Chapter 36

"I can get stronger! Stronger!!"

Kaido shook off the blood on his palm and turned into a blue dragon, flying towards the direction of Onigashima.

A voice floated from the sky:

"Jin, clean up the Flower City. Tell Yamato to let her practice well. I won't force her anymore. If you want to thank someone, thank her Uncle Edie!"

He still had to give face to the "evil scientist" Edie.

In the past, it was for scientists, but now it will be for Edie!

...

The Flower City was damaged in a large area because of the battle, and hundreds of houses were destroyed because of the aftermath.

Even the General's Mansion was severely damaged.

Under Kaido's order, Quinn and Jin immediately began to organize people to repair the streets.

"Your expression is a bit heavy?" Quinn asked when he saw his companion Jin absent-mindedly.

"I'm too weak! I couldn't help Lord Kaido! The battle with that pure-blood was completely played with like a child."

Jin was also seriously injured, but this was the result of the opponent's mercy.

Edie didn't allow the rat to kill him, and the rat didn't cause any fatal injuries to him.

This was probably because he was a [mixed blood] and a member of the Lunaria clan.

Quinn patted Jin's shoulder and comforted him: "Think positively! Only three earthly branches came last night!"

Yes, only three people.

Jin was silent.

Among these three people, only Chen Long and Lord Kaido were fighting desperately, and the other two were just watching the show.

If the three of them joined forces, Lord Kaido would be in great danger.

Quinn grinned again, with a good mentality: "Besides, didn't Edie not take action? If he really wanted to destroy our Beast Pirates, would we still be able to stand here? So, hey, last night was all misunderstandings!"

Jin had nothing to say.

...

Flower City, Research Institute.

In the battle last night, Chen Long deliberately avoided this area, and thanks to the fact that the research institute was far away from the general's mansion and located in a relatively remote location in the flower city.

Therefore, it was hardly affected.

When Edie returned to the institute, Hancock and the other two had already prepared breakfast.

"Lord Edie, we have prepared the meal!"

"You are very capable, Hancock."

Edie smiled slightly and touched Hancock's head as a reward.

Hancock was very pleased and proudly puffed up her chest:

"From now on, Lord Edie's clothes, the cleaning of the institute, and the daily meals can all be handed over to us! Right, Mary, Sonya, we are the warriors of the Nine Snakes, and we must learn to live on our own since childhood!"

"Yes!" The two sisters nodded quickly.

"It's amazing, but you can't fall behind in your daily practice. If you meet human traffickers again in the future, you will rely on your own strength to deal with them."

Edie laughed and immediately took people upstairs to eat.

After a simple breakfast, Edie came to the laboratory and saw Chen Long kneeling in front of him.

"I'm sorry, Lord Heavenly Father, it was my misconduct that caused the mission to fail!"

"Stand up, Chen Long, you have tried your best, no need to apologize."

Edie shook her head. Chen Long has Kaido's bloodline, the talent of the Lunaria tribe, and the perfect ability of the Azure Dragon Fruit.

Logically speaking, Chen Long is stronger than Kaido.

But you will know after you really fight him. Theory is just theory. In fact, Chen Long and Kaido have similar combat power.

"Besides, the mission did not fail. You did a good job. I didn't want to kill Kaido."

Edie patted Chen Long on the shoulder and praised: "As the first born among the twelve earthly branches, you are very good. The most important thing is that you are not like the rat, who is too naughty."

After a pause, he sighed: "Chen Long, you are my favorite earthly branch."

"Father!"

Chen Long was very moved. He was not blamed. As expected, Father is the greatest person.

"Next, our goal is to control Beehive Island. Go and urge Du Field to deliver the equipment I need as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

Chen Long immediately took the order and left.

After sending Chen Long away, Edie walked into the laboratory.

"Kaido is the Pirate Emperor, so 20 billion a year in research funding is definitely not a problem."

"Even Kaido can do it, so can't Big Mom do it? What about Whitebeard?"

"These Pirate Emperors collect protection fees in the New World, so it's reasonable for me to collect their protection fees..."

No, it can't be called protection fees, it's called sponsorship fees.

The Pirate Emperors are all good people, and they can't bear to see him lack research funds, so they voluntarily sponsor a sum of money.

"Well, after controlling Beehive Island, I'll talk to the other two."

Edie wrote down a new phased goal in the future plan.

...

Somewhere in the New World.

World Economic News Agency, the president's office.

Morgans is talking on the phone.

"Thank you for your intelligence. The events in Sabaody Archipelago were suppressed by the navy. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known about such a big event."

A low laugh came from the other end of the phone: "I'm just curious about who [Rat] is. If you know, remember to tell me."

"Of course! This is the reward you deserve for providing intelligence."

Morgans narrowed his eyes and gradually lowered his tone: "But I'm curious, in the fifth year after the death of Pirate King Roger, you, the vice captain, disappeared for a while. Why do you show up again now?"

After a pause, he called out the other party's name.

"Pluto, Rayleigh!".

Chapter 31 Dr. Edie, you are such a genius!

More than a month later, Navy Headquarters.

Navy General Staff.

"Are there no news about that scientist and the two Earthly Branches?"

"The higher-ups have issued a death order that they must be caught. Attacking the Celestial Dragons is really troublesome."

"Big Staff" Crane asked the Navy Colonel in front of him, sounding a bit troubled.

Colonel Theodore looked embarrassed.

As a Navy intelligence officer, he has been busy investigating the Sabaody Archipelago incident, but to no avail.

In the workplace, if you say you have accomplished nothing, you appear to be a waste.

"Reporting to the Chief of Staff, over the past month or so, I have inquired with various institutions many times and confirmed again that there is no file of a scientist named 'Edie'."

"Whether it is the scientific forces of the navy, the major research institutions under the World Government, or the major civilian research institutes... no one has heard of the scientist Edie."

"Therefore, I suspect that the identity of the scientist is a smokescreen to deliberately mislead our investigation?"

It's not that I don't work hard, it's just that the enemy is too cunning, Chief of Staff.

He clasped his five fingers together with a thoughtful look on his face.

"No one has provided clues to the bounty announced to the public?"

"About this... many people have provided clues, but after in-depth investigation, they are all scammers."

Theodore sighed. Those people were like ghosts. Since they appeared once more than a month ago, there has been no trace of them.

He suddenly remembered something and then mentioned:

"By the way, during this investigation, we did find that a scientist was missing."

"Who?"

"A researcher at the Punk Hazard Institute, named Caesar Courant. He used to be a member of the MADS Peace Institute, and later joined the World Government with Vegapunk."

He frowned: "Do you mean that this person is related to Edie?"

"Not sure, Caesar disappeared seven or eight months ago, and the institute only found out after our internal investigation."

"Why?" Crane was stunned.

A researcher was missing, and it took seven or eight months to find out?

If the Navy hadn't asked, would it have never been discovered?

No, this kind of thing is unreasonable, is it deliberately concealed?

"Because Caesar doesn't have a good relationship with other researchers..." Theodore replied with a smirk.

A researcher who is marginal but unpopular, no one cares if he disappears.

Theodore also thinks this statement is outrageous, but the Punk Hazard Institute does say so.

"Keep paying attention and investigate further!" Vice Admiral Tsuru ordered helplessly, "Are there any other important intelligence?"

"Yes!"

Theodore suddenly became alert and said seriously: "In the past month, the actions of the Beast Pirates have been very frequent, and have reached an abnormal level!"

"They have attacked 23 merchant ships and defeated 4 New World Pirates, one of which is under Whitebeard."

"Not only that, Kaido's subordinate, Flame Disaster Jin, sank three of our warships!"

Upon hearing this, Vice Admiral Tsuru's face changed slightly.

The Beast Pirates defeated the pirates under Whitebeard?

"This is not good news! Maybe a conflict between the three emperors will break out... But what's the reason? This abnormal action can't be Kaido getting drunk and giving orders after drinking."

"Maybe... lack of money."

After hesitating for a while, Theodore said with a stiff face: "After they sank the warship, they didn't kill everyone. Just a few days ago, they asked us to spend money to redeem the captives."

Vice Admiral Tsuru held his forehead, it was really far from the mark.

She joined the army when she was young, and now she is 57 years old. In her 30 or 40 years of military career, this is the first time she has seen such a thing.

"...What did Marshal Kong say?"

"General Sengoku has been sent to deal with it!"

...

Wano Country.

After more than a month of repairs, the streets of Flower City have been completely renewed, and the efficiency is extremely high.

The people who fled before have returned to Flower City, and it has become lively and prosperous again.

Even for those destroyed houses, the Beast Pirates have proposed a solution to replace them with new houses.

Upon learning this, Edie had to sigh.

From pirates to the ruling class of a country, there have been earth-shaking changes in their behavior.

Flower City, Research Institute.