Starting with helping Zhao Kai ascend the throne in the snow

It's important to know that CP0 always carries out extremely dangerous missions, such as infiltrating the Four Emperors' pirate crews or dealing with rebellions launched by the Revolutionary Army.

They were arrogant and never took pirates below the Four Emperors' crews seriously. So, a mere Shichibukai recruited by the World Government was nothing more than a small fry in the eyes of the CP organization. They just never expected that such a small fry in their eyes would give them such a big surprise today.

“Boss Guernica, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but ever since we discovered the Donquixote Family’s pirate ship, Lord Puming has been acting a bit strange, as if he’s very unwilling to confront them,” Gismonda added from the side after hearing Joseph’s words.

As Gismonda's voice rang out, Guernica carefully recalled the details just now. It seemed that what Gismonda said was true: Saint Purming had not shown his usual arrogant and domineering attitude in front of the Don Quixote family, obviously because he was worried about something.

“Boss Guernica, why don’t we persuade Saint Purming to leave? Otherwise, if something unexpected happens, we won’t be able to explain ourselves to the Five Elders.” Joseph was a newcomer and naturally didn’t want the person he was protecting to be in danger.

"Joseph, do you really want to give up the 100 billion Berry bounty?" Gismonda asked somewhat unwillingly from the side.

100 billion pegories is an astronomical sum. Even if he only gets one-tenth of it, it would be enough to ensure that he would be well-off for the rest of his life.

Even retiring him directly from the CP organization would be acceptable, since the CP organization is not a safe place. Countless powerful individuals perish every year while carrying out missions, and no one can guarantee whether tomorrow or an accident will come first.

“But we have to be alive to enjoy it. If Saint Purminger is in danger, we’ll all be in deep trouble,” Joseph insisted.

"What a coward, Guernica. You should make the decision." Gismonda sneered at Joseph's words.

He knew that the other person had only recently become a CP0 member, so he was unaware of the dangers involved. It could be said that every day as a CP0 member was like dancing on a knife's edge; one wrong move and you would die on the spot. Otherwise, the CP organization wouldn't spend so much money recruiting worldwide every year.

Gismonda had long been fed up with this precarious life, but if he had retired earlier, he wouldn't have been able to guarantee his livelihood for the rest of his life.

After all, it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Although working for CP0 is a high-risk profession, the various benefits and guarantees are also of an exceptional standard, which even ordinary world government officials may not be able to match. This is one of the reasons why countless CP0 members are unwilling to leave.

However, Tesoro's offer of 10 billion Berries gave Gismonda a chance to leave the CP organization. Even if he could only get 100 billion Berries, with the World Government Bank's annual interest rate, he would earn tens of millions of Berries in interest every year, enough to make him live comfortably for the rest of his life.

“Let’s ignore the Don Quixote family’s pursuers for now and follow the luxury cruise ship of Pullmingo Saint to the Golden Entertainment City.” Guernica listened to the two arguing, pondered for a moment, and then made a decision.

"Boss Guernica, what do you mean by this?" Joseph asked, puzzled.

Even Gismonda looked over curiously, clearly not understanding Guernica's intentions either.

"Tezzolo's bounty was for rescuing him from his predicament, not for helping him repel the invaders," Guernica said succinctly.

The next second, Joseph and Gismonda's eyes lit up.

Yes, Tesoro's bounty is for him to escape, as long as he can get out. Saving people or helping to fight enemies are completely different things.

Even if the Donquixote Family and Hawkeye and others joined forces, it wouldn't be too difficult for the CP0 members to escape if they had no intention of fighting. So at this moment, both of them understood Guernica's plan, which was to interfere and cause trouble at the Golden Entertainment City, just to create an opportunity for Tesoro to escape.

The same reason why the navy cannot completely suppress pirates on the high seas is that the navy is often much stronger than the pirates, but if the pirates are determined to escape, the navy is mostly unable to capture them and can only watch helplessly as they disappear before their eyes.

Guernica made a decision, and the CP ships quickly accelerated to catch up with the luxury cruise ship of Pullmingo Saint. The Donquixote Family followed closely behind and kept firing at the other ship, but all the cannonballs were blocked by Joseph and Gismonda and could not damage the other ship.

"Lord Purminger, the CP0 forces failed to stop the Donquixote Family; they're catching up." On the luxury cruise ship, Lord Purminger heard the increasingly close cannon fire from behind and learned the latest battle situation from his butler.

"What a bunch of useless trash. I don't know what the Five Elders were thinking, hiring such garbage to protect the Celestial Dragons." Saint Purming said with a gloomy face after hearing the butler's words.

After grumbling for a while, he continued to say to the butler, "Pass on my order to immediately have a naval commander on board to protect my safety."

Of all things, one's own safety is paramount.

Since the members of CP0 can't be relied upon, Saint Doflamingo can only place his hopes on Admiral Fujitora, who was sent by the Navy. If this blind man is also useless, he will surely complain to the Five Elders about the Navy's perfunctory attitude when he returns to the Holy Land.

A moment later, Fujitora reluctantly used his Gravity Fruit ability to fly to Purmingo Saint's side.

No matter how you look at it, he was appointed as a paratrooper admiral by the Five Elders, so he had to obey their orders. Otherwise, without their support, a paratrooper admiral like him would have no way to establish himself in the navy.

Given the fragmented and self-contained structure of the Navy, it would have been impossible for the Navy to recruit strong individuals from outside to become Admirals without the strong push of the Five Elders. Even if Fujitora and Green Bull were incredibly strong, they would never have been able to become Navy Admirals without the support of the Five Elders.

"Fujitora, the CP0 crew is useless. I wonder if you can stop the Donquixote Family's pirate ship?" Saint Purming asked in a deep voice, slightly relieved after Fujitora's arrival.

The Donquixote Family was like a thorn hanging over Pullmingo's head, making him uneasy. He didn't want to face Doflamingo, nor did he want to put himself in danger, so the best way was to keep them at a distance.