The North Sea, as the strongest sea in the Four Seas, wasn't just because the overall strength of the pirates here was powerful, but also because it was very easy to produce strong people here.
Like the Grand Line in later generations, where the three major forces, the Shichibukai, the Navy, and the Yonko, were in a three-way standoff, the current North Sea also had three forces: the Navy, the pirates, and the various kingdoms.
Among them, there were four major kingdoms, with constant disputes and endless wars, a bit like the Three Kingdoms in Grimm's previous life, with mutual checks and balances, but unable to avoid war.
Currently, among the four countries, two countries were facing off against each other, with the war between the Minas Kingdom and the Arancha Kingdom.
The Minas Kingdom, in its current form, had all the advantages. They had taken a fancy to a plant called "Blue Gold Vine" in the Arancha Kingdom, a vine plant with a brilliant blue color but as crystal clear as crystal.
Of course, just being beautiful wouldn't be enough to trigger a war. What was important was that this plant called "Blue Gold Vine" was a very precious material for manufacturing weapons and equipment. Its sap could be attached to weapons and equipment, making them stronger or more lethal.
Originally, the Minas Kingdom had seen the dawn of victory in the half-year-long war of aggression, but a guy named "Keira Garrot" appeared in the opposing Arancha Kingdom. This guy was the user of the Animal-type Cat-Cat Fruit, Leopard form. His strength and speed were extremely amazing. Wearing a "Blue Gold Vine Armor" and wielding two two-meter-long katanas like blue crystals, he went in and out of the battlefield without any obstacles, defeating countless soldiers of the Minas Kingdom.
Minas Wolf, the king of the Minas Kingdom, originally intended to buy this swordsman with Devil Fruit abilities with money to use for himself, but he didn't expect that this guy was like a stone in a winter latrine, hard and smelly. Not only did he not surrender, but he also killed his diplomat and sent his head back.
That's why Minas Wolf was currently furious about this in his room: "Damn ability user, when I take down Arancha, I'll definitely soak you in the sea for a year!"
"Your Majesty, there's something to report!" This morning, just as Wolf was constantly venting his anger by smashing the vases in the room, a minister walked in.
"What is it? Speak quickly!" Wolf was having a headache because of Garrot. Now, as long as Garrot was taken care of, he could win this war, but the problem was that no one could beat him.
Devil Fruit users were too strong compared to ordinary people, not to mention that the other party was a swordsman.
So, some time ago, King Wolf also spent 500 million Berries to buy a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit called the "Water-Water Fruit" from the Donquixote Family's underground exchange to give to his capable minister.
It was said that this fruit could give people the ability to freely control water currents, a powerful ability that was suffocating, known as the nemesis of Devil Fruit users.
But after eating the Devil Fruit, the minister told Wolf that the ability of this Devil Fruit was: he could use any part of his body to drink water!
This wasn't the Water-Water Fruit at all. It was clearly the Straw Fruit. After eating it, he could drink water with his little brother. How awesome.
This didn't kill Wolf with anger. Now what could he use to fight that Garrot?
"Pirate Hunter [Adjudicator: Tirion D. Grimm] and [Saltwater Scourge: Gangplank] have landed on our country's southwest coast. What should we do now? Should we let them be or not?"
"Tirion..." When Wolf heard the name Grimm, his first reaction wasn't to react to "Grimm," but to feel that this surname was somewhat familiar.
After a period of recollection, Grimm remembered. He was the D clan, a once famous noble family in the North Sea that was destroyed three years ago by the Vinsmoke Family, a hegemon-level family in the North Sea.
Tirion, a member of the D clan.
Seeing the violent king suddenly quiet down and not speak for a long time, the minister thought that the king didn't know the names of these two people, so he explained: "A super pirate hunter duo who has risen to fame in the North Sea in recent months, killing nearly ten pirates with bounties of over 30 million. They are currently known as the [Ultra-Brutal Pirate Hunter Duo]."
Pirate hunters, in many people's minds, were people who would do anything for money.
They might kill pirates for money, or they might kill Navy soldiers for money, and then be wanted, and then become pirates.
Although the World Government wouldn't do anything special to pirate hunters, once there was a slight incident with the Navy or the government, the government would quickly turn them into pirates.
So there was a reason why there were so few pirate hunters in this world.
"Call all the ministers to the conference room. I need a round table meeting. At the same time, bring that Grimm and that what's-his-name Saltwater Scourge to me. I have a profitable business to introduce to them!" After thinking for a while, the old king instructed the minister.
"Wait! Remember to invite them, remember to invite them!" The old king emphasized.
"King, do you want them to deal with Garrot?" The minister asked.
"Pirate hunters mostly do things for money, and besides, he's a Tirion. He shouldn't be too barbaric."
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The Minas Kingdom had been in a state of war for most of the year. Even if the homeland wasn't affected by the war, the lives of the residents here were still very poor due to the warmongering, and all the men who weren't too old had been taken away to fight.
Grimm led Gangplank into a tavern. There were many fierce pirates and bandits sitting here. This kind of war-torn country was very suitable for them to stop and replenish supplies.
The Navy wouldn't intervene in disputes between countries, so they didn't care much here, and these pirates and bandits who had been raised didn't dare to cause too much trouble, after all, they were all trash with bounties of no more than a few hundred thousand, at most two or three million.
Grimm ordered a large glass of beer and some snacks and sat at the bar to eat.
Gangplank tapped his leg and directly opened his mouth and said: "Bring all the dishes on the menu, and bring me ten bottles of the best rum."
The bartender who was wiping the glass looked at Gangplank and asked: "Sir, it's a special time, you have to pay first!"
Gangplank slapped his palm hard on the table. "Didn't you see the mobile gold coins behind me? That's my money for the drinks!"
Grimm looked at Gangplank in surprise: "Are they pirates?" Grimm didn't know the situation of the Minas Kingdom, so he always thought that the young and middle-aged men here were civilians.
Gangplank said: "I've seen their wanted posters. Although the amount isn't much, they're all gold, and I just love gold."
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The words Gangplank said made the pirates and bandits who were originally sitting and drinking suddenly stand up and glare at him and Grimm.
"I don't think I heard what you said just now!" A burly man over two and a half meters tall, carrying a giant sword on his back, walked over. When he was two meters away from Gangplank, the giant sword behind him suddenly drew out and slashed at Gangplank.
Bang!
A gunshot rang out, and the giant sword in his hand fell to the ground. To be precise, his upper body exploded, his head rolled to the ground, and his legs took two steps forward due to inertia and also fell down.
"Your movements are too slow, big black ghost!" Gangplank said disdainfully.
"Good! So strong..." The pirates who were rushing in the back were immediately scared and trembled in place. Some people were so scared that their tongues and eyes popped out far.
"Don't be nervous, trash, there's enough for everyone!" Saying this, Gangplank's body quickly accelerated, and gunpowder and sword light spread out.
The bullets shattered their bodies, blooming flowers of blood mist, basically preserving their heads, while the sword light produced heads that were thrown high into the air.
Long after the gunshots ended, the bartender mustered up the courage to look at the mustachioed man and the white-clothed youth who was still sitting from behind the stage.
"Okay, these trash still have bounties, right? The money for the drinks and repairs should be enough, right? Bring the things I said earlier!" Gangplank made himself comfortable and sat down.
Grimm took a sip of beer: "Gangplank, I think we should talk!"
"What's wrong, Boss?" Gangplank took a bottle of rum in confusion, opened it, and took a big gulp, the wine running down his mustache.
"You've stolen all my thunder, you know?" Grimm's expression was very serious: "Tell me about these things in advance in the future, let me do them, okay? The readers want to see me act cool, not you, huh? OK?"
"Boss, what does acting cool mean? Is it a verb?"
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