Deceiving the Future! A Desperate Situation

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Chapter 188 Deceiving the Future! Desperate Situation

A small island floats in the sky.

"Hahahaha!"

Inside the rather rudimentary, makeshift stone building, the Golden Lion laughed heartily, brimming with self-satisfaction.

Before him were rows of boxes, each containing neatly stacked Beli and various gold and silver jewels.

These boxes piled up like a mountain in front of the Golden Lion at that moment.

"We're rich! We're rich, Shiki!"

Dr. Indigo, who always loved to joke around, stopped pretending to be mute. He was so excited that his deathly pale face regained some color.

"I've never seen so much money in my entire life!"

"Hahaha! I was too narrow-minded back then!"

The Golden Lion, beaming with pride, his eyes and brows radiating joy, declared, "I've always believed that those non- Affiliated Nation, so poor they're practically broke, can't be squeezed dry!"

"But I never expected that pushing them a little would give me such a pleasant surprise!"

Having conquered so many non- World Government Member States in this sea area, the Golden Lion certainly wouldn't just leave those countries to fend for themselves.

So he sent his pirates to collect protection money.

The great Flying Pirates provided shelter to those godforsaken countries, so they should certainly repay them.

It should be said that those vicious scumbags are quite good at making money.

They easily extracted a huge sum of money from those countries.

As for how it was extracted, Golden Lion didn't care; he only knew that next year's standards had to be the same as this year's.

"Hehehe!"

The Golden Lion smirked and casually grabbed a handful of Beli. "That way, I can recruit soldiers and horses as I please!"

The Flying Pirates' current strength is far from sufficient.

Even the military strength is not as good as it was at its peak, not to mention the quality of the officers.

With our current strength, let alone becoming the King of the World, we are far from being able to conquer the New World.

Therefore, even greater power is needed.

With sufficient funds and one's own prestige, expanding one's power should not be too difficult!

Hahahaha!

The Golden Lion's laughter echoed from the building, carrying far and wide.

It was at this very moment.

"Um?"

The Golden Lion suddenly raised its head.

Laugh!

The yellow beam of light pierced through the wall and landed directly on the small hill in front of it.

"Huh?"

Boom!!!

The massive explosion instantly destroyed everything inside the house, and the lingering aftershocks pulverized the entire building.

In an instant, a huge sphere of light bloomed in the center of the island, with brilliant flames and dust from the explosion rising up.

"Oh--"

A beam of light descended from the sky, landing on the edge of the island, and finally coalesced into the shape of Kizaru.

Kizaru looked up at the massive explosion before him with great interest, his tone leisurely.

"That's a bit too intense a greeting, isn't it?"

"Who!!"

The next instant, the brilliant, exploding ball of light was cleaved in two by the massive slash.

A violent aura swept across the sky like a hurricane, causing Kizaru's Justice Coat to flutter wildly.

"Wow, that's quite audacious."

As Kizaru slowly sighed, he pushed his sunglasses up to his forehead. "Zephyr- sensei, Naito, hurry up! Leaving me to face such a monster alone is too much pressure."

"It's you!!"

With an angry roar, a massive slash came crashing down.

Kizaru's body transformed into light, instantly shifting more than ten meters to the left. He was then able to slowly turn his head and watch as the Flying Slash a corner of the island away.

"What an impressive and Haki."

Kizaru sighed softly.

The massive Flying Slash left a trail of black Inazuma.

The Golden Lion floated above the island, looking down at the leisurely-looking Marine Admiral.

"Kizaru? What are you doing here?"

Has my whereabouts been exposed?

Are you kidding me!

The island is not large, and it floats high in the air at an altitude of tens of thousands of meters, making it impossible for people on the sea to detect its existence with the naked eye.

Furthermore, it was constantly moving, never stopping in any one area.

Who could determine their location in this situation?

I've only been to the sea once in this period of time, just two days ago, to retrieve the protection money I collected.

But he was alone, and he even took a detour and carefully checked each box to make sure there were no problems before bringing them back.

So, what exactly happened?

How exactly was my whereabouts exposed?

However, now seems like the time not to dwell on these things.

Golden Lion's gaze was fixed on the face of the man in front of him.

Marine Admiral Kizaru, Logia Devil Fruit User!

This guy is really tough to deal with!

Although Golden Lion had a high opinion of himself, he was not so arrogant as to disregard the Marine Admiral.

He was even well aware of one thing: facing this man's Glint-Glint Fruit ability, escaping would be extremely difficult.

But, escape?

Are you kidding me!

Just one person —

"Finally found you, Golden Lion!"

A figure suddenly sprang up from the edge of the island and crashed down beside Kizaru.

It wasn't over yet; another figure followed almost immediately, landing on the other side of Kizaru.

"What?"

Golden Lion's pupils constricted instantly, his gaze sweeping over the two newcomers. "Zephyr, and—"

"Damn brat!"

They were both acquaintances.

Black Arm Zephyr, who had fought him many times!

And, that brat in the navy who beat him into a humiliating retreat when he was about to announce his return to the battlefield last time!

Damn it!!

The navy has actually deployed such a powerful force!

How could we possibly win?!

Without any hesitation, the Golden Lion shot off in a certain direction!

We have to retreat!

Although he was arrogant and haughty, he wasn't a fool.

But at that very moment, a green slash shot into the sky, tearing through the heavens like a sighing wall separating worlds.

The Golden Lion's figure suddenly stopped, allowing the slash to soar into the sky in front of him.

Cold sweat was already seeping from the Golden Lion's forehead. What an astonishing slash!

Who's here again?

He instinctively looked down.

Below, in mid-air, quite a distance from the sky, a yellow platform is rapidly ascending.

Several figures stood atop the yellow platform.

Golden Lion recognized every one of them, especially the man wielding the large sword.

"Hawk-Eyes — Shichibukai!!"

The Golden Lion was practically gritting its teeth.

Are you kidding me!

Has the World Government gone mad?

Is it really necessary to mobilize so much force just to deal with me?

All Shichibukai have assembled!

Below, Hawk-Eyes's sharp, hawk-like eyes locked onto the figure in the sky. "Crocodile, faster!"

Are you ordering me around?

Crocodile gave a disgruntled snort.

Moreover, this is already the maximum speed.

It's already quite impressive that he can use his ability to carry people in flight; why should we expect sand to fly at an even higher speed?

In the sky, the Golden Lion once again flew in a certain direction.