After hearing Roy's words, Chameleone was clearly stunned.
He had not expected the other party to show no concern for Whitebeard at all and accept him with such domineering directness.
"I bet correctly!"
Joy flashed through Chameleone's eyes. He had known Roy might accept him, but he had not expected it to be done this boldly and directly.
That made him let out a slight breath of relief, while also causing a trace of admiration for Roy to rise within him.
This was exactly the kind of domineering man he meant!
A man like Whitebeard might be very strong, but all he knew how to do was take in sons. What was the point of that?
Only a man this decisive and courageous could accomplish great things!
Chameleone's explanation was true. He had left the Whitebeard Pirates because his ideals clashed with those of the crew.
Suppressing the excitement in his heart and his anticipation for the future, Chameleone said goodbye to Roy, then followed Laffitte out.
Watching the two of them leave, Roy tapped the armrest of his seat with his fingers.
The reason he took Chameleone in was not only because of his Copy-Copy Fruit ability, but also because Chameleone himself was not weak.
After all, he had originally been a wanted criminal with a bounty of three hundred million berries. His own strength was not weak either, and he was already close to some of the Whitebeard Pirates' division commanders.
Moreover, Roy also wanted to use Chameleone as an example.
Look. Even a traitor from the Whitebeard Pirates could be accepted by me.
In that case, those who had offended other sea forces, or those with greater ambitions who preferred a domineering and powerful leader, could all come and join the Thunder God Pirates without concern!
It was the same as setting up a precedent to attract others.
Under Laffitte's deliberate spreading of the news, word of Chameleone joining the Thunder God Pirates spread throughout the New World.
Some people who had originally still been watching from the sidelines, as well as those who had offended other forces and feared the Thunder God Pirates would not accept them, immediately set sail for Raijin Island.
Among them was someone Roy was familiar with.
Or rather, someone Roy knew from the manga.
Baron Tamago, the gentleman with hot tea on top of his head, who often partnered with Pekoms.
Baron Tamago had originally been a combatant of the Big Mom Pirates. His rank was knight, and he was a member of the Longleg Tribe.
He was a special Zoan-type Devil Fruit user who had eaten the Egg-Egg Fruit. After suffering a fatal wound severe enough to crack his body open, he could hatch a chick from his broken egg-shaped body.
After hatching into a chick, each time he suffered another fatal wound and hatched again, his strength would grow even greater.
In the New World, the Egg Pirates he had formed accidentally trespassed into Wheat Island, a territory of Totto Land under the Big Mom Pirates, and were defeated by Katakuri, the minister stationed there. Their entire group was forced to retreat in defeat.
Soon after, they received a notice from Big Mom.
Charlotte Linlin was very interested in Baron Tamago's ability, so she made it especially clear: either join the Big Mom Pirates, or be hunted down and killed by Katakuri.
Choose one of the two.
After receiving this notice, Tamago became extremely conflicted.
As for Charlotte Linlin, that great pirate, he had heard plenty about her while in the New World.
She was a madwoman who loved sweets, built an entire family through marriages and childbirth, and suffered from eating-disorder rampages!
If that madwoman's eating disorder ever flared up one day, Tamago did not want to have decades of his lifespan stripped away for no reason.
Besides, he did not have the habit of calling anyone other than his parents "Mama."
In the original story, Baron Tamago was extremely afraid of Big Mom, Charlotte Linlin. When she called Fish-Man Island, he was too scared of being scolded to answer the call, so he pushed it onto Pekoms instead.
Under circumstances where Tamago absolutely did not want to join the Big Mom Pirates, he especially wanted to find a more normal, powerful pirate crew to seek shelter under.
However, what left him in despair was that in the New World, there were only two pirate crews that could face off against Big Mom at the same level.
One was the Whitebeard Pirates, and the other was the Beasts Pirates.
The Whitebeard Pirates were currently the strongest pirate crew in the world, but Tamago did not have the habit of calling anyone other than his parents "Oyaji" either!
As for the Beasts Pirates, that guy was even crazier than Charlotte Linlin, that madwoman!
Those vivid examples left Tamago deeply alarmed. Although he had heard that Kaido was very fond of Zoan-type Devil Fruit users, it was still better to stay far away from such a death-seeking maniac!
Once he counted things up like this…
It seemed he already had no choice.
Damn it! Why were the temperaments of these sea overlords stranger than the last?
One liked adopting sons, one liked giving birth to children, and one liked raising pets…
What the hell!
Charlotte Linlin's side had already grown impatient. Just as Tamago pessimistically decided to join the Big Mom Pirates, shocking news that shook the world spread out.
Thunder God Roy defeated Whitebeard and seized the title of the world's strongest. Then, with one attack, he killed Kaido, establishing his unshakably powerful position as a sea overlord.
All of this left Tamago dazed.
The first time he had learned about Roy was during the great Mary Geoise incident. After that, Roy killed powerful combatants from the Marines and the World Government.
By the third report, Roy had already killed Kaido.
While Tamago was astonished, he also sensed that this might be an opportunity.
The Thunder God Pirates had only just become a sea overlord's crew. With his own abilities, if he joined them, he would definitely be able to accomplish something.
Moreover, he could also use this opportunity to escape the Big Mom Pirates' entanglement.
He truly did not want to join Totto Land.
Once the thought of joining the Thunder God Pirates appeared, it grew wildly like something awakening from sleep.
However, Tamago did not act impulsively. He planned to carefully observe that Thunder God Roy and see whether he also had some strange hobby like Whitebeard, Kaido, and the others.
In the end, aside from hearing that Roy had spent a vast amount of gold to build a Golden Palace, Tamago heard of no other strange behavior.
As for the matter on Fish-Man Island, in Tamago's view, it just happened to show Thunder God's domineering and mighty bearing.
At most, he might love money a little. Or perhaps he liked Devil Fruits.
But compared to the other overlords, this was simply far too normal.
Especially after hearing that Chameleone, a former member and traitor of the Whitebeard Pirates, had successfully joined the Thunder God Pirates and received their protection, Tamago no longer hesitated. He immediately made a decisive choice and headed straight for Raijin Island!
(End of Chapter)
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