19 Chapter 19
"Plop!"
With a dull sound, Veya sat down on the deck of the Marine warship.
Right in front of Smoker and the others.
"Huh?"
Veya blinked, her mind going blank.
Not only her, even the Marines themselves were momentarily stunned by this sudden turn of events.
Tashigi: "Huh?"
On the Eternal Gale, watching Veya, who had become their companion just a few days ago, being handed over to the Marines by the captain like this, the crew members were also dumbfounded.
"Is this... for real?"
"Oh, poor Veya!"
"Huh, I had plans to get along well with Veya!"
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it!"
Unlike the Marines, Carnes's crew members quickly accepted this reality, and they had no grievances toward Carnes for his actions.
Soon, smiles reappeared on the faces of the crew members, and they waved to Veya on the Marine warship.
"Goodbye, Veya!"
"Take care!"
The crew members bid farewell to Veya.
On the Marine warship, Veya was now in a state of panic, sweat pouring down her forehead.
Surrounded by Marines, she, a pirate, was like a lamb among wolves.
She wanted to shout out loud, hoping that Carnes wouldn't abandon her.
But for some reason, the words wouldn't come out. She could only scream frantically in her mind.
"Hey, hey, don't leave me behind!"
"This is a Marine warship! This joke is not funny at all!"
"Hey!! Don't go, don't go!!"
As she watched the Eternal Gale sail farther away, Veya screamed in her mind.
"Hey! What's your name?"
Just as Veya was wailing inwardly, a deep voice reached her ears.
Veya shuddered instinctively.
With some stiffness, she slowly turned her head and looked in the direction of the voice.
A burly man with bulging muscles stood beside her, looking down at her.
Veya was frightened to the point of tears, but she forced a smile and greeted Smoker.
"Hi... Hi! How are you all doing..."
On that day, Veya's dream of finding One Piece was completely shattered.
In its place, a new dream and goal took root in her heart.
Later, she became a member of the Marines, and her goal was to send every member of the "Gale Emperor Pirate Crew" to prison!
However, those are stories for another time.
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On the Eternal Gale.
Carnes entered the recruitment page of the system.
[Recruit Special Crew]"300"
[Recruit Advanced Crew * 5]- "200"
[Recruit Intermediate Crew * 10]- "200"
[Recruit Basic Crew * 10]- "200"
Carnes first recruited an advanced crew member, and the system's prompt followed.
[Recruiting advanced crew members in progress.]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully recruiting 5 advanced crew members!]
Carnes looked at the recruitment page.
[Recruit Advanced Crew * 5]- "300"
[Recruit Intermediate Crew * 10]- "200"
[Recruit Basic Crew * 10]- "200"
As expected, the required influence points for recruiting advanced crew members increased.
But there was no change in the other levels of crew members, which meant that once Carnes' influence points reached the requirements, he could summon at least one round of crew members.
25 in total!
And judging by the current size of the Eternal Gale, accommodating five to six hundred people would be no problem at all.
When the total number of crew members reached around seven hundred.
The model of the Eternal Gale would be changed to a large vessel.
With these thoughts in mind, Carnes began recruiting crew members.
[Recruiting intermediate crew members in progress.]
[Recruiting basic crew members in progress.]
[Recruiting advanced crew members in progress.]
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[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully recruiting 5 advanced crew members!]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully recruiting 10 intermediate crew members!]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully recruiting 10 basic crew members!]
[Friendly reminder: This reward requires the host to go to the nearest island to collect it.]
Listening to the system's prompt, Carnes fell into contemplation for a moment.
"Can't the crew members be directly sent to me? It was the same last time, but they arrived where I was."
After some thought, Carnes put the matter aside for now.
There is still one special crew member left to recruit!
With Carnes' selection, the recruitment of the special crew member began.
[Recruiting special crew members in progress. ]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for recruiting a special crew member from the "Jujutsu Kaisen," "Yuta Okkotsu"!]
[Friendly reminder: This reward requires the host to go to the nearest island to collect it.]
[Host]: Carnes
[Influence Points]: 300
[Total Crew Members]: 77
[Special Crew Members]: "Demiurge," "Yuta Okkotsu"
[Advanced Crew Members]: 15
[Intermediate Crew Members]: 30
[Basic Crew Members]: 30
[Items]: Eternal Gale - Medium
[Prize Pool Entrance""]
[Recruit Special Crew * 1]"500"
[Recruit Advanced Crew * 5]- "500"
[Recruit Intermediate Crew * 10]- "500"
[Recruit Basic Crew * 10]- "500"
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