Lu Qi looked at him indifferently and said, "Whatever, I will report it to the higher-ups truthfully."
This wasn't out of resentment or tattling; Lucci was simply providing feedback on the mission.
"There's no need to take it so seriously."
Kuro smiled, put his arm around Lucci's shoulder, and invited him to walk as they spoke:
"Since we're both affiliated with the World Government, shouldn't we unite? You complete your mission, I'll fight my pirates, and we can discuss everything else. Lucci, some money is free money, and it doesn't conflict with your mission, does it?"
He held up three fingers in front of Lu Qi with his free hand. "Three hundred billion. We'll take three hundred billion of the money we looted this time."
“How much you take is your business, it has nothing to do with me.” Lucci shook off Kuro’s hand and said, “Also, don’t get too close to me.”
At that moment, a group of marines ran over, carrying several corpses on stretchers. Three of them were Celestial Dragons who had been beaten to a pulp.
"Lucci! Lord Lucci!"
Ahead, Spandam, wearing an iron mask, ran towards them, tears streaming down his face, crying, "Celestial Dragons! All the Celestial Dragons are dead!"
“I already know, no need to say more.” Lu Qi frowned, looking at the corpse on the stretcher. “So violent? Who could have used such methods?”
“Grianon, ‘The Martial Artist’ Grianon, he admitted it himself,” Kuro said. “Of course, he’s dead.”
"How did you do this?!"
Spandam pointed at Kuro and shouted, "With three of you Admiral candidates here, how could you still manage to injure a Celestial Dragon! This is your responsibility, you must take it!"
Kuro completely ignored the man and asked Lucci, "Who is the current commander of CP9? Jabra? Or Kalifa?"
As the head of the CP organization, CP0 is not open to all agents. Currently, Lucci has been admitted, and it seems that Kaku, with his long nose, is also in. We don't know about the others, but it's impossible that all the original CP9 members joined CP0. It's highly likely that they joined CP9 instead.
Spandam, that idiot, is no longer the commander of CP9. With Lucci and the others returning, the World Government must have made some compromises, and Spandam was the price. He's definitely not the commander of CP9 anymore; he's been transferred to CP0 to be Lucci's subordinate.
“It’s Bruno,” Lucci said calmly.
"Oh? That big guy? He seems like a nice guy." Kuro nodded.
"Hey, are you guys even listening to me?!" Spandam was still yelling.
"Stop arguing. What can we do if the Celestial Dragons are already dead? Instead of looking for someone to take the blame here, we should go back and think about how to explain this. This has nothing to do with us. The person who should be held responsible is still over there. If you want to go get it yourself, remember to put your head back on." Kuro said.
He genuinely didn't care.
This was an unexpected incident. The Navy's explanation was that Tesoro recruited pirates, and the pirates went out of control and killed a Celestial Dragon. That's true. They were just there to capture the old pirates who escaped from Impel Down. It's normal operation for the Navy.
As for other things he might be thinking about or not, to be honest, Kuro hadn't really been thinking about Tesoro before.
What he was thinking was that if this person knew what was good for him and handed over the person, and then changed the so-called debt rules on the ship, Kuro really wouldn't care. After all, messing with him would cause a lot of trouble, and what he disliked most was creating trouble for himself.
He wouldn't have bothered coming if it weren't for the threat these old pirates posed, wanting to use him to gain fame.
Before long, the navy located the vault, and Kuro and his group followed.
"That's a lot of money..."
At this moment, Kaji looked at the huge, square pile of peso coins in the vault, which resembled a mountain, and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
He had never seen so much money in his life.
"The gold is in the vault on the other side," the naval commander in charge of the search said, saluting.
"I don't want the gold, but since the higher-ups have already spoken, I'll gladly accept the money."
Kuro said to the navy officer, "Send 30 billion to my ship, and you can deal with the rest yourselves."
"Yes, sir!" The navy officer saluted and began directing the remaining navy officers to start moving the cargo.
Kuro then walked towards his own ship.
"Are you done?" Gion asked from the side.
“Don’t you trust me to do things? Of this 30 billion, you take 20 billion back to headquarters and split the profits yourselves, and I’ll keep the rest,” Kuro said.
The two nodded; they didn't care about that, as the money was unnecessary anyway.
“As for us, I should get 50 billion. I'll take 50%, which is 25 billion. The rest you two can split.”
“Yeah, you’re an idiot,” Jiaji nodded.
"Two hundred and fifty billion! Please say it all!" Kuro repeated.
"What's wrong with that?" Jiaji asked, puzzled.
Back on the Golden Lion, a group of naval personnel brought them boxes, one after another, with the 30 billion. Then, ten warships, led by Lucci, took the civilians of Gran Tesoro back.
These civilians will be sent back to their places of origin, but they must first return to headquarters.
After they left, Kuro waved his hand, and a cloud of dust fell from the sky. The dust landed on the deck of the Golden Lion, and as it decomposed, it revealed Beli inside.
"Klo, give them half, and take another 20 billion from the 30 billion. I won't be going back to headquarters. Please give my regards to Marshal Sakazuki."
"Hehe, I'll pass on the message. You've gained a lot from this trip, Kuro. Are you planning to invest in your Pegasus Island? Can I get a share?" Kake chuckled.
"What a joke! That's my own property, all the land is mine!" Kuro rolled his eyes and flatly refused.
Without Gran Tezzolo, the world's entertainment industry is missing a major player, and his Pegasus Island could easily climb higher in the entertainment industry rankings.
However, its geographical location is in the West Blue. If it were in the Grand Line, it would be much better.
Money is no different from nothing if it's just sitting there without being invested in real assets.
Kuro now has 35 billion plus a lot of gold, so he can do anything he wants, and even retiring would be great.
He even considered resigning immediately.
But he can't resign at this critical juncture. He has a lot of money, and what if the World Government takes notice of him if he resigns? Besides... it's impossible for his resignation to be approved by the higher-ups.
Kuro stroked his chin thoughtfully, "I should find a place near G-3 to invest in some real estate..."
"Without Guran Tezoro, I might be able to invest in one, but doing it this way feels like a huge investment."
It depends on how you allocate 30 billion. For the average person, a few hundred million is enough to live comfortably for life, but for infrastructure projects, that amount is barely enough.
Moreover, what places on his nearby islands are worth developing?
That icy island?
Building a ski resort seems like a good idea...
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