[One Piece] Courage to Dream

No.60 Seven Chapters: Pirates, it should be a matter of course

On this day, the pirates residing in Sal Village put away their usually aggressive arrogance and retreated quietly to the side.

The opponent is the navy!

And the man walking in the front has reached the rank of lieutenant, how can ordinary pirates provoke him?

The children of the Straw Hat Pirates also hid silently, don't need to cause unnecessary troubles, calmly waited for the confirmation of the establishment of the naval base here, and then a certain child was abducted onto the pirate ship.

After a rough look at the situation in the village, Jeff said that there was no problem, and the two parties signed the contract smoothly.

"I understand your situation," Jeff said with a relieved smile on his face, "Don't worry, we will be responsible for protecting the safety of the village, and we will also help you with new development and production of 'Kedmem' It is what our military needs most at present, and it will definitely bring you the greatest profit."

"Thank you very much..."

Jeff and Clay held hands.

At this moment, a discordant voice suddenly appeared.

"Cupule sack...!" As if sensing something, Xiuya squeezed over from the end of the pile of figures behind the village chief, "Did you just say...'Kedmem'?"

"Xuya!" Clay couldn't help scolding because it was so rude.

A hand was put on Clay's shoulder, and an uncle behind him shook his head at him, signaling Clay to listen to what Xiuya said.

"What's wrong?" Jeff looked pleasant.

"That kind of thing... is indeed what you need most now, and it will bring us great economic benefits. But... as far as I know, that kind of thing has a lot of side effects."

"Oh?" Jeff smiled.

"Pain all over the body, softening and atrophy of bones, natural fractures, until death from weakness and pain..."

Every time he uttered a word, the faces of the children around him became even more frightened.

"This is the impact the production of 'Kedmem' will have on the surrounding residents." Xiuya looked directly into Jeff's eyes.

"Ha..." Jeff laughed harshly, "It's unexpected that...in such a remote village, there are people who know this kind of information." Without any panic, Jeff said calmly, "However, you probably don't know yet. Well, regarding this side effect, we have already researched a solution."

"Impossible." Xiuya said decisively, "It's only been a few decades since the initial trial... If the control method can be mastered in such a short period of time, it can be researched long before it is put into production! "

The navy...is not aware of the special geographical location of Saar Village and set up a naval base to protect the villagers, but...

I want to conduct high-pollution research in a relatively remote and isolated place near the uninhabited Upside Down Mountain!

The surrounding villagers had to be moved by it and looked at Jeff in amazement.

Jeff's smile finally sank, with a slight ferocity and threat: "Young people... have some things that shouldn't be said, so you have to know how to shut up obediently, you know?"

"I'm sorry, Lieutenant Jeff, this...we can't agree!" Clay immediately reversed the case.

"Really? But the contract has already been signed..." Jeff shrugged, as if helpless, he said to Clay in an enlightening manner, "Master, if you cooperate well...you will be promoted soon, This is a hard-won opportunity!"

No one knows at what price Jeff got to where he is today.

"Are you trying to make me unrighteous!" Clay said angrily, and the villagers rioted accordingly.

But Jeff didn't take these things to heart at all, and he was about to leave the village with an understatement.

"If you want to use this condition in exchange for the protection of the navy..." Xiuya put his hand on the knife at his waist, and clenched the handle tightly.

The knife light flew out from the sheath, and slashed at Jeff with the momentum of breaking bamboo.

"Saar Village... we still have to guard it!!"

When he slashed this knife, Xiuya didn't want to keep it.

Jeff did not dodge.

But the knife stopped suddenly just a hair away from Jeff.

"It seems that you are quite sensible..." Jeff even smiled and reminded loudly, "Attacking the military means challenging the World Government. This...is not a small The villagers can afford it!"

"..." Xiuya gritted his teeth.

During this stalemate, a fist suddenly flew over from a distance and hit Jeff hard on the face.

The shocking force knocked Jeff into the air.

"Who is it!?" Jeff threw himself on the ground and couldn't believe it. There...someone really dared to punch.

"Ordinary villagers can't fight the navy...it's a matter of course for pirates!" A seemingly harmless young man appeared in front of Jeff.

With a sunny smile, he pointed to himself and proudly said:

"My name is Monkey D. Luffy—the man who will become One Piece!"

※Reference event: 1931~1972, Osteopathy caused by cadmium pollution in Mount Fuji, Japan