Robbing the World Government

[Moonlight Trophy: Chivalrous - A Smile]

[The Star Trophy: Gild Tezzoro, the Gild Tesoro]

At the top of the central Golden Pagoda of Gran Tesoro, Storm summoned the two grand Big Trophy he had won on this trip.

He smiled and went to clean and heal his wounds.

Tesoro sets out to prepare food and awaken the "sleeping" city.

Storm now has the time to deal with the two Big Trophy he just won.

When he released [Conqueror's Haki] before.

Everyone inside and outside Gran Tesoro, including the two giant sea turtles that were "pulling the boat," was stunned by his [Conqueror's Haki].

However, the best these "minions" and "monsters" could offer Storm was a five-star Big Trophy at best.

Just like the two giant sea turtles that were responsible for transporting Gran Tesoro, they provided Storm with two [Platinum Trophy].

Five-star or even lower-star Big Trophy are of little significance to Storm at this point.

So he didn't even summon those low-level Big Trophy at this moment.

As for the six-star [Diamond Trophy].

Gran Tesoro has not yet reached this level of strength as a "minion".

"I remember there were still a few high- Big Trophy left unused..."

Storm then summoned several more six-star and seven-star trophies and weighed them together.

"I currently possess two [Star Trophy] and two [Diamond Trophy]."

Upon seeing this, Storm raised an eyebrow.

Two six-star Big Trophy and two seven-star Big Trophy.

That's just enough to upgrade a six-star ability to Eight-Star!

But that's precisely where the problem lies.

Storm's current [Physique] and [Haki] have both reached the Eight-Star.

His [endurance] and [Conqueror's Haki] have reached a level of Nine-Star.

Six-star and seven-star [Big Trophy] items cannot provide additional points to Storm's main attributes.

They can only be used to Ability Enhancement to Storm's other abilities.

Typically, Storm would use these six-star and seven-star [Big Trophy] to allocate skill points to [Demon Ring].

However, he prefers to allocate skill points to both the [Demon Ring] and the Devil Fruit contained within it.

However, two [Diamond Trophy] and two [Star Trophy] can only create one Eight-Star ability or item at most.

"I'm a little conflicted..."

Storm now possesses five seven-star and two six-star [Demon Ring].

The star rating of these [Demon Ring] is consistent with the development level of the Devil Fruit they contain.

Storm now has two six-star Big Trophy and two seven-star Big Trophy.

There is no way to simultaneously upgrade the [Demon Ring] and its [Devil Fruit] ability to Eight-Star.

You can only upgrade one item at most!

Or perhaps...

"To create a new seven-star ring?"

Storm looked at the only two six-star [Demon Ring] --

[Hobby-Hobby Ring]

[Swamp Ring]

Storm thought for a moment and made a decision.

He took out two six-star [Diamond Trophy] and first added points to one [Demon Ring - Imitation], raising its star level to seven stars.

He then took out another seven-star [Star Trophy] and upgraded the development level of his [Hobby-Hobby Fruit] to seven stars.

[Hobby-Hobby Ring: ★★★★★★★] (Seven-star rating)

As for the other [Swamp Ring], it still maintains its six-star level.

Storm simply treated the [Swamp Ring] as a "storage ring" and didn't have high requirements for its level.

"Let's leave it at that for now! There's still one seven-star [Star Trophy] left!"

Storm put away the seven-star Big Trophy of [Gild Tesoro], and then looked at his [Physique] attribute.

There's also an Eight-Star [Moonlight Trophy], Storm plans to add to [Physique].

In terms of [Haki].

Storm's Nine-Star [Conqueror's Haki] is more than enough.

It could even be said that Nine-Star Conqueror's Haki has almost completely overshadowed the effects of Armament Haki.

Conqueror's Haki is much more effective than Armament Haki!

Therefore, it still has to be the [Physique] attribute!

Storm's gaze lingered between [Strength] and [Speed] for a moment before he decisively added the points.

[Strength: ★★★★★★★★☆] (8.5 stars)

"Eight and a half stars of [power]! Not bad, very impressive!"

Storm extended his right hand, clenched it into a fist, and created a sonic boom.

This punch— Eight-Star Armament Haki, eight and a half-star Strength, Nine-Star Conqueror's Haki —can you withstand it?!

Just then.

Tesoro brought a large amount of food to this place.

Yixiao also changed into a clean set of clothes and came over. Below his collar, the faint traces of white bandages were visible.

"Mr. Yixiao."

Storm rubbed his belly and waved to Yixiao.

"Dinner's ready!"

Storm swept everything away in a whirlwind.

Tesoro carried the food up and down several times, but he couldn't keep up with Storm's cooking speed.

In the end, it was Ikko who used the power of the [D Denk-Denk Fruit] to almost move Gran Tesoro's entire grain storage warehouse up there.

Storm finally finished eating and drinking.

"Call..."

Storm's belly was round and full. He took a deep breath and used the [Life Return] ability, quickly restoring his body to its normal size.

"I'm full! The food here tastes even better than the food in Dressrosa!"

Tesoro sat beside him, bowing and scraping in response.

"Thank you for the compliment, Lord White Dragon!"

"Um..."

Storm nodded, looked at Tesoro who was cooperating very actively, thought for a moment, and then spoke.

"You should have financial professionals here, right? Send them to Dressrosa."

"A while ago, the King Riku of Dressrosa took stock of all the Donquixote Family's assets. I couldn't find any professionals to help with the inventory at the time, so please send someone over now!"

Tesoro was indeed very good at asset liquidation, he nodded immediately.

"Yes, Lord White Dragon! I will send someone to Dressrosa shortly! Once the assets are inventoried, do I need to bring them over?"

"Um..."

Storm pondered for a moment, then nodded.

"Bring it over! You can keep the treasure here for now and help manage it."

In fact.

There is another "Little Thief Cat" in Storm's Storm Pirates who is obsessed with money.

Nami is currently in the North Blue.

Storm decided not to bother her with this small problem.

Tesoro was about to turn and leave.

Just as Storm was eating.

Gran Tesoro slowly "awakened".

The people who had just fainted due to the impact of [Conqueror's Haki] all woke up with the help of Tesoro and the city management personnel.

Tesoro had just sent people to appease the frightened guests and promised that "the matter has been perfectly resolved!"

But before Tesoro could turn and leave...

A purple halo was released from Yixiao's [Black Road Fire Wire], precisely enveloping Tesoro and restricting the latter's ability to move.

"Mr. Yixiao?"

Tesoro looked at Yixiao with a puzzled expression—he had just introduced them to each other.

Storm smiled back.

A smile appeared as he "looked" at Storm, and he asked in a deep voice.

"Isn't the so-called 'assets' of the Donquixote Family actually just bloody wealth they plundered?"

"It is quite bloody."

Storm thought of the sweatshop toy factories in Dressrosa, nodded casually, but then denied it.

However, the Donquixote Family's wealth was not entirely obtained through 'plunder'.

"Donquixote Doflamingo is a 'businessman,' and his business is quite large."

"A businessman?"

His brows furrowed tightly as he smiled.

"What's the meaning?"

"Robbery, extortion, weapons, ammunition, arms dealing, human trafficking, Devil Fruit, sports betting..."

Storm rattled off a long list of examples.

"These days, even being a pirate requires 'brains'!"

"How long will it take to get rich by robbing merchant ships?"

"Besides, it's better to rob the World Government than others!"

"Donquixote Doflamingo's business empire is far larger than you imagine, Mr. Issho."

Yi Xiao gripped the [Black Road Fire Wire] tightly in his hand and rebuked mercilessly.

"Shichibukai!"

"Um?"

Storm frowned and looked at Fat Tiger.

He felt the other person was insulting him, and he even found evidence to support it.

But Yixiao pretended not to see Storm's eyes—or rather, he couldn't see Storm's expression at all.

"Donquixote Doflamingo's businesses are all illegal! All his assets are illicit funds! You can no longer possess these bloody assets! They should be returned to the innocent—"

"Stop!"

Storm stopped him in time, interrupting his laughter.

"Mr. Yixiao, if you want to do that, go rob other pirates yourself and then return their money to innocent people."

"But don't get in my way."

Storm looked at Tesoro, his eyes narrowed instantly, and black and red arcs of [Conqueror's Haki] shot out, directly shattering the purple halo surrounding Tesoro's body.

As Storm became more familiar with Nine-Star Conqueror's Haki, his ability to use Conqueror's Haki to neutralize the effects of Devil Fruit also grew stronger.

"Go on, Tesoro, don't mind the nonsense this 'Chivalrous' just spouted."

"Yes, Lord White Dragon."

Tesoro nodded and left.

He really didn't want to stay here any longer!

Tesoro had previously fantasized about recruiting Issho.

However, after he got to know Yixiao's character better, he immediately abandoned the idea.

Even if White Dragon hadn't recruited this "blind swordsman".

Tesoro will never mess with that blind fat man again!

This guy has a mental obsession with cleanliness!

Tesoro simply can't get along with this kind of person...

This time, Ichisho didn't stop Tesoro's actions; he simply "looked" at Storm with his pale eyes.

Yixiao understood perfectly well that Tesoro wasn't the key to the problem; the White Dragon was.

"Mr. White Dragon."

Ichisho attempted to use language to inspire morality in the Shichibukai.

A gentleman loves wealth, but he acquires it in a proper way.

"Ill-gotten gains are easy to come by, but also easy to lose."

"Tsk!"

Storm couldn't help but give him a disdainful look and a smile; this time, he finally couldn't hold back his sarcasm.

"You gambling addict, how dare you talk to me about 'ill-gotten gains'?"

Gambling... dog...

His big face froze as he smiled, his blood surging.

He had never heard such a "rude" address before!

Yi Xiao was about to say something.

A Den Den Mushi) rang, silencing him.

Storm ignored the smirk beside him and took out the Den Den Mushi.

He glanced at the Den Den Mushi's appearance, then looked at it again and smiled.

"The world's largest 'ill-gotten gains' 'tycoon' is calling. Now, please remain silent."

Storm made a "shush" gesture to Yixiao, believing the other person could "see" it.

Storm then connected to the Den Den Mushi.

"The Gorosei?"

"The next transaction involving Donquixote Doflamingo will still take place on Ruschired Island!"

First update.

It's getting later and later...

He slid down and knelt to apologize.

orz...

There will be more tonight.