Arceus's Pirate Journey

Even if they tried jumping into the sea to escape, out on the sea they wouldn’t be a match for fishmen, although Jack’s own speed wasn’t fast, on his ship he had a special battle commander - Kawamatsu.

After Kozuki Hiyori completely turned against them, the mindset of the three who still followed her had undergone huge changes.

The greatest change was in Kikunojo, due to his increasingly close relationship with Drake, without extraordinary circumstances, he had accepted this situation.

Kawamatsu always felt guilty about Kozuki Hiyori’s plight, and seeing Wano Kuni’s current state, he too experienced a change internally, only Denjiro was unwilling to fully accept this reality but hadn’t done anything, merely somewhat despondent.

Plus Kozuki Hiyori’s present cooperation, the trio had long shaken off initially being forced into dangerous missions, and Kawamatsu along with Kikunojo even participated in some special operations.

Such as Kawamatsu serving as the supervisor here.

His task efficiency was directly tied to Kozuki Hiyori’s living provisions next month, in such circumstances, Kawamatsu worked hard, ensuring those attempting to jump into the sea to escape stood no chance against his pursuit.

Under hard fighting, this batch continuously saw deaths, Drake too suffered numerous wounds in several battles but persisted smoothly, a year of mining may not have been crash-course but did yield some benefits.

To obtain more food, he had to mine hard, under automatic actions, his body maintained high-intensity training and wasn’t wasted.

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Bang!

Drake kicked a navy person into the sea, Jack’s target was always random, whether it was pirate ships unauthorizedly entering their territory or the Navy, they were his battle targets.

While fighting pirates, Drake acted decisively, but facing former comrades, he inevitably hesitated. Yet, for the undercover mission, he couldn’t not fight, resorting to such methods to reduce Navy casualties as much as possible.

Leveraging his understanding of warship structures, Drake charged into the ship cabin during combat, finding the storeroom inside and locating a Radio Snail in a hidden compartment of the cabin. After confirming no one was around, he finally dialed the phone number that should have been dialed long ago...