Chapter 87: Tricking Crocodile
Although he had a large organization, Baroque Works had only been established recently. He still had to pay salaries to his employees, not to mention their shares, and the organization needed further development—so he didn't have much left in his own hands.
"Che, not even ten billion? What a failure."
Jiang Qize smacked his lips.
"You talk like it's easy. Do you have ten billion?" Crocodile shot back.
"Nope…"
He shrugged.
"Then don't lecture me!" Crocodile rolled his eyes.
"I'm a pirate, you're a businessman. It's different, all right? Fine, fine—if not 0ne billion, 500 million works too…"
"I don't have 500 million either. Only 100 million. Take it or leave it."
"That's fine, I guess… sigh, dealing with a partner like you—"
"You were the one who insisted we partner up!"
Crocodile glared at the shameless man, his teeth practically grinding. Working with this guy was going to give him a heart attack one day.
"All right, enough of that. Robin, where is Pluto?"
Jiang Qize waved his hand and turned to Robin.
Crocodile gave a cold snort but stayed silent, also looking her way.
Pulled out of watching their bickering, Robin replied, "Pluto is buried beneath an oasis in Alabasta."
"Oasis…"
Crocodile frowned slightly.
"You don't know where exactly?" Jiang Qize raised a brow.
"I do. In Yuba. But that's a city… a ship as powerful as Pluto should be massive. If it's really buried there, we'd probably have to turn Yuba upside down to find it."
Crocodile's tone turned grim and icy.
"Let's just locate it first," Jiang Qize said coolly.
If it really was buried underground, it probably couldn't be used anyway. But if he let Bawang study it, maybe they could make a copy.
"Yeah, that's the only way."
Crocodile nodded.
"Then let's get out of here. It's stuffy as hell. What kind of secret room did you build without a single vent?"
"If it had vents, it wouldn't be a secret room."
The two bickered their way out.
Just as the door closed behind them, Celine walked in carrying two large chests.
"Mr. Ze, the goods from your ship have been exchanged for bounty money—211 million Berries total. It's all here."
The beautiful woman's charming face was lit with a sweet smile as she stopped before Jiang Qize.
"Thanks."
A bright grin instantly spread across Jiang Qize's face.
To him, money was more important than anything.
He took the chests and flipped them open.
"Recharge!" he murmured to himself.
In an instant, all the Berries inside vanished.
[Ding! Recharge successful. 211 million Berries acquired.]
Celine didn't look surprised—there were plenty of strange Devil Fruit powers in this vast sea.
"You've got that much money already, so you don't need my 100million, do you?" Crocodile said dryly.
"No way. This is what I earned through blood and sweat. It's not the same thing. Don't you dare back out."
Jiang Qize's face instantly turned cold.
"Ugh… Celine, give him 100million Berries," Crocodile said helplessly.
Jiang Qize immediately broke into a perfectly genuine smile.
Soon, Celine brought over another chest.
After recharging again, Jiang Qize said to Crocodile, "Find us a place to stay—it's late."
"Fine."
…
They were arranged to stay at the Rain Dinners hotel.
Inside one of the rooms—
In a small inn—
[Host]: Jiang Qize
[Age]: 18
[Rank]: Marine Headquarters—Lieutenant Colonel
[Berries]: 314 million
[Abilities]: Conqueror's Haki (Trait: Subjugation), Armament Haki, Observation Haki
[Summon], [Enhance], [Synthesize], [Recycle]
Jiang Qize's eyes lit up.Three hundred and fourteen million Berries—this was the largest amount of money he'd ever had.
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