Chapter 111: Captain Nezumi

Marine Branch 16, located on a small island in the corner of the sea.

The strength of this branch is not strong, probably about ten small warships. More is useless, after all, there are no big fish in the East Blue, and a few small warships are enough for daily use.

"Re, report, officer, someone from Marine Headquarters is here!"

Nezumi, who was eating a cheese stick, was shocked, and the cheese stick fell to the ground.

"What? Marine Headquarters? Who is it?"

The Marine soldier swallowed: "It's Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral, Karl."

Captain Nezumi's face suddenly became very ugly, thinking whether his corruption and bribery had been discovered, but thinking about it, it should be impossible.

Only he and a few cronies knew about the bribery, and they all took the money, so how could it spread?

Nezumi's face was uncertain, and finally gritted his teeth: "Go, follow me to meet this Rear Admiral Karl!"

Clack clack bang~

The warship stopped steadily at the shore, and Karl took Ain and Smoker to walk off the warship first and landed on Branch 16.

Captain Nezumi, who had just arrived, showed a fawning smile: "Hehe, hello Rear Admiral Karl, I am Nezumi. May I ask what Rear Admiral Karl is here for?"

Karl glanced at Captain Nezumi indifferently. Sure enough, he had the face of a rat, simply a humanoid rat, and couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him.

Smoker huffed coldly, looking at Captain Nezumi with dangerous eyes, wishing he could beat him up immediately.

Seeing that no one paid attention to him, plus Smoker's undisguised hostility, Captain Nezumi was shocked. Oh no, something is going to happen!

"Bring the prisoners over!"

With an order, Nelson escorted the Arlong Pirates to the island. The moment he saw the fish-men, Captain Nezumi's face turned pale, and his heart beat Move Move Like a drum.

It's over, it's all over!

The Arlong Pirates were all caught, so could the dirty business between him and Arlong still be hidden?

"Ho~ thi, isn't this the Arlong Pirates! That's great, these despicable criminals have finally been brought to justice! It's a joyous occasion!"

Smoker sneered: "Stop pretending, Nezumi, do you really not know why we came here?"

Nezumi swallowed, stuttering and not daring to speak, his eyes wandering everywhere, not daring to look directly at the scarred fish-men.

"Really don't see the coffin and don't shed tears!"

Smoker pulled out the evidence of Captain Nezumi's collusion with the Arlong Pirates and threw it on Captain Nezumi's face.

"Do you still want to pretend you don't know now? Do you want me to let these guys tell you personally?"

Thump!

Captain Nezumi knelt on the ground hurriedly, crying and saying: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it was my ghost-obsessed mind, I won't dare to do it again, please let me go!"

Smoker huffed coldly and grabbed Nezumi by the collar and lifted him up.

"Let you go? What about the civilians harmed by the Arlong Pirates? How to make up for the reputation of the Navy? Huh?"

"You, what are you doing? I am the branch commander! What are you all looking at? Why don't you save me?"

The surrounding Marine soldiers hesitated, refusing to raise their guns. Karl patted Smoker on the shoulder, signaling him not to be so excited.

Then he said to the Marine soldiers of Branch 16: "I am Marine Headquarters Major Karl. During the voyage, I captured the Arlong Pirates and learned that Captain Nezumi of Branch 16 and the Arlong Pirates were in cahoots."

"Captain Nezumi, accepted bribes from the Arlong Pirates, indulged and shielded the Arlong Pirates, evidence is solid. Please put down your weapons and cooperate with the investigation."

Many Marines in Branch 16 had long had complaints about Nezumi. Hearing Karl's persuasion, they immediately put down their weapons and began to expose the various bad deeds of Captain Nezumi.

It is the so-called wall falling and everyone pushing. In the past, due to the authority of Captain Nezumi, they dared not speak, but now...

Anyway, Captain Nezumi's face was dark, his heart was dead, and he looked bitterly at the Arlong crew who were tied up.

If it weren't for this bunch of damn waste, how could he be discovered?

With the help of friendly forces, Smoker picked out a few more of Captain Nezumi's cronies. They were accomplices, and even worse, they were worse than Nezumi. It was perfectly fine to catch them.

After the enthusiastic reporting of the Marine soldiers, almost all the high-level officials of Branch 16 were confessed and arrested, a total of 7 people, and the lowest rank was Marine Sergeant.

It's just that after such a mess, Branch 16 has no one to preside over the overall situation. For this reason, Karl also appointed Major Gitt as the commander of Branch 16 in the capacity of Rear Admiral to preside over the daily work of Branch 16.

After half a day of hard work, the anti-corruption campaign of Branch 16 has entered the final stage, and all corrupt Marines have been locked in prison.

"Thank you for your cooperation, so that we can root out these black sheep. Here I also give you a piece of advice: do not forget your original intention and keep your mission in mind."

The Marines of Branch 16 nodded in unison and watched the Seastone warship sail away from the base.

From beginning to end, they all thought that Karl only accidentally discovered that Captain Nezumi was a corrupt Marine during the process of capturing the Arlong Pirates, and no one associated that Nezumi was their main target.

This is also what Karl intended. It was originally a secret investigation and secret arrest. If the wind leaked, it would be easy to startle the snake and affect subsequent actions.

Karl's goal is very simple: catch a batch of corrupt Marines first, and then send them to Marineford collectively for a collective public trial, thereby announcing the establishment of the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

The East Blue is just a beginning, the next is the South Blue, North Blue, West Blue, in short, check all four seas first.

In the lounge, Karl and Smoker are smoking.

"Smoker, you did a good job this time, but you still have to change your temper, don't act on impulse."

Smoker sighed: "I know, but I still can't help it. I get angry when I see these black sheep. It's considered my restraint not to beat them!"

"That's why you have to be calm! How can I rest assured to hand over the Anti-Corruption Bureau to you Move Move Like this?"

Smoker was stunned: "Hand it over to me? Don't you want to..."

"Of course not, I will only preside for a period of time, and then hand over the Anti-Corruption Bureau to you, so that I can rest assured."

Smoker grinned: "Hehe, this..."

No matter what Smoker thinks, Karl has long been prepared to hand over the Anti-Corruption Bureau to Smoker. He just wants to brush a wave of presence and then withdraw.

Although it is cool to stay in the office and slack off, it is also very boring. It is different to go out to catch pirates. For Karl, this is public-funded tourism, so it is impossible for him to keep guarding the position of the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

Anyway, Smoker can't always be his golden fighter, and he will always go out to work alone. It just so happens that he likes to do this, which is much better than the ending of guarding Loguetown.

"Keep working hard, Smoker, you still have a lot to learn!"