Chapter 12

Regarding the scene before him,

he was not the least bit surprised.

On the contrary,

from the very moment Li Xiao drew his sword,

he knew

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that this stinking mouse could already book his ticket to the Yellow Springs in advance!

Regarding this,

Arlong felt no sense of "the fox mourning the death of the hare."

He only wished he could resurrect that stinking mouse and then hack him to death again!

The kind where you split his skull open!

Just so he could see if his brain was really only the size of a grain of rice, just like a mouse's!

I gave you the eye for so long,

why couldn't you understand?

What,

did you think I was flirting with you here?

Being greedy for money is fine,

but at least have some common sense!

At the very least, you should know what money can be coveted and what cannot!

You even dared to skim the Berries of this powerhouse who almost killed me with one slash?

Regarding Li Xiao's strength,

others might not be clear,

but Arlong, who had actually fought him, knew it perfectly well!

He had thought it was an evenly matched fight,

until Li Xiao unleashed that final slash,

and Arlong realized he was wrong,

wrong in a ridiculous way!

The guy had only been using basic attacks from start to finish,

while he had already used up all his ultimate moves and flashes!

Just looking at that final slash,

it was definitely not a level that should exist in the East Blue!

And according to his judgment,

Li Xiao probably still hadn't used his full strength in that slash!

With a person like this,

how could he possibly be wary of a mere Marine branch Colonel like you!

If you're not going to use your brain, can you donate it to someone who needs it?

Now look,

the perfectly good chance to escape,

poof, gone!

At this very moment,

looking at Colonel Mouse's decapitated corpse,

Arlong was also a bit lost for a moment!

Colonel Mouse was already dead,

so what would he face next?

Would this guy, finding it troublesome, just hack him to death on the spot?

In fact,

Li Xiao did have this thought,

but now was not the time.

Li Xiao held his sword and looked around.

The surrounding Marine soldiers were all looking dumbfounded,

their faces filled with shock!

Clearly,

their own officer had died so unexpectedly

that they hadn't even reacted yet!

And when they finally came to their senses,

facing Li Xiao, who had killed Colonel Mouse,

they not only didn't choose to attack him,

but instead retreated in terror,

and some even dropped their swords and guns,

turning around and running down the mountain!

Seeing this,

Li Xiao shook his head,

his face showing no surprise.

As the saying goes, "a weak soldier makes a weak unit, a weak leader makes a weak nest."

This G-16 Marine branch base,

under the management of Colonel Mouse,

had long since rotted to the bone,

as could be seen from the state of that duty soldier earlier!

As for these Marine soldiers,

let alone taking them to the battlefield,

they probably wouldn't even have the courage to swing a sword at an ordinary pirate!

Li Xiao ignored these chaotic Marine soldiers

and turned his gaze toward the interior of the Marine base!

Now that Colonel Mouse was dead,

the entire Marine base was in chaos,

so there was nowhere to collect his bounty!

But since he was already here,

he naturally couldn't return empty-handed!

Li Xiao rubbed his chin and pondered for a moment.

His bounty of tens of millions wasn't a small sum,

someone had to make up for it!

Li Xiao had no interest in the public funds of this Marine base,

and to be honest,

he didn't believe this Marine base still had any so-called public funds;

they had likely all gone into Colonel Mouse's pockets long ago!

Since the person was already hacked,

then why not,

just loot the place while he was at it!

Surely Colonel Mouse would be very happy to be able to shine and heat up the Marine cause one last time after his death!

What?

Not happy?

Then if you have the ability, put your head back together and protest!

Otherwise, it will be treated as tacit consent!

Subsequently,

under Li Xiao's "gentle and friendly" questioning,

he learned the location of his secret vault from one of Colonel Mouse's adjutants!

What Li Xiao didn't expect was that

Colonel Mouse's private vault was not only hidden in this Marine base,

but the specific location was actually inside the underground prison!

Ever since Colonel Mouse arrived,

the underground prison had almost stopped holding pirates.

After all, as long as the money was enough,

let alone letting you go,

even if you were burning, killing, and looting right under his nose, he could pretend not to see it!

Therefore,

the underground prison had been left idle.

Later on,

a large part of the underground prison was privately converted by Colonel Mouse into his own treasure vault,

and he even opened up several secret passages in various directions!

One of the secret passages led directly to Colonel Mouse's office,

with its entrance located behind a bookshelf,

to make it convenient for him to go to his treasure vault on a daily basis.

Besides that,

there were several secret passages in the vault leading to various places on the island,

some leading to the shore,

some leading into the town,

some leading behind the cliffs...

Clearly,

these were all retreat routes Colonel Mouse had prepared for himself in advance,

in case his misdeeds were ever exposed,

making it easy to take the money and run!

Because the underground prison had not held prisoners for a long time,

and there was no one on duty on a daily basis,

and later Colonel Mouse even forbade Marine soldiers from going to the underground prison,

therefore,

regarding the treasure vault inside the underground prison,

only a few people in the entire Marine base knew about it,

and this adjutant, because he had been following Colonel Mouse for a long time and was deeply trusted,

was the one who knew the situation of the vault so clearly!

Led by this adjutant of Colonel Mouse,

Li Xiao and his group arrived at Colonel Mouse's office

and headed to the treasure vault converted from the underground prison through the secret passage behind the bookshelf.

As for why it was a group,

because besides Li Xiao,

there was the entire Arlong Pirates!

The reason for bringing the Arlong Pirates along

wasn't for any other reason;

it was mainly because Li Xiao was worried that when he went to the treasure vault,

they would take the opportunity to slip away!

Therefore,

for the sake of caution,

it was better to take them along!

What's more,

the treasure vault that Colonel Mouse specially converted in the underground prison,

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There were no bank cards or mobile payments here,

so moving so many treasures out was a troublesome task!

Therefore,

it was naturally necessary to prepare some free labor in advance!

Soon,

the group passed through the secret passage and arrived at the underground treasure vault.

When Li Xiao looked up,

even though he didn't have much desire for money,

he couldn't help but be slightly stunned at this moment!

He saw mountains of Berries piled up in this treasure vault,

as well as all kinds of gold, silver, and jewelry,

dazzling to the eyes!

Not only Li Xiao,

but Arlong, who had followed him in, was also lost in a daze seeing this scene!

Although he had colluded with Colonel Mouse,

sending a sum of money to bribe Colonel Mouse every year,

he still didn't expect

that Colonel Mouse could have saved up such a huge amount of wealth!

Li Xiao took a few steps forward,

and looking around,

just by a simple estimation,

the total value of this treasure vault was no less than hundreds of millions of Berries!

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes,

it would be hard to imagine this was the wealth a Marine branch Colonel could possess!

How much public money must have been embezzled?

How much of the people's blood and sweat must have been scraped away?

How many bribes must have been accepted?

Perhaps for so many years,