Mobius's Choice

"Mostima, what's the matter?"

Teach remains inside the underground research base. The exteriors of some of the Uranus have been gradually disassembled and sent to various laboratories to study the technology and functions contained within.

Only the largest and most crucial energy device remains. Its energy is controllable, and the Night Pirates have used various methods to extract its energy, so there is no danger at the moment.

Teach could also step back and simply wait for the final research results.

"You should come back yourself, Overlord! It seems like this will be good for us." Mostima's tone on the other end of the Den Den Mushi was somewhat intriguing, piquing Teach's curiosity.

"Alright, things are more or less settled here." Teach nodded and smiled, then quickly left the research base and returned to the Night Pirates' headquarters, the Night Palace.

"This information came from the Big Mom Pirates secretly. It doesn't seem to be harmful to us, and the offer they're making is quite attractive," Mostima said calmly. "But ultimately, the decision is yours."

High on the dark throne, Teach looked at the message in his hand, one hand stroking his slightly stubbled chin, a smile involuntarily creeping onto his lips.

"How interesting. Who came up with the idea of a marriage alliance with us? We get to choose any of Big Mom's daughters, plus an intelligence network in the Underworld, and even Homie created by Big Mom herself. This is quite a grand gesture."

Teach never imagined that the Big Mom Pirates would want to form a marriage alliance with their Night Pirates.

As Mostima said, what the Big Mom Pirates are willing to offer is of great value. The intelligence network that the Big Mom Pirates have cultivated for over twenty years is not limited to the New World and has the reputation of being "number one in the industry" in intelligence.

While this may be somewhat exaggerated, it is enough to illustrate the Big Mom Pirates' advantage in intelligence, especially in the Underworld, where they maintain good relations with the Underworld rulers.

Even Morgans, who is known for his "Big News Morgans," would deign to attend the Big Mom Pirates' tea party.

The Night Pirates have a vast intelligence network, inheriting the well-established intelligence organization under Shakky's command, as well as the intelligence power Mostima built in the New World.

With ample funding and six or seven years of rapid development, Stephanie began to infiltrate and absorb the World Government's intelligence forces and agent training bases.

Nowadays, mechanical monitoring is used to gather even more intelligence.

However, the intelligence capabilities of the Big Mom Pirates can still greatly supplement their abilities, since Homie have a greater advantage than mechanical surveillance in some aspects.

Like the secrets of various factions, the mechanical eyes of the Night Pirates would have a hard time infiltrating and detecting them, unless research was conducted to further upgrade the mechanical eyes' concealment capabilities, giving them the ability to completely simulate the environment.

At the same time, a marriage alliance would allow the two pirate crews to cooperate on many things, strengthen exchanges, and even engage in trade.

Big Mom's Homie are even more so; a single Homie can add an executive-level combatant to the Night Pirates.

Even Big Mom's daughters are quite powerful. In Teach's eyes, Big Mom's daughters, who lacked love, easily won over the Night Pirates became part of them. It was no different from taking them for free.

Marriage alliances between powerful factions are essentially exchanges of interests, mutually beneficial. He knew that Big Mom wanted a marriage alliance because she coveted the Night Pirates' possessions, as mentioned in the letter sent by the Big Mom Pirates.

"Big Mom's Homie have mentioned it vaguely, but getting her to produce it won't be so easy," Mostima remarked.

"What's wrong with that? Then we can take out the things. Isn't it all prepared for that woman?" Teach laughed loudly. "I've agreed to this. We'll hold a team meeting later to discuss marriage partners. Some members of the pirate crew can get married now."

Thinking about this, Teach also felt a little excited.

To avoid the Giant race's disgust, the Giant Potion was renamed the Growth Potion. It was expensive to manufacture, costing three million Beli per dose, but the Night Pirates were fully capable of mass-producing it.

With the Growth Potion, isn't Big Mom completely under his thumb?

"Alright, the plenary meeting will be held soon. I'll go inform them now." Mostima smiled, his figure quickly disappearing from sight. He was also inclined to agree to this marriage alliance, as it would be of considerable benefit to the Night Pirates.

After all, the initiative lies with them, and this marriage was proposed by the Big Mom Pirates.

The Big Mom Pirates laid out almost all their bargaining chips before the Night Pirates, while the Night Pirates only needed to give up a portion of them.

For the Night Pirates, making desserts was a breeze, posing no challenge whatsoever.

Many collaborations can be agreed to, which is also beneficial to them.

Aside from energy and recovery potions, the Night Pirates strictly control this technology, limiting its use to internal consumption and only within the Combat Pyramid.

Although some may accidentally leak out, the amount is very small.

Because this kind of thing can be completely replicated, although there are only a few forces capable of researching and developing it.

Even if they drift outwards, they will be locked in the Night Sea Domain, which is now under full surveillance. If any are lost, they will be retrieved or destroyed immediately, even if they can fly.

Even if the Big Mom Pirates were to form an alliance with them through marriage, they would never offer the drug in exchange. That's their bottom line; at most, they would offer compensation in other ways. The Growth Potion, however, would be more than enough to meet Big Mom's needs.

There was also the matter of helping the Big Mom Pirates connect with the Giant race of Elbaf, something Big Mom couldn't refuse.

"What happened? Why is there a general meeting?" Inside the Sovereign Hall, some members were present, while those who couldn't attend participated via Transponder Snail.

Powerful figures like Gari, Mobius, Shiryu, Wallace were monsters who displayed terrifying strength in the war against the Whitebeard Pirates.

Similarly, there were other powerful figures who shone brightly, such as Enel, Wos, Clemons, and Kos.

Players like Otto, List, Baccarat rarely took to the field.

There are also members like Ebby and Loya who have made a name for themselves in the New World, and even the newly joined Logia Snow-Snow Devil Fruit User "Ice Demon" Hersi.

With the addition of veteran members like Miles, Hadman, and Haduno, as well as newly risen members of the Night Pirates who have honed their skills over the years and eaten Devil Fruit, the number of Night Pirates' officers present exceeded fifty.

Due to the internal ranking system of the Night Pirates, the Night Pirates has not added any new officers for a long time; Hersi is an exception.

Within the Night Pirates, there are still many powerful members who are eager to shine in the final ranking battle and win the positions they desire.

One can imagine how powerful the Night Pirates are now. When the final Seventy-two Demon Pillars, Thirteen Demon Generals, and Seven Demon Kings are born, their terrifying power will definitely shock the entire world.

It's important to understand that although the Night Pirates are no longer at war, many of Night Pirates members are still diligently honing their skills and improving their strength.

In a little over a year, it will be time for the internal struggle within the Night Pirates. The Seven Demon Kings and the Thirteen Demon Generals are positions that many people want to compete for.

This requires strength to speak for itself; even without war, the other members are their enemies.

Whether it's the Seven Demon Kings, the Thirteen Demon Generals, or even the top few of the Seventy-two Demon Pillars, there are many people competing for them, resulting in fierce infighting, since time is running out for some.

Many members frequented the gravitational field created by Teach, honing their skills under its powerful gravity.

Of course, there are also those who are not interested in these positions, Pito, who have a more relaxed job, but they will not fall behind in training to ensure their own growth and improvement in strength.

Almost everyone attended Teach's summons, except for Ares, but the main hall was still quite empty.

After all, Teach specifically created positions for the Seven Demon Kings, Thirteen Demon Generals, Seventy-two Demon Pillars in the Hall of Domination.

All eyes were on Teach. To Teach's right, Rediat had a strange smile on his face. He had already heard the news beforehand and found the whole thing quite amusing.

"Mostima, why don't you talk to them?" Teach chuckled.

Following Teach's orders, Mostima stepped forward and told them about the marriage alliance between the Big Mom Pirates and the Night Pirates.

"As you might expect, the captain has agreed," Lafitte said with a smile. A huge screen was projected onto the wall, displaying photos of the Big Mom Pirates' daughters.

"Let's see if there's anyone you like. After all, some of you are not young anymore, and it's time to settle down and start a family. Big Mom has good genes, and some of her daughters are quite beautiful." Teach leaned back on the throne, propping his head up with one hand, and looked down with a smile. As the captain, it was his duty to solve the single problem for his crew.

"Uh!" I didn't expect my captain to have this kind of interest. But I have to say, some of Big Mom's daughters are quite good-looking. In these photos, Teach specifically excluded some who looked strange and ugly, as well as Smoker, a powerful and promising genius that Big Mom could not let go of.

"Boss, you haven't even solved your own single problem, how can you consider our affairs?" Mobius joked. Mobius hadn't changed his way of addressing Teach, always calling him "boss."

"Are you sure?" Teach asked with a strange smile.

Teach's words startled everyone present, indicating that Teach already had a woman without their knowledge.

This woman was certainly not one of those playthings. Teach, for example, wouldn't suppress her desires and would enjoy herself when the time was right, especially with those sexy Fish-Man.

After all, a long period of training is stressful, and very few people can train like an ascetic. Teach also needs rest.

Many gossipy eyes fell on Teach, including Rediat's. He hadn't expected that Teach had found a woman without anyone noticing.

Baccarat, who had a relationship with Teach, was not surprised; Teach had previously revealed this to her.

"Yes, I already have a child. I'll bring him over in a while." Teach didn't want to hide it; this matter would be exposed sooner or later, and as a member of the Night Pirates, he would find out sooner or later as well. However, he didn't say anything more.

This is truly shocking news.

Even more shocking than the previous news, Baccarat's eyes widened, and she couldn't help but take out a gold coin to calculate using her abilities.

As pirates, very few of them are able to get married and have children normally. Moreover, pirates roam the high seas and don't take any precautions when they do things, so most of the time they don't even know they have children.

This is how many orphans are born at sea.

The gossipy gazes turned to astonishment, and some people gaped in shock, never expecting that Teach, at such a young age, had already become a father, without anyone noticing.

At the same time, they were excited and even eager to see what the captain's son looked like. Having inherited the Dark Emperor's bloodline, he naturally possessed Teach's monstrous talent.

Although they were still very much looking forward to it, Teach didn't say anything, so they stopped asking too much, since they were sure they would see him eventually.

For a time, the marriage alliance within the Big Mom Pirates was almost forgotten.

"Mobius, since you've just started this, you'll be one of the marriage partners for the Big Mom Pirates. Choose one, that's an order! You can't refuse!" Teach said to Mobius with a smile, but no one doubted the truth of Teach's words.

The others also looked at Mobius with mocking eyes. As the first to speak out, they wanted to see Mobius make a fool of himself. However, they also had to Mobius, because if it weren't for him, they wouldn't have learned this shocking news from Teach.

Under everyone's gaze, Mobius's face flushed crimson.

Seeing his appearance, some people seemed to realize something and couldn't help but let out surprised and strange laughs, "No way, Mobius, you're already twenty-six years old, are you still a virgin?!"

"Yes!" Wos, standing next to Mobius, bluntly contradicted him at this moment, confirming the fact.

"Wos, you!" Mobius stared wide-eyed at his companion in disbelief.

But it was no use. Wos avoided his gaze, a slight smile playing on her lips. "I'm sorry, I've already passed my coming-of-age ceremony."

The entire audience burst into laughter, leaving the powerful Mobius feeling quite awkward, as he had never shown such an expression before.

"What about Shiryu? He doesn't have any either, does he?" Mobius turned his attention to Shiryu, who was wiping his knife to the side.

Shiryu glanced at him. "I'm sorry, you don't understand the world of men. Besides, women only slow down my sword-drawing speed."

"Mobius, choose one. I've been with me for so long, and I've never paid attention to your love life. It's truly my fault as captain." Teach wanted to see who Mobius would choose.

After all, everyone has different preferences.

Mobius wasn't one to be dramatic, and he quickly regained his composure, looking at the figures of Big Mom's daughters on the big screen under everyone's gaze.

Aside from those excluded by Teach, there are a few others who married into other factions; the rest are all included, along with photos from various angles and even bounty posters.

Who would refuse a beautiful woman, especially one who is strong enough not to be a burden? He has no reason to refuse her, not only for his own sake but also for the sake of the pirate crew.

Soon, Mobius's gaze settled on a Snake-Head Tribe woman who looked like a noblewoman.

However, like him, he has the blood of the Snake-Head Tribe, but his neck is not as long as that of the average Snake-Head Tribe.

Her tall figure, long light blue hair, and the cold, melancholic expression on her face as she lit a cigarette were surprisingly attractive to him.

Charlotte Amande, the third daughter of Big Mom, is a member of the Big Mom Pirates and a powerful and ruthless female swordsman. She is an important fighting force for the Big Mom Pirates.

"Charlotte Amande? Not bad." From Mobius's gaze, the others knew who he had his eye on.

As for her cruel personality and the nickname "Ghost Lady," Teach and the others didn't care at all. Putting aside whether Amande could disobey Big Mom's orders, although Amande was very strong, she was no match for Mobius and would be completely suppressed, or even killed instantly.

Mobius is now a monster with a bounty of 886 million, known as the "Eight-Headed Serpent Orochi." If strength were the deciding factor, Mobius's bounty could increase even further.

Charlotte Amande didn't lose out at all by marrying Mobius, after all, she was marrying a man stronger than herself.

As for age, Charlotte Amande was only eight years older Mobius, and the lifespan of the Snake-Head Tribe was also slightly longer than that of ordinary humans.