One Piece My Partner is Too Crooked - Chapter 42
“I’ve heard about it, Mr. Icey; you’ve captured several brave men wanted by pirates, right?
Butler apologized solemnly with a worn and aged face, “Please forgive the old man’s previous rudeness.”
His speed of receiving information was much slower than the Buggy Pirates pirates.
Knowing the power of the two young men in front of him, there was a hint of hope in his eyes.
Being smart, Icey immediately saw through his thoughts.
“I’m sorry, we’re just ordinary people doing business in a maritime restaurant. We came to find the Buggy Pirates only because he has something we want.”
“If you want to resolve the peace brought to the town by Buggy, I suggest seeking help from the Navy.”
Upon hearing this, Butler was momentarily stunned, not expecting the other party to be so straightforward.
Many prepared excuses in his mind instantly became meaningless.
His purpose in coming here was to seek Icey’s help driving away the Buggy Pirates who were causing trouble in Orange Town!
“Very sorry, but we have no way out.”
After a few seconds of silence, Butler sighed helplessly, his cloudy eyes dim.
He had contacted the Navy many times, but the cunning Buggy Pirates fled every time they came, never engaging directly.
He chased them, but when the Navy left, they returned.
The Buggy Pirates were not as brutal as other pirate crews, not burning, killing, and looting the entire town.
Over time, the frequency of the Navy’s visits also decreased.
“We are also powerless; after all, it is a well-equipped pirate crew.”
Icey did not waver because of this, passing by Aqua and Butler.
He wasn’t the kind-hearted old man who would care for the town’s affairs; naturally, they had to solve it themselves.
Butler watched as the only opportunity had yet to begin to fight for it, thinking that the townspeople would forever live in the shadow of the Buggy Pirates; he couldn’t help but sit down in despair, tears streaming down his face.
“How could this be? It took so much effort to raise five million berries from the town. Is Orange Town really beyond saving…”
Suddenly, Butler, sitting on the ground, felt the light around him dim significantly.
Subconsciously looking up, he saw Icey and Aqua, who had already left, returning to stand before him.
“Tell me,” Icey asked.
“Ah?” Butler was a little confused, unable to understand the other party’s meaning for a while.
“What I mean is, tell me about the five million reward.” Icey’s mouth curled into a faint smile.
I thought you wanted a free ride. If you’re willing to pay, you should have said so earlier!
With his and Aqua’s current combat power, although it was difficult to defeat the numerous Buggy Pirates on land, it was not impossible.
Moreover, to truly deal with the Buggy Pirates, it was unnecessary to do so on land.
“Okay, okay!”
Reacting, Butler excitedly stood up from the ground.
After a few minutes of negotiation, both parties verbally agreed on the Buggy Pirates occupying Orange Town.
Icey took action to completely drive the Buggy Pirates out of Orange Town, and if successful, Orange Town would reward six million berries.
In addition, the townspeople also needed to join the Church of Acusis and become believers in the water goddess Aqua.
Under the guise, this could avoid the harassment they would still face from the Buggy Pirates in the future.
Only Icey and Aqua knew their true intentions!
“It’s a pity you didn’t become a merchant, Icey, who raised the five million berries to six million!”
On the way to the Buggy Pirates, Aqua squinted her beautiful eyes, showing deep disdain for Icey’s behavior.
“Aqua, if you think this is unethical, I can cancel the condition of joining the Church of Acusis with them now.”
With a casual remark, it directly exposed the hypocritical and stupid goddess, who cried and rushed over to hug Icey’s thigh.
“Don’t! I was wrong; I was wrong! It’s so hard to spread the fame of Lady Acusis in this world. Please don’t do this, Lord Icey!”
Such shameless behavior made Icey wonder how she became a goddess and had so many elite disciples…
In Aqua’s crazy pulling, they soon arrived at the agreed trading location with the Buggy Pirates.
It was located in the center of Orange Town, an open square paved with bricks.
The Buggy Pirates and others had been waiting here for a long time.
Under the crowd of little brothers, Buggy sat on a luxurious sofa with his lion, Mochi, holding up a parasol beside him.
“Boss Icey, you’re late for a long time. I thought you were a coward who was afraid and fled by boat!”
Under Buggy’s malicious gaze, Icey and Aqua stopped a few meters before them.
“It’s hot weather; I just want Captain Buggy to enjoy the sun and let the water in his head evaporate clean.” Icey retorted calmly.
“You!”
Buggy, who was used to being arrogant in the East Sea, was suddenly furious.
Thinking the precious treasure map was still in the other’s hands, he suppressed his anger and asked coldly, “Did you bring what I want?”
Icey removed a yellowed parchment from his pocket and waved it in front of Buggy with two fingers.
“And what do I want?” he asked in return.
Seeing the treasure map, Buggy’s eyes lit up.
He snapped his fingers, and a pirate subordinate standing behind him walked out holding a cannonball with a clown pattern.
“Seeing your initiative to deliver the treasure map, I’ll be merciful and give you the specially made Buggy Ball first.”
A cunning smile appeared on Buggy’s face, covered with clown patterns.
Caba and other cadres standing beside him, along with the surrounding little brothers, all involuntarily showed meaningful smiles.
Likewise, the signaled pirate subordinates also did the same, with smiles on their faces, actively walking to Icey and offering the cannonball.
Icey didn’t hesitate to accept the cannonball with one hand while flicking the parchment held in the other hand.
The speed was so fast that Buggy almost missed catching it while sitting on the sofa.
At this point, the transaction between the two parties was completed.
However, the smiles on the faces of the Buggy Pirates members not only did not dissipate but became even more intense.
“So, the transaction is happy, Boss Icey,” Buggy said with a malicious face.
But Icey stood still without any sign of leaving, weighing the “specially made Buggy Ball” in his hand.
“Captain Buggy, what you gave me is not a specially made ball, right?”
Just now, he had conducted a simple.
Tested on this cannonball with his subconscious wishing pool, there was no response.
The result was obvious.
“Hahahaha!!!”
Seeing Icey’s serious face, Buggy couldn’t help it, laughing out loud with his head raised.
With the captain taking the lead, all the little brothers holding back laughter burst into treacherous laughter without restraint.
“It turns out you’re just a fool who only knows how to run a restaurant! Would you naively believe that we pirates would honestly keep our promises?”
“That’s right! What I gave you is just an ordinary cannonball! Hehehe!”
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