Arceus in One Piece - Chapter 80
Queen was furious. He had put a lot of effort into these bananas, and just when he was about to harvest them, thieves wanted to steal his things. Oh no, this wasn’t stealing. It was an apparent robbery.
He, Queen, a member of the Hundred Beast Pirates, was a ‘Headliner’, on par with Al D. and Kaido. He had Shayna and Ash in front of him, but being a Headliner still meant he had some authority. However, Queen had accumulated quite a bit of resentment. Fighting among the cadres of the Hundred Beast Pirates was expected, with Shayna and Ash often sparring, but being from a research background, Queen never knew when things could get out of hand.
Although most of the time, everything was peaceful, unexpected situations happened, like the unfortunate incident with the bounty offer.
He couldn’t beat the cadres around his age, and the ones he could beat were too young. If he practiced with Orca for a few days, soon Shayna and Kaido would be dragging him into training. Being a trainee with the attribute of group favoritism wasn’t a joke.
On the other hand, the Hundred Beast Pirates had become severe about internal regulations. The thing Queen could do when his subordinates made mistakes was to scold them.
As for some experiments, they could only be tried on those die-hard pirates who refused to surrender.
Kaido was shrewd. Since someone could handle the affairs within the pirate group so efficiently, it was best for him to focus on what he wanted to do.
As long as they stayed away from the drunken Kaido, the Hundred Beast Pirates didn’t face many dangerous incidents.
Queen had undergone a transformation. The ability of the Tropical Dragon allowed him to come up with more modification plans for himself. Combining some abilities, he developed more ways of combat.
Some research had become a personal hobby rather than a necessity.
“So, it was you guys earlier who stole the bananas I cultivated, huh?” The group of Hundred Beasts pirates ran up behind Queen, confronting Big Mom’s people. The person who had his face covered by sugar cubes was also dragged over.
Their physical condition was much stronger than that of ordinary people, so this short time wasn’t enough to make them lose their breath.
The cadres were the backbone of the pirates. Queen’s appearance gave them confidence.
“Lick, this is what Mom needs. You should be grateful and offer it up,” Perospero licked the candy cane in his hand, not bothered by Queen’s seed attack earlier.
“Offer it up? Who do you think I am? You’d better disappear from this island! Use your bodies as fertilizer to compensate for the bananas I’ve lost!” Queen’s figure began to swell, and a vast humanoid tropical dragon appeared before them. Green energy started to gather in his mouth, and then a burst of energy was expelled.
Watching the incoming green energy ball, Perospero had a lot of candy liquid in his hands, forming a tall candy wall. Perospero, a candy man who had eaten the Lick-Lick Fruit, could create various shapes of candy and syrup. The syrup he made could also corrode and infect other objects, turning them into candy.
The solidified candy was tough, and the candy wall he made was enough to withstand cannon fire. Although the energy ball caused some cracks in the candy wall, it wasn’t directly destroyed.
However, the candy fragments that flew out after the cracks hurt the nearby bananas. Seeing the bananas split in half and fall onto the soil, both Queen and Perospero’s expressions turned ugly.
Queen’s expression was unpleasant because his bananas were destroyed, while Perospero had the same reason. He had promised Big Mom solemnly before leaving that he would bring back these bananas.
Moreover, to demonstrate his abilities, he refused to bring other siblings here and came only with some of his subordinates.
There were no pirate flags hanging here. Queen’s original idea was that there would always be some who wanted to make a name for themselves by challenging other pirate territories.
This was originally an uninhabited island. As long as there were no pirate flags hanging, no one should come looking for trouble.
The people from Big Mom’s crew originally just wanted to find some wild bananas to see if they could be used in emergencies, but they accidentally stumbled into Queen’s plantation.
As a result, the young Charlotte Linlin was overwhelmed by the scent of these bananas. If they couldn’t take the bananas back, or if these bananas were destroyed…
Perospero wiped off a few drops of cold sweat from his forehead, not daring to imagine that outcome.
In terms of failure in missions, Big Mom’s patience couldn’t compare to Kaido’s. Even her biological children were subject to the same treatment.
Using the fastest and least consequential means to deal with enemies, this idea appeared in both Queen’s and Perospero’s minds.
Earlier, because of the bananas, they had started fighting directly without paying attention to the insignia on each other’s bodies. Now, because of the bananas, they were forced to calm down. They also noticed each other’s marks.
The tattoo on Queen’s right shoulder is the mark of a pirate under Big Mom’s flag on the chest.
However, this didn’t ease anything. Through a previous call, Queen knew that Kaido and Big Mom had some private connections, and Perospero was born before Kaido left the Rocks Pirates, so he also knew about Kaido’s relationship with his mother.
But this relationship wasn’t enough to stop the two pirate groups from fighting. If their interests clashed, not even Kaido and Big Mom would remember old times.
But they only remember fighting, or else the aftermath of the battle would definitely ruin the bananas here. Queen couldn’t bear to lose the bananas, and Perospero couldn’t bear to lose himself.
If the bananas were gone, Queen could wait another half a year to cultivate banana seedlings, but it was still being determined for Perospero.
The two, with different intentions, didn’t move for a while, each playing their own calculations. For example, Perospero had syrup quietly seeping out beneath his feet.
“This is what Mom wants. Since this is the territory of the Hundred Beasts, how about I buy these bananas at a high price?” He wasn’t afraid of Queen, but he was fearful of angering Big Mom. However, Queen didn’t show any intention of giving him a face.
“Forget it. All the bananas are mine. Nobody should think of taking away any banana from me!”
“That’s a pity, Candy Wave!”
Suddenly, a large amount of syrup surged from the ground, the viscous syrup rolling like waves toward Queen.
What he said earlier was true. Something that could be solved with a bit of money wasn’t a problem at all. But if Queen refused, then he would have to take what he wanted by force.
A contemptuous smile appeared at the corner of Queen’s mouth. Perospero didn’t notice just now, but Queen had just gathered the sunlight onto the leaves behind his back.
While he was planning to ambush Queen, Queen had the same idea.
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