Chapter 259 Doubts
Rebecca carried Ian to her room, and Wendy went to call Xiaonan. They slept in the same bed today.
Barnett and Fredek also left, leaving Vic alone here looking at the Lunar Eclipse. As a swordsmith, making a scabbard was a piece of cake for Vic. The blade of the Lunar Eclipse was bright silver without a trace of other colors. Vic planned to equip it with a pure black scabbard, so that it would be in line with the name of the Lunar Eclipse.
The material for making the scabbard is wood, any wood will do, but if you want better quality, of course you have to use better wood. Some scabbards can even withstand the chopped of a big sword. Of course, those are scabbards made of special processed wood. Generally, few swordsmen use scabbards in battle, that is something amateurs do.
Vic plans to use black ironwood to make the scabbard of the Eclipse. Black ironwood is neither good nor bad, and is a medium-quality wood for making scabbards.
When Vic was shopping in Hot Spring Island, he saw that the flagpole with a sign in front of a store was made of black ironwood. He spent a little more money and bought it. Now this pure black wood is perfect for making the Eclipse scabbard.
He also bought the lacquer and other supplies needed to make the scabbard. As a man with a side job as a swordsmith, these things are indispensable, and he would collect them whenever he came across them.
It was a peaceful night on the warship. The only sound on the deck was the sound of Vic polishing wood. The island was also very quiet. It was hard to imagine that this island had been on the brink of destruction.
As time passed, Vic painted the finished scabbard again and again in the moonlight, until the sun rose from the distant sea level, Vic finished the last coat of paint, and it was done as long as it dried. Vic stretched out his arms, facing the rising red sun, as if to embrace the sun.
"No rest for a night? Just to do this?" Zefa's voice sounded beside Vic. Zefa was old and had little sleep, so he was the first to arrive on the deck.
"Yes, teacher. The original scabbard was changed into a hidden weapon by that person. We don't need such a scabbard. We can still win in a fair fight."
Vic pressed the gem on the original scabbard, and a sharp blade quickly popped out from the end of the scabbard, with Wendy's dried dark red blood still on it.
"Yes! Victory achieved through trickery will only make our hearts deviate from the right track, and strength will be far away from us.
Looking at the strong people in the world, no one would use tricks. Once they do, it will become a dependency, and that's it.
His heart will not allow him to continue to become stronger. If he does not make up his mind to make major changes, then his life will be over!"
Zefa glanced at the sharp blade, and it was as if he saw a figure with extraordinary talent, but who cut off his own path to becoming a strong man.
"Teacher, I still want to thank you for everything you have done for this island. Thank you for tolerating our messy behavior, which has kept our hearts on the right track and not derailed and lost our direction. We are lucky to have a teacher like you. My trip to the Elite Camp was not in vain!"
Vic bowed to Zefa. Zefa has not been completely disappointed with the navy yet and has been doing his best to cultivate talents for the navy.
"You think too highly of me. I just did what a Marine should do. And I think that along the way, both of us were set up. We were not originally going to take this route, but were pulled onto this route by a phone call.
Afterwards, I called the headquarters to report the result of the matter, but they didn't know that it was us who handled the matter, and they didn't know who they gave the order to. Isn't it strange?" Zefa said solemnly.
"Have you found out who framed us?" Vic was also a little surprised. It turned out that he had been arranged by someone all along, and there was a dark hand behind the scenes.
"After checking the people on duty that day, it was found that there was indeed a rescue mission at the command department, but the specific assignment of the mission was arranged by a colonel in the command department based on the specific situation.
The messenger who called us said that the colonel personally asked him to give us the mission, but the colonel said that he had never given such an order. He fainted in his office. So who on earth wanted us to go to this route? We checked it all but got no results, and finally nothing happened. "
Zefa didn’t pay too much attention to this matter before, thinking that it was just someone’s memory problem and it was not a big deal anyway.
"Is it so that we can solve the crisis of this country? Then how does he know that we will definitely take action? Can his observation Haki foresee the distant future?"
Vic was also confused. The Navy is an organization under the World Government. The Navy and CP are considered to be one family. Could he have expected a scene where Vic and his group would fight against each other?
"I've never seen that level of foresight. I've never seen someone like Fredek before. It's more likely that he can be said to be a devil fruit ability.
Maybe he just knows us well, knows that I will not waste time going back if I change my course, knows that Rebecca cannot bear to see civilians being bullied, knows that you, Vic, will not stand by and watch Rebecca fight alone, and knows that your team will unite and fight together. This is the power of seeing through people's hearts, it's terrifying!"
Zefa has his own opinion, but there are too few clues now, so it might just be a coincidence.
"It doesn't matter. If he is very strong, he can solve this problem by himself. We don't need to take action at all. This only shows that the person is not strong and can only use his brain to solve these problems. He will not threaten us."
Vic didn't feel scared. There was a general-level fighter here, and a super-emperor deputy fighter, which was difficult for ordinary people to shake.
"You only see the surface. If he tells the government the truth about this incident, will we become an obstacle for the world government to cover up its own ugliness?
Even if the World Government values our military strength and does not deal with us, judging from our performance yesterday, their attitude towards our navy will change and they will be on guard against us.
In the long run, this may push the navy to the opposite side of the World Government. If this is his purpose, it would be the most terrifying!"
Zefa expressed his deeper concerns that the World Government once directly destroyed O'Hara in order to cover up the blank hundred years of history.
But those who were carrying out the execution just followed orders, except Aokiji who secretly released a child named Robin.
But Vic knew that it was the World Government that was behind the trouble, but he not only did not help cover it up but also killed people. This is going against the World Government, and the nature of the problem is different.