The people at the port were talking about their own affairs. The minds of Kuzan, Ji Guoyuan and the other navy were suddenly filled with all kinds of messages. For a while, there was no way to explain what they were saying. Figure out a context.
It is generally known that a large number of children are missing on the island, numbering dozens.
"Everyone, please be quiet. Everyone, please be quiet first."
"Please let this old gentleman speak first! Then we will listen to you one by one about what happened."
"If everyone talks at the same time, I can't figure it out at all!"
In order to make the whole incident clearer, Kuzan shouted loudly. As his words fell, the dock suddenly became much quieter. Only some parents who had lost their children could not control their emotions and were still sobbing.
Seeing that the situation was successfully under control, Kuzan helped Mayor Xisuo up, and then said kindly to the old gentleman: "What do you call me, old gentleman?"
"I think you should be able to represent everyone. Can you please tell us in detail about the specific things?"
When Kuzan asked about Xisuo, the wooden ladder had already been put down on the warship. Ji Guoyuan led more than ten sailors on the ship to get off the ship one after another, and surrounded Kuzan, all eyes focused on On Hisoka's body.
"Director of Kuzan Base, my name is Xisuo. Thanks to everyone's trust, I am now the mayor of this Miguo town."
"In our small town of Miguo, dozens of children have been lost one after another in the past ten days!"
"During this period, I have mobilized the masses to search carefully, but there is no trace of those children at all."
"Can't find any!"
"I suspect that these children were abducted by a human trafficker group, so we couldn't find them on the island!"
"We are all ordinary people. The boats in our town are all small boats and cannot go very far at all."
"So I would like to ask everyone in the Navy to help us find those missing children!"
As Mayor Hisoka spoke, his knees softened again, and he planned to kneel down to Kuzan and the others. Fortunately, Kuzan had quick eyesight and quick hands, and held Hisoka in place, preventing him from kneeling down.
"Come on, give the photos of your children to Director Kuzan."
Hisoka was supported by Kuzan and did not insist on kneeling anymore. Seeing that Kuzan was easy to talk, he immediately greeted the people behind him. After he finished speaking, the crowd swarmed in front of Kuzan again, handing photos of various sizes into Kuzan's hands.
In response, Kuzan did not refuse. After receiving the photos submitted by the public, he began to quickly browse through them. Not only did he look at it himself, Kuzan also divided half of it into the hands of Enichi Tsukuni, who also quickly checked it.
At this moment, the subordinates also gathered behind Jiguo Enichi. Seeing Jiguo Enichi quickly flipping through the photos, they couldn't help but said angrily:
"It's really abominable!!"
"The kidnapped children are all so young!"
"These human traffickers really deserve to be killed!"
"Brigadier General Jiguo, it should be the slave-catching team who did it. There are countless such people in the new world. This kind of thing has happened before in my hometown!"
You Haijun looked at the photos in Ji Guoyuan's hand and sympathized with the parents who had lost their children. In addition to anger, there was also hatred in his words.
"Everyone, please help us!"
Hisoka and the people behind them turned pale when they heard the words "slave-catching team." In the new world, slave-catching teams and pirates are almost synonymous.
It's just that the economic sources of the two are different. Generally speaking, the combat effectiveness of the members of the slave-catching team is weaker than that of the pirates. Their main source of wealth is to capture and sell slaves.
The origin of this slave is also very complicated. He may be a pirate, he may be a son of a good family, he may be sold in debt, or he may be a prisoner obtained by the victorious country.
And those slaves will also be sold all over the world to provide "commodities" to the nobles in the world who need slaves.
The world's largest slave consumers are the Celestial Dragons living in Marinjoa.
In this vast sea, there is no essential difference between finding those abducted children and finding a needle in a haystack.
"Slave catching team?"
"If it's just for slaves and money, why are the children kidnapped only five or six years old?"
"Aren't mature men and beautiful women more valuable?"
Ji Guoyuan quickly flipped through the photos in his hand, frowned, and asked suddenly. His words also stunned the marine who just spoke. At the same time, Kuzan, Hisoka and the surrounding people also fell silent and looked at Enichi Tsukuni.
"this"
"Maybe it's because children are easier to abduct."
"The risk is low, well, that's what it should be."
The navy thought for a moment and replied.
After hearing his answer, Ji Guoyuan nodded slightly and reluctantly agreed. But after a while, Ji Guoyuan looked up at Hisoka and asked:
"Mayor Xisuo, how many people are there in Miguo Town?"
"Can you search the entire island in such a short time?"
Hearing Jiguo Yuanyi's question, Hisoka looked at Kuzan and asked with some confusion: "Captain Kuzan, who is this?"
It’s no wonder Hisoka was confused. This group of marines was obviously headed by Kuzan. Kuzan, the leader, didn’t even speak. His subordinates kept interrupting, which made Hisoka a little confused. These marines , who can make the decision? !
"He is the Commodore of the Navy Headquarters. He is my aide-de-camp following Kuni Yuichi."
"You go ahead, tell him, tell me, it's all the same."
Kuzan replied, thinking about the doubts about Ji Guoyuan's theory in his mind.
In this world, as a slave, the most valuable thing is a young girl from a rare race. Below that, there are good-looking human women. Next, there are powerful fighting slaves. The next level up is those with strong bodies. coolie.
"Materials" like children are not worth much at all, and few nobles would need them. Even if he wants to, he is still a child in his early ten years, who can not only work, but also cultivate the so-called "servility".
Children as young as five or six years old even need someone to take care of them. Few people will spend money to buy such "losing money". Of course, if it is a baby, there will be a certain market.
But for a five- or six-year-old child who even dislikes dogs, whether it’s for money or something else, it’s not “economical”.
"Our town has less than 100,000 people."
"I have been the mayor for almost thirty years. I know not only everyone in this small town, but I know the situation inside the town best."
"People in our town have already looked for these children, and they are indeed not found! They must have been abducted!"
Hearing the mayor's words of conviction, Kuzan and Ji Guoyuan glanced at each other subconsciously.
"Yuanyi, what do you think?!"
Kuzan scratched the back of his head, his mind a little confused and he didn't know where to start.
He has been in the navy for so many years, and has almost never encountered similar things. When Kuzan was performing tasks in the special forces, he was also fighting pirates. When he led the fleet to sea, he was also hunting pirates. He has no experience in such things as work.
"Mayor Hisoka's words have some reference value. I think we should first ask all the parents who have lost their children in detail to find out under what conditions the children disappeared."
"Look for clues from here."
"Well, let's investigate the ships coming and going in the port in recent times and see which ships are suspicious."
"Don't stop the search work on the island. In such a big town, we cannot rule out the possibility of children being hidden."
As soon as Ji Guoyuan spoke, he saw that the domineering spirit had actually spread rapidly towards the island. For ordinary humans, the strength of a child's aura and the strength of an adult's aura can be distinguished at a glance.
Considering that there are so many missing children, if the children are concentrated in a certain place on the island and are still alive, it is not difficult to find them.
Just be afraid, the person died, or was separated and hidden, or was abducted to the sea as Mayor Xisuo said. Once the situation develops into this situation, the matter will be complicated.
Kuzan saw that Jiguo Yuanyi's words were serious, and immediately decided to leave the matter to Jiguo Yuanyi.
He is not good at such things, so he might as well leave it to someone who is good at it.
Inquiries and investigations cannot be completed in a short time. Kuzan still has to prepare for the establishment of a new branch. He can still distinguish the priorities, but he cannot ignore these matters. Division of labor has become inevitable. Methods.
Kuzan himself planned to take the lead in replenishing supplies, recruiting personnel to fill the population, and preparing for the establishment of branches, etc., and let Ji Guoyuan and others help the residents of Miguo Town find people.
In this way, it will neither hurt the hearts of the people nor delay the navy's own affairs.
To be honest, it is also a waste of energy to do things, and establishing a naval branch to catch more pirates will be more conducive to the peace and stability of the sea from an overall perspective.
However, neither Kuzan nor Yuanyi can use this simple and cold-blooded measurement method.
There are people in need of help right in front of them, and if they ignore them, their conscience will be troubled.
"Yuanyi, I'll leave this matter to you. I'm not very good at this. If you need help, I'll try my best to send someone to you."
"We cannot delay the preparation of the branch. I am responsible for this aspect."
Kuzan said this to Jiguo Enichi, but when his words fell into the ears of Mayor Hisoka and other residents, they turned into excuses.
Ji Guoyuan, such a young navy, is really unconvincing. To put it bluntly, Hisoka's grandson is much older than Jiguo Enichi.
Handing such an important matter to a smooth-talking young navy really makes Hisoka and others uneasy, even if the other party is a Commodore of the Navy Headquarters!
Hisoka's knees weakened, and he was about to kneel down again, shouting in pain: "Chief Kuzan! You can't just ignore it!"
"Children, children need help from the Navy!"
"Don't you, the navy, shoulder the responsibility of justice? Isn't it a just act to leave the people alone?!"
Moral kidnapping!
Mayor Hisoka's two simple words directly put the young Kuzan on a high platform.
Kuzan is a moral person, and moral kidnapping is very useful to him.
Sometimes, desperate and helpless people will do whatever it takes to get people to help them. Moral kidnapping is just child's play.
Although such actions may make those who reach out to them uncomfortable, but so what?
As a navy, even if the other party's actions make you a little uncomfortable, can the navy, which prides itself on justice and has a righteous heart, really ignore such a thing?
At the very least, Kuzan is determined not to do this.
Frowning slightly, Kuzan thought for a moment and was about to speak when he was interrupted by Ji Guoyuan:
"Hisoka, the mayor, right?"
"Our navy will investigate this matter."
"I will allocate my energy to help you find those missing children. Of course, please give us some time to investigate."
"Since you have asked our navy for help, we will never ignore it."
"But in the same way, we will not give you any guarantee, and we will not promise you that we will definitely find it. I hope you can understand this!"
"You have been looking for it for so long. You should know that this is not an easy task."
"We in the Navy will do our best and we will give you an answer no matter what the outcome is."
"Before that, please, and the parents who have lost their children, please give our navy enough trust!"
As soon as Ji Guoyuan walked up to Kuzan, he spoke in a high-sounding voice, directly suppressing what Kuzan originally wanted to say. Mayor Hisoka looked at the indifferent Jiguo Yuanyi in front of him, opened his mouth, remained silent for a while, and then nodded.
The red-haired young navy man in front of me is actually more experienced than the base commander!
This also made Hisoka's originally a little worried heart relax a little.
Although what Ji Guoyuan said was all so-called "official talk", at least the other party did not "agree". Such an attitude could also make Hisoka feel a little "rigorous".
"We are satisfied if the navy agrees to help!"
"How is the result."
"We also know that this kind of thing cannot be forced."
"Thank you. Thank you, Commander Kuzan. Thank you, Brigadier General Jiguo."
Hisoka bowed and thanked Kuzan and Ji Guoyuan, and his actions also inspired the people behind him, the families who had lost their children, to say thank you gratefully.
Things have been promised, and what needs to be done must be done.
Mayor Hisoka gave Jiguo Yuanyi a separate "office" in the town, so that Jiguo Yuanyi could have a place to listen carefully to the family members who had lost their children and told them about their situations.
Kuzan left two subordinates for Yuanyi as helpers, while he took the rest of the navy to purchase supplies and recruit people willing to migrate.
Yuanyi's investigation went directly from day to night.
When the moon was on the branches, Ji Guoyuan had just finished the "notes".
At night, Ji Guoyuan returned to the cabin and sorted through the notes, frowning.
"The missing children were concentrated within a week."
"There were no warnings before and after the incident. There is indeed a high probability that he was abducted and taken out to sea."
"It shouldn't be a slave ship. There are no medium or large merchant ships docked for more than a week in the port's shipping records."
“The only ship docked for more than a week”
"It's the World Government's ship!"
"Could it be."
At night, the sea breeze blows and the temperature drops sharply.
Jiguo Yuanyi, who had some guesses in his mind, walked to the deck, raised his head and looked at the starry sky. The cool breeze blew on his body, making Jiguo Yuanyi, who was wearing a thin pajamas, feel a little chilly.
Not only the cold in the body, but also the cold in the heart.
After looking at the starry sky for a long time, Ji Guoyuan raised the knife in his hand, pulled out the knife, and looked at the "annihilation" at the base of the knife. Ji Guoyuan already had the answer in his heart.
"Let me see if my inference is correct!"
(End of chapter)
