On the streets of Konoha, Garp was walking on the streets with his two disciples, Kebi and Belumeb.
In front of the three of them was a young female ninja named Feng Chime as a receptionist.
In Karp's hand, he held a brown paper food box, which contained some pastries they had just bought at the pastry shop.
While eating, Garp paid attention to the flow of people passing by on the street.
As a veteran navy, Garp has been to many countries affiliated with the World Government and has sufficient experience in how to judge whether a country's citizens are living a happy life.
There is no need to observe whether the country's buildings are gorgeous or whether the country's streets are clean. You only need to look at one thing, that is, the clothes and complexion of ordinary people.
Those who live a happy life can be seen at a glance.
On the streets of Konoha, some of the people walking through the streets were dressed exquisitely, some were wearing old clothes, but most of them were tidy and clean.
Regardless of whether they are well-dressed or not, most of these civilians living in Konoha are full of spirit and can see hope for life in their eyes.
From this alone, Garp could tell that at least the civilians of the Kingdom of Light living in the capital, Konoha, had a good standard of living.
"Wind Chime, can you tell me, where did all the nobles go before the Kingdom of Light was established?" Garp asked curiously.
Wind Chime stopped and looked at Garp to the side. She had a mushroom head and some baby fat cheeks. When she smiled, she revealed two cute dimples.
"Senior Garp, let me take you to a place!" Feng Chime said with a smile.
After saying that, the wind chime led Garp out of Konoha town and to the edge of a large farmland in the suburbs.
At this time, it was morning, and there were still people farming in the farmland.
Wind Chime raised his hand and pointed to the front on his right, about three o'clock, where there was a middle-aged man wearing a bamboo hat and straw sandals, bending down to clean the weeds in the field.
"His name is Masao Minamoto Takeo. He was a noble of the Fire Country and a city lord. After Kizaru-sama led us to liberate the Fire Country, he led his family and guards to escape to the Earth Country, where he formed an alliance with other nobles.
The coalition forces were defeated by us."
"After we liberate the entire continent, they will all be arrested. After interrogation, the nobles who have not committed any serious crimes will be assigned some fields and let them undergo labor reform."
"For some nobles who take the initiative to join us, we will retain their family properties, but cancel their titles and privileges."
"As for those nobles who have done too much evil and have unpardonable crimes, after review, the most serious ones will be exterminated."
Hearing the words "reform through labor", a smile appeared on Garp's bearded old face.
When he heard about the final genocide, Garp even laughed heartily.
Garp suddenly started to look forward to it. If Kizaru really leads the Kingdom of Light to unify the entire sea, then the Celestial Dragons behind the World Government, with all the crimes they have committed, will only confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans.
Thinking of this, Garp even burst into tears from laughter.
The somewhat exaggerated laughter attracted the attention of other people around. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the laughing Garp.
"Lieutenant General Garp." Kirby reminded in a low voice.
Only then did Garp stop laughing. After rubbing the corners of his eyes, he looked at the wind chime and said, "I thought of something happy."
"Senior Garp, do you want to see other nobles? Not far from here, there is a mining area. Many of the nobles who did evil things were thrown into the mining area and became laborers." Wind Chime
Said with a smile.
"Hahaha, let's go and see it together." Garp said happily. Of course he couldn't miss such an interesting thing.
While Garp was admiring the labor transformation of those former nobles, Shanks and his party walked into a tavern under the leadership of the ninja in charge of the reception in the bustling streets of Konoha.
The street where this tavern is located is the custom street that Kizaru had previously renovated.
Nowadays, the restaurant buildings on this street still retain their original style, but the business content inside has changed into various art performances.
The tavern that Shanks and others walked into was at the front of the street. The space inside was not too big, about 70 to 80 square meters.
It was still morning, the tavern had just opened, there was not a single customer inside, and even the chairs hadn't been set up yet.
Behind the bar, stood a middle-aged woman wearing traditional clothes. The woman had a good temperament and only wore light makeup. The wrinkles at the corners of her eyes did not damage her beauty, but added a bit of charm accumulated over time.
"Sorry, guest! We have just opened the door, and there are still many things we have not prepared." The middle-aged woman said softly.
"It doesn't matter, just bring me some drinks." Shanks said with a smile without any airs, walked to the seat in front of the woman and sat down. He put one hand on the bar.
Hearing this, the woman turned around, took down two bottles of sake from the shelf behind her, placed them in front of Shanks, and then took out the wine glasses from under the cabinet at the bar.
"Guest, this must be your first time coming to Konoha." The woman asked while arranging the wine glasses in order.
"Yes, so if you have any special drinks, please bring them out! Beautiful boss lady." Shanks said boldly and uninhibitedly.
Shanks' crew members also found their seats and sat down. The young ninja who was responsible for receiving Shanks sat directly next to Shanks.
Soon, the landlady served everyone drinks and side dishes, returned behind the bar, took out a box of women's cigarettes, took one out and put it in his mouth, lit it, and took a deep breath.
The smoke was slowly exhaled from the mouth of the landlady. She looked at Shanks who had already drank two drinks in a row. She leaned forward, pressed her arm on the table, held the cigarette in her right hand and supported her chin, and asked with a smile: "
Guest, do you need me to accompany you?"
After Shanks filled himself up again, he looked at the landlady and said with a smile: "Of course that would be better."
The landlady directly reached out and picked up the wine glass that Shanks had just filled, drank it all in one gulp, and then returned to Shanks, "This bottle of wine is my treat for you."
As soon as these words came out, the other crew members made cheers and looked at Shanks as if they were watching the fun.
"Thank you, boss lady." Shanks poured himself another glass, then picked up the glass and drank it all in one gulp.
After finishing the drink, Shanks put down his glass, looked at the landlady, and asked: "Woman landlady, have you always lived here?"
The proprietress took another puff of cigarette, slowly exhaled the smoke, and said with memories in her eyes: "Me! I was sold here when I was very young. This street used to be a famous custom street in Konoha. I
I have lived here since I was a child, and when I grew up, I became the most famous courtesan in the entire street."
"At that time, those wealthy merchants, nobles, and ninja masters spent thousands of dollars to see me."
After saying that, the landlady put out the cigarette in her hand, then smiled lightly and said somewhat free and easy: "Later, Kizaru-sama established the Kingdom of Light and outlawed the customs industry, so I, the oiran, lost my job.
The smile on Shanks' face subsided slightly and he looked at the landlady thoughtfully. He also had a lot of life experience. When he walked to the intersection of this street, he could tell that this was a custom street.
He came in to hang out in the name of drinking, not for beauty, but to see if Kizaru fulfilled the ideals he preached at the Navy Headquarters in the Kingdom of Light.
Now it seems that Kizaru has indeed done it. The Kingdom of Light is the only country that Shanks has ever encountered that has outlawed customs.