Chapter 229 Tom's White Gloves
No matter how outrageous the trial result was, since the judge had already made the verdict and announced the adjournment of the court, everyone could only leave in an orderly manner at the reminder of the naval soldiers.
After that, these people will quickly spread the news throughout the Seven Waters City, and the reputation of Tom's Studio will rise rapidly, while the stupid chief of CP5 who accidentally hurt his own people will become a laughing stock.
Spandam himself is also in a state of devastation. This is different from what was agreed upon. They agreed to rescue him immediately, accumulate merits and get a promotion, and then continue to plan the Pluto design.
How could this old man be so stubborn that he actually dared to quarrel with the Five Elders over such a small matter? If Spandane hadn't protected him to the death, Spandam would have been sent to Impel Down immediately and would never have been able to get out in his lifetime.
At this time, Tom Studio and Amber Travel Group, as victims, stayed and were taken to the reception room by the soldiers to wait for the old judge.
Not long after, the old judge came to see them in his casual clothes.
The old judge who had just judged the case seemed to have aged a lot compared to yesterday. It might be because the belief he had held on to for a lifetime was broken, and he suddenly lost his energy and spirit, which gave people this feeling:
"I'm sorry to disappoint you all. For some reason, I can't give him the punishment he deserves."
No one knew what happened after they left the judicial ship yesterday, but they could hear the helplessness and sadness in the old judge's words. It must be very painful for a judge like him to read out the truth that he knew was fabricated.
Tom the fishman laughed heartily: "Hahahaha, you have done enough. Thank you very much for the judgment ten years ago!"
Zhang Da also followed up with a consolation: "The people of the Seven Water City will be glad that they have met a judge like you."
The World Government is ultimately an organization that serves the Celestial Dragons. It is impossible to rely on them to bring complete justice. This old judge is already a breath of fresh air among them, and we cannot blame him too much - good people should not be held at gunpoint.
The old judge shook his head. Even if he didn't care about what happened, he would find it hard to forgive himself. He waved his hand and asked the two soldiers behind him to hand the boxes to Tom the fishman and Zhang Daye. "This is a little compensation for you. I hope you don't take this matter to heart."
The money given to them and the additional compensation for the injured and dead naval soldiers were all taken out of CP5's funds by the old judge. After causing such a big disaster, they had to pay some money.
I'm afraid the entire CP5 department will have a hard time next year. The Five Elders don't care too much about this little thing. Even if CP5 is gone, there is still CP123467890.
Neither Zhang Daye nor Tom the Fishman carefully counted the amount of money, but what's interesting is that the compensation received by Tom Studio, which lost more than 30 warships, did not seem to be as much as that received by the Amber Travel Group, which suffered no losses.
"In addition, the World Government asked me to extend an invitation to everyone in the Amber Tour Group. If you are willing to join the Navy or CP, you will definitely be given a suitable position."
Zhang Da also felt that the old judge's attitude when he made the invitation this time was similar to that of Major Kuro at the Bounty Exchange Office in the Sabaody Archipelago, and said, "Well... our answer is still the same as yesterday."
The old judge nodded; he knew this would be the result.
Just as Zhang Da also felt, if yesterday's invitation was out of his personal kindness, then today's invitation was just a formality to complete the task assigned by his superiors.
Everyone comforted the old judge with a few words before leaving the judicial ship.
"Get ready to return." The old judge watched them leave and said to the soldier beside him.
After the soldier ran off to deliver the message, he turned silently back to his room, looking a little lonely.
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"Mr. Tom!"
"Mr. Tom!"
"Thank you for your efforts for the Seven Waters City over the past ten years!"
A large number of residents gathered on the shore and surrounded the people in Tom's studio, saying all kinds of words of gratitude. If the fishman Tom was not so big, he might have been lifted up by the people and thrown and caught to celebrate.
Shark Chili led the way in front, Zhang Daye and Ye Yan followed behind, and Altria and Rui Mengmeng followed closely behind. All members formed a vanguard formation and struggled to squeeze out of the crowd. Today's focus should belong to Tom Studio, and they did not intend to participate.
After coming out, Zhang Da also reached out and touched the back of his head. His hands naturally drew the outline of a cat, but he did not feel the cat. Looking back, he saw a helpless little paw stuck in the crowd, waving up and down helplessly for help.
Zhang Da also reached out and grabbed the cat's paw, and with a strong pull, he pulled off a white glove. Then his first reaction was... to try it on himself.
"It doesn't have a mouth, how do I wear it ? Uh..." Zhang Da also noticed his companions' funny looks, and awkwardly grabbed Tom's flesh-colored, hairy hand again, and backed away to pull it out.
Tom's body was stretched like a rubber band, and finally bounced out with a duang, knocking Zhang Da to his butt.
Tom patted his squashed face, took the white gloves Zhang Daye handed to him , put them on and moved his fingers a few times. They fit so tightly that it was impossible to tell whether they were gloves or fur.
Altria and the others have become accustomed to the messy interactions between Zhang Daye and Tom, and Ye Yan has also almost gotten used to Tom's magical physique and is now too lazy to complain.
"Let's go back to the Amber, call Brooke and Perona, and go out for some shopping and eating!"
Zhang Da also gave everyone a stack of pocket money. They were brand new banknotes, and they even smelled of ink. I wonder if they were printed out because the World Government was short of money.
Because of different goals, everyone was divided into two teams. One team was Ye Yan, Brook and Perona. Their goal was to buy clothes.
After all, Ye Yan still had a few sets of clothes that Zhang Da had given him, and he mainly wanted to customize some special styles of clothes.
Brooke only had clothes that he had worn for the past forty years, and Perona's clothes before she boarded the ship had long been buried, so all of their spare clothes were made by Tom using other people's clothes. Although nothing could be seen, Zhang Da would still feel that they were being treated unfairly.
Considering that it was inconvenient for two men to take care of the little girl Perona, they let Rui Mengmeng go with her and help her choose clothes and toys.
The reason why Artoria was not allowed to go was because she was afraid that she would only focus on eating when she was with Perona. When Perona wanted to buy a teddy bear toy, Artoria might take her to buy unreliable things like teddy bear biscuits and teddy bear-shaped candy figures.
The second team is naturally Zhang Daye, Tom, Altria and Shark Chili. Their goal is to eat all the way from the north of the city to the south of the city, and then follow Kokoro's suggestion yesterday to go to the port in the south of the city to inquire about the news of Biznis.
