Gild Tesoro!

Marine Headquarters, Marineford!

In the marshal's office, Garp reported on last night's battle to Steel Bone Kong!

In this clash, fifteen marines died, thirty were heavily injured, and over forty suffered minor injuries.

As for the enemy... Garp had no idea what those two monsters were about, but Rayleigh and Mislanda came away without a single scratch!

Without a doubt, this marine operation was an utter and complete failure, and a miserable defeat at that.

Steel Bone Kong massaged his brow with his right hand.

"You mean this Mislanda fellow acquired two powerful subordinates from the prison?"

Much like Garp, Kuzan, and the others, Steel Bone Kong assumed Xiaobi and Susanoo were subordinates Mislanda had found in the slave prison.

After all, if monsters like those came from the hands of the Celestial Dragons, it almost seemed normal!

"What on earth are these Celestial Dragons up to?!"

Steel Bone Kong said with intense dissatisfaction!

Causing chaos on regular days was one thing, but right now...

"Garp, continue the search. The moment you track them down, capture them directly!"

"I am assigning Kuzan to you, and Bogard will remain your adjutant!"

"Yes!"

Soon, the new round of bounties was released.

Dark King Mislanda, bounty six hundred million Berries, an increase of one hundred million from before!

Undead Monster Susanoo, bounty two hundred million Berries!

Hellhound Xiaobi, bounty one hundred million Berries!

On the Sabaody Archipelago!

That's right, after leaving Thousand Peaks Island, Mislanda had returned here.

Because Amazon Lily and North Blue were in opposite directions, after seeing Rayleigh off, Mislanda still had to come back!

Yet what Mislanda never expected was that on the Sabaody Archipelago, he would run into a quite interesting person.

Right at the spot where he had fought Garp and the others, a green-haired individual was searching for something.

"System, scan this person's information!"

Watching the person below who kept searching around, Mislanda felt a surge of curiosity.

He could sense that this person was far from ordinary.

[Ding, Gild Tesoro. Strength level: Gold. Defeating him will not grant points!]

The system quickly provided the specific details on this person.

Gild Tesoro?

Hearing this fellow's information, Mislanda paused.

The Gold-Gold Fruit user?

This fellow was the future Gild Tesoro, the man who would hold twenty percent of the world's wealth and five hundred billion Berries!

It was him?!

Of course, the present Tesoro was certainly incapable of becoming the gold tycoon on his own, because the Gold-Gold Fruit was currently resting on a shelf in Black Hole Space!

Soon, it would be soon!

An idea took shape in Mislanda's mind.

Gild Tesoro was unquestionably a talented individual. If he could be made into a subordinate, then in the future, Mislanda could completely control the lifeline of the economy!

At this thought, Mislanda walked up behind Tesoro.

At that moment, Tesoro was still carefully searching for something.

"What are you looking for?!"

Mislanda couldn't help feeling a bit curious. Was there something special about these ruins?

Yesterday, he had toppled a mangrove tree with the gravitational pull of the Dark-Dark Fruit, and it was still lying right here!

Hearing this sudden voice, Tesoro received a severe shock, then hastily turned his head to look.

"You... you're Dark King Mislanda?!"

Tesoro was terrified at first, and then his entire gaze lit up!

The very reason he had come here was to track down Mislanda's movements!

Yet after searching this battlefield for half a day with no clues, he had almost given up, never expecting to run straight into the man himself.

"What? Are you surprised to see me, Gild Tesoro?"

Hearing Mislanda speak his own name, Tesoro was greatly startled.

How could he possibly know his name?!

Yet the next moment, Tesoro noticed that Mislanda was looking toward his right shoulder.

His slave brand was right there.

"Follow me!"

Mislanda immediately led Tesoro to Shakky's bar.

Seeing that there was no one else around, Tesoro dropped to his knees right in front of Mislanda.

"Lord Dark King, please let me follow you!"

Tesoro pleaded.

Witnessing this scene completely threw Mislanda for a loop.

He had originally intended to make Tesoro his subordinate, but he never expected this fellow to speak up first!

Seeing Mislanda hesitate, Tesoro hurriedly kowtowed.

"Lord Dark King, I beg you!"

A few seconds later, Mislanda snapped out of it, then picked up a bottle of liquor and poured two glasses.

He then placed a glass of wine in front of Tesoro, who hurriedly accepted it.

"Tell me, why do you want to follow me?"

Tesoro had once wanted to become a musician, but he was looked down upon by many people until he met a woman at a slave auction who didn't despise him in the slightest and even encouraged him.

For her, Tesoro labored bitterly, simply wishing to buy her freedom.

Yet a Celestial Dragon intervened and bought her away. When Tesoro tried to fight back, he was seized by the Celestial Dragons and made a slave!

The present Tesoro held only a single obsession in his heart, and that was to exact revenge on the Celestial Dragons!

Perhaps having lived through many trials afterward, Tesoro had transformed into a man who utterly loathed the entire world!

"Lord Dark King, a few days ago I located the Sun Pirates, but I didn't get to see Lord Tiger. Instead, I was beaten and driven out by one of the fish-men under his command!"

Mislanda and Tiger had both destroyed the slave prison, and Tesoro believed both men could help him.

Yet the rift between fish-men and humans was simply too vast!

Left with no other choice, Tesoro had no option but to seek out Mislanda!

Having listened to Tesoro's account, Mislanda hesitated. He didn't know whether he should trust Tesoro!

"System, is there a way for me to know Tesoro's loyalty?"

[Ding, scanning in progress!]

[Gild Tesoro's loyalty to the host is... 60%, barely passing, but the probability of betrayal is high!]

[One hundred points deducted for a scan!]

Mislanda, you son of a...

Just like that, it docked a hundred points from me! The bastard only has eleven hundred points left now!

After fuming for a moment, Mislanda reached a decision.

He looked over at Tesoro.

With a loyalty of only 60%, Mislanda wasn't entirely at ease!

"System, do you have some kind of contract? One where signing it makes the other party completely loyal to me and incapable of betrayal?"

[Ding, such an item exists. Five hundred points per contract signing!]

[I'll take it, deduct the points!]

[Ding, exchange successful!]

The next moment, a scroll exuding an ancient aura appeared in Mislanda's hand!

He unfolded the scroll and placed it upon the table!

"Tesoro, I can let you become my subordinate and even grant you powerful abilities, but..."

"You must sign your name upon this, or press your handprint on it!"

At these words, Tesoro looked at the scroll, realizing he couldn't recognize the characters on it at all.

After hesitating for a long while, Tesoro nodded.

It was just signing a name; the risk wasn't high!

Soon, a bloody handprint appeared upon it, and the contract was successfully signed!

The next instant, a thought bloomed within Tesoro's mind—the realization that he would never betray his master!