From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 39 Nami: This Crocodile really deserves to die!

"I really underestimated Crocodile. No wonder he always looked down on Doflamingo." Bane smacked his lips.

Of course, Bane doesn't think that Doflamingo is inferior to Crocodile in some talents.

After hearing this, Nico Robin nodded and said, "That's true. There is a lot of competition in the business, and Crocodile doesn't like the fact that Doflamingo bows to the Four Emperors of the New World. So he rejected Doflamingo's cooperation intentions many times and drove many of the Donquixote family's businesses out of the first half of the Grand Line."

"What do you mean by competition in this business?" Bane asked casually.

He roughly knew the information about Baroque Works, but when it came to the more core information, he only had some guesses.

Nico Robin did not hide anything and quickly explained: "The main business of Baroque Works is in the dark world. The related businesses in the first half of the entire Grand Line are basically monopolized by us. Intelligence, smuggling, trafficking in contraband, assassination, bounty, etc. As long as there is business in the dark world, we do it."

After a brief pause, Nicole Robin continued, "This is also the reason why those cadres are willing to pay the donations, because our Baroque Works Society has a huge number of channels, and these channels are open to cadres according to their ranks and contributions. At the same time, having the identity of a society cadre can also reduce a lot of unnecessary troubles."

After hearing this, Bane also admired Crocodile. The Don Quixote family under Doflamingo was the most famous middlemen in the dark world. Most of their business was brokerage and they were also involved in some smuggling. But from their model, one could still feel that they had joined the dark world.

Crocodile's methods are obviously more aggressive. He directly cut off a piece of the Dark World and treated the market in the first half of the Grand Line as his own. Then he set up a framework. Only if you pay money and become my member, I will allow you to enter the market. Otherwise, no advanced channels will be open to you.

What if you don't want to pay? Didn't Robin say that just now? There will be some unnecessary troubles. Crocodile has a group of thugs under his command, which is considered to be quite impressive in the first half of the Grand Line. It is estimated that they are responsible for dealing with the troublemakers who are unwilling to join the dark world "World Trade Organization" headed by Crocodile.

Then, Bane suddenly reacted and said, "So you almost monopolized all the profits of the dark world in the first half of the Grand Line?"

"In the early years it could only be considered erosion, but in the past two years a stable situation has almost been formed." Robin responded modestly.

"How much profit can we make each year?" Bane asked again, this time his tone was a little excited.

"Excluding various expenses, the net profit would be almost more than 400 billion Baileys." Nicole Robin thought for a moment and said.

As soon as she finished speaking, before Bane could say anything, Nami, who had been listening to the conversation, slammed the table and said with jealousy and resentment: "Damn it, Crocodile really deserves to die!!!"

"With a surplus of more than 400 billion Baileys a year, doesn't that mean Crocodile has trillions in his hands now? Is he so rich!?" Bane was stunned.

He seemed to have already seen his future of becoming rich.

But before this fantasy came to an end, Nico Robin poured cold water on him, saying, "Not really. So far this year, that is, until I left Alabasta and came to the small garden to find you, the total surplus on the books of our Baroque Works is only more than 20 billion Baileys."

"Ah?" Bane was stunned, and asked with gritted teeth: "How can this guy be so wasteful!? What did he do? "

"He has been constantly inciting unrest in Alabasta over the years, and has funded many rebel leaders. As far as I know, he has funded 400,000 rebels this year alone. According to his plan, he intends to completely seize power in Alabasta this year. Most of the funds he saved in the past have now been spent on this." Robin explained. There is still some left, which Crocodile uses to win over the nobles in Alabasta, and there are also some private lending businesses, just like in the original story, Crocodile once lent a loan to Buggy.

Bane now understood. Crocodile originally had a lot of reserve funds, probably about three or two trillion berries. But this year, he started his grand plan to seize Alabasta, so he used all his money to fund the rebels in Alabasta.

Wow, he single-handedly supported 400,000 rebels. He is really a ruthless person.

But on second thought, Bane felt much happier. Once he took over Crocodile, if Baroque Works could still maintain this level of profitability, then it should be no problem for him to fund Zephyr, the 'rebel leader' of the navy.

Four hundred thousand is an excessive number, after all, the navy is not the army. But even if he raises tens of thousands of new navy soldiers, he will be regarded as a big boss in this world. If he stomps his feet, the sea will shake!
If we can get on the path of sustainable development in the future, we will make more and more money, and our team will become bigger and bigger. It will be just around the corner for us to conquer Mary Joa!

"What a talent, truly a talent. If I didn't know very well that with his character it would be impossible for him to be humble to me and work for me, I would really be reluctant to kill him." Bane said with emotion.

Nico Robin also responded in agreement: "That's right, Crocodile has a proud personality, even very arrogant, and is very self-centered. He is not a character who will easily submit to others. Moreover, even if you force him to surrender, you must always be careful of his backlash."

Bane nodded, but did not continue to comment on Crocodile. He casually asked, "Besides Baroque Works, doesn't he also have a casino under his control? The one called Rain Feast. I heard that it is the most luxurious casino in the first half of the entire Grand Line."

"That's right. This casino can provide Crocodile with considerable funds every year. However, this casino has always been used by him to win over the elites from all walks of life in Alabasta. He controls and manages it himself. He usually lives in the basement of the casino. I don't know much about the revenue there." Nico Robin explained.

"It's okay. Once we kill him, we'll know after checking the accounts." Bane didn't care.

"In addition, Crocodile also holds shares in many joint ventures, such as Carnival City and Golden City," Nico Robin introduced again.

Bane had some impression of Carnival City, but not much. But the Golden City made him excited. He sat up straight and asked, "Is the Golden City you just mentioned the Golden City of Gild Tesoro?"

"Yes, the world's largest and most luxurious entertainment city." Nico Robin nodded and said, "Tesoro and Crocodile are also somewhat related. Crocodile owns 3.6% of the shares of Golden City."

At first, Bane felt a little surprised, but then he thought about it and realized that this was normal. Tesoro was the real richest man in the world, controlling a quarter of the world's cash flow and was called the "Golden Emperor."

Moreover, the entire Golden City is the only mobile neutral zone in the world, where all kinds of forces such as pirates, revolutionary army, navy, celestial dragons, CP agencies, etc. exist without interfering with each other.

So the question is, does Tezulo have the power to suppress everything? Is he qualified to enjoy this wealth alone?

Obviously, that is impossible, he does not have the ability. It is true that he is the head of the Golden City, but there must be various shareholders behind him!

The World Government is definitely indispensable, and Crocodile, as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, has a huge influence in the dark world in the first half of the Grand Line, and is also a super rich man. So he is indeed qualified to get some shares in the Golden City.

Maybe many big guys have some of them, so Huangjincheng can make a name for itself in various fields!
(End of this chapter)