Chapter 213 The Five Elders’ Phone Call

The moon is rising, and the palace of Dressrosa is brightly lit and bustling.

The Rod Pirates are holding a banquet. Rod is sitting in the main seat. Violet, as a representative of the former royal family, is among the members of the Rod Pirates and is getting closer to them.

"Thank you very much for saving Dressrosa from the water and fire!"

King Riku sat beside Rod with a respectful attitude, and behind him stood a soldier with a firm face.

Cyrus!

The legendary hero of the Dressrosa Arena, with an incredible record of 3,000 undefeated games!

At the same time, he is also King Riku's son-in-law, the former captain of King Riku's army. Five years ago, when Doflamingo led the Don Quixote family to seize power, he was touched by Sucrose and turned into a toy with his ability, disappearing from everyone's memory.

It was not until Sucrose was defeated by Kosa and his abilities were ineffective that King Riku remembered his son-in-law again. Cyrus also found his daughter Rebecca as soon as possible, and then found King Riku together and protected him.

"I've said it before, I'm a pirate too!"

Rod put down the wine glass in his hand and glanced at King Riku beside him.

Unlike Doflamingo, that guy was originally a Celestial Dragon, and their family, the Don Quixote family, was the royal family of Dressrosa. It was just that when the World Government was established, the Don Quixote family moved into Marijoa, which made the Riku family the new royal family.

Therefore, Doflamingo only needs to use some means to make the Riku family lose the support of the people, and he can restore the throne legitimately and become the royal family of Dressrosa again.

But Rod can't do that.

After all, Dressrosa is a member of the World Government. Rod just wants to make it his own territory, not to fight the World Government directly for this territory.

So, the name is very important.

And King Riku is the flag he raised, and also a fig leaf in front of the World Government.

"No, you are not the same as other pirates!"

King Riku looked at Rhodes in front of him.

Although it was just a short contact, he could feel that this boy was completely different from Doflamingo.

From Doflamingo, he could only feel the deep darkness and pure evil.

But this boy in front of him, although he always regarded himself as a pirate and his style of doing things was quite domineering, King Riku could feel the kindness hidden deep in his heart.

After experiencing what happened with Doflamingo, King Riku himself also had some feelings in his heart.

In the new world, no one knows what will happen in the next moment. If there is a strong man who can protect himself, it is not a bad thing.

"Whatever you want."

Rod didn't look at King Riku beside him.

In this battle, the Rhodes Pirates swept away the Don Quixote family and occupied the other side's territory. Next, they will receive the Don Quixote family's legacy bit by bit.

With Doflamingo's accumulation over the years, even if he can't take over all of it, the power of the Rod Pirates can be rapidly expanded.

After all, before this, the Rod Pirates had been sailing all the time, and even if they stopped for a while, it was only for some special things or for training, and they didn't seriously manage their own forces at all.

And Don Quixote has been entrenched in Dressrosa for so many years, and Doflamingo has relied on his triple identities as the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the King of the World Government, and the former Celestial Dragon to wander between multiple forces and operate a huge network of forces. He has also become an important figure in the underground world by relying on his arms business.

Now that the Don Quixote family has been destroyed, everything he has run for many years has been taken advantage of by Rod.

As for whether it can be successfully accepted?

Rod glanced at Violet, who was talking and laughing with his partners, and Baby-5, who was following Gray and blushing from time to time.

With these two Don Quixote family cadres, it should be possible to successfully accept part of it.

As for the rest, it depends on the methods of Neru and Luo.

After all, most of the Donquixote family cadres have not yet had time to transform into devil fruits.

Moreover, with his record of repelling Kaido, there must not be many blind guys in the New World who dare to come and provoke him.

Bru Bru Bru~~

The Den Den Mushi that Rod had put aside suddenly rang. Rod paused slightly, then put down the wine glass, and a smile flashed across his face.

This was the Den Den Mushi given to him by the World Government when he became a Shichibukai, specifically used to contact the World Government.

After the battle, Rod had been waiting for this call.

He knew that whether he defeated another Shichibukai or repelled the Four Emperors Kaido, the World Government would have a serious talk with him.

In particular, Doflamingo's fall also brought a huge impact.

Just the people who were turned into toys by the [Childlike Fruit] and then worked as coolies in Dressrosa for many years have already made the World Government anxious.

As a former Celestial Dragon, Doflamingo has something in his hands that the World Government is quite afraid of, and this is something the World Government cannot ignore.

"Guernica, what are your instructions?"

Rod picked up the phone.

"Baquan Rod, this is the Five Elders!"

From the other end of the phone, it was not the familiar voice of CP0, but a slightly old voice full of superiority.

"Five Elders?"

King Riku was shocked.

That was the highest-level leader of the World Government!

Even though Dressrosa was a member of the World Government with a long history, King Riku had never had the opportunity to talk directly with the Five Elders.

"What an honor, I can actually talk directly with the Five Elders."

Rod said this, but there was no respect on his face, and he even picked up a chopstick of food and put it in his mouth.

"You should know that the policy of the Seven Warlords of the Sea is an important policy to maintain the stability of the sea. Why do you want to provoke a war with the Seven Warlords of the Sea again!"

The Five Elders scolded from the other end of the phone.

With the fall of Doflamingo, his various evil deeds have been passed on through various channels by those who had become toys before, and the Five Elders at the highest level of the World Government naturally knew about it.

However, they don't care.

For them, balance and stability are more important!

What Doflamingo did was insignificant. On the contrary, if the policies of the Seven Warlords of the Sea were greatly affected, affecting the balance and stability of the world, that would be a real disaster.

"Of course it's because I'm a partner of [Justice]!"

A hint of teasing flashed across Rhode's face.

"I've said it before, I'm a Seven Warlord of the Sea. As a partner of justice, how can I tolerate someone as sinful as Doflamingo?"

The Den Den Mushi was silent for a moment, then changed its voice and continued.

"Don't make jokes like this anymore!"

"You were the ones who made the joke first! With the ability of CP0, the origin of the grudge between Doflamingo and me should have been clearly investigated long ago."

"So, if you have anything to say, just speak directly, don't use verbal skills to test me."

Rhode spoke bluntly.

"You, fought with Kaido, the Beast?"

The Five Elders on the other end of the Den Den Mushi paused for a moment, then spoke again.

They only received information about the amazing battle in Dressrosa and the Blue Dragon suspected to be Kaido of the Beasts leaving Dressrosa. After all, this was a battle at the level of the Four Emperors, and ordinary intelligence personnel could not get close to it. Since they were not prepared in Dressrosa in advance, it was a pleasant surprise to be able to obtain such information.

"Yes, it's a little inferior."

The other end of the Den Den Mushi was silent again.

That's the Four Emperors!

A Shichibukai could actually fight the Four Emperors one-on-one, only slightly inferior, and in the end it was Kaido of the Beasts who took the initiative to leave.

This has completely deviated from the original intention of their formulation of the Shichibukai policy.

It is true that among the Shichibukai, there are also the world's number one swordsman like Hawkeye Mihawk who can fight with the Four Emperors, but the two are completely different.

Hawkeye is a lone ranger, no matter how powerful he is, his influence is limited.

But Tyrant is different.

Under his command, there are many elite soldiers and generals, and the best among them are not inferior to the big cadres under the Four Emperors.

Such power is almost catching up with the Four Emperors.

Is a Shichibukai with such power still a Shichibukai?

"Are you still a Shichibukai?"

"Of course!"

Rhode answered without hesitation.

He has not yet earned the benefits that the Shichibukai identity can bring, so how could he easily give up this identity.

"I have been fulfilling my duties as a Shichibukai. Whether it is Crocodile or Doflamingo, these guys with evil intentions have all been eliminated from the Shichibukai team by me. I am serious about dealing with pirates."

There was no sound on the other end of the Den Den Mushi, who listened quietly to Rhode's performance.

"Not only that, although we have just entered the New World, I have discovered that the pirate forces in the New World are too rampant. The navy alone may not be able to properly protect the member states of the New World. Dressrosa is an example.

I believe that in the New World, there are many countries like Dressrosa that are harassed by pirates, so I will set up a security company to protect the countries in the New World from pirates."

This sounds very high-sounding, but the Five Elders understood what Rhode meant in an instant.

He will continue to be a Shichibukai, stand on the side of the World Government, and curb the pirate forces.

As a condition, the World Government must recognize the security company he mentioned and allow him to expand his power within the scope of the member states of the World Government.

"I think the Five Elders should not be stingy in supporting a Shichibukai like me who is wholeheartedly considering the World Government."

Thinking of Rhode's previous face of asking for money, the Five Elders instantly understood that he was asking for money.

"No problem, someone will contact you about the specific matters later."

The Five Elders replied from the Den Den Mushi.

"I hope you can fulfill your duties as a Shichibukai and curb the growth of pirates!"

"Of course, I will definitely maintain the stability of this sea area!"

As soon as the phone was hung up, Rhode smiled.

This is the real way to use the identity of Shichibukai!

Next, it's time for their power to expand rapidly!

···

Marijoa, between power.

The Five Elders sat in a circle and discussed Rhode's situation.

"I didn't expect that in just one year, the power of the Rod Pirates has expanded to such an extent, and that kid, Tyrant, is even more capable of fighting the Four Emperors head-on without losing."

"That kid will definitely cause greater unrest. I suggest that he be eradicated as soon as possible!"

"After all, he is just a pirate. No matter how powerful he is, he is just another pirate emperor. After decades, he will still turn into a handful of dust.

I think that since he has ambitions, let him toss around. Whether he suppresses the arrogance of pirates or the pirates suppress him, it is a good thing for us.

Vegapunk's research has entered a new stage. In a few years at most, the Seven Warlords policy can be abolished."

"I second the motion. Let him jump around for a while. Although we cannot start a war with the Four Emperors easily, it would be great if a war broke out between the Seven Warlords and the Four Emperors."

"Not bad!"

Thinking of Vegapunk's research, several of the Five Elders nodded.

When Vegapunk's research is completed, the Seven Warlords of the Sea will be completely abolished, which will only take a few years.

···

New World, Wano Country

The Azure Dragon flew over the sky of Wano Country, and everyone's heart trembled. They all knew that it was Kaido, the Beast.

After seeing their governor, the members of the Beast Pirates not only did not cheer loudly as usual, but their bodies trembled slightly and they were silent.

"Huh?"

Kaido fell from the sky, threw Jack and the others aside, picked up a jar of wine and drank it, and then pointed to a subordinate in front of him.

"What's going on? Why don't I see Jin and Quinn!"

Jin and Quinn are also his senior cadres. Together with Jack, they are known as the three big bosses of the Beast Pirates, and they are all important figures under him.

Generally speaking, when he leaves Wano Country, he will arrange Jin and Quinn to stay, and every time he comes back, the two will rush to see him.

"That..."

The little brother pointed at by Kaido trembled uncontrollably.

He knew that his governor had a bad temper and would beat his little brother away with a stick if he disagreed with him.

And what he was going to say next would definitely make the governor feel bad.

He didn't know if his small body could withstand the governor's iron stick.

"Lord Jin and Lord Quinn are both injured."

"Injured!?"

Kaido stood up suddenly, his sturdy body was full of oppression, making the little brother below unable to speak for a while.

"What's going on? Who sneaked in when I was not at home!"

Kaido, who was in a good mood because of a hearty battle with Rhodes and the subsequent cooperation matters that were agreed upon, was full of anger in his eyes and reached out to grab his Eight Fasts.