From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 38: Club Boss Crocodile!
After watching the short conversation, the inexplicable woman suddenly switched to their side and directly addressed Bane as "Sir", as if she was willing to swear allegiance to him until death.

Zoro was very confused!
"Why are you so surprised?" Nami nudged Zoro and said, "This is the power of language and information."

"Of course I know. I'm not really an idiot." Zoro said to Nami very unhappily.

He always felt that this navigator was looking down on him!

After a moment, Zoro said with some emotion: "I'm just curious, where did Bane get this information from?"

Before, when they were in Shimotsuki Village and talked about the Revolutionary Army, Bane was able to keep up with his pace, even with his master, and he reported a large number of pirates and navy in the East China Sea without leaving his house.

After going out to sea, before even reaching the Kokoasi Village, Bane knew almost everything about Nami's past and was also quite familiar with the situation there.

Now that he had just arrived at the Grand Line, he had taken down this woman named Nico Robin in just a few words.

Is this so reasonable?

"Didn't he tell us everything? You should stop asking about social matters and just focus on practicing your swordsmanship." Nami complained first, then smiled and said, "Anyway, the more he knows, the better it is for us, isn't it?"

On the other hand, Robin expressed his willingness to cooperate to kill Crocodile and joined Bane.

Bane stopped resting and started eating and drinking crazily again, devouring the food on the table madly.

However, he did not delay the work. Instead, he said while eating: "Now that you believe that I can indeed directly order you and threaten you to do things for me, then we can talk about what I need you to do for me."

Nico Robin watched the man in front of her eat meat with big mouthfuls. He did not show any graceful movements or any look of disgust. Instead, she relaxed a lot and said with a little smile in her tone: "Of course, I also hope to know what I can do for you, Lord Bane. I also look forward to you giving me some insignificant rewards after I have completed your task perfectly, such as..."

"I said, I admire you very much, so I don't want to drive you in this way." Bane chewed the dinosaur meat in his mouth, and then said: "The new world, Elbaf, the country of giants, Haguval D. Sauro is there. This is the first answer for you."

After getting this answer, Robin's expression clearly revealed a hint of excitement.

But before she could say anything, Ben threw a bone on the table and said, "However, although I admire you, we still haven't reached any real trust. So let's postpone the answer to the second point. I will tell you when we have established a certain level of trust."

"You've already told me the second answer, haven't you?" Robin said softly after calming down.

This time when she looked at Ben, there was more sincerity and kindness in her eyes, and less hypocrisy.

Wherever Sauro is, O'Hara's books should be in the same place, which means they are all in Elbaf!
Bane was showing goodwill to her and actively expressing his trust in her.

Bane did not deny anything, but did not respond. Instead, he changed the tone and said, "I have a very large plan for the next few years, and this plan requires a lot of money to implement. This is the first reason why I am looking for you to cooperate with me." "You want to swallow up the results accumulated by Crocodile in the past twenty years?" Nico Robin asked after thinking about it.

"That's right. The biggest advantage you have in the plan to kill Crocodile is that you are the vice president of the huge Baroque Works under his command. Moreover, as far as I know, Crocodile has basically handed over all the affairs of this work agency to you. In other words, after I get rid of Crocodile, as long as I have your help, I can take over everything that belongs to him. Do you have the confidence to do this for me?" Bane looked at Nico Robin with a little pressure in his eyes.

Nico Robin nodded without hesitation and said, "No problem at all. You will get everything from Crocodile."

"Very good. Now I still have a small question. Does Crocodile really have wealth that can rival a country as I investigated?" Bane asked.

If I remember correctly, this guy's plan to steal the country is already in the final stages this year. It would be a pity if this bastard has already spent all his money.

"Yes." Nicole Robin immediately affirmed, and then said: "Baroque Works has a huge organizational structure throughout the first half of the Grand Line. The number of high-level cadres is kept within 30 people, and the last-place elimination system is implemented. Therefore, there will be some rotation every once in a while. The middle-level cadres are called 'Billionaires'. There are 200 of them. To get this position, not only must you have a certain level of strength, but you also need to contribute at least 100 million Baileys to the work agency. Under the command of the Billionaires, there are 1,800 low-level cadres, collectively known as 'Millionaires'. They are the most basic command members of our Baroque Works."

"A billionaire elder needs to contribute 100 million Beli, so a millionaire elder needs to contribute 1 million Beli, right?" Bane thought for a moment.

"It's at least one million Baileys per person per year. That's why we don't have tens of millions of elders. Because hundreds of millions of elders have to pay at least ten million Baileys every year to maintain their status and identity." Robin explained.

One million per year, that can't really be a contribution of one million, there must be some internal friction in this thing.

But if we assume that each person earns one million per year, then 1,800 people will have to hand over 1.8 billion Baileys to the society every year. This is not profit, but "membership fee". If you don't pay, don't even think about becoming a cadre!
Add to that the two hundred billionaires, who make at least ten million a year, and that means a starting point of two billion. Wow, Crocodile's work agency is really good. He can get at least four or five billion Baileys every year just from the membership fees.

Looking at Bane's somewhat shocked look, Nico Robin finally felt a little happy. It turns out that you can also be surprised?

Therefore, she was more detailed and proactive in introducing the Baroque Studio.

"In recent years, I have basically not known much about the low-level cadres at the level of Million Elders, but as far as I know, these small cadres who can pay at least one million Baileys every year must each own at least one ship and fifty subordinates. Otherwise, they will not be able to complete some tasks and will not be able to earn so much profit." Robin introduced.

Bane could understand this. If he didn't have any subordinates or a ship, why would he pay the one million yuan membership fee every year just by working? Wouldn't that mean he would have nothing to do after eating? If he only worked, after deducting the money for food, drink and entertainment, he might not be able to pay the one million yuan.

After all, according to the Donghai villagers, A'long only earns 100,000 Baileys per year from skinning people, and even this is enough to drive people to death.

Without thinking too much about this, Bane roughly calculated the number of people in the Baroque Works. These 1,800 small cadres each have at least 50 subordinates. That means the entire Baroque Works has nearly 100,000 members.

But it is obvious that this is the most basic data. The actual data is likely to be three or four times, or even seven or eight times. That is to say, in the past twenty years, in the first half of the Grand Line, Crocodile has created a society involving the entire first half of the Grand Line, with hundreds of thousands of members!

When Ben read the story before, he really didn't take the Baroque Works seriously. Now that he thinks about it carefully, Crocodile is really something. What is he going to do? Is he going to create Xinhe Liansheng! ?
(End of this chapter)