Chapter 145

The shipyard.

When Karl arrived, he found Smoker and Ain both here; they could be considered supervisors, right!

"You're all here!"

"You've come!"

Karl walked in front of the two, watching the craftsmen applying a resin-like substance to the warship; that must be the resin of the Sabaody Archipelago's mangrove trees!

Walking up to a sturdy-looking craftsman, Karl asked curiously, "Master, what is your job?"

The coating craftsman holding the resin in his hand turned back to look at Karl, not saying a word, just staring at him like that; the atmosphere was a bit awkward.

Suddenly, Karl caught a glimpse of an old man on the ship wearing slippers and glasses, and he felt he looked somewhat familiar.

"Uh, Master, who is that person over there? Is he also from your shipyard?"

The master took a look and shook his head: "No, but his craftsmanship is good. For urgent orders like this, we usually invite him over to help!"

"We usually call him Old Lei Li the Coater!"

Sure enough, it was the Dark King Lei Li; calling him Old Lei Li was not wrong!

Karl immediately jumped onto the warship, searching everywhere for Lei Li's presence, but he didn't see a hair; the person was already gone.

"Such keen insight; was I discovered just by looking at him once?"

On the other side, Lei Li walked out from a corner, and after confirming no one had noticed, he snuck away from the shipyard.

"What bad luck! I wanted to make some extra money, but I almost got discovered!"

Lei Li scratched his head helplessly; who could have imagined that someone in the new generation of the Navy would actually recognize his face?

One had to know he had been retired from the sea for 15 years!

On the warship, Karl, unable to find the person, had to get off the ship so as not to affect the coating craftsman's work.

If he couldn't find him, so be it; it was enough to know Lei Li was here.

Familiar characters were appearing one by one; who would be next? Shanks?

No, no, no, he shouldn't be able to meet him for the time being; Shanks had already entered the New World to make his mark, and as a shining supernova pirate crew, it would take a few more years before he could become one of the Four Emperors.

"Forget it, why think so much! Let's go shopping!"

Just like that, Karl took Ain and Smoker to the sightseeing area, bought some local specialties and clothes, and incidentally resupplied some materials to prepare for tomorrow's voyage.

Ain was quite happy today, it was just that Smoker was a bit of an eyesore. ===== CHAPTER 147 =====