One Piece: Fist of the World.

Chapter 221 Lao Sha's Bitterness

After taking Rhodes' latest task and leaving many suggestions for business development, Tezoro quietly left.

Just like he came quietly, without alarming anyone.

Now Rhodes still needs the title of Shichibukai to act, and he also needs to use the name of the World Government to recruit soldiers.

Showing off one's muscles too early at this time will only attract the attention and targeting of the world government.

Neru and Luo took the business development plan left by Tezoro and went to the side to discuss and research it, hoping to integrate the power in their hands as soon as possible and stabilize the countries under their rule as quickly as possible.

Only a stable environment can attract a steady stream of talented people, allowing the entire force to form a virtuous circle.

Rhodes stood in front of the window, looking at Greenbit which was still under construction outside, and thinking about the current situation in his mind.

He now has territory, money, and connections, and it seems that he has initially achieved his goal.

However, the territory is not big enough.

They only controlled 12 islands and 15 countries, and those so-called countries were actually just small city-states, with a population of no more than to people, and a population of only tens of thousands. In Rhodes' view, they were nothing, but just occupied a very small part of the New World, not to mention compared with the entire world ruled by the World Government.

There's not enough money.

Although Neru gave a rough description of the security company's income at the previous roundtable meeting, that was only an ideal situation. In reality, it was impossible to collect so much money.

Not only that, although the territory is not large, there are so many people after all, which is different from the situation of more than a dozen people on the Polaris before. Of course, he can focus on enjoying himself and not care about the lives of the people in the occupied territories, but if he wants to accomplish something big and truly seize world hegemony, he can't really ignore it.

It all depends on how effective Tezoro's suggestions and advice will be. I hope that the occupied territories can be lifted out of poverty and become rich as soon as possible, and then contribute more wealth to myself.

There aren't enough people.

The security company only recruited 10,000 people, and their quality was mixed. The 1,000 carefully selected people were no match for the members who defected from the Don Quixote family and those who joined after the war.

But compared with those who joined halfway, the 10,000 people recruited later, whose family and friends were all under Rhodes' rule, could barely be considered his own soldiers. As long as they were well trained, they should be more reliable than those who joined halfway.

It's just that they need time to grow.

Thinking of the more than 700 people he had sent out, Rhodes began to think.

Perhaps we should drive away the invading pirates as soon as possible. This will not only demonstrate the security company's military strength and protection, but also allow those who have just been recruited to grow up as quickly as possible.

Finally, my own strength is still not enough!

Rhodes stretched out his hand and brushed the elephant knife at his waist. Under the effect of the golden finger, he instantly mastered the ability of the [Elephant-Elephant Fruit]. He could clearly feel a powerful force surging from his body.

Rhodes also didn't expect that the golden finger of [Knight Never Dies with Bare Hands] could be used in this way, allowing him to master this power without eating the devil fruit.

I just don't know if there are any other limitations to this ability.

Although other weapons that had eaten devil fruits appeared in the Baseline World, with Rhodes' current financial resources, he could definitely buy some for experiments, but he didn't dare to experiment recklessly before figuring out this new ability.

It was a long time after he got the Elephant Sword that he suddenly discovered the ability of his golden finger.

What if this ability has limitations, such as permanent binding or an upper limit on quantity? If you end up buying some crappy weapon and binding it to it, and then you can only drool over the powerful devil fruit, you will lose a lot.

Thinking of the powerful devil fruit, Kaido's face flashed through Rod's mind again.

That guy's Blue Dragon Fruit is undoubtedly the strongest type of devil fruit. Strength, defense, vitality, the blessings of the animal-type devil fruit in these aspects are almost maximum. Not only that, it also has the ability to fly, and can breathe fire, control lightning, and call the wind and rain. It is simply an almighty devil fruit.

It is too difficult to kill Kaido and take away his devil fruit.

However, there is a replica of the Blue Dragon Fruit in Punk Hazard. Although it is regarded as a failure by Vegapunk, it is actually just a different color. The rest of the aspects are almost a perfect replica of Kaido's Blue Dragon Fruit.

Let Qiu Shui eat that fruit!

Rhodes brushed over the other knife hanging on his waist, Qiu Shui!
This national treasure of Wano Country had been refined into a black sword by its previous owner, Ryuma. It had extraordinary toughness and was the most handy weapon Rhodes had ever used.

After all, his fighting style is vigorous and powerful, and he uses force to overwhelm his opponents. Ordinary weapons simply cannot withstand his power.

Next, we just have to wait for good news from Tezoro!

Punk Hazard is not on the island pointed to by the record pointer. It is also the research base of Vegapunk. The World Government protects it a lot. It even arranges for Admiral Kizaru and his directly-commanded naval science forces to be stationed there for a long time.

Vegapunk claims to have mastered technology that is 500 years ahead of humans and is under strict surveillance and protection by the world government.

However, as long as there are people stationed there, there is a chance to sneak in.

As Tezoro said, money can make anything possible. Under the temptation and corruption of money, there will always be people willing to help.

With Rod's earnest expectations, the sphere of influence of the Rod Pirates was still slowly expanding with Green Bit as the center. Within the ruling area, factories were built one after another, and many people who were originally homeless and had nothing to do entered the factories. After simple training, they were quickly put on the job and lived a happy life of 996.

After the factories were put into operation, a large amount of goods were produced and flowed to all parts of the world. In the process of transporting goods, the Rhodes Pirates gradually expanded their influence, established connections with various forces, and grew stronger in the dark.

While the Rod Pirates were quietly growing stronger, the whole world was in turmoil.

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Wano Country, Onigashima
boom! !

Kaido put down the wine jug in his hand and punched the stone wall heavily. With a loud roar, cracks spread on the stone wall.

"Still haven't caught Moria and the Sand Crocodile yet!"

Several months have passed since the battle of Dressrosa.

After he returned to Wano Country, he was invaded by Moriah and Crocodile, who not only stole a large amount of weapons and seastone stocks, injured many of his subordinates, but also kidnapped Yamato.

After receiving the news, Kaido was furious and immediately ordered all members of the Beasts Pirates to take action to look for news about Moria and Crocodile.

These two guys, who had been beaten to a pulp and had been dormant in Paradise for more than ten years, actually dared to attack him. If he couldn't kill them both, where would he, the Four Emperors, put his face!

However, it backfired.

Under Kaido's rage, the Beasts Pirates discovered the whereabouts of Moriah and Crocodile many times. After all, the Thriller Bark was so large that it could be easily discovered.

But, I can’t beat him!

The general officers of the Beasts Pirates had no chance of winning against these two. Even if they found their whereabouts, they would quickly destroy the pirate ship, resulting in the destruction of the ship and the death of the crew. As a result, a large number of orders were provided to the recently integrated "Thomas Shipyard". There was even one time when Jin personally took action, but he didn't get the upper hand, but was hit by Yamato and is still wrapped in bandages.

So during this period of time, Kaido's temper became more and more violent.

"Brother Kaido."

Jack, with a mask on his face, came over carrying a box.

Kaido raised his head and looked at this obedient younger brother. His emotions quickly calmed down, his original rage was swept away, and he even showed a big smile on his face. He threw a jar of wine to Jack, motioning for him to sit down and drink together.

Jack took the wine that Kaido handed to him and drank it in big gulps. Then he sat down next to Kaido and pushed the box in his hand to Kaido.

"This is the devil fruit that was successfully extracted this time."

Kaido's eyes lit up slightly. He opened the box in front of him and looked at the six devil fruits inside with a satisfied smile.

"Uh-huh-huh-huh, a half success rate? This Baquan guy is really good!"

Closing the box in front of him, Kaido tilted his head back and drank again. The wine spilled down his beard, showing his heroic look.

In the previous battle in Dressrosa, Kaido finally chose to give up Doflamingo.

At this time, Caesar is still working for the World Government in Punk Hazard and has not yet joined forces with Doflamingo to produce artificial devil fruits. For Kaido, he is just a more useful weapons underwriter.

There are too many characters like this in the New World. Due to the conditions of Wano Country, the weapons produced there are of very good quality. They are considered high-quality products all over the world and they have no worries about sales. Even the World Government itself has an arms business with Kaido.

Doflamingo only allows Kaido's weapons to be sold at a higher price, but he is not necessary, and other people can do the same.

However, Tyrant Rhodes is irreplaceable!

They have mastered the technology to take the devil fruit from the body of the power user!
Kaido has always been a person who cherishes talents. When he encounters a powerful opponent, he will generally try to recruit the opponent, especially the user of animal-type devil fruit ability!
He has always dreamed of forming a legion whose members are all people with animal abilities!

However, Devil Fruits are too precious, and even for the Four Emperors, it is not easy to find them.

Therefore, whenever Kaido encountered someone with special abilities that he liked, he would choose to lock them up, hoping that he would be able to subdue them one day.

But it is different now.

With Tyrant Rod's technology, Kaido has a new way to deal with those people with special abilities who are difficult to recruit - take away their devil fruits and give them to loyal and reliable subordinates!
Although the success rate is only about half, Kaido has had more than a dozen animal-type ability users under his command in the past few months.

However, with a large number of people with special abilities being hunted, the difficulty of the search has greatly increased. But as long as he continues, he will soon achieve his goal and form a legion of people with special abilities who are all animal-type!
All he had to pay was some seastone weapons and some swords passed down from ancient times in Wano Country.

"Let's have a party!!"

Kaido stood up with a big laugh, releasing his domineering aura without any concealment.

"By the way, select the cadres who can obtain the devil fruit this time!"

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New world, unknown seas.

The terrifying three-masted ship was floating on the sea.

Moriah controlled the zombies to repair the palace.

Crocodile stood outside the palace, with a cigar in his mouth and a newspaper in his hands.

While they were being hunted by Kaido and wandering in the New World, Tyrant Rod had completely digested the place left by Doflamingo and began to develop vigorously.

Whether it is the integrated "Thomas Shipyard" or the newly opened "Bamilia Clothing", they all caused a huge response in the New World.

The ships built by the former are inexpensive, high-quality, and fully functional. The former even cooperates with the "King of Loan Sharks" Du Field to provide loan services to pirates. Even pirates who are just preparing to go to sea may own a fully functional pirate ship, which is deeply loved by pirates.

Not only that, judging from recent developments, they seem to have also started cooperation with Deep Ocean Current Umit, and it is rumored that Umit has placed a large number of orders with Thomas Shipyard.

If "Thomas Shipyard" affects pirates, some chambers of commerce and transportation industries, then "Bamilia Clothing" affects the entire world.

Crocodile didn't pay attention to this company at first, until Von Clay kept talking about it in his ear all day long, and the woman next to Moria would drag Von Clay out shopping every now and then, Crocodile paid attention to this clothing company that suddenly emerged.

After studying it carefully, Crocodile couldn't help but admire Tyrant Rod's skills.

The other party brought in the Golden Emperor Tesoro to fully promote the clothing in Grand Tesoro to expand the influence of the clothing, and then cooperated with the Queen of Happy Street Stussy to further expand the influence and sales scope of the clothing. They also let Big News Morgans publicize it extensively in the World Economic Daily, sweeping the world in a short period of time.

Using the clothing company as a starting point, the textile and clothing manufacturing industries in the area he ruled developed comprehensively. Coupled with the expansion of the shipyard, as long as this continued for a year or so, almost everyone in the area he ruled would depend on him for their livelihood. Crocodile was horrified at the thought of the amount of troops that could be mobilized with such ruling ability.

'It's time for me to take further action!'

Crocodile put down the newspaper in his hand and took a look at Moria, who had become much thinner and looked different from what he remembered.

Not only Moria, but he himself has also undergone earth-shaking changes from before.

With their current strength, they can occupy a place even in the new world after joining hands.

Not to mention that woman.

Crocodile glanced at Yamato.

He had originally planned to leave on his own to explore the sea, but after being attacked several times by the Beasts Pirates, he stayed on the Thriller Bark, saying that he couldn't let his friends get in trouble and that he had to protect their safety.

With the strength of the three of them, they would not be at all inferior to the Four Emperors even if they were present, and they could even defeat them.

only···

Crocodile took another look at Feng Clay who was spinning in circles, Pola who was analyzing the information seriously, Mr. 3 and Ms. Golden Week who were drinking tea and eating desserts, the silly Mr. 4, and the indescribable Ms. Christmas, and his eyebrows twitched slightly.

These guys are too weak!
Recalling the elite soldiers under Rhodes's command, Crocodile couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart.

Where are his men?

In the latest episode of One Piece, Nami was dressed up and appeared in an unknown place. Was she taken into the dollhouse castle by Liluka's ability? Hahahaha.

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(End of this chapter)