"Ah!"
Bartel's eyes snapped open, and the first thing he saw was Ye Jia. He was instantly startled. He hadn't forgotten the searing pain of being bombarded by Ye Jia just now; that pain went deep into his bones… Bartel absolutely did not want to experience it again!
"Treasure room?" Bartel didn't react immediately. "What treasure room?"
"Your master, Delon's treasure room!" Ye Jia narrowed his eyes. "Delon has already been dealt with by me. If you don't want to follow in his footsteps, obediently tell me the whereabouts of his treasure room… Don't tell me you don't know. As Delon's strongest executive, the second-in-command of the Boin Family, you must have coveted Delon's treasure room for a long time, right?"
Bartel's heart trembled, and he didn't dare to look directly into Ye Jia's eyes. As Ye Jia said, not just him, who in the Boin Family didn't covet Delon's treasure room? But Delon had the Joker backing him. If Delon died, their fate wouldn't be much better. Therefore, despite their many dissatisfactions with Delon, for the sake of money and status, they had to endure it.
"I know where Delon's treasure room is… but to prevent theft, he reinforced it with special materials. Even cannons can't blast it open. Without his key, it's impossible to get inside." Bartel said.
"Reinforced… I'll have to see just how solid it is! Get up and lead the way for me! If you try any tricks, your little life is over!" Ye Jia said coldly. Bartel was likely a Devil Fruit user. Despite his severe injuries, a short period of self-healing had already largely mended him, and he was fine. Moving was naturally not an issue. However, he dared not act rashly. He had personally witnessed Ye Jia's strength, and Bartel certainly didn't want another brutal beating.
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"Delon was truly cautious, to open his treasure room here!" Ye Jia and Bartel entered the castle's basement, only to discover a spiral staircase leading down more than ten meters underground. And at the very bottom of this spiral staircase was the prison specifically used to confine Barbanstan's prisoners! To build a treasure room next to a prison… such a concept was indeed bizarre enough.
"This is what you call special reinforcement?" Ye Jia looked at the gate before him, forged from steel. The iron gate was about a person's height, but it seemed to have a considerable thickness. "Its solidity is indeed strong, but at this level, it can't stop me!" A yellow light suddenly shone in Ye Jia's hand. Then, Ye Jia drew a sword forged from yellow light from his palm. It was as if he had pulled out a light sword from his own body, making Bartel's eyes tremble.
Is this guy a monster? He can actually pull a sword out of his hand?
Ama no Murakumo. This was Kizaru's technique, once used to fight Rayleigh. It wasn't difficult to learn this move; Ye Jia just hadn't had the chance to use it yet. The Ama no Murakumo concentrated photons extremely densely, giving it incredibly high hardness. Combined with its laser effect, it could slice through steel like mud. Ordinary steel would melt upon contact. It was perfect for dealing with the specially reinforced iron gate before him!
"Let's see who's tougher!" Ye Jia swung the Ama no Murakumo in his hand.
Shing! The Ama no Murakumo immediately pierced into the steel upon contact. At the same time, hot sparks erupted from the cut, emitting heat waves and white steam. With a light push, Ye Jia sliced a scorching sword mark from top to bottom on the iron gate.
"Burned through." Through the narrow crack, a golden light shimmering from inside the treasure room was clearly visible. Ye Jia ignored Bartel's terrified gaze and directly kicked out!
Light Speed Kick!
Boom! With a loud bang, the iron gate, boasted to be specially reinforced and impervious even to cannons, was so easily kicked away by Ye Jia.
"Yoh ho!" The iron gate was kicked away, and naturally, behind it lay a mountain of glittering, golden treasure!
"That Delon fellow… he's really rich!" Ye Jia's eyes widened. The coins, pooled together, almost reached his waist, stacked into a small mountain. Not only that, but many finished gold and silver products were also mixed in with the gold coins…
What did it mean to be "rolling in money"? Delon gave Ye Jia a good lesson. All this gold and treasure must be worth billions of Berries! This showed how many bad things Delon had done over the years. Otherwise, how could a powerless guy like him, and a disorganized rabble of executives, have amassed so much money?
"Take it all! Don't leave a single piece behind! It all belongs to our Death God Pirates!" Ye Jia was overjoyed. He finally understood why so many people wanted to be pirates. That feeling of plundering treasure, stuffing all the gold and silver wealth into his own pockets, it was incredibly exhilarating! Ye Jia and Qiuli used several large sacks, continuously filling them for a long time, before they finally managed to empty the entire treasure room.
"Hahaha, what a haul!" Ye Jia hoisted several sacks of gold and treasure onto his shoulder. The total volume of the bags was considerably larger than his own body. This showed how exaggerated the gold and treasure inside were; it was no exaggeration to say it could buy the entire Barbanstan!
"Bartel, from now on, you are to dismantle this castle for me. All the Red-Light Districts, gambling dens, and other such places are also to be destroyed… I'm only giving you one day. If you don't complete the task I assigned you after one day, you should understand the consequences!" Ye Jia glanced coldly at Bartel. His earlier remark about "waste utilization" referred to this.
Anyway, he was leaving soon, and Barbanstan was the Joker's territory. In the future, it would surely be managed by the Joker's people. So, before he left, why not give the Joker another "big gift"? You're counting on Barbanstan's economic industries to bring you wealth, aren't you? Then I'll cut down all your cash cows and see if you get mad!
"All… all destroyed?!" Bartel's face instantly turned pale. As an executive of the Boin Family, he knew very well that Barbanstan had to pay a large sum of money to the Joker every year in exchange for the Joker's protection… If these industries were gone, what money would Barbanstan use to pay?
"If you don't want to do it, I won't force you, but then, you'll have no reason to live…" "No, no, no, I'll do it! Destroying a few buildings is something I'm good at!" Bartel, threatened by Ye Jia, immediately changed his tune. Destroying these buildings and being targeted by the Joker meant at worst he'd flee far away… but if he refused, this guy would definitely kill him on the spot! A wise man submits to circumstances. Bartel didn't want to die so ignorantly.
"Don't forget, you only have one day. Qiuli, let's go!" With that, Ye Jia, carrying the large sacks, returned to the Death God alongside Qiuli.
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"Wow! This…" Si Qingluo and Gaya Manini's eyes couldn't help but light up as they looked at the gold piled high as a mountain.
"From now on, whatever you want, just tell me. I'm lacking in nothing right now, except money! Haha!" Ye Jia said grandly.
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