On a winter island where snow falls all year round, Kaido roared angrily.
The overlord-colored domineering energy surged wildly, making the wind and snow even higher.
Silently resisting the overlord-like domineering energy spreading from Kaido, behind him, Jack, a senior cadre of the Beast Pirates and one of the three disasters, "Drought", couldn't help but shuddered and asked: "Captain, then we have to continue
Cooperate with him?"
"of course yes."
In the wind and snow, Kaido said confidently.
"Otherwise, where would we have the fleet to transport things out? If arms can't be turned into money, they'll just be a pile of scrap metal! Why are you so stupid, Jack?"
Jack: "..."
"But don't think I'm afraid of him!"
"Go! Find out where the Black Earl is now!"
Kaido was breathing heavily from his nostrils. The temperature of dozens of degrees below zero did not make him feel any discomfort. The snowflakes fell on his skin and melted into water almost instantly.
"Since he dare not show up, I will go find him myself!"
After saying that, Kaido lifted it hard. Facing the humanized and frightened eyes of a giant mammoth over twenty meters tall opposite him, Kaido grabbed its tusks and lifted its entire body into the air.
Then, like the demon god Kaido, he raised his hands high and threw the monster that was several times bigger than himself. The tons of meat whined and roared in the air and hit the rocks hard.
Boom!
White snow was flying in all directions, and the unlucky mammoth howled, its muscles and bones shattered.
Well, okay, this is very Kaido.
Jack nodded and waved his hand, and the members of the Beast Pirates who were following him immediately trotted away.
But soon, the pirate returned the same way he came, out of breath.
"No, no, Captain!"
"Jin-sama and the Red-haired Pirates had a conflict at the border, and Red-haired himself came in with a large force!"
"Nani?!!"
Kaido roared wildly: "Does he also think that I am afraid of him?!"
In Jack's eyes, Kaido roared angrily: "Call Quinn, everyone is ready to challenge, but I want to see what the red-haired kid wants to do!"
Fighting between the four emperors was commonplace in the New World, especially for a madman like Kaido who would find excuses to fight with his opponents almost for nothing.
Apart from the surprising fact that the Red-haired Society actively invaded Kaido's territory, the conflict between the two Four Emperors of the New World was hidden under the banner of the World Conference and almost no one knew about it.
It was against this... backdrop of green leaves that the World Conference began.
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Holy Land, Marie Joa.
In the bright and solemn white hall, the floor is covered with red carpet, a slender conference table is placed in the middle of the hall, and luxurious chairs with higher backrests than normal are lined up on both sides.
Since it was the first day of the meeting, everyone was very relaxed.
The real decision is actually made after the meeting. When the formal discussion is held, it is just a formality. On the first day, it is mainly to see what the Draco and the Five Old Stars want to express, to find out the details in advance, and then go back
It is up to each royal family to negotiate among themselves.
But the atmosphere is a little different today.
As Saint Charles, who acted as the mascot, walked into the meeting room with his nose sniffed, the leaders of each franchise country felt a pressure.
This is to force us to take a stand!
Some people exchanged vague glances, shook their heads silently, and waited to speak.
Afterwards, the bearded Five Elders who presided over the meeting walked to the front and said softly: "I believe you all remember Saint Charlos, right?"
No one answered.
The five old stars with long beards did not care and continued: "The last incident exposed one thing..."
coming!
Leaders of various countries cheer up.
What can be said about Saint Charles?
Nothing more than being kidnapped by the revolutionary army!
The world government will definitely use this to make a big fuss and call on everyone to attack the revolutionary army.
This is something that is good for everyone, but... if there is one more thing, why is there one less thing?
Even the Tianlong people dare to kidnap and threaten the government. If you put yourself in their shoes, no participating country will be afraid.
So they have discussed it privately. If this matter is brought up at the meeting, as long as it is not too excessive, everyone will pretend to agree, and then they will do whatever they want after they go back, so that neither party will be offended.
but.
"It shows... that our protection of the world's nobles is far from enough."
The protracted voice whetted his appetite, and the bearded Five Old Star finished it all in one breath.
Leaders of various countries: "..."
Wait, this is different from what was promised!
Under their stunned gazes, the bearded five-old star said calmly: "We have set up a special secret service to protect the safety of the world's nobles around the clock, but unfortunately the investment is limited and the manpower is insufficient, so it cannot be foolproof."
"If they could also have sufficient funds like the navy to expand their scale, the kidnapping incident like the last time would never have happened."
"Yes, you just didn't protect me!"
Saint Charlos gritted his teeth and sniffed: "Do you know what those untouchables did to me? They dared to stuff stinky socks into my mouth and prevent me from making a sound!"
"Pfft..."
An untimely air leak sounded, and Saint Charles went berserk instantly.
"Who's laughing? Who?!"
"No, Saint Charles, no one is laughing."
The king of one of the participating countries said softly.
"You are obviously laughing at me and you haven't stopped!"
"Saint Charlos, please believe us. We are the kings of a country. We must be dignified. No matter how funny things are, we will not laugh... unless we can't help it."
"Pfft..."
"It's... hateful!"
Saint Charles looked crazy: "Is this your attitude towards the world's nobles, you bastards?!"
"Ahem!"
At this time, the bearded five-old star coughed a few times: "Please be quiet, everyone."
Wanting to anger Charles and make the meeting impossible...
Crude means!
The bearded five-old star thought disdainfully, and looked at each other with Charros. The latter remembered the instructions of his elders in the family, and immediately suppressed his anger and sat back.
Seeing this, some people in the conference hall looked ugly.
"Where were you talking about? Oh yes, the secret service."
Continuing the previous topic, he said: "In order to ensure the safety of the world's nobles, it is urgent to expand the size of the protection team. Regarding this, we have discussed with some country leaders and have two proposals."
Since some people want to cause trouble, of course there are also people who want to cause trouble.
The atmosphere instantly became solemn!
"First, cut naval military spending."
"Use the reduced military expenditures to supply the secret service and expand the size of the team."
What about the Navy?
Each of the franchising leaders had gloomy faces and did not speak.
"Second, raise the heavenly gold."
"The world's nobles have agreed to use the extra heavenly gold every year to invest in protecting their own departments, but they require that their previous annual benefits remain unchanged, so they can only increase the heavenly gold."
"What do you think we should do?"
hiss……!
There was a sound of breathing.
These two solutions are really simple and crude!
The kidnapping of the Tianlong people shows that the protection is not enough, no problem.
If the protection is not enough, then increase the intensity, and that’s fine.
Increasing efforts requires money, which is no problem.
But where does the money come from?
This is... very problematic!
A buzzing buzz of discussion rang out at the meeting. The unprepared situation made the leaders of the countries who had made plans feel dizzy, and the prepared excuses were completely useless.
Because this is not targeting the revolutionary army at all, it has nothing to do with it!
But no matter which option they choose, they cannot accept it. Some franchise countries are willing to accept the unreasonable sky gold system, just because they can be protected by the navy and escape from the whirlpool of the great pirate era by becoming a franchise country.
Otherwise, look at those non-franchised countries. A group of powerful pirates killed the king and occupied the country, and the navy did not care.
And increasing the heavenly gold is even more unacceptable.
This is an irreconcilable contradiction.
The current gold in the sky has been cut off from their bodies, and the citizens have to be squeezed to maintain a decent life, but this has triggered domestic rebellions, creating a vicious cycle.
Once it increases, the country will perish.
As for whether the Celestial Dragons live or die...
hehe!
"I firmly disagree!"
Suddenly, a loud voice sounded amid the discussion.
The five old stars with long beards looked over: "Which plan does King Kobra disagree with?"
"I don't agree with any of them!"
Facing the eyes from all directions, Cobra said solemnly: "There is a saying in Alabasta about digging a well in a sandstorm, and it refers to these two plans."
"Yeah?"
Why did the bearded five old star say: "But we can't leave the safety of the nobles alone, right?"
certainly……
It’s impossible!
Cobra clenched his fists: "That's exactly why we attended the meeting, isn't it? To discuss a way to get the best of both worlds."
"But these two plans are not good solutions. If everyone votes to pass it, I will withdraw from the membership on behalf of Alabasta!"
The sound was so deafening that the heads of countries could not help but widen their eyes.
hiss……!
So decisive!
As one of the twenty royal families who originally founded the World Government, if the Neferutali family took Alabasta to withdraw from the participating countries, the impact would be absolutely unprecedented, and even they would suffer as well.
But the bearded Five Old Star remained calm and nodded silently.
"Everyone must have heard your opinion, but..."
"Well! Everyone, please calm down, including His Majesty Kobra."
At this time, Meng Luolong, the king of the Taji Kingdom, smiled and smoothed things over: "The reason why the proposal is a proposal is to provide a way to solve the problem, not to force everyone to make a choice."
No one answered.
They all felt something was wrong.
Wait, what were we thinking about in the first place?
Seeing Kobra slowly sitting back on the chair, Meng Luolong continued to smile: "These two plans are indeed too extreme, and they are also too one-sided... After all, the so-called protection depends not only on who is being protected, but also on who is being protected.
Who is the opponent?"
"You said that, right?"
Hearing this, Kobra clenched his fist suddenly.
Could it be...!!
As expected, the bearded five-old star, who was able to take it lightly even when he stated that he would withdraw from the franchise country, looked at him with gratitude and said.
"What King Mengluolong said is absolutely true, but we are one-sided on this point."
"But who can threaten the nobles... As expected, it must be the Revolutionary Army!"
Ask for a high price and pay back on the spot.
With Kobra's passionate blood blocking the last escape route, the Five Old Stars completed control of the field in an instant!
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There was originally a part of this chapter in the outline, but it was already 3,000 words long. It was half past one in the morning, so it was withdrawn. Good night, everyone.