chapter 84

"Well, all right," Crane nodded and said. No further comments were made because she could not think of a better solution than Mu Feng's.

Mu Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, a smile forming at the corners of his mouth.

Well... Twenty Devil Fruits are available.

As expected of the Marines, they are generous. Adding the five from the Red Hair Pirates, I now have twenty-five Devil Fruits. Tsk, tsk, tsk... Mu Feng is looking forward to the next refresh of the god-level mall...

I have a lot of coupons in my hand, and I don't even want to buy anything.

"Well, if there's nothing else, the meeting is over," Sengoku said.

Baby 5's lunch should be ready... West Sea steak and rice... Or the foie gras feast from the Kingdom of St. Peter... I'm looking forward to it.

Just as Mu Feng got up, preparing to return to his home...

"Wait a minute, I have something to say," suddenly, Akainu said.

Everyone was taken aback.

Mu Feng frowned and said, "I have other matters to attend to. If you have something to report to the Marshal, General Counsel Akainu, sorry, I'm not in the mood to listen." After speaking, Mu Feng raised his foot, preparing to leave, and did not give Akainu any face.

Seeing Mu Feng like this, especially how he emphasized "General Counsel," turned Akainu's face blue. He gritted his teeth and said abruptly, "Mu Feng Admiral, please wait a moment, because what I want to say is related to you."

"Oh? It's about me!?"

Mu Feng stopped, a little displeased, and said, "Then say it quickly."

Sengoku frowned. He could see that Akainu must have something to say about targeting Mu Feng. He wanted to intervene, but it was already too late.

Akainu opened his mouth and said, "Mu Feng Admiral, I supervised handling the follow-up affairs of the Donghai Feikong Pirate Group.

In five days, the three thousand Marine soldiers dispatched searched the sea area where you and the Golden Lion were fighting.

Apart from finding the corpse of the Golden Lion, riddled with holes, nothing else was discovered..."

"Mu Feng Admiral, can you give me a reasonable explanation for this?" Akainu's tone was icy, and his eyes were fixed directly on Mu Feng.

Of course, Mu Feng knew what Akainu was implying, but he pretended not to understand.

Raising his eyebrows, he asked, "Oh... then I'd like to know, if you didn't recover the corpse, what else were you hoping to find? A living Golden Lion?"

"Hmph! You know what I'm talking about. Where is the Golden Lion's treasure? According to estimates from Naval Headquarters, the treasure of the Flying Pirates should be worth 50 billion Berries, plus 20 to 30 Devil Fruits, but during the salvage operation, nothing was found.

Can you give me a reasonable explanation for this, Admiral Mu Feng?" Akainu asked bluntly.

Tsk, tsk, tsk... I didn't expect the Marines to know so much about the Golden Lion. Mu Feng smirked inwardly.

"It seems you're in charge of the follow-up work on the Flying Pirates, Chief Counsel Akainu.

If you couldn't salvage it yourself, how is that my problem?

Or are you afraid of being blamed by the Marshal and want to shift the responsibility onto me? General Counsel Akainu, though I defeated you to become Admiral, it's rather unbecoming of you to act like this," Mu Feng said.

Mu Feng kept referring to Akainu as "General Counsel" and "the one I defeated," which made Akainu tremble with anger. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Mu Feng Admiral, I have reason to suspect that you embezzled the Golden Lion Shiki's treasure."

"Hey—" Mu Feng sighed, then, seeing everyone's puzzled expressions, he looked at Akainu with a sad expression and said, "General Counsel Akainu, as I've said before, having a brain is a good thing... It's just unfortunate that you don't seem to have one. And while food can be eaten recklessly, words should not be spoken recklessly."

"You!!" Akainu pointed at Mu Feng, about to speak.

But Mu Feng cut him off sharply, saying, "What do you think? Where was the battlefield between me and the Golden Lion?"

"The floating island in the sky," Akainu replied coldly.

The salvaged wreckage showed signs of battle, so Akainu recognized it.

"And how did the Golden Lion die?" Mu Feng continued.

"Countless thin-bladed weapons pierced through his body, killing him in a single blow. You did a good job of killing the Golden Lion," Akainu said.

It was rare, but Akainu complimented Mu Feng.

"Then can you use your brain? After the Golden Lion dies, can his Lion Fruit ability still be maintained? It cannot.

In other words, all floating islands that were kept aloft by his Lion Fruit ability would have fallen into the sea.

The falling process would take at most ten seconds.

How could I possibly retrieve the treasure in such a short time?" Mu Feng asked.

"You could have... dived in..."

Halfway through his sentence, Akainu got stuck, his face showing discomfort.

"Dived in!? That's good... General Counsel Akainu. Let me tell you the truth. I did dive in and take away the Golden Lion's treasure. Tsk, tsk... it's terrifying, I got twenty-seven Devil Fruits," Mu Feng said.

Mu Feng swore... he didn't lie. He obtained the Golden Lion's treasure by diving underwater using his Wood Clone technique.

And the number of Devil Fruits was indeed 27.

However, although Mu Feng told the truth, no one present believed him, including Akainu.

In the end, Sengoku stood up and said, "All right, that's enough of this.

Mu Feng is a Devil Fruit user.

He can't dive to the seabed to retrieve the Golden Lion's treasure.

Sakazuki, you should expand the scope of the salvage operation. If you still can't find anything, we'll drop the matter.

Knowing Shiki's cunning, it's very possible he hid the treasure somewhere else."

Everyone knows that Mu Feng is a Devil Fruit user.

In this regard, Mu Feng could only think to himself... I never mentioned it myself. But now that I think about it, being a Devil Fruit user can serve as a convenient alibi sometimes. In the future, I should emphasize my identity as a Devil Fruit user.