Chapter 234: First appearance in newspaper
What Tom meant by catching a bluefish was probably to steal one from the store that rented bluefish.
Obviously he also knew that this was wrong, otherwise there would be no need to be so secretive.
Of course Ye Yan couldn't let Tom do such a thing, so he decided to pull Tom aside to have a chat. Anyway, he couldn't sleep late at night, and he was free during the night watch, so he might as well tell Tom about his favorite performance art. Maybe Tom, this magical cat, could understand it?
"Tom, do you know Amway?" Ye Yan was very interested. "The so-called performance art is not just as simple as changing clothes, but you have to devote yourself to the work wholeheartedly..."
Tom listened to Ye Yan talk about his various experiences for half an hour in a daze, and then his eyelids began to droop.
"Are you sleepy already?"
Tom nodded subconsciously.
"Well, good night."
Tom nodded again, walked back to his room as if sleepwalking, and fell straight into his little nest.
After a few seconds, he stood up again, went to Zhang Daye's bed, helped tuck in the corners of the quilt, yawned, and turned back to his own nest.
Zhang Da also felt Tom covering him with a blanket while half asleep and half awake, and murmured, "Thank you, Tom."
Tom waved without looking back, crawled into his little quilt and fell asleep soundly.
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The next morning, when Zhang Da woke up, he saw Tom sitting in his little nest with his chin in his hand, looking like he was thinking.
"Tom? What are you thinking about?"
Tom shook his head. He felt like he wanted to eat something yesterday, but he couldn't remember it after waking up.
Zhang Da also advised: "If you can't remember, don't think about it. We are going to the Food City today. There are so many delicious foods. Why bother about which one to choose?"
Tom thought it made sense, and quickly followed Zhang Da to wash up.
After breakfast, everyone was getting ready to set off when a newspaper gull circled and landed.
Zhang Da also took out a coin and threw it into the cash box, exchanging it for a newspaper.
As expected, today's headlines belong to Tom, the world's number one shipbuilder. In addition to praising Tom highly, the second half of the article also focuses on the story of how the old judge withstood tremendous pressure and resolutely changed the verdict for the people of the Seven Waters ten years ago.
Perhaps he wanted to tell people how wise the officials of our World Government are and how much they care about the people. If the Seven Water City can be revitalized, at least half of the credit will belong to the World Government.
"Emm...should we say that such reports are reasonable and logical?" Zhang Da also shook the newspaper and read it carefully again, wanting to find fault, but he found that every word was true.
Finally, he could only sigh: "This writer is very good."
Rui Mengmeng didn't quite understand this and asked, "How high is it?"
"It's about as high as a four or five-story building." Zhang Da also said it, but unfortunately no one understood his joke.
At this moment, Tom suddenly became very happy because he saw himself on the back of the newspaper. He quickly snatched the newspaper from Zhang Daye and turned it over to show everyone.
It turned out that there was a news item on the back of the newspaper about CP5 commanding a fleet to attack the judicial ship. Because the angle of the photo was well chosen, the Amber was successfully captured on camera.
The statue of Tom on the bow and the flag with Tom's head painted on the mast were particularly eye-catching, but the faces of the people in the battle were not captured in the photo.
But this piece of news is a bit exaggerated, because even if CP5 has a confused leader, they will not be defeated by a small tour group.
The truth of the matter is that the powerful firepower of the judicial ship suppressed an entire temporarily seconded "civilian fleet", and Colonel Soissos commanded well. Under the cover of Colonel Soissos not only saved themselves, but also cooperated with the navy to make some contribution in the battle.
Afterwards, the World Government commended the Amber Tour Group for their brave behavior, rectified the foolish CP5, praised Colonel Soissos for protecting the judicial ship and civilian property, and planned to promote his rank to brigadier general.
"Good fellow, Spandam has been blamed for this, and Colonel Soissos has gotten a lot of credit for nothing. No wonder we were compensated so much. If ordinary people who don't know the truth saw this, they would probably think that we were the protected party and that we were only able to help the navy a little because of luck."
Rui Mengmeng was a little dissatisfied with this fake news : "Ah? This distortion of the facts is too much, shouldn't we expose them?"
Shark Chili is more open-minded: "The World Government is the ruler, so it's not surprising that they do such things to maintain their glorious image. Some countries will even tamper with history to achieve certain goals."
Zhang Da also glanced at Shark Chili. Is this considered self-mockery?
Ye Yan said indifferently: "This is also good. It can make many people misjudge our strength. The routine of pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger is very popular."
However, his true nature was exposed in his next sentence: "Besides, they paid so much hush money, so don't take it too seriously, it's just a little reputation!"
"Yo hoo hoo~ It's a pity that I didn't show my face. Ah, although I don't have a face anymore..."
Zhang Da also touched Tom's head and said, "Now Tom has become a celebrity cat again. Although his name is not mentioned above, his appearance has been remembered by people, right?"
Tom immediately imagined walking down the red carpet, being photographed, throwing money around, and being accompanied by two model cats.
In fact, he was overthinking it. First of all, many people only read the headlines. They would not pay attention to the news that was deliberately arranged in an inconspicuous page. That is why some people are keen to grab the headlines.
Secondly, even if people see this news, most of them will just laugh at the idiots of CP5 and at most just watch the fun and move on.
Most of the people who noticed the Amber were familiar faces.
For example, Vice Admiral Gion, she recognized Tom's statue and flag at a glance: "I heard that they went on a sea trip some time ago and have already reached the Seven Water City. Did they deal with more than 30 warships? It wouldn't be strange if it was them."
As for what was said in the news about relying on the powerful firepower of the judicial ship, she didn't believe it at all. People at her level knew very well what kind of firepower the judicial ship had.
Although it's a pity that Altria did not join the navy, it's still gratifying to see her helping the World Government to save the Judiciary Ship.
"Gion, you are smiling so happily, is there any good news?"
"Sister He, do you still remember the tavern in the Sabaody Archipelago?"
"I have some impression that many wanted criminals were captured in Shampoo Land, but there seems to be no news recently."
"Isn't this their news?" Lieutenant General Gion showed the newspaper to Lieutenant General Tsuru.
Vice Admiral Tsuru quickly read through it and smiled: "It seems that the bad boy's reason for refusing to join the navy was not made up. He really came out to travel and really did what he could."
