Chapter 173

Chapter 173

"I need very little of the Amber Lead, mainly the raw materials to make pigments. Hmm, enough for one large church will be sufficient. After that, you are free to use the two thousand miners. I think this benefit is large enough, right?" Buggy said faintly.

"Two thousand toy miners? Why should we believe you?" the fourth voice sounded.

"It's simple to talk to smart people. A businessman values his reputation. I don't think you have any reason not to believe me. You must know, back when you forced me to become a Warlord, no matter how unhappy I was, I still completed the mission of being a Warlord before quitting. That's a fact, isn't it? As for who the ultimate beneficiary of the completed Southwest Tunnel is, you don't think I'm stupid enough not to figure that out, do you? Even so, I still completed it, right? This proves that when I, Red-Nosed Buggy, promise something, I can do it. Instead of considering that I won't keep my promise, you should think about who, besides Hancock, has the ability to mine Amber Lead."

After Buggy finished speaking, the Five Elders on the other end of the line fell silent.

Ever since the incident in the White Town, even though the world knew the benefits of the Amber Lead mine were huge, not a single power had dared to go and mine it. After all, no one wanted to be poisoned by mining Amber Lead, and no one dared to go against public opinion to have people mine it.

And after the incident in the White Town, the price of Amber Lead products remained high, and even increased every year.

Leaving such a large gold mine unused, the World Government was not willing to accept it. The Science Division had also been studying Amber Lead, hoping to find a solution to the inhalation poisoning as soon as possible.

So when Buggy proposed a deal, even the Five Elders couldn't help but be a little moved.

After all, the Five Elders were also very clear that compared to the daily income from the two great tunnels, the speed of making money from Amber Lead mining was much more significant.

After a long while, the last voice sounded: "Two thousand is too many. At most, only five hundred people, and they must be prisoners from the first level."

"Alright!" Without any hesitation, Buggy immediately nodded and agreed. After all, two thousand people was just an exorbitant opening price; he didn't necessarily need that many people.

As for which level the prisoners came from, Buggy cared even less. For Buggy, although mining Amber Lead was necessary, there was a deeper meaning to it. There was no need to make a fuss over a few hundred prisoners.

"I hope you don't go back on your word," from the other side of the Den Den Mushi, a very serious warning was transmitted.

"Don't treat me like a politician. I'm not that shameless," for the Five Elders to doubt his character, Buggy was a little displeased, and his reply was also quite impolite.

"Magellan, from the prisoners on the first level, select the five hundred with the best physique and give them to him," without quibbling over Buggy's reply—the greatest characteristic of a politician is that as long as benefits are in front of them, they can even talk and laugh with their father's killer.

"Understood, Your Excellencies!" Although he was very unhappy, Magellan did not dare to disobey the order given by the supreme leaders.

Although the atmosphere and all other aspects were not very harmonious at the beginning, negotiating with politicians was the easiest, especially when you exchanged huge benefits for a small convenience; it would be even simpler.

Buggy didn't need to worry about the matter of accepting the prisoners. After Hancock turned the escorted prisoners into toys and established a contract, the trip to Impel Down was considered to be over.

As for those toys, Buggy and Hancock did not take them away in the space castle. Instead, they had a warship transport them towards the North Sea.

After leaving Impel Down, Buggy and Hancock did nothing, just traveled around to relax, waiting for Sandersonia's call.

About half a month later, when the Five Elders were having a headache over the white jade rock being plundered by the Kuja Pirates, Sandersonia finally called.

"Big Sis, we've already snatched a certain amount of white jade rock. Next up is the ivory. Where are you? I'll come and pick you up."

Although the previous division of labor did indeed have Sandersonia and Shiliew responsible for collecting the ivory, Buggy and Hancock couldn't leave without the compass when they went out. So the compass was not given to Sandersonia to take away. Instead, they would meet up after the Kuja Pirates' mission was completed, and then go to the Calm Belt together.

After explaining their location, the next day, the Kuja Pirates, who had already returned to the Sky Island once, arrived at the island where Buggy and Hancock were.

In the Calm Belt of the Grand Line, near the East Sea, after Buggy met up with the Kuja Pirates, he followed the guidance of the compass and came here. Then, the group went directly towards the Calm Belt.

Entering from the Grand Line, and after almost crossing the entire Calm Belt, when they could see the waters of the East Sea while standing in mid-air, the compass finally pointed vertically downwards.

It was clear that the Sea King Elephant Buggy and the others were looking for was at the bottom of the sea directly below. How to kill the Sea King Elephant? It was obvious that fighting at the bottom of the sea was not an option. After all, the people on the ship with this kind of strength were all ability users. The only great swordsman who was not an ability user was currently on his honeymoon somewhere.

Without having to consider, the only way was to lure the Sea King Elephant out of the sea.

So after arriving at the location, a figure jumped directly from the Kuja's ship and then plunged straight into the sea.

The one who jumped into the sea was cow 1, the most suitable candidate on the ship.

And after plunging into the sea, cow 1 quickly swam towards the bottom. Soon, it saw the giant Sea King Elephant sleeping.

Wagging its tail a few times and arriving above the Sea King Elephant's head, cow 1 raised its fist. After it turned pitch black, it smashed it fiercely at the Sea King Elephant's head.

ROAR!

The earth-shaking roar, even at the bottom of the sea, was spectacular. The sound waves vibrated the calm seawater as if it were boiling.

Seeing that it had succeeded, cow 1 instantly swam upwards with all its might, managing to swim to the diving layer before the Sea King Elephant could find the figure that had sneak-attacked it.

However, cow 1 had only just swum to the diving layer when it was spotted by the Sea King Elephant.

Swinging its body with all its might, the Sea King Elephant charged straight towards cow 1, who was about to surface.

A few seconds later, cow 1 burst out of the sea surface, was caught by Buggy in mid-air, and then brought back to the Kuja ship.

The closely following Sea King Elephant also broke through the sea. However, waiting for it was Shiliew, standing in mid-air.

Drawing the sword slung across his waist, Shiliew instantly disappeared from his original position.

Just as the Sea King Elephant was roaring and venting its anger, Shiliew had already arrived at the edge of its neck. Leisurely treading on Moonwalk, Shiliew raised his sword and, with a single slash, swung it horizontally.

Following the trajectory of the sword, a giant slash appeared out of thin air and then, in the next second, hit the Sea King Elephant. There was no explosion. As if nothing had happened, the giant slash had already passed through the Sea King Elephant's neck and disappeared into the distance.

(End of Chapter)