Chapter 15

in the entire pirate world,

someone who can be this close,

eating an orange and humming a song,

and watching Garp's Armament Haki iron fist performance immersively,

besides himself,

there shouldn't be anyone else!

To be honest,

Garp's attainments in Armament Haki

are indeed at the ceiling level of the pirate world!

Good job, worth rewarding!

Garp's bombardment lasted for nearly ten minutes.

When the smoke and dust dissipated,

it could be seen that with Li Xiao as the center,

the surrounding ground had all been blasted down by several meters!

Looking at Li Xiao,

he was still unscathed, motionless,

and sitting there steadily... oh no, sitting there!

The Purple Gold Linglong Tower above Li Xiao's head was suspended in mid-air,

rotating slowly,

always emitting golden light,

filled with mysterious aura!

And that golden barrier, which looked as thin as gauze, was still covering Li Xiao's body.

Under the protection of the golden barrier,

even the ants under Li Xiao's feet were still alive and well!

Looking at Garp, who was already starting to be at a loss,

Li Xiao silently threw over a slice of orange,

and said:

"How about, eat an orange, take a rest?"

Garp subconsciously caught the orange,

was stunned for a moment,

and then really sat on the ground,

sitting opposite Li Xiao and eating the orange.

Garp stuffed a piece of orange into his mouth,

and asked:

"I say, what is your background, kid?"

"Me? I'm just an ordinary cultivator! On the way to stay at a friend's house, I happened to solve a group of pirates, so I came over to collect a bounty!"

"Collect a bounty? You're a pirate, why are you running to the Marines to collect a bounty?"

"Who said I'm a pirate?"

"Aren't you a pirate?"

"I'm not a pirate!"

"Then why didn't you say so just now?"

"You didn't ask!"

Garp was stunned,

and was speechless for a moment!

After thinking carefully,

it seemed to be true!

Because the news given by Sengoku before was that a pirate had breached the G-16 branch base,

and coupled with the scene he saw when he just arrived, where Li Xiao was standing there admiring the spoils of war,

he subconsciously took it for granted that Li Xiao was a pirate!

But soon,

Garp reacted,

pointed to the mountain of Berries and gold and silver jewelry at the door,

and asked Li Xiao:

"In other words, these are all the bounties you collected?"

Li Xiao nodded and said:

"You could say that!"

Upon hearing this,

Garp was furious and laughed,

slammed a fist onto the golden barrier,

and roared at Li Xiao:

"Do you think I'm a fool!"

"There's at least hundreds of millions of Berries here, which New World pirate did you kill to come here to collect the bounty?"

"What's more, which Marine branch gives a bounty mixed with gold and silver jewelry in the Berries!"

Seeing this,

Li Xiao took out another orange from his pocket unhurriedly,

and said while peeling the orange:

"This, it's a long story!"

"Among these, a few tens of millions of Berries belong to my bounty. As for the others, they were kindly sponsored to me by the highest-ranking officer of this G-16 branch base—Colonel Mouse!"

Upon hearing this,

Garp paused,

and continued to ask:

"Colonel Mouse? Where is he?"

"Oh... dead!"

"???"

Li Xiao took out a document from his body and threw it at Garp,

and then said:

"Originally, I really just wanted to come and collect a bounty, and hand over this group of pirates to the Marines for detention!"

"But after arriving here, I found that this Colonel Mouse had been embezzling public funds for a long time, and even colluded with pirates to oppress the people!"

"Based on the principle that anti-corruption depends on the masses, I just hacked him!"

"Look, the relevant records of his embezzlement and bribery are here, and there is more detailed criminal evidence in his office!"

"If you don't believe me, there are witnesses over there!"

Saying that,

Li Xiao pointed to the Arlong Pirates who were eager to take the opportunity to escape.

Seeing Li Xiao and Garp's gazes looking over,

the movements of the Arlong Pirates instantly stiffened,

and they hurriedly stopped their retreating steps,

squeezed out a smile,

and then pretended to look around as if nothing happened,

looking at the sky, picking their feet, etc...

Garp withdrew his gaze,

picked up the document Li Xiao threw over,

and looked through it carefully.

A moment later,

Garp slowly raised his head,

scratched his sparse hair,

and showed a somewhat awkward smile.

"Ahahaha! So that's how it is, a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"

Seeing this,

Li Xiao shook his head,

with a thought,

he withdrew the Purple Gold Linglong Tower above his head.

This was not out of how much trust he had in Garp,

but Li Xiao's confidence in himself!

Even at such a close distance,

if Garp were to attack him,

he could still instantly summon the Purple Gold Linglong Tower

to ensure his own safety!

Li Xiao slowly got up,

waved at the Arlong Pirates who were still pretending to look around,

pointed to the Berries piled up at the door,

and pointed to the inside of the Marine base,

signaling them to continue moving!

Then he turned to Garp and said:

"Actually, you came just in time. I originally wanted to hand the Arlong Pirates over to the Marines of this branch for detention, but since this happened, now that you are here, you can handle them later!"

"Hahaha! No problem, just leave it all to me!"

After saying that,

Garp took a Den Den Mushi from a Marine officer's hand,

and walked to the side to dial the Den Den Mushi.

"Hello! Sengoku..."

Seeing this,

Li Xiao shook his head helplessly.

Sure enough,

Garp's so-called "leave it to me"

was actually letting Sengoku come to clean up the mess...

A moment later,

Garp hung up the Den Den Mushi,

walked to Li Xiao,

and said:

"Don't worry, someone will come to handle this later!"

Saying that,

Garp turned to look at the Arlong Pirates who had started to continue moving the treasures again,

and said:

"Come to think of it, the money Colonel Mouse embezzled and accepted in bribes should be handed over to the Marines to handle, right?"