Chapter 345

The mature stage won't work.

Moreover, once news of a 'ferocious beast' threat in Cocoyasi Village spreads, Marines will arrive in endless streams; with continuous casualties, it would not be surprising at all for an Admiral to appear.

Even if she spent several hundred credit points to rent a Champion-level Pokémon from Xi Xi Luona and slaughtered everyone in Arlong Park and the Rat Battalion,

what difference would it make?

She was destined to be wanted, forcing her to flee her home.

The village's safety would still remain unguaranteed.

Therefore, a method that is both drawn-out and uncertain is not worth pursuing.

There are actually quite a few suitable items in the Shangcheng.

For instance, the 'Obedience Injection Needle.'

It can make a person obediently listen to one's commands.

Using it to control Colonel Rat would be quite good; with him secretly providing support, the village would naturally be safe.

But that costs 5,000 credit points.

It would be a waste to use it on Rat.

If Lu Shu were not here now, she would have bought it without hesitation and fed it to Rat.

Then she would rent a Pokémon and slaughter Arlong and his gang.

With Rat secretly coordinating from within, the village would be fine.

But now?

It is better to seek help from Lu Shu!

"Beautiful!"

Lu Shu clapped his hands enthusiastically.

"Nami, you can't!"

Although she did not know what had happened,

Nojiko stubbornly propped herself up and sat upright.

Her lips had turned pale.

She was still staring fiercely at Lu Shu.

"Sister."

"Stop making a scene."

"From now on, we are all one family."

As he spoke, Lu Shu reached out and grabbed Nojiko's arm.

As «Abundance» was infused, the bullet head embedded in her arm bone was slowly pushed out.

With a 'clang,' it fell crisply onto the wooden floor.

Next, the wound healed, healed, healed... at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Bones, muscles, blood vessels, meridians, and so on were all healed in nearly an instant.

Only the numbness of the growing bones swept through her entire body like an electric current, causing her to involuntarily let out a soft whimper.

Then, with a red face, she covered her mouth.

Nami ^_^: "..."

That bastard definitely did it on purpose.

Sigh!

Inviting a wolf into the house.

Not only has she fallen into the wolf's den herself, but now, I'm afraid even Nojiko cannot escape.

Aaaaaah, I want to die.

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"W-what are you doing? Ah, no... aaaaaah~"

Colonel Rat watched helplessly as Lu Shu's large hand grabbed his forehead.

The next second,

a forced command was roughly written into his mind.

His eyes rolled back, and he became dull and stunned.

A moment later, his black pupils slowly rolled back into place.

Moving mechanically, he swayed his body to stand up and slapped each soldier on the ground awake.

Then, under harsh scolding, he led them away.

They were not dead.

But they were already puppets.

"Wh-what is going on here?"

'Frankenstein' Gen stood dazed as the village doctor, Nojiko, untied the ropes on his body.

"He has become a puppet and will listen to Nojiko."

"The command I carved into his brain is to protect Cocoyasi Village."

"Although he is scum, even scum has value."

"With him here, the matter of Arlong's gang can be easily covered up."

"Arlong is not that simple."

"Behind him stands one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea."

Lu Shu said slowly.

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"S-Seven Warlords of the Sea?!"

As a police officer, Ah Jian naturally understood the weight of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Running it through his mind once was enough to know.

'Knight of the Sea' Jinbe!

"Uh... in that case, this is indeed troublesome."

"What are the Seven Warlords of the Sea?"

The villagers were puzzled.

Ah Jian gave a brief explanation, and the entire village fell silent, a silence as dead as death itself.

Nami and Nojiko were both dumbfounded.

They never expected that behind Arlong's gang stood the Seven Warlord of the Sea, 'Knight of the Sea' Jinbe!

"Then, wouldn't killing him be very troublesome?"

Nami panicked.

"That is why I kept Rat. Moreover, Arlong's evil deeds were not ordered by Jinbe. The relationship between them is very messy; it cannot be explained in just one or two sentences."

Lu Shu gave a reassuring look.

"Why does the Navy keep scum like Colonel Rat instead of eliminating him?"

Nojiko asked.

Nami did not know what to say; having often traveled outside, she naturally knew what the Navy was like.

"Why eliminate him?"

"The Navy now has three factions: the Regular Navy, the Temporary Navy, and the Pirate Navy."

"Dirty work always needs someone to do it."

Lu Shu shrugged his shoulders.

Surely they could not ask those with firm faith and ideals to do it, could they?

Thus, the Temporary Navy and the trash-can Pirate Navy were excellent choices.

Moreover, in the Thief's World.

From the Navy's perspective, what Rat did aligned with the Navy's interests.

He neither let any low-ranking soldiers get injured nor seized the credit for defeating Arlong to attribute it to the Navy; this is exactly what should be commended and promoted.

Therefore, after the Cocoyasi Village incident, he was not purged.

"Do you want to take revenge with your own hands?"