Angel investor in the One Piece world

Like Moretti Bank, the headquarters of Connie Bank is also a three-story building.

The first floor is the lobby, and the upper two floors are office areas.

The bank vault is located on the basement level. It is a solid fortress built with hard bluestone and thick iron plates, and the only entrance is blocked by a heavy door cast in alloy.

Even if you bring in a heavy cannon, it would probably be difficult to blast open this vault.

However, if you have a key, then it's a different story.

The heavy alloy door slowly opened, and its astonishing weight alone caused the ground to tremble slightly.

Johnny couldn't help but swallow hard after just one glance into the vault.

The dim glow of the oil lamp tore through the darkness, and dozens of rows of ebony display shelves gradually emerged in the light and shadow.

Bundles of Pele banknotes were stacked like bricks to form a high wall, with gold threads and subtle patterns flowing in the light and shadow, and the air was filled with the unique ink scent of new banknotes.

Deep inside the vault, on the last two display shelves, gold bars were neatly stacked.

"Quickly, put all the money away!"

Zango and his pirates rushed into the vault without hesitation.

Zango's lenses refracted a frenzied burst of light from the pile of banknotes, while Bug and Sam excitedly shoveled stacks of bills into their sacks, the sharp claws making a series of crisp, tearing sounds as the banknotes were ripped apart.

Behind them stood the Connie father and son, their eyes glazed over.

Beside the father and son were several other well-dressed men, their eyes also vacant and their expressions blank.

Johnny carefully avoided these people, but couldn't help glancing at them.

After breaking into the Connie family's villa and capturing Connie and his son, the pirates didn't stop there. Instead, they went to the homes of several key figures in the Loguetown Merchant Guild and rounded up the leaders of this largest business alliance in Loguetown.

It has to be said that Zango's hypnosis was incredibly effective, and coupled with the formidable Catman brothers, they were practically invincible in the heavily guarded wealthy district.

Not only that, they even tried to visit the Moretti family's estate, but they came up empty-handed.

"Boss Damian said, if you're going to put on a show, you have to go all the way." That's what Zango said.

Johnny couldn't help but marvel inwardly. President Damian, this young man whom no one in Loguetown knew much about, was truly terrifying beyond everyone's expectations.

"Hurry up!"

Zango struggled against the temptation of money with immense willpower.

If he messes up Boss Damian's plans, he'll only have one way out: death.

"There's another one!"

As he said this, he turned to look at the Connie family father and son standing outside the gate.

A sinister smile appeared on the pirate's face.

He nudged Johnny, who was enthusiastically helping to collect the money.

"Hey, Johnny, right?"

Johnny looked at him with a somewhat blank expression.

"Go, those two guys are useless now, go and take care of them."

Moretti Bank back door.

A horse-drawn carriage is parked quietly here.

Damian strode onto the carriage, where Bartolomeo was waiting for him.

Once they arrived and were comfortably seated on the soft cushions, Bartolomeo spoke, "Brother, the manpower has been arranged. I'm just a little worried. What if the pirates encounter the Marines on their retreat if I don't send my men?"

Damian's gaze was indifferent. "We won't encounter them. They know the navy's patrol routes."

Bartolomeo's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed in realization, "So we have friends in the Navy too?"

"Not everyone is as upright and incorruptible as Smoker."

When Damian mentioned that old acquaintance who was also born and raised in Loguetown, a smile involuntarily appeared on his lips. That guy should be transferred back soon, right?

"Not everyone is satisfied with just shouting the name of justice. When the righteous navy accepts gold bars, they are just as excited as a slum child seeing candy for the first time."

There are countless corrupt elements within the navy. In fact, isn't the navy itself meant to protect the world's biggest corrupt element?

The Celestial Dragons they protect are exactly like that; there are far too many people who follow suit.

Especially in places like Shikai, which are far from the naval headquarters.

"That will make things much easier for us in the future!"

Bartolomeo grinned. "We control the underworld, we have people in the navy, and now you're about to control Loguetown's commerce. Who can stop us then?"

Damian gently smoothed out the non-existent wrinkles on his suit, his back ramrod straight, his demeanor impeccable even in the private space of the carriage.

"This is nothing to be excited about, Barto. Loguetown is too small. Our journey has not yet begun."

Bartolomeo's lips formed an "O," his eyes practically gleaming with admiration and adoration. "Big brother! No matter where we go, I will always follow you!"

Damian just chuckled.

Damian never thought Loguetown was anything special. If his father hadn't passed away unexpectedly, he wouldn't have thought he'd be so bored as to play some business game.

Now that the system is in place, the town feels even smaller.

The carriage traveled south and left the town.

After leaving the town, a group of people followed silently behind the carriage, all dressed in black, almost invisible in the night.

The carriage traveled all the way to the southernmost point of the island and stopped on the coast.

"They're here!"

Zango, who had been waiting there for a long time, hurriedly straightened his clothes and greeted him with a fawning smile, "Boss Damian! You've arrived?"

Damian got out of the car with Bartolomeo, his gaze sweeping past Zango and landing on the pile of packages on the beach behind him.

"Looks like things are going smoothly?"

"It's all thanks to you!"

Zango rubbed his hands together, grinning like a flower. "All the reserves of the two banks, as well as all the cash held by those families, are here."

"In addition, besides the unlucky guys we encountered at several mansions, the key members of those families have also been personally killed by Brother Johnny."

Damian glanced at Johnny, who was huddled to one side, his face still deathly pale, then patted Zango on the shoulder with satisfaction. "Good job."

"Not at all!"

Zan Gao puffed out his chest, speaking with righteous indignation, "What are you talking about, saying it's hard work for you? You should take all the money back with you!"

This man in front of me is even more terrifying than the captain!

"etc!"

But then, a dissenter emerged. The cat-men brothers stepped forward, and the skinny Sam, looking at Damian, gritted his teeth and said, "Boss Damian! Are you going to take all the money?"

"We can't have come all this way for nothing, can we?"

The chubby younger brother, Buzhi, followed closely in his older brother's footsteps.

"Sam! Bucky! You two idiots!"

Zango broke out in a cold sweat and turned around, yelling, "Apologize to Boss Damian right now!"

Sam was not convinced. He had never seen so much money before. Even the money Damian gave to the captain back then was not as good as the wealth in front of him.

Money has blinded him.

"Boss Damian, we just want our rightful pay!"

He gritted his teeth and said.

"Big brother?"

Barto, with his mohawk, smirked unhappily and stepped forward. As soon as his older brother gave the nod, he would immediately go and teach these two clueless idiots a lesson they would never forget.

Damian waved his hand and said gently, "The Moretti family motto is that whatever is used, there will be a reward. You have come from afar and have done your work, so of course you should be paid."

The two brothers' eyes lit up immediately.

Then Damian said, "But I don't like your attitude."

Before the words were even finished, the two brothers instantly became alert, like cats with their fur standing on end.

However, as Damian slightly raised his right hand, the two brothers' bodies suddenly trembled.

The two lunged at each other instantly, their sharp claws grabbing each other's necks without holding back. The claws pierced the skin, and blood immediately flowed from their necks.

"Boss Damian!!"

Zango's eyelids twitched, and he quickly bowed, begging for forgiveness, "Please forgive these two idiots! They've always been mentally unstable!"

"Big brother?"

Bartolomeo also looked surprised.

Is this a Devil Fruit ability? When did my brother become a Devil Fruit user?