Who made him the Pirate King?

"No! Dad!"

Edward Weibull's hands tightly grasped the corners of his clothes, with an expression of disbelief and aggrievedness on his face, looking like a big dog that was suddenly abandoned by its owner.

"Why? Dad! Don't you want me anymore?"

in the past few decades.

Buckingham Stussy has been brainwashing Edward Weeble.

Even when Edward Weeble slept, Buckingham Stussy would whisper in his ear——

"You are Whitebeard's son, and you are the only one who can inherit Whitebeard's property."

Decades passed.

Edward Weeble believed Buckingham Stusy's words.

It can even be said.

The meaning of Edward Weibull's life is to become Whitebeard's son, and then get his father's property...

But now.

Edward Weibull felt as if the sky was falling.

Meeting my father for the first time, having a happy family, two happy things coming together, it should have been a dreamlike time...

Why does this happen?

"Dad, look!"

Edward Weibull stroked his white beard as if to show off.

"Our beards are exactly the same! I also have a white beard! I am your son!"

Until this moment.

Edward Weibull didn't even see the true identity of the "Clay Weibull" opposite.

"Bai Long, what are you doing?"

Mihawk looked at what Storm was doing and couldn't understand it.

"Are you...playing a fool?"

Mihawk has completely figured it out.

The so-called "Whitebeard III" Edward Weibull only inherited the physique and strength of the young Whitebeard, but he did not inherit Whitebeard's wisdom.

Edward Weibull's strength level is very high, but his intelligence level can only be said to be...

About the same as mentally retarded.

Mihawk was greatly disappointed with "Whitebeard III" and had completely lost the idea of ​​challenging him.

And his expectation for the "Whitebeard II" who has not yet met has also plummeted because of Edward Weibull's hip-stretching performance.

Whitebeard III is a fool...

What could Whitebeard II be?

but.

Regardless of Mihawk's views on "White II" and "White III".

No matter how high Edward Weibull's intelligence was.

This is no reason for Bailong to play with this fool!

"I'm not 'playing' him."

Storm replied casually without looking at Mihawk.

"To be precise, I want to take his 'ownership' away from his 'mother'."

Edward Weibull's intelligence was indeed not very high.

Storm knew this too.

It's just that he didn't know that this guy's intelligence level was so low...

To be fair.

There are indeed many scoundrels, bad guys, garbage, and scum in the sea.

But there is a difference between scum and scum.

Some scum are born evil, so bad that there is no cure.

Some scum become "villains" only after being manipulated by others.

Edward Weibull is also very special among a group of garbage.

According to Storm.

Edward Weeble was indeed a pirate who had committed an unforgivable crime.

but.

This is a fool.

A fool who doesn't even have the most basic ability to make his own decisions.

Edward Weeble's life has always been manipulated by Buckingham Stussy.

In other words.

Edward Weibull was just a "tool man."

For such a silly tool.

Storm had no intention of killing the opponent.

In his eyes, Buckingham Stussy is definitely more damnable than Edward Weeble!

But Edward Weeble was a "good boy" who believed Buckingham Stussy's words.

A fool, a fool's tool, a fool's tool, a mama's boy...

Storm had no intention of letting Edward Weeble remain with Buckingham Stussy.

That will only cause harm to the sea.

Storm plans to take over custody of Edward Weibull.

Mihawk was not too impressed by Bai Long's statement. He understood Storm's meaning in a more "pirate" way of thinking.

"You took a fancy to Edward Weibull's power, so you wanted to recruit him to become your subordinate."

"You can understand it that way!"

Storm admitted openly.

“No. 2, do you want to come to my place?

"You tried it, my dragon, it's big and convenient."

"……boring."

The corners of Mihawk's mouth twitched violently a few times, and he no longer interfered with Bailong's actions.

White Dragon's approach to recruiting Edward Weeble was somewhat despicable.

But in comparison, Mihawk still hated Buckingham Stussy who had abandoned Edward Weeble without hesitation before!

not to mention.

Hasn't Bailong always been such a despicable guy?

Storm ended the communication with Mihawk and turned his attention to Edward Weibull.

He doesn't like repeating a sentence twice to others.

But Edward Weibull's brain is really not working well...

"I'm not your father, Wilbur."

Clay Weibull continued to repeat this sentence.

"Your strength, your bloodline, and your genes all come from the real Edward Newgate the Whitebeard!

"Whitebeard is your father!"

"Whitebeard?"

Edward Weibull stopped stroking his crescent moon beard and stared at Clay Weibull with a pair of big eyes in confusion.

"Aren't you just Whitebeard? Aren't you my father?"

It's really difficult to explain something to a fool...

Storm sighed in his heart, but then he suddenly reacted.

Why should he explain it to Edward Weeble?

"Weeble."

Clay Weibull raised his right hand and released another huge ball of clay, shaping it into a tall and solid clay hut.

"Go to sleep first! When you wake up, you will see a different 'new world'."

What "bloodline", what "genes", what "new world"...

Edward Weibull didn't understand any of it.

But he can understand "sleep."

Since his father told him to go to bed, he would go to bed.

Edward Weibull strode towards the clay hut that suddenly appeared, walked into it unconsciously, and then began to sleep soundly.

"Snoring... snoring..."

It takes less than a few seconds.

A loud and loud snoring sound came from the clay hut.

Edward Weibull fell into a deep sleep.

Storm solved this "big trouble" and manipulated the power of [Clay Fruit] to capture Buckingham Stussy who had just been brought here by Edward Weibull.

He originally wanted to execute this "remnant of the old era" on the spot.

But thinking of Crocodile's previous reaction, he stopped in time.

Storm brought the unconscious Buckingham Stussy to Crocodile, and then forcibly awakened the "desert crocodile".

Crocodile woke up from his coma. He only felt a twisting and severe pain in his lower abdomen.

The "belly punch" that Storm just delivered is still exerting its subsequent influence.

"Mixed protein dragon..."

Crocodile looked up at the sky. He couldn't remember how many times he had said this.

"Lao Sha, don't sleep, get up quickly!"

Storm's voice reached Crocodile's ears at the right time.

"Do you still want this bitch?"

Mother-in-law?

Crocodile was startled and immediately wanted to sit up straight.

But a strange feeling came from underneath him, which directly hindered his actions.

A huge banana crocodile, nearly several meters long, wanted to sit upright, but was blocked by its thick tail. For this reason, the entire "crocodile" body folded into a strange arc in mid-air.

Click!

Mihawk on the side accurately captured this scene.

But Crocodile completely ignored the dead movement coming from Hawkeye. He looked at the extremely thick banana crocodile tail that appeared under him in disbelief.

I want to touch, but I take my hand back - No!

hand?

Crocodile looked at his stubby crocodile claws, and his whole brain completely shut down.

Click——click——

Mihawk made full use of his good eyesight and seized the opportunity to take several pictures in succession.

Crocodile was stunned for half a minute, and then he barely regained consciousness.

Although he didn't know what was going on.

But his keen intuition directly locked the suspect——

"Asshole protein dragon!"

Banana Crocodile opened his huge mouth and roared at Storm.

"What did you do to me?"

"A little insignificant 'reinforcement'."

Storm asked enthusiastically.

"I didn't have time to ask Hawkeye before, but now I can ask you.

"Do you feel anything now? Well, if I could put it more clearly...

"Do you think that crocodile tail 'grows' on you, or 'sticks' to you?"

Storm is really interested in this issue.

The eight-star [Clay Fruit] can transform the shapes of other life forms at will according to his ideas.

But what is the difference between the acquired shape changes granted by this Devil Fruit ability and the morphological characteristics that are innately possessed?

Can the "Nendoroid" transformed by Storm have corresponding body manipulation abilities?

Take Mihawk, for example.

Can the "harpy" he turned into use his wings to fly?

Another example is Crocodile.

Can this "banana crocodile" whip its target with its tail?

"Eagle Eye..."

Crocodile instantly realized something from Storm's words.

The person who had been "transformed" by Bai Long was not only him, but also the world's greatest swordsman!

Crocodile glanced at Mihawk.

Mihawk, who had been enthusiastically taking photos of the sand crocodile just now, suddenly turned dark.

Everyone has an unbearable past...

Being transformed into a "half-human, half-eagle" by the White Dragon is Mihawk's super dark history.

Through the change in Mihawk's expression, Crocodile had seen something, and his mood became a little better.

As long as I'm not the only one suffering, there'll be no problem——

That’s weird!

Crocodile put the distracting thoughts behind him.

His combat experience is also very rich.

He already understood that his changes came from White Dragon's Devil Fruit ability.

As long as it has a Devil Fruit ability, then Armament Haki is its natural enemy!

Crocodile mustered up his strength and burst out [Haki], hoping to directly dispel Storm's ability.

However.

Something Mihawk once did.

Crocodile couldn't do it.

Even if Crocodile burst out [Armed Haki], he still could not dispel the shape change that Storm had imposed on his body. Instead, it was as if a layer of strong armed defense was wrapped around his crocodile scales. .

"What a pity, Lao Sha."

Strom's joking words reached Crocodile's ears.

"It seems that your [Haki] cannot dispel my ability!"

Domineering restraint ability, but not absolute.

The ability development level of Storm's [Clay Fruit] has reached eight stars.

There is still a long way between Crocodile's [Haki] and the eight-star level.

in this case.

Crocodile's [Haki] naturally has no way to remove Storm's ability.

In comparison.

Mihawk's [Haki] is stronger, so he can directly release the "Harpy" form.

When Crocodile saw the [Haki] burst out, he was unable to remove his ability.

He was anxious.

He was really anxious.

"Vongola Storm!"

Crocodile gritted his teeth and looked at Storm, calling out the latter's full name.

"Quickly remove your damn ability!"

"So, what's the price?"

Storm tilted his head, not at all frightened by the angry expression of the sand crocodile.

"What price are you willing to pay to let me remove this ability?"

Crocodile wanted to say that as long as he could release this weird crocodile form, it didn't matter even if that bastard Bailong died immediately!

But Storm was there.

Crocodile still didn't say these words.

This time, he's just turned into a banana crocodile.

God knows what will happen to him next time he is bastardized by the White Dragon?

Crocodile was silent for a moment and kicked the "ball" back to Bailong.

"What do you want?"

"Lao Sha, look at how nice the weather is today."

Storm suddenly said something incomprehensible, but the next sentence was more obvious.

"Isn't it a good day to form an alliance?"

Recruiting Crocodile...is a bit difficult.

Even if Strom is holding Crocodile's hand, he doesn't have much confidence that he can recruit him.

Then you have to settle for the next best thing.

Recruiting doesn’t work.

Change it to cooperation!

"An alliance?"

Crocodile glanced at his crocodile tail.

In this current situation, you want to form an alliance with me?

Damn white dragon bastard!

Crocodile was unwilling to give an answer immediately. He looked at Mihawk who seemed to have nothing to do with him.

"Hawkeye, what do you think?"

"I?"

Mihawk replied coldly.

"This is between the two of you—"

Mihawk didn't have time to finish his words.

Suddenly a very beautiful photo appeared in Storm's hand.

"Mihawk, look."

Storm shook the artistic photo of the harpy in his hand, and seemed to extend an invitation sincerely.

"The crocodile is the 'sand' and you are the 'eagle'. When you two are combined, you can become a 'sand eagle'!"

"What a wonderful name it is! It's so powerful when you hear it."

Mihawk didn't want to talk.

He just slowly stretched out his hand to touch the handle of [Black Knife Night] behind him.

He now wants to fulfill his previous promise——

Cut down the white dragon!

And at this time.

Crocodile, who had looked extremely angry just now, was the first to calm down.

At this point, he had no way to get rid of this embarrassing situation immediately, so he could only consider more realistic issues.

Although Bailong is a very badass, he is indeed very powerful...

Not to mention Hawkeye, the world's greatest swordsman still has some gold content...

If there was such an organization that absorbed both White Dragon and Hawkeye...

Crocodile suddenly realized that he didn't seem to need to find any ancient weapons to obtain power comparable to the Yonko!

"Hawkeye!"

Crocodile looked at Mihawk and said in a deep voice.

"Although Bailong is a bastard, his words make sense...

“As long as the three of our names are put together, we will become a powerful organization that the whole world cannot ignore.”

"Sand Crocodile."

Mihawk stopped drawing his sword and looked at Crocodile calmly.

"I know you, you never trust others, and I don't trust others either.

"Whether it's you or Bailong, I can't trust you."

"but……"

Crocodile let out a chuckle.

“Doesn’t this mean that we happen to be ‘the same kind’?

“Since you are a ‘pirate’, of course you must ‘like attracts like’!

"As for Bailong..."

Crocodile looked at Storm and raised his crocodile paw.

"Weren't you also caught by him? You should have experienced this guy's strength personally, right?"

Mihawk fell silent.

"You two, I once said this to another person, and I just want to tell you now."

Storm spoke at the right time.

“The so-called ‘pirates’ can act together as long as their interests are consistent.

“Although the three of us are ‘Ocean Shichibukai’.

“But from an outsider’s perspective, we are just pirates.

“Since we are pirates, our ‘basic interests’ are the same.

"From this point on, we already have a basis for cooperation, don't we?"

Crocodile nodded in agreement.

Mihawk was silent for a while, and then he reluctantly spoke.

"The World Government would not like to see the three kings, the Shichibukai, walking together!"

"Dignified Eagle Eye, since when did you care about the views of the World Government?"

Storm laughed sarcastically, and then he said again.

“What’s more, why should the world government know about our alliance?

“As long as the three of us know it, we’ll know.

"Furthermore, when we established an organization, we did not establish a pirate group, it was just a loose alliance."

That's what Storm said.

Mihawk had no reason to refuse.

Although he still doesn't trust White Dragon and Sand Crocodile.

But adults only look at benefits.

Just like Crocodile said just now.

The names of the three kings in the Shichibukai alone are enough to shock the entire sea.

From this point of view, there is nothing to lose by joining this loose alliance...

Mihawk looked at Storm and stretched out his right hand.

"photo!"

Storm raised his eyebrows and threw all the thick stack of "harpy" photos to Mihawk.

Seeing this transaction, Crocodile couldn't sit still.

"Where are my pictures? You two bastards!"

Mihawk said nothing, just threw out all the photos of the "Desert Crocodile" he had just taken.

The same goes for Storm.

"Sand Crocodile, destroy them! Just in case, use your abilities."

Mihawk looked at Crocodile and reminded him directly.

"It's the 'erosion of reincarnation'!"

"Hey, hey, hey..."

Several black lines appeared on Storm's forehead.

"Destroy a few photos with erosion reincarnation? Are you making too much of a fuss?"

But obviously.

Crocodile didn't think it was a big deal.

He directly released the ability of [Shasha Fruit] and destroyed all the piles of photos of "Harpy" and "Desert Crocodile", leaving no trace behind.

"In this case, our organization has been established!"

Storm said first.

"What is the name of our organization? Why not call it 'Storm Guard Legion'!"

"It's so ugly!"

Crocodile refused directly. He glanced at Mihawk, and his eyes lingered on the cross-like [Black Knife Night] for a moment.

"It's better to call it 'Cross Guild'!"

Guild of the Cross?

The corners of Storm's mouth twitched.

Lao Sha, Eagle and me?

So who am I?

Storm decisively refused.

"No! This name is too common! And there's nothing domineering about it!"

Mihawk didn't have any ideas at first.

But when he saw Bailong's clear-cut opposition, he immediately voted in favor.

"I agree! Guild of the Cross, a very good name!"

Two against one.

Objection is invalid.

The Cross Guild was officially established.