One Piece Food System.

Chapter 301 Something Happened (2 in 1 Chapter)

At the same time as the 'Aokiji' heard the news, at almost the same moment, another drama was unfolding on the Whiskey Peak, which was far away from the Great Airway and close to the Upside Down Mountain.

At the port of Whiskey Peak, a cargo ship with the logo of the Greenton Merchant Group is loading goods.

Compared with when Lei Fa first saw it more than ten years ago, the scale of the current Greenton Merchant Group has expanded by more than ten times, and it has become one of the most famous business groups in the first half of the great route!

The owner of the business group, Greenton Angela, has also become a well-known figure in this sea area.

Many people are wondering why an ordinary woman like Angela without any force can continue to grow this business group. This is really a very strange thing in the great air route.

People who don't know the inside story guess that she is only the apparent owner of the merchant group, but the real owner of the merchant group is someone else, such as the head of the merchant's guard 'Scar' Morton.

Different from Angela, the owner of the business group, this 'Scar' Morton is not an ordinary person. Apart from being the chief guard of the Greenton business group, he is also a five-star bounty hunter!

Being able to become a five-star bounty hunter proves that he has the strength to kill criminals with a bounty of between 5000 million and [-] million beli. If measured by the navy's hierarchy, his strength is at least equivalent to that of a rear admiral!

A rear admiral may not be a big deal in the new world.

Even the sea area of ​​Chambord in the near new world is not so great, but this sea area is the beginning of a great sea route. Here, even the pirates who offer a reward of tens of millions of Baileys can already become kings Dominated.

And 'Scar' Morton, a five-star bounty hunter, is also extremely intimidating here!

In the eyes of many people, the Greenton Merchant Group can grow so quickly because of the existence of 'Scar' Morton, and Angela is just 'Scar' Morton's concubine or something.

But some people who know some inside information will never think so.

Because in the development of the Greenton Merchant Group in these years, there is actually another force behind it, and many troubles against the Greenton Merchant Group have been swept away by that force.

The name of that faction is called 'Baroque Studio'!

If there are any forces that can run amok in the first half of this great route, the 'Baroque Studio' is definitely one of them!

After all, the person behind it is Crocodile Crocodile, one of the former "Shichibukai", a powerful pirate!

With the strength of 'Sand Crocodile' Crocodile, he can be called a big man even in the New World, let alone in the first half of this great route.

Because of this, the status of 'Baroque Studio' is self-evident.

With the secret support of the 'Baroque Studio', the development of the Greenton Merchant Group is not going too smoothly. In this sea area, there is really no force that is qualified to offend the 'Baroque Studio'.

Therefore, people like these who know the inside story will not think that Angela, the owner of the business group, is the concubine of 'Scar' Morton, but speculate whether she will be the concubine of a certain cadre in the 'Baroque Studio'.In addition, they couldn't think of the need for the 'Baroque Studio' to protect the Greenton business group.

Of course, these are just speculations secretly and will not affect Angela herself.

At this moment, Angela is arranging to load the goods, preparing for the next trip to sea.

At this moment, one of his subordinates hurriedly ran to Angela, "Boss, there is another person from the navy, and they want to talk to you about the 'tax for large business groups'..."

Angela, who was arranging things, frowned slightly, "What's the 'large-scale business group tax', I have never heard of such a thing, we have paid the tax every year, when will such a tax appear again? tax?"

The 'Scar' Morton next to him had his eyes closed. Hearing this, he suddenly opened his eyes and said, "I've heard of this tax, but it's not a tax collected by the World Government, but a secret service under the World Government. Something to make some extra money, kind of like a protection fee."

When Angela heard the words, a look of disgust appeared on her face, and she said to her subordinates, "Let's just say that I'm sick and it's not convenient to see guests for the time being. We'll talk about it later."

"Yes!" The subordinate nodded quickly and ran back.

It's just that he had just run two steps when he bumped into someone and was bounced back and sat on the ground.

"Huh?" 'Scar' Morton looked over there with some vigilance.

All I saw was, in that direction, a man with a leather cover on his face was standing there, and said in a very harsh voice, "This is the owner of the Greenton Merchant Group, Miss Angela, right? Your lord Spandam,' The highest officer of CP-9', this is the first time we meet, please give me your advice."

"'CP-9'——" Morton's face suddenly changed.

As a five-star bounty hunter, how could Morton be unfamiliar with 'Cipher.Pol', which is one of the few secret agencies under the World Government that can compete with the 'Bounty Hunters Guild'.

And 'CP-9' is one of the branches of this organization that specializes in combat, second only to 'CP-0'!

The man in front of him is actually the top officer of 'CP-9', the situation is probably not good.

If there are any forces in the first half of the great route that don't care about 'Baroque Studio', 'Cipher.Pol' is definitely one of them!

And the man in front of him named Spandam, as the supreme officer of 'CP-9', his status is even higher than that of the general vice admiral.

Thinking of this, Morton came to Angela's side and said in a low voice, "This person has a lot of background, so if you agree to something in advance, we can talk about it, and we can find a way to solve it later..."

Angela nodded slightly when she heard the words. She knew that Morton would not talk nonsense.

So she said, "Master Spandam, hello, nice to meet you."

"I didn't expect Miss Angela to be so beautiful, but I was abrupt." Spandam's smile looked very disgusting, but his identity was there, and ordinary people would dare to touch him. "About me before Send your subordinates to notify you of the 'Large Business Group's Sea Tax', I don't know what Miss Angela is thinking about, when will it be handed in?"

"Master Spandam, we merchants are earning hard money. If we follow the tax payment method you mentioned, our profit from each trip may not be even [-]%. I still have so many people. I wonder if Lord Spandam can accommodate you?" Angela suppressed the nausea in her heart and asked with a smile.

"This is the tax rate set by the world government. Even if it is me, it is not so easy to change." Spandam shook his head first, but then smiled and said, "However, a charming girl like Miss Angela requests, I can still help you operate, but I am afraid it will take me a lot of time and use up a lot of favors..."

"Master Spandam has to work hard? That's easy to say." Angela is no longer the innocent girl she was back then, knowing that there is no chance of pie in the sky, so she asked.

"Hard work? No, no, no, Miss Angela misunderstood, I don't need any hard work... I just need Miss Angela to accompany me to dinner..." Spandam smiled.

When Angela heard this, her face suddenly turned ugly.

How could she fail to hear what Spandam said? According to Spandam, he would consume a lot of favors if he wanted to reduce the "large-scale business group's sea tax". How can a dinner be worth it? So much favor?

"Sorry, I'm not in the habit of eating with strangers." Angela said apologetically.

"Oh? Then I'm sorry, this tax can't be less." Spandam's face turned cold immediately, "If you don't pay, I have no choice but to arrest you and send you to the 'deep sea prison' 'Impere has been imprisoned, and with Miss Angela's situation, if she is really sent to prison, I'm afraid it will be very difficult..."

"You!" Angela panicked.

But she remembered what Morton had said to her before, forced herself to hold back her anger, and said humiliatingly, "Okay, I will send all the tax money to you, Lord Spandam..."

"Of course that would be the best." Spandam nodded, "Oh, yes, I forgot to mention before, in addition to the 'Large Business Group Sea Tax', there is also a 'Large Business Group Environmental Protection Tax' ’, you can have someone send it over later, the tax rate is the same as the sea tax.”

"It really doesn't make sense!!"

This time, before Angela could speak, the 'Scar' Morton next to him couldn't help it. He said angrily, "My lord, don't bully people too much. Although 'CP-9' is powerful, it always We can’t leave no way of life for others, can we? According to the tax rate you mentioned, not only will we not earn a penny every time we go to sea, but we will have to lose a lot of money!”

"It's none of my business. If you think it's unreasonable and doesn't make money, you don't have to do this business. Then you don't have to pay a penny of tax, right?" Spandam laughed.

"Bastard!" Morton was furious when he heard this.

He has a bad temper himself, if it wasn't for Spandam's identity, he would have long since been unable to bear the temptation to teach him a lesson.

But Spandam's way of pushing his nose to his face like this, completely refusing to leave a way for people to survive, is something that an individual can't bear.

With a flash of Morton's figure, he rushed in the direction of Spandam!

However, at this moment, another figure jumped out from behind Spandam and collided head-on with Morton!

The next moment, Morton was bounced back!

He turned a few somersaults before he stood still, covering his chest with one hand, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

"You dare to attack 'CP-9', how brave you are, Chababa!" A chubby man with short green hair appeared in front of Spandam in a fighting stance.He was the one who sent Morton back just now.

Obviously, Morton suffered a loss in the fight just now.

Seeing that Morton was not one of the other's subordinates, Angela immediately understood that something was wrong, and quickly said, "My lords, please don't get angry. We have agreed to this matter. We will send both taxes. Please also Don't be offended."

"Now I know I have agreed? It's too late!" Spandam said with a sneer, "Miss Angela, you ordered your subordinates to attack me, an official of the world government. You have to accompany me back to [Judicial Island]!"

"No! You can't do this!" Morton said impatiently.

"Hmph! Do you have a place to speak here? Owl, let him remember!" Spandam gave Morton a cold look, and snorted coldly.

"Obey, Chababa!!"

The chubby man stepped on his feet, and the whole person rushed towards Morton!

Morton hurriedly made a resisting movement, but was still knocked out by the man named Owl.

"Come here, take this Angela down for me and take her away!" Spandam ordered.

Immediately after Spandam gave an order, a team of navy trotted over and handcuffed Angela.

Angela didn't resist, because she knew that she was just an ordinary person, and if she resisted, she would only humiliate herself, but she looked at Spandam angrily and said, "You will regret it!"

"Regret?" Spandam sneered and didn't bother to pay attention.

He has seen too many people with a stubborn mouth like this.

When Angela was taken away, it didn't take long for the owl to bring back Morton who was knocked unconscious, and handed it to the navy to handcuff him together, and then took him away.

"Confiscate and confiscate everything in the Greenton Merchant Group!" Spandam continued to order his subordinates.

"My lord, I heard that the 'Baroque Studio' is behind the Greenton Merchant Group. Will we do this..." A navy said to Spandam with some uncertainty.

But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Spandam, "Could it be something? An illegal organization, how dare it go against the World Government? Absurd!"

"Yes, what you said is true, my lord." The navy quickly shut up.

In the distance, after seeing what happened here, a man's expression changed slightly and he left in a hurry.

……

[Santing Island], in the underground station of the 'Sword Legion'.

'Sand Crocodile' Crocodile was drinking wine and playing chess with Koshiro, and at the same time they were chatting about what happened in the sea, the two were talking and laughing.

Suddenly, a person ran in from the door with a panicked expression and interrupted them.

"My lord, my lord, it's not good!!"

"What's such a fuss, talk about it!" Crocodile said dissatisfied.

"Yes!" The subordinate calmed down for a while, and then said, "There is an urgent message from the Whiskey Mountain. Miss Angela seems to have been captured by the Navy..."

"what?!"

Crocodile's expression changed abruptly, and he stood up abruptly.

Due to too much movement, he accidentally overturned the chessboard in front of him, and spilled the two glasses of red wine on the chessboard.

Seeing his reaction, Koshiro, who was sitting opposite him, also realized that things might be a bit complicated, and asked, "What happened, who is this Angela?"

"Angela is Lord Leifa's friend, and the Lord has always let me take care of you in secret." Crocodile replied in the shortest possible language, "It's too late to say more, please tell Lord Leifa, Mr. Koshiro, I will Go to Whiskey Mountain."

After talking to Koshiro, Crocodile said to the subordinate again, "You immediately send an order to the people on the other side of Whiskey Peak, no matter what, do your best to ensure that Miss Angela will not be taken out of the range of Whiskey Peak , go!!"

"Obey!" The subordinate hurriedly ran out.

Koshiro frowned after hearing Crocodile's words, and said, "Then you go for a walk, I'll contact Lord Refa and see what he has to say."

"it is good."

As Crocodile said, he had already turned into a bunch of yellow sand tornadoes and drifted away!