Chapter 665 Cross Guild

"Brother Katakuri, there is a strange unregistered pirate ship coming over there."

At the port of Cake Island, Katakuri, who was seeing off the guests, heard what his sister Smoothie said, looked up in the direction Smoothie pointed, and then looked behind him.

Behind him, Bucky was also acting like a master at this time, chatting with the guests who were about to leave Cake Island, talking about non-nutritive routines such as coming back when he is free, and having a chance to cooperate.

Perhaps because he noticed Katakuri's gaze, Bucky stopped after saying goodbye to a guest. His tall and hollow body also walked towards Katakuri and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Crocodile is here, he should be looking for you."

Katakuri spoke calmly, and the moment the words fell, the facial features on the face of Qianliang Dao Baki shifted, as if he had heard the most unacceptable news.

Katakuri looked at the wonderful expression on his face, smiled, and said: "I'm curious, when you rejected the money offered by Shanks, and I rejected the loan, what channel did you use to get it? The money to open Bucky Express?"

Although it was a question, Katakuri's inexplicable expression obviously said that he already knew the truth of the matter. After all, the money required for the establishment of Bucky Express would not be a small amount.

At the time of the top war, Bucky recruited a large number of fugitives from Advance City, saying that he would establish a force capable of influencing the world and earn enough money for him.

The redhead naturally chose to support his friend and offered to inject capital, but Bucky rejected Shanks without hesitation, after all, it made him feel very shameless.

The red hair is also worthy of being a man known for his domineering and magnanimity. He didn't get angry with Bucky because of this, but he withdrew his investment idea and proposed to rent a piece of land for Bucky instead.

The leased land is in the sea area controlled by the red-haired pirates. It is called Kale Bali Island. Baki also chose to accept it. Dare to trouble Bucky.

After all, Bucky has always been hiding in the sea area of ​​​​the red-haired pirates, and in the past two years, the red-haired pirates have been uncharacteristically stationed in their own sea area for a long time, and have not wandered around like before.

This is an important opportunity for the development of Baki Express. With people and land, Baki is only short of a start-up fund. For this fund, Baki has contacted Katakuri more than once.

After all, there are only three Kings of the Sea now, Bucky has already rejected Shanks, and Kaido obviously can't afford the money, so Bucky can only focus on Katakuri.

Katakuri, who owns the Totland Shipyard, is no exaggeration to say that he has the most savings in the New World. Even if he is stationed at the Navy Headquarters at the beginning of the New World, he may not have as many cash reserves as Katakuri.

Katakuri is naturally capable of investing in Bucky, and even after taking out the money, Totlan will not be too embarrassed, after all, it is all deposits, not liquid funds.

But Katakuri just couldn't like the clown in front of him, so he rejected Bucky's application for reception without hesitation, but Bucky still established Bucky Express.

Originally, Katakuri didn't care about it, but with the rapid development of Baki Express, Katakuri also had to pay attention, and by the way, it also missed Baki's source of funds at that time.

At that time, it happened that Crocodile reappeared in the sea, after wandering around the places where he had developed his influence in the first half of the four seas and the great waterway.

As long as a simple guess is made, it is clear what Crocodile has done. It is nothing more than to get back the fruits of his past 20 years of cultivation. Although the 20 years of cultivation failed in the end, he has also managed many fields.

And this amount of money is indeed enough to establish Bucky Express. After all, with no shortage of people, places, and markets, as long as Bucky takes the first step, orders will continue to flow, and he doesn't need too much money. .

Of course, this doesn't need much, in Katakuri's view, it is even enough for someone else to offer a reward for a king of the sea.

At that time, Crocodile was just in line, and even had a lot of surplus. After all, Crocodile after the war seemed to have no action, but it had already made a lot of plans.

For example, her former intelligence resources were integrated by the Revolutionary Army. Recently, it was reported that Crocodile chose to co-host the Pirate Expo with her former "mortal enemy" Barrett.

And investing in Bucky, which looks like a very profitable project today, is also very similar to what Crocodile will do.

But Bucky Express. It’s not called Bucky Crocodile United Express. Crocodile did not take a share. That is to say, she most likely lent a sum of money to Bucky.

Loans need to be repaid.

Although there were few exchanges, Katakuri always felt that Bucky was an unreliable person. If he lent money to him, he would come to ask for the debt from time to time.

But his base camp is in the territory of the red-haired pirates. Looking back now, Katakuri even thought that Shanks didn't go wandering for two years, maybe he was escorting Bucky's development.

During this time, Crocodile was active at the junction of the Red Hair Sea and the Beast Sea, and the reason why she didn't go to Bucky was probably because Shanks was there.

Therefore, Katakuri still feels very lucky. Although he is not afraid of Shanks, he doesn't want to have any conflicts with Shanks because of some Baileys.

But he, Katakuri, was unwilling to give up even one Bailey that belonged to him, so if he lent money to Bucky, he would definitely come to ask for it.

Therefore, not lending money to Bucky was the best result. He didn't need to enter the red-haired sea to trouble Bucky, and he wouldn't lose even a single Bailey.

If Bucky continues to hide in the sea area of ​​​​the red-haired pirates, maybe his creditors can only watch him helplessly instead of taking practical measures, but Bucky, an idiot, chose to leave Bali and leave Red hair sea.

What makes Katakuri feel that Baki is stupid is that he has no intention of hiding his whereabouts, and even published some things that happened in Cake Island on his fledgling Baki News Studio.

This not only exposed his whereabouts, but also severely aroused a wave of hatred from his creditors.

As long as Katakuri puts in the perspective of Bucky's creditor a little bit, his teeth will itch with anger.

Think about it, I have saved a sum of money, whether it is in trust or investment, and lent this sum of money to someone.

But when the deadline came, the person who owed him the money not only refused to pay back the money, but also took the money that should have been paid back to him to buy some new luxury goods.

For Bucky, this new luxury is his new Bucky News Studio.

If Crocodile is really Bucky's creditor, he is probably already so angry that he wants to kill Bucky.

And Bucky looked at the pirate ship that grew from small to large in the distance. Under the wide and hollow clothes, the "short" and thin body was trembling constantly.

Because he recalled that Crocodile came to him to ask for debts, but after being stopped by the red-haired pirates, he uttered cruel words to himself.

That rich woman told herself bluntly that if she had the ability to live under the shadow of Shanks for the rest of her life, she would be under the shadow of Shanks for the rest of her life, otherwise she would slice herself into ham and eat it in sea water.

It's just that Bucky's express delivery and Bucky's news studio have been too busy recently, and Bucky has never been a person with a good memory, so he forgot the threat of Crocodile.

Not only swaggeringly left the waters controlled by the red-haired pirates, but even published his participation in the Totland tea party as news in his own newspaper.

Bucky didn't know what Crocodile was thinking at this moment, but if the roles were reversed, he would let the person who owed money know what cruelty is.

After "compare your heart to your heart", Bucky has only one thought at this time, and that is to run away!

"boom!"

But at this moment, there was a sudden loud noise, and Katakuri spread his hands and said, "Bucky, your ship seems to be broken."

Bucky, who was about to run away, heard the words, looked at his boat, and saw a hole suddenly appeared in the bow of his boat. Although it was above the water level, it couldn't sail.

Not to mention the potential safety hazards after the hull is damaged, just say that during the driving process, the washing waves will continue to pour into his boat, making it difficult for him to move forward.

Bucky's red nose was about to turn green at this moment, and he pointed at Katakuri, and he was about to yell, but he thought of something, and quickly held back his anger, and looked at Katakuri with teary eyes, said:

"Brother Katakuri, how about lending me a billion Bailey?"

Katakuri asked with a smile: "One billion Bailey? You only owe Crocodile so much?"

One billion Baileys is indeed a lot. When Katakuri rebuilt the world, the starting capital was only the two billion Baileys donated to him by Whitebeard, and the Dragon Palace Kingdom built a bridge across the sea in the windless belt and the New World. The investment is only two billion Baileys.

One billion Baileys is enough to do a lot of things, but it definitely does not include the establishment of a huge organization that radiates six sea areas like Bucky Express.

After hearing Katakuri's question, Bucky also became awkward, and then said: "Pay the interest first."

"I will consider the interest of one billion Baileys."

Katakuri didn't refuse immediately, but looked in the direction of the pirate ship, but there was no thought on his face, which made Bucky anxious.

After all, he has no money on him right now, and after Crocodile comes, he has no way to deal with it. If Katakuri's billion Bailey and his reputation are guaranteed, then maybe it will be delayed for a while.

But Katakuri made it clear that he just wanted to watch the show, so don't look at it and refuse, but in this case, if he didn't agree right away, he was "killing" Bucky!

Baki hurriedly took two steps closer to Katakuri. His originally tall body had shrunk a bit at this time. His head, which was originally the same height as Katakuri, was directly covered by Katakuri's entire head at this time. Said pitifully:

"Brother Katakuri, you are also in business, you should know how difficult it is to run a business, my brother is still in its infancy, and you have to burn money everywhere.

I will return the one billion Baileys in full and give you 3% of the shares as dividends! As long as I turn around, your investment will be a huge profit. "

Katakuri tilted his head, looked at Bucky who still had tears in his eyes, and said with a smile, "Billion Bailey, I don't want interest, and I don't need you to return it."

Hearing this, Baki's eyes became brighter and brighter, he wished he could hug Katakuri and kiss him, this is simply his rebirth

But before Baki could express his gratitude, Katakuri continued: "I want 20% of the shares of all companies under your name, including your current company and the companies that will be established in the future.

Remember, it's 20% of the shares, not some bullshit share dividends. "

"???!!!"

Bucky's gratitude to Katakuri disappeared in an instant. How could Katakuri help? It is clearly a robbery! No, even if it was robbery, it would at most take away everything from oneself.

But Katakuri is more greedy, he wants not only what Bucky has now, but also what he may have in the future, Katakuri wants to plunder directly, this is too much!

"Don't want to? If you don't want to, forget it."

Katakuri saw that Bucky's face changed color, and he was not in a hurry, but shrugged and withdrew his proposal, as if he was just joking.

"Two percent!"

Bucky quickly said, his quotation is not even as good as just now, but the share dividend is a worthless empty check, but the shares are real.

For things like stock dividends, as long as the company does not make money, it does not need to pay dividends, and it can be manipulated. But the shares may affect the development of the enterprise, each share is precious, and the value is much higher.

Therefore, 2% of the stock is definitely more dividend than 3% of the stock, which is too much before. With the current scale of Bucky Express, it can not only smooth out the 1% gap, but also smooth out the dividend in the future. There is also a high probability of a billion Baileys.

It can be said that this is a quite reasonable offer.

But Katakuri never accepted such a reasonable offer, he glanced at Bucky, and then continued to look at the pirate ship that was getting closer, without speaking again.

Bucky gritted his teeth and said, "Five percent."

Katakuri didn't answer, looked at the pirate ship that had even entered his attack range, and continued to wait calmly.

On Bucky's forehead, sweat kept coming out, and he kept cursing Katakuri's greed in his heart. Five percent of the shares were enough for Katakuri to make a lot of money, but he still refused agree.

Bucky has never seen such a greedy person before. Looking at the rich woman standing on the bow of the boat in the distance, Bucky stomped his feet and said, "Ten percent!"

"Thirty-five percent, otherwise no discussion."

Katakuri finally made a counter-offer, but this nearly doubled asking price almost caused Bucky to have a cerebral hemorrhage. He was absolutely unwilling to accept even 20%, how could he spend more than one-third of his net worth to Katakuri?

Not to mention the Baki News Studio, which has not yet developed, but a series of companies that may support it in the future, just say Baki Express, 35% of the shares are worth several billion Baileys!

If the money is given to Katakuri, he might as well give Crocodile the same amount of shares directly, let alone one billion, it is more than enough to wipe out all the debts!

Seeing that Bucky insisted on refusing to agree, Katakuri shook his head indifferently. After all, he didn't insist on Bucky's shares, and Totland already had too much money to spend.

He just wanted to tease Bucky. After all, during these days, he was domineering in Cake Island, with the attitude of a master. Katakuri was too lazy to fall out with him because of this incident, but it didn't mean he was stuck. Takuri likes to see people showing off their power in front of him.

All Katakuri wanted was for Bucky to make a fool of himself at this moment.

At this time, the pirate ship that Crocodile was on had also docked, and Crocodile, standing on the disfigured figurehead, met Katakuri on the port, and then both raised Yang head.

Crocodile smiled, and took the cigar out of his mouth, and a clear voice came out of his mouth.

"Katakuri! You would rather send an invitation to Bucky, a clown, than invite me?!"

Katakuri shook his head and said, "You misunderstood. I didn't invite Bucky. As for you... I don't think I have a younger brother who can handle a woman who has been a man for more than 20 years."

Everyone knows that this tea party is a large-scale blind date, and Katakuri doesn't mind pointing it out, and at the same time mocked a wave of Crocodile.

But Crocodile was not angry, and with a charming smile on his face, he asked, "Your brother is so weak?"

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Katakuri heard that there was something in Crocodile's words, but... this is too vulgar!

He glanced sideways at the younger sisters who were talking with the guests, and he was relieved to see that they didn't understand. He didn't want to cultivate those younger sisters who understood in seconds.

"Tell me why you came here."

Katakuri changed the subject abruptly, unwilling to continue talking about such a vulgar topic, Crocodile seemed to mutter "soft guy", and then jumped off the pirate ship.

In an instant, countless quicksands surged up from the port, supporting the falling Crocodile, and then sent her to the port. Crocodile, who landed on the port, looked at Bucky, who was trembling beside Katakuri, and said:

"I'm here to find Bucky, and he owes me a lot of money. By the way, I'm here to do some business."

"Bucky is not from Totland. Don't deal with his affairs in Totland. As for business."

Katakuri looked at the broken ship that Crocodile was on, and said, "You don't seem like someone who has no money to buy a ship. I have the best ships here, and you are welcome to buy them at any time."

"You've become a snobbish businessman, Katakuri, but I'm not going to buy a ship from you."

After Crocodile finished speaking, Katakuri withdrew his gaze and said, "The only thing I'm doing externally is the sale, repair and customization of ships. If it has nothing to do with these businesses, then please leave."

After the words fell, Crocodile hadn't answered, but Bucky first showed a grateful look. Although Katakuri didn't pay him to help him, he didn't let Crocodile be presumptuous either.

Not allowing Crocodile to do anything to Bucky in Totland, and then taking the initiative to let Crocodile leave, this behavior undoubtedly helped Bucky out of the siege.

Bucky is even secretly repenting in his heart now, repenting for the way he scolded Katakuri in his heart just now, he is treating the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!

Crocodile wasn't angry either. Before she arrived, she knew that it was impossible to recover Bucky's arrears in front of Katakuri. This time, it was just to restrict Bucky's actions at any time.

The real reason for her coming was the business she just mentioned.

Crocodile smiled and asked, "Mihawk hasn't left yet?"

Katakuri nodded. Mihawk hadn't left yet. After all, he hadn't told Mihawk about Moria's information, and Mihawk wasn't in a hurry.

Mihawk is not in a hurry, and Katakuri is even less worried. After all, the longer Mihawk stays in Totland, the more likely he is to see each other with one of his younger sisters.

Seeing that Katakuri confirmed that Mihawk hadn't left, Crocodile said, "Let's have a conversation with Shichibukai. It is very necessary for you to listen to the business I want to discuss with you."

Hearing this, Katakuri showed a proper expression of doubt. He was still thinking just now, whether Crocodile came for the Pirate Expo, but now it seems that he is not.

"That... I won't participate, I'm going back to host the business."

Bucky shook his head quickly, expressing that he didn't want to get involved in the so-called business this time, Crocodile looked at him and said, "I forgot that you are also the king's Shichibukai.

However, since you have said so, then don't leave. If you want to leave, then I can settle the debt with you and come back to discuss business. "

After Crocodile finished speaking, Bucky frowned, and quickly looked at Katakuri with pleading eyes, but Katakuri didn't mean to help him, but looked at Crocodile and asked:

"What's the content?"

Crocodile raised his eyebrows, and didn't mean to explain now. Seeing this, Katakuri pondered for a while, and looked at Perospero who was saying goodbye to the guests in the distance.

Perospero noticed Katakuri's gaze, and after a few words with the guests, he withdrew and walked over. Katakuri said, "Brother, I will leave the matter here to you."

"Well, go get busy."

Perospero nodded, with a bright smile on his face. Obviously, the just-concluded tea party put him in a good mood. Katakuri looked at Bucky and Crocodile's ship, and said:

"Send damaged ships for repairs, and if a damaged ship leaves Totland, it's a red flag for us."

Perospero continued to nod and said, "Leave it to me."

Crocodile frowned. This Katakuri spoke nicely, but her vehicle was impounded, but compared to the business, it was nothing.

After explaining, Katakuri also led the way back to the center of Cake Island. When he came to a candy house, the waiter had already called Mihawk and Cavendish.

"Can we talk now?"

After Katakuri sat down, he looked at Crocodile, who nodded and said, "I have received information that after the World Conference, the Shichibukai system under the king will be abolished, and all of you will become wanted criminals again."

Hearing this, Katakuri looked indifferent, but Mihawk frowned. After all, he promised a friend that their friendship would only last until the day he was offered a reward.

"What do you want to say?"

Frowning Mihawk asked, Crocodile reached out and fiddled with the candy bowl on the table in front of him, and said: "Instead of waiting to be wanted, it is extremely better to cooperate with my "senior" and unite with other forces, Build an organization strong enough to stand against the world government."

Hearing this, even Katakuri became interested, nodded, and said, "What kind of power do you have?"

Crocodile stood up, holding a few candies in his hand, raised his hand lightly, and threw a candy, which landed on the table with horizontal and vertical stripes in front of him, and said: "First of all, the predecessors represented by you and I The king descends to the Qiwu Sea."

"Dah~"

Another candy fell, and Crocodile continued: "There is also the Revolutionary Army who has been against the World Government for many years and has cooperated with me many times recently."

"Dah~"

"And then there's the navy, which is about to break with the world government."

"Dah~"

The fourth candy fell, and Crocodile said: "Finally, it is the notorious, but deeply buried CP organization of the world government."

Katakuri looked at the candies corresponding to the four corners on the table, and said, "Your Majesty Shichibukai and the Revolutionary Army are easy to talk about, but the Navy. CP, don't you think this is too outrageous?"

"So between the four forces, there needs to be someone who is capable of connecting the four parties. I believe everyone is familiar with this person."

Crocodile leaned forward, put the last candy in the center of the four candies, and said, "Skyler Grey. I have also thought about the name of this newly created organization, why not call it Cross Guild .”

After the words fell, no one answered. Everyone stared at the table, looking at the five candies and the cross connected by the striped table below.

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