Chapter 202: The Man Who Will Be the Sea Transport King!
Chapter 202: The Man Who Will Be the Sea Transport King!
The conquest process in the Kabaneri World was in full swing, nearing its end, while the World Government's actions on the Sea Star Mainland were becoming increasingly frequent, gradually attracting wider influence and attention.
North Blue, Spider Miles Island.
The landscape here seemed unaffected by the outside world, with chimneys still standing tall, emitting Black Smoke. Large Factories occupied most of the Zone Inside the City.
Tens of thousands of Workers were contributing to the World's Weapon Manufacturing Plant with their sweat, pocketing stacks of Berry Banknotes, and watching Seaships loaded with various Weapons set sail, providing timely assistance to Kingdoms in urgent need of handy Weapons.
Whenever they thought of the poor people who could only resolve Conflicts with their bare hands becoming fully armed with their help, every Worker here felt genuine joy and pride.
Today, they helped another group of people freely enjoy daily gunfights.
"I'm the one at the sail, I'm the master of my sea, oh ooh~~" (My destiny is mine to control, the sea of souls is steered by me)
"The master of my sea, oh~~wuwuwu~~~" (I have my own vast sea and sky)
Waves of rhythmic music, accompanied by soaring vocals, echoed inside and outside the Donquixote Family's Base. The sound source clearly came from the uppermost room, and the volume of the Visual Den Den Mushi projection must have been turned up to the maximum.
And that was exactly the case.
Doflamingo, wearing a pink feathered Coat, sat on the Sofa, grinning as he watched the Skeleton Man on the screen passionately singing while holding an Electric Guitar.
This was the World Government's Live Broadcast of the celebration Concert at Tequila Wolf. This stylishly dressed Skeleton Man, under the stage name 'Soul King', made his official debut with the song "Believe" after Tesoro's Program.
"Fuffuffuffuffu, this guy looks much more pleasing to the eye, and his songs are better too."
In this World severely lacking in Entertainment, the World Superstar plan promoted by the Propaganda Department, combined with repeated Public Broadcasts, could be said to have brought great surprises to the Citizens of the World Nations.
The songs, which could be called masterpieces, coupled with incredibly lavish performance scenes, swept through everyone's Heart like an invisible typhoon.
Even a Big Shot from the Underworld like Doflamingo was no exception, though for some reason he didn't really like Tesoro.
However, he really liked Stella. If she hadn't become a World Reporter for the Propaganda Department now, he would have wanted to find an opportunity to capture her and have her massage his legs or something.
And now, the Propaganda Department had finally launched another World Superstar, whose appearance and song Style both suited his taste perfectly.
Doflamingo had already decided to find a Tape Recorder to save this song "Believe".
"Doffy!"
Trebol, who had knocked on the door several times from outside, finally couldn't stand it anymore and pushed the door open, which finally caught Doflamingo's attention.
"Everyone has arrived."
"Is that so..."
The latter nodded upon hearing this, casually turned off the Visual Den Den Mushi on the Coffee Table in front of him, then stood up from the Sofa. Humming a tune, he strode with his long legs to the Meeting Room downstairs.
At this time, the room was already filled with the current Cadres of the Donquixote Family: Diamante, Vergo, Senior, Jora, and Machvise were all present.
Of course, there were also some recently joined mid-level Cadres.
When Trebol walked in and returned to his Position, the meeting convened by Doflamingo for all Cadres officially began.
"Doffy, where's Pica?"
Diamante, who had just returned from outside, looked at the empty chair opposite him and asked in confusion.
"I sent him out, he won't be back for a short period of time," Doflamingo sat in the main seat, arrogantly crossed his legs, and grinned.
"So that's it." Diamante didn't ask any more questions.
"The reason I called you here this time is to tell everyone that I've decided to establish an Express Company. Its main business will be providing Sea Transport services for various countries, including Weapons, Soldiers, Materials, and even ordinary Goods. As long as it's a large quantity or expensive Goods that need to cross the sea, they'll have to come to us!"
Doflamingo got straight to the point, throwing out the main topic, which unsurprisingly caused surprise and confusion among everyone.
"Doffy, although I don't know why you suddenly want to do express delivery, you should know that the Sea Transport business has great Difficulty. It requires not only a large number of skilled Seamen and various Ships, but also the Ability to ensure that the Goods are delivered to the recipient intact and within the specified Time."
"And now most of the Sea Transport is controlled by 'Deep Sea Current' Umit. Even the Weapons we've manufactured need to be sent to the buyers through them. This person is known as the 'Sea Transport King' in the Underworld. If we intervene in this Industry..."
Speaking up to this point, Trebol looked at his Young Master with a troubled expression and asked, "Doffy, are you prepared for a confrontation with this 'Sea Transport King' who is currently rising in prominence?"
They knew their own situation. Their Donquixote Family could only be considered a relatively famous newcomer in the Underworld, while this 'Sea Transport King' was an established major Influence/Power.
It was said to be a Family with a long History of two hundred years, who had been deeply cultivating the World's Sea Transport business.
Strictly speaking, 'Sea Transport King' didn't refer to a single person, but to the Family itself. 'Deep Sea Current' was the exclusive title of successive family heads.
"Fuffuffuffuffu, the stronger the opponent, the more interesting it is. It's also Time for someone else to wear this 'Sea Transport King' Hat~~" Doflamingo grinned and sneered.
"Manpower, Ships, even Sea Charts, you don't need to worry. When the Time comes for them to be available, they naturally will be."
"What we need to do now is find their major Strongholds in the North Blue, take over the business here first, and then withstand the retaliation that follows. It would be best if we could find this generation's 'Deep Sea Current'!"
Seeing that he had truly made his Decision, everyone tacitly stopped trying to dissuade him and instead thought about Doflamingo's words. For them, the Donquixote Family's development strategy had begun to shift.
Although everyone was very confused about what exactly happened?
"Doffy, finding their Sea Transport strongholds isn't difficult, but finding this 'Sea Transport King' is too difficult. It's not like no Influence/Power has tried to Encirclement and Suppression him after he appeared in a certain place, but each time he would strangely disappear from the Sea Surface, and appear the next day in a certain Kingdom in another Sea Area!"
Vergo frowned and stated the Difficulty.
Actually, Doflamingo had heard a little about this point as well, but there was nothing he could do.
That Lord Above had personally issued instructions, demanding that he secretly hand over the Weapon Manufacturing Plant under his command to the Administrative Department's Industrial Division, and then establish a Sea Transport company to take over the World's Sea Transport, and while he was at it, look for the 'Sea Transport King's Headquarters Position.
In addition to this, he also learned about Rosinante's Situation. Regarding this biological younger brother who suddenly went missing back then, Doflamingo actually cherishes him quite a bit.
After all, no matter what, he was his only remaining Bloodline Family, and he was a character who valued Family greatly.
Of course, people who have betrayed him are no longer Family...
Doflamingo was immersed in his thoughts, then glanced at all the Great Readers present, grinned and laughed: "Fuffuffuffuffu, I'm definitely going to be the Sea Transport King. Who agrees, who opposes?"
(End of this chapter)