The Black Throne of One Piece

With Gilbert's return, the whole castle seemed to come alive, and a large number of soldiers and servants in the castle were busy. It seemed that Gilbert was preparing a grand welcome banquet in order to welcome the masked man. .

However, the matter obviously came too suddenly, the people in the castle were not prepared at all, and now they are very busy.

It's really a big man who moves his mouth, and his subordinates break their legs.

Barr's target tonight, Hodgson, is one of the guardians of the castle. Of course, he will also come out to greet Gilbert and the distinguished guests. After getting the news through the phone bug, he immediately put on thick clothes and came out of the room, and then took A group of guards quickly moved around the castle.

"It's really not the right time to come back."

Barr noticed Hodgson's movements, and suddenly frowned and thought.

But soon, his brows stretched, his eyes shone red, as if he had discovered something interesting, with a smile on his face, he began to walk around the castle unhurriedly, towards the place where the banquet was held in the castle.

To hold a banquet, of course, it is indispensable to invite the important people in the city to come. Many nobles, celebrities and famous businessmen in the city have been invited.

After all, the cooperation between official forces and gangster forces cannot be put on the table. Even though many people are well aware of the relationship between the two, gangsters are gangsters, and the relationship between official forces and gangsters cannot be exposed. What is uncovered always needs a fig leaf, otherwise the official power of the Magnetic Drum Kingdom will be ridiculed by the world.

Therefore, Gilbert did not entertain the top leaders of the major gangs in the city.

"What a grand banquet."

More than an hour later, in the hall where the banquet was held, Barr sat on the edge of a table filled with various delicacies, and while eating the delicacies on the table, he smiled and said to Williams beside him.

The Glittering Gold Chamber of Commerce is already a veritable medium-sized chamber of commerce, and it is also well-known in the port of Vilia, bringing a lot of tax revenue to Gilbert, and Williams also listens to Barr's words and often sends it to Gilbert, that is Williams has a close relationship with Barr, and Gilbert of course invited Williams over.

And maybe because Barr has become a natural-type devil fruit capable person, Gilbert also specially placed Williams's position closer to the main table.

At this time, Barr is using the ability of swallowing fruit to change his appearance appropriately, pretending to be Williams' personal bodyguard.

After the target Hodgson suddenly moved and stood by Gilbert's side, he knew that tonight's capture operation had failed, so he had to temporarily target the group of mysterious masked men brought back by Gilbert. It happened that William James was invited by Gilbert, and he took advantage of Williams to enter the banquet openly.

"Yeah, but the people who come here are really out of tune with us, and the eyes of these guys are really annoying."

Hearing this, Williams drank the fine wine in his goblet, then glanced at the very lively tables nearby, and then at his very deserted table, and said in a low voice.

"Don't worry about it, they are just some guys who can't be like dogs if they paint tigers. If they dare to bark their teeth and claws, then break off their teeth and claws." Barr sneered.

The Glittering Gold Chamber of Commerce has risen very quickly, becoming a medium-sized chamber of commerce in less than half a year and earning a lot of wealth.

It's just that the time to rise is too short after all, the foundation is not deep enough, the connections are still shallow, and the background is not good. It was only founded by a few outsiders in Barr.

If it weren't for Barr's success in getting close to the big tree of the Ram Gang, and later relying on his strong strength to create a great reputation in the city, the Glittering Gold Chamber of Commerce may have already used briquettes, a cheap commodity that is very marketable in the Magnetic Drum Kingdom, to earn the first prize. A pot of gold was eaten by the nobles and other large chambers of commerce in the city as fragrant steamed buns.

But even if the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce has developed to this point,

Possessing a huge industry and wealth, backed by Barr, a natural devil fruit ability user and his strength, but still unable to smoothly integrate into the upper class of the city, and has been regarded by most nobles in the city as an outbreak Hu and mud legs.

The Magnetic Drum Kingdom is a feudal country, and there is a strict hierarchy between nobles and commoners.

The aristocracy boasted of noble blood, and discriminated against commoners of ordinary origin. For hundreds of years, this discrimination had almost penetrated into their bone marrow. Even though they knew that commoners might be richer and stronger than them, they still looked down on commoners.

The reason why this happens is very simple, that is, there are people behind them to support and set an example for them.

That's right, the backing behind the nobles in countries all over the world is the world government ruled by the Tianlong people. As long as they become a member country of the world government and regularly donate to the sky, they can obtain the legal protection of the world government.

The world government is the most powerful force in the world. With their support, the nobles of the world's ruling class certainly have the confidence to look down on civilians.

They are not even afraid of civilians rising up to revolt, because they only need to apply for help from the world government, and the world government will send a powerful force to help them suppress the rebellion.

It is precisely because of the power of the world government that nobles from all over the world will of course regard the world noble Tianlongren as a role model and imitate everything about this group of garbage.

For example, the Tianlong people like to play slaves, and the nobles also learn to play. For example, the Tianlong people look down on other people, and the nobles also learn to look down on other people except the Tianlong people. They also spend a lot of money to collect all kinds of rare treasures for comparison.

All in all, most of the nobles in the world have the shadow of Tianlong people, deeply influenced by the culture of Tianlong people, many nobles can be said to be the incarnation of Tianlong people.

Therefore, Williams, a commoner who fled from the outside to the Drum Kingdom, is of course not looked down upon by the nobles in the port of Vilia. They even think that Williams is just a dirty refugee who is worse than a pariah , there may be bad things on them, which will harm them.

And the more money Williams' Glittering Gold Merchant Guild makes in Port Vilia, the more the nobles in the city are jealous of his wealth, thinking that he, a filthy refugee, doesn't deserve so much wealth.

In fact, when Williams came in, there were many stubborn old nobles who scolded Williams and Barr to get out, and some young nobles who were obviously newborn calves who were not afraid of tigers wanted to violently kill Williams. and Barr expelled.

Fortunately, Gilbert came forward, and Williams and Barr, who was disguised as an escort, were not really expelled, but it was also a big loss of face.

And Gilbert, the guy who pretended to be a good guy, just left after saying a few good things to Williams symbolically, and then chatted and laughed with the nobles who made things difficult for Williams and Barr before. The attitude of James and Barr is clear at a glance.

If they were not useful, the prince of the Drum Kingdom, who also regards the Tianlong people as the ultimate goal, would also dismiss them, and his attitude might even be worse. The difference is that they are all the same.

Being so difficult, Barr and Williams certainly didn't have a good impression of the nobles at the banquet.

However, the two of them have long been used to this, and they didn't care much in their hearts. They even looked at the nobles around them trying to imitate the Tianlong people with the mentality of watching a clown.

"Who do you think those people are?"

Upon hearing this, Williams nodded and asked in a low voice.

He had already received information about the group of mysterious masked men from Barr, and seeing that Barr hadn't explained it for a long time, he couldn't help asking curiously.

Although Gilbert annoys him very much, things like betting cannot be influenced by emotions. If Gilbert can get the help of the group of mysterious masked men that Barr said is strong, it will increase the victory of the civil war. chances, he will bet on Gilbert's side.

Because only the winners can bring them the greatest benefits.

"Let Gilbert tell us the answer."

Barr didn't reply to Williams right away, but stopped eating in his hands, looked in a certain direction of the banquet, and said softly.

I saw several masked men in black and expensive suits stepping into the banquet hall. When Gilbert saw them, he immediately greeted them with a smile on his face.