Life Players in Pirates

"Let me introduce you again. My name is Coleman. I am the commander of the Rogue Town Naval Base and a lieutenant colonel." Coleman stood still on the school field and said, "What about you?"

"Well" Jiang Ke was not around, and Bucky suddenly felt that he had lost most of his courage. Seeing the navy in front of him, he almost wanted to leave first.

But he persisted in the end: "Bucky"

"Do you need any weapons?" Coleman asked.

"No need." Bucky shook his head. In fact, he didn't know anything. He was very weak in boxing and kicking skills. He also couldn't use the most common knife in the world. He often used a dagger to sneak attack people. He can survive until now because of his luck. .

"Then, let's get started." Coleman wanted to see the strength of this Devil Fruit user before deciding whether to recommend him to the Navy Headquarters or stay at the East China Sea Base.

At this moment, the trumpet above them buzzed for a moment, then rang.

"Is there a pirate invasion?" Coleman's expression suddenly became serious. After all, the purpose of this broadcast is to report the news of the pirate attack.

Then, he heard a young and clear voice coming from the radio: "Hey, hey, hey, how are you, how much is good?"

"There are forty-eight speakers in total, and thirty-seven are still available," another voice said.

"Jiang Ke" Bucky was surprised. Isn't this Jiang Ke's voice? What is he going to do?

"It's that kid." Coleman thought for a moment and shook his head. Their world didn't pay attention to the role of public opinion at all. Even issuing a wanted order was self-defeating. This shows how backward the Navy is in the battle of public opinion.

If it were a modern society, if someone tampered with the broadcast casually, I'm afraid the management would have complained.

But here, Coleman didn't take it seriously, and Pani was also interested in knowing what Jiang Ke was going to do.

"In the year 1500 of the A.D., the Pirate King Gol Roger surrendered to the navy and was executed in the Execution Square of Roger Town..."

"Well" Coleman's eyes narrowed, feeling that something was not quite right. After all, it involved the Pirate King, so there was no guarantee that this was not a conspiracy by the pirates.

He turned to look at Bucky. If the broadcast was going to say something treacherous, he promised to kill the Demon Fruit user as soon as possible.

"Let the merits and demerits of One Piece be evaluated by future generations. Today, we have compiled some data and want to share them with all the citizens of Rogge Town."

"This data comes from distress signals received by the naval base, military dispatch records and bounty records. It is absolutely true. Anyone who has any questions can come to the naval base to inquire."

"From 1500 to 1508 now, there were 3644 pirate attacks in the entire East China Sea, with the highest number in 1502 at 746 and the lowest in 1507 at 213."

"It turns out there have been so many pirate attacks in the past eight years." Because the Pirate King was executed here, the broadcasting facilities in Rogge Town are quite complete. Even if a few are broken, it will not affect the sound of Jiang Ke's voice. Spread throughout the island.

Therefore, millions of people across the island were listening to this speech.

"I thought it happened very rarely."

"That's because we are in Rogge Town, so we are attacked less often. I have a brother who runs a boat outside. He told me that their merchant ships encounter pirates in two out of three trips."

"In the eight years from 1492, when Columbus discovered the New World, to 1500, the number of pirate attacks in the entire East China Sea was: 424."

"Wow!" Coleman was shocked by this number, and the townspeople were even more surprised. What kind of concept is this? After the One Piece incident, the number of pirate attacks increased nearly ten times.

"From 1500 to 1508, the number of people who died due to pirate attacks can be clearly counted: 296 million, of which 12 were under 26 years old, and 65 were over 17 years old."

“1492年至1500年，这个数字为22万，年龄在12岁以下的为1722，65岁以上的人数为664”

"You bastard!" An old man who lost his beloved son to a pirate attack burst into tears all of a sudden.

"Sorry, you are not welcome in our store." In a certain hotel, a store owner with red eyes shouted to the table full of pirates.

"Bastard, do you want to die?" Seven or eight pirates pulled out their knives, and put the shining blade on the shopkeeper's neck. He could already feel the shopkeeper's trembling body, and he might fall to the ground in the next second.

"Kill him. This is how my father died back then. I am worthy of the honor of the Kyle family by dying under your sword," the middle-aged shopkeeper shouted.

The pirate wanted to cut him down, but was held back by another pirate.

He glanced around, and the diners next to him all looked at them with red eyes. They didn't dare to resist, but they could vent their dissatisfaction with their hateful eyes.

If you have the guts, kill everyone.

The radio outside is still ringing.

"There are a total of 142 villages that were massacred by pirates. I will read out the names of these villages one by one..."

"Buji Village on Roman Island has a registered population of 142 households. In June 1501, the Blood Knife Pirates landed in Buji Village. The people of Buji refused to provide food to the pirates and were massacred. There were 6 households in the village, 142 Everyone was killed and no one was spared.”

"Nara Village on Balu Island is famous as the birthplace of shogi in the East China Sea. It has a registered population of 227 households. In September of the 1501st year of the Hainan calendar, the Babam Pirates failed to invite the genius of the Nara family to board the ship and killed him. All 227 people from 164 households were killed, and no one was spared..."

"I asked why no one from the Nara family suddenly participated in the shogi competition. It turned out to be..." In a certain chess hall, a middle-aged chess player dropped the chess pieces in his hand tremblingly: "I want to defeat the Nara family. It’s a pity that I don’t have a chance in this life.”

Rogge Town has always been very prosperous. As the great waterway and the hub of the East China Sea, it has naturally become an extremely critical cargo distribution center. In addition, pirates in the entire East China Sea have to enter the great waterway from here, which has also created this place. The development of service industry.

Moreover, Roge Town holds various competitions all year round, such as shogi competitions, cooking competitions, flower card competitions, etc., which makes Roge Town's cultural industry quite rich.

Every hour of every day, Rogge Town is filled with a bustling hustle and bustle.

But today was an exception. During the sound of the radio broadcast, the entire Rogge Town fell silent.

A pirate ship docked at the shore of Rogge Town, and then several tall and strong pirates jumped off.

The leader had the trademark red hair, and there were three eye-catching claw marks on the corner of his left eye, but the most conspicuous thing was the missing arm.

"It's been a long time since I've been here." Shanks sighed with emotion as he looked at this city that had not changed much in the past eight years. He wanted to put on his hat, but unexpectedly it came up empty.

"Ouch, I forgot all about it"

"Captain, I feel like the atmosphere here is wrong." Vice-captain Beckman pointed at the people on the shore. Only then did Shanks realize that none of the Rogue Town residents who would have run away even if they were not welcomed in the past were running away now. , no one came to greet them, they just stood silently on the road, looking at Shanks and his group indifferently.

So what if they are the Four Emperors? The townspeople don't know them, so naturally they won't be afraid of them.

Furthermore, even if you know, so what, if the people are not afraid of death, why should they be afraid of death?

"Barbeque Island, an island rich in barbecue, is the seat of the Akimichi family, a famous chef in the East China Sea. In July of the year 1502 in the Hainan calendar, the Giant Ax Pirates failed to invite Akimichi to board the ship, so they launched an attack on Barbeque Island. In this battle, the Akimichi family of Barbeque Island As well as various chefs, helpers, tourists and villagers working in the barbecue industry, all 4468 people were massacred, and no one was spared."

The sound of the radio continued.

Beckman looked at Shanks, who nodded: "It should be the Giant Ax Pirates."

"So Yakiniku Island has been destroyed?" the chef on the ship sighed. After they defeated the Giant Ax Pirates, they got a lot of books about Yakiniku. Originally, he was thinking of going to Yakiniku Island to communicate with the Akimichi family. The art of barbecue.

"But, what is going on here?" Shanks is not an idiot like Bucky, so he naturally senses that something is wrong with the atmosphere here, and Beckman is one of the rare wise men in the entire pirate world, and he understands this after a moment's thought. There is a deeper meaning behind the action.

"The navy on the island wants to mobilize the residents of the whole town to reject the pirates," Beckman said. "If they relied solely on the navy, they would never be able to finish such a large Rogge Town."

Just like in the original work, the Straw Hat Boys' ships were parked on the shore, and the navy didn't even realize that this was true.

"But if the townspeople in Rogge Town also start to reject the pirates and refuse to provide them with food and supplies..."

"I'm afraid it's really impossible for a pirate to leave Rogue Town and go to the Great Channel in the future," Shanks continued.

"Then we" Beckman certainly realized the danger of this approach, not in the East China Sea, but in its replicability.

This can be done with the East China Sea, and the same can be done with the West Sea, South China Sea, and North Sea. When no more pirates enter the Great Sea Route from all over the world, the pirates will have to rely on the Great Water Route, which occupies less than one-tenth of the entire world, for blood transfusion.

And under this kind of propaganda, pirates who originally pursued freedom may also join the naval camp that fights against pirates. If the situation changes, the pirates can survive for a few more years.

This is a desperate plan

He is not a nosy person, but Shanks has just met a child with the potential of being a pirate king. If the East China Sea really reaches that point, how will that pirate go to sea?

The most important point is that Shanks clearly felt that what the Navy was doing was not wrong, but he just unconsciously wanted to stop him.

"Go to the naval base" Shanks decided: "That man cannot stay in the navy"