Chapter 319 Kizaru seemed to have said the same thing at the beginning
A large area of the bridge collapsed, and the entire bridge deck fell into the sea, splashing huge waves. Although the pirates were panicked, they still remembered to take a deep breath in the air and prepare to hold their breath and swim.
However, most people were injured the moment the bridge entered the water, and were swept down by the waves. Their will to survive made them struggle to swim upwards.
Shark Chili also fell down holding Tom. The moment he entered the water, he almost thought he was going to be broken into pieces. He even had the illusion that he heard the sound of porcelain breaking.
Well, the next second Shark Chili knew that it was not an illusion. He looked up and saw Tom broken into more than a dozen pieces on the sea, and then sank down with a gurgling sound.
Shark Chili frantically grabbed piece of Tom one by one, and only floated to the surface of the sea after making sure that nothing was lost or missed. He swam to the vicinity of the giant shark, let the giant shark dive, and then started to put the puzzle together over its head.
Others also felt the vibration under their feet and watched in amazement as that section of the bridge broke off and fell. Fortunately, their section of the bridge did not collapse, but had separated from the main body of the bridge to become a small independent section.
Zhang Da also saw Shark Chili and Tom falling together. He took out his sword in a hurry, slashed left and right, and rushed to the bridge cleanly and neatly.
The pirates who were not blocking the road panicked and turned around to run, but were shocked to find that Zhang Da had passed them directly, and only stopped when he reached the bridge, shouting in his iron block: "Shark Chili! Tom! How are you?"
Zhang Da was mainly worried about Shark Chili. With so many rocks and wood falling down, one hit would be no joke. Tom would not be crushed to death, but Shark Chili might be scrapped if he was not careful.
Shark Chili had just put Tom's fragments together and replied, "I'm fine, but Tom doesn't seem to be in good condition..."
Before he finished speaking, Tom sat up in a daze. Feeling a little awkward, he adjusted the direction of his nose.
Shark Chili was stunned, then changed his words: "Uh...it doesn't seem to be a bad thing...we'll go back right away!"
"I'm glad you're okay." Zhang Da heaved a sigh of relief, and then he felt someone chopping his back and the back of his head with a knife.
"Thunder Crescent Slash!" Zhang Da also turned around and violently released magic power to swing out a golden crescent-shaped slash.
The pirates who were hit fell to the ground, and only then did they hear Zhang Daye's next words: "The scars on the back are the shame of a swordsman, understand? And you cut my back, my clothes are also expensive!"
The pirates were in tears. They thought he was just a normal person with a little more strength, but he turned out to be an invulnerable monster. Are there any normal people in this tour group?
Shark Chili and Tom wasted a little time to make the pirates floating on the sea lose their combat effectiveness, and then let the shark giant throw them back to the bridge again.
This time there was no accident. Shark Chili successfully joined the battlefield. He knocked down more than a dozen people nearby with a "water strike" move after landing. Then he tried to use various "straight punches" in Murloc Karate as range skills to hit people from a distance.
Zhang Daye, Altria, Rui Mengmeng and Brooke fought steadily with swords, Ye Yan wielded his Zen staff and gradually regained his confidence in physical skills while beating up weak opponents, and Wendy used her offensive magic one move at a time...
The pirates have gradually lost their will to fight. On the one hand, the enemy is too strong, and on the other hand, Captain Creek, who was once the strongest in their eyes, has never stood up again since he knelt down.
Because no one seemed to need help, Perona, out of boredom, learned on her own an unethical behavior in online games - guarding a corpse.
Several negative ghosts were cruelly manipulated to line up and torture Crick. Tom squatted on the side and watched with interest, and occasionally he would laugh and hit the ground because of a funny remark Crick made.
With all the cadres defeated and the captain kneeling and offline, the pirates lost the will to resist. Even if they wanted to escape, one end was blocked by Altria and the other end had just collapsed. Not everyone dares to try high diving from a platform of dozens or hundreds of meters.
Just like that, after Zhang Daye and his men worked for a while, there was no pirate standing on the bridge anymore.
"Finally the fight is over." Zhang Da also took out a folding stool and knocked out Creek who was being tortured by Perona. He ignored her dissatisfied expression and said, "It would be great if I had a Conqueror Haki. I could glare at the soldiers and make them all fall down. It's not as bad as Ye Yan's Soul-Calming Gong."
Having said that, Zhang Da also knew that it would be a blessing for him to learn Armament Haki and Observation Haki, but as for someone like him who had no big ambitions, he had better forget about learning Conqueror Haki.
"You really never forget to step on me." Ye Yan came over, took out a book from his cassock and threw it to Zhang Daye, "Sui Feng Er got the list you asked for, but it seems it is no longer useful now."
"It's really not needed." Zhang Da flipped through it casually. It recorded the workers' numbers, names, origins and other information. Many of the first names were crossed out, and they must have passed away.
"From the moment Creek lets them make the choice, I will treat those who are willing to be pirates as pirates, and those who are unwilling to be pirates, even if they were pirates before, I am willing to give them a chance."
This seemed unfair to many people, and they joined Creek's gang because they were unwilling to endure oppression.
But these people did not hesitate when Creek ordered the attack, and they adapted to their identities as pirates very quickly. There is nothing to say, because they have to bear the consequences of their own choices.
Zhang Da also tore up the list in front of the workers and shouted to them: "Hey, listen up! We are bounty hunters and we are not interested in liberating you!
However, since we just fought with more than 2,000 pirates, we are already very tired and need to rest for at least half a day. After we have rested, the navy will almost come to receive these pirates. During this period, we will never let any pirate leave, and even if the pirates escape, we will catch them back!
Although the keys to your shackles were left here by the pirates, and the pirates on those pirate ships have been cleared out by us, the food reserves are basically full, and we have sea charts and compasses, but you must not use the keys to open the shackles yourself during this time, and do not take the opportunity to escape on those fifteen ships!"
After saying that, Zhang Daye and his men dragged Creek and Ajin, the two people with bounties, off the bridge and back to the Amber, leaving only the Flag Demon to observe in secret to prevent any accidents.
After they left, the workers were silent for a while, and then began to whisper and discuss louder. The guards were all killed, and the pirates who killed the guards were also killed. This was the best opportunity for them to escape.
"But didn't those terrible people just tell us not to run away?" There were nearly two thousand laborers in the room, so some of them were smart.
Fortunately, the IQ of these people has not dropped altogether:
"They want us to get the key to open the shackles ourselves and then leave on the pirate ship, right?"
"There is no shortage of food on those pirate ships, and even the sea charts are prepared for us, so we can leave before the navy gets here."
"So, they are actually our benefactors?"
"No, the benefactor didn't want to have anything to do with us. We just took advantage of their rest time to escape. Just remember what happened today."
"We must obey our benefactor and never become pirates."
Looking at the members of the Creek Pirates lying on the bridge, the workers swallowed their saliva. Needless to say, they didn't dare to be pirates. Bounty hunters were too scary...
Finally, after fully understanding what Zhang Daye said, the laborers took action, opening their shackles one by one and preparing to board the ship.
Although the scaffolding was cut down by Altria, there are still many cranes here, so there is still a way to go down.
The workers boarded the boat and set sail according to the route marked by Shark Chili on the nautical chart.
The fifteen ships started moving one after another, forming an uneven formation and heading due north. Two hours later, they all turned their rudders and headed east.
After making sure that no one was chasing them, the workers ate the freshly prepared food, crying and laughing.
The navy arrived at the scene just before dark. This time they arrived on a medium-to-large warship, and the commander was a man with lavender hair and a green scarf.
"I'm Colonel Brin Brin of the 77th Navy Branch. Are you the Amber Tour Group?" Colonel Brin Brin spoke with a peculiar accent, sounding a bit like an opera singer reciting.
"It's us." Zhang Da also said, "Captain Creek of the Creek Pirates, Captain Akin, the other more than a thousand pirates, plus more than a thousand laborers who just joined the pirate group, a total of more than two thousand people, all are here."
Colonel Brin Brin glanced at Creek and Ajin, who were thrown on the deck by Zhang Daye, and then looked at the collapsed bridge. His expression was very shocked. "Although I have heard about it once in Den Den Mushi, could you please tell me what happened again?"
"Of course, no problem." Zhang Da also said, "We arrived at Taichila Wolf yesterday. After hearing that this was a bridge that had been under construction for 700 years, we decided to take a look. After explaining our purpose, we were warmly received by the guards."
Brin Brin nodded. He had heard that this tour group was traveling around the world, so it was reasonable for them to be curious when they encountered such a building that could be called a wonder.
"Who knew that the Creek Pirates would attack here today, killing all the guards and inciting the laborers to join the pirates."
Cold sweat oozed from Brin Brin's forehead, and he felt a little scared. There were more than 3,000 laborers here, and if Creek succeeded, they would immediately become a super large pirate group of 4,000 to 5,000 people. By then, there might not be a single naval branch in the entire East China Sea that could be his enemy.
"More than a thousand laborers immediately decided to join them. We were planning to leave, but when we saw the pirates doing such a thing so brazenly, we immediately decided to join the battle. Unfortunately, we arrived too late, and all the guards had died when we joined the battlefield. Fortunately, we still had some strength, and after a hard fight, we finally defeated the two thousand people of the Creek Pirates."
"Ten... ten against two thousand?" Colonel Brin Brin swallowed, feeling that his imagination was not enough. "How did they do that?"
The soldiers behind Brin Brin also opened their mouths wide. This was impossible no matter how you looked at it, right?
Zhang Da also said: "This is a matter of tactics. We need to defeat the enemy with fewer people. If it's ten against two thousand, then one person can defeat two hundred people on average."
"So it's used for tactics." Colonel Brin Brin nodded subconsciously, and then roared with the soldiers, "What kind of tactics is this!!!"
"Ahem... I'm sorry I lost my composure because I was so shocked." Colonel Brin Brin realized his impoliteness, "Then I would like to ask those laborers who did not join the pirates..."
"I'm very sorry about this. We needed to rest after the war, and those workers took the opportunity to escape on the pirate ship brought by Creek. We were powerless to stop them. Also, we were powerless to stop the damage to the bridge."
Zhang Da also spoke with confidence about the damage to the bridge. He was really powerless to stop it, and even now he didn't know how Tom managed to collapse such a big bridge.
"Please don't mind this matter. You have done your best." Colonel Blin Blin expressed his understanding. A battle of ten against two thousand must have been extremely difficult, but Mr. Zhang Daye made it a light blow. He was able to go to such lengths to capture pirates, and he was worthy of being a man who could forge friendship with the generals of this headquarters.
"I'm glad you understand. What are we going to do with these people?" Zhang Da also said, "I'm afraid you can't take so many people with just one warship."
"In fact, I only need to take Creek and the demon Ajin away." Brin Brin said, "I will contact the World Government to take over the rest."
Zhang Da also thought about it and it made sense. These small fry were definitely not qualified to enter Impel Down. Even if the navy took them away, they would be sent back in no time. It would be better to let the World Government take them in directly instead of going through all this trouble. Counting the number of people, this time it was equivalent to the loss of more than a thousand workers, which didn't seem like a big loss.
Brin Brin asked, "Did you notice the direction in which those workers fled?"
"They were heading due north." Zhang Da was not making this up. Calculating the time, those people should have turned around long ago. If the navy chased them towards the north, they would definitely get nothing.
Brin Brin nodded. He didn't dare to chase for the time being. He was not brave enough to have a warship chasing fifteen pirate ships.
"You go get the bounty, and the others salvage the pirates from the sea and use those cranes to transport them to the bridge."
Colonel Brin Brin arranged the work and also handed over the bounty to Zhang Da.
The total bounty for Creek and Ajin is just over 10 million, which is too little.
In fact, those fifteen ships were a huge sum of money. It was a pity that they could not stay if they wanted to save those people. Although Zhang Da felt a little sad, he still felt it was worth it.
"By the way, it's getting late. You all have helped me so much this time. A small reward is not enough to express my gratitude. How about we have dinner on the warship? Our chef is pretty good."
Colonel Brin Brin made the invitation. He thought that the Amber Tour Group should be given more recognition and rewards, but unfortunately he did not have much authority and could only apply for it later. However, it was no problem to invite a few people to dinner to express gratitude and enhance friendship.
Altria's eyes lit up, and the ahoge on her head was eager to try. She remembered that the food on the warship tasted good, and the portions were large and filling!
Zhang Da also felt that this sounded familiar. It seemed that Kizaru had said the same thing back then?
