Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 143 Offer up your heart, Trafalgar Law!

In the restaurant, Bane ate the poisonous sea urchins one after another with great relish.

Trafalgar Law, sitting opposite him, watched this scene, hesitating to speak several times.

At this moment, only he and Bane were in the small private room. Zoro and Fubuki had already left. In any case, they had no interest in Bane's conversation with Trafalgar Law. They would just follow orders afterward. They might as well take a stroll around the Sabaody Archipelago to relax and recover from the aftermath of the war.

"What's with that expression?" Bane asked Trafalgar Law, looking at him with some confusion.

Luo took a deep breath before saying, "As a doctor, I have to warn you that the sea urchin you've eaten is poisonous. Judging by the amount you've ingested, it's likely a lethal dose."

"Hahahaha!" Bane laughed loudly upon hearing this, "You're a pirate, and you're worried about whether I'll die?"

"I wasn't worried, it was just a casual remark," Luo said, shaking his head.

Bane didn't explain, and continued to eat all kinds of seafood containing toxins, such as poisonous starfish and poisonous fish. Originally, they were all safe to eat, one or two at a time, and they tasted delicious, so many people were willing to take the risk.

But Bane's side started with twenty dishes, which was practically suicide. If the restaurant hadn't repeatedly confirmed with him that he was a celebrity, they wouldn't have dared to serve the food.

Seeing that Bane was unconcerned, Trafalgar Law immediately understood that this guy might have a strong resistance to toxins, and he got another piece of information about Bane!

"So you called me here just to watch you eat?" Trafalgar Law asked after waiting for a while, seeing that Bane showed no intention of speaking.

Bane tore the starfish apart in one bite, chewed twice, swallowed the food in his mouth along with a bowl of sea snake soup, and then said, "Two things."

Trafalgar Law immediately sat up straight, adopting a posture of attentive listening.

"The first thing is that I will become a vice admiral in the Navy Headquarters and an admiral candidate in just a few days," Bane said with a hint of pride.

Looking at his slightly smug expression, Trafalgar Law was puzzled. "Wait, why are you telling me all this? I'm a pirate, bro. You don't think I'm going to congratulate you or envy you, do you?"

Seeing Trafalgar Law's strange expression, Bane felt quite disappointed and shrugged, saying, "You're really boring. Fine, let's get straight to the point. I'm about to join the Navy, and for some reasons you don't need to know, I need to accumulate enough merit as soon as possible. So, I plan to wipe out Wang Zhi and destroy his Beehive Island after I officially join the Navy."

According to the arrangements of the Warring States Marshal, Bann's position as a candidate for general is secure.

Bane speculated that the subsequent global conscription might undergo many uncontrollable changes due to the changes he brought about.

However, this matter is no longer on his mind, but as for the competition for the marshalship, Bane thinks from all angles that it is unstoppable.

After all, Sengoku has made it clear that he will step down, so the position of Fleet Admiral will soon become a trigger point.

Even though Bane has never had much contact with Admiral Sakazuki, he can sense from many details and the atmosphere at the Navy Headquarters that Sakazuki is clearly determined to run for Fleet Admiral and no one can stop him.

Kuzan is even more eccentric. He himself isn't very interested in the position of marshal, but he just doesn't want Sakazuki to become marshal, so he will definitely compete with Sakazuki for it.

If these two start fighting, no matter the outcome, at least one of them will leave, which will result in two vacant positions for the Navy Admiral.

Bane is currently unsure about the situation of the two candidates for general, namely Gion and Kake, whether they will not become generals as in the original story, or what will happen. Bane will just assume that the two of them will cause trouble.

This gave him a loophole, something he shouldn't have had a chance to become a general for at least twenty years!

Following this line of thought, what does Bane need to truly sit in the position of general?

Status and position?

His personal identity is that of the adopted son of Zephyr, a high-ranking naval officer; there's no question about it.

Soon, in terms of status, he will become a candidate for general, there's no doubt about that.

What's lacking is strength and convincing achievements!

There's not much skill involved; Bane has never let up on improving himself, and steady progress is all he needs to do.

Aside from his achievements in the Battle of Marineford, Bane doesn't have much else to boast about. But it's clearly impossible for him to become a general and gain everyone's approval based on that alone. So Bane needs to prepare more before his opportunity comes.

As the old saying goes, opportunity favors the prepared mind. Don't be like Feng Biao, who couldn't seize the opportunity even when given one!

How do you achieve merit? With the Navy's focus shifting, the New World is definitely the first target. However, there are only three of the Four Emperors left in the New World, and Bane can't handle any of them. So, the goal is to pick on the weak!

Wang Zhi of Beehive Island has been doing very well in the stock market these past few days. He is also a great pirate who came from Rocks' ship, he also roams the New World, and he has not submitted to any of the Four Emperors. He has his own territory and a certain amount of power. He is simply the number one among all the silver medalists!

Now that Whitebeard is dead and the Whitebeard Pirates have collapsed, one of the Four Emperors' positions has become vacant. Suddenly, Wang Zhi has risen to prominence. Now, many people on the sea believe that Wang Zhi is very likely to become the next Pirate Emperor!

Bane had no interest in knowing or speculating about whether Wang Zhi could become the next Yonko, because he had his own plan: to shatter Wang Zhi's Yonko dream!

I can't beat Kaido, but I can't beat you, Wang Zhi?

Even if I'm really a bit weaker, how about I bring Yixiao along?

Wang Zhi is currently riding high, his stock is soaring, and he's a hot favorite. If Bane can step over him to rise to power, the impact will be significant. This achievement would be quite respectable. It might not be enough to convince everyone that he's in a general's position, but it would at least silence many critics and give him a strong counterattack when others try to find fault.

He didn't want Bane to slip through his fingers and rise to power, and for people to gossip about him behind his back, saying things like he got there through connections. Even though that's exactly what happened to him, he didn't want to hear it!

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

"What does this have to do with me?" Luo looked at Bane in surprise. "I don't know Wang Zhi at all, I've never been to Beehive Island, and I've never even been to the New World!"

"It's okay, I trust you. Anyway, whatever method you use, when I contact you, you need to thoroughly understand Beehive Island for me. It would be best if you could secretly infiltrate there and then switch sides when I need you, so we can catch Wang Zhi off guard!" Bane said with some excitement.

Trafalgar Law looked at Bane like he was an idiot. Was this guy out of his mind? How did he become so sure I would help him?

Just because I'm currently under his control? But if you want me to work, you have to let me go first, right? Once I leave Sabaody Archipelago, will I still listen to you?

"Look at your expression!" Bane immediately noticed the disdain in Trafalgar Law's expression, which upset him, and he slammed his fist on the table to express his dissatisfaction.

Luo realized what was happening and agreed. His life was still in Bane's hands, so he had to give this big shot some face. He quickly prepared to adjust his facial expression.

Before he could even compose himself, Bane said, "I originally wanted to be honest with you and treat you as friends, helping each other out. But now it seems you're taking my good intentions for granted. In that case, let's not talk about the second thing for now; we'll discuss it after you've finished the first. Now, right now, in front of me, hand over your heart!"

Trafalgar Law?

"Are you trying to kill me?" Luo couldn't help but say.

"You're not Bi Gan! You won't die from giving me your heart and soul. Come on, stop pretending. Your Op-Op Fruit can definitely do this. Hurry up, you don't mean you want me to do it myself, do you?" Bane said, his expression ferocious as he slammed his fist on the table.

Who is Bi Gan?

And how can you be so sure I can actually do this? I only recently developed this ability! I haven't even told Bepo about it!

(End of this chapter)