my words. "

"It's a bit difficult." Annan touched Kuromi's head.

Kurome was so stunned that her hair exploded, "Don't touch my head, I won't grow taller."

"You can't grow taller without touching me." Annan chuckled, "Now if you want to become taller, you must either turn yourself into a cyborg, or just like Dr. Vegapunk, find a suitable Devil Fruit. "

"I don't want my head to be longer than my body after eating the Devil Fruit." Kurome stuck out his tongue.

"The cook, the navigator, and...the helmsman." Esdeath said, "There seem to be many people on the Ice and Fire Man, but there are very few who are capable."

"The professions you mentioned are all available on the ship." Kurome was a little confused, "I have assigned them all, otherwise the Ice and Fire Man will not be able to start."

Annan obviously understood what Esdeath meant. He was silent for a moment and said, "Do you want to form an elite team?"

"That's right." Esdeath nodded, "Since the fight with the Blackbeard Pirates, I found that with the mainstream organization of our navy, it is difficult to deal with an all-elite pirate group like Blackbeard, especially On the sea.”

With that said, Esdeath took the notebook on her body and handed it to Annan.

"According to my investigations during this period, there are generally two types of dangerous pirate groups in the Grand Line."

Annan flipped through his notebook while Esdeath continued.

"The first type of pirate group has a large number of people, but most of them are not strong. Even ordinary soldiers can easily defeat them... What are you looking at? Turn to the creased page."

Annan opened the notebook, and the first page he opened was a portrait of himself.

No, am I so abstract when I sleep? Annan looked at the simple drawings in his notebook, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said silently in his heart.

Although Esdeath is not very good at art, it is still a bit too difficult to draw a stick figure. If it weren't for his name written on the side, he wouldn't be able to recognize himself.

Annan turned to the creased page, which was filled with Esdeath's notes about the first type of pirate group.

The number of crew members in this type of pirate group ranges from dozens to hundreds to thousands. Except for the captain and mate, the rest of the pirates are all miscellaneous fish. The pirate ships are mostly medium and large wooden sailing ships and move slowly. However, due to the large number of people, once they land on the island and rob civilians, there will be serious consequences.

Moreover, relying on human sea tactics, conventional naval patrol ships cannot engage in boarding battles with them, and the navy stationed on the islands will also face a one-to-many disadvantage.

"This kind of pirate group is easy to deal with because they have a large number of people and conspicuous targets. Multiple warships can chase and intercept them all and wipe them out." Annan said, "And they pose too great a threat to civilians. Once they are found to appear in the World Government, In China’s waters, nearby navies will jointly dispatch.”

"Yes, but the second type of pirate group is very troublesome."

Esdeath said, "This type of pirate group generally has no more than twenty members, and the division of labor is clear, including captain, mate, navigator, cook, ship's doctor, helmsman, shipwright and other professions."

"The most important thing is that they are very powerful. Almost all of them are elites. Even the weakest members among them are captain-level pirates in the first type of pirate group."

"Due to the small number of people, most pirate ships are small sailing ships, and there are even no fixed pirate ships. It is difficult to hit with current naval guns."

Esdeath frowned slightly, "And for these pirates, cannonballs are useless."

"That's true." Annan nodded.

A pirate with a bounty of 70 to 80 million beli, whose swordsmanship or physical skills can already intercept ordinary cannonballs on warships. Ordinary iron cannonballs have no other use besides sinking the opponent's pirate ship. .

A pirate with a bounty on his head was killed by a cannonball... This has never happened before in my memory.

"the most important is."

Esdeath put on the light pressure gloves and began to call up a series of pirate bounty orders.

"Once this kind of all-elite pirate group is allowed to develop, the consequences will be unpredictable."

The holographic projection blurred for a while, and then a familiar face of Zhang Annan popped out.

"'Pirate King' Gold Roger, the Roger Pirates he led during his lifetime, is a standard elite pirate group." Esdeath slid the screen.

"In the 'Att Wall Sea Battle', he defeated the Golden Lion Pirate Fleet Admiral with less and more, and finally became the Pirate King."

"The Four Emperors, 'Red-haired' Shanks, don't need to explain too much. All of his subordinates are famous, and his pirate group is also called the 'Iron Wall' pirate group. And he has never announced the fight for the Four Emperors. It only took six years to become the Four Emperors."

"And the current Blackbeard Pirates..."

"Is this why you want to create an elite team?" Annan pondered for a moment, "Elite versus elite... To be honest, it is not realistic to form such a team."

"Really? Why?" Esdeath raised an eyebrow.

"Why is the 'Iron Wall' Pirates so difficult to deal with? It's because all their members are elite, and in our navy, one elite leads a team."

Annan spread his hands, "So it's essentially one-to-many. One naval elite faces a group of pirate elites."

"Isn't that just right? My elite team can just go up against these pirate elites." Esdeath was eager to give it a try.

"This is not your decision. The headquarters will not be willing to put mid- to high-end combat capabilities in the same team. This will not be able to fully utilize the full strength of these navies."

Annan said with a wry smile.

The sea is too big. If the navy wants to maintain the basic order on the sea, it must deploy all its forces and ensure that the navy is present in key places.

The words spoken by Roger the Pirate King before his death made pirates and would-be pirates all over the world rush to the sea. After the great pirate era began, the navy was unable to even maintain basic order.

The Great Line and the Four Seas were all in crisis. Finally, the Navy gave up the New World World Government and created the Shichibukai. This stabilized the situation on the sea and formed a three-legged state of the Navy, the Shichibukai, and the Four Emperors.

On the sea, the strong are the key to victory or defeat. Once these elite navies are transferred away, there will not be many capable people in the current navy... What if no one takes the lead after these elite navies are transferred? The situation may get out of control again.

"You are so clever that your cleverness has misled you."

After hearing Annan's explanation, Esdeath couldn't help laughing.

"What's so funny about this? What I said is all true." Annan was a little confused. "This is the current situation of the navy, and these elite navy have factions. Your old man only has a few capable people. They all hold important positions, how do you organize it?"

"Oh, I told you, don't always focus on the headquarters." Esdeath snapped her fingers, and a hockey ball hit Annan's forehead, "Don't forget where we came from."

"You mean... the four seas?" Annan rubbed his head, "All the powerful navies from the four seas have come to the headquarters. Who would be like us and insist on visiting all of the South China Sea before going to the headquarters."

"No, I care more about the future development of these people than their current strength." Esdeath shook her finger, "They may not be strong now, but after my training, they will gradually become strong, huh , just like you."

"Ah, I really feel sorry for them." Annan seemed to have thought of something terrible, and raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Then it's decided. The only members of my elite team for the time being are me, you, and...Clo."

Esdeath touched his chin, "Since he has eaten a very practical Devil Fruit, I will raise the bar for him."

"Cloe also ate a devil fruit?" Annan was a little surprised, "What kind of ability is it?"

"The Anchor Fruit is related to teleportation." Esdeath waved his hand, "You can ask him later about his specific abilities. I will send the application report to the old man."

"So vigorous and resolute, I even forgot to take my notebook." Annan looked at Esdeath who left quickly and opened the notebook.

"Look carefully, this stick figure looks a bit like me!"