Chapter 189: Colonel Nezumi

Navy Branch 16, located on a small island in the sea.

The strength of this branch cannot be considered 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 Navy Headquarters is here!"

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

"What? Navy Headquarters? Who is it?"

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

Colonel 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 confidants knew about the bribery, and they all took the money, so how could it spread out?

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

Cluck cluck bang~

The warship docked steadily at the shore. Karl took Ain and Smoker and walked off the warship first, landing at Branch 16.

Colonel Nezumi, who had just rushed over, revealed a fawning smile: "Hehe, hello Rear Admiral Karl, I am Nezumi. May I ask what Rear Admiral Karl is here for?"

Karl glanced at Colonel Nezumi indifferently. Sure enough, he had the head of a rat and the eyes of a rat; he was simply a human-shaped rat, and he couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him.

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

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

"Bring the prisoners over!"

At the order, Nelson escorted the members of the Arlong Pirates onto the island; the moment Colonel Mouse saw the fish-men, his face turned deathly pale and his heart pounded wildly.

It's over, it's all over!

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

"Ho~ This, isn't this the Arlong Pirates! Great, this group of despicable criminals has finally been brought to justice! Congratulations!"

Smoker mocked: "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 those scarred Fish-Men.

"Really don't shed tears until you see the coffin!"

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

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

Thump!

Colonel Nezumi knelt on the ground hurriedly, crying and saying: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was obsessed. I won't dare to do it again. Please let me go!"

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

"Let you go? What about the commoners 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 Navy soldiers looked hesitant, refusing to raise their guns for a long time. Karl patted Smoker on the shoulder, signaling him not to be so excited.

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

"Colonel Nezumi accepted bribes from the Arlong Pirates and condoned and shielded the Arlong Pirates. The evidence is conclusive. Please put down your weapons and cooperate with the investigation."

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

It is said that when the wall falls, everyone pushes. In the past, due to Colonel Nezumi's authority, they didn't dare to speak, but now...

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

If it weren't for this group of damn trash, how could he have been discovered?

With the help of friendly forces, Smoker ferreted out a few more of Colonel Nezumi's confidants. They were accomplices, even worse, and compared to Nezumi, they were even more so. Catching them was absolutely no problem.

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

It's just that after such a mess, Branch 16 suddenly had 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 effort, the anti-corruption campaign of Branch 16 had entered the final stage, and all corrupt Navy personnel were locked in prison.

"Thank you for your cooperation, so we can ferret out these black sheep. Here, I also give you a piece of advice: don't forget your original intention, keep your mission in mind."

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

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

This was also intentional by Karl. It was originally a secret investigation and secret arrest. If the news leaked, it would easily startle the snake, affecting subsequent actions.

Karl's goal is very simple: first catch a batch of corrupt Navy personnel, then send them to Marineford collectively for a collective public trial, thereby announcing the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

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 were smoking.

"Smoker, you did a good job this time, but you still have to change this temper of yours; 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. Not beating them is already my restraint, okay!"

"That's why you need to be calm! How can I rest assured to hand over the Independent Commission Against Corruption to you like this?"

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

"Of course not, I will only preside for a period of time, and then I will hand over the Independent Commission Against Corruption 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 Independent Commission Against Corruption to Smoker. He just wants to brush a wave of presence and then withdraw.

Although staying in the office and slacking off is very cool, it is also very boring. Going out to catch pirates is different. For Karl, this is public-funded tourism, so it is impossible for him to keep guarding the position of the head of the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

Anyway, Smoker can't keep being his gold-medal thug. He will eventually go out to work alone. It just so happens that he likes doing this, which is much better than the ending of guarding Loguetown originally.

"Keep it up, Smoker, you still have a lot to learn!" ===== CHAPTER 191 =====