Time Travel: Age of Discovery

Thinking of this, Taya couldn't help but sigh. Let's put this matter aside for now. Even if the devil fruit can be obtained, it will have to be given to Tina when the time comes.

However, just in case, Taiya decided to do something.

He said to the two naval commanders, "Would you like to lend me a hand?"

"General Taiya, as long as it does not violate military discipline, I will obey your orders."

In fact, the two were worried, fearing that Taiya would ask them to break the rules and take the fruit away directly. Once the secret was leaked, not only would their current positions be in jeopardy, but their positions in the navy would also be in jeopardy.

Taiya quickly waved his hand and said, "I will not let you make a mistake. It's just a small matter."

After saying this, Taiya leaned close to the two of them and whispered, "Can this fruit be removed from the atlas first?"

"what?"

The two sailors were stunned for a moment. Was this a trivial matter? This was also a prohibited act. However, they didn't speak directly, only pondering the matter.

For them, rejecting Taiya was fine; it was their duty. However, the matter Taiya raised was not a major issue; the inventory had not been moved, so at most it was considered an omission in the registration.

Although the two had only been working for a short time, they were good at observing Taiya's words and expressions and could see that Taiya was quite interested in this fruit.

As a general, his interest in ordinary fruits must have a deeper meaning. If he is not eating them himself, there must be other reasons, which is unknown.

Rather than rejecting others, it is better to go with the flow. It will not harm themselves. Besides, they have been in this position for several years. Not to mention the devil fruits, even the swords have been rusted for a long time due to lack of maintenance.

The two smiled at each other, understood each other, and readily agreed to Taiya's request.

Taya nodded with relief. The matter was resolved satisfactorily. Double insurance was in place. As for when and where Tina would get the result, they would talk about it later.

After bidding farewell to the naval commander, Taiya left.

"Taya?"

As soon as he went out, he met a flying squirrel. Taiya didn't expect to meet him here. He wanted to say hello, but suddenly he remembered that he had tricked the other party and felt embarrassed.

The flying squirrel didn't care, and the two chatted for a while.

Unexpectedly, the flying squirrel came to exchange for weapons. The old weapons had been used in battles for a long time and were no longer as good as before, so he wanted to exchange them for a good sword.

The flying squirrel is indeed an expert swordsman and once wanted to give "Iwabuchi" to him. If that were true, the incident on Sirolo Island might have been avoided.

Ten years later.

"This price... is too expensive!"

Although he expected the flying squirrel to react like this, Taiya still couldn't help laughing when he saw it. The flying squirrel was so surprised that it almost lost its words. It was quite funny.

Taiya looked at the page that the flying squirrel had opened. One of the twenty-one large swords was priced at 250 million military merits, which was the lowest among them.

From the perspective of Atayal, if it is put up for auction, this price is acceptable, but military merit is harder to earn than Bailey, so sometimes it cannot be measured by Bailey.

The starting price of a devil fruit is 100 million, which is not the market price, and comes with the condition that it must be consumed on the spot.

Other items can be given as gifts after exchange, but they cannot be auctioned, otherwise... you will know the consequences yourself.

Seeing the ugly look on the flying squirrel's face, although the good knife only needs 100 million military merits, it is not as good as the big knife.

For a swordsman, a good sword is as precious as life.

Well, just consider it as returning a favor.

"Flying Squirrel, how much military merit do you still owe?"

"Ah? We still owe 120 million..."

Upon hearing this, Taiya felt that it was not easy to get a flying squirrel, but it was easy to get a devil fruit. It seemed that he really needed this knife.

After some negotiation with the navy, Taiya made up for some of his military merits, and the flying squirrel finally got the big sword he had always dreamed of.

Dao Ming Taiya was not very interested in him. He just thought that Flying Squirrel was a good person. His military achievements were of no great use to him, so it was also good to use him in this way.

"Taya, thank you very much."

The flying squirrel gripped the newly acquired knife tightly, unable to conceal his excitement.

Taiya patted his shoulder and said jokingly: "It's okay. If I'm in trouble in the future, I hope you can take the blame for me."

"It's okay, I will definitely help!"

Seeing the flying squirrel's serious expression, Taiya smiled awkwardly and was speechless for a moment.

The flying squirrel is indeed an honest person.

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Inside the warship cabin, Taiya held a letter in his hand, his brows slightly furrowed.

"This kid, only graduated a year ago, has already done this several times."

The letter, written in beautiful handwriting, was from Tina, describing recent events between her and Smoker. Although they communicated via Den Den Mushi, it was sometimes inconvenient, so Tina preferred to exchange letters.

Since Tina and others graduated from the Naval Academy, the Navy expanded its garrison on the islands, and everyone was assigned to different places, including Tina and Smoker.

Taiya also took on a new task and went to the New World to patrol the pirate situation.

So Tina and Smoker followed Crane and Aokiji respectively, and Taiya also strongly recommended them.

The letter mentioned that Tina was promoted from lieutenant to captain within a year, and the position of colonel-level general is just around the corner. Due to her personality, and the fact that she studied under Zefa and Taya, her strength is naturally extraordinary.

In that year, the navy's top brass strengthened their jurisdiction over the four seas and dispatched additional troops to many islands without naval garrisons, in order to curb pirate forces at the source and stabilize the situation.

However, during implementation, personnel scheduling and layout will take time to adapt.

Compared to Tina's steady development, Smoker is not restrained by Taya and acts a little indulgently.

First, he captured a thief in a busy city, alarming the people, and then he left his post without permission to pursue pirates, but although he succeeded, he was seriously injured.

Therefore, up to now, his position has been up and down. He was promoted faster than Tina, but now he is afraid that Tina will be the first to be promoted to the colonel-level general.