Chapter 23

Ohh, something I was thinking again. For now, let them train, that's all that comes to my mind.

So what to do?

Hmm, by the way, I completely forgot about Arlong's treasures, and knowing his stingy nature from the canon, he should have them decently. Well, let's go and see.

When I returned to Arlong Park it was as quiet as a cemetery. On the ground lay a couple of corpses, Arlong and some other fish-man, apparently did not survive the meeting with Zoro. Apparently, these fish took all the ships and sailed away, capturing the wounded. Still, they have a very developed sense of camaraderie, although this is not surprising, there are not so many fishmen left from their race, and perhaps they care about each other, due to some innate instincts. But again, not all of them are like that, judging by the canon.

Well, okay, I'm thinking again. I'll go and see what Arlong has in store for me. I hope they didn't take anything with them, although I think they weren't up to it.

The main building of Arlong Park was six stories high.

The first floor was the most spacious, and, apparently, fish lived here: beds, tables, chairs, this place was something like a cabin for the crew.

The second floor was smaller than the first, it was a common dining room. I rummaged in the fridge and had a little snack, but what? Do not waste the good? And I haven't even had breakfast today.

The third floor was filled with all kinds of junk: canvas, boards, ropes, cannonballs, knipples, bombs. In general, different ship equipment.

The fourth floor was an armory, and was filled with: axes, swords, katanas, muskets, pistols and gunpowder, lots of gunpowder. Not bad, but I doubt it will be useful to us, and the weapons are so-so.

The fifth floor had three rooms and a staircase leading to the sixth. I went into the last room and found a terrible mess, although even among this bedlam there was one very clean place, there was a lonely silver chest. I did not hesitate and opened it, inside was: neatly folded bars of gold, a few packs of bellies and a couple of bags of precious stones, arranged by color. Yes, jewelry piled up in a heap cannot be compared in beauty with wealth that is neatly laid out. Even to rob this hand does not rise, perhaps, I will take it along with the chest.

Finding nothing else of interest in the room, I dragged the chest to the stairs and moved on.

In the next room, everything was completely different from in the first, or rather, completely different, a bed and a curbstone, that's all there was. There were several packs of bellies and a bag with various stones in the cabinet. Well, that's not bad either.

Throwing everything into the chest, I went to the last room, although I guessed what was there, but it was still worth a look.

Going inside, I looked around, well, nothing special: a bed, a table and a chair, a kerosene lamp, a lot of paper, various nautical charts and various accessories for drawing them. And here lived Nami? Now it's clear why Luffy smashed everything here. A terrible atmosphere, it's like I'm in a prison, so gloomy ... I wanted to level everything here and gut Arlong, but I still found the strength to calm down. She will not see this place again, now she has a new home.

I left the room and headed to the top floor. There was only one door, logically, this should be the boss's quarters. We'll see...

Hmm, well, not bad, ordinary office, expensive furniture. Arlong has good taste, I didn't expect from him. Hmm, what's this?

In the corner of the room was a staircase leading up to an iron hatch. Is this a hiding place? Didn't even bother to hide ... I think it's worth a look.

I climbed the stairs and tried to open the hatch:

- Hmm, closed, as expected ... Well, then the old fashioned way.

* Creak * * crackle * * bang *

Luke flew up and landed somewhere in the same place.

I climbed into this "attic" and looked around ...

- Ohtyzh yo ... - I muttered, and then exclaimed: - Yes, I'm rich!

In this room there was a whole mountain of gold as tall as me. I continued looking further and further and found several boxes filled to capacity with packs of belli. Not sure how many are here, but definitely more than tens of millions. If the Straw Hats were a little smarter in the canon, they could have made a lot of money. Perhaps Nami guessed about the riches of Arlong, but did not look for them, and she can be understood, she was glad not to see this place again.

Heh, Arlong was still that curmudgeon, he didn't even share with the team? Although, he seemed to pay the patrol ... But to accumulate so much gold and money is amazing ...

- Hmm, what's this? - In a heap of gold lay an unusual box, unusual it was that it consisted not of gold, but of something similar to iron. I tried to pick it up ...

- Eh?

* Bach *

As soon as I lifted the box a little, I immediately became weak and almost fell with it. How strange ... Could it be ...

I touched it again, and again felt weakness all over my body.

Hmm, it seems clear, it looks like this is it - kairoseki.

What a terrible thing, one touch, and I'm already exhausted, not very good. The only good news is that most of the mighty of this world are fruits and feel the same.

It will be necessary to pick it up and investigate. By the way, what's inside?

I took a nearby saucer of gold and lifted the lid of the gray box with it, there was only one item inside.

- You're kidding ... - I muttered.

What was inside? Well, it's not hard to guess. What can you put in a kairoseki box?

Yes, there he was - the devil fruit.

His shape was a little unusual, like a bone, only the size of a palm. Its color was white, and the veins, like its leaves, were dark red.

Hmm, well, not bad, I did not expect to find such a present here. And what should I do with him?

Okay, I'll decide later, now I'll just put it back. First you need to take everything out of here, perhaps it is worth driving the ship, it will be easier.