PIRATES: I WORK IN NAVY FROM NINE TO FIVE

Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have achieved a milestone of ten million performance points. You now qualify for treasure chest advancement.

Host may use twenty million performance points to upgrade the treasure chest from Silver to Gold tier. Please note: Once upgraded, Silver chests will no longer be available for exchange. Proceed with caution.

Upon successful upgrade, Host will receive a guaranteed top-tier reward.

Ding! You have 24 hours to decide. If no action is taken within this window, the upgrade opportunity will be forfeited.

A series of ethereal prompts echoed through Luo Yu's mind.

He raised an eyebrow in mild surprise.

Just earlier, he had been racking his brain on how to upgrade the silver treasure chest tier.He hadn't expected the system to throw him an upgrade opportunity so quickly.

But upon thinking over the system's repeated phrasing—

Sure enough, this exploitative system never missed a chance.

The moment he managed to stash away a bit of surplus earnings, the system was right there, eyeing his wallet.

Originally, Luo Yu had been planning to use those points for a full-blown draw—maybe even show off with a flashy twenty-pull session.

Now that dream was dead.

His last ten-pull had nearly broken his spirit—pulling the same stat boost over and over again.If not for landing two jackpot rewards at the end, he might have rage-quit then and there.

He was planning another twenty-draw spree this time, but—

According to the system, if he missed this window, future treasure upgrades might not be available again for who knows how long.

And most critically, the silver chest's max reward potential capped out at gold-tier rewards.If he wanted to break past his current ceiling, this was the only way.

As always, the system had him right where it wanted.

Fine. No flashy pulls this time—But a guaranteed top-tier reward?

That was worth the investment.

"System, upgrade the treasure chest now," Luo Yu ordered decisively.

Ding! Host, please wait...

Ding! Treasure chest successfully upgraded. Upgrade will require two working days. Upon completion, Host will receive guaranteed upgrade reward.

The system's voice echoed again.

In his mindspace, Luo Yu watched as a countdown timer appeared, slowly ticking down.

He rubbed the bridge of his nose in resignation.

Was this... karma for clocking in and out like a corporate drone?

Why else would even the treasure chest need two working days to process?

If memory served, today was Thursday.Which meant, accounting for weekends, the upgrade wouldn't finish until Monday.

No point dwelling on it now.All he could hope for was that the reward would deliver a worthy surprise.

From silver to gold, the cost per treasure chest had jumped from one million to ten million Beli.

If he wanted to splurge on a ten-pull in the future, he'd definitely need to rake in some serious bonuses.

"Luo Yu, I failed to catch the Straw Hat Pirates," Garp's booming laughter suddenly echoed.

"But that last move of yours—hahaha—really reminded me of my own prime!"

Luo Yu exited the system's interface and activated Observation Haki.

As he had suspected, Garp's so-called "pursuit" had only taken him about a kilometer away,where he picked his nose and turned back.

He was clearly holding back for the sake of his beloved grandson.

Luo Yu didn't mind.

The Straw Hats had already been milked for one round of performance bonuses.

He was happy to let them roam free for now—

He could squeeze them for round two and three later.

They were still too green to even qualify for a full gold chest.

For now, it was better to look elsewhere for lucrative bounties.

"Oh, right—Helmeppo found several pirates who'd been blown clear by the blast," Garp added casually."One of them's that Flying Six guy. He's in bad shape—lost an arm and a leg, whole body charred. Still unconscious."

"You mind if I take him back to HQ as a token offering?"He clapped Luo Yu on the shoulder.

"You heard what Sengoku said. If we show up empty-handed, they might not even let us through the Gates of Justice."

As a grandmaster of slacking off, Garp had long grown used to Sengoku's threats.

Bringing back the wounded Flying Six was at least a face-saving gesture for the brass.

"He's still alive?" Luo Yu raised an eyebrow—but wasn't surprised.

He was a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user, and not just any Zoan—an Ancient Zoan.Their vitality was absurdly tenacious, almost cockroach-level.

And with everyone in the New World wielding Armament and Observation Haki,it wasn't realistic to expect a single Hundred-Hand Guanyin attack to vaporize one outright.

Looking at the charred and broken body being carried over, Luo Yu's eyes flashed with inspiration.

He had a very bold idea.

"Vice Admiral Garp, I'm afraid I can't lend you this Flying Six as a scapegoat."

"I'll be handling the escort personally."

"You'll handle it?" Garp blinked."Since when are you so diligent, brat?"

"But if you're willing to take the hassle, I won't stop you.Worst case, I'll just deal with a few days of Sengoku's nagging."

"Oh, and by the way—Sengoku wanted me to pass along a message:You're to assist the World Government in hunting down CP9."

"If you're okay with it, you can leave tomorrow morning."

By now, Garp was used to Luo Yu's unorthodox work ethic.

If he forced Luo Yu to go immediately after clocking out,he'd probably get slapped with an overtime invoice.

"No need to wait till morning," Luo Yu smiled, adjusting his golden-rimmed glasses and taking a swig.

"I'm not busy. It's not really overtime. A night sail with sea breeze sounds nice."

"Helmeppo! Has Coby returned yet? Tell him to haul his ass back here."

"Make sure he saves the Flying Six—We're Marines. Our duty is to save lives."

"Save lives?" Helmeppo froze.

He glanced back at the heap of mangled corpses behind them—The aftermath of a single blow that turned hundreds of pirates into charcoal.

Save lives?

Really?

Watching Luo Yu walk away briskly, the others felt their hearts lurch.

Then, Bogard spoke the unspeakable:

"Vice Admiral Garp, is it just me—or is Admiral Luo Yu suddenly acting suspiciously… motivated?"

"He insists on healing the Flying Six himself—Could he be planning to use the guy as bait,to lure out Jack the Drought for the bonus?"

Everyone froze.

It made perfect, terrifying sense.

Even Garp didn't deny it.

Especially after watching the Flying Six member, who should have been unconscious on the stretcher,suddenly twitch at those words.

Yeah.

That theory was probably spot-on.

This Admiral Luo Yu might really be the kind of man who'd hunt disabled pirates for bonuses.