At the Marines, Infamy at Full Throttle

"Cover Story Serialization: Straw Hat Pirates Arc 8—The Grave of an Ordinary Mother"

"On a desolate stretch of wasteland swept by howling cold winds, where vegetation had withered away, a newly erected gravestone stood. The Revolutionary Army officers wore mournful expressions, removed their hats, pressed hands to their chests, and bowed their heads in silent tribute."

"At their forefront, a man shrouded in a dark green cloak silently gazed at the inscription on the gravestone. He closed his eyes with a soft sigh, then lowered his head to look complicatedly at the black-haired baby boy sleeping soundly in his arms."

Commodore Black Wolf's words had practically laid everything bare.

Help get the money back?

Of course he could, but since it was passing through his hands, they had better be prepared to obediently hand over most of it as tribute.

"Oh, right. Go prepare some empty combination lock briefcases, little Anjie."

Black Wolf exhaled a puff of smoke and said leisurely with a smile, "I don't want to have to drag around such a huge, heavy sack like some country bumpkin when I leave later..."

"Yes, Uncle Black Wolf."

Anjie had already accepted his fate. He obediently nodded and left with his two most trusted personal guards.

After all, without Black Wolf's intervention, he would not have recovered a single Beli.

He could keep forty million for himself now and report the rest to his father, treating it as an extra bribe their family was paying to Branch 172 this year.

"He's completely shameless when it comes to lining his pockets..." Bell-mère frowned deeply and could not help complaining. "How is someone like that worthy of being a Marine...?"

Noah smiled at the chestnut-haired girl with the ponytail but did not respond.

He had been born into the Marines