Unlocking Shukaku's Special CG

The next day, Brando put Crocodile's photograph in the World Economy News Paper, which was sold across the entire sea.

It was the first time a Shichibukai had been killed.

It immediately became headline news.

The Foosha Village residents who knew Brando were all astonished. How had Brando become even crazier? How long had it been, a month?

Powerhouses like Garp and Red-Hair merely smiled and paid it little attention.

In their eyes, it was just a famous pirate who had died. It could not compare to killing a Celestial Dragon.

Red-Hair would only sigh that Brando had grown stronger again.

Garp, meanwhile, would clap and cheer. He had never liked the Shichibukai organization anyway. Letting pirates plunder legally—was that not a slap in the Marine's face?

As an iron-blooded Marine, Garp simply could not understand such a thing.

"Damn it, this guy just won't go away."

"I said from the start that we should have sent a Marine Admiral after him."

"He's growing too quickly. Even Crocodile wasn't his match. Ordinary CP0 agents probably won't be enough either."

The Five Elders were also furious when they saw the day's news.

What Brando was doing was nothing but repeatedly slapping the World Government in the face.

The New World had finally become lively these past few days, suppressing the attention surrounding the Celestial Dragons. Now something had happened to a Shichibukai too. This was an organization the Five Elders had strongly promoted.

It had been created specifically to contend with the Four Emperors.

Yet now, a young man had directly killed one of them, greatly diminishing the Shichibukai's prestige.

"Arrange for a Marine Admiral to take action."

"CP0 alone is no longer enough. This time, we must capture this guy."

In the end, Jaygarcia Saturn Saint made the final decision.

If they failed again, then the World Government's face would be utterly smashed by that blond brat.

Therefore, dispatching one of the World Government's strongest forces, a Marine Admiral, was the safest choice.

The other four Five Elders also nodded in agreement.

"Sakazuki is currently in the New World, and Borsalino is on Egghead. The only one who can be deployed now is Kuzan, who has just returned from rotation."

"Then send Kuzan."

"Boss!!"

When the Baroque Works members saw the image of their boss's corpse in the newspaper, they all wore expressions of utter disbelief.

In their eyes, their boss was so powerful. How could he possibly lose to some brat?

"MR.1, what are you going to do?"

With tears streaming down his face, MR.2 looked at MR.1.

He wanted to avenge his boss, but even his boss had lost. His own combat strength definitely was not enough. MR.1 was the strongest person present, so they still had to hear his opinion.

"Revenge!"

MR.1 said with a gloomy expression.

He felt that his boss must have fallen for some kind of scheme. Otherwise, with his boss's cunning nature, how could he have died so easily?

Even if he could not win, he should have been able to escape.

"I think we should stabilize our territory first. With our boss's Shichibukai status gone, we've also lost our protection. Ensuring our safety should be the priority."

MR.3 said hesitantly.

He felt that seeking revenge would just be suicide. How could someone who had defeated their boss be beaten by the few of them?

"I must avenge Boss!"

MR.2's gaze was resolute.

He was the most loyal one among them. He could not ignore this.

MR.1 glanced at MR.3, who immediately tensed up.

"Me too!"

He did not dare show any sign of possible betrayal before his boss's most loyal lackey. Otherwise, he might be cut down on the spot.

"Find out where this guy is first."

MR.1 said.

"Crocodile is actually dead?"

Cobra looked at the newspaper in his hand, and the faint unease in his heart unexpectedly vanished.

Naturally, he did not think highly of pirates. This Shichibukai had even taken up long-term residence in Alabasta, which made him uneasy.

Furthermore, he had gained the approval of the country's citizens. How could someone who did such things possibly be a pirate?

This man definitely had a deeper conspiracy, but Cobra could not uncover it, leaving him constantly uneasy.

"But this guy seems even more dangerous."

Looking at the blond man in the newspaper, Cobra felt somewhat flustered. Why did he seem even more sinister than Crocodile?

"There's actually such a strange world!"

"Devil Fruits give you a special Kekkei Genkai once you eat them."

"Hmph, that guy who lost to your sand control must have been trash."

After Brando finished explaining the state of this world to Shukaku,

Shukaku immediately mocked it, while also taking a jab at Crocodile. It felt that Crocodile's sand control had been far too weak, or he could not possibly have lost to Brando.

"That stinking crocodile really was trash."

Brando yawned after saying that. He was currently lying on a floating mass of sand, with a parasol stuck into it.

This was the transportation Brando had received in exchange for telling Shukaku about this world.

It could only be used within Alabasta.

However, Brando believed that once there was a first time, there would keep being a second and third time.

"Eating a fruit to gain power sounds very much like a story Hagoromo once told us."

Shukaku began reminiscing.

Brando did not want to hear this nonsense, because he already knew it all. If he were in the Shinobi World, he would be the king of intelligence, worthy of the title of one who knew all things.

"Maybe this world has aliens who enjoy planting trees too."

Brando tossed out that remark.

But Shukaku remembered it.

It did not know what was going on either, and it did not know any space-time techniques, so it could not find a way back.

Under these circumstances, it could only stay with Brando. Besides, it had already made him its Jinchuriki.

"Even so, I have no interest in cooperating with humans."

Shukaku still refused to form a bond.

The moment this guy showed up, he had used his eye power to control it and threatened it so many times. Especially that time he made it kowtow to the Nine-Tails—it held grudges.

"Come on, Shukaku. Don't you want these country bumpkins to know how formidable Ninshu is?"

"Without your cooperation, I can't do it alone. Don't you want to restore the glory of the Sage of Six Paths in this world?"

For once, Brando did not act domineeringly. Instead, he coaxed Shukaku in a gentle voice, just like a scumbag.

After all, if he wanted to unlock more positions, he could only do so if Shukaku willingly cooperated.

He had already suffered the consequences of forcing it, so if he wanted to unlock special CG, he had to change tactics.

"Hmph, the people of this world really are country bumpkins."

"Even if it is a Kekkei Genkai, it has two such glaring weaknesses. It cannot compare to the Ninshu created by Hagoromo at all."

Shukaku was also someone who looked down on others, and it had an especially bad temper.

It could be said to be the most impatient of the nine Tailed Beasts. Like a tanuki, its underlying code had a very high priority, though it was not as chaotic as a tanuki.