Arceus's Pirate Journey

Chapter 1123: Chapter 1108: King of Souls and the Golden Lottery Ticket

The ultimate solution is that there’s no solution, what appears on these children is withdrawal symptoms, long-term feeding of NHC10 has resulted in severe addiction, lacking a special remedy, it requires time to slowly alleviate.

The most direct way to ease their pain is to let them consume NHC10, but doing so would intensify toxin accumulation, and the most effective short-term method is to knock them out.

And this became Tiger’s toughest job, they didn’t have sedatives with them, so they were forced to use more rough physical methods.

This is not an easy task, for Tiger, breaking a person’s cervical vertebrae is simple, but knocking out fragile children is a meticulous job.

And the subsequent issues became another problem.

These children are different from the past batch, previously, they recruited and adopted orphans.

But this group of children was abducted from nearby islands, and except for a few very young ones, they all clearly remember where their home is and have always missed their parents.

This type of child is not their adoption target.

”What should we do? There are quite a lot of them, and they’re too scattered.”

”Time is ample, but their drug issues need systematic treatment, the medical conditions on the ship are insufficient, can’t just knock them out every time they relapse, can we?”

Misu rubbed her head in distress, sending them back one by one is doable, though it will take some time, and even during the process, they could preach.

But given these children’s conditions, there’s no telling what chaos may ensue along the way.

Finally, she made a relatively apt decision to send these children to the Navy Branch.

Every group has scum, but there’s a proportional issue; there are many reliable groups within the Navy, protecting civilians is their duty.

Moreover, NHC10, as a drug strictly controlled by the World Government, is similarly special as morphine on the battlefield, they already have more elaborate handling methods.

The Navy’s routes are more convenient, theoretically they would also have information on these missing children, making it easier to find their families.

”Which nearby branch has a good reputation?”

”G-5 Branch, stationed there are the Navy Vice Admiral Smoker and Vergo, both have a good evaluation, though the Navy soldiers at G-5 are a bit unconventional.

They don’t listen to Headquarters’ orders, act on their own, and slaughter pirates, sometimes more like bandit soldiers.”

Vergo himself is an undercover planted in the Navy by Doflamingo, and aside from members of the Donquixote family, outsiders don’t know about this.

When Vergo infiltrated the Navy, he was just a grassroots soldier and climbed to this position bit by bit through achievements.

Although intrinsically not a good person, in order to maintain his position in the Navy, Vergo always upheld a kind, elegant, and amiable demeanor.

As for Smoker, being delegated to the East Sea was originally both protection and a trial; his strength far exceeds the level of the East Sea, and after the elite Navy was damaged, Smoker’s position naturally elevated.

Also, due to personal requests, he was stationed in the more dangerous New World.

Neither Misu nor Tiger are wanted, but they also have no interest in entering the Navy Branch; upon reaching near the G-5 Branch, they left the children on nearby reefs to entice G-5 guards.

When the Navy dispatched boats to take all the children away, Misu and Tiger also changed course.

”Vice Admiral Vergo! A large number of children were discovered nearby, after verification, they’ve been identified as children missing from nearby islands during this period.

There’s also information left on them indicating the children were affected by NHC10, requiring systematic treatment.”

Inside the office of the G-5 base, Vergo, as the base head, was receiving a report from subordinate soldiers.

”Understood, send them to the infirmary for health checks first, today’s canteen’s fish fillet is made nicely, arrange a portion for them as well.”

”Yes!”

After the soldier left, Vergo took out a napkin to wipe his mouth, only seeming to overlook the half piece of fish fillet stuck to it.

After ensuring no one was around, Vergo brought out his special Radio Snail for contacting Doflamingo.

”Dof, it’s me, Punk Hazard’s side...”

”No special handling needed, just proceed according to the Navy’s process, don’t intervene, more significant figures are stepping in.”

”Understood, I’ve got it.”

After ending his communication with Doflamingo, Vergo then issued new orders.

”Organize those children’s information, have Smoker send them home one by one.”

They both hold the rank of Vice Admiral, but Vergo, as the G-5 base head, is one level above Smoker in position, without orders from Headquarters, he has the authority to command Smoker.

...

Meanwhile, in the New World, on the Island of Performance, a grand concert began anew.

Brook wearing dazzling attire, holding a specially designed shark-shaped guitar, walked onto the stage, and from the moment he appeared, cheers rose from below.

”King of Souls! King of Souls! King of Souls!”

With his unique look and resounding voice, Brook successfully made a name for himself over time, becoming one of the most popular men in the Hundred Beasts Fruit Performance Department, second only to Tesoro.

This also meant Cavendish was surpassed, and at this moment, he was backstage angrily biting his handkerchief.

”Damn it, damn it!! Just a skeleton but he’s more popular than me!! I refuse!!!”

”There’s nothing you can do, the resources are the same, but Brook’s rate of gaining fans is much faster than yours; too bad, he’s always had no intention of renewing the contract, otherwise maybe you wouldn’t be needed.”

Uta was backstage making preparations, responding to Cavendish’s queries at the same time.

Brook’s fan growth far surpasses Cavendish, but when compared to Uta, he still falls short, this is an inherent difference brought by gender.

With a dreamy singing voice, an exceptionally charming presence, along with her appearance, currently, Uta is the biggest traffic attraction.

Before Cavendish could say anything, Uta grabbed Heracross’s arm and flew toward the stage, and what echoed in Cavendish’s ears was another wave of mountain-crushing cheers.

When it was Cavendish’s turn, although the cheers were much less, he still felt quite popular; but unlike Uta and Brook, Cavendish faced not only cheers.

Brook’s unique skeleton character coupled with Uta’s cute appearance had appeal across genders, with Cavendish being the exception.

While he’s become a beloved star among many female fans, he’s equally become an enemy to many males.

This is related to Cavendish’s overly arrogant character, and he’s not following a comedic route, such a ”handsome” persona naturally provokes dissatisfaction among many girlfriends’ male companions.

Because the reason for Cavendish’s exile from his country is due to being overly glamorous, attracting too much female attention, causing young women nationwide to be unwilling to marry.

Even though he’s a prince of a country, such behavior leading to a significant decline in national birth rates, imperiling the country’s future, is not tolerated.

Nevertheless, the income from Cavendish’s group of fans is the most substantial, each time merchandise related to Cavendish goes on sale, it instantly gets sold out.

These people may be fewer in number, but they can compare with Uta’s fan group; their spending for chasing stars far exceeds others’.

And the goal of this concert was singular, to promote lottery tickets.

After continuous overtime, Queen completed the creation of the lottery tickets, and, with Asie’s provision of sufficient materials, began mass production.

By the time this concert was held, the tickets had already been distributed via shipment channels globally, and leveraging the reputation built by the Hundred Beasts Fruit over decades along with these top-tier stars’ influence, complemented by Morgans’ promotion, quickly gained notoriety.

The amount of the gold ticket was set at five hundred million Belly, and the second prize red ticket was one hundred million Belly.

Simply revealing the prize amount stirred interest among many.

Subsequently, all over the world, the insiders arranged by Tesoro also started to act.

[Grand Tesoro High-stake joint purchase of lottery tickets, won the jackpot and split five hundred million Belly.]

[An employee from Water Seven’s shipbuilding company won the jackpot; he’s resigned and plans to sail around the world.]

[A resident from New Fishman Island became wealthy overnight....]

The few winners of the gold ticket gradually emerged and some even accepted interviews, but those who accepted Morgans’ interview chose to do so masked.

The low price combined with the occasional appearance of other prizes sparked a lottery frenzy, and some specially issued peripheral prize tickets were completely booked; upon their release were immediately all bought up, thanks to the fanatical supporters.

Money moves people’s hearts, and under immense profits, some individuals schemed for misconduct.

Forging to claim, selling counterfeit tickets, pretending to win but having no time to claim, thus selling tickets at a discount to passersby.

In just half a month, various scams appeared among different con artists.

And the issue regarding the gold tickets became a new focus of Hundred Beasts, genuine gold tickets involved crucial matters related to the Plate and must be prioritized, whereas fake gold tickets meant someone abusing Hundred Beasts’ subordinate enterprises, naturally inviting retaliation....