One Piece: Establishing a Pirate Family

Hearing the cheers of his men, Locke was overjoyed.

But the cadres didn't celebrate like their squad leaders; instead, they all frowned.

I don't understand what Rocks is up to.

The Rocks Pirates are now on the verge of falling apart.

The only reason they can still gather together is because no one has stepped forward yet.

After all, the nail that sticks out gets hammered down, and nobody's a fool.

Chapter 106 The Golden Lion's Plan

Rocks's fierce eyes swept over the crowd, and he was very satisfied with the performance of the squad leaders under the command of the squad captains.

But upon seeing the six squad leaders, Rocks frowned.

Each of these people had a furrowed brow, each lost in their own thoughts.

Even Wang Zhi, John Yinfu, and the other two old men who had followed him through thick and thin began to harbor their own secrets.

This made Lox furious.

But he still managed to suppress it.

Just you wait! Just you wait! Once I control the Heavenly King and become the world's overlord, none of you will have an easy time!

Lockes couldn't help but think to himself.

Each of the six men harbored their own thoughts, with Edward Newgate (Whitebeard) and Shiki (Golden Lion) being the most scheming.

His face was so gloomy it was almost black.

Edward Newgate, with his white beard, frowned with worry.

In the past few months, Whitebeard has found his true calling and adopted several children.

Watching those children call him "Dad" every day, he felt a sense of purpose in his life. He hadn't originally wanted to come to Locke's summons this time, as he wanted to take care of the children he had adopted.

But considering the consequences of not coming, he came again. Looking at the frenzied sounds around him, he was determined not to let his child end up on this pirate ship.

Sigh! Let me help Rocks one last time! After this, I'll leave the Rocks Pirates and pursue my own dream!

Whitebeard couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

A sense of morality weighed heavily on his mind, causing him great inner turmoil.

Unlike Whitebeard's conflicted expression, Shiki the Golden Lion watched everything with a completely gloomy face.

His desire to start his own business was practically written all over his face, but he hadn't shown it yet, waiting for the first person to step forward, and that person was Edward Newgate with the white beard.

Whitebeard never revealed his true colors, but Shiki knew that Whitebeard would reveal them one day, and that day was not far off.

As soon as Whitebeard reveals his true colors, Shiki will immediately stand up and join forces with him.

In addition, there's Charlotte, who owes him a favor.

Three men against one Rocks, they're guaranteed to win.

This is why the Golden Lion dares to keep provoking Rocks.

As for the others, the Golden Lion looked at them with disdain.

One woman who only knows how to give birth, and three old, useless people.

The Golden Lion never took them seriously.

"Alright! You can all go back now! This meeting is over!"

After seeing everyone's reaction, Lockes waved his hand and said.

They've started kicking people out.

After hearing this, everyone waited for the cadres in front to stand up before daring to make a move.

But to Rocks, this action was a blatant provocation.

When did my orders as captain become less effective than those of my officers?

I was about to get angry, but reason prevailed.

Little did he know that it was precisely his repeated forbearance that emboldened them to act with even greater impunity.

After the six cadres walked out the door, the squad leaders of each squad followed behind them.

The captain of the 8th Division, Charlotte, did not come, so only Carter was there.

Carter didn't dare walk with those officials; he followed behind the crowd.

After leaving the main hall.

Carter swallowed hard as he looked at the three-meter-tall figure in front of him.

"Lord Golden Lion, is there anything I can help you with?"

Carter looked at the Golden Lion's disdainful gaze and asked cautiously.

"call!"

Shiki the Golden Lion exhaled a puff of smoke.

"Do you know when your captain, Charlotte, will be back?"

"Ski asked Carter."

He remembered this person; he was a squad leader working for Charlotte.

If he weren't one of Charlotte's men, Shiki the Golden Lion wouldn't have remembered such a lowly henchman.

Carter breathed a slight sigh of relief after hearing Skeeter's words. It turned out he was asking about the captain; he had almost been scared to death.

"Lord Shiki, our captain should be back in about a month! As you saw yesterday, he just withdrew from the Admiral's clutches and should be on Fish-Man Island by now, in about a month!"

Carter said cautiously.

Upon hearing Carter's words, Shiki frowned slightly.

I wonder what Charlotte has been doing in the first half of the Grand Line for four or five months now. What if he can't catch up?

This is the only thing Shiki is worried about right now.

I'm afraid plans might not keep up with changes!

"Go back and tell your captain not to forget the favor he owes me!"

After finishing his sentence, Shiki turned and left without lingering.

After watching Shiki walk away, Carter took a deep, heavy breath.

Standing in front of him felt like being looked at by a giant, putting immense pressure on him.

After seeing that everyone around him had left, Carter hurriedly returned to his camp.

He needs to inform the boss about what just happened.

Unfortunately, he didn't know that his boss was currently in a coma.

……

The moment Charlotte returned to the ship after using the energy wave generated by Conqueror's Haki to retreat, she gave the order to dive.

After confirming that it was safe, he could no longer hold on to his body and fainted on the deck.

This terrified quite a few people.

Elena was among them.

"Charlotte!"

Elena hurriedly ran over, picked up Charlotte, and shouted.

The ship's doctor quickly stepped forward to check Charlotte's injuries.

Although Charlotte's ship only had about twenty people, these twenty people included a navigator, cook, shipwright, and ship's doctor.

Although small, the ship was fully equipped. As soon as Charlotte fainted, two ship doctors rushed forward.

After taking Charlotte from Elena's arms, he began to examine her.

After examining Charlotte's eyes again, he listened to Charlotte's heartbeat with a stethoscope.

The two ship's doctors exchanged a glance.

They all shook their heads.

The two's actions startled Elena, who was sitting to the side, as well as Paul and Isaac, who were standing guard nearby.

What does it mean?

Elena silently shed tears.

She resented herself for acting on her own initiative and harming Charlotte.

"What do you mean! What happened to the boss?"

Paul, equally agitated, grabbed the collars of the two ship's doctors and roared angrily.