One Piece Food System

At the same time that Aokiji heard the news and took action, at about the same time, another drama was being staged at Whiskey Peak, far away in the Grand Line near Upside Down Mountain.

At the port of Whiskey Peak, a cargo ship with the logo of the Glinton Merchant Group was loading cargo.

Compared to when Lei Fa first saw it more than a decade ago, the current Glinton Merchant Group has expanded more than ten times in size and has become one of the most well-known merchant groups in the first half of the Grand Line!

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

Many people are very surprised that an ordinary woman like Angela, who has no military power, can continue to expand this merchant group. This is really a very strange thing in the Grand Line.

Those who don’t know the inside story speculate that she is only the apparent owner of the merchant group, and the real owner of the merchant group is someone else, such as the merchant group’s guard captain ‘Scar’ Morton.

Unlike Angela, the owner of the merchant group, this ‘Scar’ Morton is not an ordinary person. In addition to being the chief guard of the Greenton Merchant Group, he is also a five-star bounty hunter!

Being a five-star bounty hunter proves that he has the ability to kill bounty criminals with a bounty of 50 million to 100 million berries. If measured by the navy's grade system, 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 Chabad Sea near the New World is not that great, but this sea is the beginning of the Grand Route. Here, even pirates with a bounty of tens of millions of berries can already be kings.

And a five-star bounty hunter like ‘Scar’ Morton is also very deterrent here!

In the eyes of many people, the Greenton Merchant Group can grow so fast because of the existence of ‘Scar’ Morton, and Angela is just a mistress of ‘Scar’ Morton.

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

Because in the development of the Greenton Merchants Group over the years, there is actually another force behind it. Many troubles against the Greenton Merchants Group have been eliminated by that force.

The name of that force is "Baroque Studio"!

If there is any force that can run rampant in the first half of the Grand Line, "Baroque Studio" is definitely one of them!

After all, the man behind it is "Sand Crocodile" Crocodile, one of the former "Seven Warlords of the Sea", a powerful pirate!

With the strength of "Sand Crocodile", Crocodile is enough to be called a big man even in the New World, let alone in the first half of the Grand Line.

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

With the secret care of "Baroque Studio", the development of the Greenton Merchants Group is simply too smooth. In this sea area, there is really no force qualified to offend "Baroque Studio".

Therefore, those who know the inside story do not think that Angela, the owner of the merchant group, is the mistress of Scar Morton. Instead, they speculate whether she is the mistress of a cadre in the Baroque Studio. In addition, they cannot think of any need for the Baroque Studio to protect the Greenton Merchant Group.

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

At this moment, Angela is arranging the loading of goods and preparing for the next voyage.

At this moment, a subordinate hurriedly ran to Angela, "Boss, someone from the navy is here again, saying they want to talk to you about the 'Large Merchant Corps Sea Exit Tax'..."

Angela, who was originally arranging things, frowned slightly, "What 'Large Merchant Corps Sea Exit Tax', I have never heard of this thing. We have paid the taxes we should pay every year. When did this tax come out again?"

Scar Morton next to him had his eyes closed. Hearing this, he suddenly opened his eyes and said, "I have heard of this tax, but this is not a tax collected by the World Government, but something made by the secret service under the World Government to make extra money, similar to protection money."

Angela heard this, and a look of disgust appeared on his face. He said to his subordinate, "Just say that I am sick and it is not convenient to see guests for the time being. Let's talk about this later."

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

But he had just run two steps when he bumped into someone and was bounced back and sat on the ground.

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

He saw that in that direction, a man with a leather mask on his face was standing there, and he said in a very harsh voice, "This is the owner of the Greenton Merchant Group, Miss Angela, right? I am Spandam, the highest officer of 'CP-9'. It's our first meeting. Please give me your guidance."

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

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

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

The man in front of him was actually the highest officer of 'CP-9'. The situation might be a little bad.

If there are any forces in the first half of the Grand Line that will not care about 'Baroque Studio', 'Cipher.pol' is definitely one of them!

As for the man named Spandam in front of him, as the highest officer of 'cp-9', his status is higher than that of an ordinary vice admiral.

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Thinking of this, Morton came to Angela's side and whispered, "This person has a lot of background. If you have anything to agree on in advance, 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, "Hello Lord Spandam, nice to meet you."

"I didn't expect Miss Angela to be so beautiful, but I was rude." Spandam's smile looked very disgusting, but his identity was there, and ordinary people would not dare to touch him. "About me before I have sent my subordinates to inform you about the 'large business group overseas tax'. I wonder how Miss Angela is thinking about it. When will it be paid?"

"Lord Spandam, we businessmen are just making hard money. If we follow the tax payment method you mentioned, our profit from each trip will be less than 10%. I still have so many people. I want to make a living, can Mr. Spandam be accommodating?" Angela suppressed the nausea in her heart and asked with a smile on her face.

"This is the tax rate set by the World Government. Even I can't change it easily." Spandam shook his head first, but then showed a smile and said, "However, if a charming girl like Miss Angela requests, I can still help you run the operation, but I'm afraid it will take a lot of my time and a lot of favors..."

"Master Spandam, does he need hard work? That's easy to say." Angela was no longer the innocent girl she was before. She knew that pie in the sky was impossible, so she asked.

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

When Angela heard this, her face suddenly turned ugly.

How could she not hear the truth in Spandam's words? According to Spandam, he wanted to reduce the 'sea tax for large business groups', which would cost a lot of favors. How could a dinner be worth it? So many favors?

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

"Oh? Then I'm sorry. This tax cannot be less." Spandam's face immediately turned cold. "If you don't pay, I will have to arrest you and send you to the Deep Sea Prison." 'Imper is fooled. Considering Miss Angela's situation, if she is really sent to prison, I'm afraid it will be very difficult..."

"You!" Angela was furious.

But she remembered what Morton had said to her before, and she suppressed her anger and said humiliatingly, "Okay, I will ask people to send all the tax money to you, Mr. Spandam later..."

"Of course that's the best." Spandam nodded, "Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention it before. In addition to the 'Large Business Group Overseas Tax', there is also a 'Large Business Group Environmental Protection Tax' ’, you can send it over as well. The tax rate is the same as the overseas tax.”

"This is really unreasonable!!"

This time, before Angela could speak, 'Scar' Morton beside him couldn't bear it any longer. He said angrily, "My lord, don't bully others too much. Although 'cp-9' is powerful, it can always Can't we leave no way for others to survive? According to the tax rate you mentioned, not only will we not make a penny every time we go to sea, but we will also have to pay a lot of money!"

"This is none of my business. If you think it's unreasonable and doesn't make money, you can stop doing this business. Then you won't have to pay a penny in tax, right?" Spandam said with a smile.

"You bastard!" Morton was furious when he heard this.

He himself has a bad temper, and if it weren't for Spandam's status, he would have been tempted to teach him a lesson.

But Spandam's behavior of poking his nose and face like this, leaving no way for anyone to survive, is something that a human being cannot bear.

Morton flashed and 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 around a few times before standing still, covering his chest with one hand, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

"How brave you are to dare to attack 'CP-9', Chiba!" A man with a round body and short green hair appeared in front of Spandam in a fighting posture. He was the one who knocked Morton back just now.

Obviously, Morton suffered a loss in the previous confrontation.

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

"Do you agree now? It's too late!" Spandam said with a ferocious smile, "Miss Angela, you ordered your subordinates to attack me, a world government official. This is a serious crime. Now a little tax money can't solve the problem. I'm afraid you You have to accompany me back to [Judiciary Island]!”

"No! You can't do this!" Morton became anxious.

"Hmph! Do you have any right to speak here? Owl, let him have a long memory!" Spandam glanced at Morton coldly and snorted.

"As ordered, Chatter!!"

The chubby man stepped forward and charged towards Morton!

Morton quickly made a move to resist, but was still knocked away by the man named Owl.

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

After Spandam gave the order, a team of marines immediately ran over and cuffed Angela.

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Angela did not resist, because she knew that she was just an ordinary person, and resisting would only bring humiliation to 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 tough-talking people like this.

When Angela was taken away, it didn't take long for the owl to bring back the knocked out Morton, handcuff him to the navy, and take him away.

"Seize and confiscate everything belonging to the Glinton Merchant Group!" Spangdam continued to order his subordinates.

"Sir, I heard that the 'Baroque Studio' is behind the Glinton business group. Will we do this..." A navy said to Spandam with some uncertainty.

But before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Spandam, "Could it be something? How dare a mere illegal organization dare to go against the World Government? Ridiculous!"

"Yes, sir, that's what you said." The marine quickly stopped talking.

In the distance, there was a man whose expression changed slightly after seeing what happened here, and he left quickly.

…

[Shengting Island], in the underground station of the ‘Sword Legion’.

‘Sand Crocodile’ Crocodile was drinking wine and playing chess with Koushiro. At the same time, he was also chatting about things that happened on the sea. The two were talking and laughing.

Suddenly, a person ran in from the door, looking panicked, interrupting them.

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

"What's making such a fuss? Speak up!" Crocodile said dissatisfied.

"Yes!" The subordinate calmed down and then said, "Emergency information came from Whiskey Peak. Miss Angela seems to have been captured by the navy..."

"What?!"

Crocodile's expression changed suddenly and he stood up suddenly.

Because of his too big movements, he accidentally overturned the chessboard in front of him, and the two glasses of red wine on the chessboard were scattered all over the floor.

Koshiro, who was sitting opposite him, saw his reaction and realized that something might not be simple, and asked, "What happened? Who is this Angela?"

"Angela is a friend of Mr. Leifa, and you have always asked me to take care of you secretly." Crocodile replied in the simplest possible language, "It's too late to say more. Mr. Koushiro, please tell Mr. Leifa, and I will do it right away. Take a trip to Whiskey Peak.”

After talking to Koushiro, Crocodile said to the subordinate, "Immediately give me 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 scope of Whiskey Peak." , go!”

"Yes!" The subordinate quickly ran out.

After hearing Crocodile's words, Koushiro frowned and said, "Then go for a quick trip. I'll contact Master Refa and see what he says."

"good."

As Crocodile said, he transformed into a bunch of yellow salon scrolls and floated away!