Chapter 290: Dragon And Snake
“【Flying Six】?”
Hearing this strange title, numerous executives including Taolong were somewhat baffled.
【Togo】 This term they could occasionally hear in some taverns and theaters, as the name implies, it refers to liquor or performers promoted as the shop’s signboard.
But this 【Flying Six】……indeed unheard of.
However, without paying attention to everyone’s respective thoughts, Aoxi continued pouring out the information she knew:
“Not only that, besides selecting six from among you to serve as that whatever 【Flying Six】, the rest will no longer be called island garrison executives, but changed to uh……what was it 【Tattler】?”
【Tattler】……another unheard-of term.
Everyone began to grow curious about where Boss Kaido had heard these terms~and as if she could read minds, Aoxi soon revealed the source of these strange words.
“I heard these bizarre names were thought up by Boss Kaido on a whim after he went to Wano Country and watched a few plays with that whatever 【General】.”
That’s right……
Surprisingly, Kaido, this guy who seemed completely unconnected to art, was actually very interested in the kabuki performances arranged in Wano Country, and after just watching a few, he memorized the titles of those roles.
Among them, he was particularly fond of a play adapted from an ancient legend of Wano Country—Sword God Ryoma slaying the dragon……not sure if it sparked some association.
However, Aoxi clearly had no interest in that kabuki performance, thinking Kaido was just forcing it—like stuffing an elephant in the fridge.
“Well~ that big brute actually got classy on this trip abroad, coming up with all these fancy terms~”
“A toad wearing glasses……pretending to be a college student~”
For Aoxi’s nonstop roasting, the executives on the other end of the Den Den Mushi could only remain in silence……
……
However, strange names aside, this reorganization of the Beasts Pirates was going with the flow.
These years, as the pirate crew’s reputation grew bigger on the sea, almost every day there were endless streams of pirates from the Four Seas and ‘Paradise’ coming to join.
And Kaido’s attitude toward this was—accept them all!
This caused the pirate crew’s numbers to increase by an order of magnitude in just a few short years.
During this time, Wright had repeatedly advised that to ensure the pirate crew’s combat power and reduce the financial burden on subordinate islands, the Beasts Pirates, even if not taking an absolute elite route, at least shouldn’t stuff in every crooked melon and split jujube.
And Kaido initially naturally didn’t take it seriously……war needs lots of people to be lively and satisfying~
But after several small-scale conflicts with other pirate crews, witnessing the jaw-dropping battle damage ratio from that rabble of new recruits, he obediently handed over the vetting of new personnel to Wright’s internal affairs department.
And while subsequent vetting was much stricter, it still couldn’t handle the sheer number of interviewees.
These people were mostly the most ordinary, strength-wise just pirates who were all hot air, but there were also quite a few with decent strength.
Wright, though harboring a selfish desire to recruit more who could read and write, couldn’t just ignore those with powerful strength; those who qualified still had to be recruited.
And just like that, recruiting and recruiting~ over time, Fenrir’s annual New Year ranking matches became increasingly fierce, almost turning from a brawl game into a tournament of power.
Pirates with all sorts of unique skills slaughtering each other, with flashes of lightning and skies full of fire, just repairing the arena cost a fortune.
After all, too many monks for too little porridge; there were only so many islands in the Beasts Pirates’ territory, and the surrounding areas were all other great pirates’ turf, not easy to seize by force for the time being……
So after discussing with Ember and the others, Kaido decided to take advantage of this opportunity to station in Wano Country to reorganize the pirate crew’s internals once more.
Selecting those among the original island garrison executives whose strength stood out exceptionally, promote them one level to form the 【Flying Six】, and conveniently have them vacate their garrisons for those strong enough pirates without islands to divide.
In short, it’s promoting a batch of high-performing local officials to central officials, then letting those behind ‘fill the vacancies.’
……
“The number of 【Tattler】 hasn’t been fixed yet, but everyone present can probably snag a spot.”
Hearing Aoxi say this, the absent crowd breathed a sigh of relief.
Especially that tail-end executive who spoke up after Taolong; at this moment, his Den Den Mushi’s little eyes were visibly drooping softly.
“Well~ don’t get too happy too soon.”
“How so?”
The tail-ender’s heart, just settled, immediately hung again.
“Boss Kaido said that after dividing into 【Great Calboard】, 【Flying Six】, and 【Tattler】 this time, there will be no more easy changes.”
“What does that mean?”
“It means you guys can’t casually challenge out of rank like before anymore.”
“Except for conversions between 【Tattler】 and ordinary members via ranking matches, for 【Tattler】 to challenge 【Flying Six】 or 【Flying Six】 to challenge 【Great Calboard】, that requires obtaining ‘qualification’ granted personally by Boss Kaido himself.”
This counts as one step in the pirate crew further moving toward formalization; fixing the personnel in the decision-making and core layers is also beneficial for the organization’s long-term development.
“This—!”
Compared to others content with the status quo, Taolong, who had just been self-consoling, was now unsettled.
As someone who set his goal on 【Great Calboard】, he originally thought that as before, once his strength was enough, he could just pull down the one above, but now……
The Den Den Mushi’s head drooped down~
“Well~ Taolong, you don’t need to worry too much.”
“Hm?”
“The capable dwelling below while the incompetent comfortably sits above—Boss Kaido has never tolerated that kind of thing.”
“Your opportunity is still plenty big!”
“……”
“Eh……”
Hearing Aoxi’s comfort, and already knowing he was temporarily unconnected to 【Great Calboard】, Taolong stopped dwelling on it.
From the day he became an executive, he vowed not to involute himself, only to involute others……this was still a term he heard from the other side.
“By the way, has Boss Kaido already been to that Wano Country?”
Having sorted his mood, Taolong suddenly asked about Kaido.
“Yeah~ said he wanted to meet that whatever 【General】 first; Ember and the others only got notified to go after Boss Kaido returned.”
“Well~ who knows what kind of beauty she really is, how much to Boss Kaido’s taste; anyway, that bull-headed guy came back grinning with snot bubbles……”
Aoxi pouted as she roasted.
For this meeting with Wano Country’s newly appointed 【Black Charcoal】 General, Kaido actually went with probing intentions, wanting to see what kind of guy the other side really was.
And as for the probing result, the other side wasn’t exactly cunning and deep~ but at least could be called profoundly foolish.
Overall, both sides could be said to be very satisfied with that meeting.
Wano Country’s general took a fancy to Kaido’s martial prowess, while Kaido took a fancy to the other’s stupidity and Wano Country’s land; both sides hit it off perfectly.
That Wano Country general with a face bigger than his body almost instantly released his ‘goodwill’ upon seeing Kaido.
The other side not only arranged top-spec reception, but also said ‘as long as you help him eliminate those samurai plotting rebellion and the daimyo not submitting to him, then Wano Country’s almost all land outside the capital—【Flower Capital】—can be freely used by the Beasts Pirates.’
Not only that, that general hinted between the lines that the Beasts Pirates could freely enslave and exploit Wano Country’s people; even Kaido felt the other side was expecting him to do so.
That man named 【Black Charcoal Orochi】, compared to Wano Country’s general, Kaido felt he was more like that country’s enemy, borrowing the Beasts Pirates’ power specifically for revenge.
But none of that mattered anyway.
Since the other side was practically shoving the meat down the Beasts Pirates’ throats, don’t blame him Kaido for taking the face given……
Full send! Activate!
Almost at the same time as returning to Fenrir, a vanguard team led by Ember immediately set off, heading to Wano Country via the secret passage provided by the other side.
