Pirate: My Piltover technology is far ahead!

Chapter 55 What to do if this God of Wealth is a bit too strong?

What to do if you can't beat someone?

The answer is to persevere.

If you persist long enough to make your opponent succumb to time, then you will naturally be the winner.

Unlike Oran and the others, who each had their own ideas, Caesar was already planning to be incorporated into the World Government along with Vegapunk.

With all the other core members of the organization gone, he was able to take over the position naturally.

Furthermore, Caesar and Vegapunk share the belief that the World Government is very wealthy, the richest organization on the high seas, which allows him to further embezzle—no, to exploit—funds.

As for whether the World Government would ignore the fact that Vegapunk had surpassed him by so much, Caesar hadn't even considered that.

Caesar had a strange confidence in himself, and he firmly believed that the reason his research had not yielded many results was because Oran and Vegapunk did not support him enough.

Drinking, gambling, and whoring? That's because he doesn't have enough money. If he had enough, he would definitely have some left over after he spent it all.

At this point, he firmly believed that there must be someone in the World Government who appreciated his talent, so he wished that as many people as possible would leave.

Judge and Queen's ideas were much simpler. They had witnessed Oran's abilities firsthand. Since Oran didn't want to be directly recruited like Vegapunk, they should try to persuade him to join them.

"Unfortunately, our ideas are different. Neither reviving the country nor becoming a pirate is in my plans. If you are willing to be my experimental assistants, I don't mind if the two of you come with me."

So, anyone want to join?

Although both Quinn and Judge were interested in joining Laoran, they both had a fixed idea: to be the leader themselves, or at least have control over the research.

Oran's words were a rejection of them. The group of people, each with their own ideas, left. Apart from a few who withdrew, most of the ordinary experimental personnel on the ship were recruited along with Vegapunk.

Compared to MADS, an illegal research organization, the World Government's research institutes represent a brighter future in the eyes of most people, after all, they have an official status.

The World Government quickly took over everything related to MADS and reported the information to the Five Elders. Satan didn't care about Oran's departure; it was enough that Vegapunk, the main researcher, had been recruited.

Compared to the current changes at sea, Oran alone cannot influence the situation. At least in Satan's view, he does not lack such an excellent doctor.

However, some people were very excited.

"Hey, my dear Oran brother, I've been waiting for you for ages!"

In the first half of the Grand Line, there is Bean Island, an island famous for its high-quality coffee beans, which is now under the control of Du Feld.

He was personally waiting for Oran at the port, and when his men brought Oran in, he showed unusual enthusiasm, immediately giving him a hug.

His reason for doing this was simple: he made money.

After Piekro and Barak died in the battle to besiege Oran, the funeral parlor and organ trafficking assassination group lost their leaders and their headquarters were quickly destroyed, with almost all of their officers wiped out.

The remaining few people couldn't cause any trouble and could only survive by hiding in a corner. Because they had received advance notice, Du Feld managed to acquire a lot of things in a short period of time and, through his efforts, managed to establish himself as a philanthropist.

Using this reputation and the prosthetic body that replaced his flesh and blood organs, Du Feld quickly transformed himself. After two years of transformation, he basically abandoned the low-level tactics of usury and began to have the reputation of an underground banker.

Having established a reputation and credibility, many pirates, underground forces, and even many non-member states were willing to deposit their money with him for cash flow purposes, and Du Feld's money even began to multiply.

Incidentally, Oran helped him with his banking system.

He has won over a large number of officials in the World Government, and among pirates, Feld has also made connections with the Big Mom Pirates.

After Piekro's death, prosthetic technology and organ cloning took over the medical business, leaving a vacancy for the assassin mercenary business, which was eventually seized upon by the Big Mom Pirates.

Feld believed that Oran was the beginning of it all. People in Feld's line of work are generally quite superstitious, and in his view, Oran was his god of wealth.

Given that they had some prior collaborations with the other party, they naturally became incredibly enthusiastic.

"I've already prepared a lab for you, better than the ones at MADS, and with more funding. Just tell me what you need, and as long as it's about money, that's no problem."

The sale of prosthetic bodies, the revenue sharing from the Seastone ships, the profits from the banking system, and the custom cloning of organs by some individuals—each of these businesses brought Du Feld enormous profits.

Each project is directly related to Oran's technology, although according to the agreement, he is to give Oran a large sum of money as equity in the technology.

Especially in businesses like prosthetics, Feld is actually just a reseller, earning money from loans.

To be precise, those are all low-interest loans. They don't make much money; they mainly serve to boost their own image and project a charitable persona.

Faced with the prospect of personal gain, some suggested that Feld take some special action against Oran, but Feld rebuked them severely.

"Idiot! Do you think you're better at handling this situation than I am?"

Having risen from nothing to become one of the giants of the underworld, Du Feld possesses his own abilities, and there are two reasons why he adheres to the agreement.

Firstly, Oran clearly still possesses a great deal of technology, and it would be foolish to exhaust its resources; it would be better to further deepen cooperation between the two sides.

Secondly, Oran killed Piekro. Although it is unknown how Oran did it, this level of combat power means that Oran has the ability to overturn the table.

Feld must be out of his mind to abandon a perfectly good collaboration and insist on going against the other party. Putting everything else aside, just based on the technology of the seastone hull, Umit would be willing to become Oran's new partner.

"This child is..."

Oran was surrounded by the same familiar figures: Kate, Frankenstein, and Blitz had all met Field before, but the child following Oran puzzled Field.

"My daughter, Leriana."

"His biological daughter?"

"Of course, is there a problem?"

"No, she's quite cute, and looks a lot like you."

They both had the same pink hair, which, in Feld's eyes, was practically a paternity test—the reason was perfectly legitimate.

However, he had never heard of Oran having had a woman. The color of his pupils was somewhat similar to Kate's, but no matter how he looked at it, he didn't seem to be a mixed-race person from the Mink tribe.

Feld didn't dwell too much on who the child's mother was; it wasn't important at sea.

Since he was the child of the God of Wealth, Feld planned to give him a small gift, but he didn't have anything suitable for a child, so he finally took a gem from his cane.

"Little Anna, look at this, do you want it? If you do, you can have it."

"want to."

The sparkling gems quickly piqued Lyliana's interest. If Feld had simply given them to her, there wouldn't have been any major problems. However, Feld suddenly had the idea of ​​teasing a child.

He suddenly stopped just as Lyliana was about to grab the gem, looked at the puzzled Lyliana, and laughed.

"Keep it up, you almost caught it!"

After several attempts, Feld wanted to try again, but Oran had already realized the problem.

"Wait! This isn't a reprimand."

"It's nothing, just a little trinket, it's worthless!"

Feld didn't take Oran's words seriously, after all, he was just teasing the child, but the next thing he felt was a strange force coming from the end of his arm, followed by a dizzying spin and a headache.

"Dad, I...I...got it!"

Leliana held up the gem in her hand, showing off her achievement to Oran, completely unaware of what she had just done.

Kate would practice like this with Leliana to train her reflexes. Feld did the same thing as Kate, but he didn't have Kate's skills. In the end, he experienced Leliana's over-the-shoulder throw, which she had misunderstood the game mode.

"Felder, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, but how old is your daughter?"

"Three years old."

"Are you sure she's three years old?!"

(End of this chapter)