Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

At this moment, in the building that Gardino was watching, the four founders of the Cross Guild were indeed gathered together.

But the scene is not very harmonious.

Despite the tight schedule, this place is still decorated quite luxuriously as the chief's meeting hall.

A huge chandelier hangs from the ceiling, and directly below it is a large square table made of rare wood.

These are naturally the seats reserved for the four founders.

However, Bucky, one of the founders, was sitting in the corner trembling, not daring to breathe.

If he could, he wanted to disappear now.

The reason why he was so scared was the man sitting in the first seat.

The man was tall and strong, with long yellow hair that was simply tied up, and his skin was red as if it was constantly burning.

He wore an earmuff on his head to protect his broken right ear.

He was wearing a modified version of an old military uniform, with a collar badge from his military days pinned to his collar. Inside the collar, large scars from being bombarded by the Demon Slayer Order were faintly visible.

What is even more eye-catching is his pair of "ghost"-like eyes, which can make people feel endless pressure without even needing to do so.

It's funny, out of the four people in the room, Buggy and Barrett should obviously be the two who have a closer relationship, but Buggy is quite out of place.

This is because Barrett is an out-of-place person in Roger's pirate group.

The reason he came on board was just to challenge Roger, and he usually had a sour face when facing other people.

He didn't even give face to Rayleigh, let alone Buggy who was a trainee at the time.

As for Crocodile and Mihawk, they were much more natural and completely ignored the evil aura emanating from Barrett.

As the evil spirit in the room grew stronger, the chandeliers above everyone's heads began to shake.

After a long silence, Crocodile sighed and put down the wine glass in his hand.

He looked at Barrett opposite him and said:

"I told you your plan doesn't make sense."

"The ocean now is completely different from before you entered Impel Down."

"How long will you continue to be stubborn?"

hum!

As soon as he finished speaking, Barrett's murderous aura became even stronger, as if he had turned into a giant tiger and pounced on Crocodile in front of him.

Although it was just momentum and not an actual attack, the expensive table in front of the three people still made faint cracking sounds.

This is the power of the strong.

At this moment, a long black sword was slammed on the table by Mihawk.

In an instant, the table, which had been in pain just now, calmed down.

Of course, Mihawk just didn't want anything to happen to the table where he was drinking, and he didn't care about what happened to Barrett and Crocodile.

The evil spirit attacked Crocodile, and a faint tiger roar was heard in the air, as if it wanted to devour the man in front of it.

However, Crocodile was not affected at all and still looked at Barrett in front of him calmly.

Even though he looked like he was about to kill someone, Crocodile didn't move at all.

He just said slowly: "You failed once, Barrett."

"This time is no exception."

"After more than 20 years in Impel Down, you have only gained muscle but no brains?"

Crocodile picked up the wine glass and was about to drink it, but with a bang, the glass broke and the red wine spilled onto his clothes.

Obviously, not only did he fail to convince Barrett, but he made him even angrier.

"I am not the same as before, Crocodile."

“This time, I will succeed.”

Barrett finally spoke: "Or do you want to experience my current power for yourself."

"I know what stupid things you did to be imprisoned in Impel Down."

"You poor fellow."

He spoke slowly, as if he wanted the person in front of him to hear more clearly.

After saying this, Crocodile's eyes became dangerous, and he looked at Barrett with an extremely unfriendly look.

A surge of energy also surged out of his body, swirling up like a sandstorm, as if it was going to strangle the tiger in the air.

There is no doubt that Barrett also touched Crocodile's pain point.

This behavior of telling someone's dark history to their face is tantamount to killing them.

Even close friends rarely do this.

What's more, the two of them are not on friendly terms at all.

The air in the room seemed to freeze, and Bucky in the corner could hardly breathe.

He cursed in his heart: "A bunch of monsters!"

In the end, it was Mihawk who spoke and ended the confrontation.

"If you don't want the base you just found to be destroyed, you'd better stop playing this childish game."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't mind playing with you guys."

Mihawk had a headache, although the alliance had been formed, this was the first time the three of them officially met.

He thought that the two people beside him had reached an agreement long ago, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Perhaps Mihawk's threat worked, or perhaps the two had no real intention of taking action.

The room finally returned to calm.

Crocodile used his ability to suck out the red wine from his body, and Barrett also put away his terrifying look.

Mihawk put away his sword and drank the wine in his glass again.

However, the three of them fell into silence again.

Bucky on the side has given up struggling, and his whole body is in a trance, as if he has lost his soul.

Time passed by minute by minute.

In the end, it was Crocodile who broke the silence first.

"Forget it, I'll let you be willful for once."

Crocodile's tone was like that of a father who had finally given in to his child.

"This was originally the condition for you to join us. Since I can't convince you, I might as well let you experience the taste of failure for yourself."

"But this is the only time you act on your own will, Barrett."

In the end, Crocodile seemed to have regained his father's dignity and put forward conditions to Barrett.

"Ah."

Barrett was dismissive of Crocodile's attitude, but did not refute it.

It's not that he is afraid of Crocodile or compromises with him, but that he doesn't care about him at all.

He had never thought of joining the Crusader Union, and the reason he agreed to Crocodile was because of the person he held in his hand.

Someone who can help you realize your ambitions.

In other words, what this person has can help him realize his ambitions.

Buena Festa.

A powerful pirate who once lived in the same era as Roger, known as the "Celebration King".

After his departure from Impel Down, Buena Fest found him and proposed a plan.

A plan that satisfied him greatly.

But when the plan was about to be implemented, Crocodile kidnapped Buena Festa.

And on this condition, he invited Barrett to join the Cross Union he founded.

Barrett agreed.

However, in his thoughts.

When he completes his plan, the countdown to the demise of the Cross will also begin.

He needs no companions.

Because he alone is the strongest!

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Operation Frenzy: The Movie is probably the biggest chapter I have written so far in the entire book.

In addition to the characters that will appear, there will be more forces joining.

So there will be a lot of preparation in the early stages, so please bear with us.

Thank you~