"You mean... Monka didn't catch Crow, he was just hypnotized, and the one who was executed a year ago was just a stand-in?"

After listening to Li Yan finish the whole thing, Sol was also shocked.

Unexpectedly, there is such a thing...

"Can this news be confirmed?"

"Basically, yes, in short, we'll know if we go to Rise Island to take a look. Even if the news is not true, we have nothing to lose, right?"

"Well, that's the reason. I happen to be quite close to there, and I can get there in about half a day's flight!"

After listening to Li Yan's words, Sol also nodded, agreeing with what he said.

Now that we have information, we always have to confirm it.

If you have it, you will arrest all of them. If you don't have it, it's nothing. At most, 153 branches have complained about cross-jurisdiction...

"Okay, the old man will go first. It takes about a day for me to go here. We will meet 30 nautical miles south of Lisser Island."

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after one day...

About 30 nautical miles south of Reese Island, the two fleets are facing each other.

One of them is the fleet of 153 branches, including one medium-sized warship and three small warships, with nearly 300 sailors, almost all of them are dispatched.

On the other side, there is a large warship and a small warship, and the number of navy soldiers is only half of the 153 branch.

This confrontation was not within Li Yan's expectations. According to his original thoughts, as long as the Black Cat Pirates, especially Zangao, were captured, they would report to the headquarters together.

Then, the issue of the 153 branch does not need to intervene.

After all, according to the original book, he also gradually changed his personality in three years, and finally became what Luffy saw.

At least, the current Monka has not reached that level!

But if he intervenes now, it would be a little inappropriate.

Unexpectedly, a patrol ship of Branch 153 happened to find Sol who had arrived ahead of schedule and was waiting for Li Yan to rendezvous.

Such large warships are not available in any branch in the East China Sea. They can only appear when people like Rogge Town, which guards the entrance to the great shipping route, or from the headquarters come to patrol.

Therefore, the sailors on the patrol ship immediately notified Monka in the 153rd branch.

It wasn't a big deal at first, but...

When Monka learned that the location of the large warship was about 30 nautical miles south of Rise Island, the subconscious voice rang again.

"Stop them from approaching Rise Island!"

Affected by this, Mengka directly summoned all the navy, and used all the remaining warships of the branch, and immediately rushed to the sea area under report.

Of course, Monka wouldn't just expel the other's warships. Even if he gave such an order, probably no navy would listen to him.

So, he first ordered his sailors to use a semaphore to ask the other party's affiliation, preparing to use a different response method according to the other party's identity.

Unexpectedly, the other party's reply turned out to be that the 18th branch of the East China Sea was leading the recruits out to sea for actual combat drills.

After getting this answer, Mengka no longer had any scruples, and directly asked his subordinates to signal a semaphore, informing him that this was the jurisdiction of the 153 branch, and asked the other party to leave!

Although the marines of the 153 branch were a little strange, why their colonel wanted to drive others away, but they didn't think too much about it. After all, obeying the order was their only duty, so they sent the semaphore according to the order.

But obviously, Sol ignored Monka's request, so the atmosphere became a little more subtle, and there was even a faint confrontation trend, until an hour later...

Li Yan arrived.

"What's the matter, old man?"

Leaping onto the large warship, Li Yan asked directly.

"What else could be the case, they want us to withdraw from the jurisdiction of the 153 branch on the grounds of cross-jurisdictional jurisdiction."

"I said boy, this is the second time I have been driven away by the navy after I followed you!"

Saul said with a bit of tears and laughter.

Well, I am in the navy, but in less than two months, I was expelled by the navy twice...

The first time was Colonel Mouse of the Sixteenth Branch, and this time it was Colonel Monka of the 153rd Branch.

If you don't know people, do you still think I'm a pirate?

"Well, I probably know the reason."

With his right hand on his chin, Li Yan said after pondering for a while.

"what reason?"

"I have guessed before that the reason why the Black Cat Pirates set up their base camp under the 153 branch is very likely that when Zango was hypnotizing Mengka, in addition to making him think that he had captured Chloe, he was still in him. There was an order in the subconscious not to patrol the waters around Reese Island, and not to allow any ships to approach Reese Island."

"In this case, it makes sense, but what are we going to do? We can't just call it directly like the Sixteen Branches did, right?"

Sol frowned slightly, feeling a little awkward.

After all, the situation of the 153rd branch is different from that of the 16th branch. The sailors in the front did not make mistakes, let alone the moths in the navy. Even Monka was only hypnotized. To a certain extent, he was also a victim. .

Then, it is absolutely impossible to fight directly, otherwise, the naval guns will be bombarded, the rifles will be shot, and after the hand-to-hand battle of the scale of hundreds of people...

Inevitably there will be casualties!

"In this way, tell the other party that we have two crew members still on Rise Island, and let us pick them up and leave."

"Hey... boy, your brain is so good, yes, so he doesn't have any left to prevent us from approaching Rise Island. If we still have to stop it, the other sailors in the 153 branch will also have doubts. Yes, just do it!"

Nodding his head, Sol also agreed with Li Yan's method, even when he called Larnas and asked him to arrange for a semaphore.

At the same time, on the medium warships of the 153rd branch.

"Colonel, the semaphore of the 18th branch has just been signaled, saying that two sailors had already gone to Rise Island before, and asked them to come over to pick up the people, and they would immediately leave the jurisdiction of our branch."

"No, absolutely not!"

......

On the deck, all the sailors looked at Monka in confusion.

People's request is very reasonable. Why did my colonel respond so much?

Do you think it would be a shame for other branches to penetrate into our jurisdiction?

Well, maybe that makes sense.

All the sailors can't help but think so...

"Colonel, then let them wait there. We will send a warship to Rise Island to pick up the people and hand them over to the other party. What do you think?"

Monka's adjutant ~lightnovelpub.net~ Lieutenant Colonel Barr said at this time.

When he thought about it, since the colonel was afraid of losing face, we should pick him up and then transfer it, so it shouldn't be a problem, right?

Not only did he think so, but even all the other sailors on the deck gave them a thumbs up to Lieutenant Colonel Barr in their hearts.

However, Monka's next moment's reaction stunned everyone.

Snapped...

Without any warning, Monka suddenly shot and slapped Barr, sending him nearly 3 meters away.

"Who told you to talk too much, didn't you understand my order? The other party is not allowed to approach Lisei Island, and you are also not allowed to approach Lisei Island. Violators..."

"Direct execution!"

This scene shocked everyone, but due to Mengka's increasing power in the 153 branch in the past year, no one spoke for a while, and no one dared to move.

However, the distance between the two sides of the confrontation was not too far. In addition, the physical fitness of the people in the pirate world was far better than that of the people in Li Yan's previous life, including eyesight.

Therefore, Li Yan and Sol naturally saw this scene on the Monka warship.

"It seems to be certain. When Monka was hypnotized by Zango, he subconsciously implanted an order not to allow anyone to approach Rise Island!"

"It should be, but it seems that Mengka's power in the 153 branch is very strong. Even with the scene just now, the other sailors dare not move. Are we really going to be tough?"

After listening to Li Yan's words, Sol frowned again and asked.

"No, now all the branches of the East China Sea are managed by Rogge Town, so should someone also contribute to this matter?"

"what do you mean..."