The waters near Beehive Island.
A fleet of more than ten pirate ships and warships was sailing on the sea.
Located on the largest battleship in the center of the fleet, Aokiji came to the captain's room door with a document in his hand and couldn't help but twitch his lips.
"Is it Kuzan? Come in."
Listening to the low sound coming from the room, Aokiji swallowed and opened the door nervously.
"Boss Kaido, the situation has been calculated.
"More than 80 percent of the island has been completely destroyed. It is expected that in ten minutes, Beehive Island will sink into the sea forever."
Carlos put down the wine bottle in his hand and sighed softly.
He didn't expect things to turn out like this.
An hour ago, he transformed into the dragon form—no, it should be called the World Destroyer-form.
After the ultimate power buried within the fruit of the blue dragon form of the phantom beast species merged with the demigod bloodline capable of world destruction, Deathwing,
He finally understood how terrifying this power was.
Just one breath not only severely damaged the transformed Bullet but also penetrated Beehive Island.
A huge bottomless pit appeared in the center of the island, leading directly to the seabed.
All buildings, rocks, soil, seawater... everything in its path was completely annihilated.
Subsequently, a major earthquake with a magnitude of over eight was triggered thousands of meters deep under the sea.
The vibrations even spread hundreds of kilometers away.
The originally crumbling island couldn't escape the fate of disintegration and sinking due to natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and typhoons.
But Carlos didn't take it too seriously.
Although his original intention was to make Beehive Island the base camp of the Dragon Pirates to conquer the entire New World, the matter had come to this, and there was nothing he could do.
Pirates call the world their home and wander around—it's not surprising.
What he really cared about was the property on the island and the prisoner being imprisoned.
Aokiji paused and continued reporting:
"After inventory, the 200 billion beli on the warship were intact, but the 120 billion beli brought back by Bullet was only about 80 billion. Although everyone was mobilized to rescue them immediately, time was running out, and this was already the best outcome we could achieve."
"In addition, Bullet was seriously injured but is now out of danger.
As for the cadres, Shiryu of the Rain, Basquejot the Big Bucket, and Catarina the Black Moon Hunter have been confirmed dead.
Including the miscellaneous soldiers, the total number of casualties this time was two thousand five hundred and twenty."
Carlos waved his hand nonchalantly.
"If they can't even bear the aftermath of a battle, they deserve to die."
"And how's that guy doing?"
Aokiji was stunned for a moment, then reacted.
"Gild Tesoro? This guy is fine."
"By the way, he is very eager to see you."
"Oh? Bring him over."
Watching Aokiji leave, Carlos raised the bottle and took a long gulp of wine.
Maybe it was the influence of Kaido's body, but he had also fallen in love with drinking, taking a few sips whenever he had the chance.
No matter what, after defeating Shiryu, Bullet and others with overwhelming force, and destroying Beehive Island with one blow,
He also became the leader of the Dragon Pirates in a true sense.
Having witnessed this world-destroying level of power with their own eyes, no one in the Dragon Pirates could voice any objections from now on.
As pirates, they knew the importance of strength.
In their eyes, this power was simply godlike.
Among them, more than half of the pirates had become his die-hard supporters.
"Now I have completely controlled the Dragon Pirates."
"The strength of this clone is also unexpectedly strong. It's almost on par with my original body."
A conservative estimate was that the strength of both his main body and the clone had completely reached peak Whitebeard's level, maybe even stronger!
Coupled with the two forces of Marine and the Dragon Pirates,
Even if the World Government was hiding something, it should not be able to threaten him.
"So, what now?"
Carlos's eyes became inscrutable, bursting with a light of ambition.
After a while, he shook his head gently.
"No, it's not the time for backstabbing yet. There are still many unstable factors: the Whitebeard Pirates, the Red-Haired Shanks, the Revolutionary Army, and... Im!"
The World Government has existed for eight hundred years. If their power was limited to what was known, no one would believe it. They must have hidden cards.
Carlos exhaled slowly, suppressing his crazy thoughts.
"Relying on the technological creations brought by Vegapunk, Marine is becoming stronger all the time. With these two hundred and eighty billion beli, it's not difficult to get Marine out of the control of the World Government—"
"But for them to deal with me, the World Government still needs to wait for an opportunity."
"During this period, this huge amount of funds can also be fully utilized. It can be invested in Vegapunk's technological research and development, or it can be used to earn more wealth, or simply support a few armed forces and win over some non-aligned countries."
While he was pondering, there was a knock on the door.
Aokiji, the King of Evil, and several pirate leaders escorted a man in a pink suit in.
Although he was wearing seastone handcuffs, he remained calm and graceful.
"Gild Tesoro, right? I heard you wanted to see me?"
The man nodded and couldn't wait to ask:
"Kaido, I heard about you."
"I just have one question. Did you really attack the World Government's fleet and rob them of their heavenly gold?"
No one expected that this guy would ask such a question as soon as they met.
One of the powerful-looking pirate leaders suddenly turned gloomy, kicked him over, and yelled:
"Boy, pay attention to your attitude! Show some respect in front of Boss Kaido! Otherwise..."
Carlos waved his hand gently, seeming a little unconcerned.
Tesoro had an unfortunate childhood—his family was poor, and his father was a gambler.
He ran away from his family and made a living by stealing and gambling.
Later, by chance, he fell in love with a slave named Stella.
In order to raise money to save her, Tesoro worked without food.
Just when the money to buy Stella was about to be collected, the Celestial Dragons appeared and bought her easily.
The angry Tesoro turned on the Celestial Dragons, but unfortunately, he was caught and became a slave.
Years later, Fisher Tiger's slave liberation incident in the Holy Land allowed him to escape.
Although his business grew bigger and spread all over the world, even connecting with the Celestial Dragons,
But in the dead of night, he would still think of the woman Stella's name, her beautiful singing voice, and the happy times they shared.
As for revenge?
It had long been buried deep in his heart.
As his wealth and status grew, he gradually saw the truth of the world.
The World Government was an existence he could never resist.
Even if he held 20% of the world's wealth and became the richest person in the world, he still couldn't fight against the Celestial Dragons.
They were the gods above!
However, the man sitting in front of him...