Chapter 1325: The Lion Opens Its Mouth
On Shanks ' ship, deck.
The red-haired man, Charlotte Linlin, and Doflamingo sat down opposite each other, forming a triangle, only a few meters apart, and there were one or two people standing behind each of them.
Behind Shanks were Benn Beckman and Lucky Roux, behind Charlotte Linlin Katakuri, and behind Doflamingo Pica.
No one else in the room said a word. Charlotte looked around and soon noticed Su Xiao sitting on the side of the ship.
— You, come here, " Charlotte Linlin said as she raised her fat hand and pointed it at Su Xiao. Compared to Doflamingo, she hated Su Xiao more.
Through Katakuri, Charlotte Linlin learned that if Doflamingo was number one in the Quixote family, Su Xiao was number two, while Drought Jack was at most number three.
Su Xiao not only killed Perospero, but also one of the generals, Cracker.
Shanks looked in the direction where Charlotte Linlin pointed, and his eyes filled with confusion. Benn Beckman leaned forward and whispered a few words in Shanks ' ear, which made him instantly understand.
— If you want to negotiate, you have to be sincere, Doflamingo. I won't negotiate just with you. Let this guy come here too.
In Charlotte's eyes, Su Xiao was a more desirable target than Doflamingo, so she really wanted Su Xiao to participate in the negotiations as well.
She wanted to show respect to her enemy? Oh, not even close. She just wanted to preserve her reputation.
In fact, it was just ordinary blackmail, rather than real negotiations. Doflamingo, obviously, will not have to pay substantial sums to make peace, he will only have to publicly declare that he lost to the Big Mama pirates and at the same time he will publicly provide them with "appropriate" compensation..
Of course, even so, it wasn't a very good outcome, but Doflamingo had to accept it. If not for these negotiations, the Dress Rose would have already been destroyed. He would have lost his territory, and the Big Mama pirates would have chased him to the ends of the earth.
Charlotte, on the other hand, had agreed to negotiate mainly because there was a problem on her territory, and she was also a little afraid of being bombarded again by the Wrath of Apollo.
— Doflamingo, do you want to turn it on? Shanks ' tone was calm. Doflamingo hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.
The red-haired man's subordinate brought another chair and placed it next to Doflamingo.
Seeing this, Su Xiao narrowed his eyes. He had only come here to preserve Doflamingo's reputation, but now he would probably be forced to take part in the negotiations.
After jumping off the ship, Su Xiao smiled at Charlotte. If his idea goes well, it will become a major sponsor.
Seeing Su Xiao's" sincere " smile, Charlotte was stunned for a moment, then quickly composed herself.
As soon as Su Xiao sat down on the chair, Shanks immediately continued — " I don't need to tell you why we're all here today. We're pirates, so let's be honest, " and then he looked at Doflamingo first. He nodded back. He then turned his gaze to Charlotte Linlin, who grinned and nodded.
— Then go ahead, " the red-haired man said, and leaned back in his chair. He was a notary. As long as there was no conflict between the two sides, he would just sit and watch. He had nothing to do with the essence of the negotiations and did not care about them.
— Charlotte's first word made Doflamingo frown. In the underground world, he was known as " The Joker." It didn't bode well for Charlotte to call him that. — The conflict between us was caused by your misinterpretation of what is happening. In the beginning, I sincerely cooperated with your family, but you not only rejected me, but also provoked me. Given all that, isn't my attack a perfectly reasonable measure?
Charlotte Linlin seemed impulsive and irrational, but someone who didn't know her would clearly be stunned by such a perfect attack that mixed right and wrong thesis.
Charlotte had been involved in negotiations many times in her life. She negotiated with Kaido, with Whitebeard, even with the Marines at the entrance to the New World. She was able to become one of the "Four Emperors". Could she be brainless?
Hearing what Charlotte said, Doflamingo's eyes twitched, and Katakuri, who was standing behind his mother, turned his head to the side as if... It was the Quixote family that started blackmailing the Big Mama pirates, and when their blackmail failed, they got angry and decided to start a war.
— The conflict was caused by a contradiction between the two sides. Regardless of the reasons, it is pointless to talk about them now. It's best for both sides if we settle this conflict as soon as possible, " Doflamingo replied. He did not accuse Charlotte of confusing good and bad, and decided to keep silent about the reasons for the conflict..
— Yes, " Charlotte Linlin immediately replied. She wasn't an idiot. Doflamingo had already made a very tactful move without mentioning the cause of the conflict. With this move, he allowed the Big Mama Pirates to retain more of their reputation.
— Since it doesn't make sense to talk about the causes of the conflict, Joker, my two beloved sons died in this war. This case cannot be ignored.
— The war cannot pass without casualties. My men, Lao Ji and Jolla, died on the battlefield, and Mahwais is in your hands. Return it, and I will compensate you for this loss with my business in the Sabaodi Archipelago.
Hearing Doflamingo's words, Charlotte Linlin's face turned purple. Her men did capture Mahwais, but before they captured him, he was already tortured to death by some pirate. When Mahweiss was dragged to Charlotte, he no longer looked like a human, for more than half of his skin had been stripped off, and some of his meat had been chopped off.
— What is it, you can't get it back? Doflamingo's expression turned ugly. In fact, he knew in his heart that Mahwais wouldn't be able to survive. Such was the fate of becoming a captive of the Big Mama pirates. Doflamingo himself had given clear orders not to kill the prisoners, but all of his subordinates were pirates, not soldiers.
Charlotte was speechless. Now she couldn't use the deaths of her sons as a bargaining chip for blackmail.
At that moment, Shanks clearly sensed that something had gone wrong. He was roughly aware of the situation on both sides, and in his opinion, neither side would be able to receive substantial compensation. At best one of the parties will receive a formal compensation and that's all.
Yes, the Quixote family wouldn't be able to keep Dress Rose, but she was already ready to use her strongest trump cards, and there was a pack of sharks actively looking at Charlotte Linlin's territory right now.
But given the situation, Charlotte Linlin clearly wanted to make the most of this negotiation.
— Then we're even, but Joker, in the end, you lost. You have to pay for losing, and all pirates agree with this.
— … — Doflamingo said nothing. He could clearly see that Charlotte wanted to cut some meat off of him.
— I want half of the profits from your businesses in the Sabaodi Archipelago and at least half of the profits from the income from the underground world.
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