Before long, Katakuri, King the Conflagration, and Marco entered the hall.
"Uncle Oak, you wanted us?"
Katakuri called him uncle the moment he walked in. Marco and King also nodded in greeting, showing Oak their respect.
"I have a job for you!"
Oak looked at the three of them. They were all deputies to the Four Emperors, their strength second only to the top fighters on the seas. Even against those fighters, they could hold their own for a few exchanges. Together, they could put up a real fight.
"Gild Tesoro of Gran Tesoro has close ties to the World Government. He's unlikely to join us, and I don't like him anyway. Go wipe out him and his entire organization, then bring back all his wealth!"
Oak's assignment for Katakuri and the others was to kill Tesoro.
In his youth, Tesoro had suffered terribly at the hands of the World Government and the Celestial Dragons. The woman he loved most had been taken as a slave by the Celestial Dragons and tortured to death, and he himself had spent time as their slave.
Yet after escaping and making a name for himself through his strength, he had forged closer ties with the World Government and the Celestial Dragons than anyone. All of Gran Tesoro enjoyed their protection, and he could even call on Marine forces through those connections.
If Oak meant to unite the New World, he could not allow someone like that to remain. Besides, Tesoro controlled twenty percent of the world's wealth. Oak needed that enormous fortune for his plans.
Robbing dozens of countries would be less profitable than taking Gran Tesoro.
"One more thing. There's a woman named Baccarat in Gran Tesoro. She works for Tesoro. Bring her back alive!"
Baccarat had the Lucky-Lucky Fruit. Her power