One Piece: Groudon the Beasts

Chapter 100 Planting Flags Across the World

Beehive Island, port.

Groudon raises its sails.

On the shore below, the team leaders wiped away their tears, waving goodbye with sobs.

"Good brothers, you must come and drink with us again!"

"Hahaha, yes, I will!"

Goode waved goodbye with amusement.

They were both team leaders, yet they still cried like children because of parting.

Okay, he likes it very much!

"Sail!"

"Oh oh oh!"

Soon, Beehive Island disappeared from sight.

"Ugh... I'm going to vomit..."

Goode lay on the ship's side, exhaling rainbows towards the sea.

He had long forgotten that he was seasick.

"Who's at the helm? Can't things be a little more stable?!"

Goode gave the sea the middle finger, grumbling as he returned to his cabin, wondering if he should change the ship's name to the Georka, which might alleviate his seasickness.

No!

How could I accept the protection of a fathead fish!

"Ku-chan!"

Inside the cabin, Runti and her brother were both present.

The two men questioned him with serious expressions: "We've left Beehive Island. Now can you tell us why we cooperated with Whitebeard?"

The two remained completely bewildered by Goode's actions, unable to explain themselves even when reporting to Ghost Island.

I don’t understand it at all!
Although they knew that Goode had a great fondness for buying land and building houses, and had been doing so since Wano Country, they had to find out more about his collaboration with Whitebeard in the name of the Beasts.

Otherwise, how can we explain this to Kaido?

Goode sat down and placed his hands on the back of the sofa.

"Want to know?"

"I want to!"

The two nodded vigorously.

They felt like fools.

Good smiled, knowing he really needed to explain things properly, otherwise even his own family would be confused, and they wouldn't have the motivation to do real estate with him.

"The answer is actually quite simple. Just like your previous expeditions to seize territory, I am conducting an expedition in a different form!"

"Um???"

The siblings tilted their heads at the same time.

Can you explain this more clearly? How does this resemble an expedition?

Goode's expression also became much more serious.

"I ask you, with the strength of our Beasts Pirates, what is the maximum territory we can occupy in the New World?"

"A quarter?"

Runti wasn't quite sure.

"Not that many."

Good shook his head.

The new world's structure has been fixed. In addition to the Four Emperors, the Underground Emperors have also taken a share, such as the entertainment district they are now heading to.

Underground emperors are basically focused on a specific field to grow their power and influence. Due to the high level of specialization, the Four Emperors cannot interfere and can only share the spoils.

And there is a world government!

There are many islands in the New World that belong to the World Government, and these are all resource-rich islands that even the Four Emperors find difficult to contend for.

Then remove some member states.

The Beasts occupy a vast area of ​​the sea, but they don't own that many islands. They'd be lucky to have one-tenth of them, and those are mostly poor places that can't join the World Government.

Good asked in a different way: "Let me test you again. If we beasts took over the entire new world, could we defend it?"

"We can't hold it."

This time it was Page Van's turn to answer.

Compared to his sister, he wasn't as naive.

Putting aside the endless stream of new recruits, even considering only the pirates within the New World, it's impossible for them to sit idly by and let the beasts dominate the world.

Even the World Government couldn't do something like this, let alone the beasts!

“Runti, Xiaopei.”

Goode spread the sea chart on the table and pointed to the edge of the Beasts' territory: "Currently, we Beasts have expanded to our limit. If we want to expand our territory further, we will have to pay a huge price."

"Yeah." The two nodded.

They participated in the expedition and were well aware that if the Beasts wanted to expand further, they would have to compete for territory with the other four royal families.

The risks and rewards are not proportional!
"Then let me ask you."

Good smiled knowingly.

"Does the construction site on Beehive Island belong to us beasts?"

"belong!"

The siblings' eyes lit up.

Oh right, thinking about it that way, they took a bite out of Whitebeard's territory, and the fattest piece at that.

Goode took out a small flag and planted it on each of the islands in the New World, quickly filling the entire New World with flags.

"If we build a community of beasts on every island in the New World, do you know what that means?"

"Gulu!"

The siblings swallowed hard; even with their remarkable intelligence, they now realized the feasibility of Goode's plan.

The banners of the beasts will be planted throughout the new world!
Runti clenched her little fists and stomped her feet excitedly.

Wow! Kou-chan is amazing!
Page frowned.

"Will the local pirates ignore this?"

"Of course they'll be envious, that's why we need to give them a cut. Otherwise, why would I share 30% of the profits with the Whitebeard Pirates?"

Good shook his head and smiled.

A strong dragon will not overwhelm a local snake.

If you want to grow bigger and stronger, you can't do it without giving up some profits. If you give up some profits appropriately, local bullies will become your protectors in order to protect their own interests.

Just like the pirates on Beehive Island, even though they weren't Whitebeard's subordinates, they would spontaneously protect Beehive Island when the Navy invaded.

This is related to their vital interests.

Page still didn't quite understand.

Once the local forces are dealt with, what about the foreign pirates? Many pirates are transient and don't stay in one place for long.

There are also newcomers who are ignorant of their own limitations.

"Brother-in-law, what about the other pirates?"

“Xiao Pei, if we occupy a large number of islands, we will inevitably be attacked by all of them, but we only occupy a very small piece of land, not even the size of a village.”

Goode's eyes were sharp.

"If you were to plunder an island, given a multitude of other targets, would you risk your life specifically to steal from one of the Four Emperors?"

"will not!"

Peggy suddenly realized.

Yes, they've only fenced off a small piece of land.

"not only that."

Goode picked up the four flags again and placed them in the four seas, a forbidden area that the four emperors could not set foot in.

It's fine for the Four Emperors to wander around; the Navy will turn a blind eye. But if the Four Emperors want to occupy the islands of the four seas, the Navy will definitely mobilize a large force.

The four seas are the foundation of world government.

The New World is where the Four Emperors reside.

Goode's eyes turned slightly cold: "When the time is right, our Beast Community can even take root all over the world!"

"impossible!"

Page Vane blurted it out.

"The Navy will not stand idly by!"

"Of course I know."

Goode crossed his legs, his eyes filled with sarcasm.

"That's why our company needs a legitimate identity, an identity officially recognized by the world government!"

"I've already thought of a name."

"Let's call it Groudon Real Estate Company!"

With the Celestial Dragons in charge, the corruption of the World Government is blatant; they even dare to secretly trade with the Beasts and sell their research findings.

What's the big deal about starting a legitimate company?

As it happens, that queen of the entertainment district is a member of the World Government.

Local powers, outsiders, and the government—all three are obstacles to his real estate empire, but there are corresponding solutions for each.

"Xiao Pei, how much money do we have left?"

"Less than 10 billion peles."

Bai Wu sold almost all of her food to the true fighters within the troupe, reaping huge profits from her own people and thus raising enough start-up capital.

"That's enough!"

(End of this chapter)