Chapter 248: 500 Billion, Deal!

Chapter 248: Chapter 248: 500 Billion, Deal!

With that, Nami directly held up five fingers.

"How about 500 billion?"

Hearing this, the bank president sucked in a cold breath.

Their bank was indeed one of the top banks in Water 7.

But when it came to 500 billion, they really couldn’t pull that together on the spot.

Still, he was also an expert when it came to gold.

With this much gold, and of such fine quality, if they pushed the sales hard and took their time devaluing it,

they could probably cash out for more than double.

Without a doubt, the temptation was huge, and judging by the look on the other party’s face, this was already the lowest price they were willing to offer.

If he tried to bargain any further, and they turned around and walked away, he’d be the one losing big.

With that in mind, the bank president clenched his fist, then slammed the table.

He called the bank manager back in.

The manager walked in, looked at the gold that was now twice as much as before,

and couldn’t help showing a look of shock on his face, then he turned to the president with the utmost respect.

"Sir, what do you need?"

Hearing this, the bank president spoke directly:

"Hurry and get loans from the other banks. I need to see 500 billion, right now."

Hearing the number 500 billion, the bank manager’s face showed pure shock.

Their bank, even counting all the depositors’ funds, only had 300 billion.

That missing 200 billion in loans wasn’t going to be easy to secure.

Thinking about this, the bank manager’s eyes rolled around, and then he turned back to Raynor and Nami.

Nami knew right away what kind of trick he was trying to pull.

Before the manager could speak, Nami showed a cold expression and said:

"We’re leaving here soon. If there’s no cash on hand, then our deal is off."

Hearing this, both the manager and the president were visibly panicked.

The president reacted quickly and kicked the manager, saying:

"What nonsense are you talking?! Hurry up and get those loans! Even if you have to borrow from loan sharks, scrape together that 500 billion!"

Hearing this, the manager didn’t dare waste a second and dashed out of the room.

About half an hour later, the manager came back with 500 black briefcases.

Nami walked out to take a look.

A flash of shock appeared in her eyes.

The stack of briefcases, piled taller than a person, stood right in front of her, and Nami threw herself onto them.

Seeing this, Raynor frowned. This didn’t look like some rich lady—she was nothing but a sneaky little cat burglar.

But the money was already in hand, and if her cover was blown, it didn’t matter to him in the slightest.

With that thought, Raynor stuffed all the money into his fourth-dimensional pocket.

Seeing this, Nami grabbed Raynor by the ear and warned:

"Hey, Raynor, this is my money! If you dare touch even a bit of it, I’ll kill you!"

Hearing this, Raynor frowned. This woman was getting more and more out of line.

Behind them, the president and the manager watched this scene, exchanging confused looks.

The president’s eyes were blank.

Wasn’t this the complete opposite of what was happening indoors earlier?

Nami walked over to the sea motorcycle and was about to sit on it when Raynor directly blocked her.

His eyes held a cold glint as he said:

"I never said I was giving you the sea motorcycle. I’ll let the Weatheria stick go for free, but this sea motorcycle? I’ll sell it to you for 5 billion!"

Hearing this, Nami almost blew a fuse and fired back angrily:

"Are you kidding me?! Even if you’re selling it, the most I’d pay is 5 million. Not a penny more."

Hearing that, Raynor frowned. Just how stingy could this Nami person get?

She had 500 billion, enough to cover ten lifetimes of spending, and she only offered 5 million Belly?

"No deal. 4 billion."

"Hey, you’re such a ripoff! Fine, tops 50 million!"

In the end, after Raynor argued back and forth, Nami finally agreed to buy the sea motorcycle for 1 billion.

Of course, the two of them were just being petty with each other.

Once the money was in Raynor’s pocket, it wasn’t like he couldn’t spend it as he pleased.

The system shop and the lottery wheel—those all cost money.

If he quietly spent a bit more, Nami wouldn’t even know.

And he doubted Nami would ever need anything that cost 500 billion.

With that in mind, Raynor sat down right on the back seat of the sea motorcycle.

Nami twisted the throttle and pressed the boost button.

The sea motorcycle took off immediately. Their next stop was the shipyard.

Knowing Nami, she would definitely find the shipyard and try to get the Merry Go repaired.

But the Merry had taken so much damage over time, it probably couldn’t be fixed anymore.

So Raynor had to use his own method to fix the Merry.

That was by providing the shipyard with Treasure Tree Adam, having them build the Thousand Sunny with it,

and then fusing the Thousand Sunny with the Merry—that way, repairing the Merry in a roundabout way.

That was the real reason he had asked Grandma Crocus for Iceburg’s introduction letter earlier.

With a material as top-tier as the Treasure Tree Adam, he could only trust a master shipwright like Iceburg to work on it.

After all, there was only one piece of Treasure Tree Adam. If it got wasted, even spending every last Belly he had wouldn’t be enough to buy a second one.

Nami drove the sea motorcycle all over Water 7, wandering around.

The shipyard was a well-known place in Water 7, so after just asking around, they found where it was.

When they reached the entrance of the shipyard, a man with a long nose came straight up to stop them.

"Not a bad little ship you’ve got there. Interesting design concept. You looking to work with us?"

Hearing this, Nami stepped off the sea motorcycle and said to him:

"Are you a shipwright here? We want to get our ship repaired..."

Before Nami could finish, Raynor put a hand on her shoulder and gently pulled her behind him, then spoke:

"We have something important to discuss with your boss, Iceburg. If you want to call it a deal, that works too."

Even though Kalifa here didn’t seem hostile toward them and was just doing his job as a shipyard worker,

at the end of the day, the guy was a member of CP9. Raynor couldn’t afford to be careless.

Hearing Raynor’s words, Kalifa straightened his hat.

"You’re a picky customer, huh. But judging by the design of this water submarine of yours, you’ve earned the right."

"But our boss Iceburg is out right now. No telling when he’ll be back. If you two don’t mind, you can wait inside."

Just as Kalifa finished speaking, a tall, thin middle-aged man came walking over,

with a woman in a sexy business outfit following right behind him.

"Hey, Kalifa, what’s going on here?"

Hearing this, Kalifa turned around and gave a warm smile.

"Ah, Mr. Iceburg. This gentleman and this lady are here to talk business with you."

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