Chapter 106: Shiki, the Golden Lion's Plan

Rocks scanned the crowd with his tiger-like eyes. He was quite satisfied with the performance of the sub-captains under the battalion captains.

However, when he saw the six battalion captains, he frowned.

Each of these men frowned, harboring their own ulterior motives.

Even Wang Zhi, John, and Silver Axe, the three veterans who had been following him since the beginning, were starting to harbor ill intentions.

This made Rocks extremely angry in his heart.

But he managed to suppress his anger.

Wait and see! Wait and see! Once I gain control of Uranus and become the world's overlord, none of you will have a good time!

Rocks couldn't help but think to himself.

These six men each had their own thoughts, especially Edward Newgate, Whitebeard, and Shiki, the Golden Lion.

Their faces were so gloomy that it was almost tangible.

Edward Newgate, Whitebeard, frowned with worry.

In the past few months, Whitebeard had found what he was looking for in life and adopted several children. Hearing those children call him "dad" every day made him feel the purpose of his life, so he originally didn't want to answer Rocks' summons and preferred to take care of the adopted children.

But after considering the consequences of not coming, he came. Looking at the crazy atmosphere around him, he would never allow his children to be on this pirate ship in the future.

Alas! Just help Rocks one last time! After this, break away from the Rocks Pirates and fulfill the dream in my heart!

Whitebeard couldn't help but sigh to himself.

The sense of morality was really weighing on his mind, making him extremely conflicted.

Unlike Whitebeard's indecision, Shiki, the Golden Lion, watched all this with a completely gloomy face.

His desire to set up his own pirate group was almost written all over his face, but he hadn't lashed out yet. He was just waiting for someone to make the first move, and that someone was Edward Newgate, Whitebeard.

But Whitebeard had never shown his true intentions. However, Shiki knew that Whitebeard would eventually reveal them, and that day was not far off.

By then, as soon as Whitebeard showed his hand, he, Shiki, would immediately stand up and form a united front with Whitebeard.

Plus Charlotte, who owed him a favor.

With the three of them against one Rocks, they were sure to win.

This was the reason why Shiki dared to constantly provoke Rocks.

As for the others, Shiki looked at them with disdain.

A woman only concerned with giving birth and three decrepit old fools.

Shiki never took them seriously.

"Alright! You can all go back! This meeting is over!"

After seeing everyone's reactions, Rocks waved his hand and said.

He started to shoo them away.

After hearing this, everyone waited for the cadres in front to stand up before they dared to move.

But in Rocks' eyes, this action was a blatant provocation.

Since when had the orders of these cadres become more effective than his as the captain?

He was about to fly into a rage, but his reason held him back.

He didn't know that it was his repeated patience that made them even more unscrupulous.

After the six cadres walked out of the door, the sub-captains of each team followed behind them. 

Charlotte, the battalion captain of the Eighth Division, didn't come, so only Carter was there.

Carter didn't have the guts to walk with those cadres and followed behind everyone. After walking out of the main hall, Carter looked at the three - meter - tall figure in front of him and swallowed nervously.

"Is there something you need, Lord Shiki?"

Carter asked cautiously, looking at Shiki's contemptuous eyes.

"Whoosh!"

Shiki, the Golden Lion, exhaled a puff of smoke.

"Do you know when your captain, Charlotte, will be back?"

Shiki asked, looking at Carter.

He remembered this guy. He was a sub - captain by Charlotte.

If he weren't someone by Charlotte, Shiki, the Golden Lion, wouldn't have remembered a small fry.

After hearing Shiki's words, Carter let out a slight sigh of relief. It turned out he was asking about the captain's news. He was almost scared to death.

"Lord Shiki, our captain will probably be back within this month. As you saw, he came back from the Admiral yesterday and should have reached Fish - Man Island, so it'll only be about a month!"

Carter said cautiously.

After hearing Carter's words, Shiki frowned slightly.

He wondered what Charlotte was doing in the first half of the Grand Line. It had been four or five months. What if he couldn't make it back in time!

This is the only thing Shiki's worried about right now.

He was just afraid that changes might outpace the plan!

"Go back and tell your captain not to forget the favor he owes me!"

After saying that, Shiki turned around and left without any sign of hesitation.

After seeing Shiki walking away, Carter took a deep breath.

Standing in front of him was like being stared at by a giant. The pressure on him was too great.

After seeing that everyone around had left, Carter quickly returned to his camp.

He needed to inform his boss about what had just happened.

It was a pity that he didn't know that his boss was now unconscious.

...

Right after Charlotte retreated by means of the energy wave generated by [Conqueror's Haki], the moment he got back on the ship, he gave the order to dive.

After confirming their safety, he couldn't hold on any longer and fainted on the deck.

This scared the hell out of a lot of people.

Among them was Elena.

"Charlotte!"

Elena quickly trotted over and picked up Charlotte, shouting.

The ship's doctors also rushed forward quickly to check Charlotte's injuries.

Although there were only more than twenty people on Charlotte's ship, among them were a navigator, a cook, a shipwright, and doctors.

Small as the sparrow is, it has all the vital organs. Right after Charlotte fainted, two doctors immediately ran forward.

They took Charlotte from Elena's arms and started checking him.

After opening Charlotte's eyes and listening to his heartbeat with a stethoscope.

The two doctors glanced at each other.

They both shook their heads.

Their actions really startled Elena sitting beside them and Paul and Isaac standing guard.

What did this mean?

Elena even shed tears silently.

She resented herself for acting on her own and hurting Charlotte.

"What do you mean! What's wrong with the boss?"

Paul was so excited that he directly grabbed the collars of the two doctors and roared.

The two doctors were lifted up by Paul and were immediately stunned.

They hadn't said a word yet. How could things turn out like this?

"Cap! Captain! The! The boss is fine! He's just suffered from exhaustion and has some minor cuts! It's nothing serious. He just needs a few days' rest!"

The doctors, held in the air, flailed their legs and shouted.

"What! You're saying the boss is okay?"

Paul was also stunned for a moment upon hearing what the doctors said.

"Yeah! Yeah! Cough! Cough!"

The doctors were almost out of breath.

Paul quickly released the doctors.

"Then what did you mean by shaking your heads just now?"

Paul looked at the two doctors and asked.

"We meant we didn't find anything wrong with the boss!"

The doctors pleaded with tears in their eyes under Paul's fierce glare.