Chapter 166: Alliance with an Old Woman?

"Marineford was annihilated in a single strike by Barzab Seven, with countless Marine casualties."

"Barzab Seven's bounty is five billion two hundred million."

"Nani?!" Kaidou expressed his disbelief.

The Marines, gathering Fleet Admiral Sengoku, the three Admirals Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru, along with the old man Garp and other top-tier combat power, actually suffered countless casualties?

Marineford was also annihilated in a single strike?!

Is it fake news?

That birdman Morgans dares to publish any fake news in the newspaper for the sake of sales.

Even if Rocks was alive, he wouldn't dare claim to annihilate the entire Marineford in one strike, let alone Barzab Seven.

A bounty of five billion two hundred million is even more nonsense.

Whitebeard's bounty had only just exceeded five billion Berries, not even reaching five billion one hundred million Berries; Barzab Seven's bounty at nineteen years old is five billion two hundred million Berries?

Did Morgans get drunk and write randomly?!

Five billion two hundred million is just short of surpassing the Pirate King Luo Jie; how is this possible?!

However, when Queen handed over the newspaper,

Kaidou looked closely and felt those photos were somewhat dazzling: the lightning cage spanning heaven and earth imprisoning Marineford, the giant thunder giant holding a massive hammer,

the deep-sea vortex at the site of the Marineford ruins.

And the overturned Marine fleet.

Nothing failed to indicate that all of this was true; Morgans did not lie, but published the report fully consistent with the facts based on photos taken at the scene.

But how is this possible?

Barzab Seven is only nineteen years old, and his bounty is already five billion two hundred million,

only slightly lower than Luo Jie's, making him the pirate with the highest bounty among those currently alive.

It's bad, Kaidou muttered a sound of "not good" inwardly.

The title of the world's strongest creature is gone; he hadn't even started building and cultivating the reputation of the world's strongest creature, yet that title already has an owner.

"How is this possible?!"

"How did the Marines lose? What were the casualties?"

"How many casualties did the Dawn Star Pirates suffer?"

Kaidou's good mood from conquering Wano Country and killing Oden instantly vanished, leaving only deep unwillingness and dread towards Barzab Seven.

"Shiki's bounty is five billion!"

Kaidou could barely accept this point; after all, when Shiki was an executive of the Rocks Pirates, Kaidou was merely an intern of the Rocks Pirates.

Shiki will eventually look.

The threat level is naturally far less than Barzab Seven's.

"Mihawk thirty billion?!"

"How is Master Tenghu's bounty still twenty billion? Is it because he didn't contribute during the Battle of Marineford?"

When he saw that even the interns had a minimum bounty of one hundred million Berries, Kaidou suddenly felt like cursing.

"Look at the interns of the Dawn Star Pirates; their minimum bounty is one hundred million Berries. Now look at our Beasts Pirates."

"King, go recruit people, go recruit people quickly."

At this moment, Kaidou didn't think about tying up the remnants of the Dawn Star Pirates and bringing them back, nor did he want to build the reputation of the strongest creature anymore.

Kaidou now began to worry.

Barzab Seven was willing to lead the Dawn Star Pirates to clash head-on with the Marines, even achieving final victory, just to rescue Luo Jie's son.

Then,

would Barzab Seven, under the banner of avenging his comrade Oden, conveniently seize Wano Country?

"King, gather everyone."

"Hold a meeting."

"Yes, Mr. Kaidou."

King was also under immense pressure; the vice-captain of the Dawn Star Pirates had a minimum bounty of three billion Berries, and Shiki even reached five billion Berries.

Yet his, King's, bounty was not even ten billion Berries, not even as good as their ordinary executives.

As the big poster boy of the Beasts Pirates, King felt extremely ashamed.

If Barzab Seven had even half a thought about Wano Country, the Beasts Pirates would have no chance of fighting; even if they filled the gap with the lives of ordinary minions, it wouldn't be enough.

Kaidou hurriedly gathered the pirate crew executives; even the puppet Shogun of Wano Country he supported, Kurozumi Orochi, was dragged in to offer strategies.

"My little ones..."

Kaidou sat down gloomily, truly in no mood to speak, and had already realized he must seek external aid, otherwise this battle could not be won.

"King, you speak."

King tapped the table to suppress the discussion noise.

"I presume everyone already knows the result of the battle between the Dawn Star Pirates and the Marines."

"In this battle, the Marines suffered countless casualties, and the Marine Headquarters Marineford was erased from the map by Barzab Seven."

"We must fully consider the degree to which Barzab Seven is Heavy on Emotion; since he can go to war with the Marines for Luo Jie's son, then—"

"Will he do it for Oden..."

"I think it is highly likely he will."

"Does anyone have any good ideas to deal with the Dawn Star Pirates? Those whose suggestions are adopted will be heavily rewarded by Boss Kaidou."

King actually also understood,

the combat power gap between the two pirate crews could not be bridged by strategy; they must quickly seek external aid to form an alliance and jointly resist the threat.

The powers of the Four Seas are out of reach, and they do not even qualify to form an alliance with the Beasts Pirates.

Only the great pirates of the New World have the qualification to face Barzab Seven and the Morning Star Pirates directly.

The Whitebeard Pirates are ruled out first...

Oden was originally the captain of the Second Division of the Whitebeard Pirates, calling Whitebeard his brother, and it is said the Whitebeard Pirates and Barzab Seven have a Mo Ni relationship.

We just killed Oden here...

Once Whitebeard learns of this, the Beasts Pirates will face the wrath of two Emperors of the Sea.

There seems to be only one possibility—

Have Boss Kaido step forward to form an alliance with the Big Mom Pirates of the Whole Cake Island.

While Kaido and King fell into deep thought, the Beasts Pirates members swarmed forward, clamoring to fight Barzab Seven to the death.

Only Vergo weakly raised his hand.

"Boss Kaido."

"I have an immature suggestion."

Hearing this, Kaido's eyes lit up; Vergo is the intelligence backbone of the Beasts Pirates.

"Speak... slowly, don't rush."

Sensing all gazes converging upon him, Vergo stood up and spoke.

"Let us first consider the worst-case scenario: the Morning Star Pirates attacking Wano Country."

"The detailed battle situation of the Marineford War has not yet been fully revealed, but it is not difficult to draw one conclusion from it, which is—"

"No matter how many participants join the fight, whether ten thousand or one hundred thousand, it is useless against Barzab Seven."

"The Navy had enough numbers, right?"

"Yet Marineford was wiped out directly."

Vergo looked at Kaido and shifted his tone.

"Boss Kaido, to deal with Barzab Seven and the Morning Star Pirates, we can only clash with high-end combat power head-on; I suggest forming an alliance with the Big Mom Pirates."

Since learning the result of the Marineford War.

Vergo subconsciously elevated his loyalty to the captain to the top spot, the Young Master to second place, Boss Kaido to third, and the stingy Fleet Admiral Sengoku to the bottom.

Captain Seven is simply too strong, so strong that no thought of betrayal can arise.

Dare to betray the captain?

The next Marineford would be him, Vergo.

Hearing this, Kaido shook his head frantically.

"Ask me to beg that old hag for an alliance?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

"Even if I am surrounded and killed by Barzab Seven and others, I will not beg that old hag Charlotte Lingling."

Vergo smiled weakly.

"Boss Kaido."

"What if the Whole Cake Island actively seeks an alliance?"

"You know,

when the Morning Star Pirates went to Marineford, the Whole Cake Island gathered a large fleet of pirate ships, determined to seize Honeycomb Island; now Barzab Seven has returned."

"She is more anxious than we are."

Kaido was slightly stunned, then burst into wild laughter.

"Wah-ha-ha-ha-ha~"

"Not bad; I am now just waiting for that old hag Charlotte Lingling to beg me for an alliance."

"Vergo, do a good job."

"I am saving the position of the Third Top Commander of the Beasts Pirates for you."