One Piece: Establishing a Pirate Family

The white-masked and black-masked agents both used all their skills to block the hundred-meter-long green slash.

bump!

An explosion rang out!

Two figures, one in black and one in white, were sent flying backwards like kites with broken strings.

He crashed into more than a dozen large trees before regaining his balance.

"Cough cough!"

Both of them coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"Heh! You dare come to my Cameo Island and demand that I return eight kingdoms? How many dishes are there? And you're so drunk?"

Charlotte appeared before the two as if in a flash, the Seven Star Sword in her hand emitting a chilling, eerie green light.

Amidst the swirling snow, Charlotte stood with a longsword in hand before two agents whose masks were shattered and whose mouths were bleeding.

“Mr. Charlotte! We have come in good faith. If you relinquish your occupation of those eight kingdoms, our World Government will provide compensation!”

The white-masked agent clutched the sword wound on his chest; through the tattered mask, his expression revealed considerable pain.

“That’s right! Mr. Charlotte! As a pirate, it is perfectly legitimate to annex a kingdom. This is something the World Government will never allow. If you kill us, it means you are completely breaking with the World Government. The retaliation from the World Government will be something you absolutely cannot afford!”

The black-masked agent echoed this sentiment.

The two of them, one with a red face and the other with a white face, sang in harmony.

Unfortunately, Charlotte remained unmoved.

There's no way you'd give up the territory you've already acquired.

Let's just give it to the World Government! If other pirates heard this, wouldn't they think that Charlotte is afraid of the World Government?

Chapter 229 Compensation

Charlotte raised her longsword, hovering it in mid-air, and was about to stab the black-masked CP0 man in the chest.

"and many more!"

Seeing this, the two CP0s panicked and hurriedly shouted.

"What? Do you have any last words? Say them!"

Charlotte looked at the two of them and said.

He remained completely calm. He had already crippled the two men with a single move, and the surrounding area was all his territory. Killing two people on his own turf was a piece of cake.

This isn't a TV drama where someone will specifically come to their rescue at a crucial moment.

“Mr. Charlotte! We are sincere. As long as you can evacuate those islands, our World Government will provide compensation.”

Knowing that he would miss his chance if he didn't speak up, the white-masked CP0 quickly revealed the compensation offered by the World Government.

"Oh? What is it?"

Charlotte countered with a question.

"A Devil Fruit! It's a Devil Fruit! We can use a Devil Fruit to compensate you for your loss!"

"CP0 said urgently."

"Devil Fruits? How many? What kind of Devil Fruits?"

Charlotte immediately became interested upon hearing this.

As everyone knows, Charlotte has two hobbies in life: one is to rescue beautiful women from all over the world, and the other is to collect all kinds of rare Devil Fruits.

Anyone who knows even a little about Charlotte knows Charlotte's preferences.

The fact that the World Government is now using Devil Fruits to bribe him has caused Charlotte to change her mind slightly.

"Eight Devil Fruits! One for each kingdom. If you are willing to give up your occupation of those eight kingdoms, our World Government is willing to pay the price of eight Devil Fruits!"

CP0, wearing a white mask, said.

Eight?

This made Charlotte hesitate for a moment. Eight Devil Fruits?

This is a considerable sum.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Charlotte found thirteen Devil Fruits in those eight kingdoms.

But those Devil Fruits are treasured possessions of royalty and nobility, some of which have been passed down through generations, collected over several years, decades, or even longer. They are not commonplace items.

Thinking of this, Charlotte tilted the sword in her hand slightly downwards, no longer pointing the tip at the two of them.

Charlotte was deep in thought.

Whether or not he should conquer those kingdoms.

Those kingdoms are geographically far from their own Cammy Island, and those islands don't have many resources. They are close to the first half of the New World and Charlotte Linlin's Tottoland waters, making them less valuable than those affiliated islands.

Why did Charlotte attack them? It was because they took advantage of their land resources to arbitrarily raise prices. After Charlotte conquered those islands, these people actually joined forces with other kingdoms to form an alliance to attack her.

Isn't this a provocation against the Rockefeller Pirates, a provocation against the world's greatest swordsman, one of the four legendary pirates of the New World, Rockefeller Charlotte?

They brought this all upon themselves.

It was caused by greed.

From the very beginning, Charlotte never intended to attack those kingdoms; she only wanted those resource islands. However, the final outcome was something Charlotte had never anticipated.

Barrett led over two thousand men on a triumphant advance, conquering eight countries in succession, truly deserving the title of conqueror.

However, these conquered kingdoms have also given Charlotte a headache these past few days.

We can't just occupy the territory and then do nothing!

After occupying the territory, they would send men to garrison it and arrange for them to manage it.

Occupying those resource islands kept him incredibly busy.

After much deliberation, Charlotte realized that although occupying those islands would greatly benefit his future, it would still be somewhat difficult given his current situation.

The Rockefeller Pirates have become quite bloated due to their rapid expansion and expansion.

And indeed, it was just as they both said.

It is indeed very easy for a pirate to incur the hatred of all royal families in the world if he occupies a kingdom.

No pirate has ever dared to openly occupy a kingdom and recently declare himself king.

If you plunder a kingdom and leave after you've done so, the nobles and kings of those kingdoms will only see you as a pirate, and you'll never amount to anything.

Even if you destroy a kingdom, other kings, besides being angry, will at most feign a show of sadness.

But if you actually conquer a kingdom and kill the former king to become the new king.

Then you are a thief of state.

The title of "thief of state" is a reference to the later Ming Dynasty.

This is a very serious matter in the world of One Piece.

After all, this world is made up of a world government and various member and non-member countries.

Seeing Charlotte lost in thought.

The two CP0 members below exchanged a glance.

"Mr. Charlotte! We have come here with great sincerity, and we hope you will give it serious consideration!"

Seeing Charlotte deep in thought, the CP0 member with the black mask offered a reminder.

The result is the next moment.

Pfft!

Charlotte twisted her wrist, and without the two being able to see it with the naked eye, she swept her longsword horizontally.

“Ah~!”

The CP0 member wearing the black mask screamed in agony.

He curled up, clutching his left arm that had been severed from his shoulder, and howled in agony.

"No one can think for me, and I hate it when someone interrupts me while I'm thinking!"

Charlotte looked at the black-masked CP0 below and said coldly.

His tone was icy cold, sending chills down the spines of the white-masked CP0 members beside him.

He then couldn't help but curse his companion in his heart.

What's with the self-righteousness?

After Charlotte finished speaking, she turned to look at the other person.

"I can withdraw from those eight kingdoms, but I want all the islands surrounding them. You don't have any objections, do you?"

"No problem! No problem!"

CP0, wearing a white mask, naturally agreed.