Chapter 40

The Golden Lion's shocked jaw suddenly split into a ferocious, greedy arc.

"Monster Cells and Senzu Beans—these two things are simply tailor-made for me!"

Of course, to escape Impel Down, Shi Ji had cut off both of his legs.

Although he used swords as prosthetics, they were nowhere near as convenient as his original legs.

Senzu Beans could make Shi Ji's legs grow back.

And Monster Cells could greatly increase the strength of his subordinates, adding to his leverage for revenge against the World Government!

These two great benefits were enough to stir endless greed in the Golden Lion's heart!

43. Dredging is better than damming; want Senzu Beans? You must pay more (begging for flowers and tickets)

Greed blinded the Golden Lion's eyes.

Without a word, he summoned his subordinates and shouted excitedly:

"You little ones, get your weapons and ammunition ready; we are going to attack Wano Country!"

The Golden Lion's subordinates looked utterly baffled: "Hah?"

Did the captain's brain malfunction? Wano Country is the territory of the Emperor Kaido.

Glancing at the ship's wheel stuck on top of the Golden Lion's head, the subordinates fell silent.

Ever since he was unfortunately impaled by a ship's wheel during the Battle of Edd War with Luo Jie, their captain's mind had indeed not been working properly.

He often made certain bizarre moves.

Indigo, the scientist who mainly researched IQ, understood the Golden Lion's meaning and said cautiously:

"Captain, do you want to go to Wano Country to snatch Monster Cells and Senzu Beans?"

The Golden Lion sneered: "Of course!"

As expected, Indigo sighed in his heart.

In fact, he had read the newspaper long ago but deliberately hid it from the Golden Lion, fearing the captain would do something irrational.

Indigo advised:

"Captain, Beasts Kaido is now an Emperor, hailed as the strongest creature on sea, land, and air; he is not the intern from your ship back in the day. We must be cautious."

Hearing this, the Golden Lion sneered disdainfully:

"What Emperor, what strongest creature? I used to beat him until he was crawling on the ground looking for his teeth!"

When the Rocks Pirates still existed.

The old captain was naturally Rocks, followed by the Golden Lion and Bai Huzi, then Big Mom, Wang Zhi, and others, with young Kaido coming last.

Therefore, the Golden Lion looked down on Kaido completely.

He did not know that today's Kaido had not only eaten the Mythical Zoan-type Blue Dragon Fruit but also mastered Conqueror's Coating proficiently; he was far from what he used to be.

Indigo, however, had learned of Kaido's terror through the newspaper.

Whether his own captain or Beasts Kaido would win the duel was truly hard to say.

More crucially, Beasts Kaido had forces far exceeding theirs in number.

From this point of view, the Flying Pirates' chances of losing were clearly much greater.

But Indigo also knew that once the captain made a decision, it could not be changed.

He thought for a moment and changed his wording:

"Captain, my research on IQ is about to succeed. Why not wait a few more days? Once we use IQ to make all the animals on the island ferocious, then attack Wano Country; that way, Beasts Kaido will also know your terror!"

The Golden Lion felt Indigo's words made sense and agreed.

Indigo breathed a huge sigh of relief inside; delaying one day at a time would have to do.

Onigashima.

Luo Xing had been in seclusion cultivating in the Time Gravity Room for twelve days, which was equivalent to one year in the Outside World.

When he emerged from seclusion,

Page One, who greeted him, felt an overwhelming, domineering momentum rush toward him.

Suddenly, Page One felt a sense of suffocation; vaguely, it seemed as if Boss Kaido was walking toward him.

Only after a long while did Page One stabilize his emotions; the look in his eyes directed at Luo Xing was filled with a reverence he had never possessed before.

"Imperial Son-in-Law, have you successfully cultivated Conqueror's Coating?"

Luo Xing smiled faintly: "I have made some progress."

Page One sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.

Although Luo Xing spoke lightly, Page One understood that the Imperial Son-in-Law, having learned Conqueror's Coating, was enough to crush him even without eating a Devil Fruit or Monster Cells.

Even the strongest of the Three Calamities and the Tobiroppo, the Flame Calamity King, might not be Luo Xing's match.

"What about you, Little Pei? How has your cultivation been recently?" Luo Xing asked casually.

A bitter smile appeared on Page One's face.

"Compared to you, Imperial Son-in-Law, it is like an elephant compared to an ant. But I have made some progress; I feel I am one step closer to evolving into a Mythical Zoan."

Luo Xing patted Page One's shoulder: "Keep it up, Little Pei."

Come to think of it, he had once tricked Page One into believing he would help him evolve into a Mythical Zoan, but he had not done so yet.

Thinking about it, he felt a bit guilty.

Luo Xing walked toward the direction of his father-in-law Kaido's palace.

Page One leaned in close and whispered:

"Imperial Son-in-Law, Boss Kaido has been in a very bad mood recently."

"What's wrong?"

"It's that fool Jack. When he went out to take revenge on the Navy, he accidentally leaked the intel on the Senzu Beans. Now the entire Grand Line knows."

Luo Xing chuckled inwardly.

True to the son of the Pirate King, he's caused trouble again.

"And then?"

"Then that crowd outside went mad. Everyone wants the Senzu Beans!"

Page One counted on his fingers and said:

"There's the Empress Boa Hancock, there's the Emperor Red-Haired Shanks, there's Big Mom Charlotte Linlin, there are the giants of Elbaf... and a whole bunch more! Hey, even the False World Government quietly sent CP0."

Luo Xing stopped in his tracks.

One name caught his attention.

The Empress Boa Hancock, the world's number one beauty, who has her own unique charms compared to his wife Yamato.

Luo Xing's gaze flickered slightly; he quickly figured out why the Empress wanted the Senzu Beans. It must be to remove the Celestial Dragon's hoof on her back.

Page One's voice continued:

"Oh, and there's Joker! That despicable fellow actually dared to use the SMILE fruits to blackmail Big Boss Kaido!"

Joker, that is Donquixote Doflamingo, the middleman of the underworld, who has a close relationship with Kaido.

He holds the production factory for the artificial Devil Fruit SMILE, and beneath his stronghold of Dressrosa, there is also a weapons exchange.

By selling SMILE fruits to Kaido and providing weapons for wars all over the world, Doflamingo has made a fortune.

However,

Doflamingo should be extremely afraid of his father-in-law Kaido; how does he have the nerve to blackmail?

Page One answered Luo Xing's doubt.

"That bastard Joker, thinking he ate a Maniac Cell and his strength increased greatly, has become a bit overconfident."

"He newly manufactured one hundred SMILE fruits and colluded with a group of so-called kings of the underworld, wanting to exchange them with Big Boss Kaido for Senzu Beans."

So that's how it is; Luo Xing understood.

This isn't really blackmail; at most, it's a transaction with a coercive nature.

Luo Xing's deep eyes revealed a look of contemplation.

Greed drives people mad, especially that bunch of villains in the underworld; they even dared to snatch Big Mom's Maniac Cells back then.

Although Wano Country is strategically located and guarded by father-in-law Kaido, absolutely no one can attack up there.

But if this continues, the Beasts Pirates will undoubtedly become the target of everyone's hatred on the Grand Line, which is extremely unfavorable for future development and expansion.

Blocking is not as good as channeling.

Luo Xing suddenly smiled; he already had a plan.