Chapter 339: Karp: I want to take a vacation
Seeing Zhang Da's confident expression, the fishmen suddenly felt that the world was so dark. Bounty hunters were actually colluding with the admirals. Was there still fairness and justice in this world? Where could ordinary pirates like them go to appeal for their grievances?
The fishmen were taken away by the marines one by one, cursing and swearing. When they walked into the cell, they realized that Brother A-Long seemed to have died in vain. Words like fairness and justice had never had anything to do with them.
After Colonel Hicksteen exchanged the bounty for Zhang Daye, he hurriedly took the pirates and ships of the Arlong Pirates and left Cocoa West Village, fearing that Zhang Daye would invite him to dinner. As an honest and incorruptible navy, such behavior is admirable.
At this time, the well-behaved Colonel Hicksteen was talking to the Navy Headquarters in his office.
"Are you sure it's Arlong's group that split from the Sun Pirates?"
"Yes, Aaron has been killed in the battle." Colonel Hicksteen reported the situation truthfully.
Soon this information was delivered to Zhan Guo's desk.
Zhan Guo was a little troubled. The efficiency of the Amber Tour Group in catching pirates was too high. In the past few months alone, they caught more pirates, big and small, than many navy officers caught in a year. But these people were also capable of getting into trouble. Moria died in an internal conflict, and the laborers of the Bridge Kingdom escaped when they were exhausted...
After the Golden Lion incident, Sengoku didn't believe a word of this statement. If there was no definite evidence and they really didn't do anything harmful, the Amber Travel Group would have become the Amber Pirates long ago.
Although from the perspective of the World Government, these things were not in accordance with the rules, but it must be said that they were all in line with Sengoku's wishes. He was not happy with the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and legal looting was simply ridiculous. And it was also good that the Bridge Kingdom let go of a group of laborers and replaced them with a group of pirates. It was better for pirates to have bad luck than ordinary people.
Judging from their attitude towards the navy and pirates, Sengoku not only does not want to investigate further, but is willing to help cover it up. After hearing Garp mention the ability of a little girl named Wendy last time, Sengoku is becoming more and more greedy for this tour group.
In this incident, they defeated Aaron and protected the villagers, which was no problem, but killing Aaron was a bit troublesome.
Jinbe had just become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea not long ago when someone killed his former younger brother. Sengoku had to consider the impact of this incident.
The navy is now busy dealing with the unrest in the New World and is very short of manpower. Even Garp's request for leave has been rejected twice. At this critical juncture, the Seven Warlords of the Sea cannot be allowed to come out and cause trouble.
Zhan Guo casually stuffed a few pieces of paper into the mouth of the lamb beside him, pinched his eyebrows, and was about to say "you really cause me a lot of trouble", when the office door was pushed open with a bang, and then the most troublesome guy came in.
Garp patted Sengoku's desk carelessly and asked, "Sengoku, I have sunk seven pirate ships this time. Can I take a vacation?"
"Knock on the door before you come in !" Zhan Guo said, "Please put off the vacation a bit!"
Garp said dissatisfiedly: "Why? I haven't seen my lovely grandchildren for a long time. They must miss me too!"
Zhan Guo said, "If you miss them, just pick them up. You can send them to the training camp and let Zefa watch over them for you!"
Garp refused, "No, I have a perfect plan. I can definitely train them into the strongest marines! All you have to do is give me some time off."
Zhan Guo also rejected him: "No, I can't leave you here for the time being."
"Oh." Garp didn't insist anymore. Since Sengoku said so, it meant he really couldn't live without him.
Garp dug his nose with his little finger, "Then take out the senbei you hid. I need to rest for a while."
Sengoku opened the drawer and threw a bag of senbei at Garp's face: "Rest well if you want to. I have a mission for you."
Garp grabbed the senbei and flicked the fresh booger he had just dug out in the direction of Sengoku: "And there's tea leaves. I saw it. It's great tea."
Zhan Guo dodged his attack with a dark face, threw a bag of tea leaves at Garp's face, and then told him about the next mission.
Watching Garp skillfully making tea with the tea set in his office, and sitting on the sofa with his arms and legs stretched out to eat and drink, and thinking that he might not have time to straighten his back the whole day, Zhan Guo began to doubt whether he should not have been promoted to general in the first place.
No, no, no, upholding justice has always been my pursuit. How can I be shaken by such a small matter?
But seeing Garp drowsy after eating and drinking, Zhan Guo became furious. He picked up a stack of documents and activated his Armament Haki.
Zhan Guo threw the documents in his hand away. Under the effect of his domineering power, the stack of papers immediately became hard like a steel plate and hit Garp's face with a bang.
Just as Garp's snot bubble was about to come out, his head was hit backwards by a huge force, and a hole was made in his head in the wall.
The navy next door glanced at Garp's head as if nothing had happened, then skillfully took out his tools and started repairing the wall. How many times had this happened this month?
Garp pulled his head out and scratched the back of his head in confusion, "Huh? Are you done?"
Zhan Guo sighed, "The mission details are all written on it, roll on!"
Aokiji happened to have just returned to the base, and when he saw Garp, he asked curiously, "Vice Admiral Garp, why is your face so red?"
“Hahahaha, I just had a good sleep and I feel refreshed!”
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In the holy land of Marijoa, five old men also received this information.
Aaron, with a mere bounty of 20 million, naturally would not be in their eyes, but it was different when it came to Jinbe, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the Amber Travel Group was also their main focus.
"Why are they here again?"
"This small group has indeed become quite active recently."
"They neither accepted the invitation from the Navy nor wanted to be officials of the World Government. Why did people with their strength go to sea? Is it really just for traveling? Why do you have to do so many things when traveling?"
"How about trying to invite them to become Shichibukai? There happens to be one spot left."
"Their reputation is not loud enough, and... they are not pirates, so I'm afraid they are not interested in the privileges of the Seven Warlords of the Sea."
"After capturing the Arlong Pirates, will Jinbei take any action? The current navy doesn't have much energy to guard against a Shichibukai."
"Let CP pay more attention. If it doesn't work, we can let those fishmen 'escape'. They are just minor characters anyway."
"That's all. Pay more attention to that small group."
There are countless pirates on the sea. To the Five Elders, it doesn't matter whether they capture or release the hundreds of fish-man pirates. There are only three things they have to do: stability, stability, and fucking stability.
Even if their actions bring misfortune to some small towns, it doesn't matter, people are robbed by pirates every day anyway. If there were no pirates, would ordinary people be willing to honestly hand over the Heavenly Gold in exchange for the protection of the World Government?
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Nami shook her head and said with some difficulty: "I...I don't want to."
"Why?" Perona asked, "Didn't you say you wanted to travel around the world and draw a map of the world? We are traveling around the world, why don't you travel with us?"
Perona was already tired of things like handing over pirates in exchange for bounties. There was no novelty in it at all, so she simply took advantage of this time to go to the Amber with Wendy, Nami, and Nojiko to play together.
Nojiko and Nami had long been curious about this ship, which looked very interesting and joyful at first glance, so they followed without any hesitation.
The deck, the restaurant, the bar, the library, Perona and Wendy's rooms... The interior design of the Amber, which is different from most ships, gave Nojiko and Nami a wrong impression - it turns out that life can be so comfortable after going to sea.
However, Perona and Wendy couldn't correct them because they themselves didn't have a normal understanding of sea sailing.
In short, the fully functional living and entertainment areas on the Amber opened the eyes of Nojiko and Nami. The exquisitely decorated rooms of Perona and Wendy also made the two sisters very envious, especially the large pile of dolls in the room and the row of pretty little skirts hanging in the closet, which made the two sisters unable to take their eyes off.
Wendy said, "Actually, it's fine for us. Last time we went to Xiluobu Village, we met Ke Ya. Her room and wardrobe were really outrageous..."
Perona didn't say anything. Her previous room and wardrobe were even more exaggerated than Kaya's, but the room was a little darker in color, and the clothing taste of Absalom, who was in charge of purchasing, was also a little poor - that guy only knew how to study the clothes worn by mature women, and just bought clothes for little girls randomly.
Even so, it was enough for Nokiko and Nami to be envious. Nokiko would occasionally get a new piece of clothing, and Nami would wear "Berumel" brand fashions made from Nokiko's clothes.
If it were in the past, Nami might have rubbed the corner of her clothes and felt inferior, but after experiencing such things, she no longer cared so much. Being able to wear "Berumel" brand fashion is the happiest thing.
Seeing the looks in their eyes, Wendy said, "If you like them, why not give you a few?"
"Not good, right?"
"Really?"
Nojigo declined, but Nami's eyes sparkled. Just because she liked Bellemel brand clothes didn't mean she didn't want new clothes. Looking at Wendy's little skirts, Nami was almost drooling.
"Nami!" Noki scolded, her hands on her hips, "How can you just take other people's things!"
"What's the matter? Why can't we accept gifts from friends?" Nami said confidently, "We can also give oranges in return! Right, Wendy?"
Wendy said sympathetically, "Well, your oranges look delicious. I think everyone will like them."
Xia Lulu thought about it and nodded. Anyway, as long as it was edible, there would always be someone on this ship who liked it.
"These are all things I haven't worn. Nami, please take your pick." Wendy took out a bunch of clothes from the closet. She had a lot of pocket money, so she would buy a few new clothes every time she arrived at an island. Due to seasonal reasons, she didn't wear every piece of clothing.
"Ah~ Sister Wendy! I love you the most!" Nami pounced and hugged Wendy's neck, rubbing her face hard.
Wendy felt embarrassed as she was held by her and couldn't push him away, but she was very happy to be called sister again.
Nojigao covered his forehead with his hands, and had no way to deal with Nami.
After Nami's excitement of trying on clothes passed, Perona claimed that she would take them to see the most boring and terrifying place on the ship - the library.
There are a lot of books here that Perona is not interested in, and it also carries many unpleasant memories for Perona.
But for Nami, this place is simply paradise.
Books about the ocean, books about meteorology, books about cartography...all the professional books that she had seen or not seen in the small bookstore in the village were available here.
Nami's heart was moved. She wanted to steal all these books back... She couldn't help but have such thoughts, and then she began to scold herself in her heart. Wendy had just given her clothes, and she actually wanted to steal books. She was so mean. But, but she really wanted them...
"Can I exchange all my clothes for books, one piece for one book? No, I can exchange all the clothes for one book!" Nami said this while suppressing her great shame.
"Na~mi~" Nojigo was a little angry. People gave you gifts because they treated you as a friend. How could you use the things they just gave you to exchange for other things? And the things you want to exchange are still the other person's things.
Little Nami blushed. She knew it was not good, but these books were related to her dreams...
Perona opened her mouth in shock. Did she hear it right? There were actually children who liked this kind of thing? And they were willing to give up their favorite beautiful clothes for the book!
I treat you as a sister, but you love studying so much?
Perona doesn't know yet that Kaya, who she also treats as a good sister, is also studying hard, and is studying medicine.
"Does Nami like reading?" Wendy asked curiously. She didn't think there was anything strange about liking reading. In their guild, there was a friend who liked reading named Levi. Although she was older than Wendy, she was not older than Wendy, so the two of them were good friends.
"Yeah!" Nami nodded vigorously and then expressed her dream - to travel around the world and draw a nautical chart of the entire world.
"What a wonderful dream!" Wendy, Xia Lulu and Perona praised.
However, after praising them, they were in a dilemma. They knew that the books here were collected by Zhang Da from many places such as Shambhala, Water City, Goa Kingdom, etc. People often come here to read, and they can't just say something like giving these away.
So Perona cleverly came up with a perfect suggestion: "As long as Nami comes with us!"
"Huh?" Nami was stunned.
Perona said, "As long as Nami comes with us, she can read all the books she wants. If there are any books that are not available, we can ask Kuro... ask Brother Tatsuya to buy them. We can also buy a lot of clothes, and there are plenty of snacks to eat. Tom's cooking is also delicious! What do you think, Nami, are you willing to come with us?"
In order to have another companion on the ship, Perona tried hard to seduce Nami, and even changed her name because she was worried that the word "black-hearted boss" would scare her away. Her intentions were really good.
Unfortunately, Nami looked at Nojiko and remembered the bloody face of Berumel when he was surrounded by fishmen, so she shook her head and refused.
Nojiko on the side was a little anxious. After seeing the terrible Arlong Pirates, she has realized that traveling around the world is a very dangerous thing. If Nami missed the Amber Tour Group today, it would be very difficult for her to fulfill her dream in the future.
But if she were Nami, she would also be reluctant to leave Bellemel and the village.
On one side is the dream, on the other side is the family, how should I choose?
