Chapter 174
Kingdom of Saldo, royal palace.
In a reception room, it was filled with gold ornaments, and even the ceiling was plated with gold, making the whole room look magnificent and full of “trench” atmosphere.
Jim had the experience of fusing the Butcher Knife and the Gate Fruit, so he picked up the Color Fruit and the white spray bottle on the table with both hands without hesitation.
Jim’s Factory!
Amid a mechanical roar, Jim’s body began to expand and become more than five meters tall. Two iron doors appeared on his abdomen, and a chimney grew on top of his head.
Jim’s mouth opened wide, and he threw the devil fruits and white spray bottles in his hands into his mouth.
Bang! Bang! …
There was a burst of black smoke from the chimney above Jim’s head, and the two iron doors on his stomach opened with a “click!”, revealing a small white spray bottle inside.
Sephiroth took the spray bottle handed over by Jim with his right hand. He shook the bottle slightly before pressing the spray toward his body.
Bah~!
As the spray bottle continued to absorb his energy, the color of the silver-haired young man’s body immediately began to fade and disappear. Only the dent marks on the single sofa proved that he was still sitting on the sofa.
“Is this transparency?”
Stella’s red lips were slightly opened, with a look of surprise on her face.
Hearing this, Tezoro’s eyes immediately flashed red, and he activated the Haki of Wisdom and Information.
Immediately, the outline of Sephiroth’s body appeared in his mind.
After three years of training, Tezoro has also mastered the two-color Haki. His strength is no longer what it used to be. He has also defeated many pirates with bounties exceeding 100 million.
Because the Saldo Kingdom is rich in arms, has prosperous commerce, and is extremely rich, the story has spread.
If it weren’t for him and Stella, two people with abilities guarding this place, this country would probably be robbed by pirates how many times a year…
“This ability cannot block the perception of seeing, hearing, and color domineering!
It seems a little tasteless…” Tezzolo muttered, rubbing his chin.
“It’s really a bit tasteless…”
Sephiroth pressed the spray bottle again with his right index finger, releasing the transparency of his body.
The color fruit can be said to be the superior fruit of the transparent fruit. It can not only make objects transparent, but also change the color of the object and camouflage it.
Transparent invisibility or something…
It’s not of much use to Sephiroth. He’s not Sanji’s kind of guy who wants to use transparent invisibility to peek into the women’s bathhouse…
What he needs is its camouflage effect of changing colors!
As the power under Sephiroth grows, except for high-level cadres such as Tezoro, Jim, and Eniro, who are personally promoted and appointed by him, other middle- and lower-level personnel are basically recruited with money. The ingredients were complex, and he had no idea how many of them were spies sent by other forces…
Therefore, Sephiroth’s need for more reliable disguise methods has become increasingly urgent!
At this time, his identity cannot be directly revealed.
Otherwise, the Navy will definitely not let him go easily…
As if he had thought of something, Tezzolo showed hesitation. He organized his words in his mind before speaking:
“Boss, recently…joker came to your door!
He said that Xuexue Fruit and Yanyan Fruit should have been his. ”
In the underground world, “joker” is Doflamingo’s code name, which literally means clown, but this clown is the trump card in poker…
In a way, it also shows that the opponent’s strength is not simple, otherwise Doflamingo’s Don Quixote family would not be able to become the dominant force in the North Sea underground world.
“Oh!?…Then what does he want?”
“He said that the fruit thing… is in the past and it doesn’t matter anymore.
After all, he has been working with Umbrella for so long…
Instead of worrying about the grievances and grudges, it is better for the two sides to continue to cooperate more and obtain more benefits. ”
Hearing this, Sephiroth smiled. He raised his right hand, gently rubbed his chin, and muttered:
“Well! I guess he knows what’s going on…”
Over the years, Umbrella and the Don Quixote family have collaborated frequently in business.
Most of the company’s revenue from the North Sea comes from Doflamingo, who is an underground intermediary.
The Umbrella Company is only responsible for providing goods, while Doflamingo provides sales channels and distribution. The cooperation between the two parties is very pleasant.
If he had the choice, he would not kill Doflamingo rashly. The reason why he didn’t kill Vergo was because of this.
Businessman speaks
It has to be about maximizing profits, not just fighting and killing with passion!
If Doflamingo was out of the way and could bring him benefits, there was really no need for him to give up a very good collaborator.
“However, through the conversation with Joker, I found that he has been secretly inquiring about Princess Scarlet’s status in the company.”
“Oh!? Then how did you answer him…?”
Sephiroth narrowed his eyes slightly, and a hint of haze flashed in his heart. He immediately recalled Doflamingo’s plan to steal the country in the original plot.
“From what I heard from Joker’s words, he seems to have some plot against the Kingdom of Dressrosa…
So I immediately warned him.
If he dares to touch Scarlet and the Kingdom of Dressrosa, the big boss of the Umbrella Company will never let him go…
The joker immediately made a joke, trying to fool the matter, and he made a request to see you. ”
Hearing this, Sephiroth immediately frowned and refused directly:
“Hmm!…I’m not interested in meeting him. Just wait and see for the answer!”
Seemingly thinking of something, he turned to the current Queen and King Saldo and said:
“By the way, Tezzolo, Stella.
The Navy is now carrying out an investigation operation, and the news is very tight. I am worried that the guy from the Warring States Period will find something…
Therefore, I will gradually reduce my activities in the navy in the future, and prepare to no longer help the company receive arms orders through my authority.
Therefore, I need you to change your strategy…
I can’t take action on the navy, but we can improve the status of the Umbrella Company by establishing cooperative relationships with other world government affiliated countries.
As long as our company has interests tied up with more countries, even if the navy or the world government wants to harm the company, they will need to resort to countermeasures and cannot directly use explicit methods…”
Hearing this, Tezzolo immediately slapped his thigh and said with emotion:
“Boss, I think your idea is feasible!
If we win over enough countries to join the World Government, we can even influence the decisions of the World Conference in the future…”
Although the behind-the-scenes ruler of the World Government is Yim, and the administrator on the surface is the Five Old Stars, the highest power representatives among the Celestial Dragons, the countries that join the World Government still have a certain say…
In the original plot, for example, the Kingdom of Germa has the power to change Sanji’s reward order from life or death to only capture alive.
For certain criminals whose crimes are not serious and whose influence is not bad, the World Government member countries can even directly request for pardon.
Rules and laws are just tools formulated by rulers to manage and restrain the ruled.
For rulers, the abuse of power and disregard of rules and laws are their natural privileges…
After spending so many years among the corrupt forces of the navy, Sephiroth is well aware of this.
Thinking of this, he immediately nodded slightly and said:
“Speaking of the World Conference, I hope you can work harder and strive to be qualified to participate in the next World Conference in the year 1510 of the Hyalinian Calendar…”
“Well! Don’t worry! Boss, I have been letting the Sardo Kingdom pursue that goal from the very beginning!”
Tezzolo beat his chest loudly, with a confident smile on his face.
Seeing that the other party was so aware, Sephiroth stopped talking.
In his development plan, he plans to develop the umbrella company into an invisible empire with no fixed territory in the future.
The Kingdom of Sardo, Kingdom of Dressrosa, Sky Piea, Bika, and Nine Snake Island are all part of it.
Only by burying the company’s huge power deep in different countries and carefully hiding it can the world government not detect it…
………………
East China Sea, Shuangyue Village, Shuangyue Dojo.
Under the scorching sun, beside a well.
Kozaburo was sitting on a pony, holding a blade in his right hand and a straight, fiery red sword in his left hand.
He held the edge piece with his bare hands and polished it back and forth on the blade to make the knife more perfect.
The blade of this knife is one meter and four meters long and about three fingers wide. The blade is snow white and the back of the knife is fiery red.
There are flame-like lines on the snow-white blade.
Sephiroth knelt down and looked at Kozaburo, who was concentrating on finishing the Dark Flame Sword. He did not speak, but just looked at it.
After a long time, Kozaburo stopped what he was doing and put the Dark Flame Sword into the black scabbard.
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Immediately, he handed the knife and sheath to Sephiroth.
“It took three years, but your sword is finally completed!
take it! I hope you can make it famous and known to the world, and let it be officially included in the ranking of the supreme sharp knives. ”
There are many famous knives in this world, among which the supreme fast knife has 12 skills, the great fast knife has 21 skills, and the good quick knife has 50 skills.
The reason why these famous swords are famous is because their users have made a name for themselves in this sea, and they have also been included in the famous sword manuals.
The best example is the butcher knife used by Sephiroth. As his reputation as the “throat-slitter” became more and more famous, the butcher knife was also included in the famous knife manual for some reason, ranking among the most powerful knives. one……
Hearing this, Sephiroth smiled, nodded and agreed:
“Don’t worry! I will…
“Now, I’m ready to try the knife!
Do you want to take a look? ”
“of course!”
Kozaburo’s eyes widened and he was angry.
Holding a bamboo sword, Guina happened to pass by here. After hearing the conversation between the two, she immediately ran to the two of them. She said curiously:
“I also need to go!”
“good!”
Sephiroth nodded. He first put the Dark Flame Knife on his waist, then took out the butcher knife and opened a space door, revealing the beach on the other side.
The three of them walked into the space door and instantly arrived at the coast ten kilometers away.
Sephiroth sheathed the butcher’s knife, walked to a coconut tree, and drew out the Dark Flame Knife with his right hand.
Just holding the fiery red sword in your hand, there is a slight feeling of heat…
Uh-huh!
Sephiroth just raised his long knife and swung it. The coconut tree in front of him was instantly cut off and fell on the beach. There were also some burnt marks on the broken area.
“Not bad! …The knife is very sharp, and it can also deal fire-attribute attack damage.”
Sephiroth nodded slightly, a flash of joy flashing in his eyes.
The Dark Flame Sword, which possesses fire attributes, should be able to improve its adaptability to the Burning Fruit a lot, so that it can better unleash the power of the Burning Fruit!
Hearing this, Kozaburo, who was standing next to the silver-haired young man, took out his tobacco stick and lit it, while sighing with emotion:
“Isn’t that natural?
This Dark Flame Sword is my greatest masterpiece in my life!
Not only does it have fire attribute attacks, but it can also absorb domineering energy. In terms of quality and characteristics alone, there is no doubt that it is already at the level of a supreme sharp knife!
I really didn’t expect that I could forge a famous sword that is stronger than the Yan Mo Sword in this life…”
After testing the sharpness of the blade, Sephiroth turned around and looked at the boundless blue sea in the distance.
As he took a deep breath, the surging black armed domineering energy began to extend from his right arm and quickly wrapped around the Mingyan sword, turning the long sword into black instantly…
Seeing this scene, Kozaburo had already noticed something. He immediately took Kuina a few steps away and stood in the distance.
Uh-huh!
As Sephiroth violently swung the Dark Flame Saber in his hand, slashing it down vertically, a fiery red sword light flashed in the air.
The powerful and scorching sword energy instantly cut a huge ravine on the beach ground, and continued to spread toward the sea until the end of sight…
Wow!
After a brief stagnation, the separated sea reunited, and the hot temperature of the sword energy caused wisps of white smoke to rise from the sea.
Immediately, huge fish with severed bodies gradually floated to the sea.
There were some burnt marks on their wounds, and a faint smell of barbecue filled the air.
“The big… sea was… divided!?”
Kuina’s little mouth opened slightly, with a dumbfounded expression on her face as she looked at the sea that had gathered together again.
“Yes!… And he even split the sky…”
Kozaburo held the tobacco stick in his mouth. He raised his head and looked at the clouds in the sky.
A huge crack appeared very suddenly in the clouds, making the sky look like it was torn apart…
“Sephiroth, your move is so powerful!
Can you teach me? ”
Kuina trotted and came to Sephiroth who was sheathing his sword. She blinked Kazilan’s big eyes and looked at him expectantly.
Hearing this, Sephiroth chuckled and muttered secretly in his heart:
This is a charge level A, what kind of move is it!
However, he still reached out and gently touched Guina’s head. He smiled and said:
“Can
oh! Wait until Kuina, you grow older and become stronger…
When the time comes, big brother will definitely teach you everything he can. ”
…
After the knife test, Sephiroth originally wanted Kozaburo to continue his efforts and help him forge several supremely fast knives, but the other party directly refused, saying that he wanted to ponder for a few years and wait until he found inspiration. , will consider continuing to forge high-grade famous swords.
In this regard, Sephiroth had no choice but to give up.
Finally, he went to the Kingdom of Sardo and asked Jim to fuse the Dark Flame Sword and the Burning Fruit…
