Zhong Hao looked at the passage behind the hidden door and frowned, but he still followed Lofix inside. He had confidence in his own strength. Even if there was something wrong with this so-called secret chamber, he could simply smash through the walls and get out. Unless the entire chamber was built from diamonds or Seastone.
Once they entered, the hidden door closed automatically.
The passage was not long, only a little over twenty meters, and they soon reached its end. There was another door there. It was unlocked, and the moment it opened, dazzling golden light flooded out.
"What is this?" Zhong Hao stared in surprise at the roughly eighty-square-meter room. The floor was covered with stacks of gold bars and neatly piled banknotes.
Lofix looked at the treasures before him, pride appearing on his face. Then he said to Zhong Hao, "I, Lofix, spent thirty years rising from an ordinary poor boy to the business leader of the West Blue. My achievements may not be unparalleled throughout history, but they are certainly far from ordinary."
Zhong Hao still frowned. "Why did you bring me here? What is all this supposed to mean?"
Lofix fell silent for a moment before saying, "The most valuable assets of the Lofix Grand Trading Company are the businesses spread throughout the West Blue. As for this place, it holds half of my liquid funds: gold worth twenty billion and ten billion Beli. I wish to give them to you and Vice Admiral Garp."
The greater the benefit one accepted, the greater the task one had to undertake. Zhong Hao understood that principle well. With an indifferent expression, he said, "Thirty billion, huh? That really is a lot. What do you want Teacher Garp and me to do? Tell me."
Lofix had been watching