Chapter 97

He now smelled entirely of Little Purple, so naturally he could not go to see his wife, Yamato.

Luo Xing prepared to head to the laboratory.

Just then, the Den Den Mushi rang.

Buru buru~

Luo Xing glanced and saw it was a call from Page One.

Since seizing Dressrosa, Foxy, Ulti, and Page One had been guarding Dedao.

Luo Xing hadn't seen Page One for a while; to be honest, he actually missed that foolish boy.

He also recalled that Page One was the only one among the Three Calamities and the Tobiroppo whose Devil Fruit had not evolved into a Mythical Zoan; back then, he had promised to help him, yet he still hadn't fulfilled that promise.

Luo Xing couldn't help but feel a tinge of shame.

However, the moment he picked up the receiver, that tinge of shame flew straight to the nine heavens.

"Little Pei, what's the matter?"

(bjcd) "Young Master!" Page One's voice said, "A Marine wants to see you."

A Marine wanted to see him?

Luo Xing was quite surprised; he had no connections with anyone in the Marines.

On the contrary, he had quite a few grudges.

"Who is it? What is their name?"

"His name is Vergo, the commander of the G-5 Marine base. He says he is an undercover agent planted by Doflamingo within the Marines, and his true identity is a top executive of the Donquixote Family."

Page One's tone became somewhat disdainful and smug.

"Absolutely ridiculous! Spinning such a stupid lie and expecting to fool me; do you think I'm a fool?"

"By the way, he also brought a pirate named Trafalgar Law, claiming it was a token of loyalty for our Beasts Pirates."

"Hahaha, truly the biggest joke!"

Page One sneered and said:

"I checked, and that Trafalgar Law is nothing but a rookie with a bounty of only a few tens of millions of Beli; just on that basis, he thinks he can offer it as a token of loyalty?"

"What kind of place do you think our Beasts Pirates are? Do you think anyone can just join whenever they want?"

"Young Master, in my opinion, both that Vergo and Trafalgar Law are undercover agents sent by the Marines, wanting to steal your inventions, Young Master."

Page One's long-winded speech finally ended.

Luo Xing remained silent for a long time.

"Young Master? Are you still there?"

On the other end of the line was Page One's confused voice.

Luo Xing spoke: "Little Pei, let me give you some advice."

"What?"

"Tell your sister Ulti to stop smashing her golden forehead against your head, or you'll soon turn into Jack the Iron Simpleton!"

Page One: "..."

Luo Xing was utterly speechless at Page One's genius-level brain.

Come to think of it, could your Beasts Pirates not have a smarter brain?

Thinking carefully and comparing.

It seemed that besides King, the only one with the sharpest brain in the Beasts Pirates was Luo Xing's cheap father-in-law, Kaido.

Luo Xing sighed helplessly and said:

"Where are Vergo and that Trafalgar Law? I'm going to see them right now."

Page One's voice was weak as he said: "I told them to get lost, otherwise I would have killed them."

Luo Xing's anger instantly boiled over.

"Then why did you even call me?!"

How would Page One dare to speak? He made this call to show off to Luo Xing that he had seen through the Marines' conspiracy.

Luo Xing took several deep breaths, suppressed his anger, and spoke in an uncompromising, commanding tone:

"Little Pei, I'm giving you a task: immediately go and make that Vergo bring Trafalgar Law and get back here. If you can't do it, you can get lost too!"

"Y-yes... yes, I guarantee the mission will be completed, Young Master!!"

He hung up the phone.

Yet a smile appeared on Luo Xing's face, as if the anger just now had all been an act.

It was indeed an act, because Luo Xing had no need to be angry.

Vergo's surrender, and even capturing Trafalgar Law as a token of loyalty, was simply an unexpected, huge surprise!

And since Vergo had gone to Dressrosa, even if Page One drove him away, he would definitely return.

Luo Xing was very certain of this.

Because.

Vergo's ambition did not lie with the Marines.

On this Grand Line, the only place that could accommodate Vergo's ambition was the Beasts Pirates!

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Dressrosa, Underground Factory.

This was the place where Doflamingo once conducted weapon trades with the underworld; now it serves the same purpose.

Only its owner has changed.

Vergo walked through the underground factory, a tinge of sigh inevitably rising in his heart.

Previously, he came here with the mindset of a master; as the highest-ranking officer of the Tang Jihede family, he held a large share of this underground factory.

But now that he has returned, he feels only trembling and tension, even a hint of uncontrollable dread.

After all,

he was about to meet that legendary man, ten times more powerful and terrifying than Doflamingo!

And the words and actions of that man would determine Vergo's fate from now on.

Even though Vergo's temperament has always been steady and calm, how could he feel no dread at all?

"Hehe, Vergo, you truly are a thoroughgoing villain!"

From beside him came a voice of sarcasm, utterly unmasked.

"How long has it been since Doflamingo died, and you've already come crawling to defect to the man who killed him!"

"Vergo, don't you think your behavior is utterly shameless?"

Vergo's expression was blank.

Buzz~

His fist, covered in Armament Haki, smashed hard into Law's face.

Bang!

Law was sent flying directly, blood staining the corner of his mouth.

Vergo said coldly:

"I told you, call me Mr. Vergo. Remember that, Law!"

"The justice of this world is written by the victors, and the only Wang Zuo on that great sea can only be ascended by true strength!"

"Law, a rookie pirate like you, just starting out, has a perception no better than a child playing house!"

The one who had just mocked Vergo was none other than Trafalgar Law, captured by the latter and prepared to be delivered to the Beasts Pirates as a token of loyalty.

Law was bound by chains, unable to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth or even stand up.

Vergo stepped forward and hoisted him up.

Law's face was extremely grim; this feeling of being manipulated at will had not been felt by him since he escaped the Tang Jihede family.

The two continued forward.

Law's heart grew anxious, desperately thinking of any way to escape.

If he did not escape now, once he met that legendary Fifth Emperor of the Sea, escape would become even more impossible.

Vergo seemed to see through his thoughts and said in a chilling voice:

"Do not think of escaping. You, who cannot even use Armament Haki, cannot escape from my grasp."

Law's face twitched.

Vergo was right; without mastery of Haki, even with the various miraculous abilities of the Ope Ope no Mi, he could not so much as scratch a single thread of the other's clothing.