Chapter 410 Brigadier General Vergo
"Miss Tina? I haven't seen you for a while. How are you doing recently? Is Mr. Zephyr okay? Is Smoker still asking for a beating?" Zhang Da didn't know what Tina's military rank was, so he could only call her Miss for the time being.
Den Den Mushi suddenly began to imitate Smoker's expression and said unhappily, "Hey, I'm listening!"
"Ha, that's great. This way I won't be saying bad things about you behind your back." Zhang Da also laughed, "By the way, do you want to buy some cigars? We don't have much stock of special cigars left."
"No need for that. I have something serious to tell you this time." Smoker refused. The cigar tasted good, but he couldn't afford it. One hundred thousand Baileys a stick was too much.
If you don't buy it, it's worthless. Zhang Da said ruthlessly: "Forget it, let Miss Tina do the real work. Her voice is much better than yours."
“You bastard…”
"Hehe... " Tina chuckled and pushed Smoker away, "Thank you for your concern. Teacher Zefa has been very energetic recently and is now preparing for the training of the next batch of students."
"Next issue?"
"Yes, Smoker and I have successfully graduated, and thanks to you, we were awarded the rank of captain right after graduation. Tina is very grateful." Tina knew that this was closely related to the incident of the hundreds of Baroque Works agents that Whiskey Hill received. Although those people were not arrested by them personally, they still benefited from it.
" Congratulations." Zhang Da was not really sure what it meant to become a captain right out of the training camp, but judging from Tina's reaction, it should be pretty good. "Then what was the serious matter that Smoker was talking about just now?"
"It's about Gaya Island. We are the ones responsible for escorting the pirates to Gaya Island this time." Tina said, "In addition, Marshal Sengoku plans to build a naval branch there, and we are responsible for leading people to investigate the situation nearby."
"Establishing a naval branch? Will you two just become base commanders?"
"No, we are not qualified enough. We are just responsible for helping to establish the branch." Tina said, "The base commander is Brigadier General Vergo who was transferred from the G-5 branch in the New World."
"Oh..." Zhang Da also felt that it was not reliable for a captain to be the base commander, but this brigadier general sounded familiar, so he asked, "Who did you say just now?"
"Brigadier General Vergo." Tina thought Zhang Da also felt that a Brigadier General was not high enough to be the base commander, so she introduced him:
"Although Commodore Vergo only joined the Navy four years ago, he has always been very active. A year later, he was transferred to the G-5 branch in the New World. He also made many contributions in such a harsh environment, so he was promoted to the position of Commodore in just four years."
"You seem to know him very well." Zhang Da could also hear the admiration in Tina's tone, but...that guy is an undercover agent!
"In fact, I haven't met Commodore Vergo either, but just from his resume I know he's a very capable marine. I also heard that he's very capable, humble, and approachable. He's qualified to be the base commander. Tina is looking forward to it."
Zhang Da also said: "If he is such an outstanding person, I am also looking forward to meeting this brigadier general."
Although he knew that Vergo was an undercover sent by Doflamingo to the Navy, Zhang Da didn't know how to expose him, after all, he had no basis for it. And he was now a rear admiral, so he couldn't just use force.
After thinking about it, Zhang Da decided to put it aside for the time being. Anyway, before Doflamingo had any important mission, Vergo would not be in any danger. At most, he would just secretly transmit information, which would not cause any harm to the residents of this island for the time being.
Next, Zhang Da confirmed Tina's itinerary and asked her to help apply for a few pairs of seastone handcuffs. He only had two pairs, which were not enough at the critical moment.
Zhang Da also hung up the phone and said to Ye Yan and Wendy, "We have to stay here for a few more days. Shark Chili has just asked those pirates that it will take four days to store the records of Gaya Island."
Of course, these four days still have to be used for training. Although he had said in front of the pirates before that he would not be afraid even if Big Mom came, in fact, it would still be a bit troublesome if a full-scale war really started.
The high-end combat power is not a big deal, but the real trouble is that the aunt has more than a hundred children. Although not every one of them is very strong, the number of middle-level combat power is so large that it makes people's scalp numb. If you confront them rashly, you may be in danger of casualties.
Therefore, exercise must not be neglected.
When the purchasing team returned, there were several more fruit mountains on the coast. Everyone gathered around the fruit mountains and worked hard to sort the fruits.
Those that are easy to preserve can be put aside for now, and those that are not easy to preserve can be stuffed into Altria's mouth, or given to Tom to squeeze into juice and feed to Kalu.
However, by the end of the screening, Kalu was already full of juice, and no one could find any fruit with special patterns.
"Quack~" Kalu lay on the ground sideways and raised one wing, indicating that he really couldn't drink anymore.
"Kalu!" Weiwei touched Kalu's belly worriedly and looked at Wendy for help.
"He just drank too much. He'll be fine after a while." Wendy said, "If you want to relieve it, do you want to try inducing vomiting?"
Kalu jumped up with a 'quack', covered his mouth with his wings in fear, and shook his head desperately. It was such delicious juice, I drank so much with great difficulty, how could I just spit it out!
"Kalu~" Weiwei put her hands on her hips, unable to do anything about Kalu.
Tom patted Carew on the back, pointed to the sea, and told him to do some exercise to help digest the food.
Kalu nodded, ran quickly to the shore, stretched his wings above his head, dived down, and swam freestyle using the standard posture Tom had taught him.
Tom nodded with satisfaction. Weiwei sighed helplessly and thought, "Forget it. He looks so energetic, so he must be fine."
"Boss, it seems there isn't any." Rui Mengmeng put the last piece of fruit away.
"It seems that I don't have that good luck." Speaking of luck, Zhang Da also looked at Altria who was happily eating the fruit, and felt that maybe her luck was at work. After all, it would be a waste for delicious fruits to turn into unpalatable devil fruits.
Altria noticed Zhang Tatsuya's gaze and thought he was disappointed, so she comforted him: "Don't be discouraged, Tatsuya, at least the fruits we bought are delicious."
As she spoke, she stuffed a peach into Zhang Daye's hand and said, "Try this, it's very sweet."
The search for the Dark-Dark Fruit came to an end for the time being, and Zhang Da was not too disappointed. Anyway, Ye Yan didn't need the Dark-Dark Fruit to transform, so he could practice slowly on his own. In this regard, Zhang Da could also provide Ye Yan with some motivation, such as being more ruthless next time they practice.
…
The next morning, Tom was not crushed into a cat pancake. Instead, he and Zhang Da sat up, stretched and yawned at the same time.
The two looked at each other in silence and walked towards the bathroom with sleepy eyes.
"Good morning, Wendy and Xia Lulu." Zhang Da also saw Wendy and Xia Lulu who got up at the same time.
Tom, without even taking off his nightcap, waved casually as a greeting.
"Good morning, Brother Tatsuya, good morning, Tom!" Wendy was very energetic.
"Good morning." Xia Lulu asked, "Why are you two so listless?"
"Haaa~" Zhang Da also yawned, "I was bored last night, so I told Tom a ghost story. He was so scared that he shook for half the night, and I didn't sleep well either."
Tom half closed his eyes, not showing any embarrassment, because he was still in a trance and hardly noticed what Zhang Da was saying.
"You deserve this," Xia Lulu complained, "Don't you know that Tom is afraid of ghosts?"
"Yeah, but I also know Tom likes to listen to ghost stories." Zhang Da also said that this is because Tom is both naive and playful.
Of course, Zhang Da also laughed happily when he scared Tom. He didn't sleep well, which was a case of extreme happiness and sorrow. It was his own fault. When they were free, they always helped each other.
The four of them walked into the bathroom together and stood in a row in front of the sink. Tom and Xia Lulu needed to stand on a stool. Zhang Da squeezed a line of toothpaste for Tom and Wendy squeezed a line of toothpaste for Xia Lulu.
The two people and two cats started brushing their teeth in front of the mirror in unison. White foam filled their mouths in the mirror, which was very funny.
"Gulululu...Puff~" Even the final action of tilting the head back to rinse the mouth and spit out the mouthwash is the same.
After washing up, Tom went straight to the kitchen. By this time, Rui Mengmeng had almost prepared the ingredients, so the two of them just had to cook breakfast together.
Wendy and Xia Lulu were responsible for waking Perona up while the other was responsible for helping Vivi drag Kalu out of the doghouse.
The two people on the ship who have trouble getting up always make a fuss when they get up almost every day, and occasionally they even ask to take a nap.
Of course, no one needed to worry about Altria, as she had already finished washing up and was probably now in her room, carefully braiding her somewhat complicated hairstyle in front of the mirror.
Although she sometimes lets her hair down or simply ties it into a ponytail, most of the time Altria will still spend some time braiding her hair. For her, being able to do such things leisurely means that her life is now very peaceful.
Uncle Long had already gotten up, and was wearing loose training clothes, facing the morning sun, and doing boxing slowly in coordination with his breathing on the deck. According to him, this was the best time to practice "Qi".
Shark Chili also practiced with Uncle Long for a period of time, but he felt that this kind of kung fu was not suitable for him, so he spent more energy on studying Fish-Man Karate.
Zhang Da also said hello to the two of them and climbed up to the observation room to replace Ye Yan. After all, this island was called the Pirate Island, so the necessary vigilance was still necessary. It was just that there was no need to be as nervous as when at sea.
When the newspaper gull flew over, Zhang Da took out the coins he had prepared and exchanged them for a newspaper. It was necessary to know what was happening in the world.
"It seems that there haven't been any major events recently." Zhang Da also quickly flipped through the newspaper. Just looking at the headlines, there was no major news.
The absence of big news does not mean that the ocean is calm; there are still many chaotic little things.
For example, a certain pirate group swears allegiance and becomes a pirate group under Red-Haired Shanks.
For example, after the "crushing defeat" against the Red Hair Pirates, the Gofeng Pirates suffered pressure from all sides and their sphere of influence shrank.
For example, the BIG MOM Pirates destroyed a small country for unknown reasons, but according to people familiar with the matter, it might have been simply because they did not submit enough snacks on time.
For example, the world's most beautiful Pirate Empress appeared somewhere, and all those who saw her and were obsessed with her beauty turned into stone.
What interested Zhang Da the most was an inconspicuous article in the newspaper, which said that more and more people were going out to sea in the name of tour groups, expeditions, hunting pirates, etc. If it were in the past, most of these people would fly the flag of pirates.
The author speculates that this is most likely related to the increasingly famous Amber Travel Group, which provides a new way of thinking for young people who have dreams, love adventure, and desire fame - it turns out that one does not need to be a pirate to travel around and achieve success.
Among them, many people hope to have the opportunity to join the Amber Travel Group, and many even become fans of the Amber Travel Group and insist on reading the newspaper every day just to find stories about them.
Among them, Altria has the largest fan base. With her powerful strength and attractive temperament to both men and women, many people think that the world's most beautiful woman should be replaced.
Zhang Da also folded the newspaper with a smile: "This is interesting."
He wasn't talking about the fans, but about the former pirate reserve becoming a travel group. It seemed like he accidentally added some trouble to the "Great Pirate Era".
…
The navy's warships arrived at Gaya Island in the afternoon. There were five ships in total, one large and four small.
Tina and Smoker led the team on the large warships, while the teams on the small warships were led by Tina and Smoker's classmates. They were all familiar faces to Zhang Daye - he had beaten them during the sparring at Whiskey Mountain.
Fortunately, everyone had a friendly exchange and no hatred was formed. After meeting, they became very familiar with each other.
It’s just that the timing of their landing on the island was awkward. Zhang Da couldn’t treat them to a meal, but it was not convenient for him to go to the warship to eat for free, so he felt a little disappointed.
Tina didn't notice Zhang Daye's little mood. After a few pleasantries, she directed her subordinates to receive the pirates:
"You guys are worthy of being able to take down two pirate groups of this size at once. Tina admires you very much."
Zhang Da also said modestly: "Fortunately, these people chose the tactic of adding fuel to the fire, hoping to consume our physical strength. If everyone attacked together, it might be a bit troublesome."
"These people don't look weak. Have you become stronger again?" Smoker said with a complicated expression, holding two cigars in his mouth.
Zhang Da also smiled and said, "Would you like to have a sparring match after such a long absence?"
"I couldn't ask for more." Although Smoker had little confidence that he could win, he was not the kind of person who would back down from such a thing. Only by competing with the strong can he become stronger.
"Then wait until you finish your work." Zhang Da also asked, "Where is the Brigadier General Vergo you mentioned?"
"Although the transfer order has been issued, Brigadier General Vergo still has work to hand over at the G-5 branch, so he won't be here for a few days." Tina said, "Before then, Smoker and I will be fully responsible for the affairs here."
