"Captain, that fat marine had saved quite a lot of money. There is at least eighty million in berries alone."
"There is also gold worth around fifty million."
Frank made a simple calculation and answered.
"Is that so? Then, we don't have to worry about money anymore. With one hundred and twenty million from Diamante and one hundred and thirty million from this marine, we directly got two hundred and fifty million berries."
Tyler laughed.
"Captain, what do you plan to do with this much money?" Adam casually asked. He had seen his captain spend so much money without a second thought.
So, he didn't think Tyler would save it.
Unfortunately, he was wrong. Tyler shook his head and said.
"We need to save this money to buy more Devil Fruits."
"Huh? Why do we need Devil Fruits? Don't we already have two Devil Fruits? Although one of them will be eaten by Miya soon."
Adam asked with confusion.
Frank, on the other hand, had a realization as he asked.
"Captain, have you finally decided?"
"Yeah! We will be recruiting more people." Tyler nodded his head with a serious expression.
"Huh? Then, do you need me to make more modifications to this ship?" Adam asked, accepting Tyler's new idea without much hesitation.
"No!"
Tyler shook his head.
"I will not recruit more people in this ship, or rather, as part of the core crew. We will recruit more people under the banner of our crew."
"Like a fleet?"
Robin asked.
Tyler nodded.
"Yeah, just like a fleet! I realized that stronger people wouldn't let me destroy a large number of their crew at the start."
"They will definitely block those kinds of attacks. Even now, I am not sure why Lao and Diamante didn't block my attack."
"Maybe they were afraid they would get injured by that attack, or maybe they were too stunned."
"But no matter the reason, the future enemies wouldn't let me do that. So, we need to even out our numbers."
"Unless enemies are total trash who can be dealt with easily, our crew will get overwhelmed by the enemy's sheer number during the battle."
Originally, he planned to keep his crew's number low just like the Straw Hats. But then, he thought about every event in One Piece.
In Alabasta, the main army was fighting somewhere else while the Straw Hats were fighting their enemies. Even then, they were being overwhelmed because of their injuries.
In Skypiea, Shandia's people were also fighting against Enel's followers, helping the Straw Hats. There was also Gan Fall.
In Enies Lobby, there were Franky's people and the Giants.
In Thriller Bark, there was Lola and her crew.
Although these people didn't make a major difference, they were there to help the Straw Hat crew in critical moments.
After the timeskip, these kinds of people started making a bigger difference. Whether it was Jinbe on Fishman Island, Law and Smoker with G-5 in Punk Hazard.
In Dressrosa, the role of side characters who later became part of the Straw Hat fleet became even more apparent.
In Whole Cake Island, there were many people who helped the Straw Hats, including Pedro and Bege.
In Wano, all the subordinates of the Kozuki clan were part of the Straw Hat helpers.
In other words, while the Straw Hat main crew might not have a lot of people, on every island, they were helped by some other people.
These people helped the Straw Hats, but it didn't mean something similar would happen to him.
Especially since Tyler wasn't Luffy.
In his first battle, his actions took the lives of several Marine soldiers and destroyed the entire Marine base.
So last night, he came to the conclusion that he needed help; he needed a bigger crew.
But he didn't want to just add people to his main crew.
That's where the idea of a fleet came into existence. He could not only form a fleet, but he could also utilize the Devil Fruit in his ship.
And this fleet would only be more useful the further they go in the Grandline.
"According to Adam, that unknown fruit is a Logia Fruit. Although we are not sure, we can take this gamble once we find the doctor."
"But another is a Paramecia Fruit that we won't be using any time soon. So, I plan to recruit some people from this list."
He said as he took out the list of people.
There were a few people he had marked with a red circle.
"Are they good?" Frank asked while looking at the list. Even though he asked, he already knew the answer.
For his Captain, good didn't mean skillful or strong. Good meant good, someone who could follow the rules and hadn't had a big criminal record.
Tyler nodded.
"Hmm! Out of those eight people, only one has a serious criminal record, but it's just the destruction of the Marine Branch."
"Compared to others who had done much worse, like destroying several villages, he can be recruited."
"As for the other seven, four of them come from the same crew. They had never attacked civilians or even the Marine Base."
"They only attacked criminals from the Five Families of the West Blue. The other three are civilians with special talent."
"One of them happened to be a Fishman."
Hearing that, Frank's eyes lit up as he asked.
"Doesn't that mean we can recruit in the crew?"
Tyler shook his head.
"No, I have already decided on the fishman spot. There is a special fishman that I want to recruit. Aside from him, others aren't that important."
"Of course, if we do end up meeting a powerful fishman, we can recruit them. But considering he got caught by a Slave Hunting Ship, I am not sure about recruiting this guy."
"So, we are only going to recruit this doctor in our crew and recruit others as a fleet?"
Adam scratched his head.
"Yeah! That's the plan. What do you think?"
Tyler nodded and asked.
Robin thought for a moment and said.
"Captain, I just joined the crew, so I shouldn't make a suggestion."
"No, no, you are a part of this family. You can make any suggestion."
Tyler hurriedly shook his head.
"Captain, first bring them to this ship and train them. We will not be entering the Grandline within a few months."
"Until our battle with the Vice Admiral, keep them on the ship. Once the battle starts, we will send them away in another ship."
"Don't make them pirates immediately. Instead, let them take merchant ships to other seas."
"You said you wanted to form a fleet, right? But most pirates won't fit your requirements, especially from West Blue."
"So, ask them to visit other seas and search for people to join them. With a Devil Fruit and your training, they should be able to sail in those seas."
"Once they have found enough people, they can return to the Grandline and join you as a fleet."
"This is my suggestion."
Hearing that, six eyes blinked at Robin simultaneously.
"Smart!"
"Amazing!"
"I never thought of that!"
Three of them praised her simultaneously, making Robin chuckle.
"Let's follow Robin's idea! I think it could work. There are a lot of people from other seas who could join us."
Law was one of them.
He wanted to recruit Law, but Law was quite young, seriously young for a pirate journey.
He couldn't stop Doflamingo from killing Corazon, so going to the North Blue was useless.
But since Law was destined to become a pirate, why not recruit him using his new fleet?
As long as they could recruit him and even Basin Hawkins. Hawkins wasn't a good person, and he often used his subordinates to transfer damage.
But compared to Kid, who would go around killing civilians, Hawkins was better.
It's quite funny that everyone in this world could be better if you compare them to someone worse.
Tyler didn't think much about it. Whether he could recruit them was a question in itself.
Unless he went there himself, there would be no guarantee. And even if he did, there would still be no guarantee.
So, instead of thinking about it, he should think about how he was going to recruit those people for his crew.
The best way was to recruit them by saving them. But then, he wasn't planning on recruiting all of them.
He wasn't even planning on saving all of them.
Why save those murderous pirates? Just to let them go back into the sea and wreak havoc again?
He didn't need to think of others, but he couldn't help it.
'Anyway, I will think about it after we go there. There is no point in thinking about it now.'
'I might as well just train.'
And that's exactly what he did. Instead of wasting his time, Tyler began swinging his sword, trying to feel the Haki within his body.
Unlike Observation Haki, Armament Haki required turning his regular Haki into an invisible armor.
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