Soon, Comil turned around, placed the Den Den Mushi in front of Makoto, and pressed the speaker button.
The Den Den Mushi, which had been resting with its eyes closed, suddenly opened its eyes wide and transformed into the outline of an old man with strong features.
"Wow! What an amazing snail!" Kokoro and the others immediately became interested.
Even Nayuta jumped out of Makoto's lap and poked the Den Den Mushi.
"U-Um, little girl, please don't do that..." Comil tried to dissuade her.
Shakky and the others were speechless.
''Little girl'... you do know she could pop the top of your skull with one hand, right?'
The Den Den Mushi spoke human words: "I heard you want to trade the Roger Pirates with us? You've really captured Roger?" The current Marine Admiral, Kong, on the other end of the line, said incredulously.
Although he had confirmation from his subordinate, he still found it hard to believe.
If it was Rocks who had caught them, that would be one thing, but a bunch of nobodies taking down the Roger Pirates... were they messing with him?
Makoto flicked his finger.
Yu immediately understood his meaning. He turned one finger into a gun barrel and aimed it at Roger.
Bang!
"Urgh!" Roger couldn't help but grunt in pain.
The Den Den Mushi's expression changed slightly.
Makoto said coolly: "You shouldn't mistake Roger's voice, right? Otherwise, call Garp. Aren't they buddies?"
"Wh-Who's buddies with him?" Roger cursed, digging out the bullet.
Kong on the other end fell into brief silence, then asked: "What kind of deal do you want? Are you not satisfied with the bounty amount?"
If it were an ordinary bounty hunter, they would just hand the Roger Pirates over to the local Marine branch for the reward.
But since Makoto was demanding to speak with Marine's high command, Kong assumed he was dissatisfied with the bounty amount.
"I've never touched money. I have no interest in money." Makoto said. "Top-tier Devil Fruits. One for each Roger Pirates' member."
"Otherwise, I'll just let them go, and they'll return to the sea to wreak havoc… you wouldn't want that to happen, would you?"
Kong on the other end of the Den Den Mushi darkened his face, cursing inwardly: 'Madman.'
As for the Roger Pirates, and even Gloriosa and Shakky, their hearts leaped with joy.
'Would he really do that?'
After a brief stalemate, Kong replied: "Logia-type, Magma-Magma Fruit. I want to trade for Roger."
Makoto's eyes lit up.
'Oh!'
'It's Akainu's Devil Fruit.'
'So it had already appeared?'
Makoto felt it wasn't too bad, but well, it's also not surprising.
After all, shortly after becoming Zephyr's student, Akainu was called a monster by his contemporaries at the first Marine Academy. It wasn't strange that he received the Magma-Magma Fruit as a reward for his excellent performance.
Even Kizaru and Aokiji's fruit abilities probably came that way.
Actually, Kizaru might have already been an ability user before enrolling.
Otherwise, Zephyr wouldn't have kept complaining about him relying too much on his Devil Fruit ability.
"Just one?" Makoto asked.
"I'll use it to trade for Roger first. You can hand over the others to me. I will immediately send men to find other high-level Devil Fruits. As soon as they're found, I'll hand them over to you immediately," Kong replied.
"Hahaha, are you joking?" Makoto laughed heartily. "Once you have the people in your hands, you'll still give me the fruits?"
"I am a Marine Admiral. I have that much integrity," Kong said sternly.
But Makoto wouldn't believe a single word from those Celestial Dragon's lackeys.
After thinking for a moment, Makoto said: "The training manual for the Rokushiki of the Marines, plus the Magma-Magma Fruit. I'll give you Gaban and Rayleigh."
Makoto felt that just having the Magma-Magma Fruit would only benefit one of his women. But the Rokushiki could benefit everyone.
Although no one used them in the later stages of the power scaling, they were still good for building a foundation.
Hearing that Makoto was giving away Rayleigh, Shakky, who had barely managed to stay calm, began to stir.
"I said I want Roger!" Kong said, displeased.
"You are not in a position to bargain with me." Makoto said flatly. "Trading just a mere Logia for Roger is far too easy. Unless you can get something on the level of Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit or the Dark-Dark Fruit, then maybe."
Makoto continued: "If you disagree, I can find someone else. After all, the Roger Pirates have many enemies on the sea. There are plenty of people who would want to trade with me."
Kong gritted his teeth. He could tell Makoto wasn't bluffing… If he missed this opportunity, catching Roger again wouldn't be so easy.
Suddenly, Kong remembered there was one of the 21 Great Grade Blades, Konpira, in the Marines' inventory. He said: "Add one Great Grade Blade, and give me Roger and Rayleigh."
Hearing the words [Great Grade Blade], Makoto raised an eyebrow. He noticed Saeko standing beside Kotonoha. He replied: "Add the Shodai Kitetsu, and Roger and Rayleigh are yours."
"Impossible!" Kong shouted.
They did have the Shodai Kitetsu, but not in the Marines' hands. It was in the World Government's hands, specifically the sword of one of the Five Elders. How could he possibly give it to him?
"Then there's nothing to talk about." With that, Makoto prepared to hang up.
He silently counted down: 3, 2, 1.
When Makoto reached one, sure enough, Kong shouted: "Wait! Let me consult with my superiors. I'll get back to you."
Makoto smiled with satisfaction.
In his previous life, he had bought groceries. He knew the art of haggling too well.
Although he couldn't match some old ladies, it was more than enough to deal with the fools in the One Piece World.
"Same time tomorrow. I want the answer."
With that, Makoto officially ended the call.
He stood up, stretched, and looked around: "There's no need to stay on this island any longer."
"Alright!" Nayuta jumped up excitedly.
She had long since grown tired of it.
Makoto looked around, his gaze settling on the Oro Jackson, still docked at the port: "We'll take that ship."
Just then, Shakky suddenly said: "U-Um, Nishikawa-san, it seems no one on your ship knows navigation. Why don't we, the Kuja, come with you?"
"You're just trying to take the opportunity to save people, aren't you, big boobs?" Reze teased.
Hearing the words 'big boobs', Eriri and Yukino instinctively looked down, then their gazes swept over every member of the Kuja Pirates one by one.
'Damn!'
'Why did it feel like every woman in this world was so huge?'
It was no exaggeration to say that someone like Haruno would be considered flat-chested here.
Shakky's face paled slightly.
Makoto said nonchalantly: "It's fine. Save them if you want."
Under the astonished gazes of the Kuja women, Makoto chuckled and said: "But it's best if my people don't find out. Otherwise, I can't guarantee what might happen."