Selling Pokémon from Pirates

Chapter 181 On the eve of the conference, flamingo and sand crocodile

East China Sea, the sea area where Bharati Sea Restaurant is located.

The day before the Pokémon League Conference officially started, Lin Luo returned here again.

High in the sky, hidden among the clouds, Lin Luo looked at the lively sea below, with a look of surprise on his face.

"Unknowingly, has everyone's enthusiasm for Pokémon grown to this level?"

In the crowd below, Lin Luo saw intelligence personnel from the World Government, the Revolutionary Army BOSS Dragon hidden in the middle of the crowd, and several Shichibukai who were sneaky and embarrassed to show up.

And at this time.

As the president of World Economic News, Morgans is holding a camera and a microphone, wandering around with one big person after another, conducting pre-game interviews.

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"It's really rare. I didn't expect that even an underground emperor like you would travel thousands of miles to the East China Sea..."

"I wonder what Mr. Doflamingo, one of the Shichibukai, thinks of the huge event tomorrow?"

In the Barati Sea Restaurant, which has been re-expanded three times, Morgans sat in a private room, holding a pen and paper, looking at the person in front of him with bright eyes.

Opposite him, Doflamingo, who was dressed like a flamingo, suddenly grinned with an evil smile.

Both of them are one of the kings of the underground world in the pirate world. Now that they meet here in the East China Sea, Morgans will certainly not let go of such good exclusive news.

"Fuff, fu, fu..."

Accompanied by a deep and weird laugh, Doflamingo slowly looked out the window.

At this time, outside the window, ships were still coming from afar, squeezing through the gaps into the central sea area.

At this moment, Doflamingo clearly said nothing, but he seemed to have said a lot.

"A huge event?"

Suddenly, Dover laughed, then shook his head as if mocking himself, his face darkened, and he looked at Morgans.

"Do you think that what will greet us after tomorrow will really be a grand event?"

"..."

Morgans frowned, and some of his messy feathers suddenly stood out.

"What do you mean, Dover?"

Sensing the different aura hidden in Doflamingo's words, he immediately revealed a curious look and asked:

"Do you also think that the arrival of people from other worlds will cause any harm to our world?"

In fact.

Not everyone in the ocean supports the existence of dimensional merchants and Pokémon.

Either sincerely or with ulterior motives, they widely publicize the theory that Pokémon are harmful and spread the belief of rejecting Pokémon.

Although such people are extremely small, as the president of World Economic News, Morgans is quite familiar with their ideas.

That's why he questioned Doflamingo like this.

However……

Facing his question, Doflamingo showed his annoying face again and let out a weird and sinister laugh.

"Fuh, fu, fu, who knows?"

Under the scarlet sunglasses, there is a look that seems to be addictive, but looks forward to the distance.

Dover continued:

"But one thing I can be sure of is..."

"For that mysterious dimensional businessman, maybe the grand event in our eyes is just a game of pretending to be a family wine in his eyes."

"Even things like rejuvenation can be easily accomplished. Such a terrifying existence, whether it spreads kindness or malice towards us, we can only choose to endure it silently, right?"

"So, you also think that dimensional merchants will bring disaster to the world?"

As if he had discovered big news, Morgans's eyes suddenly lit up.

He would never take it seriously when others said this.

But if this person is Doflamingo, then he will have to savor it carefully.

Anyone with some status in the new world knows that Doflamingo hides a shocking secret!

And it is precisely because of this secret that he can always be detached from ordinary people when looking at problems.

If Dover also said that dimensional merchants would bring disaster, then he would definitely report this statement!

As for the truth of the matter?

He doesn't care!

As long as you can deliver eye-catching news, that’s enough!

However……

After hearing Morgans' question again, Doflamingo suddenly shook his head, raised the corners of his mouth and said:

"No, no, no, Morgans, disaster is always relative!"

"What may be a disaster for others may be a rare opportunity for you and me..."

"Fuff, fu, fu..."

After the words fell, Dover let out a burst of weird laughter again.

It's just that this laughter is somewhat mixed with some different emotions.

No one can understand Doflamingo's mood after learning that Whitebeard has regained his youth.

He had gone through a lot of hardships and even killed his own brother to get the "eternal life", but now he suddenly saw it in someone else.

As a former Celestial Dragon and now a Qibukai, he once thought that he had the true meaning of this world.

Even though his strength is not as strong as the Four Emperors, he still feels that he is one of the focuses of the world.

There must be a place for him in the future of the world.

This is also the pride and arrogance he has always had in his heart.

It was precisely with this arrogance that he was able to overcome obstacles all the way to his current position.

But now, the concept of another world suddenly spread across the sea.

This made Dover suddenly realize that the identity and status he had been begging for had suddenly changed, and it seemed that it was not so attractive.

It might even be just a joke in the eyes of others.

This shocked him, who had always been arrogant.

Dover also sent men to the first half of the Grand Line to look for the dimensional merchants.

However, Lin Luo, who had no need to fear the power of nature in the Great Line, had been wandering aimlessly in the sea, making it difficult for people to catch him.

So when Doflamingo came here, in addition to witnessing the convening of the conference, he also hoped to connect with dimensional merchants.

As a weapons dealer in the underground world, he knows very well what Pokémon will bring to the world.

He also firmly believes...

This world is not good for no reason.

Dimensional merchants must have other desires when they come to this world.

But what does this matter?

Just like the era of great pirates opened by One Piece Roger.

The arrival of a new era will surely cause a new wave of bloodshed.

All he has to do is to keep himself clean in this rain of blood.

And what he just said was just a reminder for Morgans because of his identity.

Among the many established forces, not many people seem to have suddenly woken up and decided to accept the concept of another world.

Even though Morgans reports on news about dimensional merchants and Pokémon all day long, he is just doing it to make his news more eye-catching.

How much did he really look forward to Pokémon? Actually, he didn't.

That's why Doflamingo reminded him.

He hopes that among his future competitors, it would be better to have more "old friends" like Morgans who know everything.

Just like Ace who is making a huge commotion in the new world...

He has now defeated many fleets of the Big Mom Pirates and occupied half of the Big Mom Pirates' territory.

Fighting against a Yonko Pirates alone was something Doflamingo couldn't even imagine.

Moreover, it is said that Ace can release the power of fire like an esper, but he is not afraid of the influence of sea water and sea tower stones at all.

With this kind of ability, the Big Mom Pirates have several people with special abilities, but they all directly destroyed ships by him, so they had to expand the battlefield into the sea to use this method to win.

Otherwise, with the strength of the Spade Pirates, they would not be able to face the pursuit of so many ability users.

For such an existence that is completely beyond the concept of the world itself, Doflamingo just wants to say something from the bottom of his heart:

"If you can't beat it, join it!"

"Master Dimension Merchant, I want to learn this too!!!"

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at the same time.

Doflamingo was not the only one in the Shichibukai who also came to this sea area.

On a huge ship.

Crocodile chewed his cigar and stood directly in front of the ship, his small eyes narrowed.

He successfully came to the East China Sea from the Grand Route as a Shichibukai. Facing this unfamiliar sea, he was still able to put on a calm face as if he had seen through the world of mortals.

"BOSS, there are too many ships ahead and there is no road left. We may have to stop here."

A burly bald man suddenly walked over and said to Crocodile.

"Um?"

Crocodile groaned, then laughed and said:

"Who said there is no road ahead?"

As he spoke, he waved his hand suddenly.

A huge sandstorm suddenly appeared above the humid sea!

"Then...what is that!!?"

The sudden appearance of the sandstorm immediately startled everyone on the surrounding ships.

Some merchants who came to play were dumbfounded as they looked at the sandstorm in front of them, which was like a natural disaster.

The rapidly rotating grains of gravel are like bullets, making people frightened.

If they were caught in such a sandstorm, absolutely no one among them would be able to survive until the end of the sandstorm.

Fortunately...

Thinking that this was a grand gathering of dimensional merchants, Crocodile did not dare to act too cruelly or wantonly.

He just used a huge sandstorm to blow away the ships in front, and then laughed again:

"MR·1, give me the order and keep moving forward!"

"yes!"

Seeing his BOSS casually displaying such strength, MR·1 immediately felt that his choice was the right one, and quickly ran down, giving orders for the sailors to continue moving forward.

After the collapse of Baroque Works, Crocodile used Robin's light to live in the battle area for a period of time.

With the example of Suicune, and seeing the powerful Pokémon in the battle area, he immediately made a decision, determined to give up the long-planned [Pluto], and prepared to fall into the arms of Pokémon.

In the past few months, he has been busy reorganizing the Baroque Working Society.

But without the help of Robin, an excellent secretary, it would be too difficult to bring Baroque Works to its previous level.

Fortunately, after he chose to reveal his identity, he successfully attracted some of the company's original senior agents.

Within a few months, they made a comeback and had accumulated a lot of resources.

Now, Crocodile has come here with these resources, and his purpose is actually the same as Doflamingo's, he wants to join the camp of the new era and become a brand new trainer!

Thinking of this, Crocodile looked into the distance again.

But suddenly!

Peng!

A black thread suddenly cut across his body, instantly cutting him in half.

"BOSS!!?"

When MR·1, who had not completely walked away, saw this, his face was instantly startled, and he shouted in a panic.

However, Crocodile, who was blocked by two sections, remained calm.

The lowering body of his upper body suddenly turned his head and looked at the other side of the ship.

The crimson cigar gave off curls of smoke.

Crocodile suddenly said:

"This way of saying hello is not polite at all, Flamingo."

"Fuff, fu, fu..."

Next to Crocodile's ship, Doflamingo, who had parted ways with Morgans, stood with one foot on the ship's railing, one elbow on his knee, and said with a strange smile:

"You are the one who is rude, right?"

"I attacked other people's ships with sandstorms as soon as I came up. You don't know, but you thought I was afraid of you, the little crocodile, fufufufu..."

"What a disgusting laugh."

Crocodile mocked without hesitation, his body gradually turned into sand, and the body that was broken into two pieces recovered again, and he stared at Doflamingo with frowning eyebrows.

And when Dover saw that Crocodile was attacked by a silk thread entangled with armed domineering energy, he was still able to elementally dodge the attack in an instant, he did not underestimate him.

The two bad guys looked at each other at this moment.

In an instant, the air around him suddenly thickened.

MR·1's expression on the side suddenly became tense, his arms turned into double blades, and he stared at Doflamingo.

However, at this moment.

Doflamingo suddenly laughed and said:

"Fufufu, it seems that you, an old crocodile, don't want to be eliminated by the old times."

"Humph~ of course."

Crocodile snorted lightly and then asked:

"Even a flamingo like you can think of things. You don't think you are the only smart person in the world, do you?"

"Smart man? No, no, no..."

Dover shook his head repeatedly, and a bright light flashed on his crimson lenses:

"Real smart people are now fighting in the new world with their young bodies! Fufufufu..."

"cut!"

Mentioning Whitebeard, as if it hurt him, Crocodile spat and suddenly fell silent.

Whitebeard, whom he regards as the person he must kill, has gained the power of Pokémon...

What's even more frightening is that he also gained the power of youth.

This was a huge blow to him who was trying to eliminate Whitebeard at the turn of the times.

That's why he purposely ran from the Grand Line to the East China Sea just to catch the Pokémon ship as early as possible.

The two Shichibukai communicated briefly for a moment, and then passed each other again as the ship moved forward, without any fight breaking out.

This made MR·1, whose heart was hanging on the side, breathe a sigh of relief.

But right now!

A cry like a dragon's roar suddenly came from under everyone's feet!

MR·1 was instantly startled and quickly looked toward the cabin below.

But he soon realized that the sound did not come from the ship, but from the deep sea below the ship!

The sea water suddenly boiled, as if a volcano in the deep sea was erupting.

Immediately afterwards...

MR·1 felt a turbulence under his feet, as if the entire ship was shaking.

The next moment, an inexplicable feeling of weightlessness suddenly came over!

Their ship actually broke out of the water and was lifted up by something.

But when MR·1 ran to the side of the ship and looked around, he suddenly discovered that they were not the only ship being lifted up.

At this moment, all the ships in the entire sea area that came to visit the grand event were lifted up by the dark earth, soared upwards at high speed, and arrived among the thick clouds.

Under the huge impact of the wind pressure, the layers of white clouds dispersed, and what appeared in everyone's eyes was a huge island suspended in the sky!

"Welcome to Tenjin Gym."

A mighty voice that sounded like it came from the depths of the soul suddenly sounded in everyone's minds.

Under the extremely shocked eyes of everyone, the huge island slowly floated towards them.

It was as if he was inviting them to visit the island.

(End of chapter)