How about becoming Godzilla?

"Your Majesty the Pope, I want to sign an offensive and defensive alliance contract with your Church of Order."

"Oh?" Lu Ming didn't expect Hancock to say this, and he was immediately interested.

"Tell me your terms and what we can get."

The so-called allies must be the ones who can bring benefits to themselves.

Although Lu Ming knew in his heart that the benefits of forming an alliance with Nine Snake Island would definitely outweigh the possible troubles.

But the art of negotiation is to never express your true inner thoughts.

"My condition is very simple, that is, when Nine Snake Island encounters difficulties that it cannot solve, your church must lend a helping hand."

"It's natural."

Helping your allies is not too much to ask.

"If the Pope agrees, the hundreds of thousands of Amazon female warriors on our Nine Snakes Island will be the sharp sword in the hands of His Excellency the Pope. Anyone who dares to be an enemy of the Church of Order will be our enemy on the Nine Snakes Island."

"Although our Nine Snake Islands are not as powerful as your church, we are still a considerable force in the Grand Line and will never let down His Holiness the Pope."

Hearing this, Lu Ming pretended to be thoughtful.

Even Catherine, who had some issues with Hancock, did not choose to interrupt at this time.

Because Catherine knew exactly when and what she should do.

Not long after listening to Hancock's words, Lu Ming looked at the young empress, smiled and said, "Your Majesty's conditions are very tempting, and I don't seem to have any reason to refuse."

"Then His Holiness the Pope..."

"There's no rush." ​​Lu Ming interrupted Hancock with a smile, and then said with a smile: "Before forming an alliance, I still want to do a business with Her Majesty the Empress."

"What business?"

Lu Ming smiled and took out two things from his arms.

A special product of an empty island, ‘shells’.

Don't underestimate these 'shells', their functions are much more outstanding than their appearance.

There are many special shells like this on Kongdao, such as ‘sound shells’, ‘lamp shells’, etc.

Of course, although those shells are useful, they are not too special. After all, there are too many things that can replace them.

What Lu Ming took out at this moment was a special shell that he had improved.

Storage baby!

As the name suggests, the biggest function of this kind of shell is to store things.

The space is not big, but not small either.

The most important thing is that storage shells are easy to carry.

For pirates like Hancock, how to better transport supplies is a very headache.

Lu Ming's storage shell can solve this problem very well.

The other thing Lu Ming took out was potatoes.

"Your Majesty the Empress, you can take a good look at these two things."

Hancock took the 'storage shells' and 'potatoes' from Lu Ming's hand and looked at them curiously.

Soon, when she figured out the effect of the storage shell, her face suddenly showed ecstasy.

But Hancock looked at the other "potato" for a long time without understanding it.

"Your Excellency, please forgive me for my ignorance... what is the use of this yellowish thing?"

Lu Ming said with a smile: "This is a potato, which is considered a type of food. The most important thing is that this plant is easy to grow and its yield is far higher than that of ordinary crops."

Hancock suddenly showed a surprised expression.

The reason why Hancock wanted to establish the Kuji Pirates was not only to protect Kuji Island from being invaded by pirates.

There is also a very important reason, which is to bring enough supplies to Nine Snake Island.

After all, Nine Snake Island is in a windless zone and generally has no chance of trading with the outside world. Ordinary ships cannot sail in a windless zone.

The supplies on Nine Snake Island itself are very scarce, and the wealth Hancock has plundered over the years has basically been used to exchange for food with other forces.

After all, the names of all Nine Snake Islands are soldiers, and there are hundreds of thousands of Nine Snake Island female warriors. The food they consume every year is astonishing.

"Your Holiness, do you have these two things too much?"

The excited Hancock didn't even worry about his own image, he ran directly to Lu Ming and held his hands.

Very white, very moist...

Such a close distance always makes Lu Ming unable to control his eyes.

bite!

Along with a clear sound of metal collision, Lu Ming suddenly felt that the temperature around him dropped rapidly.

It’s strange, I’m a god, so I shouldn’t feel cold, right?

Lu Ming turned his head in surprise and met Catherine's cold eyes and the mechanical sword that came out of her body.

"Ahem..."

Lu Ming let go of Hancock's hand without leaving any trace.

"Your Majesty the Empress, these two things are specialties of the island in the sky where my church is located. If the production is enough, they will be enough to meet the needs of Nine Snakes Island."

"Then what is His Holiness the Pope's request?"

At this moment, Hancock was in no mood to care about the 'cold' Catherine next to him, and was eager to know how to get a large amount of 'storage shells' and 'potatoes'.

After all, more than half of the people on Nine Snake Island do not have enough to eat all year round.

"My request is simple."

Lu Ming stretched out two fingers.

"First, I need Nine Snake Island to send various races to Sky Island every year, with no limit on the quantity."

"Two, I need enough Devil Fruits, and there is no limit to the number."

"As for the price, for every group of 10,000 people, I will give the Empress one million tons of potatoes and one thousand storage shells."

"For each Devil Fruit, depending on its value, I will give you at least 100 million tons of potatoes and 10,000 storage shells."

Hearing this, Hancock was suddenly pleasantly surprised.

Because in her opinion, Lu Ming's request was not excessive.

If you want to know who Hancock is, he is the future Shichibukai.

That is, pirates.

And what pirates do most often is robbery.

Whether it's devil fruits or people, she can always find a large number of them whenever she wants.

Without any reason, Hancock said readily: "On behalf of Nine Snakes Island, I agree to this deal made by His Holiness the Pope."

"Then it will be a pleasure to work together."

“A pleasure to work with.”

After finalizing this, Lu Ming declined Hancock's request to stay with them for dinner.

After all, Lu Ming is no idler. He still has a huge island in the sky to manage.

And the reason why Lu Ming wanted to go back so soon was because something unexpected happened on the Sky Island.

On board the ships in the Holy City.

"Your Holiness, this is the news from the Island in the Sky."

Catherine handed a phone bug to Lu Ming.

Lu Ming took the phone, and Artu Taishan's voice came from there.

"What's up?"

"Your Holiness, the navy is coming."

Taishan didn't say much, but Lu Ming fell into silence.

Lu Ming was not surprised that the navy would appear on the Sky Island.

After all, the island in the sky has already appeared in the first half of the Grand Line for some time.

It should be said that Lu Ming was a little surprised that the navy came just now.

"Who are all here?"

Taishan looked at the navy warship in front of him and several figures stepping off the warship, and said calmly: "A major general and several lieutenants."

Just a rear admiral...?

Thinking of this, Lu Ming smiled and said: "You should entertain them well first. If you don't treat them specially, just use the unique rules of our island in the sky."

"knew."

Taishan hung up the phone and looked up at the navy people walking towards him.

Not long after, the rear admiral and three navy lieutenants walked up to Taishan.

Tarzan stood in front of these people and said with a smile: "Welcome everyone, I am the floor guardian of the first floor of Sky Island, Artu Tarzan."

"Floor Guardian?" Rear Admiral Kenjadi was a little confused when he heard this.

"Yes, floor guardians, if you want to continue climbing the Sky Island, there is only one option... and that is to defeat me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Taishan's momentum suddenly changed.

The old body burst out with astonishing momentum, as if the devil had descended.

Everyone in the navy, who had been relatively relaxed at first, showed shocked expressions one by one...

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