Starting with helping Zhao Kai ascend the throne in the snow

Shen Qing, sensing the tense gazes of the crowd, chuckled and said, "Alright, everyone, don't worry. I meant we're looking for a target, but I didn't say Mary Geoise. After all, with our current strength, we're not enough to shake the Celestial Dragons' rule, so this time our target is the Golden Emperor Tesoro of the Entertainment City."

With Shen Qing's explanation, the tense atmosphere at the scene vanished, as if the ice and snow in the height of summer had melted away.

Since they weren't directly confronting the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, they didn't feel as much psychological pressure.

As for Tesoro, although he is known as the world's richest man and his influence extends to both the underworld and legitimate society, he is nothing compared to the oppressive aura exerted by the Celestial Dragons over the past few centuries.

"Tesoro, I've been waiting for this day for a long time. It's time to settle our old scores." After Shen Qing set his sights on Tesoro, Doflamingo's face revealed a ferocious expression.

The Donquixote Family became a laughing stock because of the Gold-Gold Fruit incident, and almost had to close down their auction house in Sabaody Archipelago. After all, who would dare to put their things up for auction if an auction house couldn't even protect its own auction items?

It was because of this incident that Dover's auction house, which originally planned to auction rare and exotic items, transformed into a place that auctioned slaves.

After all, compared to rare and precious items, slaves were commodities that slave traders were eager to sell. Once a slave died for any reason, he or she became an unwanted corpse.

"Brother Shen Qing, we outnumber you and have the upper hand. I suggest we don't bother with any fancy strategies, just go all out and crush Tesoro like a mountain, catching him completely off guard and taking him down in one fell swoop." Doflamingo volunteered after learning that Shen Qing wanted to rob Tesoro.

"Hmph, Doflamingo, I think you're just trying to use this opportunity to settle personal scores," Crocodile said, watching Doflamingo's antics and unable to resist making sarcastic remarks.

“Crocodile, I’m just settling a personal score, but so what? Tesoro is the target chosen by Brother Shen Qing, and besides him, only the Holy Land Mary Geoise has enough gold and silver. Do you want everyone to go and fight the Holy Land Mary Geoise? I’m telling you right now, if you dare to go to the Holy Land and cause trouble, I’m willing to risk my life to accompany you on a crazy adventure. Do you dare?”

Faced with Doflamingo's counterattack, Crocodile's forehead veins bulged with anger, but he still forced himself to suppress his rage and said, "Flamingo, I won't stoop to your level. Brother Shen will take care of everything."

Shen Qing looked at the two arguing, shook his head with a wry smile, and then looked at Hawkeye, saying, "Mr. Mihawk, what are your thoughts?"

“Brother Shen Qing, I’ve heard that the Celestial Dragons spend a lot of time having fun in Tesoro’s entertainment center. So, in addition to considering Tesoro’s power, we should also take the Celestial Dragons into account. After all, if we disrespect the Celestial Dragons, a Marine Admiral will come to our rescue very quickly. We need to anticipate that.” Hawkeye pondered for a moment and then shared his thoughts.

"The Celestial Dragons, huh? These guys are really a bit troublesome." Shen Qing frowned slightly when he heard Hawkeye mention the Celestial Dragons.

Most of those Celestial Dragons are arrogant and conceited. If you encounter them, they will provoke you even if you don't provoke them.

Therefore, if there really are Celestial Dragons in Tesoro's territory, a confrontation between the two sides is almost inevitable. Shen Qing knows that his side is not strong enough and does not want to confront the Celestial Dragons so soon.

“Brother Shen Qing, actually it’s quite simple to keep these Celestial Dragons out of the entertainment city. I have an idea, what do you think of it?” Just then, Festa suddenly said from the side.

"Oh, I wonder if Mr. Festa has any good ideas?" Shen Qing looked at Festa with surprise and doubt upon hearing this.

As long as the Celestial Dragons don't appear in Tesoro's territory, Tesoro's power is no match for their group, and dealing with him would be as easy as crushing dry leaves.

“My method is to make the Celestial Dragons feel threatened, then they naturally won’t leave the Mary Geoise Holy Land so easily,” Festa said with a smile.

"Be more specific?" Shen Qing asked thoughtfully.

"Although the Celestial Dragons can attract the protection of admirals, if their opponent is strong enough to attack them, those seemingly fearless Celestial Dragons will be afraid of death and unwilling to risk leaving the Holy Land."

Festa paused for a moment, then continued, "So my idea is to make use of Barrett. His strength is among the top in the Navy. Back then, the Navy mobilized Garp and Sengoku to lead the Buster Call in order to deal with him. Therefore, as long as we spread the news that Barrett is planning to kidnap a Celestial Dragon and make a big move, those Celestial Dragons in the Holy Land who get the news will not dare to leave the Holy Land rashly."

“Good idea. Even if those idiots among the Celestial Dragons don’t care, the Navy and the Five Elders will definitely stop them from messing around. After all, if something happens to a Celestial Dragon, it will bring shame to the entire World Government. And with the Navy and the Celestial Dragons’ security forces, it’s impossible to protect all the Celestial Dragons. So the Celestial Dragons will likely be ordered not to leave the Holy Land Mary Geoise.” Shen Qing smiled and agreed with Festa’s idea.

“Actually, we can not only use Barrett to spread information, but we can also continue to use him to divert the Navy’s attention, so that we can attack the entertainment city without attracting their attention,” Festa said again.

"A feint to the east while attacking in the west, a covert maneuver. Festa, bringing you into our team was a truly wise decision." Shen Qing listened to Festa's suggestion with delight, feeling that they had indeed found the right person; this was what you call a perfect match.

Because the Celestial Dragons frequently visit the entertainment complex where Tesoro is located, the Navy and CP have planted many spies there, and even other factions have placed intelligence agents there.

Furthermore, given that Tezzolo has been the world's richest man for many years, if he senses something is wrong, he is likely to seek help from all sides. With the wealth he controls, recruiting desperate people willing to risk their lives would not be a problem, which would add many variables.

Therefore, if Festa could create some other event to attract the attention of various forces, taking down Tezzolo would become much easier.

With Festa's idea in mind, everyone immediately followed suit and came up with a plan to capture Tezzolo.

Yes, Shen Qing meant to prepare to capture Tesoro alive, since the gold and silver currently in the entertainment city probably wouldn't amount to 10,000 tons.