Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

In fact, Bai Ye himself has no opinion on the Cross Guild.

After the establishment of the Cross Guild in the original work, it seemed that apart from allowing Buggy to become the top of the Four Emperors for no apparent reason, its only sense of existence was to offer a bounty on the navy.

Although some people speculate that there will be powerful people such as the Empress joining in the future, but even for the Straw Hat Pirates in the original work, it may not matter.

It is most likely just a must-run dungeon for Zoro to ascend to the throne of the world's number one swordsman.

Crocodile and Buggy have both been defeated by Luffy, and according to Oda's character, it is impossible for them to become Luffy's new rivals.

Haven’t you seen that Rob Lucci’s fruit was awakened, but he was still suppressed by Luffy with ease?

After Bai Ye traveled through time, the Crusaders Guild seemed to be very powerful, but it was not really ranked high in today's new world.

At first, Bai Ye even just planned to follow Luffy to do a simple dungeon.

What really made him change his mind was a previous conversation with Sabo.

During the conversation, Sabo briefly explained the current situation of the Spark and Prairie Army.

After the World Government gradually dispatched the Knights of God, a group of powerful warriors, and a large number of high-level pacifists, Starfire temporarily had no energy left to intervene in the New World.

After all, unlike the Straw Hat Pirates, Luffy and his gang just move on after each shot, and don't have to deal with the follow-up issues of the island at all.

However, the Liaoyuan Army needs to incorporate the islands into the Spark system, which requires the deployment of military and other forces, and it will take a long time.

Although it's a shame, Sabo has officially stated that Starfire is currently unable to handle Tails for the Straw Hat Pirates.

Bai Ye understood this.

Although the two sides are allies, it depends on the situation.

After all, what Xinghuo needs most right now is to ensure the security of its current sphere of influence.

Just like the navy before it, there are trade-offs to be made when dealing with civilians.

That's why Bai Ye thought of conquering the Cross Guild.

Compared to other forces in the New World, the Cross Union perfectly meets Bai Ye's requirements.

A new force with strong strength.

"What do you need us to do? Let me make it clear in advance that the Cross Union is not decided by me alone. Even for me, I need to consider the opinions of the other two people."

Crocodile asked after thinking for a moment.

The other two people he mentioned were naturally Hawkeye Mihawk and Barrett.

As for Bucky.

No way, is there anyone who doesn’t know that he is a mascot?

"Don't test me. If the Cross is really like what you said, do you think I would still talk to you?"

Bai Ye waved his hand and gave Crocodile a look that said "Don't try to trick me."

With Crocodile's personality, how could he possibly establish a force where he had no say?

If you think about it carefully, you will know that Hawkeye Mihawk and Barrett may be stronger than Crocodile in terms of strength, but they are actually both similar martial arts fanatics.

Barrett might still be a little paranoid, but at the end of the day, just let him fight.

As for Hawkeye, this guy might just be too lazy to hold a meeting.

Bai Ye even suspected that Hawkeye would not show up at all in this operation.

Not to mention Bucky.

This is also the reason why Bai Ye came directly to find Crocodile.

"What you need to do is very simple."

Bai Ye took a sip of tea and said:

"That is to become the only dark emperor in the underground world."

This is not something difficult to do.

From the fact that Doflamingo was able to become one of the Seven Dark Emperors in a short period of time, we can know that the so-called ruler of the underworld is not someone so powerful that he cannot be resisted.

After all, if one really becomes that powerful, who would still play games in secret?

To be frank, if the navy really puts all its efforts into cracking down on gangs and eliminating evil, it won't take too much time to bring the seven emperors to justice.

But on the other hand, as long as there are different classes in the world, the black area cannot be completely eliminated.

On the other hand, it is also very important to note that the areas these guys are involved in are inextricably linked to the world government.

In other words, these guys are just the existence tacitly approved by the World Government.

Even these so-called seven emperors are big figures in the sea.

In Bai Ye's opinion, this also indirectly proves the corruption of the World Government and the helplessness of the Navy.

Since these black areas are indispensable at present, why not find someone of our own to rule?

“It’s really not that difficult.”

Crocodile nodded: "It just takes some time, manpower and funds."

His tone was calm, as if in his eyes it was just something that could be done with just a little effort.

"I will help you with the manpower and funds, but I can't wait that long."

Bai Ye stretched out a finger: "One month, I will only give you one month."

"You don't need to do a thorough cleaning. Some of the things that are still usable can still be used. I only ask for one thing."

"In a month, the entire underground world will have only one will."

"The will of the Straw Hat Pirates!"

It would take a very long time to clean up the underground world from the inside out.

But if it is violent integration, it will be much faster. In the world of super powers, as long as the Cross Union can suppress everything, no one will dare to cause trouble.

Even if there is, just clean it up.

And Bai Ye also believed that Crocodile knew what to do.

Even if he didn't mention it, Crocodile would completely ban businesses that are heinous to the people, such as human trafficking.

As for gray industries such as journalism and transportation, they can still be continued.

Crocodile did not object to the time aspect.

On the contrary, he also read other meanings from Bai Ye's words.

The reason why the time limit is one month is because there will be other tasks after the Cross Union.

Or...

"It seems like you can't wait to clean up the new world."

Crocodile looked at Bai Ye: "Bankoku, Wano Country or Beehive Island?"

Just for the underground world, there is no need for Bai Ye to go out of his way to conquer the Cross Guild.

This is simply killing a chicken with a knife.

According to Crocodile's investigation, the current followers of the Straw Hat Pirates are fully capable of doing this, but it is much more difficult than the Cross Union.

So there is only one answer, the Straw Hat Pirates are about to take real action against the Emperor.

The Crusaders will receive the spoils on their behalf.

"Hmm...that's a good question."

Bai Ye smiled:

"Which one should I choose? They all seem pretty good."

I don’t know why, but when listening to Bai Ye’s words, Crocodile always had a bad feeling.

This guy wouldn't...

"Tsk, it's so troublesome to choose so many times, I might as well just take them all."

Bai Ye said so.

Crocodile: ...

This guy must be drifting.