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When it comes to pirates, Zhou Wu always feels like he's forgotten something.

"Damn, I forgot we also captured a few prisoners."

Half a month had passed before Zhou Wu remembered that he still had a group of prisoners he hadn't interrogated.

"What about those pirate prisoners?"

"Sir, the prisoner is being held in a dark room by you."

Oh no, they've been locked in a dark room for half a month. Have these guys gone crazy?

"Get it out, I want to interrogate him."

"Yes."

. . . . . .

The second-in-command had no idea how long he had been locked in this dark room—ten days, a month, half a year? There was no sunlight, and apart from himself and his few pirates, no one spoke. The only thing they did was bring in three meals a day through a small crack in the door.

"Come out."

The long-awaited sound came from the doorway, and the door was actually opened. The sunlight, which wasn't strong, was surprisingly dazzling. I shielded my eyes with my hand and couldn't open them for a long time.

“These guys haven’t seen the sun in ages, cover their eyes.”

"It's an adult."

These guys don't seem to have broken down yet, they're just a bit listless.

They brought the prisoners into the house, where the light was slightly dimmer, before removing their blindfolds.

The pirate recognized the man in front of him at a glance; he was the one who had ordered him to be locked in the dark room earlier. Clearly, this man was the highest-ranking officer.

"Are you willing to confess now?"

Zhou Wu didn't want to waste words.

"Sir, I am willing to speak."

"Sir, I know more."

However, it was clear that the pirates' frantic scramble for the loot had left the surrounding soldiers speechless. But Zhou Wu already knew the effects of the solitary confinement room; no amount of the Qing Dynasty's ten most brutal tortures could compare to its power.

"You bastards, how dare you? Hmph, sir, I am the second-in-command of the White Skull Pirate Crew. I know the most."

Just when everyone was impressed by the second-in-command's backbone, things took an unexpected turn.

"Okay, you're the one."

Zhou Wu wasn't stupid; he simply ordered the others to take them away. He needed to explain things to each of them individually, which would minimize the risk of the pirates giving false information.

"Tell me first, where is your pirate crew's base, how many men and ships do you have, and who is your leader?"

"Yes, yes, sir. Our base is on an island in the southwest sea area of ​​the Great Dragon. There should be over 10,000 people in our base, but less than half of them are combat personnel. The rest are family members. We have a lot of small boats, but those things can't go far out to sea. We estimate that we have about 30 ships that can go far out to sea, including 15 large ships like yours, sir."

Why do you have such a large ship?

The news that the pirates actually had fifteen Bull Demon King-class ships surprised Zhou Wu; fifteen ships was no small number.

"Some of them we looted at sea, and some we bought."

"Bought it? Where did you buy it?"

"Sir, it's at Zhou's Shipyard. These big ships are made by Zhou's Shipyard. They're reasonably priced and durable."

Good, good, good, the advertisement has even reached the pirates' ears. Zhou Wu didn't know whether to praise or criticize Gong Sheng, the shipyard manager.

"Who is your leader?"

Zhou Wu decided to discuss the shipyard matter another day and continued interrogating the other pirates for more information.

"Our leader is called Black Dragon."

Zhou Wu had gone over the name Black Dragon in his mind several times, but he was sure he had never heard of such a person in the martial arts world.

"Is it great?"

"My lord, don't underestimate our leader. Our leader is Black Dragon, the fifth-ranked Shichibukai in the pirate world."

"Wait, the Seven Warlords of the Sea? Have you heard of Luffy the Pirate?"

"Is there such a person as a pirate?"

Where is the Straw Hat Pirates?

"Have not heard."

"Okay, please continue."

Zhou Wu was almost scared to death. He thought to himself, "I've been here for so long, and now you're telling me this is a fanfiction world?" Luckily, it was just a coincidence.

"That's all, sir."

"That's all the information you have?"

"Is there anything else you'd like to know, sir?"

The second-in-command was genuinely terrified of the dark room, fearing that Zhou Wu would lock him there again, so he was extremely cooperative.

"Tell me about the Seven Warlords of the Sea?"

"Oh, the Seven Warlords of the Sea are the seven most powerful pirate forces in the world right now. Ranked seventh is the Yellow Pirates, led by Lady Lin; sixth is the Steel Pirates, led by Big Beard; fifth is our White Skull Pirates, led by Black Dragon; fourth is the Red-Haired Pirates, led by Bass; third is the Cross Pirates, led by John; second is the Slaughter Pirates, led by Ruan; and the first one is really powerful, the Golden Hook Pirates, led by Captain Iron Hook."

Captain Hook? And Peter Pan too?

"Your strongholds are all on one island?"

"How could that be? The seven major pirate forces are each in their own territory in the South China Sea. They can only operate in their own areas on a regular basis and cannot cross the boundary, otherwise it will cause unnecessary disputes."

How big is your island?

"It's big."

“How big is very big?”

"Big is big."

Zhou Wu suppressed his anger, constantly telling himself not to get angry with uncultured people.

Zhou Wu interrogated several other pirates and confirmed that my second-in-command was not lying. However, it was precisely because of this that Zhou Wu was even more worried. According to the pirates, the enemy had tens of thousands of men, and about half of them were combatants.

Zhou Wu calculated that there were usually five thousand pirates per person, and the enemy also had a favorable geographical position. It seemed that completely eliminating this group of pirates would not be so simple.

"My lord, my lord, please, for the sake of our confession, don't lock us in the dark room again, my lord, please, my lord."

Putting them in a dark room was out of the question. Zhou Wu had already investigated the White Skull Pirates' modus operandi. They never left anyone alive after each robbery, so these people wouldn't be cleaned up after being injured. Zhou Wu simply waved to the soldiers escorting the pirates, and the soldiers, upon receiving the order, immediately took the men out, found a secluded place, and beheaded them.

Zhou Wu has been extremely busy lately, mostly with bad news. He has to guard against pirates and supervise the construction of the city walls, leaving him no time to rest. However, good news came from the shipyard a while ago: the first two new ships under construction were completed and launched.

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Zhou Wu arrived at the shipyard early, eager to witness the launch of the ship he designed. In addition to two completed new ships, there were four more under construction, and the project was nearly halfway complete.

"Brother, is this our new ship?"

"Yes, Niu Er, what do you think? I designed it myself?"

"Big brother, isn't this... this... too big?"

The previous Bull Demon King ship probably only had a displacement of a few dozen tons, but the new warship was directly copied by Zhou Wu from a sailing warship, with a tonnage of at least several hundred tons, making them completely incomparable.

The Bull Demon King class can be described as large, but the new warships are truly gigantic.