Chapter 572 Pirate Ship
If you want to live safely in this world dominated by pirates and the World Government, it all comes down to the fundamental issue, which is strength. After all, this world respects strength.
The Red Earl and his beast are great pirates who are as famous as the Golden Lion Whitebeard. This is a direct reflection of their strength. Victor's next goal is to make the entire pirate group strong and complete.
In fact, there was not much they could tell Vic. After all, after they entered the doldrums, they had no channels to pay attention to what was happening in the outside world.
Apart from the newspaper they saw at the beginning, the rest of the talk was about the people's practice and life in the doldrums. After listening, Vic encouraged them and then took out a Den Den Mushi and fired it out.
"Ban! It's me!"
"Vic! You finally showed up!"
"Are you worried about me getting into trouble? Don't you know my strength? You are an expert in intelligence, have you received any intelligence about this?
Besides, if the World Government really has the ability to kill me, they will definitely publicize it. With this deterrent, no one will dare to touch the Celestial Dragons in the future."
Ben's voice was a little excited and trembling. He had been calling Vic since the big news came out, but no one answered.
Rebecca and the others heard the call of the Den Den Mushi, but they did not answer the phone rashly because Vic was unconscious. This world has the Den Den Mushi positioning technology, and several of Vic's Den Den Mushi were ringing frequently, one of which was in contact with Gion.
Ben also heard the rumors from the outside world. He didn't quite believe it, but he hadn't heard from Vic for a long time, so he was indeed a little worried. But now he finally felt relieved after hearing Vic's voice!
Vic called Ben, both to find out what was happening outside and to ask him to do something.
Vic was not worried that Ben would betray him because he lost his identity and status in the Navy. Vic's funding of Ben had nothing to do with the Navy, and Ben, as a professional intelligence officer, knew how powerful Vic was. He dared not betray Vic at all, and had no reason to betray Vic, so Vic was not worried about these things at all.
"What's the situation outside now? Tell me the important things."
"The situation is a bit complicated now..."
Ban briefly introduced the situation outside. The World Conference was held as scheduled. Of course, there were also desperate criminals who took advantage of the chaos to kidnap members of the royal family who were attending the conference. The navy was in a lot of trouble and there were fires to be put out everywhere.
The key is to follow the orders of the World Government and send a large number of people to search for Wick and his gang. Pirates and bounty hunters have become active, and manpower in many places cannot be easily mobilized. Red Hair is also causing trouble in the New World, and the Navy has to send high-end combat forces to keep an eye on them.
Anyway, because of the incident with Vic, a series of events happened one after another, causing Zhan Guo's lips to be blistered, and his old friend Garp went back to see his grandson and gave up the job.
Kizaru was sent out, Aokiji went to the New World to keep an eye on Red Hair, Akainu was guarding the exit of the New World and could not be easily transferred, Zephyr had no interest in worldly affairs except teaching new recruits, and Kasuru was in the North Sea keeping an eye on that little devil.
Zhan Guo was already extremely worried, and there was a white-haired smoker around him who kept asking him about the truth of the Vic incident, which gave him a headache. He knew that it was not easy to be a naval admiral, but he was so worried before he even got the position. He suspected that he would have a head full of white hair soon.
"Okay! I understand. Now I have two tasks for you to do."
"You tell me! I will do my best to do it!"
"First, I need you to mobilize your intelligence agents to help me collect metal. Ordinary metal will do. About 2,000 tons. Find an uninhabited island to gather it. Contact me when the time comes. Tell me if you don't have enough money."
"Second, look for a giant lantern fish. It is said that this fish likes glittering things, especially gold. Tell me immediately if you see it."
"Okay, I'll give the order right away. I'll let you know when everything is ready! Do you have any other instructions?"
"Pay attention to the people from the navy and the World Government who are chasing me, as well as some fixed bases of the World Government. I hope to know where they are when I want to find them. Okay! That's it."
After stating his request, Vic hung up the phone. It was not in Vic's character to passively take a beating. He was no longer an ordinary pirate. He had an intelligence agency working for him. When the time was right, he wouldn't mind killing a few more Celestial Dragons!
Even if he becomes a pirate now, Vic hopes to be a pirate with eyes and ears, rather than blindly acting and taking risks. Although it will be less fun, knowing that there is a sword hanging over his head, how much time will he have to spend experiencing these things?
"Vic! What do you need so much metal for? Are you helping me forge a flying sword? But I don't need that much!"
Rebecca thought that Vic wanted so much metal to help her forge a flying sword. Although she was not worried about the weight, the Golden Lion could fly up many islands, so its weight was definitely more than 2000 tons.
However, the flying swords are all separate individuals, which is completely different from controlling several islands. A large number of them is a huge test of consciousness and mental strength, which is similar to doing mental arithmetic on a difficult calculus problem.
"Of course not! I plan to build a pirate ship out of metal. I'm not satisfied with this ship. In the future, I won't have to worry about the navy's bombardment, nor will I have to worry about the ship having problems during battle. This is a one-time solution."
Victor had long wanted to build a ship with metal. The destroyers and aircraft carriers in his previous life were so majestic. And he was the user of the Thunder Fruit, so there would be no problem with energy.
As if it was destined by God, he had previously planned to use metal to build a warship that belonged to him. However, things are unpredictable, and the warship was about to become a pirate ship.
"Ah! A full metal pirate ship?"
Rebecca was very surprised. The most common ship in this world is the wooden sailboat. The power of a sailboat depends entirely on the sea breeze. It will break down in the doldrums. Therefore, a heavy ship will not do, especially a pirate ship. It will not be able to escape even if it wants to.
Due to power reasons, there are very few all-metal ships. Except for Luo's submarine, there are almost no other metal ships.
The metal ship must have powerful power support, such as Vic's lightning and Ace's fire, but it must be combined with technology.
It's not that people in this world can't build metal ships, but that power limits the development of the shipbuilding industry. Even Franky had to use an unconventional method, cola, as energy to make the Thousand Sunshine take off.
But it consumes too much power and is not long-lasting, so it can only be used in critical moments. Rebecca and the others could not imagine the relationship between lightning and the ship.
"You will understand once we make it. You won't understand even if I tell you now!"
Vic didn't explain to them in detail about the conversion of lightning into power. Vic's lightning ability did not require boiling water, nor did it require engine conversion. He could directly use lightning to drive the motor to drive the propeller to rotate.