Chapter 178: You want to talk about people with a group of madmen from the Luokesi Pirate Crew?!

Slap!

Slap!

Following the slow footsteps, Locke's figure had already gradually walked into this shop. With a smile on his face, he said gently, "Shopkeeper, can you take out the things in the shop?!"

"..."

"Noxas Locke!"

"An executive of the Luokesi Pirate Crew!"

"Sure enough!"

"I didn't guess wrong. On this sea, besides you madmen from the Luokesi Pirate Crew, there is absolutely no one else who can cause trouble on the Red Line."

Inside the shop was an old man wearing a pitch-black suit, looking to be sixty or seventy years old. However, his face wore a smile, as if he were not at all surprised by Locke's arrival.

"Then..."

Locke smiled and said, "Shouldn't the things that need to be taken out be taken out now?!"

"No problem!"

The old shopkeeper did not hesitate at all. He nodded with a smile and strode directly into the back of the shop. Soon, he came out carrying treasure chests one by one and said calmly, "This is everything in the shop, worth a total of 700 million Beli. You came at an unfortunate time. It cannot be denied that your opportunity is good, but it's a pity! This morning, a shipment of goods and Beli was just sent away. Now, only this is left in the shop."

"Well!"

"That is truly a pity!"

Locke was not annoyed at all. He raised his hand and sent everything directly into his Teigu space, smiling, "Then, shopkeeper, thank you for your help this time. Goodbye."

Locke turned around and walked back into the darkness just as he had come, disappearing calmly once again.

"Shopkeeper?!"

After Locke left, two shop assistants came out and asked curiously, "Shopkeeper! Why didn't you even resist? Even if the other party is from the Luokesi Pirate Crew, it seems there was no need to be like this, right?"

"Hehehe~~~"

"You two!"

The old shopkeeper shook his head with a smile, looking at the two assistants gently. "You two are my disciples. There are more things you should think about, rather than considering everything like this. Did you only see the surface? Come! Tell me, what will the result be?"

"The result..."

Listening to the old shopkeeper's words, the first assistant, the one who had just asked, said, "Shopkeeper! As long as you delayed them slightly, at most..."

"How many minutes, hmm?"

"Five minutes?!"

"Ten minutes?!"

"Fifteen minutes?!"

"The Red Line has been in chaos for a full seventeen minutes now. Do you think the people of the Red Line still need how much time to reach us? Moreover, according to the World Government's power, even if they help first, it would absolutely not be our turn. Since that is the case, what do you think the result will be?"

"This..."

The first assistant fell into silence. It could not be denied that his consideration of these things was not comprehensive enough; many things had not been thought through clearly.

"Hehehe~~~"

"Still too young!"

The old shopkeeper shook his head with a smile and turned his gaze to the other disciple, continuing to ask, "Do you think! Noxas Locke, as an executive of the Luokesi Pirate Crew, and a top-tier executive at that! Having gone to sea for six years, becoming a top-tier executive of the Luokesi Pirate Crew at only 21 years old, such a monster, how much time would he need to kill the three of us, such old, weak, sick, and disabled people?"

"This..."

The second assistant hesitated slightly, then said respectfully, "Shopkeeper! At most, it would only take an instant. It could even be said that killing us would be as simple as a joke; he could dispose of us easily."

"Not bad!"

The old shopkeeper nodded with a smile and said, "Since that is the case, then the result is already destined. Obediently hand over the treasure, and we can still survive. If we choose to resist, then the result will absolutely be certain death. Since that is the case, what choice would you make?"

"Come!"

"Let me see your choice!"

The old shopkeeper pulled out a chair and sat down, just smiling as he watched his two disciples.

He was already 70 years old. For him, this shopkeeper position was actually about to be retired from. Precisely because of this, he needed to test his two disciples to see which one was suitable to inherit his position, and this was the most important core.

Not joking!

All of this was absolutely a very important matter. Grasping this opportunity, or even handling all of this clearly, was the most important thing.

After all!

All of this was right before his eyes. If it were not handled well, it would be extremely dangerous.

"This..."

Listening to the old shopkeeper's question, both assistants fell into thought, their minds beginning to consider.

The first assistant thought and said, "Shopkeeper, calculating by time, we would definitely die, and all the treasures would be found. In the end, the result would not change at all. It seems the only change is that we would die."

"Not bad!"

The old shopkeeper nodded with a smile.

The second assistant continued, "Precisely because of this! This matter is simply not something we are qualified to change! If it were like this, then it would be better to obediently take out all the treasures. The shop would not suffer any damage, and we would also survive, although we lost all the treasures."

"However!"

The second assistant's expression was very serious. "Although it is said that everything was lost, this is simply not a big problem. After all, we are not the only shop that has encountered problems; everyone has encountered problems. And wanting to live in this Red Line area and open a shop is not an easy thing. In other words..."

"Our status will become increasingly important."

"Hehehe~~~"

"Not bad!" ===== CHAPTER 180 =====