Vice Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates

The New World, Moby Dick.

Pryce returned to his room and slept soundly all afternoon. After waking up and grabbing a bite to eat, he hurried straight to the explosive tag production line factory on the island!

From a distance, Pryce could already see the factory taking shape! What surprised Pryce even more was that the production line had already started operating!

As soon as he entered, Pryce saw Caesar, drenched in sweat with bloodshot eyes.

"You've worked hard these past couple of days!" Pryce walked over, patted Caesar on the shoulder, and spoke sincerely.

Although he knew Caesar wanted to follow him to learn technology, Pryce had been away for two or three days, and the factory must have been completed under Caesar supervision!

And now, Caesar was still overseeing the production line!

"Serving you is no hardship at all!" Caesar turned his head and immediately saw Pryce smiling face. He quickly replied with a cheerful tone.

At that moment, a supervisor approached.

"Commander Pryce, please let Caesar take a break!"

"He hasn't slept a wink since you left, and he's even been eating in the factory!" The supervisor said with admiration.

Although Caesar had a somewhat poor reputation—after all, he was a scientist who developed killing machines—after spending these past few days together, they had all witnessed Caesar dedication!

"Then you should go and rest for a while!" Pryce also said with some disbelief.

It seemed that his inventions had truly captivated Caesar! It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Caesar had been working tirelessly!

"It's no big deal, no big deal. Recently, I've been making explosive tags based on the documents you left me, and I've learned so many new things and techniques I'd never even heard of before!" Caesar said earnestly.

"Alright, how many explosive tags have we produced so far?" Pryce asked seriously.

"Right now, we have about 500,000 or so!"

"But to be safe, I've been storing every 100,000 in a separate box!" Caesar replied earnestly.

"That's a good idea, better safe than sorry!" Pryce nodded in agreement.

"But you've made quite fast progress, Caesar!" Pryce said with a smile.

After all, he was a scientist by trade, so he picked up these things quickly after just a bit of guidance!

"I originally wanted to wait for you to return before starting production!"

"But Captain Whitebeard is pressed for time, so I took the liberty of starting on my own!" Caesar scratched his head, speaking somewhat sheepishly.

"It's fine, starting early is good!" Pryce patted Caesar on the shoulder and then began supervising the production of explosive tags himself.

Not long after, a group of people arrived. The workers on the production line—combatants drafted from various divisions—stopped what they were doing and greeted the newcomers.

The arrivals were none other than Whitebeard and several division commanders: Marco, Vista, Jozu, and others.

When Caesar saw them, he quickly jogged over to find Pryce, who was buried in his work.

"Pryce, you should go take a look!"

"The captain is here!" Caesar urged.

"What is Captain Whitebeard doing here at this time?" Pryce took off his lab coat and walked out, puzzled.

"I heard he has some good news for you!" Caesar said mysteriously.

Good news? Could it be that Whitebeard had found out about my actions on Sabaody Archipelago and was planning to give me a special captain training?

Pryce shuddered at the thought.

No way, no way, absolutely no way!

As soon as he stepped out, he saw Marco with a big smile on his face.

What's this guy so happy about? Pryce wondered.

"Pryce, come here, I've got great news for you!" Marco shouted excitedly as soon as he saw Pryce.

"What's going on?" Pryce asked, puzzled.

"Congratulations! From now on, you're the vice-captain of our crew!" Marco said happily.

Vice-captain? Pryce was stunned.

Pryce naturally knew that the Whitebeard Pirates had never had a vice-captain before! And in most pirate crews, the vice-captain was second only to the captain!

If he became the vice-captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, wouldn't that make him the vice-captain of one of the Four Emperors?

It must be because Marco couldn't keep his mouth shut and blabbed about my fight with Admiral Kizaru!

"Why aren't you smiling?"

"Are you too shocked by the news?" Marco said, looking at the motionless Pryce.

"Come on, Pryce!"

"You should thank the old man!" Diamond Jozu chimed in with a grin.

Snapped back to reality by their words, Pryce scratched his head.

"Uh, can I not take it?" Pryce said with an awkward smile.

As soon as he said this, everyone, including Whitebeard, was stunned!

Even Caesar jaw dropped.

Is Pryce really that bold?

He actually refused Whitebeard directly! And not just that—he refused the position of vice-captain of the Whitebeard Pirates!

This was a position and honor that countless people dreamed of but could never achieve! And Pryce just turned it down like that?

"Nonsense, you brat! You can't refuse this!" Whitebeard immediately said, his beard bristling.

But he was also shocked, though he didn't quite understand Pryce reason for refusing.

The truth was, Pryce really didn't want to be the vice-captain!

He had strength, but it wasn't for fighting and conquering the world!

To put it bluntly, deep down, Pryce still wanted to be a scientist! He had been improving his strength through the lottery system to better protect himself in this chaotic world!

He didn't want to leave his life and safety in someone else hands!

"Come on, Pryce!"

"Take a look at this!" Marco handed him a newspaper.

On the front page was a photo of him—his wanted poster.

Pryce took a closer look and saw that his bounty had risen to 2 billion berries!

It seemed that his fight with Kizaru had made the Navy take him seriously.

"If you're not the vice-captain, having a 2 billion berry bounty while still being in the same position as us would be pretty awkward!" Marco said with his unique way of thinking.

Hearing this, Pryce realized there was no way he could refuse.

"Fine, I'll take it then!" Pryce nodded helplessly.

Everyone was amused by Pryce reaction—it seemed like such an honor was being forced upon him!

"As the vice-captain, you must have a codename!" Whitebeard said seriously.

"Then let's call him Hakuryuu!"

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