Chapter 16: What corruption and bribery?

"Corruption and bribery? What money from corruption and bribery?"

"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't just say whatever you want!"

Li Xiao glanced at Garp and said righteously:

"This is clearly the money that Colonel Nezumi finally realized his mistakes before he died, sincerely repented, turned over a new leaf, and kindly sponsored me!"

"This was a reward given to me in the name of the Navy, in his capacity as a Marine Colonel, to commend my active anti-corruption behavior!"

"May I ask, is there any problem with this?"

Facing this statement from Li Xiao,

Garp always felt something was wrong,

but after holding it in for a long time,

he didn't know how to refute it!

"But..."

"No buts! This is what Colonel Nezumi told me himself. If you don't believe me, you can go ask him!"

"..."

Looking at Colonel Nezumi, who was already decapitated,

and had been torn to pieces beyond recognition by the aftermath of the battle just now,

Garp finally gave up!

Forget it!

Anyway, this money had nothing to do with him!

He couldn't be bothered to care!

Better to leave it for Sengoku to get a headache over!

Subsequently,

Garp patted Li Xiao on the shoulder,

and asked somewhat seriously:

"Kid, are you interested in joining the Navy?"

Hearing this,

Li Xiao waved his hand without hesitation and said:

"No interest. I already said, I am just an ordinary cultivator. I have no interest in the Navy, pirates, or anything like that. Cultivating for longevity is my Dao!"

Although he didn't quite understand the meaning of the second half of Li Xiao’s sentence,

nor could he understand what a so-called cultivator was,

Garp could still sense Li Xiao’s firm refusal.

Therefore, he didn't continue to say anything,

and instead asked about Li Xiao’s plans for the future.

"After I finish dealing with the things here, I need to go back to Cocoyasi Village first."

"Oh, right!"

Speaking of this,

Li Xiao suddenly remembered something,

and asked Garp:

"By the way, if I hand the Arlong Pirates over to the Navy for imprisonment, can you find me two Marine soldiers who know how to sail? I don't know how to sail, and I can't get back alone!"

Speaking of this,

Garp also suddenly remembered something,

and hurriedly asked: ===== CHAPTER 71 =====

He hurriedly asked in pursuit:

"Where did you land before?"

Li Xiao gave him a strange look,

and replied:

"Just on the shore on this side, why?"

Garp swallowed hard,

and continued to ask with difficulty:

"The ship you arrived on, did it have a shark head for a prow and a jagged nose?"

Hearing this,

Li Xiao looked at Garp with an even stranger expression,

and couldn't help but ask:

"Yeah, how did you know?"

Garp rubbed his head,

shifted his gaze aside with a guilty conscience,

and forced a laugh:

"Ahahaha! That, that ship, I happened to see it when I arrived! It seems it was leaking due to lack of maintenance, and half of it had already sunk into the water by the shore!"

"???"

…………

A moment later,

on the shore,

looking at the clearly visible holes on the ship in front of him, which were obviously caused by cannonballs,

Li Xiao turned his head to look at Garp beside him,

and asked expressionlessly: "Are you sure this was due to lack of maintenance?"

"Hahahahaha! I... I suppose so!"

"Hey, don't look at me like that!"

"It wasn't me who did it!"

"……Ha……ha"

"How about you come with me on the warship?"

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Li Xiao still boarded Garp's warship with a pile of treasures,

but he did not have Garp take him back to Cocoyasi Village,

choosing instead to head to Windmill Village with Garp!

Li Xiao had originally planned to rest in Cocoyasi Village for a few days,

to familiarize himself with the newly acquired Mountain and Sea Sword Art and the use of the Purple Gold Exquisite Pagoda,

before heading to his next destination!

However, for now,

after several battles,

Li Xiao had basically completed this goal!

And since the ship he had snatched from the Arlong Pirates had been destroyed by this old geezer Garp,

Li Xiao figured he might as well go to Windmill Village with him!

Because in Li Xiao's original plan,

Windmill Village was a must-visit location in the East Blue!

Although Windmill Village, like Cocoyasi Village,

was merely a small village.

But the difference was,

Windmill Village had a much greater reputation than Cocoyasi Village,

and most importantly,

as the hometown of three generations of Garp's family,

it was the starting point of the story,

so it must be considered a quite special check-in location in the system's judgment!

Therefore,

the rewards obtained from checking in there would certainly not be bad,

and might even be quite generous!

As for Cocoyasi Village,

with the entire Arlong Pirate crew detained by the Navy,

they shouldn't have any further trouble.

Moreover, he had told Nami before leaving

that he would return under normal circumstances,

but the specific itinerary depended on the situation.

Seeing that he hadn't returned,

Nami would surely understand that he had changed his plans temporarily.

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He had left that Devil Fruit with Nami before leaving,

and he wondered if, when they met next time,

that Devil Fruit would have been eaten by her?

Or would it have been exchanged for Berries?

Although normal people would likely choose the former,

Li Xiao always felt

that Nami would likely choose the latter!

After all,

the little thief cat's obsession with Berries

is something ordinary people cannot understand!

That said,

it had been over a month since Li Xiao arrived in the pirate world,

and until now,

he still could not determine the specific timeline he was in!

However,

since Garp was going back to Windmill Village to see his grandson,

it meant that Luffy had not yet set sail!

Additionally,

according to Li Xiao's observations,

Nami's age at this time was not much different from her age when she joined the Straw Hat crew,

so he estimated

that the time for Luffy to set sail was not far off!