"What do you want me here for? Woman, I will never have children with you!" Kaido retracted his spiked club and stated his taboo. That's right, just like Grimm, Charlotte Linlin had invited him to have children with her, and Kaido had refused several times.
"Me too!" Grimm chimed in.
"Mwahahaha! I never force others!" Big Mom laughed. There was nothing she could do; it was useless to force these two. "Let's all enjoy the desserts here first, and then we can talk!"
Then, Big Mom turned her gaze back to Grimm. "Pope, you enjoy yourself too. Are you satisfied with the women I provided?"
As Big Mom spoke, she looked around and suddenly realized that the women she had gathered had been blown away somewhere. It seemed Kaido's outburst of aura had sent them flying…
"Never mind, there are plenty more in the city. Come, if you don't like them, I have a few more daughters. Pope, feel free to choose!" Big Mom said, then turned to lead the way.
Grimm's forehead was covered in black lines. Charlotte Linlin treated women as mere tools, including herself.
...
In the Cheese Garden, the backyard of the Cheese City castle, in front of a giant circular dining table, Grimm, at 1.95 meters tall, looked like an ordinary person compared to the towering Charlotte Linlin and Kaido.
The desserts on the table emitted singing sounds, like living animals, and said to Grimm, who had his feet crossed on the white tablecloth, "Hurry, hurry and eat us!"
"Let's enjoy a wonderful lunch!"
"Hurry, hurry!"
At 2:30 PM, only a short half-hour remained until the Pirate King's execution ceremony.
Grimm maintained his posture, feet crossed on the white tablecloth, hands clasped in front of his chest. He opened his eyes and said, "Hurry up and tell me, what is the purpose of this gathering?"
Charlotte Linlin brought a cup of black tea to her lips. The teacup emitted an excited sound. Charlotte Linlin then winked at Perospero beside her. Soon, one of Perospero's subordinates placed a Den Den Mushi with a cake pattern on its shell at the corner of the round table.
After pressing the shell on the Den Den Mushi's back, the Den Den Mushi's eyes projected a massive image forward.
In the projection, countless people were gathered on both sides of a road, their necks seemingly craning to see. From time to time, the distinct alarm sound of the Navy, "Dang Dang Dang~," could be heard from the Den Den Mushi.
Kaido also turned his head towards the image. In the center of the road, led by a group of Marines, was the Pirate King Gold Roger, his hands bound by shackles, his limbs restrained by chains. His posture was hunched, but for some reason, beneath his bangs that almost covered his eyes, hid an unstoppable Haki-filled smile.
"Pirate King…"
Kaido uttered three words from his throat, then suddenly slammed his fist heavily on the table, sending all the desserts flying to the floor. He roared, "He's going to die before he even fought me, damn it!"
"Boss Kaido, calm down!"
The people from the Kaido Pirates beside him quickly tried to restrain him, but Kaido continued to curse and ignore them.
"What do you mean by this, Big Mom?" Grimm glanced at Charlotte Linlin.
"Mwahahaha!"
Charlotte Linlin laughed twice. "Now that Roger is about to die, and the Golden Lion is captured, and that lone wolf Redfield will eventually be caught by the Navy, the only one left worth mentioning is Whitebeard!"
"Oh~" Grimm drew out the sound, faintly understanding what Charlotte Linlin was implying.
Charlotte Linlin glanced at the image and continued, "What do you think? Currently, among all the seas, Whitebeard's territory is the most troublesome. I happen to have my eye on a continental island near his territory, which I find very appealing, but it's too close to his domain…"
"Hehehehe…"
Grimm shrugged and chuckled. "Find a hired gun. Kaido here will do. I don't want to get involved!"
"Angel Kid, are you looking for a death wish?" Kaido's eyes widened. It seemed this brat was insulting his intelligence.
"Don't rush. Let me finish!" Charlotte Linlin didn't get angry at Grimm's words. He was a pirate on the same level as her. If she were easily persuaded by a single sentence, she would suspect he was an impostor.
"The new era is about to begin, and a large number of pirates will flood into the New World. Instead of thinking about snatching Whitebeard's territory, you should first consider how to deal with the pirates who will challenge you!"
As Grimm spoke, in the projection, Roger was finally being brought to the center of the plaza, onto the massive steel execution platform.
"Mwahahaha, what are you saying? Pope!"
Charlotte Linlin slapped the table twice, her expression gradually turning cold. "Right now, on the sea, the only one worth considering is Whitebeard. Redfield, who is stubbornly clinging to his old ways, will die sooner or later. Whitebeard is over fifty, and his strength will inevitably decline. And his sons are all incompetent!"
Charlotte Linlin, always adept at strategy, raised her hands and said, "Roger's death will crush the morale of pirates worldwide. They'll surely be shouting about the dawn of the Navy era. In such a situation, the three of us must join forces and establish a pirate nation. Only then can we resist the Navy together and avoid being wiped out!"
One had to admit, Big Mom's words made a lot of sense.
Even Grimm could feel that although Whitebeard appeared to be at his peak, his strength was indeed gradually declining. After all, he was fifty years old, while the [Three Monsters] were in their prime.
Redfield was a lone wolf, and Grimm understood that he hadn't yet obtained the Mythical Zoan Vampire Fruit. While powerful, his weakness was obvious: his age! And as a loner, he would eventually be caught.
If this were the case, the pirate forces would eventually be crushed by the Navy. The alliance of the "Three Monsters," hailed as the next pillars of piracy, would create a force that surpassed the Whitebeard Pirates in one fell swoop!
Although an alliance between the three was almost impossible, it was also the trend.
However, Charlotte Linlin didn't know that in ten minutes, the world would undergo a drastic change, and it wouldn't be the dawn of the Navy era.
"I told you, don't jump to conclusions so quickly!" Grimm tilted his head towards the Den Den Mushi, signaling Charlotte Linlin and Kaido to look.
"Oh?" Charlotte Linlin's lips, marked with strange lipstick, curled into a smile. Kaido's eyes also showed a hint of suspicion.
They knew Roger and Grimm had a good relationship. Could Grimm know some hidden truth?
"Could it be that the Roger Pirates are planning a jailbreak?"
If that were the case, then all their plans would have to be revised.
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