Chapter 840: Chapter 517: Buggy, You Be the Bait_2
As for the bill...
He really didn’t receive it.
If he had received it, he would have secretly paid it already. Everyone on the sea knows, you can’t owe him money.
"If it doesn’t work out, how much is it? I’ll just give it to you. Don’t look at me like that. My business is big too, it’s just that Festa is taking it easy, so I came." Buggy puffed up his red nose, looking proud.
"What big business do you have? Isn’t all your money invested in your Pirates?"
Sage laughed, shook his head, put an arm around Buggy’s shoulder, and laughed: "But that’s irrelevant now, it’s been so long, Buggy, let’s go fishing!"
Buggy’s business money comes from old Sand, and a large part of the money and resources invested by Sand belong to Sage. Calculating this way, the bigger Buggy’s business gets, the more he is helping Sage expand his channels.
Just that Buggy himself doesn’t know, but this kind of thing actually doesn’t matter much.
What really delighted Sage was that he encountered Buggy himself!
That’s enough!
It’s been over two years!
As he hadn’t been able to catch any fish, sometimes he missed the times in the East Sea, although it was also unlucky back then, there was still a touch of warmth within the misfortune, because he met Buggy back then. He didn’t encounter a Sea King after falling overboard but instead caught a fish right away.
That was a fish!
A fish!!
"There’s still a few hours before it starts, anyway we’re bored, let’s go fishing Buggy! If it’s you, I can surely catch a fish, as long as I can do that, I don’t care about the money for cannonballs... You do good, I’ll even give you additional investments!"
"Really, really?!"
Buggy’s eyes lit up, "Really additional investment?!"
He initially wanted to say how he couldn’t possibly be out of money, but once Sage said the latter, his expression immediately changed.
Nothing else, it’s just because Sage gives a lot!
He’s really generous!
Currently, the biggest business Buggy ever did, regardless of how dangerous it was, was Sage’s business, for which he had to painstakingly go everywhere to find war participation.
Pirates on the sea also need patrons, even powerhouses like the Four Emperors need to do business!
"Definitely, let’s go!"
Sage directly pulled Buggy up, saying: "Let’s find a shore to fish at, once we catch something I’ll keep my promise."
"Alright, alright... Eh? I need to tell my crew, besides this feast is about to start, I heard there’s also a great treasure, isn’t that why you came here?" Buggy asked.
"Hahahaha, I’m already here."
Sage gave him a toothy grin, "They can’t run away, what’s the rush, the martial arts tournament also needs to wait for my fleet to arrive to be held! Marika, pack a portion for me later."
Food?
What food?
Fishing is more important!
This is a rare opportunity to catch fish!
Before coming I already selected a good spot, this time I’m ready to test the grand luck of this luck king!
"If we’re lucky to catch something, that would make me happy more than robbing ten billion Belly, Buggy, do your best!" Sage said excitedly.
"Eh? What fish is worth ten billion Belly? You’re not even taking the money?" Buggy was stunned.
"How could that be, I want the money and the fish, I’m an adult, so I want it all!" Sage laughed heartily.
As he forcibly dragged Buggy away, at a nearby table, two people silently put down the newspaper, staring at the two who were leaving.
"Vice Admiral Smoker, that was..."
Tashigi, dressed in pirate attire, sweating on her forehead, "Why? Is this pirate activity related to a calamity?"
"I don’t know."
Smoker had a serious face, with two papers between his fingers, handed them to Tashigi:
"There are so many pirates here, it’s Buena Festa pulling the strings, our task is to verify if it’s him, and... also this guy, Douglas Bullet, Headquarters denied he’s still alive, but according to the information I’ve gathered, he might appear here."
"But now, these don’t matter, someone even more fierce has arrived..."
Smoker, dressed as a pirate captain, infiltrated this celebration, with the purpose of finding out about these two people.
The Headquarters denied it, but the Fleet Marshal didn’t deny, and neither did the Admirals, so that’s why he’s on this mission.
Sometimes the Navy’s actions aren’t necessarily unified.
On the Navy’s side, apart from the World Government’s involvement, there’s even the Navy Criminal Investigation Bureau, which not only investigates externally but also internally. The power structure inside is too dispersed, so often opinions are not unified.
These Navy people catching pirates outside and those internal administrative Navy, many times are not the same part, so for some matters, they must have solid evidence for the Navy to exert greater power.
This is also the reason Smoker is not pleased, back then he was stationed in the East Sea with the rank of Navy Headquarters Captain, partly for this reason.
The Navy... obviously, we just need to catch pirates.
But these past two years, especially after the Alabasta incident, he’s grown a lot, and has started using the convenience brought by the Navy’s position.
"Tashigi!"
"Yes!"
"You notify the Headquarters part, I’m going over there."
Smoker stood up, followed in the direction Sage left.
Douglas Bullet, just a pirate who disappeared for a long time, but this one is different, at this time, he should be digesting battle achievements, but he’s come here now, definitely to make a big move.
