Chapter 1316: Lion's Mouth

Red Force, on the deck.

Red-Haired, Charlotte Linlin, and Doflamingo sat facing each other a few meters apart, forming a triangle. Behind each of them stood one or two people.

Behind Red-Haired Shanks stood Benn Beckman and Lucky Roux. Behind Big Mom was Katakuri, and behind Doflamingo was Pica.

No one from the three sides spoke. Big Mom's gaze swept around, and soon, she noticed Su Xiao sitting on the ship's rail.

"You, come over here."

Big Mom's fat palm lifted, pointing at Su Xiao. Compared to her hatred for Doflamingo, Big Mom's hatred for Su Xiao was clearly higher.

From the intelligence Katakuri reported, Big Mom learned that if Doflamingo was the number one person on the other side, then Su Xiao was the number two person, and Jack could at most be considered number three.

Su Xiao not only killed Big Mom's eldest son Perospero, but the death of the Four Sweet Commanders' Cracker was also closely related to him. It was reasonable for Big Mom to hate him so much.

Red-Haired's gaze looked in the direction Big Mom pointed, showing confusion. Benn Beckman on the side leaned forward and whispered a few words, and Red-Haired understood what was going on.

"If you want to negotiate, you must have sincerity. Doflamingo, I won't talk to you alone. Let that guy come forward too."

It was clear that in Big Mom's eyes, Su Xiao was more hateful than Doflamingo, so she strongly demanded that Su Xiao participate in the negotiation.

Was this Big Mom's respect for her enemies? Please don't overthink it; Big Mom just wanted to make herself look better in terms of face.

This time, rather than a negotiation, it was more like Big Mom's nominal extortion of Doflamingo. The so-called nominal extortion meant that Doflamingo didn't need to pay too much substantial things, but he had to publicly announce that he was the losing side in the war with Big Mom and give corresponding 'compensation'.

This wasn't something glorious, but Doflamingo had to accept it. If he didn't negotiate, Dressrosa would already be a sea of fire, and having lost his territory, he would be hunted down to the ends of the earth by the Big Mom Pirates, unless he left the New World.

The reason Big Mom agreed to negotiate was, first, that her own territory had problems, and second, she was a bit 'empty' from being bombed by the Apollo.

"Doflamingo, what do you have to say?"

Red-Haired's tone was calm but not arrogant. Doflamingo hesitated for a moment, and finally acquiesced.

Red-Haired's subordinates carried up another chair and placed it beside Doflamingo.

Seeing this scene, Su Xiao's eyes narrowed. He had originally just come to help Doflamingo 'fill the facade', but judging from the current situation, he seemed to have to participate in the negotiation as well.

Jumping down from the ship's rail, Su Xiao smiled at Big Mom. If the plan he envisioned went smoothly, this was a big 'gold master'.

Seeing Su Xiao's 'sincere' smile, Big Mom was clearly stunned for a moment, then returned to normal.

Su Xiao sat down, and Red-Haired stood up.

"Everyone, there's no need for me to repeat the purpose of our gathering here today. We are pirates, so speak your minds."

Red-Haired first looked at Doflamingo, Doflamingo nodded, and then Red-Haired's gaze turned to Big Mom. Big Mom's mouth grinned, and she finally nodded.

"Then let's begin."

Red-Haired sat back in his chair. He was the notary. Unless both sides broke out into conflict, he would just watch the changes during the negotiation. In the final analysis, Red-Haired had nothing to do with this matter. His willingness to come forward was already very unexpected.

"Joker."

Big Mom's first sentence in the negotiation made Doflamingo's brows lock tightly. Joker was his name in the underground world. Big Mom calling him that definitely had an unusual meaning.

"The conflict between us was caused by your wrong judgment. Initially, I sincerely cooperated with your Donquixote Family, but you not only refused me but also provoked me. After that, it's not too much for me to attack you, right?"

Big Mom looked impulsive and irritable, with no reason to speak of, but after the negotiation began, her black-and-white-reversing rhetoric made everyone look at her with admiration.

In fact, Big Mom had experienced this kind of negotiation many times. She had negotiated with Kaido, with Whitebeard, and even negotiated with the Navy at the entrance of the New World. Could Charlotte Linlin, who climbed to this height, really be a brainless Big Mom?

Hearing Big Mom's words, Doflamingo's eyes twitched, and even Katakuri behind Big Mom turned his head away. It seemed... it was they who first extorted the Donquixote Family, and then, after the extortion failed, they were annoyed and provoked the war.

"The conflict was caused by the contradictions between both sides. No matter where this contradiction came from, it's meaningless to talk about it now. Calming down this conflict as soon as possible is beneficial to both of us."

Doflamingo didn't go to accuse Big Mom of reversing black and white, but directly skipped the origin of the contradiction.

"That's right."

Big Mom immediately took the words. She wasn't a fool. Doflamingo not mentioning the origin of the contradiction was already giving her a lot of face. This was giving the Big Mom Pirates a step down; continuing to entangle was meaningless.

"Since it's meaningless to talk about the cause of this matter, then Joker, two of my precious sons died in the war. This matter can't just end like this."

"It's impossible for people not to die in war. My subordinates Lao G and Jora also died on the battlefield. Machvise is still in your hands. Hand him over, and I will compensate you for all the industries in the Sabaody Archipelago."

Hearing Doflamingo's words, Big Mom's face turned iron-blue. Her people had indeed captured Machvise, but before Machvise could be sent to her, he didn't know which pirate had tortured him to death. When Machvise was carried in front of Big Mom, Machvise was no longer in human form, and more than 40% of his body tissue had been chopped off to feed the fish.

"What, can't hand him over?"

Doflamingo's face also began to look ugly. In fact, he knew in his heart that Machvise couldn't be alive. This was inevitable, just like Big Mom's captured subordinates. Doflamingo had ordered many times not to kill prisoners, but his subordinates were pirates, not regular armies.

Big Mom was speechless. In terms of sons dying in battle, it clearly couldn't be used to continue to extort the other party.

Speaking of this, Red-Haired clearly heard that the situation was wrong. He had understood the situation of both sides. In his opinion, both sides wouldn't produce any substantial compensation at all, at most nominal compensation.

Dressrosa couldn't be held, but the Donquixote Family already had the qualifications to fight Big Mom to the death. Moreover, there was a group of sharks outside the net biting this net.

But judging from the current situation, Big Mom was clearly trying to 'bleed' Doflamingo.

"Then let's call it even. However, Joker, you ultimately lost. If you fail, you have to pay the price. This is something all pirates agree on."

"..."

Doflamingo also saw that Big Mom was going to 'bleed' him.

"I want half of the profits from your industries in the Sabaody Archipelago, and the underground world's profits must also be divided with me by at least half." ===== CHAPTER 1317 =====