North Sea.
Somewhere in the sea, several ships flying the flag of Germa 66 were sailing slowly on the sea.
In a cabin in the center of its interior, there is a hall decorated with an aristocratic temperament. There are two sofas, a glass coffee table, and some seats in the hall.
The leader of Germa 66, Vinsmoggagaji, was sitting on a chair, holding a steaming teacup with a cup of cat poop coffee brewed in it.
"What did they say?"
Gaji asked one of his subordinates standing next to the table.
The man had a look of embarrassment on his face and said: "The people of the Ghost Hand Pirates said that if they are willing to join their ranks, they can consider accepting us."
"Tsk, what a grandeur."
The second son Niji, who was sitting next to the table, sighed.
The eldest son Iji took a sip of tea and said calmly: "After all, they are the Ghost Hand Pirates. They even defeated Whitebeard half a month ago."
"But this grandeur is a bit too much. It makes us look like homeless bums, hahahaha."
Fourth son Yuji leaned back in his chair and laughed.
The only female, Reiju, sat there without speaking, with a finger on her lips, showing a thoughtful look.
After a moment, she said: "After all, we destroyed the industry they wanted to take over without knowing it."
Reiju's words made Gaji's expression relax a little.
Although the Ghost Hand Pirates are powerful, the attitude revealed by these words is a bit too much, but it is understandable if you think of the fact that they previously destroyed the industry that the other party wanted to take over.
You should be lucky that someone didn't come over to beat you. It's just nonsense to hope that the other person can talk to you nicely.
"Are everyone involved..."
Gaji's face showed a look of contemplation.
It is actually not an unacceptable thing for everyone to join the Ghost Hand Pirates. The other party is the strongest force in the world today, besides the World Government.
And although they, Germa 66, have always wanted to dominate the North Sea, they are facing many difficulties and are even facing the crisis of being expelled and eliminated by the World Government.
Although the North Sea is a much weaker sea than the Grand Line and even the New World in the second half, it is not that easy to dominate here.
after all.
There are many pirates from the North Sea on the Grand Line, and many places are the hometowns of some powerful beings.
But the situation is not optimistic. On the one hand, if everyone joins the Ghost Hand Pirates, it means surrendering to Ross. This is something Gaji still doesn't want to accept.
After all, he is also a hegemonist.
What he wants most is to cooperate with the Ghost Hand Pirates.
According to the information he received, although the captains of the Ghost Hand Pirates were very strong, their troops were seriously insufficient.
This is also a normal thing. After all, the Ghost Hand Pirates do not accept pirates to join, and the speed of their rise is only a few years, and their background cannot be compared with other Yonko.
In this case, their Germa 66 can just provide the middle and lower-level troops to make up for the shortage of the Ghost Hand Pirates.
But the problem is.
Even if the Ghost Hand Pirates don't want them, it won't be a big problem. It is nothing more than a slow development, and governance may be a bit troublesome in a short period of time.
In comparison, what they have to face is the risk of being removed from the world government, and they may also be eaten by the world government!
"How can we achieve a cooperative relationship..."
Gaji kept thinking in his heart.
Using the power of the Ghost Hand Pirates to dominate the North Sea, and at the same time providing the Ghost Hand Pirates with enough middle and lower-level power, this kind of cooperation is undoubtedly the most perfect.
…
A month has passed.
During this month, Germa 66 continued to contact the forces under the Ghost Hand Pirates, assisted Lafitte in taking over BIGMOM's property in the North Sea, and provided intelligence to the Ghost Hand Pirates.
After some hard work, the relationship between the two parties finally completely eased and reached the stage of preliminary cooperation.
but.
This alone is not enough.
Even because of their contact with the Ghost Hand Pirates, the World Government's attitude towards Germa became much colder after learning a little bit about it.
In this unfavorable situation, Gaji made a decision to go to the Sea of All Nations to have further negotiations with the Ghost Hand Pirates.
This request was approved by Rhodes.
So another half month later, at the beginning of the 19th year of the Great Pirate Era, Germa 66's ship arrived in the waters of all nations.
…
The coast of Cake Island.
The leader of Germa 66, Vince Moggagaji, took his three sons and Reiju to the Cake Island.
"Is this the former center of the BIGMOM Pirates?"
Gaji glanced at Cake Island. According to his intelligence, this place should have been the base camp of the BIGMOM pirates.
Although it had been repaired and rebuilt after the war, for someone like Gaji, who was often involved in war, it could still be seen that he had experienced a tragic war.
"Is that right there?"
Gaji took a few steps and looked at the huge factory in the center of the cake island with a hint of inquiry.
The construction of this thing is a bit too unsightly, and it doesn't look like the place where Rhodes lives.
The person accompanying Gaji was Lafitte.
He shook his head and smiled: "No, it's not there, it's up there."
As he spoke, Lafitte pointed to the top of his head.
Gaji, Niji and the others looked up and saw nothing but blue sky with floating white clouds.
Just when it was strange, a group of people came over, holding a bunch of strange artifacts in their hands, like a lot of weird shells.
"Captain Lafitte."
The group of people came to Gaji and others, ignored Gaji, and saluted respectfully at Lafitte.
Lafitte said: "Okay, send us up."
"yes."
The group of people responded and immediately began to fiddle with the things in their hands. They quickly produced a large white cloud and placed more than ten strange shells under the white cloud.
Lafitte turned to look at Gaji and the others, and said with a smile: "This is our special transportation here. It will take us up there."
"oh."
Gaji stared at the strange white clouds for a few more times, and then walked up with Niji, Reiju and others.
Lafitte also walked up and said: "Stand still."
puff! puff! puff!
Just as Lafitte finished speaking, the shells below the white clouds suddenly made a slapping sound, spurting out strong airflow, pushing the entire white cloud into the sky quickly.
"Oh oh oh!"
Unexpectedly, this thing could actually make people fly. Niji and others looked a bit surprised.