Chapter 108: New System
Finally, under Kaido’s decision, the basic management system of the Beasts Pirates was confirmed.
Led by Kaido, the five core executives below him—Burufaruto, Ember, Ra, Aoxi, and Obei.
These five people, together with Kaido, oversee the management of supplies and personnel mobilization within the Pirate Crew, and are responsible for deciding all major matters within the Pirate Crew.
The five core executives have the right to mobilize mid-level executives and the garrison combat squads on each island, and they can also recruit private teams directly under themselves.
Below these six are the mid-level executives, served by the captains of the original combat teams, with insufficient numbers filled through open combat selection.
They are responsible for guarding the various islands under the Beasts and paying taxes monthly.
At the same time, they must rotate once a month and undergo reselection once a year as required by Kaido.
As for the selection method… it’s of course the ranking match.
The mid-level executives’ ranking match will be held at the annual Beasts celebration, with winners advancing and losers exiting.
At the same time, Ra divided the subordinate islands into core sea area and peripheral sea area based on their location and resources.
The higher-ranking executives will naturally be prioritized for assignment in the core area.
As for the lowest-level combat squads, they are divided into thirteen hundred-man teams based on background and combat power performance.
Each hundred-man team includes eighty combat personnel and twenty combat support personnel, such as cooks, ship doctors, navigators, and the like.
These hundred-man teams will be permanently stationed on the islands and are not allowed to leave the shore more than twelve sea miles without orders from a core executive, let alone privately go to sea to raid.
Their daily expenses are fully allocated directly from Fenrir Island headquarters.
In addition, crews like the Foll Pirate Crew that voluntarily become subordinate pirate crews will retain their pirate crew establishment, be directly assigned to garrison other islands, and do not need to participate in rotations.
Moreover, these subordinate pirate crews report directly to Kaido and have the right to retain ten percent of the taxes from their garrison.
Of course, the premise is that their captain’s strength is recognized by everyone in the organization; otherwise, the weak have no qualification to enjoy such preferential treatment.
Besides this most basic main structure, as the true core stronghold of the Beasts at this stage, Fenrir Island will have a central funds warehouse, supplies warehouse, weapons warehouse, and the like.
Special departments will also be established to manage the allocation of these weapons and supplies, to strengthen ties with the subordinate islands.
Of course, special departments such as the intelligence department, weapon research and development department, staff department, etc., will be established on the island and report directly to the respective core executives.
This is the new management system that the Beasts will implement at present.
It has to be said that it finally looks a bit like a proper faction, no longer like a makeshift group.
However, although the general framework is in place, truly implementing it will still require a considerable amount of preparation time.
After all, they still need to tally personnel, establish groupings, select executives, and arrange garrisons.
These tasks don’t sound complicated, but once they actually got started, it still took nearly a month to barely complete the rough outline.
And with the roster of the last combat squad finalized, countless letters of appointment and mobilization orders issued like snowflakes from that small temporary room next to the Fenrir Island warehouse…
“Taolong Boss! Taolong Boss!”
“Quick, come look at this!”
A pirate wearing a headscarf clutched a box and stumbled to the door of a tavern in town.
All the customers chatting and drinking inside the tavern were startled by the noise and peered out through the open gate.
“Huff~ Cough cough! B-Boss.”
“Congratulations, congratulations…”
Although out of breath, the pirate’s face still couldn’t hide his excited expression.
“Hm? Congratulations?”
“Hah! What’s there to congratulate?”
“Gulp gulp gulp gulp~”
In a dim corner, the pirate named Taolong just glanced faintly at him upon hearing this, then continued drinking on his own.
This man had been in this tavern every day getting drunk since losing to Skipgate a month ago.
“Clang!”
Another empty bottle was casually tossed onto the table, spun once, and fell to the floor.
But unlike the other empty bottles scattered haphazardly on the ground, it directly hit another bottle, and both shattered into glass shards.
“Hey! Taolong Boss, stop drinking!”
Seeing his dejected state, the headscarf pirate ignored the others and went right up to him.
He swept all the remaining upright bottles off the table with a wave, wiped the tabletop twice with his sleeve, and then carefully placed the box from his arms onto it.
“Wine, my wine! W-What are you doing…”
Taolong, still in a drunken haze, started to get up to grab the bottle but was held back by the other.
“Forget the wine! Kaido Captain’s letter of appointment has arrived!”
“Ah?”
“Ka-Kaido Captain? Letter of appointment? What-What’s that?”
Hearing Kaido’s name, Taolong clearly perked up, but he still didn’t understand what a letter of appointment was.
The previous Beasts had never heard of such a thing.
The headscarf pirate was clearly literate and immediately explained to him:
“A letter of appointment is generally a written certificate issued by Navy headquarters when appointing officers.
We’ve been talking about a new position division in the Beasts lately; I heard some systems are based on the Navy’s setup.”
“So, what’s this?”
Hearing the explanation, Taolong finally turned his gaze to the box, a feeling called anticipation quietly rising in his heart.
The box was wooden, coated with black lacquer on the surface, with silver metal guards on the eight corners, appearing very precious and solemn.
Gently stroking the Beasts emblem pattern on the black box’s surface, as well as the surrounding relief resembling Kaido’s dragon form, Taolong’s hands trembled uncontrollably.
“Open it and see, Taolong Boss.”
“Yeah, let us take a look too, Taolong.”
Some of Taolong’s drinking buddies and others who didn’t know him but were simply curious gathered around.
Everyone wanted to see what was inside the box.
“Oh, oh, alright.”
Swallowing saliva to moisten his dry throat, Taolong rubbed his hands hard on his pants before slowly opening the exquisite box.
“Creak~”
A thin slit opened, and everyone held their breath, eyes fixed motionlessly on the spot where light spilled out.
Hm? Light?
Light?!
Everyone rubbed their eyes, confirming it wasn’t an illusion—light was really spilling from the opened slit.
It was faint, but impossible to ignore.
Brilliant golden light like fine gold sand added a touch of nobility and sanctity to this dim corner.
Now not just Taolong, but everyone around swallowed hard.
“Huff~”
Finally, this battle-hardened pirate took a deep breath again, steadying his trembling arms.
“Click!”
The box lid was flung open in one go, and the golden glow instantly broke the seal, spreading outward.
The surrounding crowd instinctively shielded their eyes, only carefully lowering their hands when they realized the light wasn’t blinding.
“This, this is…”
On the black silk lining, a plain white envelope and an exquisite token-like object lay quietly in the center.
The light had just come from that token.
The token’s shape was very strange, like a sword-shaped feather cast from gold, but only half of it.
Its surface flowed with a golden sand-like sheen.
Taolong carefully took it out; it felt heavy in his hand, with weight no different from real gold, and the feather was engraved with the character “One” in formal script.
“So beautiful…”
This was the consensus of everyone present; they had never seen anything more exquisite or luxurious than this sacred feather-shaped token in their lives.
If this thing were taken to those large auction houses, nobles, royalty, or even Celestial Dragons would surely throw money at it without hesitation…
Regretting not washing his hands first, Taolong carefully placed the token back in the box and picked up the envelope sealed with Beasts emblem sealing wax.
Having never seen such a formal packaged letter before, Taolong didn’t know what to do; he wanted to tear it open but feared damaging the envelope.
While he was at a loss, the headscarf pirate stepped forward again.
He drew the dagger from his waist, wiped it twice on his sleeve, and handed it to Taolong.
“Boss, use this.”
“Oh, oh.”
Taking the dagger, he wiped it again on his own clothes before gently prying open the sealing wax with the blade.
Opening the envelope, he took out a tri-folded white paper and carefully unfolded it.
The people around immediately crowded closer.
Smelling the alcohol on them, Taolong somewhat regretted opening the box here.
Borrowing the token’s faint light, he squinted hard at the words.
The handwriting was very neat, without any fancy script, giving a sense of solemn beauty.
But despite staring for a long time, Taolong could only recognize his own name.
“This…”
“I’ll read it for you, Taolong Boss.”
“Good.”
Handing the letter of appointment to him, Taolong secretly resolved to study reading diligently when he got back.
“Hm, let me see…
Former Beasts combat team squad leader Taolong, upright in character, keen and enterprising, brave in combat, with repeated meritorious achievements;
Fought bloody battles above Hachisu, risked life and limb between gun and sword; truly the backbone of the Beasts, a model for all members.
Now promoted to island garrison executive, granted one military tally, one million Belly, in charge of Skul Island tax and defense duties…”
Reading this, the headscarf pirate looked up.
“That’s it?”
“That’s it; the rest seems to be Kaido Captain’s personal signature.”
He pointed to the signature taking up half the page, completely unrecognizable as “Kaido.”
“What does it mean?”
After hearing the full content of the letter of appointment, Taolong was still dazed.
“Uh… this is quite formal courtly grammar. It means you’re now the island garrison executive of Skul Island, Boss!
From now on, the island’s guard work and…”
“Executive? You said executive!”
“Haha, executive!!!”
Completely ignoring the rest, Taolong was utterly immersed in the word “executive.”
“Executive! I’m an executive!”
“Hahaha! I’m an executive!!”
“I’m an executive!!!”
Taolong laughed loudly while charging out of the tavern regardless, running into the street.
Ignoring the strange looks from those around, he spread his arms wide and shouted:
“All eyes on me! I have an announcement: I’m an executive! I, Taolong, am an executive!!!”
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