Pirates: The wages are in place and the Yonko will be kicked out.

Katakuri's murderous intention and fighting intention dissipated very quickly, because Porusalino had already led him into the meeting room that was already occupied - even though he took office as King Shichibukai. It was a sure thing, but the necessary procedures still had to be followed, and the content that Porusalino wanted to talk to him this time was not limited to legal pirates.

"Hmph, can't you move faster, Porusalino!"

A burly man wearing a navy cloak with the same specifications as Porusalino, but with a more ferocious aura than him - Navy Headquarters Admiral "Akainu" Sakaski, who had just returned from the Clifford Kingdom Naval Base in the New World. He was sitting at the head of the conference table, smoking a cigar unhappily.

"Please, General Akainu, how much faster do you want me to go? This is the distance from Drum Island to Marinevando, not from the Warring States Marshal's office to your office. Do you think you can get there just by raising your feet? "

Porusalino rolled his eyes and made excuses.

——As we all know, in the fortress building of the Navy Headquarters, the entire top floor is the office of the Navy Marshal Sengoku (including the highest conference room), and the second floor is the office of the navy admirals.

After the original Admiral Zefa took charge of the relevant work of the Naval Academy, his entire office moved out, and the three of Porusalino and the others divided the entire floor equally.

Coupled with the fact that "Fujitora" Yixia, who later joined the "Big Three of Malinfando's evil forces" during the World War, there were four offices on the second floor of the fortress building.

As for the owners of these four offices, except for the obscure guy Polusalino, the other three have not been back to Malinfando for a long time, and they all have their own places to work.

But it happened that for Porusalino, who spent a relatively large amount of time here, Marshal Sengoku arranged his office on the side, while Sakaski and Yixiao's offices were right next to the stairs leading to his floor.

To put it bluntly, as long as Porusalino showed up in the office, he would just read newspapers, drink tea, sleep and cut his nails. He was so embarrassing that the Warring States Marshal was out of sight and out of mind, so he was sent away.

That's why Porusalino is so weird and angry with Sakaski...

"Now that you're here, stop talking nonsense and get in position quickly!"

Sakaski did not pay attention to Porusalino's "implication" and spoke seriously. Because if he were the Warring States Marshal, he would have made the same choice - there are so many people coming and going in the Marshal's office every day, and it is really embarrassing for subordinates like Porusalino.

"Yes, yes, yes~"

Porusalino came to his seat very casually and said, "Sit down too, Katakuri."

"..."

Katakuri did not act immediately according to what Porusalino said. Instead, he and Sakaski stared at each other without saying a word, and the momentum of both parties gradually increased.

The reason why Katakuri's mentality has gradually changed from resentment to peace over the years is because he has figured out the distortion and tragedy of the Charlotte family, which was ruled by BIGMOM with violence and fear, on the one hand, and on the other hand It was also because of his environment that he was healed.

After all, as the navy took over the rule of Cigu Island and carried out a series of transformation work, the happiness of the people living on Cigu Island has been greatly improved. Although Katakuri and other leaders of the Charlotte family were captured by the navy and forced to undergo labor reform in the food factory here, without their mother BIGMOM who could go crazy at any time and the fights of the past, they were just With the family gathered together and the warm daily life, everyone, including Katakuri, was actually very satisfied with this kind of life, and the pain and hatred in the past began to be healed.

Even the naval representative who supervises them, Lieutenant General Garp, is also an old and crooked man - even Charlotte Perospero, who has the darkest psychology, becomes strange when getting along with a sailor like him.

For the same reason, the sailor Porusalino, who had the same style as Lieutenant General Garp, had the same influence on Katakuri and the others.

However, Katakuri's gradually healed memories and pain were completely awakened the moment he met the navy's iron-blooded general Sakaski.

Obviously, Katakuri did not participate in the final battle between Porusalino and Sakaski when they besieged Cake Island, the headquarters of the Charlotte family. He was on the front line confronting Kuzan;

Katakuri also later learned from Perospero and others that the main force that killed BIGMOM and the fighting scene at that time should be most closely related to Porusalino;

It was obvious, but Katakuri seemed to see those brothers and sisters who had lost their lives being mercilessly slaughtered by the demon-like Sakaski. Even Charlotte Lingling, the supreme ruler of the Charlotte family, was also killed. Sakaski's magma burned to ashes...

His ears seemed to be filled with the pitiful cries and calls for help from his brothers and sisters, as well as Sakaski's cold words: "All pirates must die!"

Including this silent stare, Sakaski's face was clearly expressionless, but Katakuri inexplicably felt that the corner of his mouth raised a mocking arc...

It can only be said that just like some people don't seem to be good people, Sakaski gives people the impression that he is a born pirate butcher - the kind who can kill pirates in his dreams.

The air in the conference room began to become solemn, and veins sprouted from Katakuri's forehead, making the half of his face exposed to the outside extremely terrifying.

His fists clenched involuntarily, and the Nuo Nuo Fruit ability that had been used to make food over the years began to gain momentum, as if he had returned to the original state of being soaked in the blood of the enemy...

But it was at this tense moment——

"Click!"

"Very good! Sakaski's expression is spot on! Katakuri's momentum is also pretty good!"

"But Katakuri, can you use your Overlord-colored Haki a little bit? It doesn't need to be too strong. You just need to make your Overlord-colored arc appear in the air, and then the air will vibrate, so that I don't have to do special effects... …”

"When you're ready, do it again and I'll take a new shot!"

"..."

Sakaski remained expressionless, but Katakuri looked at the "Atmosphere Destroyer" Porusalino with a black streak in his head and slumped eyelids - the latter took out his weapon at some point. An image phone bug was facing the two of them, playing with it with a smile on its face.

"...What are you doing, Porusalino..."

"Of course I'm filming the confrontation between you and Sakaski. What else can you do?"

Porusalino shrugged, looking innocent, "You can't be repairing the air conditioner, right?"

Yes, Porusalino was filming, or to be more precise, he was filming part of the big movie "Shichibukai" produced by the Navy Headquarters.

——Two years ago, he and Sakaski had an exchange on the future development of the navy on the Navy’s air fortress “Sky Veil Behemoth” (a terrifying three-masted ship). In that exchange, Polu Salino made it clear that during this important stage of the navy's shift to strategic contraction and defense, he would guide the navy to "bloom both culturally and physically."

"Physical" is very simple and easy to understand. It is the secret enhancement of combat effectiveness, including but not limited to the development of black technology, equipment upgrading, further cultivation of talents, etc...

And "wen" is much more complicated than "style".

Porusalino and Sakaski briefly imagined the movie "Imperton Redemption", but after careful analysis, they felt that Rear Admiral Mike Scott, who was framed by pirates and forced to jail, Field's protagonist's character is not gimmicky enough, and the idea of ​​a tattoo with a design of a large underwater prison on his back and famous quotes such as "A free bird cannot be imprisoned" are also relatively sensitive, and it is easy for the five old stars to find something strange. Card review. So it’s better to put this project on hold and work on something more secure.

So Porosalino set up the big movie "Shichibukai" - as the name suggests, it tells the story of the great legal pirates who have now become the "Shichibukai" organization under the command of the World Government. The specific content is probably how powerful and frightening they are, but they were frightened by the power of the world government and became the guardians of justice...

Of course, the so-called being shocked by the power of the world government does not really appear in CP0 or the black suit of the world government according to reality, but the navy bosses are pretending to be cool, and the world government is just hanging a flag - - Porusalino will try his best to use the language of the camera to fool the five old stars while containing private goods. Let them have the illusion that this movie is really made to promote the power and majesty of the World Government. The navy with a large number of pictures is just an extension of the power of the World Government...

Therefore, Porusalino asked Katakuri to come to Marinefando today "fully armed" to discuss his becoming the King of the Shichibukai. One of the reasons was to shoot - it is impossible to let Katakuri wear factory work clothes and hold tools. Katakuri should appear, then it won't be called "Shichibukai", but called Marinefando Advanced Technical College Admissions Video...

By the way, since the current Shichibukai are not yet fully in place, Porusalino's film's rhetoric about the five old stars also includes a "propaganda" function-to squeeze out more pirates. , to seize the qualifications of King Shichibukai, and at the same time choose suitable candidates to serve the World Government while having internal conflicts.

But in fact, that is just talk. The real part of the propaganda is the private goods concept carried by Porusalino, which is the positive image of the Navy...

"What a joke!"

After a moment of silence, Katakuri left these words coldly, turned around and left. But Porusalino instantly turned into a golden light and appeared in front of him, blocking him in time.

"Well~ don't be anxious~"

Katakuri's pupils suddenly tightened - Porusalino's speed could make his scalp numb no matter how many times he did so.

"How about we have a serious discussion first and you get into a state of mind?"

"The shooting is just incidental~Don't take it too seriously~We still have to talk about business today~"

"..."

Katakuri looked at Porusalino, who had a bright smile on his face, and then at Sakaski, who had not changed at all, and finally chose to sit in the seat that Porosalino pointed out to him at the beginning.

"That's right~"

Porusalino walked to Sakaski's side and sat down casually, creating a "confrontation" situation between the two of them and Katakuri across the table.

"Let me ask you a question first, Katakuri. The comfortable life on Drum Island should not have caused you, the former top masterpiece of the Charlotte family, to lose your basic judgment of the situation, right?"

Porusalino struck the classic pose of Commander Ikari and got straight to the point.

"..."

Katakuri did not answer in a hurry, but narrowed his eyes slightly and buried most of his face deeper under the turtleneck.

When the cadres of the Charlotte family were undergoing labor reform on Magnetic Drum Island, the Navy did not cut off their access to information from the outside world. Instead, at Porusalino's instruction, it arranged for regular newspaper delivery every day. And it's not just big newspapers like "World Economic News" that have deep cooperation with world governments, but also various tabloids - it can be said that the information is transparent.

Therefore, Katakuri and others still have a clear understanding of the current world situation.

What kind of situation?

The BIGMOM Pirates, who stood at the top of the pirates, were wiped out, and the Beast Pirates were basically wiped out. Coupled with the rest of the navy's actions and results, in short, it was the decline of the pirate power, and the world Total repression on the part of the government.

Under such circumstances, if Katakuri were the Five Old Stars and the ruler of the World Government, he would pursue victory at all costs and seize the best opportunity to end the era of great pirates.

But the Five Old Stars did not do this. After the World Government achieved complete suppression, the navy, the largest violent organization under its command, strangely turned to strategic contraction and defense.

".What do you want to say? Porusalino?"

Katakuri's eyes were hesitant and he asked in a deep voice - Although he, as a survivor of the destroyed Charlotte Pirates, has long lost the initiative to face the navy, today's conversation is about to become the seventh Wu Hai needs a gesture of equality.

"Then let me change the question,"

Porusalino grinned when he heard this, and took out a cigar for himself from Sakaski's cigar box, "Why do you think the five elders agreed to let you become the King's Shichibukai?"

"."

Katakuri frowned slightly - he didn't expect Porusalino to be so straightforward.

Unlike the other legal great pirates (typically Crocodile), Katakuri and the navy have a more antagonistic stance, and not just because of the natural opposition between pirates and the navy.

After all, the BIGMOM pirate group he once belonged to was destroyed at the hands of the navy's large fleet, and many of his relatives and subordinates were killed by the navy. There was actual hatred between the two sides.

From the perspective of a normal World Government ruler, Katakuri knew very well that it was absolutely impossible for someone like him to be considered by the King's Shichibukai. Even if he has pretty good fighting power, even if the world government needs to establish a positive image including kindness and tolerance.

But just as the Navy forcibly shifted to a strategic defense posture when it clearly had the upper hand, the World Government strangely threw an olive branch to him, an unstable element.

So, what do the five old stars see in him?

there is only one truth! What they like is his instability, his hatred and hostility towards the navy!

ps: It was originally supposed to be a big chapter, but I haven’t finished it yet. It would be too fragmented to send it out like that. I’ll make it up in tomorrow’s update.