Pirate's Fire Dragon's Claw

325 Ransomware
At around noon the next day, Ace came to Glenn's camp. Glenn prepared a grand welcome banquet for Ace. Ace looked confused from the moment he got off the boat. He came to admit his mistakes and apologize. Now he a little flattered

Ace sat next to Glenn at the banquet, and wanted to talk to Glenn about Sabo countless times, but was interrupted by various things. Finally, Ace couldn't bear it and said directly to Glenn:

"Glenn, I want to talk to you about Sabo"

Glenn sighed and turned to look at Ace.
"Nat will talk to you after this incident, let's have fun now"

"Um"

Ace lowered his head and responded, Glenn said that, so he couldn't bring it up again. At the same time, Ace noticed that Glenn said that Nat would talk to him about it later, not Glenn himself.

Thinking of this, Ace looked up at Nat's direction. When Ace looked at Nat, he found that he was also staring at Ace as if he had an early warning. Nat raised the wine glass in his hand and said with a smile:
"cheers"

Ace smiled awkwardly and clinked glasses with Nat
To be honest, the person Ace doesn’t want to talk to in the Dragon Pirates is Nat. Although he smiles all day long, Ace feels that there are vicious plans hidden under his smiling face.
The banquet lasted for several hours, during which many people came to Ace to toast. Although Ace responded with a smile on his face, he was actually very nervous. He didn't know what kind of conspiracy Nat had waiting for him.

After the banquet, Luo took the companions who came with Ace away and settled down, and Ace was taken by Nat to a very remote room. The decoration of the room was very simple, with a table, three chairs and a not very big cabinet
Nat pointed to one of the chairs and said to Ace with a smile:

"sit"

Ace sat down nervously.

"This is the place where Glenn and Luo usually discuss things. No one will come here. It's a good place to talk about things."

Nat said something without thinking, walked to the side cabinet, opened the cabinet and took out a bag of tea and a teapot, made a pot of tea, and poured a cup for Ace

"The food I ate just now was quite greasy, drink some tea"

Ace doesn't know what Nat is up to, but he doesn't really want to stay with Nat for too long, and the past of being hypnotized by Nat is still vivid in his memory

"Just tell me, what are your conditions?"

Nat sat down across from Ace and smiled

"So anxious, the two of us are old friends, don't you want to catch up with me?"

Ace sneered

"What's the old story with you? Do you want to talk about how I was hypnotized by you like a dog barking?"

Nat spread his hands, with a helpless expression

"When did that happen? Besides, you said you didn't believe me before I performed for you. Why do you still remember this grudge?"

Ace waved his hand impatiently.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, tell me quickly, what conditions do you have?"

"Okay, since you are in such a hurry, then I will talk about my conditions. Look, Luo has been beaten like that, and he still dare not move his left hand. It is not too much for us to ask for medical expenses."

"not excessive"

Nat snapped his fingers and smiled.
"Okay, I want 100 billion Baileys"

"How many?!!!"

Ace stood up with a bang.

"Why don't you grab it, 100 billion Baileys! Besides, Luo's injury is obviously fine. He is a person with the ability to achieve the fruit of surgery. How can that injury stump him? I saw it at the banquet just now. His left hand But it's good"

"Ace, do you understand the trauma in my heart? Luo has always regarded you as a friend. Now that you have betrayed him, he feels very uncomfortable. Don't you give me some compensation? I don't think the dignified Whitebeard Pirates will You won’t even be able to get this little money out.”

Ace was trembling with anger from Nat. If it was the previous Whitebeard Pirates, they really didn’t care about the money, but what the current Whitebeard Pirates lack most is money. Whether it’s recruiting new members or building a post-war territory ask for money
Ace sat on the chair and took a few deep breaths.
"In other words, we can't afford that much money"

Nat nods

"Okay, I'm not that hard to talk to, so I'll change the terms, the guy who hurt Luo is called Sabo, he's your friend, right?"

"Um"

"He's from the Revolutionary Army. It's very difficult for us to find him. How about you help us find Sabo? How about just canceling this incident?"

"Impossible! I will never betray Sabo"

It is absolutely impossible to ask Ace to betray Sabo. Sabo is his best friend. He is willing to let him die for Sabo. How could he betray Sabo?
Nat leaned back in his chair

"This doesn't work, and that doesn't work. What do you want? Do you think we are easy to bully?"

"In short, these two conditions are not good, you can change other conditions"

Nat stretched forward, put his hands on the table, rested his chin on the crossed hands, and stared closely at Ace.
"Ace, this is your last chance. If you refuse again, our conversation today will come to an end."

"Well, I see"

"Well, you Whitebeard Pirates have occupied 12 islands this time, right?"

"Um"

Nat dropped a drop of mercury on the table and split it in half with the palm of his hand
"My condition is very simple, I want half of those islands"

Ace's eyes widened after hearing this, he slapped his hands on the table vigorously, and stood up with a "bang"

"Are you kidding me? You want to leave half of the territory we worked so hard to build?"

Nat sneered

"Ace, you'd better calm down. You have to figure it out. You are the one who is begging us for forgiveness. What is the territory that you have worked so hard to gain? Without our help, you can't even try to take back an island."

Ace suddenly laughed
"I figured it out. Your goal from the beginning was the islands in our territory, right?"

"You're not too stupid, you're right"

"Impossible, you don't even need to think about it, it's Dad's inheritance, we will never hand it over"

"Ace, you have to know that those islands were once snatched by Whitebeard from others."

"That doesn't work, anyway, it's impossible to want our territory"

"Then you give me 100 billion Baileys or hand over Saab"

"This..."

Ace opened his mouth, he didn't want to choose any of these three conditions, Nat looked at Ace and sneered

"Ace, you have to be clear, this is not negotiating, and I am not negotiating with you. Giving you three choices has already done everything you can."

Ace thought for a while and suddenly asked:
"Is this what Glenn ordered you to do?"

nat shook his head
"Of course not, he didn't care about such trivial things at all, let alone you didn't let Sabo in, even if you let Sabo in, he wouldn't care, and he also believes that you will not betray us"

Ace is puzzled

"Then why do you still make things difficult for me?"

"Well, it's very simple. He believes in you, but I don't. So if I don't get some benefits from you today, I will never let it go. Think about it carefully. You must agree to one of these three conditions, otherwise we will That's the end of our alliance."

Ace looked tangled, and Nat continued talking
"If you don't have us as an ally, you don't need us to do it yourself. Whether it's the navy or BIG MOM, they will help us deal with you. By the way, there is also the guy who claims to be the son of Whitebeard. What is his name, ah yes Well, Weibull, right? Hehe, I don’t know if you can deal with so many enemies at the same time.”

The more Nat said that Ace's face became uglier, Nat looked at Ace and smiled

"And all of this is caused by you. I don't know what your companions will think when they know this. The companions they worked so hard to save from the navy will only give them..."

"do not talk!"

Ace suddenly yelled, Nat spread his hands and stopped talking

"I want to discuss it with Marco"

"Okay, please"

Ace walked out of the room, called Marco, and Ace returned to the room a few minutes later

"Can the 100 billion Pele be less?"

"Of course not"

"We can't afford that much money"

"so what?"

"We can distribute those islands to you, but not so many, a maximum of three, and we have to choose which three to distribute to you. Also, this is not a gift for you, but you bought it. You have to give us money. One Billion Baileys on an Island"

Nat touched his chin and thought for a while, snapped his fingers, reached out to Ace, and said with a smile:
"make a deal"

Ace ignores Nat's upraised hand

"Other people will talk to you about the handover, so I'll go first"

Speaking of Ace walked out of the room, Nat waved at Ace's back

"Slow down"

Not long after Ace left, Nat sat in a chair and poured himself a cup of tea
"After listening for so long, I haven't heard enough."

Nat said something to himself, a figure suddenly appeared at the door, leaning against the door frame and standing with his head down, the afterglow of the setting sun stretched his shadow long
"I'm afraid your target is not those few islands. What you want to deal with is the entire Whitebeard Pirates. The Whitebeard Pirates have a high prestige in their territory, but now they are casually distributing the islands in the territory to Even if you don’t mention other forces, the residents of the remaining islands will feel resentful, and when you send people to fuel the flames and make some small moves, it will definitely make trouble for Ace and the others.”

"Why are you so smart? Can't you just pretend to be confused? It's so boring to say it all."

"Aren't you afraid that Glenn will blame you for doing this? He told you not to blackmail you too hard. Now you have driven Ace to a dead end."

"Is it interesting for you to ask that? You and I both know that Glenn doesn't care about such trivial details. Don't say that I drove Ace to a dead end, so what if I kill him today?"

"Hmph, do it yourself"

"Yo, this is still teaching me? You'd better take care of yourself, don't forget where you are now"

"You don't need to remind me"

After speaking, the figure at the door disappeared.
After the figure disappeared, Nat took a sip from his teacup

"Oh? It's getting cold"

(End of this chapter)