Pirate: It’s not a phantom beast, it’s a phantom god!

Chapter 219 The Art of Surrender

"Hmm... the military-industrial complex?"

“That’s an interesting idea.”

Wright sighed as he looked at the contents of the letter.

He brought together the arms families that were originally fighting each other, and then packaged the whole thing and gave it to the beasts. It has to be said that this middle-aged man, who looks a bit old, does have some ideas.

"That's not the main thing."

La continued to explain as she knitted, the golden needle moving back and forth in her slender hands.

"If those big families fight on their own, then we will have to take them down one by one as planned. Although it will be a bit troublesome, it will also give us time to slowly digest the situation."

"Now they are huddled together. Although it is convenient for us to not have to search for them one by one, it is also difficult to know where to start."

After all, it took Baishou half a year to completely swallow up the market gap left by the Mediah family alone.

This is just the market, and does not include the abandoned factories, mines and special channels.

If I want to take all of these in, I don’t know how much time and energy it will take.

"You mean this guy named Willy still has some intention of resisting?"

"not at all."

Looking at the purple-black wool that was constantly intertwined in his hands, he said:

"This man is very smart. He may be the only one who guessed our true purpose."

The conditions offered in the letters hastily submitted by the previous families were varied.

Some are willing to hand over a certain percentage of their profits, some are willing to directly donate a certain number of mines and factories, and some simply want to become a subordinate family of the Beasts, just like those affiliated pirate groups.

Of course, there are also those who are confused and are still vague about giving concessions.

"Only Mr. Willy mentioned that we should send people to convert all their arsenals to the Hundred Beasts production model."

"It's not just a name change, it's like the factory on Fenrir Island, using the same machinery, producing the same product, and then putting the same label on it."

To put it simply, it is a branch.

"Wouldn't our technology be leaked then? What if they do something tricky or reveal the technology to the World Government? Then we..."

Wright's concerns were not unreasonable, but La had a different opinion.

"Revolvers don't have high technological barriers to entry. If the World Government wants to research them, they can certainly manufacture them."

"But in the final analysis, those official arsenals have the navy's orders as a guarantee, so they don't need to spend any more energy on research and innovation."

"Believe it or not, even if they could completely copy our craftsmanship and produce firearms with performance comparable to ours, they wouldn't be able to directly and smoothly equip them to the Navy."

After all, it is not easy to pry open a complete interest chain that has been entrenched for many years and is as solid as a rock.

Given the level of corruption in the World Government, there's no telling how many Commissioner Smiths, Minister Singhs, and Councillor Sato are involved and trying to meddle in this.

You want to change the production line, fine.

But the purchased instruments must be produced in the factory of Minister Haq's brother-in-law.

You said the instrument model doesn't match?
That's something you need to consider. Minister Hacker worked so hard to take out a precious pure gold and diamond-studded pen from the drawer and signed for you. You can't possibly not even satisfy such a small request, right?

The larger and more bloated an organization is, the more difficult it is to prevent the breeding of corruption.

In comparison, the short, flat and fast pirate mode of Hundred Beasts is much more concise.

The most important thing is that Baishou doesn’t actually take profit too seriously.

Nowadays, Baishou has no shortage of money, and has absolutely no shortage of money.

"Our real goal is to sell Hundred Beasts' weapons to all corners of the world and extend our reach into every war that breaks out..."

"Making the beasts synonymous with war or victory... This man named Willy saw through this and went the other way, actively asking us for profits."

This is a very clever hint. Compared with the active "giving" of other families, Willy puts himself in a completely passive position and "demands" from the beasts.

He demonstrated both his complete loyalty to the beasts and his ability and value. "Tsk! These guys who've been hiding underground are really cunning."

"Why not just surrender? Why go through all this trouble?"

Dante, who seemed to understand what was said, curled his lips in disdain. Although he now wore glasses and was considered half a cultured person, he was still a pirate at heart.

Compared to those businessmen who speak half-heartedly and beat around the bush at every turn, he still prefers the straightforward negotiation method.

"Excessive rigidity can easily break; only by bending can one stretch."

"We are indeed short of talent in this area now."

If you want to do something big like "rebellion", you need all kinds of people under your command.

Now the Beasts have enough talent reserves in terms of military strength, but the talent reserves in other areas are a bit weak.

This is a common problem among the lower classes that is unavoidable for a purely violent group.

"Miss La, do you mean... to let this Willy be in charge of managing those arms families?"

"Ah."

"It's most appropriate for him, an expert who understands our needs, to manage other experts, rather than us outsiders."

"In addition, we need to assign him a suitable deputy."

"That's right. He's an outsider after all. We still have to send one of our own to monitor him."

Wright nodded, thinking that Miss La was very thoughtful.

However, the next person he chose was somewhat unexpected.

"There's no need to send one of our own. We can just send the young head of the Mediah family."

"Ah? That arrogant second-generation rich kid?"

Although Kaido did not read La's report, as the executive secretary of the executive secretary, he read it word for word.

He also knew very well what kind of person Caspar was.

The fact that he wasn't slapped to death during the ceremony can only be attributed to Miss Ossi's temper and this guy's luck!

However, it was unexpected that after saving his life, this guy did not follow his father and escape to the North Sea with his tail between his legs, but continued to jump around in the New World, and recently even jumped in front of all the beasts.

This guy must be really brave, if he's not mentally ill.

"It's just that his own strength doesn't match his own ambition. People like him can be found everywhere in the New World. It's not a big deal."

"Now that he's experienced the ups and downs of human nature, hasn't this young patriarch learned to make the right choices?"

At least the secrets of the various underground forces are still very valuable to the beasts.

Moreover, unlike other families that had a way out, this Mediah's 'lone wolf' had no way out and could only cling closely to the beasts.

If one day this 'lone wolf' has another brain failure and wants to betray... then there is no need for the Beasts to take action. With the secrets he knows, other underground forces will never let him see the sun again.

"Let him try. If he's capable, use him. If not, dismiss him. Just treat it as a casual move."

"There's no one more suitable in our pirate group, right?"

"Okay...but won't this make the other families unhappy?"

Forget about Willy, after all, he still has some prestige among those families.

But Caspar, the second-generation rich man who was already hated by everyone, has just suffered setbacks in various families. No matter how you look at it, this guy will take the opportunity to take revenge.

And it is impossible for those families to obey him.

"Isn't it good to have dissatisfaction? Sometimes conflict is the best catalyst to advance the progress of events."

Under the golden knitting needles that shuttled back and forth, a purple-black object was gradually taking shape, which looked like a... starfish.

(End of this chapter)