Phi-Fic Chapter 442: Empty their wallets!
Chapter 442: Empty their wallets!
Under Big Mom's surprised gaze, Kizaru stretched out his right hand in front of her, and the tips of his thumb and index finger gradually moved closer, leaving only a tiny gap.
"It's just a trivial trick."
When people are speechless, they really laugh. At this moment, Big Mom felt like laughing. Facing Kizaru's performance, she calmed down for a few seconds before continuing, "Are you kidding me?"
Kizaru raised his index finger and shook it, "The Kingdom of Light's research on the spirit and soul is beyond your imagination. For us, the soul is real and can be used and treated.
I've heard about your bulimia and your mental problems. They don't just come from your body, they also come from your soul.
You who ate the Soul-Soul Fruit and can control souls, are you really familiar with souls?"
Big Mom looked directly at Kizaru. In response to the question raised by Kizaru, she was silent for a moment, then she grinned.
"Hahaha! Kizaru, you and your Kingdom of Light are indeed quite capable. To be honest, I am happy to cooperate with you, because I know that you and we want different things!
Maybe in the future, we will be on opposite sides, but before the world government collapses, we will be good partners.”
Kizaru also laughed and said in agreement: "You are right. Who of us can predict what will happen in the future? At least for now, we will be good allies."
The two looked at each other and smiled. Everything was in the smile, and they reached a tacit understanding.
As Kizaru and Big Mom further expressed their sincerity in cooperation, the battle between Kaido and Kushina on the playground below also reached a critical point.
The diamond chain cast by Kushina did suppress Kaido's domineering aura to a certain extent, but Kaido's monstrous physical fitness, vitality, and defense were not in vain.
Kaido fell to the ground, spitting blood, and turned into a half-beast dragon man. He gave up wrestling with Kushina, held the mace with both hands, and simply followed Kushina's pulling force and rushed towards Kushina.
Kaido jumped into the air, with his Armament Haki and Conqueror Haki wrapped around the mace. The black lightning seemed to tear the space apart, changing the color of the sky and the earth.
There was no unnecessary talk, no unnecessary movements, Kaido just burst out with all his strength and smashed towards the materialized head of the Nine-Tails.
Facing Kaido's jumping and smashing, Kushina held the huge body of the Nine-Tails, raised her head, opened her bloody mouth, and quickly condensed a Tailed Beast Ball and shot it towards Kaido.
The Tailed Beast Ball crystal collided with Kaido who was falling from high above and exploded instantly. Dazzling flames and terrifying heat waves burst out instantly.
The shock wave caused by the explosion swept around and was covered by the barrier set up by Kizaru. The rising smoke covered the barrier again. In the perception of Big Mom and Kizaru, Kaido's life breath showed a noticeable decline for the first time.
Kaido was injured by the explosion of the Tailed Beast Ball, and it was not a simple flesh and blood injury like before, but an injury that impacted his internal organs and could endanger his life.
There is no need to continue the battle at this point. No matter what the final result is, Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, has already lost after being injured like this by the very young Kushina.
Kizaru's figure teleported directly into the barrier. He stood in the air between the two of them and waved his hand to disperse the dust, revealing Kaido's embarrassed figure who had just crawled out of a big hole on the ground.
Seeing Kizaru appear, Kushina stopped temporarily. She retracted the overflowing tailed beast chakra, restored her human form, and walked forward to under Kizaru.
"Good job, Kushina." Kizaru descended from the air, praised Kushina, and looked at Kaido who was standing not far away.
"Kaido, young people are full of energy and don't know how to control the severity of their attacks. Are you okay?"
When Kaido saw Kizaru appear, he knew that the battle had stopped. He suffered a great loss and felt so frustrated that he wanted to vomit blood, but facing Kizaru and considering the glaring gap in combat power between the two sides, he could only grit his teeth and swallow the loss.
"I'm fine, it's just a minor injury, nothing more than that." After saying that, Kaido smiled grimly, and his pair of murderous eyes swept across Kizaru and Kushina, and finally stopped on Kushina.
"The power in you does not belong to you. I can feel that there is a strong breath of life in your body."
Kushina understood that Kaido was talking to her. She did not answer immediately, but looked at Kizaru. After seeing Kizaru nod in agreement, she replied: "It is the Nine-Tailed Fox, my partner, and the guardian beast of my Kingdom of Light."
The guardian beasts that Kushina mentioned were the agreement that Kizaru made with the tailed beasts when he released the tailed beasts that had regained their freedom back to places suitable for them to live.
The Land of Light and Kizaru protect the safety of these tailed beasts and guarantee their freedom. In return, these tailed beasts also need to look after the humans near their territory, especially human cities. If they encounter some underground rebel forces causing chaos, they are obliged to take action and assist the local government in suppressing the criminals.
As a witness to the agreement and to change people's impression of the tailed beasts, Kizaru called these tailed beasts the guardian beasts of the country. Through official means, he established a positive image of the tailed beasts and promoted the idea that the tailed beasts and humans can live together and help each other.
"Guardian beasts? Interesting, really interesting! Your Kingdom of Light is becoming more and more interesting." Kaido looked at Kizaru excitedly, "How many of these guardian beasts do you have?"
"Nine." Kizaru replied calmly.
Nine? The smile on Kaido's face froze for a few seconds. Just like when Big Mom heard it for the first time, Kaido heard Kizaru's answer. He was first unconvinced, then surprised, and finally fearful.
Similar thoughts arose in his mind as did Big Mom. Such a powerful Kingdom of Light was willing to stop at just the East China Sea. Their ambitions were far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
"Kaido, let's end today's competition here!" Kizaru said, and lifted the barrier. Minato and Nara Jonin, who had been waiting outside the barrier, quickly came to the playground.
Kaido nodded, picked up the mace beside him, and prepared to walk out of the playground.
But at this moment, Kizaru spoke up, causing him to stop, "Nara Jonin, please take Kaido to the hospital to treat his injuries."
Kaido stopped when he heard this and said in an unhappy tone: "No need for me, this injury will heal quickly."
"Kaido, the medical technology of my Kingdom of Light is different from that of the outside world. Just consider it as my invitation for you to experience it." Kizaru said with a smile.
Kizaru's words aroused Kaido's interest. How extraordinary could medical technology be? It was nothing more than timely suturing and bandaging, and the preparation of various medicines.
"Oh! Then I'd like to experience it for myself and see how different the medical care in your Kingdom of Light is?" At this moment, Kaido thought of Whitebeard who had regained his health after returning from the East China Sea.
"Mr. Kaido, please." The Nara Jonin walked up to Kaido and greeted him warmly.
"Lead the way!" Kaido nodded.
After the Nara Jonin took Kaido away, Minato, who confirmed that Kushina was fine, came to Kizaru's side.
"Kizaru, I."
"You don't have to do anything. Kushina's move was very effective. The guy in the audience has already shown enough sincerity."
Kushina, who was standing by, couldn't help but reveal a complacent look when she heard what Kizaru said, and showed her fist to Minato in a somewhat ostentatious manner.
Minato looked at Kushina lovingly, then looked back at Kizaru, "What shall we do next?"
"You will be in charge of receiving them in the next few days. The core purpose is to fully demonstrate our strength and advancement. Before these two people leave, I will empty their savings and make them willing to spend money." Kizaru said with a greedy and domineering smile.
Kizaru said this not because he was only greedy for Kaido and Big Mom's money. The development of the Land of Light does require more funds and resources, but the savings of Big Mom and Kaido alone are not enough to feed the rapidly growing industrial behemoth of the Land of Light.
He said this because he wanted to make Kaido and Big Mom the template and banner of his propaganda.
If even the Four Emperors on the sea are so keen on purchasing products and hiring personnel from the Kingdom of Light, wouldn't the other forces on the sea be curious after hearing and seeing this?
The Four Emperors were the first group of partners that Kizaru recruited and the first banner he set up. After the Four Emperors, Kizaru was ready to send people to contact more maritime forces.
Whether it is the underground forces or the open chambers of commerce and countries, they are all potential customers of the Kingdom of Light.
The products these forces need range from daily necessities to mechanical weapons, as well as armed protection, medical care, and political think tanks. The Kingdom of Light can provide whatever they need.
One day, all merchant ships sailing on the ocean will be protected by armed personnel provided by the Kingdom of Light.
One day, the weapons used by the warring nations on the sea were all provided by the Kingdom of Light;
One day, kings and nobles from different countries on the ocean all received medical services and intellectual assistance from the Kingdom of Light.
When the tentacles of the Kingdom of Light grew to all walks of life and took root in different countries, even if the Kingdom of Light only occupied a small area of the East China Sea, they actually ruled the world, and it was a low-cost rule.
This is also the reason why Kizaru and Tobirama had to include freedom of trade in the peace treaty during the initial negotiations.
The pirate world is too big, and its unique geographical conditions mean that if the Kingdom of Light wants to achieve the same centralized and efficient rule as in its homeland, it will need to invest a huge amount of manpower costs.
As for human resources, whether it is administrative talent for local governance or military force for maintaining public order, it is difficult for the current Kingdom of Light to cover the entire pirate world.
Kizaru believes that the Kingdom of Light, with its concentrated strength, has the ability to defeat any force in the pirate world, even the World Government.
But winning a war and conquering and governing are two completely different things.
According to the plan discussed by Kizaru and Tobirama, the Kingdom of Light will use the East China Sea as a base to exert its influence in the pirate world and plunder resources through commercial means; at the same time, it will use the large population of the East China Sea as a foundation to cultivate intellectuals, administrative talents, and new sources of soldiers who are loyal to the Kingdom of Light.
Only after accumulating enough manpower will the Kingdom of Light begin to swallow up the entire pirate world.
The vast world of pirates will eventually need enough local people to govern it, and what the Kingdom of Light needs to do is to gradually assimilate them over a long period of time, and through continuous education of young people, train them into a new generation of people of the Kingdom of Light.
This is just like what Tobirama did in his homeland. Now, under the official propaganda and education, the newly born children in the Land of Light are identifying themselves as citizens of the Land of Light, rather than the remnants of countries such as the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth that have been buried in history. (End of this chapter)