After retiring from the Navy, I became a doting husband.

"Speaking of my wife... wait, where did Joel go?"

Martin then realized that Joel had vanished without a trace.

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Chapter 87 Mermaid

The scene was deathly silent; no one expected that this renowned naval hero had choked to death.

Hey!

That's the famous hero Garp, the formidable man who captured the Pirate King Roger alive!

Jinbe looked at Garp with some confusion: "Hey, old man, are you dead or not? If you're not dead, stop pretending."

He looked up at the God of Food, and to his surprise, this God of Food really had a way with things. He even managed to leave the hero Garp half-dead, almost to the point of his soul leaving his body.

"It's so ugly, it looks like a human latrine."

Jinbe leaned closer and took a sniff, and immediately his whole body of fat trembled.

Who knows what Garp ate? It was definitely not the same as the Nine-Turned Intestines they ate.

"Master Chef, what is this...?"

Zeff was stunned for a moment.

Why did Garp get sick from eating the Nine-Turned Intestines when others did?

And when you get close enough to smell it, the aroma is so irresistible! Needless to say, this Nine-Turned Intestine is a specially made original-flavor sausage.

He stopped talking and kept his distance.

At this time, Garp gradually woke up, but he still felt extremely nauseous, kept panting, and was pale.

"Quick, quick...give me water, I need to rinse my mouth!"

Karp was panting heavily, his tongue lolling out, feeling like he was half dead, but his bloodshot eyes were fixed on Martin, his murderous intent impossible to hide.

Tashigi and several naval officers immediately surrounded Martin, offering words of comfort and also treating him as a suspect.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you may be wondering why I gave Vice Admiral Garp a special original-flavor braised pork intestine?"

"Because he doesn't keep his word and doesn't have the magnanimity of a great man whose word is as weighty as gold."

Martin said in a deep voice, "So I gave him the original Nine-Turned Intestines, so that this naval hero could taste the consequences of breaking his promise."

After saying that, he looked at Jinbe, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea: "Mr. Jinbe, Vice Admiral Garp just broke his promise to me, didn't he? Should I teach him a lesson?"

Jinbe, whose stir-fried beef noodles were snatched by Garp, nodded: "That's right, I can testify that Vice Admiral Garp broke his promise. He should learn his lesson."

With Jinbe's confirmation, the surrounding guests understood the reason. Jinbe was not only one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, but also a highly respected fishman. Since he had confirmed it, it must be Garp's fault.

Martin turned and left the stage to join Robin, Nami, and Nojiko, officially departing in full view of everyone.

They were planning to look for Joel.

Several naval officers immediately stepped forward to stop him, but Garp stopped them, saying, "No need to stop me. I just broke my promise."

"Take me to the restroom right now, I'm about to throw up!"

Martin left, leaving behind a group of spectators who didn't know what to say, except for the young reporter who was squatting in a corner with his eyes shining.

"Breaking news! Absolutely breaking news!"

"I never expected so many things to happen."

This food god is so powerful, yet he showed no respect to the naval hero Garp, feeding him food containing feces, almost causing Vice Admiral Garp to die.

[Did Hero Garp choke to death?]

Vice Admiral Garp encounters a formidable foe and nearly dies at the dinner table.

[God of Cookery VS. Garp]

In an instant, several headlines had already popped into the young reporter's mind.

These news items will cause a huge uproar in the East China Sea tomorrow, the newspaper will definitely sell like hotcakes, and the editor-in-chief will surely promote him and give him a raise.

Cough cough cough...

Garp gasped for breath: "Give me water, quickly give me water..."

Feeling the stench emanating from his mouth, Garp felt like he was going crazy.

Every word he speaks now reeks of a stench emanating from his very soul.

That God of Cookery is so petty. All I wanted was to eat more, and he punished me with excrement. It's really... he brought it on himself.

Damn it, that brat! I, Garp, have never been defeated in my life, yet I was defeated by the Nine-Turned Intestine.

Blue blue blue...

Tashigi's Den Den Mushi rang, and she immediately answered it, then turned to Garp: "Vice Admiral Garp, a pirate ship is attacking a merchant ship in the nearby waters. We have received a distress signal."

Garp, too embarrassed to stay any longer, simply shouted, "That's enough for today. Let's set sail immediately and find those pirates causing trouble in the East Blue!"

"Tashigi, you stay here and escort that disgusting guy to the end of the auction."

Having suffered such a huge humiliation, and still being in the wrong, Garp, who also had his pride, decided to vent his anger on those pirates and let them taste what a furious iron fist was like.

Before that, he needs to wash his stomach with seawater and vomit up what's inside.

Before leaving, Garp handed Tashigi a note, then whispered something through his smelly mouth before departing.

The fumes nearly made the little girl faint on the spot.

"Yol went to the restroom, probably because he ate something bad. We'll have to wait a while."

Robin asked, "Should we wait for her?"

"No need, Namino Chiko. I've booked a VIP room. You two can go and take a look first."

Martin then gave the two girls a set of keys and told them to go back and wait.

Martin, accompanied by his wife, arrived at the basement level of the Barrati Sea Restaurant.

Several men in black were seen guarding a large black gate. Occasionally, someone would enter the gate, simply by handing a ticket to one of the men in black.

Martin stepped forward and showed the two tickets in his hand. Upon seeing the tickets, the man in black immediately let him through and handed Martin a number plate and two blindfolds.

This ticket is a gift from Django to himself. It requires some means and connections to purchase, and the auction was extremely private.

After passing through a narrow passage, the view suddenly opened up, revealing a small arena.

This small arena is circular, with seats all around and an auction stage and various auction items in the center.

The auction hall was almost full, and it was quite noisy, with about seventy or eighty people in attendance.

Martin and Robin found a place to sit in the back row.

A middle-aged auctioneer was behind the auction stage, auctioning off a precious sword: "...Ladies and gentlemen, this is a fine sword forged by a famous swordsmith from the East Sea, and it is one of the fifty fine swordsmiths named Qingfeng. The starting price is 90 Berries, and each bid requires an increment of 5 Berries."

Soon, several buyers kept bidding, raising the price to 180 million Berries, and the deal was finally made.

A fine sword that can be considered one of the top fifty swords typically fetches between 100 million and 800 million Berries.

If it's a well-made, unnamed sword, the price usually won't exceed one million Berries.

This is the purpose of naming rights.

Some swords forged by master craftsmen are even more valuable, and may be sold at an astronomical price as soon as they are forged.

The next few items were rare medicines and jewelry from the East China Sea, and even some sea king meat, which attracted fierce bidding.

However, what followed was not so good.

Many women appeared, chained up.

These women were all beautiful with pretty faces and decent figures. Although they all looked distressed, they still attracted many buyers.

These women are also very cheap, with an average price of between 50 and 100 million Berries per woman, which is outrageously low.

Is this what the East China Sea is like today?

Robin clenched her fists, her beautiful eyes revealing disgust.

"This is the East Blue, where pirates run rampant. And it's not just the East Blue; the whole world is like this."

Martin remained expressionless, but even witnessing the live slave trade made him uncomfortable.

The buying and selling of slaves and people has always been very prevalent in this world, mainly because the Celestial Dragons are not human and are the first to buy and sell slaves and collect slaves. The slave trade continues in other places and is very difficult to eradicate.

The six beauties were quickly bought up at very low prices. The prettiest one was sold for only 80 Berries, while the cheapest one was only 30 Berries.

This is the real world of One Piece.

The value of a captured beauty is less than that of a knife.

The next item up for auction was a transparent glass case containing a creature that looked neither fish nor human, with the upper body of a beautiful woman and the lower body of a fish's tail.

Mermaids?!

Martin and Robin both recognized it immediately as a rare mermaid.

These mermaids usually only appear on Fishman Island in the Grand Line.

Its appearance in the East China Sea is extremely rare, and somewhat unexpected.

It's well known that stunningly beautiful mermaid women are the Celestial Dragons' favorites, and they've always commanded high prices, but their numbers are extremely rare.

Mermaids typically do not leave their homeland, especially female mermaids who have been chosen by the Celestial Dragons.

It's estimated that he was captured by pirates and sold to the East Blue.

"This is a mermaid who is only sixteen years old. She is very rare and very beautiful. As you can see, such a mermaid is very expensive."

"Starting bid: 5000 million Berries, increments: 100 million Berries!"

"I have 5500 million!"

"5800 million!"

Faced with a stunningly beautiful and extremely rare mermaid, the humans went crazy bidding, as if they had found a priceless treasure.

With continuous price increases, the price quickly rose to 7000 million Berries.