Chapter 172 Join the Shichibukai!
After temporarily appeaseing Smuji and Armand, Odo called Lingling with a video call. It was time to deal with the final decision.
In the communication room, Lingling's face appeared in the video, her expression was a little depressed, and she looked at Odo silently across the screen, and no one was willing to speak first.
After a while, Lingling couldn't help but say, "Hey, Odo, how did you do your daughters?"
"Oh?" Odo held his head and looked at him slantedly, "I thought you would be dissatisfied and challenged me..."
It was fine if he didn't say this. As soon as he mentioned it, Lingling's face suddenly sank, but she was not furious. It seemed that she was really beaten by Odo and was a little embarrassed.
"Stop talking nonsense, Odo, answer my question, are Smuji and Armand still alive?"
Odo said lightly: "Of course, I'm not so bored to bully them. But if you want to get them back, you don't have to speak up."
Lingling asked impatiently: "What do you want to do? Do you leave them as hostages?"
"Hostage? I don't need such boring things." Odo said with a calm smile, "but I like them very much, so Lingling, Smuji and Armand, let's stay with me in the future."
Lingling was stunned for a moment, and didn't know what she thought of, but she actually burst into laughter.
"So that's the case. Have you taken a fancy to our Charlotte family's daughter? Mamama, so which one do you like? Or both?"
Odo knew Lingling would say this, and said calmly: "I want both."
Lingling leaned forward, approached the screen, showed a subtle smile, and said, "If this is the case, then the war between us will be a civil war between the 'family'. Let's go through this. When are you planning to marry them? Remember to notify me in advance, I will summon those people in the dark world to give you a wedding gift."
It was a surprise. Lingling originally thought that Liangzi had formed this way, but in the end, Odo actually fell in love with her daughter.
When he said he wanted to marry his daughter to Odo, he disagreed, but he turned around and captured Smuji and Armand. Sure enough, the man was so lustful and greedy.
Not satisfied with one? Let me say it earlier! There are so many daughters in the Charlotte family, Odo can choose whatever he wants. Even if Odo picks seven or eight people in one breath, Lingling will not care, and she will just give birth.
Lingling felt inexplicably that this fight was really chaotic and confused, but fortunately the end result was pretty good.
However, Odo defeated her fantasy.
"You seem to have misunderstood something. Lingling Smuji and Armand are indeed my own, but if you claim to the outside world that the Sky Pirates are allied with you, don't blame me for not giving you face."
"What?" Lingling's smile froze and said angrily, "So you are not willing to pay even a little price? Doing things like this is too unauthoritable, right? Odo!"
Odo was also a little impatient and said, "How many times did I have to say it? It's not the time to form an alliance! I've been staying well in the paradise, why should I interfere in the war between you?"
Lingling rarely talked to others with a kind look, but what she received was Odo's scolding, which made her face suddenly unhappy.
"What did you say? Odo! Don't think that if I win once, I can be arrogant. If I hadn't been hungry, would you think you could escape so easily?"
"I'm running away? It's ridiculous." Odo said disdainfully, "If you don't agree, choose a place and let's fight again?"
Through the battle against the BIG MOM Pirates, Odo realized one thing, that is, never fight against top-level powerhouses on his own territory.
If Lingling took the Thunder Cloud Zeus to the Sky Island and fought with Odo, the Sky Island would inevitably be destroyed. The construction of the past few years will be considered in vain.
The two fought against each other, and the atmosphere became a little nervous for a moment.
However, Odo took the lead in taking a step back. After all, the benefits have already been taken into consideration, so there is no need to force Lingling to get angry.
"Let's do this, Lingling, Smuji and Amander stay with me. I will train them as alternate cadres. If you are not at ease, you can send Katakuli and others to visit the island. Or, you hold a tea party there, and there are any major festivals, I can ask Smuji and Amander to visit your relatives, but only one person at a time."
When Lingling heard this, her anger gradually faded. Although Odo still didn't give her much face, there was nothing wrong with regard to Odo as a top pirate on par with her.
Anyway, the contact between the emperors at sea doesn’t give each other much face. Could it be that who is weaker than who? Whose power is not dominating the side?
At least, the subtle connection between BIG MOM Pirates and Sky Pirates retained Smuji and Armand. Although it is not reliable, it is at least one step ahead of others.
Lingling pondered for a while, smiled again on her face and said, "Just do what you said, but I still have something to say to my two daughters alone. Isn't this an exaggeration?"
"Please."
Odo really didn't mind. He could guess what Lingling would say to his daughters, but it was nothing more than to comfort them and let them stay in the Sky Pirates first, and even to make more efforts to really guide him and become the hostess of the Sky Pirates. At that time, the person next to him and the wind in his ears made him confused. After all, it was the marriage system. This trick was so familiar to the BIG MOM Pirates.
"Imitation!" Odog commented to Lingling in his heart.
He, Lukahaul Odo, doesn't eat beauty tricks! No matter what kind of sugar-coated shells, they are all invalid!
After summoning Smuji and Armand, briefly explained, they were left to talk to Lingling, and Odo left directly, too lazy to monitor.
What will their relationship become in the future? Odo has some small expectations.
......
Lingling has done it, and Odo also began to sort out the gains.
First of all, the achievements of defeating the BIG MOM Pirates: Battle against the Emperor of the Sea, Victory, the achievement point +5, and the achievement point cumulatively reached 9 points.
But this achievement is not all, and there are two advanced achievements that are almost under Odo's nose.
The king goes to the Seven Warriors Sea! And fame and achievements!
After roughly dealing with the trivial matters accumulated by the Sky Island during this period, Odo sent Bista and Seniol to accept Du Feld's legacy. Although that guy was loan shark and most of the funds were released, he could get a little bit.
The most important thing is to get back the Navy IOU mortgaged to him.
Finally, Odo began preparing for negotiations with the government.
If nothing unexpected happens, this will be the last negotiation between him as a pirate and the government.
Odo has rich experience in government negotiations, and both sides are tacitly aware that Odo cannot float like this anymore and must give the government an explanation. Otherwise, the Sky Pirates will either escape into the new world or become the government's next key target. Under this tacit understanding, Odo's joining the Seven Warriors Sea should be a natural result.
However, Odo wanted too many things, and he needed to consider what conditions he should put forward for the government.
Some plans are currently invisible to achieve.
For example, Odo wanted to try to achieve the ultimate achievement of controlling currency, so that his abilities could be ultimately improved.
Then if you want to manipulate the economy of the whole world, at least, you need to have a world-class bank that can make waves in the financial industry, then conduct a transaction with the government, obtain the right to issue currency, and finally find a way to leverage the current currency standard, use material materials on the Odo territory to gradually replace the current Bailey, such as cutting the island cloud into cloud coins, allowing the market to recognize and use it on a large scale.
This is simply whimsical. If he is allowed to successfully complete this plan, he will no longer have to be a pirate. He can marry Alabastan's royal family, and then PY with the five old stars, obtain the identity of the Tianlong man, return to Mary Joa, and even reach the top to become the next five old stars.
Odo's ambition is not limited to the hegemony of the sea. One Piece is obviously a pit. According to Odo's judgment, the great secret treasure located in Lavrud is 700 to 800, which is related to the bizarre destruction of the huge kingdom in 800 years, so what is the use of this thing to Odo?
After some thought, Odo listed a series of his thoughts.
1: Let Odo join the King of the Seven Warriors, cancel his reward and receive pardon. However, at the same time, the government is required to give the Seven Warriors the same political status as the Navy, that is, to only recognize the government's "orders". The navy's compulsory convening order shall not be used at will unless it is necessary. Odo has the right to reject the unreasonable convening of the Navy.
2: The government assisted in the establishment of the Sky Island country, allowing Odo to move the islands to expand its territory, and at the World Conference next year, it will make every effort to promote the United Kingdom of Sky Island to become a veritable government franchise, thereby obtaining political protection and privileges. Even if the name of the Seven Warlords Sea is deprived, the Navy has no right to arrest Odo, the king of the franchise, unless the government deprives him of the franchise again.
3: Odo will engage in "legal" commercial trade with the pirates or the dark world as the dual privilege of the king of the franchise king and the Seven Warlords Sea, and the Navy shall not use any excuse to stop it.
4: It requires the internship and foreign trade of the navy and even the government, that is, the government needs to reach stable commercial trade with the sky island.
5: It is required to become a government-cleared arms dealer, issue a license for weapons sales, retire or replaced weapons and warships by the Navy, and the Sky Pirates are responsible for external trafficking. Odo has the right to ask the government to assist him in attacking other arms dealers.
6: The government is required to provide some scientific researchers for the Sky Pirates, such as M. Caesar Courang, a scientist with a low-end version of Baikal Punk, or a top shipbuilder like Tom. The former can engage in weapon development, while the latter can build aerospace trains.
7: The government is required to provide the Sky Pirates with devil fruits at market prices and open up the devil fruit illustrations.
8: The Navy is required to open up the scientific research force to the Sky Pirates, share some of the technology, and jointly develop new weapons.
9: The government requires the government to divide airspace, except for the Red Clay Continent, Triangle Sea, G Series Branches, CP agencies and other territories to the Sky Pirates. Anything located in the sky, including the moon, is nominally owned by Odo.
And wait... all kinds of increasingly outrageous conditions.
According to Odo's judgment, the first few items are likely to be passed by the government, but the next few items do not need to be mentioned at all, and they will definitely not be passed, and instead will expose Odo's plan.
So Odo spoke directly and raised the first five conditions to the government in one breath.
Then, if nothing unexpected happens, it is rejected by the five old stars.
After several negotiations, Odo roughly understood the government's bottom line and gave up the idea of reaching the sky. Finally, the two sides reached a consensus that the government was willing to meet Odo's first three conditions and part of Article 4 in exchange for this powerful combat power's "refuge".
In fact, they did not pay much. Joining the Seven Warriors Sea was originally the basis of tacit negotiations between the two sides. The Sky Pirates occupied the Sky Island, and whether to build a country or not is only a nominal issue.
As for the "legality" that Odo requires, the Seven Warriors Sea originally had the privilege of innocence. Odo only added insurance to this privilege so that the Navy would not care about him all day long and secretly collect his black materials. Now the two sides have reached a gentleman agreement. As long as the government does not turn against each other, even if the Seven Warriors Sea system is abolished in the future, theoretically, they will not cause trouble for Odo.
Of course, no one can tell what will happen in the future.
Odo was basically satisfied with the results of the negotiations. He also asked the government to conduct large-scale publicity on his joining the Seven Warlords Sea, and it is necessary to let the news spread in every corner of the sea. Moreover, he reserved the right to further propose conditions and was willing to help the government solve some troubles in exchange for the government's subsequent concessions.
The government has recognized these conditions with a pinch of the nose. Since the organization of the King Xia Qiwuhai was created, a top-notch strongman who could only bully the Miscellaneous Fish, it would become a laughing stock.
So, in the late autumn of Haiyuanli, the Shijing Newspaper published a big news.
"Haolong" Lukahaul Odo officially joins the King Xia Qiwuhai!
From this day on, Odo was no longer a wanted criminal, but a legal pirate recognized by the government.
Chapter completed!