Chapter 13

with this Marine base as the center point,

a large area around it had become Colonel Mouse's scope for gathering wealth!

But soon,

a smile couldn't help but appear on Li Xiao's face,

because regardless of what happened before,

from now on,

this property belonged to the Li family!

Alright!

He had originally just thought of making use of waste,

packing up the Arlong Pirates to exchange for a few tens of millions in bounty,

so as to prepare some food money for himself.

Now,

he had saved up enough food money for a lifetime!

Sure enough,

"killing and arson lead to golden belts,"

the ancients did not deceive me!

At this time,

Li Xiao's foresight was demonstrated!

Fortunately, he had brought the Arlong Pirates down together,

otherwise, moving so many messy treasures out would have been a troublesome task!

And,

compared to Colonel Mouse,

the Arlong Pirates, as "old friends,"

were undoubtedly much more obedient!

Li Xiao hadn't even finished speaking,

and they had already started moving them actively one by one,

even Arlong, who hadn't fully recovered from his serious injuries, wasn't idle!

What's more critical is that

the members of the Arlong Pirates were all Fish-men,

and their physical fitness was absolutely top-notch.

They could carry a pile of things and still walk like flying,

not even panting after a round trip,

with quite high work efficiency!

Li Xiao rubbed his chin,

suddenly feeling that if these Fish-men were placed on Blue Star, they would definitely be very popular!

Why be pirates?

Construction teams are their best destination!

This is a group of natural brick-movers!

They should live for moving bricks, be crazy for moving bricks, and crash into walls for moving bricks!

Sigh,

what a pity,

limited by the pattern of this world!

Just as Li Xiao was watching the Arlong Pirates busy moving the treasures out,

in a corner of this Marine base,

a Marine dialed the Den Den Mushi in his hand.

"Hello, is this Headquarters? This is the East Blue G-16 Marine branch base..."

A moment later,

Marine Headquarters, Marineford,

in an office,

Sengoku, as the Fleet Admiral, looked at the report just submitted,

his brows locked tight!

Just a moment ago,

news came from the East Blue

that a G-16 Marine branch base located in the East Blue had been breached by pirates,

the highest-ranking officer in the base, Colonel Mouse, had been killed in battle,

and currently, that pirate was still looting everywhere in the Marine base,

slaughtering soldiers,

and requesting support from Headquarters!

Among the four seas, the East Blue is the weakest,

and the strength of pirates there is often not much of a threat,

so how could such a thing happen suddenly?

To be able to breach a Marine branch base with one's own strength,

there shouldn't be a pirate of this level in the East Blue!

Could it be,

that they ran back from the Grand Line?

If that were really the case,

then the branch forces in the East Blue would probably not be enough to cope,

and they would really need to dispatch reinforcements from Headquarters!

But the key is,

given the distance between Headquarters and the East Blue,

by the time people get there, the soup would probably be cold!

Sengoku pondered for a long time,

and suddenly thought of someone,

and hurriedly dialed the Den Den Mushi in front of him.

A moment later,

the Den Den Mushi was connected,

and a rough voice came through the Den Den Mushi.

"Hello, Sengoku, what's wrong? What do you want with me?"

"Garp, where are you now?"

"I'm in the East Blue. Didn't I ask you for leave two days ago? I went back to the East Blue to see my grandson!"

"How far are you from the Marine G-16 branch base in the East Blue?"

"Huh?"

At the same time,

East Blue,

on the deck of a very distinctive dog-headed Marine warship,

hearing Sengoku's question,

Garp was clearly stunned,

and turned to ask a Marine officer beside him:

"How far is the Marine G-16 branch base in the East Blue from us?"

That Marine officer was slightly stunned,

and then hurriedly pointed to an island not far ahead,

answering:

"That's it!"

Upon hearing this,

Garp responded to the Den Den Mushi:

"Oh, I'm near the G-16 branch base now, what's wrong?"

"According to the news from the G-16 branch base, they seem to have been breached by some pirate. I suspect it might be a pirate who returned from the Grand Line. I need you to go check it out immediately and arrest that pirate!"

Garp frowned slightly and said:

"Got it, I'm going right now!"

After hanging up the Den Den Mushi,

Garp immediately gave orders to the Marine officers beside him!

"Target the Marine G-16 branch base, full speed ahead!"

"Yes!"

Garp looked at the island not far away,

stuffed a donut into his mouth,

and complained:

"I can't even have peace when I go home to see my grandson. When I get back, I must ask Sengoku for a few more bags of senbei..."

When Li Xiao landed earlier, he chose to go around most of the island,

stopping on the side of the Marine G-16 branch base.

Since the sailing direction of the warship Garp was on was opposite to Li Xiao's,

therefore,

they naturally chose to land on this side of the shore.

As the warship got closer and closer to the island,

Garp soon noticed the pirate ship belonging to the Arlong Pirates docked on the shore—the Shark Superb!

However, since long before leaving Arlong Park,

Li Xiao had already lowered the Arlong Pirates' pirate flag on the ship,

and casually threw it into the sea.

And for small characters like the Arlong Pirates,

Garp naturally didn't know them.

Therefore,

Garp only judged that it was a pirate ship based on its appearance and the information provided by Sengoku,

and could not know the specific information.

It was just that Garp felt a little strange that,

according to Sengoku's statement,

the one who breached this G-16 branch base was just a single pirate,

but such a large pirate ship

clearly couldn't be sailed by one person!

A moment later,

the warship docked,

and Garp jumped down first.

Because this voyage was originally just to go home to see his grandson,

the warship was not equipped with too many Marines.

Garp left some people to guard the warship,

and then took a few Marine officers to prepare to follow the small path to the Marine G-16 branch base above.

However,

just after walking two steps,

Garp suddenly stopped again,

turned back to the warship to take out a few cannonballs,

and threw them hard at the Shark Superb docked on the side!

"Fist Bone: Meteor!"

The next second,

several explosions rang out with a crash.

The cannonballs thrown by Garp were even more powerful than normally fired cannonballs!

After being hit by several cannonballs at close range,

the Shark Superb was directly blasted with several large holes,

seawater poured in,

and it soon sank to the bottom of the sea!

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(There will be updates today, but it will be quite late. I've been delayed by some temporary matters these past two days. Starting tomorrow, I will try to restore to six updates a day. I hope the readers will give some support!)