Above Pirate King - Chapter 115
When Shion was about to reach Mock Town, Katakuri suddenly called and said that the location had changed.
Upon hearing this news, Shion stroked his chin and pondered for a moment. Then he smiled with a hint of playfulness and murmured, “It seems that this transaction will go smoothly. The Marines will be in trouble!”
Since Katakuri said so, it meant that the Charlotte family had already discovered the presence of Marine spies and leaked information. But even after knowing that, they still chose to conduct the transaction in the vicinity of Mock Town, which meant they were planning to ambush the Marines there.
However, Shion didn’t care about the Marines being ambushed. The most important thing now was to complete the transaction.
Skybreaker, equipped with optical camouflage and submerged mode, carried them to the location mentioned by Katakuri.
It was a small crescent-shaped reef not far from Mock Town.
When Skybreaker arrived near this reef, Katakuri’s ship was already waiting there.
“Blub blub!”
“Hello!”
“We have arrived!” Shion looked at Katakuri’s ship above and said in a deep voice.
“Huh!?”
Upon hearing this, Katakuri looked around with a puzzled expression but didn’t find anything. He furrowed his brow and said, “Where?”
“No need to look, let’s proceed with the transaction now!” Shion smiled and said as he looked at Katakuri, who was scanning the surroundings from the bow of his ship.
“How do we proceed with the transaction?” Katakuri asked with a furrowed brow after failing to find Shion’s ship.
“Please, Your Highness, jump directly into the sea!” Shion paused and continued, “The items will naturally float up then!”
Into the sea?
Katakuri’s gaze froze, and he looked straight down at the water below the ship.
But still, he didn’t find anything.
Only clear, bottom-visible seawater and various marine creatures swimming around.
Wait…
Katakuri suddenly noticed a clue.
The surrounding fish seemed to be avoiding a certain area.
Immediately, Katakuri released his Observation Haki, which he excelled at.
This time, he finally knew where the people were.
Under the sea!
There was a massive entity lying there, completely blending with the surrounding water, impossible to see with the naked eye.
What kind of ship was this?
A trace of doubt flashed through Katakuri’s mind.
But he quickly suppressed that doubt and decided to proceed with the transaction first.
He turned and looked at Smoothie, who was behind him.
Smoothie had a calm expression and didn’t say anything. She walked straight to the bow of the ship without any hesitation and jumped into the sea.
“Sploosh!”
Water splashed up.
As a Devil Fruit user, Smoothie could only watch herself sink into the depths of the sea.
Suffocating and powerless!
After falling for a few seconds, she suddenly felt like her body touched something.
The next moment.
An inexplicable force pulled her into that place.
Her surroundings brightened, and her feet touched the ground. She immediately felt the return of strength to her body.
Looking around.
She discovered that she was inside a luxurious and massive yacht, standing in the hall of the yacht.
“Greetings, Your Highness!”
“Chuu!”
Shion, along with Milo and Raichu, as well as the attendants on the ship, respectfully greeted her in unison.
Smoothie just nodded lightly without saying anything.
But Shion didn’t mind. He smiled and made a gesture of invitation, saying, “Please, Your Highness, this way!”
Meanwhile, after Smoothie jumped down, a box floated up.
“Scoop it up!” Katakuri said in a deep voice.
“Yes!” The pirate crew immediately responded.
Subsequently, a pirate jumped into the sea, retrieved the box, and returned to the ship. He respectfully handed it over to Katakuri.
Katakuri took the box and opened it. Inside were eleven green potions.
His face immediately lit up with joy.
But then he restrained himself and turned to the pirates behind him. He pointed to a two-meter-tall pirate and said, “You, come here!”
The pirate who was pointed at hurriedly stepped forward.
Then, Katakuri carefully took out a bottle of potion and handed it to the pirate, nodding slightly.
The pirate understood his meaning immediately and accepted the potion.
“Pop!”
The potion was opened.
“Gulp!”
The pirate drank it in one breath.
Soon after, his body began to expand, gradually growing larger.
Upon seeing this, Katakuri’s face lit up with joy. But the next moment, his smile froze.
Because the pirate’s body stopped expanding at six meters.
Was I… deceived?
That was Katakuri’s first thought.
You see, according to the information he received, the largest giants were over sixty meters tall, and the smallest ones were over ten meters. They were all incredibly fierce, capable of easily destroying ships and nations. He had even witnessed some that were over ten meters tall himself.
But what was the meaning of this six-meter-tall pirate before him?
Wait a minute!
He suddenly remembered something!
During his conversation with Arthur, Arthur had mentioned that each bottle of potion had different effects after use!
With a glimmer of hope in his heart, he quickly called another pirate who was two and a half meters tall to give it a try.
“Gulp!”
The liquid went down.
The pirate visibly expanded.
This time, the experiment slightly relieved Katakuri. This pirate grew to a height of eleven meters, not as tall as the previous experiment, but still slightly taller than an adult giant!
After further experiments, Katakuri discovered a major problem.
The giants were actually weaklings!
He lightly punched one, and the giant was sent flying. What’s more bizarre was that a gust of wind happened to blow by, and the giant was blown away!
Yes, blown away!
Directly out of the ship and into the water.
The giant floated on the water’s surface!
A giant was floating on the water like a balloon!
Now he was in a panic!
Why did he make a deal with Arthur?
Wasn’t it for the two giants in the intelligence reports, the ones even more ferocious than the average giant?
Not this balloon-like giant before him!
Although this current height could still be considered giant compared to ordinary people, what he wanted was the giants in the intelligence reports and the newspapers!
Immediately, Katakuri burned with anger. He picked up a Den Den Mushi and called Arthur, demanding an explanation.
Suddenly, he remembered what Arthur had said earlier, and his body froze in an instant!
It seemed… it seemed like…
Arthur had already said that he didn’t know the effects of these potions… right?
Damn it!
You planned this, didn’t you!
A feeling of inexplicable discomfort surged through Katakuri, almost driving him mad!
Uncomfortable!
Extremely uncomfortable!
Soon, he had to suppress this discomfort and return to reality to consider his options.
Whether Arthur knew the effects of these potions was still up for debate.
But now, it seemed that these potions did indeed perform differently as Arthur had said. So, for the time being, Katakuri decided to temporarily suppress his suspicions of Arthur.
After returning, he would find some scientists to test the effectiveness of the potions.
In fact, this was also part of Arthur’s plan.
You see, in this world, there was no shortage of high-tech advancements, but top-tier scientists were very rare. Even for the Charlotte family, it would take some time to find one. Furthermore, the potions were produced by the System. Once found, whether they could be studied and replicated was still a question. Even if they could be studied, it would take several years at least.
During this time, even if the Charlotte family continued to suspect these potions, they wouldn’t take any action, and the permissions of the intelligence network would still be partially opened to Arthur. By then, Arthur could use this partial access to develop his own intelligence network for the Kingdom of St. Martin!
And he had also gained a future daughter-in-law who was at least a Rear Admiral-level.
No matter how you looked at it, it was a win!
As for confirming the effectiveness of the potions, when that time came, would Arthur still fear Big Mom?
Even if she was his mother-in-law, he wouldn’t hesitate to fight her!
On the other side.
Akainu in Mock Town felt that something was amiss!
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