At the beginning, I summoned Li Jing, who is very cold, and I will fight against Hawkeye!

Vermeille, Central City

Shiqi led Tren and the other two to his main city. The interior hall of the main city was spacious and solemn, and its layout was like a Japanese-style community gathering place.

Directly opposite the main platform, there were rows of neatly arranged benches, on which sat a group of people dressed in kimonos.

They faced forward, knelt on their knees, and looked solemn, like members participating in some respectful ceremony.

On each short table, there were some red round plates, with a small amount of food and sake on them.

The background of the whole scene is a deep red wall dotted with a few dim patterns.

The picture exudes a solemn and formal atmosphere, reminiscent of a club meeting rather than a banquet...

"Is this what a banquet is like? Or does someone have to cut off their little finger to apologize?" Looking at the solemn environment, Teren and the other two were stunned, especially him and Li Jing, whose stomachs had been rumbling for a long time.

As Sketteln and the others pushed open the sliding door, the captains of the Flying Pirates who were originally kneeling on the ground all turned their eyes over.

Their expressions were serious and earnest, without any intention of slacking off. The whole scene was unusually quiet, with only silence and solemn atmosphere.

"Yeah." Shiqi looked at his subordinates with satisfaction, nodded slightly, and strode towards the main seat.

At this time, the lights in the banquet hall were bright and dazzling. The long table at the main seat was filled with all kinds of mouth-watering delicacies, and the exquisite gold and silver utensils were shining brightly under the candlelight.

Tren and his companions were deliberately placed in a very conspicuous position, just below and to the side of Ski.

Sitting next to them were Shi Ji's close confidant Indigo and others, and some unidentified cadres surrounded them.

"Today our Flying Pirates welcome a guest!" Shiki said with a glass of wine in his hand, looking at Tren who was sitting opposite him, with a faint smile on his face.

"He is Captain Tren from the Adventure Group! And his adventure partners!"

After hearing Shiqi's introduction, everyone present turned their attention to Tren and the people around him.

"Adventure group? What is that?" someone asked curiously.

"Well... I guess they are pirates too! They just used another name." Another person guessed.

In fact, most of these pirates under Golden Lion were recruited by Golden Lion when he was lurking in the East China Sea in recent years.

Although their strength is quite good, they only went to sea after Roger started the Age of Navigation, and they don't know much about "adventurers".

After all, since the Age of Discovery, as time went by, the term "adventurer" was gradually replaced by "pirate".

"It seems that they don't know what is called adventure!" Ski picked up the wine glass, his eyes fell on Tren who was eating meat, and a barely perceptible sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Tren didn't pay attention to Shiki's look. He chewed the meat in his mouth and said vaguely: "Do you know what it matters? Anyway, they are all a bunch of pirates who are not presentable. However, the food here is quite delicious!"

After saying that, Teren continued to work hard and ate and drank with Li Jing beside him. Li Jing also held a big stick of meat in his left hand and ate it with relish.

"Yeah, I agree with that." Li Jing agreed, completely unaware of the flash of displeasure in Shi Ji's eyes.

Sadako knelt quietly beside Teren. She didn't need to eat for her own special reasons. At this moment, she was concentrating on holding the wine glass for Teren, fearing that he would choke on the food.

"Is it too embarrassing to show up..." Shiqi watched all this silently, with an indescribable feeling of depression hidden deep in his eyes.

He took a sip of wine, trying to use alcohol to cover up his inner emotions, but the strange feeling never went away.

However, Indigo, who knew what Shiki was up to, understood his captain's thoughts, so he raised his glass and toasted to Tren.

"Captain Tren, right? I've heard a lot about you!"

Looking at the guy in the white coat, Teren stopped what he was doing and said with interest: "Then do you know when I was born? What did I do? What achievements have I made?"

"Uh..." Faced with Teren's question, Indigo was stunned. He didn't know whether to drink the wine he raised.

"Captain Tren, you are joking. How could I..."

"You know nothing, yet you still admire my name. What do you admire?"

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"I am sorry for being rude, haha!" Brother Indi smiled awkwardly, then ran to find Li Jing. However, Li Jing just ate and ignored him completely.

Soon, laughter and conversations were heard in the banquet hall, but Tren could sense the sharpness hidden behind these voices, or perhaps their happiness was to cooperate with something.

Especially the Golden Lion Shiki, he was wearing a gorgeous golden robe, drinking by himself, his aura was so strong that people dared not look directly at him.

Shiki once again raised his glass to salute Trun, and then said in a relaxed tone: "Trun, you see how powerful our Flying Pirates are now, and we have more than fifty pirate groups under our command.

But I am miserable! As you said, none of them can stand up to the standard...”

"But it's still you, Shiqi." Tren wiped his hands and said calmly.

"What's the use of me? Didn't you say that? I am already over seventy years old now. We old guys from the old times are already old." When saying this, a trace of loneliness flashed in the eyes of the Golden Lion.

"Charlotte is now hiding in her own country. Whitebeard, haha! He probably needs a nurse to take care of him. I heard that Wang Zhi also occupied an island in the New World and became a dictator. Only Kaido is pretty good..."

"You understand so clearly?"

"I'm just lurking, not retiring, haha!"

Hearing what Shiki said, Tren was also stunned, especially Shiki who was evenly matched with Li Jing at that time. It was hard to believe that such an emperor-level strongman from the old era would be defeated by Luffy later.

"So I need you, Trun." Shiki said slowly, "Otherwise, when I really get old, the Flying Pirates will also disband."

Teren smiled but said nothing, and the Golden Lion did not ask any more questions.

But as the banquet progressed, Shiqi's words gradually took on a subtle threat.

He talked about the power game of the Four Emperors of the Sea, implying that if Teren joined his team, he would inherit him, gain endless wealth and power, and also become one of the Four Emperors.

But whenever Tren tried to change the subject, Ski could always skillfully bring the conversation back to recruitment, with a gleam in his eyes that could not be refused.

"So this is what they were planning!" Tren finally understood that this banquet was nothing more than a carefully planned psychological warfare.

......

As the party draws to a close, Ski invites Tren to stroll alone through the island's gardens.

The moonlight shone on the intricate paths, and the shadows of the two people lengthened in the air filled with the fragrance of flowers.

"You really don't agree?" Shiki's voice was low and magnetic. He had just shown Trent the secret base of the Sky Pirates and the research results of IQ in the dark.

"Tren, join me and you will own this sky." Shiki's words were full of temptation. He did not give up. His eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts. He tried to capture the desire in Tren's eyes.

But Shiqi failed, he did not see the ambition or desire in the man's eyes.

"Shiqi, I'm really not interested." Tren stared at Shiqi's face.

Shiqi's expression became unreadable in the moonlight, but he soon regained his smile, patted Teren's shoulder, and said lightly

"Brave choice, Teren."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shiqi laughed and left. Roger, who rejected him last time, was facing Atwal!