Chapter 37: Murder and Arson Bring Gold Belts! (First Update, Begging for Flowers)

Ever since Colonel Rat arrived,

the underground prison has hardly detained any pirates anymore.

After all, as long as the money is sufficient,

let alone letting you go,

even if you burned, killed, and plundered right under his nose, he would pretend not to see it!

Therefore,

the underground prison fell into disuse.

Later on,

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

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

One of these secret passages led directly to Colonel Rat's office,

its entrance located behind a bookshelf,

to facilitate his daily trips to his treasure vault.

Besides that,

there were several more secret passages within the treasure vault leading to various places on this island,

some leading to the shore,

some leading into the small town,

some leading behind the cliffs...

Clearly,

these were all escape routes Colonel Rat had prepared for himself in advance,

in case the matter came to light one day,

making it convenient to flee with the loot!

Since the underground prison had long stopped detaining prisoners,

and no one guarded it on a daily basis,

Colonel Rat later even forbade Navy soldiers from going to the underground prison,

therefore,

regarding the treasure vault inside the underground prison,

only a handful of people in the entire Navy base knew of it,

and this adjutant, having long followed Colonel Rat and been deeply trusted,

was thus so well informed about the situation of the treasure vault!

Under the leadership of Colonel Rat's adjutant,

Li Xiao and his group arrived at Colonel Rat's office,

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

As for why it is called a group,

because besides Li Xiao,

there was the entire Arlong Pirate Crew!

The reason for bringing along the Arlong Pirate Crew

was nothing else,

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

they would take the opportunity to slip away!

Therefore,

to be safe,

it was better to bring them along!

Moreover,

the treasure vault specially converted by Colonel Rat inside the underground prison,

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There were no bank cards or mobile payments or anything like that here,

moving out so much treasure would be a troublesome matter!

Therefore,

naturally, some free labor needed to be prepared 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 had no great desire for Qian Cai,

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

Inside the treasure vault, piles of Berries were heaped like mountains,

along with all kinds of gold, silver, and jewels,

It was dazzling to behold!

Not only Li Xiao,

the Evil Dragon who had followed him in was also momentarily stunned by the sight!

Although he had been colluding with Colonel Mouse,

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

he still hadn't expected

that Colonel Mouse could have accumulated such a vast fortune!

Li Xiao walked forward a few steps,

looked out,

and with just a rough estimate,

the total value of this treasure vault was no less than several hundred million 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 funds must he have embezzled?

How much of the people's fat and marrow must he have extorted?

How many bribes must he have taken?

Perhaps over all these years,