Pirates: Beginning with the Patrolman

"I've heard of your name for a long time. Are you interested in joining CP9?"

At the dock, naval soldiers delivered boxes of banknotes to the Liberty. Spandam, who was standing nearby, suddenly spoke to Remos beside him.

Nami showed a surprised expression and subconsciously looked at Remos.

Remus smiled and shook his head.

"Thank you for your kindness, Commander Spandam, but we are used to freedom. I am worried that I will not be able to do a good job if you ask us to serve the World Government. If I accidentally run into the Celestial Dragons, I will be guilty of a great sin."

In fact, Spandam just said it casually. Not everyone can join the CP organization.

Its members are either orphans who have been trained since childhood, such as Lucci and other CP9 members, or they are descendants of internal personnel, such as Spandam himself, who took over from his father Spandine.

It is almost impossible for ordinary people to join the CP directly, and the World Government is also not at ease with outsiders entering the CP.

After being reminded by Remos, Spandam suddenly came back to his senses and couldn't help shivering.

"That makes sense. Okay, just pretend I never said anything. You've already ordered the money, so if there's no problem, leave Judicial Island as soon as possible."

Spandam waved his hand and drove Remos and Nami away.

Remos and Nami didn't waste any time and boarded the Liberty directly, sailing away from Judicial Island.

"It's such a pity that I can't use such great fighting power."

Staring at the Liberty going away, Spandam sighed.

On the Freedom, Nami also raised her own doubts.

"Is this guy crazy? Why did he suddenly think of inviting us?"

"Who knows."

Remus shrugged.

He could probably guess the reason. It was simply that the people from CP9 were not acting properly. They had not received the design drawings of Pluto for such a long time. Spandam was eager to make a contribution and could not wait any longer.

But apart from those CP9 agents, he has no other forces at his disposal. It is natural that he would be tempted when he sees wild strongmen like Remos and Nami.

But how could Remos possibly defect to the World Government? If he wanted to, he would have defected to the Navy long ago.

Starting with Smoker, he has received several invitations from the Navy. Compared with the World Government, the Navy can better represent the side of justice, although there are various problems within the Navy.

But Remos doesn't even look down on the navy, let alone the World Government. Who would like to have more troubles on his head out of thin air? Wouldn't it be better for him to be a bounty hunter with freedom?

This is also fortunate that Remos really despises the pirate business from the bottom of his heart, otherwise he would have become a pirate the first moment he traveled through time. In this way, the Navy and the World Government would have another opponent to give them headaches.

Speechless all the way.

The Liberty returned along the original route along the railroad tracks, and this time, they finally and officially entered the Seven Water City.

The prototype of the Seven Water City is the water city of Venice, but just looking at the appearance, Remos can’t see any connection between this place and Venice. Perhaps it’s because the city is full of waterways?

The Seven Water City looks like a huge cake, with a high bulge in the middle and the terrain around it smoothly descending.

Under the command of the navigator, the Liberty sailed into the No. 2 Dock of the Carrera Shipbuilding Company. After the towing rope that had been towing the pirate ship behind it was untied, it was directly sent to the trading dock next door for price evaluation.

Remos asked about it when he was at the Judicial Island, and the other party said that they didn't care and could take away whatever they had brought there. The Judicial Island would accept all the pirates on the ship, and also gave them corresponding rewards according to the pirates' bounty orders.

As for this pirate ship, Remos and the others can do with it as they please. He had a brief discussion with Nami and finally decided to sell it directly.

The ship is not a good one, much worse than the Liberty, but at least it still has some value. We can't just abandon it or burn it.

The property on the ship was transferred to the Liberty early in the morning. Unfortunately, these pirates were all poor. Apart from some food and drinks, the most valuable things were a scimitar that was not even a famous sword, and a small amount of gold.

After handing over the Liberty to Carrera Company for maintenance, Remos took Nami out of the dock and headed straight for the interior of the Seven Water City.

“That dock is so huge.”

Even though they were far away from the dock, Nami couldn't help but exclaim.

"Of course, this should be the largest shipbuilding company in the Seven Waters. It is said to be a company directly managed by the mayor. The level is definitely this high!"

Remus gave a thumbs up.

"But it's also very expensive. Just maintaining and repairing the Liberty costs 20 million berries. This amount of money is enough to buy another Liberty."

Nami felt a little distressed.

"It can't be helped. Prices in the Grand Line are higher than those in the East China Sea. If we just buy a new ship, 20 million berries won't come up with enough... Well, don't worry about the money. At worst, we can just buy a new ship. We don't need this little money anyway."

Remus consoled.

"Actually, it's not impossible."

Nami suddenly stopped and stroked her chin, thinking.

"Huh? Are you really planning to buy the boat outright?"

Remos was shocked. He thought Nami would feel sorry for the money and would not do this, but now it seems that she is obviously tempted.

"If you think about it carefully, it will cost us tens of millions to repair the ship. In addition, the Liberty was originally an old ship that Smoker gave us as collateral for our debts, and it already has many problems.

If we sell the Liberty, and then use the proceeds, as well as the money we have in hand, to buy a newer and better ship, that would actually be possible, right?

The new boat is more solid and doesn’t need as much maintenance, so it actually saves a lot of money.”

Nami's talent for careful calculation came into play, and she quickly weighed the pros and cons in her mind.

In fact, you don’t have to think about it at all. Although buying a new boat is expensive, new boats are of good quality and do not require maintenance for a long time.

In comparison, the Liberty now requires frequent maintenance, and although the cost is not much each time, it adds up to a considerable amount.

"Remos, I, I want to change a new boat..."

The more Nami thought about it, the more excited she became. She looked at Remos nervously, afraid that Remos would refuse.

Remus did a quick calculation in his head.

His own savings, plus the bounties of Crocodile and others, the gold obtained from Sky Island, as well as the subsequent bounties and the money from the sale of two ships, could barely raise 600 million berries.

This amount of money already exceeds the cost of building the Thousand Mile Sunshine.

Remos and Nami don't need such a big ship, so it's no problem to get a ship of the same quality but smaller.

"Then change it."

Remus smiled.