To be honest, Roy was rather surprised by Tamago's arrival.
After all, in the original story, Tamago had risen to something like a steward's position within the Big Mom Pirates. The fact that he could be entrusted with guarding the Road Poneglyph in the library showed that he had already entered the upper ranks of the Big Mom Pirates.
And Tamago himself possessed both decent strength and a good mind.
Leaving aside the special nature of the Egg-Egg Fruit, the key point was his mind.
In the original story, Charlotte Smoothie, the Minister of Juice and one of the Three Sweet Commanders, held a higher official rank than Baron Tamago, but when it came to handling certain matters, she still listened to Baron Tamago.
From this, it could be seen that Baron Tamago's personal abilities were truly outstanding. He belonged to the type of talent suited for internal administration.
That just happened to be the exact type of talent the Thunder God Pirates currently lacked. Baron Tamago and Laffitte could complement each other perfectly.
As for the matter between him and the Big Mom Pirates—did that even count as a problem?
If Big Mom had any objections, she could come to Raijin Island as much as she liked. Roy would teach her a lesson in minutes.
Therefore, the Thunder God Pirates fully expressed their warm welcome toward Baron Tamago's arrival and joining, leaving the latter overwhelmed by favor.
At the same time, it made him even more determined to join the Thunder God Pirates.
After confirming that Tamago had officially joined the Thunder God Pirates, Roy directly handed internal administrative matters over to him, Jelro, and Laffitte to handle together.
While Tamago was moved by the fact that he had been entrusted with an important role, he also rejoiced that he had made the right choice. Inwardly, he swore that he would absolutely make outstanding contributions to the Thunder God Pirates.
As for Big Mom's side, after hearing the news that Tamago had joined the Thunder God Pirates, just as Roy expected, there was no movement at all.
Charlotte Linlin had not been eliminated in childhood and had grown all the way to her current position. She still had some brains.
And so, with no one stepping forward to obstruct them, everything about the Thunder God Pirates bravely advanced toward development.
After some time passed, Tamago and Laffitte drew up a detailed division of positions for the Thunder God Pirates. After Roy revised and adjusted it, it was as follows:
Captain: Roy
Vice Captain: Fisher Tiger
First Division Commander: Jesus Burgess
Second Division Commander: Navigator and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Laffitte
Third Division Commander: Helmsman of the Fish-Man Unit, Jinbe
Fourth Division Commander: Medical Unit and Logistics Unit, Bartholomew Kuma; Vice Commander, Chameleone
Fifth Division Commander: Gin
Sixth Division Commander: Daz Bonez
Seventh Division Commander: Sniper Unit, Yasopp
Eighth Division Commander: Kasta; Vice Commander: Chalcis
Ninth Division Commander: Minister of Internal Affairs, Jelro; Vice Commander, Tamago
Special Unit: Chef Unit Commander, Hagens
Kasta and Chalcis had voluntarily chosen to stay together. The two of them were stationed on Fish-Man Island together and had gone through countless battles with each other, giving them an exceptional level of teamwork.
Because of the special nature of Chameleone's Copy-Copy Fruit, he could copy other people's abilities. For that reason, Roy arranged for him to serve under Kuma.
That way, after Chameleone copied Kuma's paw-pad abilities, efficiency in medical treatment and logistics would be greatly improved.
As for Laffitte serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs, he himself also possessed a talent for diplomacy.
In the original story, Teach had sent Laffitte to Marine Headquarters to discuss matters concerning the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
As for the Minister of Internal Affairs position, Roy gave it to Tamago and Jelro.
Moreover, Jelro had fought in a number of battles both large and small. Relying on the power of the Drowsy-Drowsy Fruit, he still possessed powerful combat ability.
With this, after the Thunder God Pirates established their nine major combat divisions, their prestige grew even greater.
And since the newly recruited Chameleone and Tamago had directly become vice commanders, everyone's thoughts became lively. People began searching for ways to join the Thunder God Pirates.
Once they joined the Thunder God Pirates, they would be assigned as members to those divisions based on their strength, or based on which division commander they personally favored.
At this moment, Roy ignored the storms of the outside world. After handing the series of affairs concerning Raijin Island and the Thunder God Pirates over to Tamago and the others, he brought Jinbe to the elephant island, Zou.
Zou was built on the back of the thousand-year-old elephant Zunesha. Its location changed as the elephant moved, so it was difficult to find its exact position with a Log Pose.
But for Roy, it was only a matter of one Instant Transmission.
On the back of this elephant lived the Mink Tribe, who had inhabited the land for a thousand years. They hated outsiders and absolutely refused to let outsiders approach their territory.
The Mink Tribe, also known as the mink people, were famous for their strength. The elderly, the weak, women, and children all possessed enough strength to defeat small-fry pirates. Even infants possessed basic self-defense techniques. It could be said that there were absolutely no weaklings in the entire country.
Furthermore, on the black market's human trading price list, the starting price for members of the Mink Tribe was 700,000 berries.
Perhaps it was precisely because of this trade that the Mink Tribe deeply hated humans.
On this point, they were quite similar to the fish-men, which was why Roy had brought Jinbe with him.
The Mink Tribe was strong. Roy was interested in creating a Mink Tribe unit.
Especially because, when members of the Mink Tribe stared at the moon under a full moon night, their combat ability would rise dramatically. Their fur would become even fluffier, and their eyes would turn red.
This was practically the same principle as Saiyans transforming when they looked at the full moon.
Roy was quite interested in this transformation method.
That was why he was currently standing face-to-face with Duke Inuarashi, the Ruler of Day of the Mokomo Dukedom, instead of simply sweeping through with lightning all the way.
"Roy the Thunder God, is it? Tell us your purpose in coming to Zou. Outsiders are not welcome here!"
As a powerful figure who had followed Kozuki Oden onto the Pirate King Roger's pirate ship and sailed through the New World, Duke Inuarashi had naturally heard a certain amount about matters in the outside world.
Roy the Thunder God, the strongest man in the world. A sea overlord like him had come to Zou. When Duke Inuarashi connected that with the Road Poneglyph on the island, his face remained expressionless on the surface, but deep down, he was shocked.
It was only because Jinbe of the fish-men was beside him, and because Duke Inuarashi was wary of Roy's power, that he and the Guardians behind him did not take any extreme actions.
"No special purpose. I simply feel that the Mink Tribe's fighting style—wrapping electric currents around your bodies or weapons to attack your opponents—suits the name of my Thunder God Pirates very well. I intend to form a Mink Tribe unit, so I specially came to the island to recruit some like-minded companions."
(End of Chapter)
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