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

Chapter 280 Abandoned Pawn (Part 2)

"You are no longer of any use."

As if suddenly changing his expression, Willie dropped the smile that was always on his face and said expressionlessly.

"what?"

"It's... useless now?"

Picking up the stack of lists Willie tossed to him, Caspar flipped through them haphazardly with both hands, muttering to himself:

"I'm useless?"

"Haha! I'm useless now!"

"How could that be? I am the head of the Media family, how could I be useless!"

"Fake! It's all fake!"

"You forged them all!"

Seeing those lists that clearly recorded every meeting and conversation between himself and Spandane and his associates, every shipment of weapons he secretly transferred to them, and every payment he received…

Those deals they thought were flawless... were actually all exposed to them?
"laugh!"

"hey-hey!"

"Uncle Willie, are you bringing out these forgeries to report me to the Beasts and then take all the credit for yourself?"

"But my relationships with those world government officials could probably be replaced by a few torn pieces of paper."

"You might not know this, but we were together not long ago..."

Before Kasba could finish speaking, Willie waved his hand to interrupt him.

"I know you were invited and enjoyed a few days with them at the Golden Glazed Pavilion, right?"

"The other two are Spandine, who will be transferred to the CP department soon, and Singh, the deputy chief of staff of the Navy Logistics Department, right?"

"..."

"Don't be surprised, they told me all of this on their own initiative."

"In fact, they were extremely reluctant when we revealed our intention to change agents and renegotiate formal trade contracts."

"But when they heard that we would invite the new Shichibukai Hanafuda-sama to act as the middleman in the transaction between the two parties, their attitude became more proactive."

"Not only did they reveal all the transactions they had with you over a period of time, but they also returned some of the assets that you had given away."

As seasoned veterans who had worked within the World Government for many years, both Spandam and Singh keenly grasped the higher-ups' attitude towards the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Any shrewd individual would not miss the opportunity to befriend this new power that has been personally nurtured by the World Government.

So, the two, who were struggling to find a way to contact these emerging forces, abandoned Kasba without hesitation after receiving Willie's offer of cooperation. They even went so far as to return some of the Bailey that Kasba had bribed them with as a sign of sincerity.

"Eight hundred million Berries... You're really generous, Kasba."

"me……"

Seeing Willie closing in on him, Kaspar, finally realizing he had no one to rely on, lost his previous arrogance and retreated steadily...

"You, you can't do this to me!"

"I've served the beasts, I'm still useful! I... I want to see the officials!"

Bang!

Kasba tripped over the chair and fell hard on his bottom onto the marble floor.

"Ha~"

Seeing Kasba lying on the ground, Willie didn't go any further. Instead, he tidied up the scattered materials on the table and put them back into his briefcase.

"This guy is yours to handle. As the first subsidiary of Hundred Beasts Heavy Industry, we will officially start business tomorrow. The higher-ups said that everyone should not bring any negative emotions to work on the first day of business."

bang~
The conference room doors were closed, and then several figures surrounded Kasba, who was slumped on the ground...

"Help—uh!"

……

"Lord Willie."
"Ah."

Willie nodded to the bodyguards standing guard outside and walked out of the villa with a normal expression.

For security reasons, the conference room is extremely soundproof. Even if it's a complete mess inside, you can't hear a thing from outside. Or rather, even if you could hear something, these people wouldn't dare barge in—who knows what they might see that they shouldn't?
Seeing that only Willie came out, the bodyguards were a little puzzled, but they still dutifully prevented outsiders from entering before the meeting ended.

They arrived at the front yard of the manor without any hindrance, where Willie saw the slightly stuttering assistant who had greeted them earlier negotiating with a group of people at the gate.

"Esteemed, esteemed lords of the beasts. Please, please allow me to announce your arrival before letting you in."

"Huh?! You mean you want our boss to just stand outside and wait like this?"

One of the menacing-looking pirates in the squad immediately stepped forward and grabbed the stutterer by the collar through the iron gate.

"No, no, it's not!"

"Please, please, please wait a moment..."

"Waiting for you to X!"

The pirate was clearly too lazy to waste words with his lackey, so he threw him to the ground and kicked him into the beautifully decorated iron gate.

Bang!
The heavy iron gate collapsed with a crash.

"Tsk~ What are you doing? We'll need this place later!"

"Remember to fix it for me later."

The pirate leader clicked his tongue in amazement at how quickly his men moved, and as he stepped over the fallen iron gate, he saw Willie rushing towards him.

"Hey~ Long time no see~"

"I remember your name is Willie, right?"

He extended his hand in a polite greeting, then the leader of the pirates stood still and did not move forward.

"How is it? Have you taken care of everything?"

"It's all taken care of, Lord Taolong."

Willie returned the greeting respectfully, while Tawlong waved his hand dismissively.

"No need to be so polite. After all, we have a long time to spend together in the future, and it would be tiring to keep doing this."

Through fierce competition, Taolong successfully secured a spot to assist Hanafuda in developing the arms trade for the Hundred Beasts, a much more promising opportunity than staying on the island to train his troops.

Using this pretext, he can travel all over the four seas and the Grand Line, and in the process, he can not only accumulate connections and achievements, but also have the opportunity to fight against many different opponents and quickly improve his strength.

Basically, all the ambitious cadres stationed on the island had their eyes on this position, but in the end, he defeated all his rivals with his hard-earned ability and won the position.

It can only be said that in the world of beasts, anything you want can be obtained by force.

"Is this our new base? It's quite impressive."

With his hands behind his back, Taolong surveyed the manor before him and nodded in satisfaction.

Since we've chosen to be sent on an overseas mission, we can't stay at our base in the Fenrir Sea any longer. These small islands where the arms dealers are located can serve as a resting place.

"You guys go and tell the brothers on the ship to come down and clean up inside."

"Yes!"*n
Upon receiving the order, the pirates immediately split into two groups. One group returned to the port, while the other group drew their weapons and headed towards the villa.

"No, no!"

As if sensing that the other party had ill intentions, the little follower immediately got up to try to stop them, but was stopped by Willie.

"William, sir, please stop them! Young master, he..."

The little follower grabbed Willie's hand and pleaded.

"Don't worry, Kasba is fine."

Seeing the other person's anxious face, Willie smiled and comforted them.

"Yes, is that so? Then, then—"

boom!
A bullet pierced the henchman's heart, and his pupils widened instantly.

But that wasn't all; then came the second, the third...

boom!boom!boom!boom!boom!
Willie fired all six bullets from his revolver in one go, then took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood from the muzzle before casually putting the gun back into the inside pocket of his suit.

"It seems that the quality of the guns produced in our factory has also met the standards."

(End of this chapter)