Unifying the West Blue Underworld? Still Low-Level Thugs

Several days later.

The waters off Nostra Island in the West Blue.

"Your Majesty, is it absolutely necessary to capture this bandit leader, Capone Bege?"

On the Exile Emperor, Aramaki felt a little anxious about not being able to go to the battlefields of the Flower Kingdom and the Mulberry Kingdom immediately.

He really wanted to become Four Blues quickly, rise through the ranks to become Marquess, and eventually become an imperial Marquess standing at the pinnacle.

"Look, you're in a hurry again."

"Look how composed Issho and Zoro are."

Having just finished his training, Wang Shi looked at Zoro, who was still training, and couldn't help but admire this training fanatic.

Moreover, Issho seems to value Zoro, the Mosshead, quite a bit; the two seem to get along well.

Issho truly treated Zoro like a disciple, teaching him with utmost care.

This is truly a classic duo of a blind man asking a directionally challenged person for directions; one dares to ask and the other dares to answer.

Now, when Zoro asks a sword-wielding question, he simply smiles and answers.

If we're not enemies, it's indeed comfortable for everyone to get along.

"I've heard that the Happo Navy of the Flower Kingdom likes to store the treasures they plunder in the perpetually frozen Treasure Ice Mountain."

"This Chinjao Family, with its centuries-old heritage, has stored a considerable amount of treasure there."

"But twenty or thirty years ago, when Fist Garp dented the pointed tip of Chinjao the Drill, Chinjao can no longer open this treasure."

"This is a perfect opportunity to steal their 'stolen money'!"

"Capone Bege is Devil Fruit User the Castle-Castle Fruit, making him a very good transport captain."

Wang Shi slowly opened his mouth. Actually, he originally wanted to capture Capone Bege to move the massive amount of gold from the Sky Island.

But now that we're going to the Flower Kingdom, we should naturally take the treasure of the Happo Navy to earn some money for the Goa Empire and ease the pressure on the Heavenly Tribute.

By the time of the current generation of Chinjao the Drill, the Happo Navy had been led by twelve pillars, making its foundation quite solid.

The Happo Navy the Flower Kingdom has seen its strength greatly diminished after Chinjao the Drill was dented in the head, leading to a continuous decline in its status.

The Happo Navy is facing a talent shortage, with none of Chinjao's younger generation able to take over as Chinjao pillar.

Surprisingly, not a single person has been able to grasp the essence of the Hasshoken!

The successive pillars of the Happo Navy must cultivate the Hasshoken to the point where it can shatter the Treasure Ice Mountain before they can take over the reins from the previous pillar, who will then bestow upon them the ultimate Kuri-Kugi Punch.

Now, the only hope for the Chinjao the Drill is her grandchildren.

It is hoped that his talented Sai can master the secrets of the Hasshoken and become a new pillar of the Happo Navy.

Now, Sai has become the vice-pillar of the Happo Navy and the successor of the 13th generation of pillars, thanks to his strength.

The 12th generation pillar, Chinjao the Drill, even had the number 13 tattooed on Sai's waist in advance.

The hope is that this grandson can quickly grasp the essence of the Hasshoken and become a pillar of the nation for the 13th generation.

However, in recent years, due to the weakening of Chinjao the Drill's strength and the inability to unlock the family treasure, the development of the Happo Navy has been extremely poor.

Even Sai, the deputy leader who was the successor, had to arrange a marriage alliance with the Ni-Bo Navy for the benefit of the Happo Navy.

It should be noted that the only daughter of Ni-Bo Navy pillar, Uholicia (also translated as: Uhorisia and Holisa), has 'killed' 25 husbands. She is a muscular, fierce woman with a masculine appearance and is extremely ugly.

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"So Your Majesty needs a transport captain? Then I'll definitely bring Capone Bege back for Your Majesty!"

"He's just a mafia godfather; it's his good fortune to be the transport captain of the Goa Empire."

Aramaki, a man from the South Blue, didn't know much about Capone Bege, the underworld boss of the West Blue.

After all, Capone Bege's reputation was only known in the West Blue, his bounty wasn't high, and he rarely appeared in the World Economic News.

Even after Capone Bege unified the West Blue underworld and became the Godfather of the West Blue, he chose to go to sea as a pirate and arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago.

The bounty is only 138 million Belly, almost at the bottom.

He's not even as good as Kid's right-hand man: Killer.

"Treasure?"

Upon being triggered by the keyword, Nami's eyes lit up, filled with a longing for treasure and Belly.

If you were to specifically hire a Devil Fruit User to carry the treasure, how much money would that require?

Are they sure they can't even fit all three of their ships?

Nami became more and more excited as she thought about it, and her little face turned red.

"It just so Chinjao the Drill is a great pirate with a bounty of over 500 million, so we'll completely crush the Happo Navy and steal their treasure."

Aramaki laughed. It turned out that His Wang Shi wasn't wasting time, but preparing to defeat the Happo Navy and seize their treasure.

It seems His Majesty has tacitly accepted their ability to defeat the pillars of the Flower Kingdom.

This trust greatly pleased Aramaki.

He will absolutely not betray Wang Shi's trust.

They won't let Wang Shi come to this island for nothing; they'll capture Capone Bege, the transport captain.

They're determined to seize the treasure of the Happo Navy.

"I've heard that Capone Bege has become the uncrowned king of the West Blue underworld, having virtually unified all the forces within West Blue."

He smiled and said that even the Twin Snake Island Casino where he was located was within Capone Bege's sphere of influence.

"Is this what you call unification? Isn't it just taking other underworld bosses by surprise and forcibly coercing those underworld forces to pay him protection money!"

Wang Shi didn't believe that someone like Capone Bege could truly dominate the underworld of the West Blue.

He was at most a nominal underworld godfather, but he didn't actually subdue that many underworld forces.

After all, the West Blue is very large, with many powerful forces at play.

Capone Bege probably couldn't even get into the underground underworld of powerful countries like the Flower Kingdom and the Mulberry Kingdom.

Any random pirate force from the Flower Kingdom could easily defeat Capone Bege and his ilk.

Capone Bege's second-in-command Gang Bege's Vito, and the Gotti, are both gun users without Devil Fruit abilities or physical skills.

Capone Bege likes to hide his soldiers in his internal castle, assassinating many underworld bosses by surprise.

His infamous reputation stems from this kind of unexpected, despicable massacre where the majority bullies the minority.

In any case, Wang Shi didn't see how strong Capone Bege was.

"His Majesty seems to look down on this Capone Bege."

He chuckled, speechless. No wonder he was the emperor of the empire, known as the King of Exile; he didn't even think much of a godfather of the West Blue underworld.

"He does have some brains, but not enough. The title of unifying the West Blue underworld is just something those big pirates don't care about."

Wang Shi smiled faintly. In this world, pirates are ranked many times higher than gangsters and bandits, and the hierarchy of contempt is extremely strict.

The so-called underworld is actually no different from those thugs who bully ordinary people; they don't even necessarily have a bounty on their heads.

The absence of a bounty means these gangsters are low-class scum.

This is the worldview and values of one of the forces in this chaotic and disordered world.

After Capone Bege realized that the low-level game of gangsters wasn't fun anymore, she opted for a more advanced approach: becoming a pirate and taking the heads of even stronger enemies.

Kid, this gangster boss, also went to sea to become a pirate because he didn't want to stay in a small world.

Pirates are the 'high-class profession' in this world!

A "highest profession" bestowed with attributes such as 'freedom', 'wealth', 'power', and 'dreams' by the Pirate King Roger.