Chapter 154 Gutt's tacit understanding

After a long speech, Lex didn't want to stop, he continued to analyze:

"Have you discovered it, second brother? Those who are good at developing devil fruits all have their own firm beliefs. This is easy to explain. The same strong 'desire' can attract the attention of the devil fruit itself. The purer the heart, whether it is extremely evil or extremely naive, it is easier to awaken the fruit. Have you ever thought about it, second brother? What if it is the devil itself? Are they more likely to awaken?"

Roy woke up instantly:

"You mean!——"

"Yeah, that's why old man Kitetsu's ability is so weird, almost infinite blood recovery, infinite recovery..."

"Then you still-"

"It doesn't matter. What I pursue is never the superiority of fruits..."

next moment--

Lex slightly released a bit of his 'Divine Domain' observation Haki, and Roy was covered in cold sweat, feeling that he was seen through in an instant!

"...So, brother, why does Kaido need you to invite him in person?"

Lex changed the subject, regarding the familiar name Kaido on the list.

Lex was puzzled. What was Roy's current status that he actually went to personally invite Kaido who had just started his own business?

Roy laughed and explained:

"He wanted to make a deal with you, so he invited me to personally go to the Beasts Pirates to discuss business."

"Business? Arms?"

"You still care about such trivial matters?"

Yes, in Roy's opinion, if little Kaido wanted to establish a business relationship with Lex, there should be no need for Lex to personally inquire about it, as they were not actually people of the same level.

"So Kaido plans to trade with us using arms? Where does he get the arms?"

"It's the same old pirate trick. Kaido secretly controls a kingdom called Barbarossa, and then produces arms. He wants to sell them through our big channel in exchange for other treasures, especially animal-type devil fruits."

Lex stroked his chin with interest:

"When you have time, go to the West Sky Top Research Institute in the West Sea and ask Dr. Vegapunk to come up with some new weapon blueprints. Hiss, that's not right! That guy probably won't want to do that. Forget it, let's find other scientists. Anyway, provide Kaido with a batch of new blueprints and let him produce some new weapons. Of course, old weapons must also be produced. After all, we are not here to promote ocean technology out of charity. Our ultimate goal is to muddy the waters and make the ocean more and more chaotic."

"Only when there are new and old weapons can there be comparisons and a market. Only then can there be a distinction between the strong and the weak on the battlefield, and between victory and defeat. Only then will they buy our weapons more crazily, and only then will they intensify their exploitation and plunder. Only in this way can we meet our grand strategy - to make the sea even crazier and more chaotic."

Roy nodded thoughtfully. In fact, Roy knew all these things and he was prepared to do so, but these long-term plans required Lex's opinion:

"Okay, I'll find a chance to tell Kaido about this at the Expo."

It doesn’t matter who produces weapons, as long as there is a source of supply. On the contrary, Kaido is the one who is subservient, because with Lake’s power, he can replace more source manufacturers at any time.

It was different from the arms deal between Doflamingo and Kaido in later generations, because Kaido had already become the dominant force at that time.

Doflamingo has absolutely no power to have an equal dialogue with Kaido, so he looks servile.

But times have changed!

In today's new world, the last name is Leon!!

"Okay, come on, walk around with me and see how everything is prepared."

Lex stood up and prepared to walk around the seven sky islands to see the progress of the planned projects, such as the 'Super Auction House', 'Sky Arena', 'The Battle of the Heroes', 'The World's No. 1 Happy Street', and 'Super Casino that Costs a Thousand Dollars a Night'.

Roy waved his hands in disdain:

"You push all the problems onto me, do you think I'm as free as you? Get lost!"

Lex just smiled nonchalantly and left by himself.

In other words, Roy, whether in terms of his status or the intensity of his work, is indeed qualified to curse at himself.

Roy would run himself to pieces whenever he heard the word 'Second Brother'.

Now that I think about it, Lex recognizes these relationships, and each one is a business that makes money out of nothing! ~

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After all, at the mouth of the coast of Pentleras.

As soon as Shano got off his vehicle, the Barbatos, Agulas Gut came up to him with a smile on his face.

As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. Xia Nuo also greeted Gu Te with a smile:

"Hahaha~! Captain Gutt, you've been working really hard lately. My useless brother has really caused you too much trouble~!"

Xia Nuo raised his head slightly, showing the "momentum" that a brother should have.

Gut secretly slandered this silly Shanuo in his heart, but he still said with a smile on his face:

"Haha~ No way, no way. It is an honor for us old pirates that the young master hosts the World Expo. It is a blessing for us old pirates to be able to be responsible for such a grand banquet in our lifetime."

"Hey~ Captain Gutt is really good at talking, hahaha."

Xia Nuo walked with a swagger, while Benny beside him blushed with shyness and held Xia Nuo's arm tightly. Sure enough, Benny couldn't handle such a large scene with so many people.

Gut walked beside the two of them and said with a smile:

"By the way, Captain Shano, I heard that your Hurricane Fruit has awakened?"

When Xia Nuo heard this, he instantly became excited:

"Aiya~!! Why are we talking about this~ It's more than just awakening, Captain Gutt, why don't you be bolder, the best naturalist in the ocean! In the sky arena of this World Expo, I will prove my naturalist reputation!~"

Gut continued to speak along with Shano's words:

"Yes, yes. The sky hurricane barrier that the young master asked me to build should be easy for Captain Shanuo. He is really young and promising!"

"Hey~ We're one family, you're welcome~!"

Shanuo's mouth was almost grinning to the back of his head. Sure enough, without the two bastards Roy and Lex, there were still many people like Gut who knew what was good in this sea~

"Oh, by the way, what Captain Gut just said about the sky hurricane barrier, was it Lex who ordered it?"

Gut continued walking, nodding nonchalantly:

"Yes, it's nothing more than using the power of the Hurricane Fruit to permanently change the climate, using hurricanes as a barrier to 'circle' the seven islands in the sky, and then using the Young Master's Space Fruit to build a Rashomon (space portal) between the seven islands and Pentles. This way, it will be easier to manage the World Expo. I believe that with Captain Shano's strength, these things will be easy to accomplish!"

The more Shanuo listened, the more he felt something was wrong. He looked up stiffly at the seven towering sky fortresses above Pentles.

Well, each one is the size of a medium-sized island.

The one in the middle is even a large island!

Permanently change the climate of these seven islands???

Use — hurricane — to build — a sky barrier —???

A natural star——a cow and horse——creating miracles——???

The corners of Xia Nuo's mouth froze after he pulled his head back, revealing a stiff smile as he looked at Gut who was still smiling.

Benny covered her mouth and chuckled secretly. As expected, none of the people who hung out with Lex were honest people. They were all old conspirators. Shanuo was a complete fool in front of them.

However, what he said just now was so decisive that Xia Nuo could only bite the bullet and agree:

"Hahaha - yes, it's easy to catch, easy to catch -"

The next moment, Rex, who had just come down from the Sky Island, happened to see Shanuo, Gut, Benny and others. He smiled and walked up to greet them:

"Hahaha~! Ladies and gentlemen, would you like to come with me to tour these sky islands? I haven't been to Pentles for several years—"

“………Kid! Watch out!! Antalya Hurricane!!~”

As soon as Shanuo saw Lex and thought about what happened when he got off the boat, how could he not understand the situation?

Gut is too embarrassed to take action. Is this kid Lex still unable to fight?

Lex stared at the sword energy storm that broke through the air with a dull look on his face. He really didn't know about this matter. He did tell Gut about the plan to forge the "Sky Hurricane Barrier".

But we never said that we wanted all seven. We just used hurricanes to slightly change the climate of the island of the Sky Arena to prevent the aftermath of the battle from harming the entire Expo.

but--

Gut also had his own thoughts. He looked at Shanuo's angry expression and saw Lex's 'confused' eyes, and he smiled lightly.

"As expected, we can't let the young master off so easily."

Yes, Gutt was still unhappy about Lex's support for Roy. Although he understood it, the young master thought that everything would be fine if he sent him to Gion to act as a "troublemaker".

But how can it be that easy?

I won't admit it, I can't touch Gion, and I can't go directly to the young master to reason with him. He definitely won't reason with you.

and so--

The only option is to "kill with a borrowed knife".

Only then can I get rid of this bad feeling.

Speaking of...

It would be even better if we put hurricane barriers on all seven sky islands, right? It's not like we're using public power for personal gain. After all, the starting point of this matter is to consider the World Expo.

Agulas Gutt, an old-generation pirate with his own temper, the brain trust of the Sky Pirates, the third person, the man who has followed the Golden Lion since the last generation! Lex has to respectfully call him uncle.

At this moment, he looked at Shanuo and Lex who were making a scene in the distance, and revealed a long-lost smile of relief and relaxation.

Lex shook off Shanuo's sword and glanced at Gut's brilliant smile. Instead of complaining, he smiled even more brightly.

Yes.

How could Lex not see through Gut's "childish" plan to kill someone with a borrowed knife?

But instead of complaining, he just smiled.

What made him laugh was that Uncle Gutt was still the determined Agulhas Gutt, just as he was when he was teaching him kendo more than ten years ago.

If Gutt remained silent about Lex's denial of himself and support for Roy, Lex would always feel guilty.

but--

When Xia Nuo drew his sword, all the conflicts between the uncle and nephew disappeared with Xia Nuo's hurricane...

Everything is left unsaid.