Smoker: Can't You Stop? I'll Pay, All Right?

The New World, Mosquito Island.

This is an ordinary island in the New World, inhabited by a few hundred people, forming a small village.

Today, this village has also suffered a calamity, being ravaged and destroyed. Some villagers were lucky enough to escape into the mountains, while others were unlucky enough to be caught in the crossfire and die.

At this moment, amidst the ruins of this village, the Shichibukai, Crush Strike Smoker, was lying there, spitting blood.

Not far away, Katakuri, Cracker, Oven, and Daifuku were standing there watching the situation.

"Can't get up, can you?" Oven touched his chin, pondering.

Cracker clutched his arm, while Daifuku was bandaging it. It looked like he had broken a bone. After hearing Oven's voice, Cracker said, "This guy is really strong. If I were alone, I probably couldn't beat him."

"Thank goodness for Katakuri -san..." Daifuku said in a Daifuku voice.

In his opinion, if Katakuri hadn't done it, the three of them alone might not have been able to defeat this Smoker. Crush Strike wonder he dared to attack the Whitebeard Pirates and harass the Beasts Pirates multiple times. Are all the newcomers this ruthless?

While they were chatting idly, Smoker struggled to sit up from the ground, leaning against the ruins and rubble, his eyes filled with indignation as he questioned Katakuri: "Katakuri! I have no grudge against your Big Mom Pirates, and I have never raided Totto Land Totto Land Island. In fact, I often attack the Whitebeard Pirates and the Beasts Pirates. From these perspectives, we should have some common interests. Why did you come to ambush me?!"

Katakuri's expression was cold and indifferent. He was always like this in front of outsiders. He reserved all his gentleness for his family.

Hearing this, Katakuri said expressionlessly, "In this business, you have to keep your word. If you don't pay your debts, you'll have to pay the price."

Smoker???

When the hell have I ever paid off a debt?!

If I go out to sea to rob a thief, do I need to borrow money?

Before he could even argue, Katakuri casually smeared a large mochi directly on his face, knocking him unconscious.

"Alright, pack your things. I'm going to take G-5 to deliver him to Ortolan. You guys can go ahead." Katakuri forward, scooped up the unconscious Smoker, and tucked him under his arm.

Two weeks later, at the port of G-5 Marine Base, Ichisho shook his head, looking at the disheveled Sloth Smoker, who was being dragged off the ship by Katakuri Seastone: "Why did you have to do this? If you had come with me that day and settled the bill, none of this would have happened."

Smoker looked at Yixiao with a face full of grief and indignation. "Yixiao, you bastard! I thought you were an upright Marines, but I never imagined you'd be colluding with pirates! I was so wrong about you!!!"

Yi Xiao, surprised by this, scratched his head and said, "I didn't know you were a pirate, but I thought you were one of my comrades. Do you have any right to say that?"

After making a sarcastic remark about Smoker, he smiled and looked at Katakuri: "Katakuri- sama, my base commander is about to arrive..."

He had barely finished speaking when he saw Ortolan rushing over from the base, waving and smiling from afar, "Katakuri ~"

After Katakuri waited until Ortolan approached, he rolled his eyes and said, "Even the Den Den Mushi knows to call me 'Second Brother,' but now that you've finished your business, you're back to 'Katakuri,' huh?"

"Hahahaha..." Ortolan laughed heartily, then said, "Thank you for your help, Second Brother."

"It's nothing," Katakuri, speaking calmly.

After a pause, he added, "This is Marine Base after all. If there's nothing else, I won't stay long. My mother might be holding Tea Party in a while. Would that be convenient for you?"

"Convenient, very convenient!" Ortolan immediately gave an affirmative reply.

Normally, he shouldn't participate in any pirate Tea Party, since he is, after all, a member of the Marines, and such a thing would damage his image.

However, Ortolan values Yang Yi more. The Big Mom Pirates' Tea Party invites many big shots from all walks of life. It is a platform for expanding one's network, including many guys from the Underworld who are usually nowhere to be seen.

Now that Ortolan is preparing to launch his great enterprise in the New World, he needs to establish a channel of communication with these guys from all walks of life, so this Tea Party provides him with a suitable opportunity.

Katakuri had only mentioned it casually, already prepared for Ortolan's rejection, but he never expected the guy to agree. He was pleasantly surprised and smiled, saying, "Mom will be very happy to know."

After exchanging pleasantries about these matters for a while, Ortolan, without even glancing at Smoker, pulled Katakuri aside and said, "Don't rush off yet. Speaking of which, we G-5 have a big business deal we'd like to discuss with you."

"Did you capture a large number of pirate ships again?" Katakuri asked casually.

"Those are minor matters." Ortolan waved his hand, then said seriously, "After G-5, we developed a business plan and began in-depth cooperation with the Donquixote Family of the North Blue. We can continuously supply the North Blue with various supplies and goods, which I intend to sell to your Totto Land Totto Land. And..."

Ortolan explained the cooperation plan to Katakuri in a simple and easy-to-understand way.

To be honest, Katakuri only had a superficial understanding of these things. He was fine with killing people, but asking him to handle finances was asking too much of him. And Ortolan was always showing off, constantly spouting fancy jargon he'd just learned from Tesoro, which gave Katakuri a real headache.

So before Ortolan could finish explaining his business plans and cooperation scheme, Katakuri quickly interrupted, "Stop, stop, stop! I can understand the words you're saying, but I don't understand the language at all. Wait until later, when you go to Whole Cake Island for the Tea Party, and then talk to your mother yourself. She has professional financial staff who will understand what you mean..."

Ortolan's boasting was interrupted halfway through, leaving him somewhat unsatisfied. However, seeing that Katakuri genuinely didn't understand, he stopped talking and nodded with a smile, saying, "Alright, I'll talk about it later. Anyway, it will take some time for the goods from the North Blue to arrive, so there's still time."

Katakuri was a decisive person. After exchanging a few pleasantries with Ortolan, he left the G-5 Marine Base without even taking a sip of tea.

Watching his oddly shaped Donut sail further and further away, Ortolan remarked with a sigh, "Ah, my second brother really takes good care of his brothers..."

Upon hearing this, Smoker, standing nearby, stared in disbelief. "Damn it, that's your brother?"

You, a prince of the prestigious Totto Land Totto Land, what are you doing here in the Marines? Are you out of your mind?!

Before Smoker could recover from his surprise, Ortolan looked at him with a sneer and said, "So you're the one who became Shichibukai, but you're unwilling to pay my guarantee fee, is that it?"

Smoker exclaimed indignantly, "What guarantee fee? I've never even heard of such a thing!"

"I say it, and it's mine! Anyone who wants to sit in the position of Shichibukai has to pay G-5 a guarantee fee of 2 billion Beli. If the money isn't in place, I have plenty of ways to kill you!" Ortolan stepped forward, grabbed Smoker's hair, and pulled his head, saying, "Your Shichibukai Trial Card has expired. Give me a straight answer, are you going to renew it or not?"

A chuckled and said, "If you're going to renew your subscription, quickly have your underlings bring you two hundred million Beli. We'll politely send you off from G-5, and you can continue being Shichibukai in the New World. We won't bother you anymore. But if you don't renew..."

"Then we'll have no choice but to reluctantly accept the trial card fee," Ortolan said, looking equally troubled.

"What kind of money is this trial card?!" Smoker asked in humiliation.

"How could you be so stupid? You think I'd take your head, which is worth 360 million Beli!" he said with a smile and a look of 'disappointment'.

Enraged by this blackmail, Smoker struggled and shouted, "I Smoker, will die here today! I'll jump off the harbor and drown!"

Before he could finish his defiant words, Ortolan immediately said, "Hey, hey, it seems you don't want to renew your subscription. Laugh, hang him on the dock as a warning to others..."

"I am Shichibukai, your Marines has no right to..." Smoker panicked upon hearing this.

Before Jie could even finish his two shouts, Ortolan slapped him hard across the face, saying, "So what if Shichibukai? Am I arrogant just because I'm Marine Admiral? Let me tell you, this is G-5. Even the King of Uranus can't control us. I'll hang you today, and tomorrow I'll report that you were attacked by the Big Mom Pirates and, as Shichibukai, have heroically died in the line of duty. Do you think the Marines will come after me to ask if it's true or not?"

Seeing that guy with a sinister grin approaching, preparing to put a noose around his neck, Smoker really couldn't get an erection. He quickly said, "Two billion, two billion no problem!!! Give me Den Den Mushi, I'll have someone deliver it right now!!!"

Upon hearing that there was money to be made, Ortolan's expression immediately changed, and he said with a warm smile, "Quickly, Yixiao, inform them to have Momonga make tea. Didn't you see that Mr. Crush Strike Smoker, one of the Shichibukai under our World Government, has personally come to visit and offer his condolences? Serve tea!"