One Piece: Guilty Crown

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Three days later.

Two giant black vultures soared high into the sky, carrying Ichi, Isabel, and Luo away from Rainbase.

Pode, who had already become "Sand Crocodile," Baroque Works' Mr. 1 Daz Bonez, and Baroque Works' Vice President Robin, the three of them watched Ichi and the others leave.

Two days prior, Daz Bonez had already been summoned by Ichi once. Now, he was considered an official member under Germa, though far from qualified to enter the core.

"His Highness has already left. Next..."

After the two giant black vultures disappeared over the horizon, Pode turned his head and looked at Robin beside him: "Then please, Miss All Sunday, integrate Baroque Works and gather those high-ranking officers. I need to select a few talents from among them!"

He had already understood most of the information about Baroque Works.

There were a few fellows with decent Devil Fruit abilities. Although their current strength was trash, he wanted to give these guys a chance to see if they were teachable.

Especially that Mr. 5 of the Bomb-Bomb Fruit. If he could be cultivated, he should be a decent combatant.

Upon learning that the opponent's moves were something like "Booger Bomb," Pode was honestly almost disgusted to death.

Such a good ability, yet it was obtained by such a fellow. It was simply a reckless waste of a heavenly gift.

A fellow with not even half a brain. Boogers are also foreign objects like dust. Since he could assimilate them into bombs, then as long as he developed it deeply, even if he himself couldn't directly create large-scale explosions, he could at least directly assimilate items like stone blocks and coins with his fruit ability and use them as bombs.

"Leave it to me!"

Robin nodded and smiled slightly.

She still needed to assist Pode in reorganizing Baroque Works and a series of other matters, so she didn't directly leave with Ichi and the others.

Actually, her demands weren't high. It was only to survive on this sea and to explore the Void Century, to fulfill the dying wishes of her mother Olvia and the scholars of Ohara.

Since Vinsmoke Ichi had already promised her that he could help her fulfill this wish and would not force her to decipher the Poneglyphs, joining Germa wasn't entirely repulsive.

Although she couldn't possibly trust the other party's promises completely and without reservation, she currently had no other choice. It was better to stay within Germa for now and use the power of this major faction to slowly search for the whereabouts of the Poneglyphs.

"Then, President, what should we do next?" Daz Bonez asked.

Currently, he was not qualified to know too many secrets about Germa.

He only knew that if, according to His Highness Ichi's plan, Baroque Works was mostly to be directly abandoned, no, it should be said, transformed. Using the President "Sand Crocodile's" status and power as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, this criminal organization would gradually transform into Germa's intelligence agency.

The profession of a bounty hunter, although disdained by forces like the World Government, the Marines, and pirates, strictly speaking, belonged to "legitimate professions," as long as one didn't blatantly violate the laws of the World Government.

Coupled with "Sand Crocodile's" position as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, new plans and developments could be made.

There was naturally no need to worry about funding.

After all, aren't the Seven Warlords of the Sea just pirates who can openly plunder?

"I didn't expect this country to be one of the twenty kingdoms that founded the World Government back then. Its position is truly too sensitive. To avoid touching the World Government's nerves, I plan to evacuate from here first..."

Pode pondered for a moment, then directly decided: "After gathering the officer-level personnel, prepare to head to Little Garden. If possible, we'll establish our base there! We can also hunt merchant ships and pirates passing through the nearby waters. If we encounter any decently strong fellows, we'll directly subdue them and expand our strength..."

"Also, compile a list of those bounty hunters or pirates with decent strength. Recruit as many as possible under our command..."

He planned to follow His Highness Ichi's advice and continue to lie low in the first half of the Grand Line for at least the next year.

While mastering the Sand-Sand Fruit ability, he would train these fellows to death, see if their potential could be unearthed. After these guys became a bit stronger, he would take them to savage beast islands like Kuraigana Island for tempering.

If they were completely useless, he would let them continue to muddle along in Baroque Works, which would mainly be responsible for intelligence gathering and commercial activities in the future.

At the same time, he could also subdue some decently strong pirates or bounty hunters to expand the strength under his command, preparing for a future advance into the New World and for His Highness's arrangements in the New World.

With the guise of being one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, he currently had no need to worry about the Marines' suppression.

"Heavenly Yaksha" Doflamingo could use his status as a Warlord to operate in both the legitimate and underworld, thriving in the underground world.

With Germa as his secret backer, he, who could also be considered to operate in both legitimate and illegitimate circles (143), could naturally seize the opportunity to develop commercial trade and other profit chains, maximizing the utility of his Warlord status.

Pooling wisdom for mutual benefit!

Regarding the development direction of the Logia-type Sand-Sand Fruit, through discussions and research with Ichi and others, Pode already had many ideas in mind.

Sand possesses characteristics such as weight, compression, and flotation. After a period, when he truly mastered the Sand-Sand Fruit's abilities, he would surely be able to develop many highly practical combat moves.

Moreover, the ability of sandification could also directly create large deserts in any terrain except the sea.

As a Logia-type Sand-Sand Fruit user, he could completely be called the "Incarnation of Sand." Perhaps he could develop abilities similar to Shiki the Golden Lion, directly manipulating large-scale sand for combat, rather than just creating sandstorms.

"Everyone go back and pack up. We'll set off this afternoon. Also, inform Mr. 2 and Mr. 3. Have them all gather at Little Garden... Of course, there's no need to completely abandon the casino business here. Just treat it as one of our strongholds. Just leave a few capable people to manage it..."

"The training methods for Rokushiki and Haki have already been given to you. If there's anything you don't understand or have questions about, I can answer them for you!"