Gion: Do you have personality and credibility?

Grand Line, the endpoint of the first half of the Grand Line, Sabaody Archipelago

After Wood docked the boat, he and Gion landed on island number 7 of Sabaody Archipelago.

Since this mission was only for Gion and Wood, they didn't take a Marine warship when leaving Marine Headquarters, but instead bought a small sailboat.

This small sailboat had limited cargo space, making it obviously impossible to sail long distances across the ocean.

However, Sabaody Archipelago wasn't too far from Marine Headquarters, so as long as they didn't encounter attacking Sea Kings, the small sailboat they were on would have no problem completing this short voyage.

As for how a certain great Swordsman managed to chase from the New World to East Blue on a raft, Wood actually wanted to know too.

Did the so-called great Swordsman not need to eat, drink, or relieve himself along the way?

You must know that Hawkeye's ship... calling that thing a ship was already a stretch; it was basically a broken raft with a seat attached.

Wood threw the anchor into the sea, then turned to the long-legged girl beside him, who was dressed in casual wear and hot pants, and said, "As far as I know, areas 1 through 29 of Sabaody Archipelago are all illegal zones.

It's not impossible to be suddenly kidnapped while walking down the street. Are you sure it's okay to park the boat here?

This boat isn't from Marine Headquarters, it's your private property, right?"

Sabaody Archipelago is actually the world's largest mangrove, the "Yarukiman Mangrove". Because the roots are always exposed above the water, it has formed the current archipelago.

Although it's called an archipelago, the islands themselves are actually tree roots, so the Log Pose won't record this place; it will only record Fish-Man Island, ten thousand meters below Sabaody Archipelago.

The place where Wood and Gion landed belonged to the lawless areas of the archipelago. If it were a Marine warship parked here, naturally no one would dare to steal it, as Marine Headquarters is not far away.

But the small sailboat Wood and Gion arrived on was pink overall, and even had a pair of rabbit ears as decoration on the roof. No matter how you looked at it, a boat like this couldn't possibly belong to Marine Headquarters.

"It's fine, there's nothing valuable on the boat. If it gets stolen, it gets stolen. The mission is more important now. It would waste a lot of time to go around to the other side of the island.

Area 1 on the island is the largest slave auction house. Our mission target should be there."

Hearing Gion's words, Wood couldn't help but gasp. He grew up on Maple Leaf Island and had some understanding of the timber market.

The wood used for Gion's boat was even better than high-quality rosewood. Even setting aside the craftsmanship, it would cost at least twenty to thirty million Beli. Yet Gion just said it could be stolen!

Are Navy Captain salaries that high? Why was his monthly salary only a few hundred thousand Beli?

"Hey Gion, may I be so bold as to ask, how much Beli is a Navy Captain's salary per month?"

The two, having landed on island number 7, quickly moved towards island number 1. During their journey, although Gion didn't understand why Wood would suddenly ask such a strange question, she still satisfied Wood's curiosity.

"A Navy Captain's monthly salary isn't actually that much, around ten million Beli."

Gion had no concept of money, and unlike other ordinary women, Gion didn't have many hobbies. When she wasn't on standby at Marine Headquarters, she was on missions, so she generally had no place to spend money.

"Nearly ten million Beli... That's not right. While a salary of nearly ten million Beli is quite astonishing.

But that boat just now was worth several months' salary, wasn't it? Doesn't it pain you to lose it like that?"

"What are you talking about? Although a Navy Captain's salary is indeed around ten million Beli.

However, when pursuing or defeating wanted pirates, although we can't get the full bounty like bounty hunters, we can still get a portion of the commission."

Although what Gion said wasn't explicitly written in the Navy's welfare regulations, such a hidden rule had always existed.

The fact that Marine Headquarters could issue bounties of hundreds of millions of Beli on pirates just proved its immense wealth.

For promising Navy officers, using a certain percentage of pirate bounties as rewards was not only more cost-effective than bounty hunters but also motivated these Navy officers to pursue pirates. Why wouldn't they do it?

The reason Wood didn't know this rule was simply because he had been in Impel Down for the past six months.

Let alone participating in pirate pursuit operations, he hadn't even seen a single pirate. The pirates he usually encountered were coming to the prison to eat meals.

The reason Gion could be promoted so quickly in half a year was naturally due to the numerous pirate crews she had defeated. So, in a sense, Gion in front of Wood was actually a true rich woman!

"Hey Gion, you should be quite well-off right now, shouldn't you? I'd like to borrow thirty million... no, fifty million Beli from you for now.

Don't worry, I'll guarantee it with my personal integrity. I'll definitely pay you back in the future. We've known each other for so long, you should know my credibility."

Sabaody Archipelago, as the end of the first half of the Grand Line, is also known as the starting point of the New World. All pirates from the four seas gather here before entering the New World.

Therefore, it is also a huge trading center. Although slave auctions take up the majority, it doesn't mean there's nothing else.

Rare information, famous swords, and even Devil Fruit, as long as you're lucky enough, you might encounter them here.

The main reason Wood wanted to borrow money from Gion was to try his luck and see if he could find any good items here.

"According to what I learned from Tashigi, you've never paid back the money you owe Smoker.

As for personal integrity and reputation... do you really possess these two qualities?"

"Besides, what do you need so much money for? Do you want to learn from those scumbags and buy two beautiful slave girls?

Don't forget we have a mission this time, and there's no time for you to go shopping."

The Celestial Dragons had already waited for several days for the slaves they purchased at the population auction. The people in the slave market were worried that the "goods" were too valuable, so they didn't dare to provide delivery services, which is why the Celestial Dragons eventually escalated the matter to the Marines.

The Celestial Dragons in Mary Geoise were already impatient waiting for this batch of new slaves. If Gion had delayed any longer, Sengoku would have considered letting other Marine officers take over this task for the Celestial Dragons.