He successfully returned to Coco Village.
Upon returning to the village, Yun Lie immediately divided the beli into two portions.
He solemnly handed ten million beli to A Jian, saying with sincere eyes, "Uncle A Jian, please take this money and distribute it among the villagers so that everyone's lives can be a little better."
A Jian's rough hands trembled as he took the heavy bag, his eyes filled with unspeakable gratitude.
Under the dim light, he looked at Yun Lie's determined face, and an indescribable emotion surged in his heart.
After all, the treasures Arlong had collected in Arlong Park over the years were all in his personal space; Arlong's bounty was just a fraction of that.
According to the plot, when the Arlong Pirates ruled Coco Village, they demanded 100,000 beli per month from an adult and 50,000 beli per month from a child. Nami had agreed with Arlong to gather 100 million beli to redeem the village. Yun Lie thus estimated there were probably about 50 households in the village.
Ten million beli seemed like a lot, but it was actually not much at all; when distributed among the villagers, it was only a little over two hundred thousand per household.
This was also given in consideration of how well the villagers of Coco Village had treated Nojiko over the years.
After all, he wasn't some soft-hearted person; this money was obtained by risking his life.
Yun Lie planned to use the remaining forty-odd million entirely for building ships.
At sea, ships are life; a good ship necessarily requires a large investment of beli.
Yun Lie made many demands to A Jian regarding the ship, first being the power system, which had to be powerful enough.
Secondly, the difficulty of driving also had to be simple, otherwise, as a novice, he feared he would be flustered.
There were also requirements for the ship's shape, size, defensive capabilities, and so on.
Yun Lie's demands were not very high; reaching Water 7, the first half of the Grand Line, one hundred percent, would suffice.
Water 7 is where the world's best shipbuilding factory is located; only Water 7 could build a ship that Yun Lie would be satisfied with.
After parting ways with A Jian, Yun Lie returned to Nojiko's home.
The two had already confirmed their relationship, and Yun Lie felt no embarrassment, moving in directly.
In the days that followed, the two were insatiable, sticking together all day, having a blast; in short, almost every part of Nojiko's house bore traces of them, including the kitchen balcony, dressing table, bathroom, and so on…
Only poor Little Kong, to ensure he didn't disturb their world for two, was conscripted by A Jian to shoulder the important task of patrolling Coco Village.
Today, Nojiko, like a lazy Little Cat, snuggled into Yun Lie's embrace and softly asked, "Yun Lie, when will the training plan you mentioned before begin?"
Her tone carried a hint of anticipation, and also a hidden weariness from the days of pleasure.
However, she was unwilling to admit she was a little overwhelmed, merely looking for an excuse.
Yun Lie saw through her little trick, a doting smile playing on his lips, and he gently said, "You've worked hard, baby, let's start tomorrow then."
In fact, even if Nojiko hadn't asked, he had already planned to start the training plan tomorrow, which was why he had fully enjoyed this rare leisurely time today.
He had already chosen the training ground, which was on the back mountain of Coco Village, where there was a large open space, very suitable for training.
"Oh, right, Yun Lie, my sister Nami usually comes home about once a month. Counting the days, she should be back tomorrow. Could you go pick her up for me?"
Nojiko suddenly thought of her sister, her eyes filled with anticipation and tenderness.
Now that the Arlong Pirates had been destroyed, Nami would surely have received the news, and even if she hadn't heard, according to her usual habits, she should be coming home.
Yun Lie agreed without thinking; he had long been curious about Nami, known as the "Little Thief Cat," and was eagerly looking forward to meeting her.
While Coco Village slept peacefully in the quiet night, Marineford was in an uproar.
Fleet Admiral Sengoku slammed his hand on the table, the loud sound reverberating in the conference room, making the documents on the table tremble slightly.
His gaze, like a sharp sword, was fixed on Garp, who was leisurely eating rice crackers below, and he angrily scolded, "Garp! Look at what your grandson has done!"
Saying that, he grabbed a file from the table and threw it forcefully onto the table in front of Garp.
On the file, a clear picture came into view: a young man bathed in raging flames, like a king descending, stood majestically on a Marine warship, surrounded by Marine soldiers lying on the ground, unconscious.
"What?! This is my grandson!?"
Garp glanced briefly at the file, then stood up in surprise, his eyes wide, his mouth open wide enough to fit a fist.
Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure in the picture, especially the iconic flames, he immediately recognized this as the power of the Logia-type Mera Mera no Mi.
Immediately after, he looked more closely and found that Ace had not completely slaughtered the Marine soldiers, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, and he sat down with a thud, continuing to nonchalantly munch on his rice crackers.
"Garp! Be serious! This is a provocation to the Marine! And he ate the Logia-type Mera Mera no Mi!"
Sengoku looked at Garp's nonchalant demeanor, and his anger instantly surged. He grabbed Garp's collar and roared furiously, the anger in his eyes seemingly wanting to devour Garp.
"Set a bounty for Ace, eighty million is enough to shut those people up. I'll take a vacation next week and go back to catch him, wouldn't that be fine?"
Garp still looked indifferent, his tone as relaxed as if he were talking about a trivial matter.
This enraged Sengoku, who paced up and down the room, but could do nothing about Garp.
After all, a Logia-type Devil Fruit user is very powerful, and the Marine cannot give too low a bounty, otherwise it would be difficult to show their deterrent power.
After all, in this world, Logia-type users are basically invincible as long as they don't encounter strong Haki users.
"Garp! You stole my rice crackers again! You bastard!" Just as Sengoku was racking his brain, thinking about how to deal with Ace, he suddenly discovered Garp secretly opening his drawer and taking the rice crackers from inside.
At this, Sengoku completely exploded. A scholar can endure, but who cannot endure this? Rice crackers were his favorite, and even if Garp was his best friend, he couldn't steal them so brazenly! He roared furiously, and all of Marineford seemed to echo with his angry shouts.