How can I become the Pirate King if you don’t work hard?.

Chapter 240: The Runaway World

Chambord Islands.

It's late at night.

The tourists on the streets and the human traffickers looking for prey have all dispersed.

It was eerily quiet all around.

A chaotic sound of footsteps, accompanied by a silent sense of oppression, rushed towards the alley in the distance.

"Edwin went that way!"

"Damn it!"

"How many secrets of the CP organization did this guy leak?!"

The leading man was named Speed, dressed in pure white clothes and had a monkey mask on his face.

There was uncontrollable anger in Speed's voice, and many times anger is caused by fear.

That's right.

Speed ​​was terrified.

He was afraid that the World Government's purge of the CP organization, triggered by Rob Lucci's suspected defection, would eventually wash away his uniform as a high-ranking CP0 official.

His hands are not clean either.

In other words, who among those who can sit in this position can say that he is innocent?
If you want to find problems with a person, you can definitely find them.

He knew the methods of the World Government, or rather, the one who issued the order to purge the CP organization this time.

This is the only chance left for him.

It is to complete the task at hand and arrest the former CP9 Minister Edwin.

None of the CP agents said a word, but just followed Speed ​​silently, chasing after Edwin who was going away.

soon.

Edwin, who was running ahead, stopped.

He was surrounded.

All the routes available for movement, and even the rooftops, were filled with CP organization agents with cold faces.

"Edwin!"

"We are all colleagues, I don't want to make things look too bad."

Seeing this, Speed ​​breathed a sigh of relief.

The look he gave Edwin was filled with not only relief but also a hint of indescribable greed.

Crisis often follows. If he does a good job on this order, he may get promoted and make a fortune.

"You have nowhere to escape now, come back with me."

"Maybe you still have a chance."

"vitality?"

A sneer appeared on Edwin's lips.

Faced with the current situation, he knew that he had nowhere to escape.

But as a member of the CP organization, he knew better that if he really believed Speed's lies and went back with him, the only thing that would await him was a fate where he could neither live nor die.

"You may not be very capable, but you tell good jokes."

Speed's expression suddenly darkened, but he still patiently asked the question in his mind:

"I don't understand. With your qualifications, you only need to wait quietly for a few years and then you can retire with honor."

"Even if you are transferred out of the CP organization, you can still serve in the World Government."

"The future may not be bright, but there are basic guarantees."

"Why would you betray the World Government at this time? And secretly collude with the Four Emperors Big Mom? You're even so mad as to reveal the information about Pluto's design--!"

"So you are still too young."

A sneer appeared on Edwin's lips:
"Can people like us really retire after achieving success?"

"Stop being funny!"

"In the past few years, those who retired before me would encounter various accidents within a year, either dying or becoming paralyzed."

"But was it really an accident?"

Speed's breathing hitched.

He didn't know if it was an accident, but what he knew was that he had done countless similar things before.

But he knew better.

If I can't deal with Edwin today, death will be the only way out for me.

"There is no point in talking any more. Just follow me back."

"Can not go back."

Edwin shook his head, a sinister smile on his face:
"I can die, but I can't die in vain."

"It's a pity that I can't see with my own eyes the day when those bastards who think they are in control of everything collapse, go crazy, curse, and are extremely scared."

"What's the meaning?!"

Speed ​​was slightly stunned and felt a little uneasy for some reason.

Then he heard Edwin's devilish whisper:

"How many pirates do you think... apart from the Wan Guo, know about this? Among those kings who roam the sea, how many people would be interested in Pluto?!"

"Will this..."

"Will this be the biggest battle for supremacy since Roger opened the Age of Discovery 20 years ago?!"

As he spoke, Ed took out a test tube of purple rock from his pocket, shook it at Speed, and then crushed it...

boom!
"A gift for you!"

Speed's breathing stopped, and he recognized what it was:
"Oh no, it's the kinetic rock!"

"withdraw!"

The sound fell to the ground.

The agents no longer cared about anything else, and retreated violently, scattering like birds and beasts.

But their actions were ultimately a step too late.

The power rock that came into contact with the air caused a violent explosion, and the red light instantly engulfed the buildings within hundreds of meters nearby.

boom!
Amidst the shocking explosion, a mushroom cloud bloomed in the center of the Sabaody Archipelago.

The violent impact flattened everything within a kilometer radius and almost evaporated all CP organization agents.

A few minutes later.

Speed, whose body was charred black, pushed away the stone slab on his body and struggled to stand up.

He was in a very miserable state, but was much luckier than others and barely survived.

"madman!"

Looking at the lava flowing in the center of the explosion, Speed ​​didn't even care about his injuries. There was only unspeakable fear in his eyes.

"A complete lunatic!"

"How dare he make the news of the Seven Water City's existence in Hades' design public? The whole world will be in an uproar over this!"

"I……"

Halfway through.

Speed ​​opened his mouth but couldn't utter a word.

Only then did he come to his senses.

Countless CP elites died, and Edwin took the opportunity to spread the news of Pluto's design to the whole world...

This mission has completely failed, and there is not even a chance of recovery.

Is there any chance for me to survive if I return to the CP organization at this time? !

escape?
Where can you escape to?
Even someone like Edwin, who had planned for a long time and even prepared a way out for himself, could not escape the tracking of the CP organization, let alone himself.

Speed ​​stood there in a daze.

There were charred corpses in the distance and the faint wailing of civilians could be heard all around.

The air was extremely hot after the explosion, but it was difficult to dispel the chill on his body.

……

……

……

A few days later.

An underground piece of news spread from the Sabaody Archipelago and within just a few days it spread throughout Paradise, the New World and even the four seas.

Countless pirates, kingdoms, and the six emperors of the underworld were all shocked by the news.

now.

Chambord Islands.

In the rip-off bar,
An old man with white hair and glasses was leaning in the corner, drinking pungent liquor from the jug.

The old man's attention was attracted by what the people at the next table were talking about.

"Did you hear that?"

"Behind the explosion a few days ago was a purge operation launched by the World Government to obliterate the news of Pluto's design."

“I didn’t expect that ancient weapons actually existed.”

A drinker couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. The fat man next to him, however, looked terrified:

"I thought it was just a legend, but it turned out to be true..."

"Does Pluto have the power to destroy a country with just one shot, just like the legend says?!"

"How can it be?!"

A man wearing glasses and dressed as a scholar retorted:

"The weapons of our time cannot even reach that level, let alone the ancient times whose technology is far behind the modern times."

"That may not be the case. I have heard that a few hundred years ago, there was an ancient kingdom with extremely advanced technology, which was far ahead of its time."

"Perhaps Pluto is a product of that era."

"If I can get that thing, I can easily get the whole world!"

……

The white-haired old man heard every word of the conversation between the few people.

The more you listen.

The old man's brows furrowed more and more tightly.

"Did the thing in Tom's hand finally get out?!"

"The disturbance caused this time will probably be no smaller than when that guy turned himself in."

"Whitebeard probably won't be interested in this kind of thing, but Linlin, Kaido, and even Shiki, who has been hiding, may not be able to sit still."

The old man's mouth gradually curled up into a smile:
"interesting."

"Is the era created by Roger about to reach its first climax?!"

“It really makes the blood boil.”

"However, I, an old man, cannot steal the limelight from the young people anymore."

Say it.

The old man drank the liquor in the jug in one gulp, stood up and walked quickly to the bar. He waved to the tall and mature woman leaning against the bar and said righteously:

"Xia Qi, keep the accounts!"

"Rayleigh~"

Xia Qi's tone was a little helpless, but as an old friend for many years, she had a warm smile on her face:
"All the bad debts you've owed over the years are enough to buy this bar."

"Then I buy it?!"

"roll!"

Xia Qi glanced at Rayleigh unhappily, then took out a bounty warrant from under the bar, handed it to Rayleigh, and said:

"There will be a lot of new people coming here recently, a mixed bag, but this guy is probably the biggest one among them."

"Knight Gawain, born in the East Sea, is known as the most righteous man in the East Sea."

"The original bounty was 248 million berries. He defeated the former Shichibukai Hanafza and the former admiral Zephyr one after another. His momentum is even stronger than that of the Fire Fist Ace who entered the New World some time ago."

"Some people even think that he is the pirate who is most likely to shake the status of the Four Emperors in recent years."

"Even Zephyr was defeated?"

Reilly was stunned.

He was very familiar with Zefa's ultimate armed color domineering. He had fought with him many times in the past, and they had won and lost against each other.

But now such a man fell into the hands of a new pirate.

While Rayleigh was shocked, there was also an indescribable excitement in his eyes:
“No one will always be strong, but there will always be someone who is strong!”

"really."

"This era created by Roger will never be boring."

Xia Qi said calmly:
"Don't you want to meet him?!"

"Maybe he is the one you have been waiting for."

Rayleigh shook his head:
"If he is the person I am waiting for, then he will definitely come here as we saw at the beginning, and even go to Elbaf later to meet Jabba."

Xia Qi raised his hand and took a puff of a lady's cigarette. As the gray smoke came out, his eyes fell on Rayleigh. For a moment, he couldn't help but feel curious:
"What did you see in Raftel?!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

The only answer to Xia Qi's question was Rayleigh's laughter as he walked away.

It took Xia Qi a long while to come back to her senses. The cigarette burned between her fingers, and the smile on her face became more and more obvious:
"Really..."

"I've been fooled by this guy again."

……

……

……

North Sea.

Several islands were floating quietly in the sky, and after a few breaths, they gradually disappeared into the clouds.

The golden lion stood in his own palace, holding Bepo's neck with one hand, and no matter how hard the latter struggled, he could not move at all.

The Golden Lion turned around and looked excitedly at the young man in front of him, who was wearing a white hat and had a slightly gloomy face:

"You are Trafalgar Law, and you are also the user of the Ope-no-fruit?"

"I am."

Luo's face was solemn, with cold sweat on his forehead.

The anger that welled up in his heart because of Bepo's capture completely dissipated the moment he realized the identity of the person in front of him.

There was only a chill rising from the soles of my feet up to the top of my head.

The old man in front of him had a slightly different look compared to the one on the wanted poster.

But the iconic blonde hair and the domineering aura that could shake the world still allowed Luo to recognize the identity of the person in front of him in an instant.

Golden Lion-Shiki!

A legend that is powerful enough to challenge the Pirate King Roger and the world's strongest man Whitebeard!
This is not an opponent I can handle.

"What are your conditions?!"

The Golden Lion raised his hand and pointed at the rudder above his head, the excitement in his eyes completely uncontrollable:

"Make a deal."

"Help me take this thing off, and I can agree to one of your conditions and return your companion to you."

Luo looked at the rudder on the golden lion's head and immediately saw the key to the problem:
"This rudder has grown together with your brain tissue, and the connection between them will become deeper and deeper over time."

“It may even be affected by emotions and speed up the process.”

The golden lion's eyes lit up:
"Exactly right!"

"Even without the Surgery Fruit, just based on your insight and medical knowledge, you are one of the best ship doctors of this era!"

"I've changed my mind now."

"The position of ship's doctor on this ship is still vacant."

"It's you!"

Luo gradually calmed down.

At least from the current situation, Golden Lion's goal is not to take his life, so there is still room for this matter to turn around.

Looking at the golden lion in front of him, what Law thought of was Corazon who was killed by Doflamingo more than ten years ago.

With my strength, I am still unable to avenge Corazon, but what about the Golden Lion?
What about the Golden Lion who can rival Roger and Whitebeard? !

should……

No.

Surely it can be done?!
Thinking back to that nightmare-like man, Luo's eyes showed a hint of ferocity:
"I have a condition."

The Golden Lion slowly put down Bebo in his hand and said calmly:

"explain."

"Help me kill someone."

"it is good!"

Luo was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked back:

"You don't ask who you're going to kill?!"

"To me, it makes no difference who it is!"

"Just as expected... Arrogant!"

Luo subconsciously exclaimed in admiration, but the more the Golden Lion did so, the stronger his confidence in the Golden Lion's power became.

After all, he is a legend capable of competing with Roger, so he should have such a domineering will that no one else can do it but him.

"make a deal!"

The sound fell to the ground.

A fierce and domineering aura spread out in all directions, with the golden lion as the center.

The problem that had troubled him for more than ten years was finally solved at this moment. The excitement in his heart was difficult to describe in words.

This is especially true when recalling the scene at Rapeseed Harbor and the battle with Gawain.

"Knight Gawain... Next time, next time you will never be able to escape!"

"Even the rising stars of this era are destined to fall before me!"

(End of this chapter)