Chapter 287

He simply copied the booklet and tossed it to Dragon.

"Here, a copy for you."

"Then I won't stand on ceremony." Dragon snatched it in a flash.

Sakazuki saw it all, but paid it no mind.

Just some external goods, that's all.

0.9 Where is it......

The martial art Lord Sima gave is so powerful!

"Three years." Sakazuki said: "Just give the Marines three more years, and Kuzan and I can build a new Navy loyal to justice rather than the World Government. During this period we'll need a massive military budget to train them."

Yo!

Lord Sima glanced at Sakazuki in surprise — didn't expect you, with those bushy brows and big eyes, to know how to make excuses for military funds too?

He looked at Dragon — aren't you going to fight for your share?

Dragon indicated......

Hearing Dragon's words, Lord Sima couldn't help but widen his eyes!

Didn't expect you to be that kind of Revolutionary Army leader!

Isn't it just a bit too......

Unexpected!

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Begging for evaluation votes~ still 97 short for an extra chapter!

14. Sowing Discord Against Lord Sima! Two People Who Shouldn't Have Appeared!

"The Marines still have the World Government supplying their military funds, the Revolutionary Army is really about to go broke! This time let's give the Revolutionary Army more." Dragon said, playing the pity card.

Didn't expect the normally cool Dragon from the anime to have this side too!

Lord Sima crossed his arms with great interest, saying nothing.

You two carry on,

He wanted to see whose "performance" would be more brilliant today!

"The Revolutionary Army has so many nations supporting it, how could it possibly have no funds?" Sakazuki glared: "As far as I know, most of the nations that haven't paid the Heavenly Tribute have joined the Revolutionary Army, haven't they? They won't give you funds?"

Oh ho!

The dirt is starting to come out!

Then Dragon won't hold back either.

"Pirates plunder civilians, and after the Marines hunt down the pirates they mostly don't return the loot — most of it is handed over to the Marines, right?"

"And the bounties on pirates, that expenditure is also borne by the World Government."

"But when Marines hunt down pirates they only get military merit, no bounty. Apart from the small portion the Marines report to the World Government, the bulk still ends up as funds for civilian capture applications, right?"

"And the Marines aren't lacking in corrupt members either — they oppress the common folk around them. Even when you Marines eventually purge them, that money is still confiscated, right?"

Good lord!

So the Marines have that many ways to make money?

Lord Sima clicked his tongue in wonder, looking at Sakazuki — so this is your justice?

"Don't slander me out of thin air!" Sakazuki said irritably: "All that was set up by that old man Sengoku, I didn't do any of it!"

"But you're still a beneficiary!" Dragon retorted.

Seeing the two of them getting more heated — mainly Sakazuki, Dragon was still quite calm.

It seemed to be gradually developing into......

"How about......" Lord Sima suggested: "you two have a fight? Perfect chance to put on a show for outsiders too."

"Deal!"

Sakazuki agreed in one breath, firing a Hound directly at Dragon.

Dragon gave Lord Sima a helpless look, waved his hand to summon a hurricane and once again blew Sakazuki's dog-head askew.

Lord Sima watched and was amused.

They really started fighting!

Then he......

【Three-piece melon-eating set!】

Cola, lounge chair, popcorn!

Lord Sima found a high vantage point, lay down contentedly, munched on popcorn and sipped cola, watching the chaotic battle of the Straw Hat Pirates aboard the Dressrosa, feeling quite pleased.

Sakazuki and Dragon made the biggest commotion,

The two seemed to be fighting for real — the magma and storms they summoned with every gesture swept across most of the Dressrosa, and with the wind fanning the flames, the Dressrosa was set ablaze on a large scale; the commotion was visible from far away.

Lord Sima saw at a glance......

These two were going to destroy the Dressrosa!

After all, the core of the Dressrosa was Tesoro — without him using his massive wealth to grease palms, neither the World Government nor the Marines would have tolerated him.

So,

Leaving the Dressrosa behind served no purpose — it had to be destroyed......

Then refining the gold on the ship and taking it away would truly be making the best use of everything.

And the 2,000 trillion Beri and massive amounts of gold stored on the Dressrosa — there was someone unexpected to Lord Sima, leading a group of people in evacuating them.

It was Carina!

The "thief" who was as famous as Nami back in East Blue, and the "final winner" from the original work who tricked everyone and sailed off with the Dressrosa alone.

Who would have thought she was actually one of the Revolutionaries!

Now that he thinks about it,

even if Carina could truly deceive everyone, how could she alone have steered this massive thing?

【Ding! Congratulations on signing in at the iconic scene "Nami's Rival's True Identity!" Obtain sign-in reward: Carina's Flexible Physique!】

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Carina's Flexible Physique: As a thief who uses beauty as bait, Carina pays great attention to her physique. Years of training have forged an extremely flexible body, with almost no muscles to mar her beauty.

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Sima Di's physique gained a tiny increase...

but he discovered

he could bend his fingers and press them directly onto the back of his hand.

He had a premonition

that he could perform splits, spin like a wind-and-fire wheel, and do anything else at will.

It's just...

how good is this physique for a woman?

What does it count as for him?

Sima Di couldn't help but laugh bitterly.

Immediately after, he mourned Sakazuki.

You're still haggling with me?

Dragon just stole the whole house!

The second most intense battlefield was between the Golden Giant and Gao Da Merry.

After the initial clash,

Tezoro finally found a way to counter Gao Da Merry—Gao Da Merry is, after all, an "object"!

The only thing that truly qualifies as "life" is the dragon bone embedded with the Rat Talisman.

So he could fully use the awakened ability of the Gold-Gold Fruit to directly assimilate Gao Da Merry into gold he could control!

If Gao Da Merry hadn't reacted in time, replacing all its armor with Sea-Prism Stone to protect itself,

Sima Di would have had to step in and reverse time.

But with Gao Da Merry cowering, it lost its threat; fighting the Golden Giant bare-handed, it was driven back step by step.

Fortunately, at the critical moment,