I am the godfather in the pirate world

"Wow!"

When Li Jing pushed open the conference room door, the bespectacled girl who was hiding behind the door to eavesdrop screamed and fell back, but the expected pain did not come.

"Eh?"

Dasqi looked around in surprise. She found that she was floating in the air, and the invisible force held her gently but firmly, keeping her from falling to the ground.

"Eavesdropping is not what good boys do."

Li Jing waved his hand casually, allowing Dasqi to land smoothly on the ground.

"Gudong."

Dasqi took a few steps back cautiously while holding her beloved knife, pushed up her glasses and glanced at Li Jing from the corner of her eye, but she didn't dare to look at Li Jing at all, looking very scared.

"Lovely girl."

The reaction of the girl with glasses made Li Jing smile slightly. It seemed that the effect of [Light Eater] was still very obvious.

"I like cute things, would you consider working here? The salary will definitely be better than that in the Navy."

"what??"

Dasqi's body trembled visibly, her body instantly shrank into the corner, and she stammered, "No, no, no need."

"Dasqi, what are you doing! Why don't you come in!"

Smoker's dull shout came from the conference room. Dasqi responded and ran into the conference room as if she had been granted amnesty.

"it's a pity."

Li Jing smiled and walked out of the naval base with respectful greetings from the naval soldiers he met along the way.

Outside the base, Bartolomeo was leaning on the carriage and plucking his leg hair out of boredom. After seeing Li Jing, he came up to him with excitement.

"How are you, Godfather? How about catching up with old friends?"

"It's a pity that from today on, there is no more friendship." Li Jing boarded the carriage and spoke calmly.

"what?"

Bartolomeo, who followed Li Jing into the carriage, was instantly filled with indignation, "How dare that bastard refuse your friendship, Godfather? Do you want me to teach him a lesson and let him understand whose territory Rogge Town belongs to?"

Li Jing smiled and waved his hand, "Now is no different than before. The government is watching us and don't show any flaws."

Bartolomeo then gave up, but he seemed a little entangled, frowning and rolling his eyes.

"Just say what you want to say. Language itself is something humans invented to communicate."

Bartolomeo hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Godfather, why do you want to cooperate with the government? Even I understand that doing so is seeking skin from a tiger."

Li Jing smiled and said, "You have to understand one thing Bator, opportunities always come with risks, and there are few good things that get the best of both worlds in the world."

The result of taking risks is a rapid development speed.

"and,"

He said with a bright smile,

"I will never be a puppet of a big shot."

"Who wins and who loses depends on their own methods."

Naval Base.

Smoker looked at the frightened girl in front of him and said unhappily, "Dasqi, you are my adjutant, you look like this is so embarrassing!"

Dasqi's face turned red, "Well, there's nothing I can do about it, Mr. Smoker, that guy is so scary. Just thinking of Mr. Garp's evaluation of him, I just--"

"All right,"

Smoker blew out a smoke ring, "Have you probably visited the base? How is the situation?"

When mentioning the situation at the base, Dasqi suddenly became excited, "Everyone at the base is very friendly. Even the second lieutenant is approachable."

Although Dasqi is Smoker's adjutant, she only has the rank of non-commissioned officer. There are several people with higher rank than her in the base.

"That's not what I asked,"

Smoker leaned back in his chair and stared at the ceiling, "What I'm asking is, what do they think of Li Jing and Ulysses?"

"Forehead--"

Dasqi was stunned, "I haven't asked about this, but I guess it's not very good, right?"

There was a hint of helplessness in Smoker's eyes, he was really an idiot.

Rogge Town has almost become Li Jing’s back garden. Can the naval base be spared?

You can roughly understand it by looking at Brigadier General Franklin's attitude.

He stood up and said, "Let's go to Rogge Town for a walk."

"Oh, okay, Mr. Smoker!"

If you want to understand how a person is evaluated locally, it is not enough to just read reports. You need to go deep into the people and listen to the thoughts of ordinary people.

Smoker didn't have the arrogance of a senior naval officer.

The two of them left the naval base and blended into Rogge Town like two drops of water.

Neither man was wearing a navy uniform, so no one knew their identities.

Smoker walked on the streets of Rogue Town, and couldn't help but compare it with the town in his memory.

The changes are too great.

"It's so prosperous!"

Dasqi exclaimed.

There are rows of shops on both sides of the street, and the flow of people on the street can be regarded as coming and going, not to mention rubbing shoulders.

Business is naturally booming due to the flow of people, and business in each store is very hot.

Dusky sighed, "It turns out that Mr. Smoker, your hometown is such a prosperous place!"

"Humph."

Smoker snorted and said nothing.

This is not the same as the hometown he remembered.

The most obvious change is that it is more prosperous, as if residents are richer.

Moreover, you can see shining light bulbs in shops along the road, and there are street lights under construction on both sides of the road.

Electricity, a resource that is quite scarce even in the Grand Line, has become very common in Rogue Town.

The voices of a man and a woman came from the front,

"The factory is paying wages today, why don't we also handle the electricity business?"

"What about 20 Baileys? Isn't it too expensive?"

"Have you forgotten that I already have a stable salary now? Although I am a little tired, 20 Baileys is still affordable for my family."

"Alright."

"Well, let's go to Ulysses Bank to withdraw money now."

Smoker frowned as he watched the man and woman leaving quickly.

The problem in Rogge Town seems to be bigger than imagined.