Chapter 468: Departure is imminent
At noon, Zhang Da also went to watch the execution of the pirates. He had seen many killing scenes, but this was the first time he saw an execution.
The execution was held in the port town where the incident occurred, and was presided over by Minister of State Nihalombhai.
Before the execution began, someone read out the pirates' origins and crimes. When the audience became a little excited, Nihalonbai gave an order, and two sharp knives of the same type used in the execution of the Pirate King were stabbed into the body of each pirate.
Some people in the audience screamed, some cheered, and some covered their eyes in fear.
Finally, Nihalombai said a few polite words to express the king's anger, and the matter ended.
In the next few days, the Navy had almost completed the aftermath, and the seriously injured were basically able to get out and move around.
Under the special care of Zhang Daye and Wendy, Lancel soon became full of energy and took his men to help the residents. In the past few days, there were occasional attacks from pirates, but they were all handled by them, and the navy did not need to intervene at all.
To express his gratitude , Lanser decided to treat Zhang Daye and the others to a meal.
"Master Lancel, welcome!" The restaurant owner was very respectful to Lancel. "Since this is a friend you brought, today's bill is free, right?"
Lancel laughed and said, "That won't do. We agreed that I would be the one to treat them today."
"Oh, you are always like this. I just want to thank you." The restaurant owner seemed to respect Lancel very much.
Lancel said, "If you want to express your gratitude, please use all your skills, chef."
After the boss left, Zhang Da also said, "Captain Lancel seems to have a very high reputation."
Along the way, Zhang Da saw many people greeting Lancel, and many wanted to invite him as their guest. It didn't seem like they were trying to curry favor, but rather that they were truly grateful.
Lancel said shyly, "Actually, I just did my job, and I didn't do it very well..."
Obviously, watching the port town being destroyed without being able to do anything about it was a big blow to him.
"You've done your best." Zhang Da could only comfort him in this way, and then, with Lansel's help, he happily started ordering food.
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Although Lancel was surprised that the Amber Tour Group had cleared out the restaurant's food supplies, he did not show any embarrassment.
When Zhang Da also suggested that they pay for it themselves, Lanser refused, saying that his family still had some savings.
Zhang Da did not insist any longer, because he knew that what Lancel said was true. According to Suifenger and his team's investigation, Lancel, like Nihalonbai, was born into a noble family in Lulucia, and his family background was quite wealthy.
However, Lancel's style is different from that of most nobles. He has been compassionate since he was a child. When he was 6 years old, he saw pirates attacking the port and bullying civilians from afar. Lancel made up his mind to learn martial arts.
Lancel's parents couldn't be said to be very open-minded, but they doted on him quite a bit. They thought that practicing martial arts was very hard and they estimated that their son wouldn't be able to persist for long. Even if he could persist, it would be a good thing to make his body stronger, so they let him go.
All we ask is that he should not fall behind in learning necessary knowledge, etiquette and other things.
But what they didn't expect was that the child actually persevered and learned amazing spear skills. At the age of seventeen, he was able to defeat the best fighters in the country.
If it were just that, it would be nothing. However, what Lancel's parents could not tolerate the most was that when the child turned eighteen, he completely disobeyed their arrangements. Not only did he refuse to marry other nobles, he also joined the king's army, shouting that he wanted to protect the people.
Even after he became the army commander, his parents still found it hard to accept him - a true noble should be like the Celestial Dragons, sitting elegantly in a carriage or on the back of a slave, and leaving fighting to the soldiers.
How could a noble actually carry a gun and fight vicious pirates? That's too rude, it's a disgrace to the noble's status.
Sui Feng Er said that Lancel's parents have been working hard to practice the trumpet in recent years, but have achieved no results so far, so Lancel is still the only child in their family, and his parents have no good solution for the time being - even the nobles cannot ask the king to expel their son, so now they can only let it go.
This is how the Lancel that Zhang Daye and the others know today came into being.
If Zhang Dayan were to dye this guy's hair blue, it wouldn't feel out of place if he said he was Weiwei's brother.
"What a poor hospitality!" Lancel went to the owner to pay the bill and said enthusiastically, "How about we try another restaurant?"
Zhang Da also declined politely: "Thank you for your kindness. We have plans for fun and training this afternoon. You must be very busy too. I won't bother you this time."
Lancel didn't try to keep him any longer. There were many things waiting for him to deal with in the army. He was indeed very busy, and he had been a little slack in training recently. He wanted to increase his training.
He never wanted to experience that kind of despair again.
After seeing them off, the restaurant owner wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief. "Thank goodness Lord Lancel didn't agree to let me treat you, otherwise I'd be in agony for a long time after today's meal... "
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It's not like nothing happened in the past few days. There are two things that are most worrying. One is that Ye Yan plans to fight with the lurking killer every night.
These killers are very similar to the Altaïr we met last time. After being caught, they wanted to commit suicide as soon as they got the chance. Nothing could be obtained from the interrogation. It is estimated that they are the people of the big-handed undertaker again.
I just don't know whether that guy simply accepted the bounty, or if he really has a grudge against the Amber Travel Group, the kind that will never stop until one of them dies.
Although the strength of the recent killers has become much stronger than before and their numbers have increased, Ye Yan has not stood still in the past few months. He did not even use the Soul-Calming Gong when arranging them.
In his words, "A night watchman's duty is to ensure everyone gets a good night's sleep. If I can't even do this, then I don't have any business."
If he hadn't immediately asked Zhang Da for overtime pay after saying this, he would have been very handsome.
The second thing that didn’t spread very widely was the Virgo incident.
There was an undercover agent in the navy, and he had risen to the rank of brigadier general and was about to be promoted to major general. This was a scandal for the navy.
If Zhang Da had not reported it and provided information, he would never have known the details.
It is now September 21, 1511 in the Haiyuan calendar. Zhang Daye righteously backstabbed Vergo in mid-July, which means that two months have passed.
It’s not that the navy is slow, but that careful verification is needed and no action can be taken rashly without absolute certainty.
To this end, Vice Admiral Tsuru specially formulated a battle plan to "capture Doflamingo under the pretext of recruiting the Seven Warlords of the Sea", and then went to Gaya Island to second Tina on the grounds that Tina's ability was needed in a certain link of the plan.
Tina was Vergo's subordinate at this time, so he naturally had to be seconded to Tina, but the plan was kept secret from others. So when Vice Admiral Tsuru's subordinates went to pick up Tina, they revealed to Tina that the plan was to deal with Doflamingo.
He spoke in a low voice, and deliberately timed it with the moment he walked out of Virgo's office and closed the door behind him - this timing and volume were the result of repeated practice, ensuring that Virgo could just hear it, while also making the two people he thought were talking think that he couldn't hear it.
So Vergo fell into the trap, and had to, because even if it was just a tiny bit of information, for the safety of the young master, he couldn't help but want to investigate.
A few days later, as the plan was about to begin, Virgo still found very little.
But the more this happened, the more reliable the plan's authenticity became, and the more dangerous the young master's situation became. So Vergo could only contact Doflamingo, inform him of the limited information he had currently obtained, and remind him to be more careful.
And then... he was caught red-handed by Vice Admiral Tsuru and Vice Admiral Gion.
Virgo tried to resist.
Vergo called GG.
The operation went very smoothly. If there was any surprise , it was when Smoker grabbed Virgo's collar and asked him why he did such a thing.
When they were building the Gaya Island Naval Base together, Smoker had admired the Commodore very much. Now, he felt uncomfortable when he thought about how he had been under the control of pirates for such a long time.
Vergo refused to answer and headbutted Smoker, leaving him bleeding.
Smoker paid the price for his stubbornness, and also paid the price for not being stubborn enough.
Doflamingo on the other end of the phone crushed an exquisite red wine glass and immediately said on the phone that he wanted to negotiate with the navy.
Vice Admiral Tsuru didn't want to negotiate with him for the time being and planned to bring Vergo back to the headquarters for interrogation first. However, Zhan Guo specifically asked to see him, and Vice Admiral Tsuru knew that he probably wanted to ask him in person about what happened to Rossinante.
Doflamingo gritted his teeth. He quickly realized that this was a trap set for Vergo. The Navy would only go to such lengths when they had no concrete clues or evidence. But if there was no evidence, how had Vergo been exposed? Who had betrayed him?
Doflamingo, now in the New World, immediately set off alone to the Marine Headquarters, intending to use his special status to retrieve the person. After all, Vergo was one of the people who had originally helped him establish the Don Quixote Family. He was very powerful and capable, and was a very important person to him.
Using the power of the String-String Fruit to connect the clouds in the sky and fly in the sky like Spider-Man, Doflamingo was thinking about the reason why Vergo was exposed and what bargaining chips he could use.
Then he became more and more depressed the more he thought about it.
He became a Shichibukai at the end of last year, and when Crocodile's incident occurred at the beginning of the year, he decided to accelerate his plans. He then reached agreements with many underworld forces in just over six months. Considering that these things were originally planned to take one to two years, being able to shorten the time by so much is truly remarkable.
All Doflamingo lacked was a territory of his own, and his target had already been set. Now that something like this had happened, he only hoped that this accident would not affect his next plans.
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"If Doflamingo wants someone, will Marshal Sengoku release him?" Zhang Da only knew that the subordinates of the Seven Warlords of the Sea could be protected, but this matter was obviously more complicated, so he could only ask Zefa for his opinion.
"If he goes directly to Zhan Guo to ask for the person, Zhan Guo will not let him go no matter what." Zephyr knew about Zhan Guo's adopted son Rosinante. Zhan Guo would never let this matter go. If it weren't for Doflamingo's special identity, Zhan Guo might have beaten him as well.
"But it's hard to say if Doflamingo puts pressure on Sengoku through other channels." Zephyr had some other concerns. Zephyr understood the pain of losing his family very well. At least he caught the murderer with his own hands and sent them to trial.
However, the murderer has only just been identified during the Warring States period, and there is a high possibility that he will not be convicted.
Zefa is worried that there might be problems with Zhan Guo's mentality.
He thought for a moment and said, "I want to finish things here as soon as possible and return to the Navy Headquarters early tomorrow morning."
"Okay." Zhang Da also saw that Zefa was worried and didn't mind going back with him. It would be nice if he could see the flamingo.
As for revenge on the king, it can be arranged before leaving. If there is really no time, it is okay not to arrange it. He considers himself a friend of Zefa and has some friendship with Zhan Guo, so it is reasonable for him to go over and take a look earlier. He can deal with his own affairs later when he comes back secretly.
That night, after everyone who had gone out to play returned to the Amber, Zhang Da told everyone about the temporary change in itinerary.
Basically, everyone had no objection. They had seen what they needed to see and played what they needed to play these days, so it didn't matter if they left now.
Shark Chili's evaluation of this place is that the toothbrush craftsmanship is not very good, the toothpaste is below the average level of shampoo, and it doesn't have any special features.
Because the flag demon knew his master's hobby very well, he took out a set of full-body armor worn by knights from the castle, with a helmet and visor. Ye Yan thought it was very handsome and was studying how to make a suitable set for himself these two days.
Uncle Long was probably interested in the craftsmanship of the armor, so he volunteered to help Ye Yan draw the blueprint. On that basis, he also used his rich historical knowledge to explain to Ye Yan the armor styles of various countries and periods, and suggested where some changes would make it look better.
Ye Yan was immediately filled with admiration for Uncle Long, as if he had met him too late. If he had known that Uncle Long was so knowledgeable about armor and clothing styles from all over the world, he would have bowed down to him long ago.
This time Ye Yan had found a treasure. Uncle Long had been pestering the little girls so much these days that he had almost no time to educate them.
It was precisely because of this that the little girls had been playing wild these days, even running to the small village downstream of the harbor town to make friends with Moda.
Yesterday they took Tom to Moda's dairy farm.
When Tom came back, there were two more holes on his butt. The milk production of Moda's cows doubled yesterday. I don't know what activities they took Tom to play.
"We left so quickly that we didn't even have time to say goodbye to Moda properly!" Perona complained.
Weiwei and Wendy Xia Lulu thought so too.
Zhang Da also said, "You can go now. If you run there, it will probably still be dark when you get to their house, so it's perfect for evening practice."
The little girls looked at each other, ran out in a rage, and came back in a rage a moment later: "I forgot to take my presents!"
Looking at their hurried backs, Zhang Da also remembered Perona and Weiwei's past, and hurriedly reminded them: "Go back, don't kidnap anyone! Moda's parents are ordinary people, they will cry if their daughter is lost!"
"I know!"
Zhang Da was still worried and said viciously, "If I find one more person on the voyage, I'll throw one of you overboard!"
