Chapter 49 Extra Number
Tom was beaten and slapped several times by the tail of the fish he caught.
No one expected that they would see a cat being hit by a fish in their lifetime. A cat being hit in the face by a huge fish of sixty or seventy centimeters long was so painful just to watch.
So the fish was grilled, and Tom made a fire on the spot.
The old people found it interesting and took fish from their buckets and gave them to Tom.
Everyone watched Tom grilling fish and chatted.
A wealthy old man asked, "Did you just say Bizenis?"
Bob replied: "Do you know him?"
"Yes, I have. He used to come to my restaurant often ."
"You run a restaurant? Then why..." Zhang Da also wanted to ask why the guy was not doing his job and came here to fish so early in the morning.
"What's so strange about that? Those guys run a grocery store, a seafood store, a milk station, and a clothing store. They all came here to play."
You wouldn't know until you hear it. It turns out that Zhang Da has also been to their store. Many things in his home, such as water cups and towels, were bought from their store. The little girl, Miao Ke, who delivers milk every day, is the granddaughter of one of the old men.
"Most of these guys leave their stores to their children and then go out to have fun," Bob explained, and then urged, "If you know that person, tell me."
The restaurant owner didn't keep the secret any longer: "All I know is that he is a very successful businessman, very polite to others, and it is said that he will be able to add another merchant ship soon. There are also rumors that he has done a lot of shameful things behind the scenes."
This man's suspicion was growing, and Zhang Da also asked, "Where is he now? The civilian port of 44GR?"
"They usually dock around there, but it seems like they just set sail yesterday."
"..." Zhang Da was speechless. This was a real deal, right? This guy must have noticed something was wrong during the call and ran away.
But as the boss of a business association, why should you be so cowardly? Why not just bring a hundred or eighty thugs to the door and give yourself up?
The restaurant owner kindly reminded him: "If you want to do business with him, you must be careful. This kind of person is probably a hundred times more cunning than old Bob."
"Bah, who are you calling cunning? Your restaurant is the one that charges the most, isn't it?"
"You know nothing. This is a high-end restaurant. What we sell is the environment, the atmosphere and the service. Do you understand?"
Two old men were arguing, and four old men were watching. They took the fish that Tom had grilled and ate it while watching: "It smells so good!"
But when the grilled fish was handed to them, Bob and the restaurant owner stopped arguing . The fish was indeed too delicious, and they would stop arguing after they finished eating.
A few minutes later, the owner of the clothing store sucked his fingers and said with a lingering look: "Brother, bring your cat here to play in the future, and you can choose any clothes in my store."
"Hey, it's the same in my store." Several bosses chimed in.
"I'll come and visit you when I'm free." Zhang Da also said politely, "We have something else to do, so we'll leave first."
Are you kidding? Clothing stores are fine, but a few food-related stores let us eat whatever we want? You are courting death.
These people are pretty good, and Zhang Da also thinks it’s better not to cheat them.
After leaving 58GR, Zhang Da also planned to go to the port of 44GR to inquire about the situation, and on the way to 57GR to talk to the three Scott brothers who had caused trouble in the tavern before.
I will go back only after I get the information I want.
"Those three brothers were actually hired by them." Zhang Da was also a little worried. What kind of enemy had they encountered that made them end up like this?
"And the time when Bizhnis' merchant ship sailed coincided with the time of the phone call." Artoria felt that this man's style was suitable for being an assassin. If he missed his target with one strike, he would flee thousands of miles away. The most troublesome thing about such an enemy was not how to defeat him, but how to find him.
"Then what should we do?" Zhang Da was at a loss. The people who had already sailed away could not be found even if he wanted.
"Since there's nothing we can do, then there's no need to do anything." Altria said, "If he gives up now, then it doesn't matter if we look for him slowly later. If he doesn't give up, then we won't let him get away next time ."
"Since they have even hired human traffickers, they will not give up easily. Who knows, they may become killers next time." Zhang Da inexplicably remembered a sentence: If there is a certain amount of profit, businessmen will dare to do this and that. This sentence may also be true in this world.
"Or...Tom, try to make an enemy detector or something and track him around the world." Zhang Da also had a sudden idea.
A question mark popped up on Tom's forehead. Do you have any misunderstanding about me?
"…Is that not possible? Well, let's go buy some ingredients and go home."
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On the way back, Zhang Da was holding bubble bags of various sizes in his hands like hydrogen balloons, almost all of which were filled with food, including the meat of sea kings that Altria had been thinking about.
Suddenly, there was a sound of birds singing, and a lot of papers fell from the sky - they were newspaper gulls.
As the people around him exclaimed, Zhang Da also understood that this thing was called an extra edition.
It is a newspaper that is printed temporarily when there is a major event that needs to be reported quickly to the public. The way special editions are presented in this world is to let the newspaper gulls drop them directly to people when they see them, free of charge.
The president of the World Economic News Agency, known as Big News Morgans, is an aspiring media person. Although he is sometimes blinded by money and publishes news with questionable stances, he also dares to go against the world government for big news.
Now should still be the period of expansion for their newspaper, so he is willing to print some .
Zhang Daye and the others, like the people around them, took a newspaper:
"Former Vice Admiral Borsalino, codename Kizaru, has been promoted to Admiral!"
Since former Navy Admiral Zephyr focused on training new recruits, the Navy finally has a new admiral.
The following article briefly introduces Kizaru's resume and achievements, and attaches a photo of him when he was the admiral. Kizaru now does not look as wretched as he did in the future, although he is not very good-looking either.
The article also makes a bold guess at the end that before long, Kuzan and Sakaski, who are called "Monster Vice Admirals" like Borsalino, will also become admirals, and the navy will then usher in an unprecedented period of prosperity.
That's it? Zhang Da also thought something had happened. Was the appointment of a general worthy of an extra edition?
However, when he heard the cheers of the people around him, he realized that for ordinary people, the stronger the navy, the safer they would be. Having one more admiral could dampen the morale of many pirates, and even make many people who were preparing to go out to sea as pirates back off.
Maybe a lot of people will come to the pub to celebrate today because of this, so we will be busy.
