Chapter 42: Four rumors, a plan
"Boss, don't think you can fool us just because we are young. Then tell me, why did the king do this?" Fu Ya continued to ask in a provocative way.
"Hey, I knew you wouldn't believe me. I only told you because you're from outside the city and you're young. I wouldn't tell anyone else!" The car dealer looked like I had expected this, and continued, "You're from outside the city, there are things you don't know.
“The king sent troops to encircle and suppress the bandits many times, but each time the bandits learned the news in advance and escaped. When the army withdrew, they ran back. How could it be possible that there was no trick?
"And did you know that the princess and the little princess encountered bandits a while ago? Guess what happened?"
The car dealer looked around again with caution, and when he saw that there was no one around, he shrank back and continued, "In the end, the bandits not only did not harm them, they even sent someone to escort them back.
"In the end, those bandits committed crimes in public outside the city gate and killed many guards who tried to stop them. Guess what happened in the end? The princess actually protected those bandits and let them escape. Think about it carefully."
Seeing the car dealership owner's excited and mysterious expression, Fu Ya and Lu Kai looked at each other.
Why is this script different from the one they got?
However, both of them were smart people and they immediately realized that someone was spreading rumors and that the person who spread the rumors had bad intentions.
Especially Fu Ya, who has already thought of a series of follow-ups.
Fu Ya and Lu Kai were both involved in the incident, and no one knew the situation better than them. However, after the incident spread to the public, it was distorted into this way.
The princess and the little princess went from being victims who were almost kidnapped to being bad guys who protected the bandits, and the two of them turned themselves into bandits. The princess's act of repaying her gratitude turned out to be protecting the bandits.
All of this was directed at the king and must have been premeditated, and the target of this premeditated plan was the king himself.
Thinking more deeply, the person who targeted the king might be the one who supported the bandits. There was an invisible hand behind the scenes controlling everything, with the purpose of shaking the king's prestige.
Why did they want to shake the king's prestige? The purpose was not difficult to guess.
After leaving the car rental company, Fu Ya told Lu Kai her guess. Lu Kai's heart moved, and he and Fu Ya looked at each other, and they saw a decision in each other's eyes.
This matter needs to be taken care of!
In terms of relationship, the two generations of kings have been kind to Dimo and Sina, and the current king is Olin's sworn brother. The two of them cannot just watch them being plotted against and do nothing.
From the perspective of justice, the bandits have committed many evil deeds and we must never allow them to harm innocent people. If there are people who really support the bandits, those who support them are even more guilty of countless crimes.
From a moral point of view, a vicious person who supports bandits, allows them to do evil, harms the people, and informs the bandits of information cannot become a king.
Of course, Fu Ya and Lu Kai still need to verify some specific situations, but Lu Kai believes in his intuition, while Fu Ya believes in her own intelligence.
After all, the two of them were the parties involved in the kidnapping of the princess and the little princess, and they knew the situation very well. Otherwise, no matter how smart they were, they would never be able to think of so many things at once.
Afterwards, Fuya and Lu Kai went to many places and tried to get information under the pretext of leaving the city. The results they got were similar to what the car dealer said. Now the people in the royal city were complaining about the king.
But there is one person's name that is frequently mentioned, and that is Tule.
Tule is the uncle of the current King Russell and the younger brother of the previous King Charleson. He is well-known for his virtue and is very kind to the people.
Because King Russell did nothing about the bandits, Tule had disputes with Russell many times, and Tule personally sent people to escort the people who wanted to leave the city many times, which won the favor of many people.
Some people even think that Tule is more suitable to be the king than Russell, and more and more people support this voice recently.
The information has been made public to this extent, and it is self-evident who is behind the scenes.
"Silly brother, I have a plan." After understanding the situation, Fu Ya said to Lu Kai, "You just need to do this, this, this, this..."
After resting for another night in the royal city, Lu Kai went out alone early the next morning according to Fu Ya's arrangement.
By asking around and asking for directions, Lu Kai found the largest mercenary guild in the city - the Wolf Pack Mercenary Guild.
Mercenaries rarely appear in the original One Piece, mainly because most of these groups are civilian forces in a certain country and rarely go out to sea.
In the Age of Navigation, any force that did not go out to sea was destined to have little success, so it was naturally difficult for a country's mercenary guild to have any significant influence in the world.
However, within a small range, their influence is still not weak. Lu Kai's purpose in looking for the Wolf Pack Guild is to obtain information about all the bandits.
After all, he was an outsider and knew too little intelligence to carry out effective operations.
After joining the union, Luca saw the 5000 million euro bounty on Origi and his eyes widened, and he regretted it in his heart.
I should have thought of it earlier.
The bounty was not issued by the navy, but in the name of the Itachissia royal family. How could a strong man like Origi, who is also a bandit, not have a high bounty?
Even if the navy didn't know about Origi and didn't issue a bounty, the Itachisia Kingdom would not leave them alone.
5000 million is a huge windfall. All the treasures that Lu Kai looted in the village are not worth this price. I don’t know if it is too late to go to Bantou Mountain now.
Soon Lu Kai joined the Wolf Pack mercenary group. The process had some twists and turns, but not many.
It was inevitable that a ten-year-old child would be questioned and ridiculed when joining the mercenaries, but as Lu Kai showed his strong strength, everything became a matter of course.
Mercenary is a relatively free profession, generally divided into two types.
One type is affiliated with the Mercenary Union. This type of mercenaries receives a salary, and all tasks are arranged by the mercenary group.
Another type is free mercenaries. These people are often strong and have a cooperative relationship with the mercenary group. They take missions from the mercenary group, obtain intelligence, and get rewards after completing the mission. The mercenary group then takes a commission from the rewards.
Naturally, Lu Kai applied to be a free mercenary, and he could accept any missions he wanted. All the missions he accepted were related to suppressing bandits. As for other missions, Lu Kai ignored them all, no matter how generous the rewards were.
Soon, after receiving the mission and obtaining the intelligence, Lu Kai left the city!
The overall strength of the West Sea is still relatively strong, and the Itachisia Kingdom is a martial country with strong military strength and tough folk customs.
In addition, the Itachisia Kingdom is a huge island with a vast territory. Many powerful people are lurking on the island, and some of them are engaged in banditry.
Four gangs of bandits appeared near the royal city two years ago. They blocked the main traffic routes leading to the four directions of the royal city and robbed the civilians and merchants passing by.
The army was dispatched many times, but these bandits seemed to get the news and move away in advance every time. When the army left, these bandits came back again.
This cycle repeats itself over and over again, causing the people around to complain but with no way to solve the problem.
But in the following days, the people in the royal city were happier than the New Year, because the four major bandit forces had been completely wiped out by a mercenary from the Wolf Mercenary Union.