Chapter 891: Seven Water Capital
The City of Seven Waters, an island city with the best shipbuilding technology on the entire Grand Route.
Like the prototype of this city, the water city Venice, the City of Seven Waters is also an island city built on water.
It is worth mentioning that the waterways here are very complicated and almost cover the entire city. Under the water, there is a huge underwater city sleeping. The formation of the underwater city is due to the huge tsunami that occurs here every year. Its name is 'Water Gods' Akula Lagna!
Affected by the gods of water, the sea level of the Seven Water City is getting higher and higher every year, so the residents here can only build new houses on top of their original houses. This is the origin of the underwater city.
The mayor of the Seven Waters City is named Ace Bago, who was once the chief disciple of the world's number one shipbuilder, the Fishman Tom. His shipbuilding technology is considered to be the best in the world today, and he is the most important person in the entire Seven Waters City.
Although Acebag is usually serious, he is honest and kind, has good emotional intelligence and skills, is approachable, and has a strong personality in both work and life, so he is deeply loved by the citizens.
Even though he held a high position, he never stopped honing his shipbuilding skills and treated every ship he handled very seriously and responsibly.
Five years ago, he charmed a group of craftsmen with his genius shipbuilding skills and merged the seven shipyards in the original Seven Water City into one, which became the current Carrera Company.
On the river of the Seven Water City, Kira rode the local water transportation tool 'Bru' - a strange species with the upper body of a horse and the lower body of a fish, tasting the famous local food specialty 'Shuishui Meat', all the way to the Carrera Shipbuilding Company.
After coming down from Sky Island, he led everyone straight to the Seven Water City, intending to buy a boat here.
His goal was to buy a ship that was about the same size as a naval ship, and at least one that could allow the hundreds of people in their guild to live freely. However, Kira's requirements for the ship itself were not as stringent as those for naval ships. It did not require powerful firepower support, nor did it need to be plated with seastone on the seabed.
After all, he bought the ship so that everyone in the guild could adventure on the sea together in the future, so it was enough to make life on the sea convenient. As for the bad weather and terrifying sea beasts, the wizards of "Fairy Tail" didn't need to worry about them at all.
The Seven Water City is divided into the inner city and the outer city, with the Carrera Company's dock as the dividing line between the two.
There is a tall fountain in the middle of the inner city. Its function is to gather the seawater in the city and then spray it down from a high place to form a waterway. It flows through the drainage outlets between the multiple docks of Carrera Company to the outer city and finally into the sea.
Soon, Kira arrived at Dock No. 1 of Carrera Company, and Erza came with him.
This ship is related to their next sea adventure. Erza attaches great importance to it, so she followed along. As for the rest of the people, they were either sent by Kira to buy food or to go shopping in the city.
Due to the existence of the Sea Train, the Seven Waters City has formed a close connection with several nearby islands. The 'Queen of Spring Town' Saint Poplar, the 'Food Capital' Pucci, the 'Carnival Street' Saint Falter, and the Judicial Island connected to the World Government Center are all the must-pass routes of the Sea Train, so the commodity trade and cultural exchanges between them are very frequent.
The reason why Saint Falter is called the 'Carnival Street' is that a carnival feast is held there almost every month, and this month's 'Mask Carnival' is being held. Influenced by it, a mask craze has also been set off in the Seven Waters City.
Along the way, Kira discovered that more than 80% of the residents were wearing strange masks. Not only did they wear masks, they also wore coats that covered themselves tightly, which made them look extremely mysterious.
Carrera Company is the largest shipyard in the Seven Waters City. Their boss is the mayor, Ace Bago. The best shipyard here, Dock No. 1, has five foremen who are excellent shipbuilders, namely: 'Rope Man' Barry, 'Pigeon Man' Rob Lucci, 'Long Nose Man' Kagu, and the unimportant strong men A and B.
"Is anyone there?? Is anyone there??"
"Call out your best boatman... no, call out your boss. I want to buy a boat!! "
As soon as he arrived at the dock, Kira immediately put on the arrogant and complacent demeanor of a rich second-generation, as if he was afraid that others didn't know that he was rich.
At this time, he was dressed very gorgeously, inlaid with gold and belted with gold, which was extremely noble and luxurious. Coupled with his already handsome appearance, he attracted countless envious gazes from men and women along the way.
The originator of the pretentious world once said, "If you don't return home in wealth and glory, it is like walking in fine clothes at night." This sentence made Kira realize the importance of showing off since he was a child. Of course, this kind of "showing off wealth" operation began to be cultivated after he became a wizard of "Fairy Tail" and a popular wizard in the Kingdom of Fiore. Before that, he had always been a firm executor of the way of hiding.
Kira's actions now are actually intended as a sting operation: 'I don't know if the Franky family will target me. If they do, I can just rob them.'
The Franky family is the most notorious gangster organization in Water Seven, committing robbery, kidnapping, and all kinds of despicable means. In the original work, they stole 200 million Beli from Usopp and beat him badly. They also set their sights on the Merry. If Zoro hadn't been on the ship at the time, the Merry would have been dismembered. But in the end, because of Franky, they fought side by side with the Straw Hat Pirates and successfully cleared themselves.
Kira targeted Franky's family mainly to try to see if he could use their connections to buy branches of the treasure tree Adam on the black market. But even if he failed in the end, it didn't matter, because what Franky bought was only enough to build one Sunny, and what Kira needed was a warship-sized ship!
"Where are the boatmen? Aren't they doing business in broad daylight?"
Just as Kira was about to continue shouting for help, a voice came out from the dock: "Here it comes... Stop making noise here!!"
The man was wearing a high-collared boatman's suit and a simple military cap, but the most eye-catching thing about him was the long square nose on his face.
"I'm a boatman at Carrera No. 1 Shipyard. You can just call me Kagu!"
Kagu smiled brightly. If Kira didn't know the plot, he would find it hard to believe that such a person would be an undercover agent of CP9.
In fact, when he first saw this group of boat workers on TV, he quite liked Kagu, especially his first Moon Walk when he first appeared, which was so handsome. However, after few episodes, it was revealed that they were from the World Government, which shocked Kira.
Seeing the newcomer, Erza suddenly complained in a low voice: "Hmm... As expected, no matter how many times I see it, I still feel that the people in this world are weird! I really can't understand why some people's noses grow like this? When I read the newspaper before, I found that there are some people in this world with big bodies but thin legs, people who are six or seven meters tall, and people with long arms and long legs..."
Eh? ? I rarely hear you complain like this, Erza! It turns out that you have been together for too long. Have you been led astray by Lucy and Happy?
Kira was surprised at Erza's transformation, but he also agreed with her complaints: "Maybe something went wrong with the genes during evolution?"
"Some people speculate that this world experienced a flood a long time ago. Today's humans, sea beasts, and almost all animals are from after the apocalypse. Scientists used artificial gene synthesis to create them. Maybe something went wrong during the synthesis!"
If it is really the end of the world by flood, it must be related to the legendary ancient weapon king 'Uranus'!
Kira suddenly thought that the water gods who would cause chaos in the Seven Water Cities every year might be the sequelae of the flood apocalypse. As for why only this place had the sequelae...
If nothing unexpected happens, it should be related to the huge pothole on Judicial Island!
Hearing the conversation between Erza and Kira, Kagu secretly complained in his heart, "What a whimsical guy", but his face was smiling, like an ordinary boatman entertaining guests.
"Did you two just say you wanted to buy a boat? What specific requirements do you have?"
Kira took a step forward calmly, took out the notes in his arms, and began to explain the requirements he had sorted out in the past few days: "We want to buy a large ship that can accommodate more than 100 people and less than 200 people!"
"Because we are not pirates, but adventurers and merchants, all the facilities on the ship must be designed for the convenience of life. For example, there must be many rooms, sufficient living facilities, and sufficient air circulation and light..."
"It must have a kitchen, dining room, study, swimming pool, large bathroom, warehouse, garden and so on, and also a hall that can accommodate everyone for a party!"
"We don't need too many armed forces, but the boat must be easy to operate. It would be best if it was an automatic one that could be driven by someone who doesn't know any sailing skills at all. As long as you turn the rudder, the boat will automatically move forward!"
"Of course, the most important thing is durability. It needs to be able to withstand a cannon attack without any damage. The best wood can be used... Ugh!!"
At this point, Kira's voice stopped abruptly.
He suddenly thought of the destructive power of those guys in the guild and couldn't help but hesitate for a moment: If this ship is made of less durable wood, it will definitely be smashed by them in a few days. But if we buy durable wood, not to mention the higher cost, can we guarantee that it will not be smashed?
"Based on my description, estimate the cost of using different grades of wood!"
Kagu reached out and took the notebook from Kira's hand, then stared at the contents in the notebook in silence for a long time. When he looked up at Kira again, his eyes had become strange, because he found that not only the handwriting on the notebook was very sloppy, but the content was also a mess. Basically, he wrote whatever he thought of, without any overall plan. It was just like a child saying, "I'll order this much first, and I'll add to it later if needed."
A man like this can be a captain? ? I was really enlightened today!
"What's the matter, Kagu? Is the guest's request troublesome?"
While I was thinking, another middle-aged man walked out from the big iron gate of Dock No. 1. He had a slicked-back hair like an adult, stubble, and a cigarette in his mouth.
There it is, Barry the 'Rope Man'!
Kira's eyes lit up, he had long admired Barry's amazing rope-handling skills for a long time, if possible, he really wanted to learn the bondage technique from him, it might come in handy at some point in the future.
