Chapter 154 Barrett's Whereabouts
Arthur was in a good mood because of his boss's behavior.
He knows how it feels.
How delightful is it to see a rebellious man grovel?
He picked up the purse and threw it out the window toward Cooper.
Cooper, who was crouching on the road sign, stretched out his claws and grabbed it. After opening the pocket and taking a look, he put the purse into his pocket.
It carries a bag containing nautical charts and other things.
The bar owner didn't have the information Arthur wanted, so he casually asked him, "Is there a Fun Street nearby?"
Upon hearing this, the boss immediately replied: "Yes..."
Happy Street is the force with the widest range of intelligence among Arthur's interpersonal relationships.
Arthur stood up from the bar and stretched out his hand to the boss: "Give me another bottle of wine, the most expensive one."
After learning the other party's identity, the boss had no choice but to do as he was told.
A bottle of whiskey worth tens of thousands of Baileys left the wine cabinet and landed in Arthur's hands.
Arthur left the bar and came to the door of the street clinic. He looked at Shanks and Lucky Lu, who were guarding Ben Beckman who was knocked unconscious by him.
"Uh..." Shanks looked up and saw Arthur, sweating profusely. He stood up and saluted in front of him:
"Mr. Arthur, are you a free pirate now?"
Faced with this question, Arthur took a sip of wine and responded: "I guess so. I haven't joined any forces."
"Then can you join my pirate group? I urgently need..."
Before Shanks could finish his words, he was interrupted by Arthur: "No, I am better off being free and uninhibited by myself."
After saying that, Arthur walked towards a basement in an alley.
"Oh." Shanks sighed. This operation resulted in a huge loss.
Fortunately, he was also thankful that Arthur was now more rational.
Otherwise, his partner might have died.
The underground world of Magic Valley Town, Happy Street.
In front of the basement door of the Happy Street Division, a sturdy man stared at Arthur fiercely as he walked over.
"He likes to wear black robes, has three scratches on his left eye, and has a dragon pattern on his scabbard. It fits the bill!"
He observed that the Emperor of Happy Street had given them an absolute order to pass.
When the guard saw Arthur coming to the entrance of Happy Street in Magic Valley Town, he immediately bowed ninety degrees:
"Welcome to your presence, the distinguished VIP of Happy Street!"
"What is Stussy doing?" Arthur was stunned. He had never received such a grand welcome.
He entered the rusty iron gate, walked through the corridor, and arrived at the Happy Street section where there was debauchery, singing and dancing.
This place is completely different from the world above.
Under the flashing neon lights, Arthur came to a bar:
"Can we contact Stussy here?"
The waiter stared at Arthur with a look of disdain: "Want to see the Emperor? Who are you? Tell me your name."
"Arthur." Arthur put the ice dragon on the bar and said his name.
"!" The front desk staff was startled and immediately took out his Den Den Mushi and dialed the number.
After a while, the divisional minister came out of his office to the hall to greet Arthur.
She took him to the office, called Stussy's Den Den Mushi, and handed it to Arthur with a smile:
"This is the exclusive Den Den Mushi for contacting the Emperor, sir."
Arthur sat down on the soft sofa in the office, put his legs on the table, and took the Den Den Mushi from him:
"Really? The whole damn thing, that little girl Stussy."
When the minister heard Arthur call Stussy a little girl, he shuddered all over and shook with fear.
"Hehe~" Stussy, the woman on the other end of the Den Den Mushi, laughed out a soul-stirring laugh after hearing Arthur's voice:
"You are the only one who dares to speak to me like this, Arthur."
"Where is Barrett, Stussy?" Arthur picked up the microphone and asked her, "You have information about him, tell me immediately."
"Why?" Stussy did not agree directly like before, but asked: "What can you give me?"
Having been in the underground world for many years and seeing both the good and evil of human nature, Stussy has long developed self-awareness.
But in her body, she still regarded Vegapunk as her real body.
"How much?" Hearing that the other party had a demand, Arthur asked the price directly.
Stussy's charming laughter came: "Arthur, you're talking to me about money? I haven't asked you to pay the Ice Dragon's more than one billion yet."
"What do you want?" Arthur asked bluntly.
Seeing Arthur speak frankly, Stussy also stated her needs: "I want you."
"Tsk, what do you want me to do? You're only 9 years old?" Arthur frowned.
I wonder if the other person is seriously ill.
"I want you to stay with me for one night, and then I will give you the information you want, hehe~"
Arthur slapped his head in confusion at Stussy's request.
After I started living for myself, I was already living with an attitude of indifference to everything.
Why do these women take the initiative to throw themselves into the arms of men?
It's confusing.
"Alas." Arthur shook his head and sighed: "In that case, I won't look for you anymore."
As he was about to hang up the phone, Stussy's voice immediately became more anxious:
"Don't! Barrett is on Grand Line Kraje Island. The Navy is planning a large-scale operation against him. You'd better not go."
"If you didn't make those weird noises and spoke normally, you'd be pretty cute." Upon learning the information, Arthur headed for the dock immediately.
In this case, there is no need to go to the Chabaoti Archipelago.
Stussy, who was praised, remained silent for a long time, so Arthur hung up the Den Den Mushi.
"Den Den Mushi... Hey, give us back the Den Den Mushi that can contact the Emperor!"
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At the Marine Headquarters, Kong Gang gathered everyone to deal with the Barrett incident.
"Kraye Island is located near the Goddess Islands that were destroyed by the Pirate War. Now it has become a lawless zone."
"We just learned from the source of the intelligence that Barrett attacked the naval warship there and slaughtered many lives. Now that we have obtained his intelligence, we need to go and stop him immediately!"
Branno, a civilian official at the Navy Headquarters, spoke to everyone in the conference room.
In the conference room, all the officers and soldiers who had been evacuated from the New World Beehive Island War were still wearing bandages.
"Barrett is too powerful. We have to think about how to capture him."
"Yes, the power of the Fusion Fruit can easily destroy a kingdom. Coupled with his tricky Armament Haki and Conqueror Haki, ordinary soldiers can't get close to him at all."
"This operation will be led by me, Garp, Sengoku, and Kake and Gion, who were just promoted to lieutenant generals!" Sora announced.
He planned to personally attack and directly capture Barrett, this tricky devil.
"I'm good at seducing pirates with lustful minds, but I'm not good at dealing with reckless men who only know how to kill." Gion spoke in the meeting room.
"It's okay, I'll protect you, Gion-chan!" Kake said to her in public, not feeling embarrassed at all.
“Who asked you to protect…” Gion rolled his eyes at Kaji and now he didn’t like him very much.
Karp, who approved of the action, said:
"Yes, this Barrett must be eliminated. If we leave him alone, countless innocent people will die in the world."
Sengoku, who had been analyzing the pros and cons of this action, asked Sora:
"Arthur has been missing in the Doldrums for a year. Where did he go? Didn't the government take action?"
"Shut up! Zhan Guo." Kong shouted at him angrily, "We have been chasing that guy for almost ten years! Not only did it cause heavy economic losses to the navy, but it also created him. From now on, you are not allowed to mention anything about him again."
The incident on Beehive Island was enough to make Sora see Arthur as a terrifying threat.
Now, every time Arthur is targeted, damages must be considered.
"I have caused this evil myself... I must..." Zhan Guo was unwilling to accept this.
"His influence is already on par with the ranks of legends. Evil? The government is even trying to recruit him now." After hearing this, Kong continued to say to him:
"Besides, there is a troublesome swordsman on the sea who keeps attacking our navy ships. Don't you think it's not enough?"
"Think about it carefully. Targeting Arthur now will consume at least a country's financial, human, and material resources, and we are not sure whether we can take him down!"
"There is no time to lose. Announce the Demon Killing Order and launch an arrest operation against Barrett!"
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