The remaining pirates in the tavern looked at El sitting at the front with a somewhat nervous expression.
Although they knew that Whitebeard and El had some connection, they still couldn't help but feel the weight of El's strength—especially after sensing the domineering aura just now.
Almost all the pirates on the ship instantly entered a tense state!!!
Now, no one dared to speak carelessly or offend El.
"But anyway, Edward, is there something you came to see me about this time?" El casually tossed a bottle of fine wine to Whitebeard and asked.
"Nothing special, can't I come see you just because?" Whitebeard caught the wine, smiled slightly, and replied.
"Looks like you're here just for a chat, huh? That's good. I haven't had a drink with you in quite a while."
El had already guessed that Whitebeard probably wasn't looking for him because of trouble.
Now it seemed, indeed, he wasn't in any trouble—he just wanted to drink with him.
Whitebeard sat beside El and said: "You, although you haven't created a pirate crew... your subordinates are truly not ordinary people."
Along the coast of this country, there are quite a few pirates guarding with bounties of hundreds of millions of Berries.
And when they entered the tavern just now, Whitebeard still saw many pirates with notable reputations on the sea.
Although El said he didn't recruit any pirates with bounties over a billion Berries when he established the delegation organization, but... there are actually quite a few pirates under El with bounties of hundreds of millions of Berries.
"Eh, they're just a bunch of minor characters," El said calmly.
"Pirates with bounties of hundreds of millions of Berries are no small figures in this sea, El," Whitebeard said with a smile.
Even now, the Whitebeard Pirates don't have many pirates with bounties over a billion on their ship.
And among El's subordinates, the pirates with bounties over a billion in the tavern alone are almost comparable to Whitebeard's entire crew.
Not to mention the pirates out on delegation missions or guarding ports.
"In this sea, they're not exactly minor characters," El shrugged. "But to you and me, aren't they just simple characters, Edward?"
Whitebeard now was in a period of nearly peak strength.
Even if all the pirates in this country with bounties over a billion joined forces, they wouldn't even be enough to compare to Whitebeard!
"Gu la la la... That's true. But tell me, El, with so many pirates you've recruited, do you have any plans for the future?" Whitebeard asked while drinking a large gulp of wine.
Although El said at the end of the God Valley War that he had no intention of creating a pirate crew, now.
With so many strong people under his command, Whitebeard suspected El might be planning to make a move!
"I don't have any particular plans, just letting these people help me collect precious treasures and Devil Fruits," El replied honestly.
He really had no intention of doing anything else with this group of pirates.
After all, his purpose in establishing the delegation organization was to have this group work for him.
"Your strength is so terrifying, yet you've only recruited so many subordinates to do such boring delegated tasks," Whitebeard teased.
"Anyway, I don't have anything else I can do right now," El said with a shrug.
To El, forming this delegation organization was also a boring activity.
But, since he established this organization, he could either personally delegate tasks to farm the progress of the Sage Eyes, obtain precious treasures or Devil Fruits, or let his subordinates handle the tasks and earn rewards.
It's boring, but... it's definitely profitable!
"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's have a drink together," Whitebeard said with a smile, raising his glass.
His main reason for coming today was to drink with El.
He didn't want to ask any more boring questions.
...
El and Whitebeard drank and chatted casually.
Meanwhile, the other members of Whitebeard's crew also sat down one after another, drinking and watching El and Whitebeard.
After some time of discussion, El and Whitebeard's Observation Haki simultaneously sensed a dangerous aura approaching the tavern.
"Who???"
El slightly frowned, looked toward the entrance.
Crack!
As the door slowly opened, a few masked men dressed in World Government uniforms appeared at the entrance.
They weren't anyone else—they were members of the World Government's CP0 organization!
It could be seen that many of them carried treasure chests.
What was inside, El didn't know.
"Are they from the World Government?"
A murderous intent flickered in El's eyes as he stared coldly at the group.
He could tell that these guys weren't ordinary people.
Otherwise, how could they bypass the many bounty-hunting pirates with bounties over a hundred million Berries at the port?
"Don't be nervous, El. We didn't come to cause trouble this time; we're here on orders from the World Government to discuss a business deal with you," the leading CP0 member said calmly.
"Discuss cooperation? Are you joking with me?" El said coldly.
He knew his bounty was already 4.75 billion Berries.
As a pirate of this level, he had long been an enemy of the Navy and the World Government.
Now, these CP0 agents suddenly came to offend him and wanted to discuss a deal.
His first reaction was: there's definitely a trap!
"We come with enough sincerity," the CP0 member said, and behind him, several others immediately opened their treasure chests.
Inside, there were clearly Devil Fruits—ten of them!!!
Before El could say anything, they walked directly to him and placed the box containing the ten Devil Fruits in front of him.
At the same time, a system prompt sounded in El's mind: "Ding! Detected enough nearby Devil Fruits. Host, do you want to use them to unlock the chakra power of the Eight-Tails?"
"Can I unlock the Eight-Tails?" El was stunned upon hearing this.
He had searched for Devil Fruits in the ocean for so long, finding over thirty.
But he still hadn't reached the requirement to unlock the Eight-Tails' chakra power.
However, with these ten Devil Fruits brought by the CP0 agents, He now could unlock the Eight-Tails' chakra and further unlock the Ten-Tails.
He could become the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki!!!
"These ten Devil Fruits are the earnest money. If we complete the deal, we'll pay you with even more Devil Fruits. Are you interested in continuing the negotiations, El?"
The World Government had long investigated El's purpose in establishing this delegation organization—namely, to obtain Devil Fruits!
They weren't exactly sure why El wanted so many Devil Fruits, but after discussions with the Five Elders, they decided to use Devil Fruits as payment and strike a deal with El.
Looking at the ten Devil Fruits before him, El smiled slightly.
"Not interested."
The reason El spent so long collecting Devil Fruits in the sea was to unlock the chakra power of the Eight-Tails and then fully unlock the Ten-Tails.
To become the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki.
But now, the number of Devil Fruits in front of him, combined with the ones in his Nine-Tails spiritual space, was enough to unlock the Eight-Tails.
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