One Piece: God Killer

Chapter 123 Negotiation

The final decision of the Five Old Stars to invite "Breaking Dawn" to become the Shichibukai was completely within Profic's expectation.

In the Star Island incident, Morana overthrew a country that was a member of the World Government, while Profik and others fought against CP9; in the battle of Qingfeng Town, they teamed up with Rear Admiral Kong Ming to defeat several pirate groups, and even attacked the world The businessmen group under the government took action; the Kani Island incident directly killed Caesar Courant, an important scientist under the World Government; the "conflict" between Zamblon Town and the "Redeemer" pirate group, and "in one fell swoop" Defeating the "big pirate" with a bounty of more than million showed their "force"; and pacifying the civil strife in the Kingdom of Vera can bring them enough fame...

Such a record earned Plofic a bounty of 120 million berries, which was 20 million higher than Luffy who defeated Sand Crocodile. Even among the future Shichibukai, it surpasses Sand Crocodile and the Empress.

Therefore, from the perspective of strength and influence, they are fully qualified to serve as the Shichibukai. The invitation from Wulaoxing was just a matter of course.

"Rights, obligations." Faced with the "invitation" from the Five Old Stars, Profic did not show excessive enthusiasm. He knew that if they were too eager at this time, it would appear that they were particularly eager for the status of the Shichibukai, and thus in the Falling at a disadvantage during negotiations.

If it were like Doflamenco, that would be fine. They were not Celestial Dragons.

Instead, what deserves more attention is the negotiation of rights and obligations. At this time, the Shichibukai has not yet formed an effective system, so it may be possible to gain more power. At least, the powers given to the Shichibukai in the original work should be preserved.

To put it simply, we can talk about everything, but there are also risks.

"After joining the King's Shichibukai, the World Government will revoke your bounty. You can legally own property, but you must abide by the laws of the World Government..."

As expected, the conditions given by the Five Old Stars are very different from the conditions obtained by the Shichibukai in the original work. There is neither the right to plunder nor the power to protect criminals. In fact, the only bargaining chip offered by Wulaoxing is to cancel the original reward. In other words, it's just that I don't treat you as criminals, and I'm not willing to pay the rest of the price.

The obligations have increased a lot, such as "obeying the laws of the world government", "accepting emergency recruitment", "cooperating with the navy to fight against pirates" and so on.

"Is this the sincerity you're waiting for?" Profik sneered, "What's the point of this 'King Shichibukai'?"

The King's Shichibukai is known as the "running dog of the World Government" and "garbage on the sea" in the future world line. He is an identity that is neither accepted by the navy nor recognized by the pirates. It is not an exaggeration to say that "Zhu Bajie looks in the mirror and sees that he is not a human being inside and outside."

In this case, if you become the "King Shichibukai" but cannot obtain enough privileges, then only the real villain will accept the appointment of the World Government.

Profic's attitude towards this appointment is very clear. When the Shichibukai can do it, it is in line with their consistent plan, but there is a prerequisite for all this - "privilege". If instead of getting any special privileges, we would be unduly restricted by the World Government and even the Navy Headquarters, then we might as well rush into the new world and compete with the Four Emperors for territory.

At least, if you lose to Whitebeard, Kaido, and Big Mom, you still have a chance to be spotted by the Four Emperors because of your potential, and join their ranks, or become an affiliated pirate group.

But if you are tricked by the World Government, you will end up with no bones left if you are not careful - just look at Moria in the original work. The World Government will never miss the opportunity to get rid of the Shichibukai.

If you agree to the conditions proposed by Wulaoxing, you will really become the "dog" of the World Government.

In response to Profic's rejection, the Five Old Stars looked "angry", but in fact, they were not too angry: "You are just a pirate. On behalf of the whole world, we want to crush you to death." You are like squeezing an ant to death. Now that we are giving you a chance to change your ways, you should be grateful and change your ways!"

"Now, on behalf of the generosity of the world government, we give you another chance to reorganize your language!"

Obviously, Wulaoxing also knew what Profic was thinking. Negotiations are always a mutual affair. No party will naively think that the conditions it proposes can be fully accepted by the other party, and no party will state its "bottom line" from the beginning.

Therefore, after Profik made it clear that he could not accept the conditions they proposed, Wulaoxing still adopted a combination of intimidation and "appeasement". On the one hand, it put pressure on Profik, and on the other hand, it hinted that Profik would make his own demands.

For the first half of the content, Profik simply chose to ignore it. Then Profik made his request.

"First, cancel the rewards for me and my partners, and no longer pursue all crimes imposed on us;"

“Second, after becoming the ‘Shichibukai under the King’, you must have the power to make your own choices and protect the new members who join ‘Dawn’, and the world government shall not pursue them;”

"Third, we enjoy legal immunity and are able to move freely on the sea and continue to operate our old industries, regardless of whether they comply with the provisions of the law;"

"Fourth, we are not under the jurisdiction of the navy and the world government in peacetime. Neither the navy nor the CP agency can issue orders to us;"

“Fifth, the territories we shelter must be recognized by the world government, and our rights in these territories must be respected by the world government;”

"Sixth, we should not be subject to any discrimination when conducting any business within the scope of the law in any institution that accepts the leadership of the world government;"

"Seventh, we enjoy the rights to station, sail, form alliances, and shelter, and are not subject to the control of the world government;"

"Eighth, the industries we operate have the priority right to cooperate with the world government and be protected under the same conditions."

The eight points proposed by Profik are the result of his careful consideration.

First of all, he referred to the rights and obligations of the King Shichibukai in the original work.

The King's Shichibukai generally have the following powers: the first is to cancel the reward, and past crimes will not be punished; the second is the right of privateering, the Shichibukai's plundering behavior at sea can be tacitly allowed, but after being discovered, it needs to be reported to the world There is a certain share from the government; finally, there is the right of asylum. Criminals who join the Shichibukai will be granted asylum, and their past crimes will also be forgotten.

In addition to the rights that all Shichibukai have, the World Government will also agree to some "individual requests" put forward by the Shichibukai. For example, one of the conditions for "Pirate Empress" Boya Hancock's agreement to join the Shichibukai is that "World Government ships are not allowed to enter the waters near Daughters Island", while "Sea Hero" Jinbe's condition is to pardon "Taiyo" All the crimes committed by the members of the "Pirates".

In comparison, the demands put forward by Profik at this time seem to be more, but in fact they do not exceed the bottom line of the world government too much. Most of them are actually within the above three items.