Why do you feel that Anne is a little... angry?
Angel was keenly aware that something was wrong in the atmosphere. His eyes stayed on the girl with a straight face for a moment, and then looked at Nast standing deep in the room.
The latter seemed to have realized something, and restrained the momentum escaping from his body, and his tone became low again:
"You guys sit down."
This time it was not an order with some kind of coercive force, just a random instruction.
Angel chose the high-backed chair next to the door and sat down. He touched the rough surface of the long metal table with his palms and felt like he was in the palace above Gray Fog, participating in "Tarot Club" in front of Mr. Fool.
The level here is infinitely lower than Tarot Club... She murmured, and waited for a few minutes with Anne in the completely quiet captain's room, and met the other three Pirate King who were invited.
"Queen Mystic" Bernadette pushed open the door first and stepped into the room. She was wearing a Intis style blouse with large lace flowers on the collar, a blue captain's suit, off-white trousers and knee-length leather boots. She wore a three-cornered hat with a dangling white feather on the top like Angel. Her long chestnut hair tied into a ball just fell to her vest.
She seemed to be quite familiar with "King of the Five Seas" Nast. After a brief greeting between the two, Bernadette also chose a high-backed chair near the door, and happened to sit on Angel Opposite, those blue eyes swept across Angel and Anne, and finally landed at the bottom of the long table, close to the door, nodded politely, and said:
"You guys got here first."
Well, Bernadette didn't pretend to be unfamiliar with me or Anne. Maybe she guessed that Nast had already recognized Anne's identity, and as a person from the Emperor Roselle period, he must also know who Bernadette is. The eldest daughter of the Emperor, this disguise is meaningless... Angel thought secretly, feeling that the dress of "Queen Mystic" was somewhat similar to the "The Black Emperor" crew member he had seen before. Now it seems that they are all in the Intis style, and may even be the popular clothes during the Emperor's time.
It seems that Nast attaches great importance to the title conferred by the emperor, and has maintained the same court etiquette and dress for more than a hundred years... But why did Anne suddenly change his attitude just now? Does she feel that Nast is not qualified to inherit the title bestowed on his father by the emperor, or...
Thinking of just now "King of the Five Seas" proudly declared that he would become "Black Emperor" and become True God at the top of "Lawyer" Pathway, and the secret of Roselle's attempt to attack Sequence 0 in his later years revealed by Mr. "Fool". Angel felt that he had grasped a key, but he did not dare to confirm it.
After you leave here, maybe you can check with Anne...
At this time, the door was pushed open again, and a man in a black cloak with a stooped body, only a thin face exposed, and dark red eyes exuding malice slowly walked into the captain's cabin. The wooden door was closed behind him. Under the weak candlelight, the cloaked man's figure seemed to blend into the shadows in the corner, leaving only a hint of evil black in Angel's eyes.
There is no doubt that this is the last Pirate King, "King of Immortality" Agalito.
Angel guessed, but instinctively felt something was wrong.
This evil feeling hidden in the shadows reminded her of the "Abyss" Pathway Beyonder she had seen before, the "Desire Apostle" Jason Beria who attacked her and Klein and assassinated Duke Negan. Of course, most of them were pseudonyms.
The sense of oppression brought by Agalito is similar to that of Sequence 5's Desire Apostle, not quite like the superior Demigod. Is it a deliberate disguise, or... after leaving his ship "Death Announcer", has he even lost the ability to maintain the sense of oppression of Demigod?
Just as various thoughts were flashing through her mind, "King of the Five Seas" Nast at the top of the long table said:
"'Black Apostle' Kleeberg, Agalito sent you to attend the meeting this time?"
"Yes, respected 'King of the Five Seas', Kircheis has returned to the abyss."
The black shadow replied, Angel could feel the deep red eyes looking at him for a second.
Black Apostle... is the "Death Announcer" First Mate with a bounty of up to 12,000 pounds, but there is no photo on the wanted poster. It turns out that Agalito did not come to the meeting, but asked his subordinates to participate on his behalf. This is consistent with what Anne said. The "King of Immortality" did not dare to leave his ship at all.
Why did he look at me when he mentioned Kircheis, because Agalito's second officer "Slaughterer" was killed by Mad Adventurer Gehrman, and it was rumored that he had close contact with me? But I was not involved in his death, it was all Klein's doing. At best, I just enjoyed the wine and black tea bought with his bounty, and stayed at Dantès House for a few nights... Angel muttered, ignoring Kleeberg's somewhat resentful look.
After "Death Announcer" First Mate sat down, "King of the Five Seas" Nast raised one hand and gently held it. The black wooden door opened on both sides. The side windows that had never been opened clicked and were completely locked under his control, making the captain's room seem to be completely isolated from the outside world by Distortion, a space far larger than the external size, forming a closed conference room.
"I hereby announce that the Sea Kings Conference of 1350 has officially begun."
As the king of the sea who aspires to become "Black Emperor" was announced, Angel, Bernadette and "Death Announcer" First Mate Kleeberg all sat up straight and expressed some respect for him.
The other Four Kings are... well, Four Kings?
Angel glanced at the other people, always feeling that something was wrong, but neither the quick divination nor Spirituality prompted any questions, leaving her unsure for a moment whether she was being suspicious or whether she had really overlooked something important.
At this moment, the sword, shield and balance mark formed by the contract of Anne in the palm of her hand gave out a cold touch, which made her jump to the bottom of the long metal table as if she had some insight.
A strange old man appeared there at some point. He was wearing a formal tuxedo that is common in Loen. His light yellow eyebrows reached the temples, his hair was neatly combed back, his forehead was covered with wrinkles, and his face was pale in sharp contrast to the black tables and chairs and the black room.
The old man did not sit upright like the others, but leaned on the back of the chair, showing an attitude of being free from the meeting. He looked coldly at "King of the Five Seas" Nast directly opposite, with a smile on his lips.
At the same time, the information that she had forgotten before appeared in Angel's mind:
"King of the Black Throne", Baros Hopkins, "Black Throne", "Spectator" Demigod...
I actually didn't notice it just now, no, I didn't even remember him at all!
Angel's face froze slightly, but immediately returned to normal before the old man looked here. His eyes naturally moved away and looked at Bernadette opposite, as if he was observing other participants during the opening remarks of the meeting.
"Queen Mystic" is Sequence 3, so she should be able to notice the presence of "King of the Black Throne". By the way, she glanced at that position when greeting her, maybe to remind me that someone else was present, but I ignored it... First Mate of "Death Announcer" looked at Nast intently, obviously not noticing that there should be five "Five Kings". As for the meeting initiator "King of the Five Seas", if he lives up to his name, he can also sense the existence of this "Spectator"...
Angel analyzed it in his mind and confirmed this guess with the help of other people's moving gazes from time to time.
This also allowed her to roughly confirm the Sequence where several other kings were.
Forget that "Desire Apostle" couldn't tell. If "Golden Queen" didn't know anything about "King of the Black Throne", that would be too embarrassing... Thinking of this, she turned her head directly and looked at Baros Hopkins, whose posture was somewhat casual, without hiding the focus of her gaze at all.
The latter immediately noticed this and looked back with a hint of surprise.
After a while, he straightened his body posture with the help of his hands, folded his arms on the table, and no longer looked like a bystander, but formally integrated into the meeting.
"... One ironclad ship, and the military Demigod on it, can fight against any one of us. What if there are three ships, or even seven? As far as I know, all Loen military shipyards have set up alloy keels. Maybe in just two years, Five Seas will belong to them, not us!"
At this time, the speech of "King of the Five Seas" Nast is reaching its climax.
On the other side of the island, inside the two-story Black Building building guarded by Beyonder pirates.
Tarot Club's "Hermit", "Admiral of Stars" Cattleya hid his eyes under thick glasses and observed the other Pirate Admiral at the round table rather boredly.
"Vice Admiral Deep Sea" Hall Constantine, the only one whose face was exposed outside the clothes, looked like an octopus. He chatted with "Iceberg Admiral" in a loud voice, and the content seemed to be "Lost Newins" hidden in the depths of the sea. "Vice Admiral of Ailment" Tracy's appearance is still gorgeous, but there seems to be an atmosphere of despair surrounding her that makes people reluctant to get close; "Vice Admiral Dusk" Bratov looks at her from time to time, but hesitates to speak.
"Admiral of Blood" died, "Hell Admiral" was absent, and Pirate Conference became a lot more deserted. In the past, although there were more curses, Senior would even fight with Bratov, but I can also get more useful information from it. Information... On the contrary, "Four Kings" became "Five Kings". I don't know what the meeting over there was like with "Empress" Miss, "Golden Queen" Angelica...
Cattleya did a good job of hiding the fatigue in her heart under her unchanging expression, but the next second, she looked towards the door with feeling.
With a "bang", the door was pushed open from the outside, and a tall man with shaved hair walked into the room with an anxious expression. The conversation stopped abruptly, and even Tracy, who lowered his head and remained silent, looked over there in confusion.
It was "Giant Shark" Yorg, the number "Newins" was First Mate... Cattleya immediately recognized each other.
At the same time, Yorg also locked his eyes on his captain and reported loudly:
"Boss, things are not right outside.
"Those pirates, the pirates at the gala...
"They're all crazy!"