Chapter 274

"Before the event occurs, you cannot be the same."

"You only need to remember my words today."

"That's it. I'm leaving."

Lu En waved his hand and headed toward the port coast, in the direction where the warship was moored, without looking back.

He left only a mysterious, inscrutable silhouette behind…

On the spot.

Lu Qi stared blankly at Lu En's receding back, opened his mouth, but fell silent.

"What does he mean by that?"

"A kid named Little Lufei? Who is that?"

"Is there such a person on this sea? How have I never heard of him?"

"What connection does this kid named Little Lufei have with Lu En?"

The more he thought, the more complex the matter seemed to Lu Qi.

It left his mind in complete confusion.

"Forget it."

"I should return to the organization and report first."

He shook his head, suppressing all thoughts, and stopped obsessing over it.

Back at the Wang Gong, King Rosed IV sighed endlessly.

As if…

He had missed out on billions of Berries!

He had let slip an immense fortune.

An unprecedented, peerless genius had slipped away from the Rosed Kingdom.

This filled King Rosed IV with deep regret.

Coincidentally,

Rosed's eldest son arrived at the Wang Gong and heard his father sighing.

So,

he asked, "Why does Your Majesty sigh?"

Seeing his eldest son's look of concern, Rosed IV initially did not wish to speak, but after thinking, he could not help but reveal the truth.

"I missed out on a once-in-a-century peerless genius—he refused my overture."

"It is truly regrettable."

Rosed IV shook his head.

"A peerless genius? He refused Your Majesty's recruitment?"

The crown prince looked utterly bewildered.

Then,

Rosed IV recounted everything that had happened that day, exactly as it occurred, to his eldest son.

After listening,

the crown prince suddenly understood.

"I see."

"A mere four-year-old child annihilated the pirate crew that has been threatening us all this time! This is truly a terrifying genius!"

"No wonder Father is so invested in and attentive to this person."

The crown prince sighed in awe.

Changing tone,

his eyes gleamed with a flash of wisdom: "Father, since your personal recruitment was refused, perhaps you might try another approach."

"Oh? What other method is possible? Tell me quickly."

Rosed IV's interest and anticipation stirred.

"Since this genius comes from the Yuhai Army, he is naturally under the jurisdiction of the World Government. If we contact the World Government and promise sufficient benefits and advantages…"

"Surely…29"

"The World Government would grant us this small request."

"Your Majesty could double the annual tribute resources! With such a gesture, adding one small request, the World Government would hardly refuse."

"They couldn't possibly refuse our small request!"

The crown prince smiled with quiet confidence.

Hearing this,

Rosed IV's heart leapt with joy: "Yes! If the World Government issues an order, that peerless genius will surely obey and join our Rosed Kingdom!"

"Thus, our Rosed Kingdom will gain an invincible powerhouse!"

"For merely doubling the annual tribute, we gain a top-tier genius with limitless potential—this deal is incredibly worthwhile."

Clearly,

in Rosed IV's eyes,

Lu En's importance far outweighed the annual resources given to the World Government!

For a single Lu En…

Not even doubling the resources was too much.

Even tripling the resources, in Rosed IV's view, would be more than worth it.

He understood too well.

How monstrous that genius, merely four years old, truly was!

"Then do as you say."

"Now, I will contact the World Government and discuss this matter with them."

Rosed IV quickly pulled out a Den Den Mushi.

Then,

he dialed it.

Bulo bulo~

The Den Den Mushi's sharp, distinctive sound echoed through the vast Wang Gong.

Not long after,

the Den Den Mushi was connected.

"Why, today, does King Rosed bother to contact us?"

A flat yet immensely authoritative voice slowly emerged from the Den Den Mushi.

Instantly,

Rosed IV's spirit tightened, his face turning especially cautious and reverent.

The person on the other end…

even he, a king of a member state, must treat with utmost respect!

That was a titan standing atop the seas!

The supreme leader of the World Government…

The Five Elders!

A terrifying presence standing atop the seas, overlooking all life beneath.

As a king of a member state, he still felt profoundly fragile and insignificant before such a being.

Naturally,

Rosed IV dared not show the slightest negligence or complacency.

"It's like this…"

"Today, thank you, my lords, for specially dispatching those two geniuses to resolve a great crisis for our Rosed Kingdom."

"One of them, a genius named Lu En, is merely four years old."