Chapter 80: Intercepted
Seeming to see the doubt in Nicholas's eyes, the new Black Flag Merchant smiled and explained, "Yigubigu, Makabaka has important matters to attend to, but before he left, he entrusted me to receive guests and told me about the details of your cooperation, so guests don't need to worry."
Saying this, he reached out and began rummaging around inside his blue cloak.
"Ah, found it."
Then, the person in front of him pulled out a ledger from his cloak.
Accompanied by the sound of the ledger turning pages, the Black Flag Merchant also read out the contents of the ledger, "Yigubigu, Mr. Nicholas, according to our records, in your cooperation with Makabaka, the total assets obtained are approximately 30 billion Beli.
According to the previously agreed upon seven-three split, we will receive 9 billion Beli, and adding the handling fee for helping you convert those items into cash, which is 1 billion Beli, it means we need to pay Mr. Nicholas 20 billion Beli.
Mr. Nicholas, what method of payment would you prefer?"
After speaking, the merchant was clearly in a very good mood, after all, they had made a fortune from this business with only a small amount of effort.
"Your Black Flag should have a deposit service, right? I want you to temporarily keep these assets in your custody, is that okay?"
Nicholas said directly. For him, neither the Underground Black Market nor the World Government was reliable. Although the Underground Black Market might fear his reputation, once he fell into trouble, it would definitely be troublesome.
As for the World Government, if they found out about him, wouldn't that be just giving money away to others?
Compared to those two, Nicholas was more willing to trust the reputation of the Black Flag Merchant Guild.
"Yigubigu, of course, no problem."
After only a brief moment of hesitation, the Black Flag Merchant immediately said.
After some operations, a card made of gold and gems appeared in Nicholas's hand.
"Yigubigu, Mr. Nicholas, as long as you have this card, you can withdraw funds from any Black Flag Merchant Guild base. Of course, if the amount is particularly large, the base may not have the ability to pay immediately, and you will need to wait for a while.
Also, here are our bases around the world, I hope you can remember them."
The Black Flag Merchant wearing a blue cloak said with a smile.
"No problem."
After Nicholas put away the card, he casually asked, "By the way, I wonder how much you know about the Celestial Dragons?"
"Heh, how long has it been since those guys turned over? I guess except for some old guys and those with potential, the Celestial Dragons in Mary Geoise are now being raised like swine."
Clearly, the Celestial Dragons seemed to be looked down upon by these Black Flag merchants.
"Yigubigu, seeing that you, Nicholas, have cooperated well with us, I can give you a piece of advice: history always repeats itself, even if it briefly takes another path, it will eventually return to its original course."
After walking out of this hidden location of the Black Flag Merchant Guild, recalling Yigubigu's words in his mind, Nicholas just wanted to curse, "Damn it."
Meanwhile, on an unknown Island in the New World, a beautiful woman and a person in their fifties were staring blankly at an Island that looked like it had been plowed.
"Sister, do you think someone got here before us?"
Strangely, the person with a somewhat aged face actually asked the beautiful woman beside him in a daze.
The beautiful woman was also in a state of disarray. She knew that they had rushed here as soon as the war started, but despite rushing, they seemed to be late. It was clear that someone had already gotten here first.
"How would I know."
The beautiful woman was constantly thinking about who could have acted first, and one figure after another flashed through her mind.
"But without these assets, how are we going to accomplish the family's revenge?"
Thinking of the family members who were almost exterminated back then, the aged-looking man slumped directly to the ground, even on the verge of tears.
"Quiet! Don't disturb my thinking!"
The beautiful woman scolded the man sitting on the ground. Just then, a dragon roar suddenly came from the distance, and at the same time, a huge figure was rapidly approaching from the sky.
The newcomer was Kaido. As the saying goes, there are no secrets in bed. After a lot of hard work and sweat, Kaido also learned about the location where the Rocks Pirates stored their Treasure. It was just that he was provoked by a few Pirates on the way, and after tearing them apart, he immediately rushed here, only to see two acquaintances.
"You two guys actually arrived so early? Where's the Treasure? Hand it over."
The huge dragon head lowered, looking at the two, with sparks faintly visible in its nostrils.
For Kaido, who wanted to make a big splash on this Sea, this Treasure was his starting capital. With money, he would have people and Weapon. With people and Weapon, he could take territory. With territory, he could recruit more people and build Weapon, thereby growing stronger and creating glory!
"We just arrived too. It seems someone was here before us."
The beautiful woman honestly said to Kaido. In front of a Strongest, she really didn't think their two Fruits had much power of Resistance.
"What!"
Hearing this answer, Kaido instantly flew into a rage. Along with his anger, Conqueror's Haki was directly released. Even because of his anger, the Flame Cloud surrounding his body became even more intense, just like his ignited anger.
On the other side, a huge Fleet was sailing in the Sea. Many Ships, upon seeing this Fleet, all fled in panic, even Pirate Ships directly moved away.
The reason for this was entirely because almost all Ships in this huge Fleet were flying the Pirate Flag. As long as they were in the New World, almost everyone knew about this Pirate Ship fleet and their Captain, Captain John.
These people not only plundered merchant Ships and Towns, but even some small and medium-sized Kingdoms they dared to attack. There were almost no Top Expert in these fleets, and most Captains were of mid-to-low level in the New World. Otherwise, Captain John would not have been able to secure his position as the boss of this huge plunder group.
Although their individual Strength was generally average, when gathered together, they were still an undeniable Power, and could even be said to be hyenas on the Grand Line.
"Captain John, our losses this time are quite serious! Many of my Crew member have died in battle."
"Two of my Ships were sunk, and hundreds of people just disappeared like that!"
"To stop those Marines, I even tied bombs to my favorite wife and threw her onto their Ship."
"What's that compared to me? I lost all eight of my sons! How am I supposed to live?"
As one person spoke, for a moment, it seemed like a misery competition began on Captain John's Pirate Ship, and many Captains began to complain.
Glug glug glug glug~
*Hiccup*~
After letting out a Wine-induced hiccup, Captain John slammed the Wine Bottle directly onto the table, and the originally noisy crowd immediately quieted down.
"What do you mean? *Hiccup*~"
Captain John drunkenly asked, looking at the crowd.
"My meaning is we need more money."
A Pirate Crew Captain said seriously.
"That's right, we need more money. We were originally told we were going to get rich, but we ended up being beaten by the Navy in a daze to the point of almost being unable to take care of ourselves."
"Yes, we need money to purchase new Ships and for Supplies."
"Quiet down, all of you! When we get the Treasure left by that Rocks guy, Ships will be there, Weapon will be there, women will be there, subordinates will be there!"
With Captain John's words, Revelry began on the Ship. It seemed that these people had already seen the wonderful life after obtaining the Treasure.
(End of Chapter)