Pirates: Usurping a Kingdom Is Surprisingly Easy

At the bandit stronghold on Nostra Island, a subordinate dressed in a gangster suit frantically rushed into the luxurious Gothic building. "This is bad, Godfather! The Marines are here!" he yelled, recognizing their flag more than the slightly unfamiliar one of the Goa Empire.

"Marines?" Capone Bege wiped his ornate flintlock pistol, his eyes showing no ripple of emotion. He had already eliminated almost all the underworld bosses in the West Blue, or powerfully scared those forces into surrendering and paying him protection money. Marines were nothing to worry about.

"Yes, one warship has arrived!"

"Just one? Is this looking down on me?"

"There seem to be two other warships nearby. Oh, and one of them looks like a giant snail."

A giant snail? After hearing his subordinate's report, Bege's eyes narrowed. He suddenly thought of a terrifying force: the Germa 66 Evil Corps. "You can't even report information clearly. Pay attention in your next life!" Bege's face was unpredictable as he shot and killed the useless subordinate with his flintlock pistol. The gunshot made the other subordinates outside nervously grip their rifles. They were terrified of angering this unpredictable Godfather.

"Drag him out!"

"Yes!"

At Bege's command, subordinates immediately dragged the corpse away, and cleaners instantly got to work. "Could it be them?" Bege's face was grim as he walked out of his office.

"Godfather, it's the flag of the Goa Empire! The Goa Emperor has arrived!" At this moment, Vito and Gotti rushed over, their expressions extremely serious.

"The new East Blue Overlord who defeated the North Blue Overlord Germa?" Bege's face immediately darkened. Why would these guys come to his stronghold? Was it because of that small matter on Soja Island? But didn't his informant say it had already been resolved?

"Send a team to scout out their situation!" Bege dared not meet this King of Exile in person. He would not put his fate in someone else's hands. If Kael could instantly banish those powerful modified warriors of Germa, then he probably couldn't withstand Kael's banishment ability either. He would not stand under a dangerous wall.

Although nothing major had happened at that casino on Soja Island, only a bodyguard had been taken away. It was still better to be cautious. If Kael was also here looking for a bodyguard or for entertainment, only then would he consider meeting this dangerous individual. Otherwise, he could only temporarily avoid the limelight and hide for now.

"Yes!" Vito quickly arranged for some clever subordinates to represent the Godfather in receiving the Goa Empire's sudden visit.

At the Nostra Island port at this moment, Kael instructed Issho, "Issho, don't let my transportation captain leave." Kael had great trust in Issho's Observation Haki, which could easily cover a town-sized island.

"Understood," Issho replied. Although the underworld and pirates in West Blue were legitimate forces in many allied and pirate nations, they were ultimately chaotic and disorderly, and Issho did not like such violent individuals. However, it was ironic. When Issho fled from the Grand Line to the West Blue, it was precisely because he saw that many underworld organizations in the West Blue were legitimate, which could give him, a Royal Offender, a place to stay. He just didn't expect that he would gain the power of the Gravity-Gravity Fruit in the West Blue and even obtain a Supreme Grade Blade, causing his strength to skyrocket. One could only say that fate was playing a joke on him. If he had had his current strength when he was the Royal Guard Captain in the Aoi Kingdom, perhaps the Aoi Kingdom would not have fallen.

"Your Majesty, if we catch Capone Bege quickly, can we immediately depart for the battlefields of Kano Country and Wano Country?" Aramaki stood at the bow, suddenly turning to look at Kael.

"Yes!" Kael replied casually. If he caught Bege, he wouldn't bother to stay on this underworld island.

"Then watch my performance!" Aramaki held Capone Bege's photo, and a large flower suddenly grew on his back, quickly spinning. "I'll go catch him first!" Aramaki took off from where he was, flying rapidly towards the town center by himself.

"Aramaki can fly!" Zoro and Eric were all greatly surprised; it was the first time they had seen Aramaki use this move.

"Flying with flowers?" Nojiko, the ship's botanist, looked at the distant figure with a hint of disbelief.

"These Devil Fruit abilities are truly enviable!" Nami suddenly felt a bit envious of these powerful Devil Fruit abilities, but she didn't want to become a landlubber; she wasn't willing to lose her ability to swim.

"I really want to become as strong as Your Majesty, Mr. Aramaki, and Mr. Issho." Kaya's eyes also held envy; she wanted to help Kael more.

"Your Majesty, I want to go shopping first!" Hearing that they might leave soon, Sanji wanted to get off the ship and quickly visit the ingredient market, hoping there might be some special ingredients.

"You may," Kael said. Receiving Kael's response, Sanji immediately jumped off the ship. Reiju immediately ordered a team of Clone Soldiers to protect Sanji, and even Eric followed along in the end.

"Don't underestimate Sanji, Reiju. His potential is probably even higher than yours," Kael said, putting his arm around Reiju's slender waist and chuckling softly. "He also needs to fight."

"His dream is to become a chef, not to fight," Reiju smiled as she looked at Kael.

"A chef also needs to fight. Do you want Sanji to not even be able to defeat his ingredients?" Kael teased. If Sanji couldn't even defeat some fierce beast ingredients, how could he become the world's number one chef? Moreover, some large ingredients couldn't be prepared without strength. For example, volcano barbecue. So, the world's number one chef must be a powerful combat chef!

Reiju was speechless.

"Can't defeat ingredients?" Nojiko, who also served as a nutritionist, was a bit confused.

"Don't you want to eat dinosaur meat, sea beast meat, fierce beast meat...?" Kael raised an eyebrow and smiled, leading everyone off the ship and directly landing on this bandit stronghold island. With Issho controlling the entire island and Aramaki personally taking action, Kael didn't think Capone Bege had any chance of escaping.

Didn't expect it, Bege! You haven't even left the beginner's village, and I've already brought two big bosses to block your door. From now on, be my spatial backpack!

Meanwhile, the gangster team, who were currently on orders to scout the situation, suddenly saw a figure fly across the sky, disappearing in the blink of an eye. They only caused a brief stir before continuing to rush towards the main Goa Empire force. After all, completing their mission first was the most important thing. Otherwise, they would be ruthlessly executed by the Godfather in minutes.

According to Captain Vito's orders, they were to politely greet the Goa Emperor and ascertain the King of Exile's purpose. This was so the Godfather could decide how to deal with these East Blue powerhouses. But they didn't know that the very figure who had just flown by had already reached their headquarters. Bege and Vito also didn't expect that before their subordinate returned with intelligence, the other side had already dispatched an Admiral-level powerhouse to their doorstep.

"Capone Bege, you have been summoned by Emperor Kael to be the Goa Empire's transportation captain! Hurry and come out to receive His Majesty's grace!" Aramaki shouted loudly directly in the bandit stronghold. In his eyes, elevating Capone Bege from a low-level gangster to an imperial transportation official was an enormous grace for Bege.