One Piece My Partner is Too Crooked

After the pirate captains with strong survival desires finished eating, Icey promptly sealed their mouths again and walked out of the cabin warehouse with Aqua.

Considering the current situation on the ship, after carefully examining the East Sea map, he decisively changed course. He decided to first head to the nearby island to disembark the civilians.

Because the nearest island town to their location happened to be Shells Town, which is also where Navy Branch 153 is located!

They could collect the pirate captains’ bounties there and replenish supplies on the ship, which could be considered a triple win.

‘I wonder who is currently managing Branch 153 of the Navy…’ Icey was quite curious.

According to the original work, Monka, the “East Sea Axe King,” who split Kapu’s chest and made it bleed, became a lieutenant of Branch 153 around the year 1507 of the Sea Circular Calendar, still about six or seven years away from now.

And Zoro, who will be bound to a cross in the square and exposed to the sun, is still practicing swordsmanship in Shimotsuki Village!

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Today’s sea breeze was strong, coupled with Aqua’s control over small-scale water propulsion. After more than two hours, the Infinite Dream arrived at Shells Town’s port.

After handing over a temporary docking fee of one hundred thousand berries to the port manager, Icey, Aqua, and the disciples, who showed signs of anxiety and unease, set foot in this prosperous town where Luffy and Zoro first met.

The five wanted pirates were knocked unconscious and carried on his shoulders—it wasn’t much weight for him now.

“Icey, is that green-striped tower ahead of the money exchange guild?” Aqua suddenly noticed the tall tower woven with green stripes standing in the center of the town.

“That’s not a guild, and it’s Navy East Sea Branch 153.” Icey corrected Aqua’s habitual thinking.

In her eyes, bounty rewards were similar to commissions in the adventurer world; both involved exchanging papers for money.

And where adventurers exchanged money was naturally at the adventurer guild.

“It’s all the same!” Aqua’s mood seemed quite cheerful, her wise eyes sparkling with anticipation. “After collecting the bounty, let’s have a good drink!”

“Speaking of alcohol, Aqua, I suddenly remembered; it seems we’re missing about ten bottles of wine from our cellar?” Icey questioned in a deep voice.

“Oh? Is there?” Aqua’s hopeful gaze suddenly became evasive. “Could it be that we have a thief?”

“Oh, I thought it was you drinking them. Since there’s a thief, we better get a lock.” Icey said matter-of-factly.

“No, it was me!” Aqua instantly became resolute, admitting it frankly.

“Then we should still put a lock on it.” Icey didn’t tolerate her bad habit at all.

“No, please, Lord Icey! That’s my source of life, my spiritual solace after a hard day’s work!” Aqua broke down on the spot; if it weren’t for the devout disciples behind her, needing to maintain the dignity of being a goddess, she would have clung to Icey’s legs, crying and making a scene…

Seeing that he successfully got through to Aqua, Icey didn’t respond, and along the bustling streets of Shells Town, he headed towards Branch 153 in the center.

Aqua hurried to catch up, pleading incessantly on the side not to lock it.

More than ten civilian disciples behind them stared blankly at Aqua’s completely different side from the divine image until Icey and the two walked away. They dispelled the illusion in their hearts, hastening to catch up.

At the end of the street, crossing a spacious Marine drill square, Icey and the others arrived at Navy Branch 153 base.

Many muscular, fierce-looking men were lingering at the gate, the pirate hunters living in this area.

Passing by them with the bundled pirate captains on his shoulders, with the assistance of Observation Haki, Icey could sense the emotions of this group of people being stirred in an instant.

Some were greedy, some envious, some indifferent, some restless…

‘These guys who make a living hunting pirates indeed have quite a bit of hostility.’ Icey couldn’t help but sigh inwardly, retracting his Observation Haki.

This is the gate of the Navy Branch. They wouldn’t dare to make big moves even if they know he’s carrying pirates that can fetch bountiesHe wasn’t afraid of them making any moves either.

“Aqua, you and them wait here.” Icey turned back to Aqua behind him and instructed, afraid she might cause trouble during the bounty exchange.

“No problem, go ahead.” Aqua readily agreed.

After much coaxing and persuasion, Icey finally agreed not to lock the wine cellar on the ship, so she was in a pretty good mood now.

Seeing this, Icey didn’t say much anymore. He carried the pirate captains on his back and walked into the branch gate.

Just as he entered, a Marine took the initiative to inquire if he wanted to exchange his bounty.

Seeing Icey nod slightly, the Marine enthusiastically offered to assist, saying it would only take a few minutes.

Such an excellent service attitude made people couldn’t help but want to commend them—if his hands didn’t make the action of counting money.

There’s still a process for exchanging bounties?

Icey felt it was extremely real, but he didn’t bother to dwell on it too much. He handed over a few large denomination coins from his hand, saying, “Thank you, Mr. Marine.”

The young Marine instantly smiled happily, “You’re welcome, you’re welcome.”

With that, he took Smoker and the others from Icey’s hands, dragging them into the inner hall where bounties were processed.

Icey glanced back at Aqua outside the door, ensuring she didn’t cause any trouble, before finally sitting in the branch hall, waiting for the bounty settlement.

Suddenly, the conversation of two young Marines nearby caught his attention.

“The Black Cat Pirate Group attacked a village nearby this time; Colonel Morse has already taken people over; maybe this time they’ll be able to capture them all!”

“They’ve only started to become active recently. Their captain, Baki Clove, raised his bounty to 14 million berries in the past two days!”

“Ah, let’s hope Colonel Morse can successfully take them down this time.”

The Black Cat Pirate Group, Baki Clove?

Icey pondered silently.

When he first saw the Pirate King, this guy who lurked in Usopp’s hometown planning to seize Miss Kaya’s property, gave him quite a visual impact.

Especially that classic gesture of pushing up his glasses with his palm, there was a hint of the taste of a suit-wearing gangster amidst the betrayal.

I didn’t expect that Baki Clove’s bounty would be so high at this time…

Because Clove’s new bounty had just come out, his bounty booklet hadn’t been updated yet.

In the weakest

East Sea has a ten million bounty and is already a remarkably big pirate!

“Sir, your bounty has been exchanged; after deducting the handling fee, it’s a total of 10.3 million berries; thank you for your support and contribution to our Navy work!”

The Marine who had helped exchange the bounty appeared, interrupting Icey’s thoughts.

Reaching out to receive the large denomination coins handed to him, after a simple count to confirm there were no issues, Icey thanked him.

“Oh, by the way, when we were sailing at sea, we came across a few captured civilians by pirates. Could you help send them back to their original village?”

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