One Piece: We already have the Four Gods, so my Six Paths Sage is reasonable, right?

Kaido looked displeased, his chin slightly raised, his tone stubborn: "What do you take me for? A little brat?"

Are you kidding me? Although his strength isn't exactly top-tier in the Rocks Pirates, doesn't he have any dignity? Kaido has his pride too.

Seeing his serious expression, Lingling couldn't help but sigh again, softening her tone slightly: "Okay, okay, I misspoke. Don't be angry anymore, alright?"

Kaito let out a heavy snort, as if he had finally found a way out, and his tense shoulders relaxed a little: "That's more like it."

"Pfft~"

Annika, who had been standing quietly to the side, couldn't help but let out a very soft laugh after hearing Kaido's self-righteous "That's more like it."

But she quickly pouted and forced herself to hold it in, though the corners of her mouth that turned up at that moment just wouldn't go back down, and her face clearly showed two words: she was smiling.

Kaido turned his head, his gaze precisely catching the expression on her face: "Annika, you're smiling?"

Annika shook her head slightly, but whether she smiled or not was already written on her face; shaking her head at this moment was hardly convincing.

She was holding it in so hard. Just moments ago, Kaido was righteously arguing that he was hard to fool, but Linlin had managed to appease him with just a simple "okay, okay." She just couldn't hold it in any longer.

"You can write it all on your face," Kaido explained seriously. "Don't forget, you, Ron, and I are the teammates; Linlin is an outsider."

What he meant was that no matter what, you have to stand by my side when problems arise.

"Get lost!" Lingling said, hands on her hips, somewhat angrily. "Before Ron came, you often came to me for help. Now that Ron's here, am I an outsider, Kaido?"

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Back when this kid first joined the Rocks Pirates, she had taken care of him, hadn't she?

But when Ron arrived, he turned around and started calling everyone else brothers, while Ron himself was relegated to the "outsider" side.

She felt that she hadn't hit that ungrateful guy hard enough.

"Didn't you tell me that, Linlin? You said Rocks wasn't a good person and that I should come to you if I needed anything," Kaido replied innocently.

Lingling stared at him like he was an idiot, without saying a word. Then she turned her head, her gaze falling on Ron, and her tone became more serious: "To tell you the truth, I have indeed run into trouble. After much consideration, I've realized that you're the most reliable person to talk to."

Ron raised an eyebrow slightly, cursing inwardly: "Well, Lingling, you have no shame at all. You clearly have something to ask her, but you insist that she should come with you and even try to ask me for something in return."

"No way!" Ron replied crisply.

"No, Ron," Lingling said, her words quickening, "I'm not asking you for help for nothing! I'm getting paid!"

"I'm not short of money."

"..."

Lingling was taken aback, but quickly changed her strategy: "Then you help me first, and I'll owe you a favor."

"No."

Lingling refused to give up and continued to plead and cajole.

The tone changed from "I've thought about it" to "I'm being serious with you."

The question shifted from "I'm being serious" to "What do you want from me to help you?" but Ron deflected all of them with various excuses.

Mainly, he's too lazy to go through all that trouble, but if it's something that's convenient or easy to do, he doesn't mind lending a hand.

"What do you want, Ron? If I have it, I'll give it to you," Lingling finally said bluntly.

Ron looked at her, remaining silent for a moment.

The fact that she brought it up to this point shows that the matter is indeed quite serious.

Then, Ron tentatively asked, "You...you don't mean for me to go to Mary Geoise to assassinate high-ranking officials of the World Government, do you?"

"what?"

Lingling paused for a moment, then looked speechless. "Why would I ask you to assassinate high-ranking officials of the World Government if I had nothing better to do? The reason I asked you for help is simple: my child has been captured by the Navy."

"If nothing unexpected happens, this should be a trap. If it's just a bunch of ragtag marines, I can handle it myself, but if it's Garp and Sengoku, I won't be able to fight and rescue them at the same time."

Considering all this, it is indeed most appropriate for Lingling to ask Ron for help.

After all, others may have received money and offered verbal assistance, but once they actually run into trouble, who cares about them? Everyone goes their own way.

Ron pondered for a moment, quickly weighing the pros and cons in his mind, then looked up at Lingling: "Do you have a Devil Fruit?"

"Devil Fruit?" Lingling neither confirmed nor denied, but simply repeated the word, as if waiting for Ron to state his terms.

"It's not impossible to help," Ron said, holding up one finger. "My reward is a Devil Fruit. If you have one in hand, one. If you owe me, two. This is a friendly price, no bargaining."

Lingling paused for a moment, then laughed: "It's...it's that simple?"

After a pause, fearing Ron might change his mind, Lingling quickly added, "Forget about the 'friendship price,' I'll give you two right away, in stock!"

"........."

Ron blinked, paused, and seemed to think it was going to be less!

Thinking about it carefully, Lingling does seem to be quite wealthy.

In the original work, she had so many sons and daughters, and most of them were Devil Fruit users.

Moreover, he didn't even flinch when given two Ron pills.

Grass! ! !

That's really too little!!!

You should have told me you were rich earlier.

"Friend, I'm all set to help you out." Ron stood up, his demeanor completely changing.

Lingling subconsciously took a half step back, her eyes filled with wariness: "Ron, you're not planning to do something to me, are you?"

Ron explained:

"We're a family, we're all from the same arranged marriage, how could I possibly do something so vulgar?"

"Besides, Lingling, you have excellent taste; you've come to the right person by choosing me."

"Running away and fighting—I'm an expert at it all!"

Lingling looked at him, her lips twitched slightly, but she didn't reply.

While his record of running away and fighting is indeed verifiable, she always felt there was something fishy about him when he said the words "we are a loving family."

"Need any other services? Like, if we encounter a crisis, I can take you, including your child, and run away together? It's not expensive, just give me a Devil Fruit as a fee for my trouble," Ron continued with a smile.

"Alright, Ron, stop treating me like an idiot." Lingling said speechlessly.

"That beautiful Lingling," Ron said, adopting a serious expression, "when do we set off?"

"Now."

"Now?" Ron's tone rose slightly. "That's an urgent order, it'll cost extra."

Lingling glared at Ron, annoyed. "That's enough, Ron. Could you be any more shameless?"

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