Chapter 33

I frown a little when I arrive on Tarlan Island. He could smell it, the smell of sickness, and it was so thick, and it made my stomach ache.

"Sir… This place makes me shiver… I don't know how."

I nod at what Gion is saying. It was not only us. I can see the people who have already awakened their observation haki frowning when we arrive at this place. I snap from my thoughts when my nose picks up something disgusting coming our way.

It was a man wearing beautiful clothes and a lot of jewelry on his body.

"Ohohohoho~ Welcome~ To Tarlan Island, estimate guest. I'm the Mayor of Kluktru town, it is a pleasure to see you. My name is Silvian, the Mayor of this lovely town."

He reeks of drugs. A bad kind of drug. I hate it.

"We come here to have an audience with the king."

"Oh, my~ I'm sorry, good sir~ Even the Vice-Admiral cannot meet with the kind without an invitation or recommendation letter~."

I really want to punch him for his way of speaking.

"Here. This is my recommendation letter."

I show him the token given to me by King Cobra. I could see his smile strained a little, but he still managed to keep his smile.

"Ah~ I see~ Then I will inform the king about your arrival~ Please go directly to the north from here~ You will find the Joktric city~ The capital city."

I nod and get back to the ship, where I call all of my crew.

"Alright people! I have an order for you all. I have a bad feeling about this place. Increase security. Double the night shift and make sure no one gets inside the ship. I will even leave my clone in this place just in case. My other order to you all is not to accept anything from people in this town. As some of you might notice, this place is reeking of drugs. I don't want any of you to become an addict. Is that understood?!"

"Yes, sir!"

I nod, split myself, and walk out of the ship with Gion as my companion. After that, I decided to take the car for our journey to the capital city.

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|Silvian - Mayor of Kluktru Town|

"They've gone, boss."

"Just the two of them?"

"Yes."

I nod my head and start to think. A Marine decided to visit after a long time, eh? A commodore at that. Should I expand my reach? Hmmm, that is something worth trying.

Besides being a Tarlan Kingdom noble, I have a side business. Tarlan is a very fertile island, and it was a perfect place to plant herbs and any medical plant that could be sold for a lot of money to the other part of the world.

However, people did not know that this place is also perfect for planting special herbs. Its plant is called Pink Floyd. This plant is a rare plant that is used as a high-quality perfume for the noble. It lasted a long time, and it did not get too strong.

However, it takes many of these herbs to create a small perfume bottle.

It was a waste. People did not know this, but Pink Floyd can be used to create something. Something more profitable. It was a drug. An illegal kind of drug.

This type of drug is called Pink Lily. It was called that because once you eat those, you will be filled with a vision of pick lily while your mind flies as high as the sky. Pink Lily is a highly addictive drug. Once you eat it, you will not be able to stop.

People will buy them even if that means selling their bodies to get those. I'm also a user, but lucky for me, I have a factory making this drug for my client and myself. This stuff is delicious, and I love it.

At first, I forced my people to use these drugs and made them my slave. Slavery is illegal in this place but slaving the people using drugs… well, it is still illegal, but I have a slave without a collar, and they are even more obedient than slaves being sold in the slave market.

I'm their King in this town, and the people are my slaves. I have already started to spread to other cities, but I still need to lay low not to gather unwanted attention from the King.

The King is a master swordsman, and after being defeated in a duel, he focuses all his time on training his swordsmanship. The prime minister is the one handling the kingdom, and he is in my pocket. He agreed to cover my tracks in exchange for a sum of money.

He needs me to convert the entire island as my army through these drugs before he throws a coup against the King. However, I need to lay low because the King starts to notice something is happening behind his back.

That is why I've been stuck in my business.

I want to expand, but I cannot do that inside the island and the surrounding area. I need to expand to the other part of the Grand Line; the marine is a great carrier.

I look at my slave, kneeling next to me, and say.

"Take all of your men to the ship that just arrived. Kidnap all of the crew. It is a well-known fact that only the ship's captain is the most powerful."

"Yes, sir"

"Do it tonight. For now, feed our merchandise."

With the marine addicted to my drugs, they can be my arms and legs that keep spreading my drugs around the world. It was a perfect plan!

However, it can wait for tomorrow morning because I need to take care of my other business for the nobles in the New World. This one is riskier but lucky for me; I have my slave to do my bidding and many marines I can bribe in case this business goes wary.

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|Yuuji's clone POV|

I follow the Mayor's henchmen and see a hidden underground bunker behind a fake boulder near the Mayor's mansion. When the boulder moves, I can smell something foul from the inside. It was a combination of many kinds of foul smells.

I silently get inside the bunker before the door closes and continue to follow the ground of men getting deeper into the ground. When it reaches a certain depth, the smell of rotten bodies gets even more noticeable.

After walking for another minute, I widen my eyes when I see a large number of cages sitting inside the bunker. Inside the bunker is a human child. I walk closer to one of the cages and touch the child's dead body. The knowledge of what is happening in the body gets inside my head.

"They have been drugged. They remove their teeth and leave only the gum. What are they doing? What do they get from doing this?"

I whisper in a low voice. I can feel rage slowly reaching the eruption point and my body ready to go on a rampage, but I cannot do that. The one who owns this place is noble, and I cannot attack a noble without the approval of an admiral or higher command than the admiral.

I take out my recording Den Den Mushi and connect to Vice-Admiral Garp. After waiting for a few seconds, the Den Den Mushi changed into the general shape of Vice-Admiral Garp.

"Yo Yuuji!"

"I'm sorry to call you so suddenly, Vice-Admiral Garp."

I show a serious and low voice. When he hears my voice, he frowns a little and says,

"What is it, Commodore?"

"Please take a look, and please keep your voice down."

I point the snail at row upon row of cages filled with children, some of them already dead. I continue to where the henchmen walk and see that they are inside the room. I let the snail record from the opening of the room while I squat down on the ground, listening to them.

"So this is the last batch for the noble in the North Blue?"

"Aye. With the help of the drugs, we can make them an obidient slave that obey their master's words just to please them so they can give them their 'candy'."

"Hahahahahaha! Boss Silvian does know how to do business, huh? Removing their teeth so they cannot bite someone's penis and use their gum to give even more pleasure. We remove their arms and legs so they cannot run away. They are nothing but slave toys at this moment. Hahahahaha! Seeing them crying the first time we take them is really entertaining. Sadly, we cannot use them because the client wants them to have their virginity intact."

"Heh. They already buy them young and they want them to be virgins. What a creeper."

"Creeper? You also enjoy them, buddy. Don't call people a creep when you are also a creep."

"Hahahahaha! Yeah, I guess you are right. Do you want to use the new goods?"

"Sure! I will take the redhead."

"Hah! You sure like the redhead."

I take the snail and say,

"Sir. What should we do?"

"Destroy them"

It was not Vice-Admiral Garp but rather Fleet Admiral's voice.

"I will make the warrant for you. Destroy them and kill every single bastard in there. Which Island is this?"

"Tarlan Island near Alabasta. We are in Kluktru Town, and the noble of this place is called Silvian."

"I see. That is why you call Garp. Don't worry, I have already made the warrant for the Noble Extermination Order or N.E.O. Your job is to kill anyone who is related to this Silvian, and before you say something, yes. Even the children. It is better to destroy the bad sapling before they become a tree."

"... I understand, sir."

"Good. I will hear the report of your success tomorrow morning."

"Yes, sir."

I take a deep breath and connect my mind to the other body. Now I can see in two places at the same time and have two brains at the same time. I split more bodies and let them run toward the ship while the original body still goes to the capital city.

I get up from the ground and slowly walk out of the underground hideout. I can feel anger ready to burst, but I cannot let my rage erupt right now. Controlled rage is something really important, that is what Vice-Admiral Garp told me to do, and it was good advice.

Use that rage to power my fist and release it like a volcano. Fast and destructive. After taking another breath, I pop out of existence to join back to the original body.

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"Sir. What is happening?"

"We will go to war, Gion."

"What?"

"I will explain it when we arrive in the capital."

I let Jeane hop into my hand and say,

"Jeane, I need you to go back to the ship and help my other self to communicate between them and me."

"Hoot!"

"Good. Go as fast as you can."

"Hoot! Hoot!"

"Good girl"

I watch Jeane fly away to the ship and continue to drive the car to the capital. I also have a mission. A very difficult mission to give the evidence to the King without making an enemy in the capital city of Tarlan Island.