Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

Still about the Great Hammer Chapter?

"Haha, even if I tell you, you'll forget about it soon enough." Luffy shrugged.

"Is it a Devil Fruit ability?" Rocks quickly realized, and looked at Tengetsu next to Luffy with a thoughtful expression.

Luffy smiled without saying a word and continued eating his meat.

“By the way,” he swallowed the food in his mouth and looked at Lox, “what were you guys talking about earlier? I think I heard quite a few interesting things.”

Golden Lion cautiously approached Rocks and lowered his voice, "Hey, is it okay to say something like this to this guy who's a complete stranger?"

"Uncle Golden Lion, do you like whispering so much?" Luffy suddenly spoke up, his mouth still stuffed with meat.

"Uncle?!"

The golden lion's hair was practically standing on end.

How old is he?

He's in the prime of his life!

How did he become an old man?!

"In any case, this is the man that Lox approves of."

Miss Bakkin, who had been quietly eating, suddenly spoke up. She put down her wine glass and looked at Luffy with a scrutinizing gaze. "Would you like to listen in, young man? There's no denying that Rocks' plan is quite intriguing."

Malone, the leader of the West Blue gang, took a drag of his cigarette and glanced at Luffy: "Have you heard of that exile island called Beehive Island?"

Beehive Island.

Also known as Pirate Island.

Luffy shook his head. He had never heard of it, but it sounded like a place where pirates gathered.

Whitebeard continued, "That place should have been an island without any food. Countries around the world exiled all the vicious criminals they couldn't handle there to wait for their deaths."

Luffy paused for a moment, both his hands and mouth.

An island with no food?

Just imagining it made Luffy's scalp tingle.

How miserable it must be without food!

Even though he is a user of the Gum-Gum Fruit, he still needs to eat to maintain his strength. An island without food would be hell for Luffy.

Wang Zhi said, "I heard that in recent years, those guys have actually survived and even started forming an organization. What do you think is the reason?"

Gan Zhui laughed loudly, his voice shrill: "Because nobody expected that there would actually be a gold mine on that island! It's gold!"

After he finished speaking, he secretly glanced at Luffy, trying to see a greedy expression on the stranger's face.

No one can resist the allure of gold, right?

This guy doesn't look like he's with the World Government, so he must be a pirate?

But Luffy's reaction disappointed him.

Luffy just said "oh" and continued eating his meat.

It's just gold; Luffy's already numb to it.

The Straw Hat Pirates have no shortage of gold.

On the Going Merry, there was also a massive block of gold, weighing tens of thousands of tons, compressed into a huge stone monument.

If Luffy wanted to use it, he could just knock off a tiny bit; Luffy felt that the amount he could get from that gold mine was more than the reserves of this gold mine.

Gold held less appeal for him than a piece of meat.

Gan Zhui paused for a moment, then continued, "After hearing the news, an underground organization took action, forcing the criminals to exchange gold for food and supplies, thus gaining enormous wealth and surviving."

The world government was furious.

The gathering of such a vicious group of criminals was already a destabilizing factor. Now that they have not only survived but also become organized, what kind of situation is this?

Therefore, the World Government dispatched its navy to eliminate them.

But what was the result?

Rocks suddenly burst into laughter, his voice full of sarcasm, "Those who go to that island are all formidable criminals. The naval fleet gets stripped naked as soon as it gets close, and their ships and crew are robbed!"

He told Luffy about his plan, his eyes gleaming with madness.

"I negotiated with the world government,"

"I asked them how much it would cost to take back the island," Lockes said.

Luffy asked, "Are you going to help the World Government?"

"Of course not!"

Rocks clenched his fist, grinned, and revealed an extremely arrogant smile. "Once we have the money, we'll turn that island upside down! We'll split the treasure equally, but we won't hand over the island or the criminals to the World Government!"

He stretched out his hand, then clenched it into a fist. "I want them all!"

He will rule Beehive Island and, together with those fools on the island, create a paradise for pirates.

A completely free pirate kingdom, not controlled by the World Government!

"I can foresee the utterly dumbfounded expressions on the faces of the Navy and the World Government,"

Lox laughed, "This is the prologue to my life, starting with that island!"

He looked at Luffy, then at Harald, his eyes burning with the flames of ambition.

"Come at me all at once! We can annihilate the navy and conquer the Holy Land! In the end, I will become the King of the World!"

There was a few seconds of silence at the dining table.

Harald, biting into a piece of meat, mumbled, "The enemy is too big; it's the whole world."

"Confronting the world sounds interesting,"

Luffy stuffed the last piece of meat into his mouth, wiped his mouth, and then shook his head. "But my dream is to become the Pirate King."

Rocks stared at Luffy for a few seconds, then suddenly burst into laughter.

"Joey Boy, I don't think our dreams are at odds!"

"There is no such thing as eternal power in this world. One day someone will overthrow it. Why can't it be us?"

He held out his hand to Luffy: "Let's go, Joy Boy and Harald! Together we're invincible! Let's turn the world upside down!"

Harald sighed, "Don't try to mislead me. I am the king."

Luffy laughed: "If it's about defeating a Celestial Dragon, I wouldn't object."

Harald was taken aback and turned to look at Luffy.

He thought Luffy was a conservative like him, but it turns out this guy also wants to be an enemy of the World Government.

"It's okay,"

Rocks said, "Let's take over the world. Then you can be the Pirate King, and I'll be the World King. We won't interfere with each other!"

"world?"

"One Piece?"

In the corner of the dining table, a small figure listened to the conversation between the two, a dazzling light flashing beneath his blindfolded eyes.

That's Loki, Harald's son, the future Prince of Elbaf.

He was still young, but he could already understand the conversations of adults.

Become a pirate, conquer the world, and become the Pirate King!

......

The banquet was in full swing, and the grease from the huge roasted meat dripped onto the fire, crackling and popping.

This place is a holy land for Luffy; he loves banquets so much.

"Haha, I never thought we'd meet again after all this time since we parted ways in Mary Geoise."

Harald held up a wooden cup as tall as a normal person and invited Luffy to drink with him, saying, "Forget about the villains, I'm glad you're here."

Lox was indignant: "How did we become villains?"

Luffy laughed and said, "Cheers! Cheers!"

The three men clinked their glasses together, and the amber-colored liquor splashed out of the rims.

“Hey, let’s get this party started. How about Bajin dances?” Locke said.

Ba Jin tossed a strand of hair. "Why do I have to do this? Whitebeard, aren't you going to speak up for me?"

Beside the table, Whitebeard quietly cut the steak, his eyes fixed on Luffy.

He sensed a familiar power emanating from this person.

Golden Lion was also squinting at Luffy.

Luffy grinned. Everyone at the table was a familiar face, especially Uncle Golden Lion and Uncle Whitebeard.

I never imagined that he would look so mature when he was so young.

Once we get back, we can have a good chat when we meet again; they'll forget everything we said before.

Just then, the heavy doors of the banquet hall were suddenly pushed open.

An old giant with a hunched back and a beard that almost reached the ground stumbled in, panting heavily, his face filled with terror.

"It's terrible, Harald!"

The old giant's voice was hoarse and urgent, instantly drawing everyone's attention.

Harald put down his wine glass, his brow furrowing slightly. "Yaruru? What's wrong? I'm entertaining guests."

The newcomer was none other than Aruru, the former captain of the Giant Warrior Pirates and now the oldest giant among the giants, who was over three hundred years old.

"Iron Thunder is gone!" Yaruru's voice trembled.

"what?!"

Harald stood up abruptly, his hands trembling slightly.