Thud!
With a dull impact, Via landed squarely on the deck of the Marine warship.
Right in front of Smoker and the others.
“Huh?” Via blinked.
Her mind went completely blank.
She wasn’t the only one.
The Marines were equally stunned by the sudden turn of events.
Tashigi tilted her head.
“Huh?” Meanwhile, aboard the Eternal Galebreaker, the crew stared at the companion who had joined them only a few days ago being casually handed over to the Marines by their captain.
They were momentarily dumbfounded as well.
“Wait…
he’s serious?” “Wow, Via is way too pitiful.” “Ehh~ I was actually planning to get along with her.” “Well~ it can’t be helped.” Unlike the Marines, Carnes’ crew quickly accepted reality.
Not a single one of them showed any dissatisfaction with Carnes’ decision.
Before long, smiles returned to their faces as they waved toward Via on the warship.
“Goodbye, Via~” “Take care~” The crew enthusiastically bid her farewell.
Meanwhile, Via was already sweating bullets.
She was surrounded on all sides by Marines.
As a pirate, she was essentially a lamb thrown into a den of wolves.
She wanted to scream and beg Carnes not to abandon her.
Yet for some reason, when the words reached her lips, she couldn’t say them.
All she could do was scream internally.
“Hey, hey, hey!
Don’t leave me behind!” “This is a Marine warship!
This isn’t funny at all!” “Hey!!
Don’t go!
Don’t go!!” As the Eternal Galebreaker sailed farther and farther away, Via roared desperately in her heart.
“Hey.
What’s your name?” Just as she was drowning in despair, a deep voice suddenly reached her ears.
Via shuddered instinctively.
Stiffly, she turned her head little by little toward the source of the voice.
A towering, muscular man stood beside her, looking down at her.
Smoker.
Via nearly burst into tears.
Still, she forced herself to suppress her fear and squeezed out an awkward smile.
“H-Hi…” “H-How are you all…?” It was on this day that Via’s dream of finding the One Piece was completely shattered.
In its place, a brand-new dream and goal took root in her heart.
Years later, she would become a Marine.
And her ultimate goal would be to send every member of the Pale Emperor Pirates into prison.
Of course, that was a story for another time.
Aboard the Eternal Galebreaker.
Carnes opened the system’s recruitment interface.
[Recruit Special Crew Member] — 300 [Recruit 5 High-Level Crew Members] — 200 [Recruit 10 Mid-Level Crew Members] — 200 [Recruit 10 Low-Level Crew Members] — 200 Carnes first selected the option to recruit high-level crew members.
The system notification immediately followed.
[Recruiting High-Level Crew Members.] [Ding!
Congratulations, Host!
Successfully recruited 5 High-Level Crew Members!] Carnes glanced at the recruitment menu again.
[Recruit 5 High-Level Crew Members] — 300 [Recruit 10 Mid-Level Crew Members] — 200 [Recruit 10 Low-Level Crew Members] — 200 As expected, the cost for recruiting high-level crew members had increased.
The other recruitment options, however, remained unchanged.
Which meant that as long as his Influence Value met the requirements, he could recruit at least one full round of crew members.
Twenty-five people at once.
And judging by the current size of the Eternal Galebreaker, accommodating five or six hundred people wouldn’t be a problem at all.
Once the total crew count reached around seven hundred, the ship would be upgraded into a large-class vessel.
With that in mind, Carnes continued recruiting.
[Recruiting Mid-Level Crew Members.] [Recruiting Low-Level Crew Members.] [Recruiting High-Level Crew Members.] …
[Ding!
Congratulations, Host!
Successfully recruited 5 High-Level Crew Members!] [Ding!
Congratulations, Host!
Successfully recruited 10 Mid-Level Crew Members!] [Ding!
Congratulations, Host!
Successfully recruited 10 Low-Level Crew Members!] [Friendly Reminder: Please proceed to the nearest island to claim this reward.] Listening to the system notification, Carnes fell into thought.
“So it can’t directly send crew members to my side?” “It was the same last time.
Though back then, they traveled here on their own.” After a moment of consideration, he set the matter aside.
There was still one Special Crew Member left to recruit.
As Carnes made his selection, the recruitment process began.
[Recruiting Special Crew Member.] [Ding!
Congratulations, Host!
You have recruited the Special Crew Member from the Jujutsu World: Yuta Okkotsu!] [Friendly Reminder: Please proceed to the nearest island to claim this reward.] [Special Crew Members]: Demiurge, Yuta Okkotsu [Item]: Eternal Galebreaker — Medium-Class Vessel [Prize Pool Entrance >>] [Recruit 1 Special Crew Member] — 500 [Recruit 5 High-Level Crew Members] — 500 [Recruit 10 Mid-Level Crew Members] — 500 [Recruit 10 Low-Level Crew Members] — 500 CREATORS’ THOUGHTS AniForge_058 Enjoying the story?
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