Above Pirate King - Chapter 149
The people of the Timothy Kingdom left, they left decisively, and they decided not to participate in the Levely anymore. They also didn’t demand the two billion ransom and specifically stated that they would send the interest back to Bloodport Town after returning! Clever!
Arthur couldn’t help but exclaim. Just as he suspected, fools like those in TV dramas were rare!
The people of Timothy Kingdom knew very well that they wouldn’t be able to get that ransom back! After all, the ransom had already been given to the pirates, and Arthur had merely taken it from them. Even if they had the audacity to demand the ransom, as long as Arthur wasn’t foolish, he would use this excuse to refuse them.
Moreover, if they didn’t pay Arthur the interest, he would have a reason to attack the Timothy Kingdom!
As for Arthur’s aggressive nature, the neighboring kingdom around St. Martin was well aware of it. As long as there was a pretext, they would surely end up in a fight, and regardless of victory or defeat, the cost they would pay would be much more than the ten billion Berry!
So it was better to give in easily!
“Dadadadadada”
Accompanied by a burst of ecstatic music, a group of burly pirates danced on the deck, performing an extremely eye-catching dance.
“Hahaha!”
Their dance naturally caused laughter from everyone present.
Griffin felt extremely embarrassed in his heart, but he had no choice but to endure the shame and dance!
Because Milo was there, watching them like a hawk!
Blame me! I shouldn’t have pointed at that person!
Looking at his current appearance, Griffin wished he could cut off his fingers.
Unfortunately, even if he cut off his fingers now, it wouldn’t make up for it.
While Griffin was in agonizing pain, Aetherton, who had been invited to watch them dance, started discussing some serious matters with Arthur.
“Your Majesty Arthur, the Marine hopes you can hand over these pirates to us!” Aetherton said seriously, but there was a sense of urgency in his words.
“Hmm!?” Arthur frowned slightly, clearly detecting the urgency in Aetherton’s words.
But why would the Marine be in a hurry to take these pirates?
Could it be that Aetherton had colluded with them?
Various thoughts flashed through his mind, but Arthur couldn’t figure it out no matter how he thought!
So he smiled and politely refused, “Captain Aetherton, these pirates’ dance is so amusing. I want to incorporate them into my Royal Dance Troupe, specially for entertaining at banquets!”
“Don’t worry, I won’t let them off easily. I will definitely make them suffer more than they would in the hands of the Marine. I suppose your Marine doesn’t really need these few pirates, right?”
“Alright, forget it!” Aetherton was about to persuade him again but thought better of it and gave up. He wasn’t good at this kind of persuasion anyway. So, he gritted his teeth and directly revealed his trump card.
“As long as you hand over these pirates to us, and promise not to mention this incident, the Marine will give you all the bounties on these pirates, and the nearby Marine won’t search for any pirates near the St. Martin Kingdom again. Furthermore, we will also give you a batch of Seastones worth 500 million Berry!”
Now, Arthur felt even more that something was off.
The total bounty on Griffin and his crew was only 100 million Berry, and there were countless pirates like them in the Grand Line, so they could easily be captured. So why would the Marine offer such favorable conditions for them?
Moreover, the conditions offered, besides money, included lifting the blockade on the St. Martin Kingdom!
But one should know that being under blockade was the World Government’s decision. How could the Marine have the authority to do that?
As he was thinking about it, Aetherton was also in a difficult situation!
Of course, there was a reason for offering such high conditions.
Immediately after the situation here was resolved, the news came from the Marine Headquarters that, no matter the cost, they must capture these pirates! The reason was simple: there was a scoundrel named Dr. Inidigo who had kidnapped five kings attending the Levely!
Five kings!
There were only around fifty kings attending the Levely.
One-tenth of them were captured at once.
The World Government was in an uproar!
What’s even more infuriating is that Dr. Inidigo spread this news widely. Although the World Government temporarily suppressed it in the newspapers, the private messages spread rapidly!
Now, with the private messages circulating, many pirates who originally had no intention of doing such a thing started to become eager to try!
If, at this time, news of Griffin’s success in kidnapping spread, it could very likely lead to those eager pirates not hesitating anymore and pouncing on the kings like wolves.
If, by any chance, these kings were kidnapped one or two more times, then things would be in chaos!
After all, kidnapping five kings was like slapping the World Government’s face, but if another king was kidnapped, it would be like rubbing their face on the ground!
And if the World Government couldn’t even guarantee the safety of the member countries attending the council, how could those countries trust the World Government?
To avoid these situations, upon learning of the news here, the World Government ordered the Marine to arrest this group of pirates. Afterwards, they could either imprison them or use them as examples to deter others. The goal was to have these pirates under their control and prevent any news from leaking out!
However, these pirates were defeated by the St. Martin Kingdom and were captured by the people of St. Martin.
What should they do?
Helpless, they could only offer some concessions to make the exchange!
And the closest person to Arthur was naturally the Marine’s first choice for negotiations!
However, Aetherton was not good at negotiations, so he gritted his teeth and simply revealed the Marine’s bottom line. After that, it would be up to fate!
Regardless, if he couldn’t succeed, the Marine wouldn’t give up; they would just send someone else to negotiate.
Of course, Arthur was still unaware of all these developments.
After pondering for a moment, he finally nodded and agreed, “Alright!”
Although he didn’t know why they wanted to exchange for these pirates, making a little money was always a good thing. Moreover, the Marine would also lift the blockade on Blood Port Town, saving him some trouble in the future.
Originally, he wanted Milo to capture these pirates to transform them into people like Wisp. This was because among the three people previously transformed, Chris was forced to escape to the East Blue because of the bounty and changed his name. He had been lying low for a long time and couldn’t be utilized for a while. As for Aiden, he had already entered the New World and was planning to join one of the three major powers there.
Currently, Arthur only had Wisp left to help him handle matters that Milo couldn’t appear for openly.
However, constantly using Wisp would eventually expose him. So this time, he planned to capture more pirates during the expedition to share some of the workload for Wisp!
But now that the Marine wanted this group of pirates, Arthur just sent them away!
After all, there were so many pirates out there, capturing a few was no big deal. Why bother with this group that attracted the World Government’s attention?
Besides, the Marine paid a hefty sum of money, and anyway, he was making a profit!
“Thank you so much!” Aetherton expressed his gratitude and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Negotiations were really not his strong suit, but fortunately, this negotiation went relatively smoothly.
Soon, over a dozen burly pirates were taken away by Aetherton.
And Arthur returned to his leisurely life.
“Oh!”
Just then, a newspaper bird flew over.
“Your Majesty! This is today’s newspaper!” A servant bought two newspapers from the newspaper bird and respectfully handed them to Arthur.
Arthur casually took the newspaper and opened it to read.
As he read, he immediately understood why Aetherton was willing to offer such a high price to buy these pirates from him.
Dr. Inidigo had really stirred up trouble!
“Five Kings from the Five Major Allied Nations Kidnapped on Their Way to the Levely; Mad Scientist Dr. Inidigo Demands the Marine Release Shiki the Golden Lion!”
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