Twenty Red Skull pirates were arranged to stay on the first and second floors of the hotel by Novi. Then he sat in the chair where the captain had just sat and looked at William with suspicious eyes.
William noticed Novi's gaze, he frowned and stared back.
"You are also a Marine?" Novi looked up and down at William and asked suspiciously.
William was stunned. He realized that the strong smell of pirates on him made his peers suspicious. He reacted quickly and took out an empty cigarette box from his pocket. There were two cigarettes in it. He took out one and lit it slowly like Yarlin. He took a puff and said fiercely, "I was recruited. Do you have a problem with that?"
"Recruited?" Novi asked.
"The pirate ship that sent Second Lieutenant Arlen here was the pirate ship that I was originally on. All the brothers on the ship were killed, and the captain's head was cut off and wrapped in lime powder." William's face showed just the right amount of fear as he recalled the events that transpired in the past.
"Then why didn't you die?" Novi continued to ask while pinching the earring in his right hand.
"Humph!" William's face twitched and he took two puffs of the cigarette. As if someone had uncovered his shame, he said angrily, "I saw the opportunity early and was the first to lie on the ground and beg for mercy. Lieutenant Yarlin thought that I might still be useful, so he spared my life … It turned out that I made the right choice, so I survived, hahaha ~"
There was some hysterical laughter. William suddenly stared at Novi with a strange look. That look made Novi's heart tremble. He heard the other side say, "I'll give you a piece of advice. Obediently listen to Lieutenant Yarlin's instructions. Don't have any dangerous thoughts. Otherwise, you will really die!"
After that, William no longer paid attention to Novi. Instead, he turned to Fick and walked upstairs. They should go to bed.
Novi didn't say anything. He sneered and thought that William was a coward, but he no longer doubted anything.
Inside the room.
"Tiago Chamber of Commerce sailed from the Grand Line. Their purpose is the Rainbow Stone mine. As for where they sent it, Tiago Chamber of Commerce did a good job of keeping it a secret. We don't know. Then Tiago Chamber of Commerce's fleet is composed of seven ships, with a total of more than 300 sailors. Most of the sailors are not a threat, but 40 of them are combat members of Tiago Fleet. They are all strong and in my observation, they are guys who dare to fight with pirates. Then the most noteworthy one is the leader of the fleet, the man named Tunas." Calci recalled several encounters with that man and said, "He's a sinister and cunning smiling tiger, very dangerous."
Calci also didn't know much about the Tiago Chamber of Commerce. He also didn't know much about the company's strength and trump cards. Yarlin didn't suspect that Calci was hiding something, it was normal for the other party to not know much.
The cooperation between merchants and pirates is bound to be on guard against each other. How can they expose their own cards?
"Tell me the details of your cooperation." Yarlin also knew that this kind of thing needs to be judged by himself, so he asked Calci.
"There were a total of three cooperation. The first time was when they took the initiative to come to us. As a merchant, they dared to come in contact with notorious pirates like us. So I was very curious, so I met with Tunas. He came alone and said that he wanted to talk about a big business with us." After a long time, Calci recalled and said, "I don't remember the specifics of the discussion. There were some twists and turns in the middle, but the result was that I agreed to his proposal to help them seal off Rainbow Stone Town. As a reward, they would pay us a fortune every month."
Calci didn't say the specific amount, so Yarlin naturally didn't ask.
"People were allowed to enter, but no one was allowed to leave. Anyone who wanted to go out to sea would be killed by our Red Skull Pirates." Calci said roughly, "Then it continued like this for three months. The ones who died during this period were actually some unlucky people. There were also some townspeople who wanted to go out to sea, so it wasn't difficult."
"Then, there was the second cooperation." Calci's expression changed, he showed an interesting smile, "This time, Tunas came to us and asked us to help him kill a person ….. Hehe, this person was one of their own. They wanted us to pretend to be a robbery accident."
"Oh?" Ya Erlin's eyes lit up, and a playful smile appeared on his face. "Go on."
Calci carefully organized his words and slowly said, "In fact, the second and third cooperation were similar, they were all about killing people ….. Every time the Tiago Caravan came, in addition to their own ships, there would also be some small merchant ships behind them. There was probably some dirty business in between, but with the strength of the Tiago Caravan, they could solve it by themselves. However, Tunas didn't want to tarnish the Tiago Caravan's reputation, so they let the Red Skull Pirates deal with it."
"All of them were dealt with?" Yarlin grasped the key point of the problem.
"No, no, no ….. Not all of them. Every time, they would only deal with one merchant and his crew." Calci sneered, "Tunas is a bastard who eats people without spitting out their bones. He needs the strength of the East Sea's merchants, but he doesn't want them to pose a threat. So every once in a while, he would find the biggest threat and have our Red Skull Pirates help him clean them up. This way, he would be able to maintain his control over those merchants."
Yarlin poured another cup of tea and handed it to Calci. His finger habitually touched his eyelids, showing that he was thinking and scheming.
"Killing the chicken to warn the monkey and making use of the trash. He obviously wants to eat alone, but he has a group of small tails. He only needs to give some leftovers and then use the Red Skull Pirates ….." Yarlin glanced at Calci who was drinking tea. He had a general judgment about Tunas, "Coercion and temptation. Even if those merchants guessed the truth, they would only be angry and not dare to say anything. They would be led by the nose by the Tiago Caravan. This is more beneficial than directly killing them. Calci's description of a man who eats people without spitting out the bones is very apt."
Yarlin stood up and walked to the window. He looked at the dark sky outside. His pupils faintly flashed with a gloomy light. After a while, he turned to Calci and grinned, "So to say, you shouldn't be a complete stranger to those small merchants."
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