Chapter 301 Something Happened (Two Chapters in One)

When the 'Blue Pheasant' heard the wind and moved, almost at the same moment, another drama was being staged at Whiskey Peak, far away from the Grand Line and close to the Upside Down Mountain.

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

Compared with when Leifa first met more than ten years ago, the scale of the Glinton Business Group has expanded more than ten times, and it has become one of the most famous business groups in the first half of the Grand Line!

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

Many people are wondering how an ordinary woman like Angela, without any force, can continue to grow this business group. This is really a very strange thing in the Grand Line.

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

Unlike Angela, the owner of the business group, this 'Scar' Morton is no ordinary person. In addition to being the captain of the guard of the Glinton 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 50 million beli and 100 million beri. If measured by the navy's hierarchy, his strength is at least equivalent to that of a rear admiral. !

A rear admiral may not mean much in the new world.

Even the sea area of ​​Shampoo in the New World cannot be said to be that great, but this sea area is the beginning of the great sea route. Here, even pirates with bounties of tens of millions of beli are able to become kings. Dominated.

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

In the eyes of many people, the Greenton Business Group has grown so quickly because of the existence of Scar Morton, and Angela is just Scar Morton's mistress.

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

Because during the development of the Greenton Business Group over the years, there was actually another force behind it. Many troubles against the Greenton Business Group were eliminated by that force.

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

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

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

With the strength of 'Sand Crocodile' Crocodile, he can be called a big shot 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 care of the 'Baroque Studio', the development of the Glinton Business 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. Instead, they will speculate whether she may be the concubine of a certain cadre in the Baroque Studio. Apart from this, they could not think of any need for the ‘Baroque Studio’ to protect the Glinton Business Group.

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

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

At this moment, a subordinate hurriedly ran to Angela and said, "Boss, someone from the Navy is here again, saying they want to talk to you about the 'sea tax for large business groups'..."

Angela, who was arranging things, frowned slightly, "What's the 'large business group overseas tax'? I've never heard of such a thing. We have paid the taxes we should pay every year. When did such a tax appear again?" Tax?"

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

When Angela heard this, a look of disgust appeared on her face, and she said to her subordinates, "Just say that I am sick and it is not convenient for me to see guests for the time being. We will discuss this matter later."

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

But he had barely taken two steps when he bumped into someone and was bounced back to sit on the ground.

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

All I saw was that in that direction, a man with a leather holster on his face was standing there, saying in a very harsh voice, "This is the owner of the Glinton Merchant Group, Miss Angela, right? My dear, Spandam," The highest officer of CP-9', this is our first meeting, please give me some advice."

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

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 Hunters 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 me is actually the top officer of 'CP-9', so the situation may be a bit bad.

If there are any forces in the first half of the Grand Line that would not worry about ‘Baroque Studio’, ‘Cipher.Pol’ is definitely one of them!

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

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..." Spangdam 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. You can't lose even a penny of this tax." Spandam's face immediately turned cold. "If you don't pay, I have no choice but 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 someone to send all the tax money to you, Mr. Spangdam later..."

"Of course that's the best." Spandam nodded, "Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention before, in addition to the 'Large Business Group Overseas Tax', there is also a 'Large Business Group Environmental Protection Tax' ’, you can have it sent 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 next to him couldn't bear it any longer. He said angrily, "My lord, don't bully others too much. Although 'CP-9' is powerful, it is 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 not profitable, 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 identity, 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 others 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 take action against 'CP-9', Chiba!" A chubby man with 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.

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 all the belongings of the Glinton Merchant Group!" Spandam continued to order his subordinates.

"Sir, I heard that behind the Glinton Business Group is the 'Baroque Studio', will we do this..." A navy said to Spangdam 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 navy man quickly shut up.

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!”

"Follow your orders!" The subordinate hurriedly 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!