One Piece: Starting with Coercing and Enticing Nami

Sure enough, this bastard came for the stolen money Nami had taken.

However, he simply didn't know the exact amount.

"You really are shameless!"

Thoth cursed calmly, while the rat pursed his lips, his face flushed red, not because of a pang of conscience, but because of the subtle contemptuous looks from the marines on the ground around him.

"Will you report what happened today to Navy Headquarters?"

Thoth suddenly spoke.

The mouse's expression froze for a moment, then it waved its hands repeatedly, its face full of obsequiousness, without any sincerity:

"No, no, this was all an accident, it has absolutely nothing to do with you."

Toth remained noncommittal and said nothing more.

A short while later, Dr. Gao arrived with his men and a medical kit.

Thoth smiled, took it from his hand, put on medical gloves, flexed his fingers, and then looked at the mouse as a slow smile crept onto his face.

"Colonel, you are injured and need medical treatment."

Looking at the rat's pale face, Thoth calmly said, "You'd better keep quiet, or I can't guarantee I won't cut the artery in your leg."

As he spoke, he squatted down, and with a flash of his sharp scalpel, cut open the fabric of his pants. Thoth looked at the bullet wound, pressed his fingers to locate the bullet, placed the scalpel against the wound, and with a soft "plop," cut open the wound without anesthesia. The rat immediately let out a miserable scream.

He suddenly straightened up, and blood spurted from his wound. Thoth didn't try to dodge, but let the blood splash onto his face.

"Shut up."

Looking at him coldly, the rat noticed the bloodstains on Thoth's face, which made Thoth's face look extremely ferocious.

The mouse panicked and quickly covered its mouth, its jaw muscles bulging in pain.

Thoth's eyes flashed, and he plunged his index and middle fingers into the wound, prying the bullet out. The rat's body convulsed violently as if it were having a seizure.

Undeterred, Tot picked up his needle and thread and slowly and carefully stitched the wound. After the wound was stitched up, he applied hemostatic and anti-inflammatory ointment and wrapped it with a bandage.

At this moment, Thoth looked at the panel and saw that the "Medical Skill" proficiency level had increased. A smile slowly appeared on his face, but in the eyes of the rat, it looked even more ferocious.

Just then, Ah Jian came over carrying a package. Thoth took it, opened it, took out the bill, and threw it at the mouse.

"Watch closely. If you dare to sabotage it, I'll kill you."

After saying that, he ignored the rats and looked around at the marines, all of whom were wounded and skilled in medicine.

Then, amidst a series of piercing wails and howls, Thoth performed open-air suturing on them one by one.

Someone struggled violently, and Tote punched him unconscious. But he was awakened by the excruciating pain a few seconds later, and then he became obedient.

Thoth was strong and healthy, and his hands moved steadily and quickly. On average, he didn't waste four minutes on each person. After three hours, all sixty-odd people had been treated.

However, the sailors who were treated looked at Thoth with no respect, only a kind of terror as if they were looking at a devil.

The initial training is complete.

Thoth then walked up to the rat, picked him up, and carried him to a tree not far away. He then threw away his blood-stained medical gloves and looked indifferently at the rat's pale face.

"The evidence is conclusive that he colluded with Ah Long to oppress a large number of people and accept bribes."

"If I were to hand this over to that supposedly Marine Admiral from Marine Headquarters in Loguetown, a man of integrity who can't tolerate any wrongdoing, what do you think you would do?"

042. Training complete!

"..."

The rat stared blankly at Thoth, knowing full well what was going to happen; his naval career was most likely over.

If things go wrong, I might end up in jail.

Even if he has someone backing him up, it won't save him, because internal corruption will be investigated by those tough sharks from the Navy's Criminal Investigation Division.

Moreover, his own family knows his own affairs; he himself cannot withstand investigation.

Seeing the terror in his eyes, Thoth knew he understood the gravity of the situation, so he calmly spoke:

"Of course, I'm not someone who's ruthless. You are indeed a scumbag and a piece of trash, but even trash and trash have their uses."

"Let's make a deal. I'll set sail after today, but of course, not as a pirate for now."

Your navy has a vast intelligence network in the East China Sea. Sometimes I need intelligence, and I hope you can provide it. Of course, it won't be for free; I will pay you different levels of compensation depending on the value of the intelligence.

That way we'll be partners. As long as you behave yourself and don't mess with me, you don't have to worry about me reporting you.

And you can make money too, can't you?

Or, we could deepen our cooperation in the future. For example, I could capture pirates and give them to you as a reward, and you could pay me with Beli or valuable intelligence and weapons? It would be a win-win situation.

Of course, you could go back and report me to your superiors, but by then I'll be at sea. You can't exactly run away to Marine Headquarters to hide from me, can you?

This statement was half true and half false, a combination of threat and reassurance.

The mouse stared blankly at Thoth, feeling a sense of relief and hope.

But he thought to himself, wasn't he being threatened by him? And completely under his thumb.

He looked at Toth, still wanting to negotiate, but then he saw the scalpel in Toth's hand.

The words that were about to come out were immediately swallowed back.

The mouse sniffed, and a bright, sincere smile slowly appeared on his face.

Thoth's eyes flashed, knowing that this guy had already given in and was tempted. He immediately looked at A-Jian not far away and walked over.

He took the package from his hand, went to the rat, placed it in his arms, and said:

"Ten million Berries, this is your reward for our first collaboration. I want all the firearms and ammunition on your warships on shore."

Of course, you and I both know that the junk on your ship isn't worth that price.

How about I treat the remaining Pele as a token of my friendship with you?

We became friends after a fight.

The mouse's eyes widened suddenly, and it slowly looked down at the neat stacks of Baileys in its arms, which smelled of ink. A greedy smile unconsciously appeared in its eyes.

Seeing this, Toth knew that the treacherous plastic partnership had been established.

Killing him would certainly be satisfying, but afterwards I would face a naval manhunt. And right now I'm still young and inexperienced; rashly confronting the behemoth that is the Navy would hinder my growth.

For now, I'll cooperate with him. I need intelligence support at sea, and the navy happens to be a powerful intelligence organization at sea.

If I still don't like him when I go to the Grand Line later,

It won't be too late to come and kill him when we have time.

……

A moment later, on the shore, the limping rat and Toth waved goodbye with bright smiles.

Watching the rat, surrounded by the marines, board the ramp and sail away with the sails fully open.

Thoth glanced back at the hundreds of guns, a batch of lead bullets, and hundreds of shells from ten cannons on the dock. There were also Den Den Mushi (snail phone) specifically for contacting him.

All the cannonballs on the rat warship are here, which is also an effective way to prevent the latter from changing its mind after going to sea and turning around to bombard this side.

All that was left for them were the ordinary cold weapons they possessed.

Watching the warship sail away, Ah Jian beside him looked at Tote with a complicated expression and said:

"Thank you very much this time. We will reimburse you for the money you gave them later."

Upon hearing this, the villagers nearby immediately expressed their gratitude, each with eyes full of thanks.

Thoth shook his head. "No need. I'm doing this for myself too. Rats aren't exactly good, but since they like money, they can be used to my advantage."

At this point, Thoth looked at them and smiled:

"Give me ten of these guns, plus a thousand lead bullets. Also, put four cannons on my ship, with two hundred cannonballs."

You can handle the rest, Uncle Jian. Our village needs some people who can arm themselves.

Consider this a small parting gift from me.

Ah Jian and the villagers' eyes reddened, and many of the sentimental girls and aunties were in tears.

The way he looked at Toth was as if he were melting.

Seeing Ah Jian hesitate, Tote laughed heartily:

"Don't refuse, and don't mention giving money. If you really want to thank me, then fill my ship with all kinds of supplies."

Ah Jian's eyes were filled with emotion. At that moment, Tote looked at the warship that was getting further and further away.

"I'll be right back. You guys take these equipment back first!"

With that, Thoth handed him the Den Den Mushi, then took a step, followed by a leap that sent him soaring into the sea with a splash.

A few seconds later, Thoth's figure appeared on the sea surface a hundred meters away, followed by a white streak on the surface of the sea.

Thoth swam quickly toward the warship.

When A-Jian and the villagers saw this, they were bewildered, not knowing what Tote wanted to do.

Meanwhile, naval warships.

In the rat's office, he sat on the sofa with an extremely gloomy expression.

Looking down at the millions of Berry on the table, the shadows obscured his eyes, making his face appear both unpredictable and menacing.

At the table, his adjutant looked grim. "Colonel, are we just going to let this go?"

The rat raised its eyes and looked coldly at the adjutant:

"Are you teaching me what to do?"

The adjutant's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly admitted his mistake: "I know I was wrong."

Seeing this, the rat slowly exhaled a breath of stale air. "That guy is ruthless and very strong. I suspect that the disappearance of Ah Long's gang might be related to him."

The adjutant's expression changed drastically. "This can't be! Those fish-men have a natural advantage in the sea!"

And they are also extremely powerful on land.

"Those guys all came from the Grand Line."