Not long after, the person was brought before Su Yi.
Looking at the miserable pirate leader, he couldn't help but laugh, "Didn't you tell me to come in the video just now?"
"I'm here, how is it?"
This guy seemed to have been so frightened that his mind was a little abnormal. After seeing Su Yi, his eyes were full of fear, and he answered incoherently, "Devil! You are devils!"
"You killed everyone!"
Slap!
"Don't act crazy here, I'm asking you a question!"
Su Yi directly slapped him, knocking out several of this guy's teeth.
Seeing that this guy had calmed down, he continued, "Tell me, who told you to rob this ship, and how much benefit did they give you."
This time, the pirate leader didn't dare to feign madness and quickly said, "It was the White-headed Eagle's people, the CIA! Yes, the CIA. Their people in Suo Country found me and told me to rob this merchant ship, and also to provoke Tianyu Group and Kyushu."
"I have proof! They paid me 500 million dollar, and the transfer record is still there. And they also promised to give me White-headed Eagle nationality after the matter was done, allowing me to retire."
"I was tricked by them, otherwise, even with ten times the courage, I wouldn wouldn't dare to provoke Tianyu Group and Kyushu."
As he spoke, he kept kowtowing to the ground.
Su Yi frowned and immediately asked Tianshu, "Does his account have such a large sum of money transferred into it?"
If there were transfer records in advance, there was no reason why Tianshu couldn't find evidence of someone behind it from the beginning, and could only rely on speculation.
The bank system's firewall was no different from a toy in front of it.
"No, I checked all private and company accounts of him, his close relatives, and his trusted subordinates, and did not find this 500 million dollar fund."
"I also checked the capital flow of the White-headed Eagle's overseas intelligence department and found that this fund indeed exists. Last night, the White-headed Eagle's financial department allocated this money to the intelligence department under the name of overseas operational expenses, and then this money was divided into more than a dozen parts, transferred multiple times, and then entered the private accounts of more than a dozen high-ranking White-headed Eagle intelligence department officials. Even nearly 200 million dollar of it was exchanged for jiuzhou currency and deposited in banks in Kyushu. As for the bank transfer record given to him, it was actually forged. His family in the White-headed Eagle not only didn't receive a single penny, but they were also controlled."
"..."
Su Yi looked at this guy, and then carefully sorted out what Tianshu had just said.
For a moment, he didn't know whether to complain that this idiot worked for others without receiving any money, or to complain that the White-headed Eagle's people were truly amazing, having embezzled all of the 500 million dollar in operational expenses without giving a single cent to this scapegoat.
"Kill him."
This guy was considered a Warlord of sorts in Suo Country, and Su Yi originally thought he had some capability.
But that's it?
Besides lamenting the Black Continent's excellent matching mechanism, which allowed such a brainless person to rise to power, what else could he say?
...
After dealing with these pirates, all the people were rescued. Except for the captain who suffered some superficial injuries from torture and an unfortunate fellow who was shot during the capture of the pirate leader, everyone else was fine.
The injured were treated with life water, meaning that all kidnapped crew members were rescued in this operation, with no casualties.
Well, the casualties of the kidnappers certainly don't count as casualties.
After sending the uninjured crew members back to the ship, and to protect their wounded spirits, Su Yi specially left ten exoskeleton warriors to accompany the ship back to Penglai Island.
As for the remaining warriors, he only took half of them, leaving one hundred exoskeleton warriors and three Power Armors here.
They are responsible for the follow-up matters.
In order not to increase world tension and affect the company's business.
What happened here ultimately needs an explanation. Striking pirates and killing tens of thousands of them in one go, while true, is still a bit far-fetched.
So Su Yi decided to find someone to take the blame for this.
Who is more suitable to take the blame than those local Warlords in Suo Country?
These people themselves engage in civil wars and ethnic massacres, often involving hundreds of thousands. A mere ten thousand people is nothing to them; taking the blame would not hurt them at all.
And compared to the absurd news of Tianyu Group's Security Department killing tens of thousands of pirates in one battle.
It is much more acceptable to the world that after Tianyu Group destroyed the pirate den, the local Warlords seized the opportunity to send troops to seize territory, causing tens of thousands of casualties.
If the former spread, others would think Tianyu Group was too ruthless.
If the latter spread, uninformed onlookers would probably only think, "Oh, only tens of thousands died this time, much less than the hundreds of thousands before, there's progress."
This is the difference.
As for whether the local Warlords are willing to take this blame, that's not up to them.
It doesn't matter if we give some benefits to those who are willing to take the blame. Not willing to take it? There is no such thing as not willing.
This is a question of taking the blame, regarding this thoroughly ruined small city.
Su Yi also didn't plan to just leave it here and ignore it.
The main reason is that its geographical location is simply too good, almost guarding the most crucial position of the golden waterway.
Whether it's to avoid similar problems in the future or to annoy the White-headed Eagle, this place has great use for him.
As for legal issues, that's even simpler.
Suo Country was originally an anarchic place. Just find a Warlord, recognize them as the legitimate official, sign an agreement, and it's done.
As for whether the International Alliance recognizes it, Su Yi couldn't care less.
The land is already in his hands, you can recognize it or not.
The local people have no objection, what kind of monster are you, to be able to point fingers?
When the White-headed Eagle was doing evil, the International Alliance didn't even make a sound. How can he, with all his procedures seemingly complete, be denied?
Compared to the almost suspense-free anti-piracy operation here.
The internet is much livelier now.
The moment Su Yi took and posted that photo with Xiao Hei, netizens who had been following this matter exploded.
Compared to more serious news topics about politics and technology.
Clearly, netizens prefer to see this kind of plot.
The Tianyu Group Chairman is a real-life online troll, and this troll is a notorious pirate.
This is big news that would be front-page anywhere.
That group photo and Xiao Hei's previous taunting screenshot under Su Yi's update were even compiled into a collection and spread all over the world.
Although most of it was just for fun, quite a few online trolls have indeed become much more restrained since then.
Being killed at your doorstep just for a few online taunts—who wouldn't be scared of that?!
Coupled with Tianshu's intentional promotion to divert attention, this matter quickly went viral across the global internet in a very short time.
As for what happened to these pirates, not many people paid attention.
In the discussions of that small group of people, most also believed that these pirates deserved it and were not worthy of sympathy at all.