Arceus' Pirate Journey

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The World Government acted quickly. When Taizulo returned to his workplace, he noticed that there was one more person in the room.

"Sneaking in here, is this your style?"

Taizulo closed the door behind him and looked at the masked man in white in front of him.

"CP0, I don't think I have anything worthy of your attention."

"Gilde Tezulo, you are a smart man, I won't say any nonsense, this is the opportunity given to you by your superiors.

Pirates are pirates after all, there is no future in working for them."

"This is not your way of recruiting people. How can this be attractive?"

"what?"

"You have to give me some visible benefits. It's useless to just draw cakes. What do you think you can give me? But before you jump to conclusions, you'd better think carefully about whether you can afford the price."

"..."

Taizuolo's words made the CP0 fall into silence. They knew that they had to offer enough benefits to recruit people. The problem was, as Taizuolo said, his price was a bit high and they might not be able to afford it.

But it doesn’t matter. CP0 organizations always do things by any means necessary. In addition to sweet treats, they also have a big stick in their hands.

"Tezulo, you'd better not forget your past identity in Shampooland. We can make you lose some things at any time. It's good to make money, but you have to live to spend it. Don't forget that you also have people you cherish."

Using relatives to threaten others is also a common tactic of CP0. In order to make some people serve the Celestial Dragons obediently, CP0 often uses their families as bargaining chips.

"If you cooperate, you will get more benefits, and your family can maintain their current brilliant status..."

Before he could finish his words, he suddenly felt a murderous aura. Tai Zuo Luo was staring at him intently at this moment. That aura was definitely not what a star or a businessman should have.

"I hate it most when people use this kind of thing to threaten me."

Chapter 901 You will experience a new way of dying

Having experienced despair, Taizulo knows how to cherish the present better. Stella is his Achilles' heel, his weak spot. Anyone who wants to attack from this aspect will be met with his crazy revenge.

He worked wholeheartedly for the Beast Fruit because Yamato helped him when he was most helpless, gave him a ladder to climb up, and continued to give him corresponding rewards in the future.

He received rewards for his efforts and could see his own future. He certainly would not be a traitor, especially when facing such a threat, he would not choose to compromise.

There are only zero times and countless times of compromise. He loves Stella, but once he compromises with other forces because of such a thing, he will put his weakness on the table.

This would not only fail to make Stella safer, but would make her more dangerous.

No matter what he was forced to do, it was a very bad start. As his desires grew, those people would continue to force him to do more dangerous things.

"You are really brave...

The gold ornaments on Taizulo's body began to melt gradually. He was already thinking about how to deal with CP0 in front of him. This was a signal that his attitude was likely to affect the subsequent course of action of the World Government.

Since the World Government did not use force to welcome us, it means they have no intention of turning the table.

Taizulo believes that the CP0 in front of him is just a test. If he shows weakness, the world government will inevitably intensify its efforts and make policies that are more unfavorable to him.

Only by being tough enough can they adjust their policies while taking into account the situation in the sea and the attitude of the Celestial Dragons.

After thinking about it, the gradually melted gold ornaments returned to their original appearance. Taizuolo was not going to reveal this trump card yet, so he decided to change his approach.

曾！

Taizuolo's fingertips flashed with cold light, and a cross-shaped dent appeared on the ground.

"That's a good reaction. You actually dodged it."

"Tezulo, do you know what you are doing?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Of course I know what I am doing. I am very interested in your life now."

"You bastard, you are declaring war on the World Government!"

“No, no, no, don’t think too highly of yourself. Unless I kill you in public on a live broadcast, that won’t happen.”

Listening to CP0's words, Taizulo seemed very comfortable. The World Government's attitude towards CP0 has always been to use it as a tool. If this tool cannot produce the expected effect, the World Government will not mind changing to a new set of tools.

Relying on his connections with the Celestial Dragons, he can be sure that even to the World Government, his value is much higher than that of a CP0, and they will never turn against him because of this matter.

After all, this is just a private occasion and it won't have any bad impact at all.

"People like you, don't you know what CP0 stands for?"

"I think you have been brainwashed too much, so you don't know your own position. You might as well guess, suppose I agree to join the World Government, and the condition is your life, will they agree?

To put it bluntly, in the eyes of the Celestial Dragons, no matter you or I, we are just their dogs. When two dogs are biting each other tightly and only one can be saved, they will of course choose the one they like more.

To put it nicely, you and I are both pawns, but my value is far greater than yours."

The blue compound eyes replaced the original child's eyes, and the arms turned into huge needles. Taizulo waved the bee sting in his hand and attacked CP0 in front of him.

The CP0 originally thought that Taizuolo only had some ability to protect himself, but after the fight, he realized how wrong his perception was. This guy didn't look like a businessman at all.

The two bee stingers danced vigorously, with a powerful domineering aura that even he, who had been trained by the World Government since childhood and had carried out many missions, could not match. After he narrowly avoided Taizulo's fatal blow, he found a golden ring around his neck.

"Although I have always disliked you agents, you are definitely the one I hate the most. Since you want to please your master, you have to pay the price."

Under the influence of Taizulo's ability, the golden ring began to shrink, and the CP0 was instantly enveloped by a strong feeling of suffocation. When he tried hard to break the hard golden ring, Taizulo kicked him into the wall with a side kick.

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"You have a pretty strong physique. I hope you have the same luck."

Tezulo did not kill him directly, but instead found Bakara after making sure that he had lost consciousness. He did not intend to kill him personally.

"Bakara, your ability should be fine, right?"

"Yes, but this is the first time it's used on a living person..."

"It's okay, just try your best. I'll make a backup plan. If this doesn't work, I'll try another method."

"Yes, I will try my best."

Bakara squatted down and placed his palm on the CP0's forehead, and did not take his palm away until more than ten minutes had passed.

As the user of the Lucky Fruit, the direct effect of her fruit on combat is very small, but this kind of fruit that tends to be rule-based is often more difficult to solve.

Except for a few strong people who can use their own domineering aura to be immune to the ability of this kind of fruit, no one else can do anything about it.

Bakara's ability can deprive others of their luck, and there is a unique way of dying called - unlucky death.

A coconut hit him to death while traveling on the beach, a dump truck crashed into his room while he was sitting in it, and a top general was shot down by his own anti-aircraft gun while inspecting the battlefield. The deaths of these unfortunate people all came surprisingly and unexpectedly.

Some people cannot die even if they fall from the sky island, some people will die if they fall down the stairs, some people cannot be killed even if they hold on to bombs, and some strong people will die inexplicably in the explosion. It is difficult to describe the luck of these people as bad, it can only be said that they lack camp buffs.

This is also Bakara's in-depth development of the Luck Fruit. As long as she increases the degree of extraction, she can influence a person's subsequent fate. This is a terrifying ability that even Usopp will fall into.

Afterwards, Taizuolo put the CP0 into a sack and threw him out. After he woke up, he thought that Taizuolo had finally given in and did not dare to kill him.

Just when he was about to report to his boss, he discovered that the Den Den Mushi was broken for some reason and his teammates had lost contact one after another.

Since it was a Den Den Mushi from the CP agency, ordinary Den Den Mushi could not get in at all, so he had to go to a nearby safe house. As a result, as soon as he entered, the safe house caught fire and he was almost burned to death inside.

He planned to take a boat back to the Red Earth Continent, but the boat ran aground and sank halfway. He finally managed to rob a pirate ship, but when he was about to reach his destination, a gradually growing lava fist appeared in his field of vision...

Chapter 902: Top-level "Assassination" and "Drake Balance"

There is martial law around Marijoa now, and any unidentified ships approaching will be sunk directly. The CP0 hijacked a pirate ship, and although he wisely changed the flag, he was still attacked.

He didn't know why, but the Den Den Mushi near him would break down inexplicably, and one even died in his hands.

When he was signaling with flags, the flagpole would inexplicably break, and when he was using sign language, he would inexplicably encounter sea fog. When he wanted to abandon the ship and land quickly, he was attacked by Akainu.

The order he received was to destroy any suspicious ships and protect the absolute safety of Marijoa, so facing this CP0, his actions were completely in line with the order.

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"Mr. Tezulo, that guy is dead. The cause of death... I don't know."

The luck of the Lucky Fruit is borrowed. Although it can be consumed, if the original owner of the luck dies before the luck is exhausted, the luck borrowed by Bakara will also disappear.

She did not use the luck she plundered from the CP0's body, but the stored luck disappeared suddenly. There was only one result, that is, the provider of the luck was dead.

The lucky fruit is a strange fruit that obeys the principle of conservation at a certain level. When some people are lucky, others will be unlucky. Now that the unlucky people are gone, the luck has naturally left as well.

She had made similar attempts before, but this was the first time on such a large scale. This kind of death-level bad luck could not be achieved by a simple touch. She needed long-term contact to accomplish this.

Its actual combat application value is not high, but in assassination, this ability is extremely useful.

The death of CP0 made the World Government's subsequent investigations confused. They didn't believe you when you said that this matter had nothing to do with Taizoro, but it was Akainu who ultimately caused his death, and the subsequent investigators did not find any clues.

If they had to give a reason, it would be bad luck. They couldn't imagine that a person could be so unlucky.

If this was really done by Taizuo Luo, they all wanted to invite Taizuo Luo to guide them. This was simply the most perfect assassination.

Even a senior CP0 wouldn't dare to say that he could do it so flawlessly.

No one knows what happened to Taizulo. The CP0 who was also on a mission beside Stella also disappeared abruptly. It was the two Dragonites who took action.

Based on the subsequent reactions, Taizulo was very angry, which caused the World Government to slightly adjust its subsequent policies in preparation for future changes.

The ocean has been very unstable recently, with many new pirates emerging in all four seas, and the situation in the New World has become increasingly bizarre.

According to information from naval intelligence personnel, shortly after Kaido's meeting with Red Hair ended, Red Hair seemed to try to contact Whitebeard, and they suspected that those sea emperors were plotting some huge conspiracy.

In fact, it was not just the Navy. Even Charlotte Lingling was a little confused. What these three men did seemed to completely exclude her.

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The changes in the outside world did not affect the Four Emperors' base camp.

Whitebeard's hometown is still peaceful, Charlotte Linlin hasn't had an attack of bulimia recently, there hasn't been any riot on Cake Island, and Red Hair holds banquets every day to protect a large number of old, weak, and sick pirates under his command.

There are also significant changes within Wano, for example, Jin and Drake are gradually taking over tasks in other areas.

With the change in Kozuki Hiyori's mentality, Drake and Jin's positions have gradually become redundant, and now one Greninja is enough to handle the Flower Capital Palace.

Jin hasn't appeared here for a while, which is a good thing for Kozuki Hiyori. Jin had scared Kozuki Hiyori a lot in the past, and that mask was synonymous with terror to her.

Derek didn't go out much, but was still waiting for his own express delivery.

"Thank you very much. I'll treat you to a meal when you're free."

After accepting the express box delivered by Dragonite, Drake instinctively promised to treat the guests and added another item to his account book.

Her account book is very special. Most people's account books only record their past borrowing experiences, but she is different. Derek usually writes down the person who intends to borrow money directly, which can be regarded as an alternative means of advance payment.

Ever since Dragonite Mail became popular among all beasts, Drake's packages have been the best among all beasts. That exclusive black card with unlimited credit has helped her a lot, at least making her life a lot better.

This time the package contained a lot of camping supplies as she was planning to take a vacation.

As a veteran debtor, Derek seldom takes leave, because she spends money whenever she has free time. If she takes too much leave, the balance of her borrowing and repaying loans may be disrupted. This situation was only alleviated after she received a huge bonus after finding the slate last time.

Although she is not someone who can save money, she is relatively well-off recently and is planning to take Xiaoju out for some fun.

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"Lord Hiyori, I will be leaving Wano Country for a while. Please take good care of yourself."

Inside the palace of Flower Capital, Kikunosuke was saying goodbye to Hiyori Kozuki. This was the original agreement that Drake would take care of Hiyori Kozuki while she was climbing the holy mountain, and he also paid some conditions. However, Drake had not cashed out yet and planned to use it in a suitable place.

Recently, she planned to take a good vacation and rest while there were no new tasks arranged. This would also be a good opportunity to use up the favor that Kikunosuke owed her. For her, this was also an opportunity to enhance their relationship.

When two people go out to play alone, they will always encounter some interesting things.

"Go ahead. There's no need to report such trivial matters to me."

In the "playing badly" state, Kozuki Hiyori was indifferent to all this and just enjoyed the convenience brought by his status as a general.

"Oh, by the way, these are some things I sorted out. If you want to go out and play, you can take a look at them in advance for me."

After thinking about it, Kozuki Hiyori handed Kikunosuke a book similar to a travel guide. As her mentality changed, Baishou gradually relaxed the authority over her, and she also learned more about the outside world, including some famous tourist islands.

These are the places she planned to go, but she is the general of Wano Country after all. Even if the beasts are no longer imprisoning her, it is not so easy for her to travel freely. When she heard that Kikunosuke was going out, she simply let him go and experience it.

"Yes! Thank you for your concern. I will pay attention to these places."

He still has loyalty to Mitsuki in his heart. In his opinion, this special travel guide can be regarded as a "gift from the lord."

After packing his bags, he was dragged by Drake to leave Wano Country and began a special journey for the two of them...

Chapter 903: The Source of Funds, the Encroaching Darkness