Chapter 22-Karp Leaves
At the pier of Windmill Village, a dog-headed warship was sailing, preparing to sail.
Karp stood at the bow of the ship reluctantly." Little bastard, the next time I hear news of you messing around, I'll definitely beat you up again."”
"Goodbye, Ouji-chan."
Luffy, whose face was bruised and swollen, waved his hands and said goodbye to Karp.
Yesterday, after Karp transformed back, Luffy was naturally beaten up, and he almost couldn't get out of bed.
Fortunately, Lawton had taught Luffy a little trick, allowing him to use Polymorph to turn himself into a sheep. In this state, his recovery speed greatly increased. After a few consecutive Polymorph, his injuries were mostly healed, and he was able to make it in time for Karp to send him off.
Speaking of which, Karp didn't have to leave in such a hurry. After all, he had applied for a two-month leave from the navy. Only a few days had passed.
However, there was no other way. Last night, the navy headquarters suddenly sent an urgent message. For some reason, one of the four kings of the new world, the Red-haired Shanks, had left his territory with his elite crew and headed for the first half of the great sea route. His goal was unknown.
Under such circumstances, the Navy Marshal Armored Warrior Kong (Armored Warrior Kong was still in power at the moment, but Sengoku would probably take over in the next two years) had chosen to call Karp back. After all, every action of the Four Emperors was not a small matter. Before this, he had already sent Sengoku to bring Huang Yuan and Qing Zhi to the New World to monitor them. However, if a conflict broke out with the Four Emperors, one general and two reserve generals were obviously insufficient.
Currently, there was a shortage of talents in the navy. Zefa had long since resigned from his position as a general and became the chief instructor of the navy. He would never leave the mountain unless the navy was in a life-and-death situation, and Crane's strength was clearly insufficient. Therefore, other than Steel Skeleton Kong, the navy headquarters only had one general, Karp, left. Kong himself had to oversee the navy headquarters, so only Karp, the top combat power, could be used in the navy.
As mentioned before, although Karp did not give face to Kong, he knew what was right and wrong. Furthermore, he had just gotten 200 million Bailey from the navy and owed Kong a big favor. It was even more impossible for him to reject his recruitment. Because of this, he even canceled his plan to visit Ace and chose to rush back today.
"Alright, Luffy, your grandfather will be back. Don't be sad.”
Luffy was very disappointed when Karp left. Although Karp would beat him up every time he came back, it was obvious that Luffy still couldn't bear to part with Karp.
Faced with this situation, Lawton had no choice but to go forward and comfort him softly.
"I'm not sad. Who's sad?”Luffy said stubbornly.
"It's good that you're not sad." Lawton smiled and did not argue. He was not a child anymore.
"Then let's go back. I'll treat you to barbecue.”
"Yay, I want to eat a big meal…no, I want to eat two big meals.”
As soon as Luffy heard the word " roast meat ", his attention was diverted, and his eyes lit up.
"You can eat as many meals as you want.”
Lawton finally had money on hand. Although his commission was still 0.001%, there was one difference. The money the system collected was the suggested price, and the extra money earned was his own. This was equivalent to the system being a wholesaler, giving goods to Lawton on credit at the wholesale price. No matter how much money Lawton sold, he only needed to return the wholesale price to the system. The extra money naturally belonged to him.
Other than Luffy's deal, the other deals he made to Karp were at least twice the original price, and some were even more than ten times the original price, and they were all in the tens of millions. It was easy to imagine how much money he made.
With so much money, not to mention treating Luffy to two meals, even if they were to treat everyone in Windmill Village to a meal, it would be enough for them to eat for a few months.
Everyone always thought that Bailey was equivalent to Japanese dollars, but Bailey's value was actually not as low as we thought. After all, ten years later, he flew to the Capital of Seven Waters to hold a banquet. In the end, everyone in the city went, but in the end, he only spent less than 200 million Bailey (Nami even found a stack of money in the money box).
The Capital of Seven Waters was a heavy industrial city that mainly built ships. Even if the population was small, it would at least be 100,000 people. Using 200 million Bailey to treat so many people to a feast, it could be seen that Bailey's purchasing power was much stronger than that of the Japanese.
The reason why everyone had this kind of understanding was that the pirates were Japanese comics, and the price of newspapers in this world started at 100 Bailey. Then, when they compared the price of newspapers in the real world, they had this kind of illusion. But don't forget, this was the world of the sea. There was no internet, or perhaps even no internet at all. Transportation was also extremely inconvenient. The newspapers were spread by news birds, which naturally led to higher costs. If it was the same situation in the real world, the price of the newspaper would easily exceed 100 yuan.
Therefore, one must not underestimate Bailey's purchasing power. To put it bluntly, Lawton's current money, excluding the dangers he encountered along the way, could completely rely on this money to travel around the world. Moreover, after traveling around the world, he would still have some left over.
"Hehe, Mr. Lawton is really gentle.”Beside her, Makino smiled. After three days of knowing each other, she was quite familiar with Lawton. Although they were not at the level of not telling each other everything, they would not blush at the sight of Lawton like they did on the first day.
"Haha."
Lawton smiled and didn't say anything. He wondered if he would be disappointed if he saw the profiteer side of him.
……
"Speaking of which, Miss Machino, do you want to buy something from me? I happen to have something that suits you.”
In the bar, Luffy was crazily eating roasted meat with his head buried in his plate. Lawton and Makino were chatting at the side. The two of them were talking about the topic of wine brewing. Lawton suddenly thought of something. It was also the only thing in the second system refresh that had nothing to do with combat, but it just happened to meet Makino's needs.
"Really? I wonder what it is?"
Maginor had personally seen how magical Lawton's items were. She had long wanted to buy them. The problem was that Lawton had sold either weapons, skills, or high-tech products some time ago. None of them were what Maginor liked. Compared to these, she wanted something that suited her interests and hobbies more.
Makino's favorite thing to do was to make wine, especially all kinds of wine. Her favorite thing to do was to taste wine from all over the world and deduce it.
And this item, Lawton, happened to be related to wine, and it was not very expensive, so it was just right for Maginor.
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