"Master, is that guy on the other end of the phone the former Celestial Dragon Donquixote Doflamingo you mentioned to me?"
After Kahn hung up the phone, Hancock, who was sitting on his right hand and resting her chin on one hand, asked, "Paramecia Golden Fruit, Master, what do you want this Devil Fruit for? Are you planning to recruit a new crew member?"
Having never been a slave, Hancock has no fear of Celestial Dragons.
On the contrary, she looks down on these world nobles.
She had seen her Master kill a Celestial Dragon, and not long after, due to a medicine issue, the World Government's senior management took the initiative to send someone to show their favour.
Aside from the privilege of wielding a Marine, these Celestial Dragons are nothing special.
"Yes," Kahn nodded and said, "The Paramecia Golden Fruit is related to the next expansion of our 'Cross Family.' As long as we get this Devil Fruit, our 'Cross Family' will become the richest family in the world."
"The richest family?" Mary's beautiful eyes widened slightly, and she said, "Could it be that this Devil Fruit can make gold?"
"No, it cannot make gold," Kahn shook his head and briefly explained. "However, it can control gold, stretch and deform gold, and refine the quality of gold, which is the so-called purity.
"As long as we get this Devil Fruit, we can cultivate a Paramecia Golden Fruit user. We can then buy poor-quality gold at a low price on the black market or the market, refine it into high-purity gold, and turn it into gold jewellery or other items. Finally, we can sell or auction these at a high price.
Our income would be several times, or even dozens of times, that of the purchase."
"I see."
The girls of Hancock were suddenly enlightened.
In fact, Kahn did not tell them that he would not sell any of the gold.
Instead, like the original "Casino King" Gild Tesoro, he planned to build the world's largest entertainment city to attract people and earn money from the New World and even from the rich and nobles of other sea areas with berries.
Arms, drugs, and entertainment— the "Cross Family" would become a giant in these three fields in the future.
As for who would eat the Paramecia Golden Fruit, Kahn had already decided three years ago when he went to Doflamingo.
That candidate is a member of the original Straw Hat Pirates and the absolute number one female thief, Nami.
In Kahn's impression, there are only two people most compatible with the Paramecia Golden Fruit.
One is Gild Tesoro, who became obsessed with money after losing everything due to his lack of wealth.
The other is Nami, who began an eight-year theft career to buy back her village with 100,000,000 berries after her adoptive mother sacrificed herself to save her daughters.
If there is no change in the future direction, then in Sea Circle Calendar 1507, which is next year, the fisherman Fisher Tiger will climb up Mariejois with bare hands, liberate thousands of imprisoned slaves of different races, and become a world-renowned hero.
It was also that year that the "Sun Pirates" was formally established.
A few years later, Fisher Tiger would refuse to transfuse human blood and die in hatred. From then on, Arlong, full of hatred for humans, would be captured by Kizaru, who is still Vice Admiral.
After this incident, Naval Headquarters would usher in a new generation. Kong would be promoted to the commander-in-chief of the three armies, residing in the Holy Land Mariejois.
Marine Admiral Sengoku would become the new Marine Fleet Admiral, and the three Vice Admirals known as the Marine Monsters would become the new generation of Three Admirals.
After Sengoku took office, the Seven Warlords of the Sea began to add new members. Among them was Jinbei, a former member of the original "Sun Pirates" and the captain of the new "Sun Pirates"—"Knight of the Sea" Jinbei.
After Jinbei became a Shichibukai, he immediately bailed out Arlong, who was imprisoned in Impel Down. Unable to accept Jinbei as his boss, Arlong took some of his companions and established the "Arlong Pirates." They left the Grand Line for the weakest sea, East Blue, where Arlong established the "Arlong Empire" in Cocoyasi Village and began an eight-year reign of terror.
Kahn wasn't interested in Gild Tesoro, who would be deformed inside when he emerged. If Tesoro had already become a Paramecia Golden Fruit user before Kahn found the fruit, Kahn might have used force to suppress him and then forced him to take "Gran Tesoro" as a subordinate power.
However, now that the Paramecia Golden Fruit was in his own hands, Kahn preferred to use it to cultivate someone he knew well and trusted, like Nami. Everyone knew Nami's character, and she would become a super beautiful Nami in the future.
Unfortunately, Kahn forgot where Bell-mère was in East Blue and where she picked up Nami and Nojiko. Otherwise, Kahn would have made a trip to East Blue in the past three years to bring them into his fold.
If he had done this in advance, Kahn could have personally trained Nami and Nojiko. But now, Kahn obviously couldn't directly recruit Bell-mère and her daughters. Bell-mère was a righteous Marine who hated pirates. If he tried to recruit them, Bell-mère would definitely refuse and might even tell Nami and Nojiko, who hadn't yet solidified their worldviews, about Kahn's record, defining him as an extremely evil pirate.
At this time, Nami wasn't yet obsessed with money. Kahn liked beautiful women, but not all beautiful women liked him.
He flattered Scarlett, Viola, and Mansherry and patiently led them to repeat their adventures for the sake of Dressrosa and the Tontatta Kingdom. Taking in the three Boa sisters was also to get Amazon Lily and the allegiance of Hancock, the world's most beautiful woman and a future superpower.
Kahn didn't specifically seek out Robin and Koala. After encountering them by accident, he chose to extend a hand to them out of goodwill from his previous life.
Except for Robin and Koala, Kahn approached any woman with a purpose. A trilingual Grandmaster and highly educated, Kahn was a refined egoist.
Therefore, Kahn planned to wait until Bell-mère was dead, let Nami see the darkness of the world, and then reach out to her for help. In this way, Kahn would easily mould her, just like Robin and the other girls.
Due to the obsession with money caused by the death of her adoptive mother, when Nami ate the Paramecia Golden Fruit, she would be able to awaken it quickly.
So, after obtaining the Paramecia Golden Fruit, Kahn planned to store it temporarily and give it to Nami after a few years.
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