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Chapter 495: A Fortune Beyond Lifetime
Chapter 495: A Fortune Beyond Lifetime
"Robbery."
Lily pondered for a moment and said, "Are we going after the Golden Emperor? I've looked into his information, and he has deep connections with the World Government."
After receiving the news, Lily knew that Sage would make a move on this wealthy man.
Sage would never tolerate someone with more wealth than him, especially when they were right under his nose, just a hand's reach away.
"Carla," Lily called out.
"Yes?" Carla responded.
Carla extended her hand, gently pushing up the bridge of her glasses with her fingers, and said, "Guild Tazoro, known as the Golden Emperor, owns the world's largest entertainment city, 'Gran Tazoro'. Similar to the Vinsmoke Clan in the North Sea, he has no territory and relies on a giant ship as his domain."
"In just twelve short years, he rose from nothing to become the world's richest man, previously recognized as the most brilliant commercial genius."
As Carla spoke, she glanced at Sage.
The reason for saying 'previously' was that the greatest commercial genius in the present was right before their eyes.
It took Tazoro twelve years to achieve his wealth, but Sage, in just over two years since his debut, had built an empire that far surpassed Tazoro's.
Carla continued, "Due to his wealth, Tazoro can even influence the Dragon People and issue orders through them. That place is also recognized by the World Government as an independent country and a demilitarized zone, where we are not allowed to intervene. Up until now, it has become an absolutely neutral place."
"Absolutely neutral?" Lily found this strange.
"Yes," Carla explained, "The Navy, Pirates, criminals, and agents can all appear there, and no one will pursue them. Regardless of how hostile they are outside, when they enter that place, they must follow the rules there. That is what absolute neutrality means."
"Such a place doesn't exist."
Upon hearing this, Lily directly stated, "So-called absolute neutrality is just a matter of not encountering a power that can ignore the rules yet."
"Hmm."
Sage nodded and said, "I'm just going to take some money. It's best for that Golden Emperor to know his place. Tch, Golden Emperor... I can only be a king, but he dares to call himself an emperor!"
But there wasn't much to say about this; it was like how the Pirate King's status was higher than that of the Sea Emperor. Being a king was better than being some sort of emperor or monarch.
"In the New World, within my territory, I will not allow anyone richer than me to exist!
Sage gave himself a thumbs-up and grinned menacingly, "I will not allow any title more impressive than the Treasure King to appear either!"
Even though Sage didn't know how much money the Golden Emperor had, he was still going to make his move. Because according to Lily's intelligence, that guy's territory was right at the border of his and Big Mom's territories.
He wasn't just after Big Mom's thirty-odd islands; he was after the entire territory. Previously, Big Mom hadn't paid much attention and only treated those places as food resource areas, killing anyone who didn't comply.
After Sage's annexation, the first thing he did was to send Katakuri back to prepare for a reconquest.
He didn't need any other rulers; all the islands within his territory would be under his rule.
Katakuri was probably still consolidating Totland, and hadn't had the chance to make a move yet, but Sage had already learned about some of the situations through Lily, including this Gran Tazoro.
Once he and Big Mom's territories were connected, Sage wouldn't allow anyone to stay in that sea area, even if there wasn't a single island in that location, just an empty sea. But he wouldn't permit anyone to set up shop without his consent.
Oh, you're opening a business in my territory, attracting people who should be paying taxes to me, and you're not even giving me a cut!
Sag felt like he was at a huge loss!
What?
So it wasn't his property? It's not a loss if you don't earn anything.
He's a pirate, why should he care about such things!
"Are you going there yourself?"
Seeing Sag's attitude, Kalifa was a little surprised. "That Golden Emperor, he's not even qualified," she said.
The Golden Emperor held a high position and was very influential, especially for organizations like theirs that served the Dragon People, it was almost a crushing relationship.
But when it came to the very top of the Grand Line, Kalifa still felt that the Golden Emperor wasn't qualified.
Just as Lily had said, once you have enough strength, there's no such thing as neutrality.
Gran Tazoro, so far, hadn't even had a visit from the Four Emperors.
By the time Sag got there, there would be no such thing as absolute neutrality.
"The biggest entertainment city, I want to see how prosperous it is."
Sag stroked his chin and smiled. "If possible, I'll replicate it one-to-one in Storm City. If it can't be replicated, then it depends on how much sincerity that Tazoro shows."
If the sincerity is lacking, then something needs to be offered as compensation.
"Lily, later, go and ask who's interested, and we can prepare for the voyage."
Sag waved his hand and then remembered something. "Oh right, how come I didn't see Buggy at the last banquet?"
He had called Buggy to guard his home, and he had wanted to meet him, but after defeating Big Mom, the banquet completely slipped his mind.
"Buggy, 'Thousand-Pound Clown' Buggy?"
Lily paused, a bit helpless. "That red-nosed guy we met in the East Sea also came, but he didn't go to Storm City. He stayed on the Sub Islands with his crew, eating and drinking, and on the third night, he quietly left, also stealing a box of custom cannon shells."
This guy was undoubtedly lucky.
He took on the commission, but never encountered any enemies. Soon after they entered Sag's territory, Sag won, and Buggy earned a fortune for nothing.
Compared to attending the banquet and stealing the cannon shells, it was a small matter.
"Next time, make him pay for those cannon shells," Sag said.
Technically, stealing within his territory and stealing from his subordinates outside were two different matters.
Even though it was just a batch of unimportant custom cannon shells, according to the rules, even if he didn't mention it, his subordinates would still pursue the matter.
But the issue was that Buggy was in a gray area between being a subordinate and not.
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Buggy's delivery company was also considered his industry.
With this red-nosed man's connections, he had brought a lot of business to Oahara, especially after Doflamingo's defeat, the business that was once his didn't shrink but instead grew stronger.
Sag managed a portion of it himself and let Link take care of the rest.
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The Underground World was also involved, but many channels were still connected to Sag, which was another portion.
It was unclear if it was due to competitive reasons, but the war business of weapons and medicines was still very popular.
It was just a small matter, and it wouldn't cause much trouble. Later, they could just ask Buggy to make up for it.
He had just casually asked about it, but now, the matter of the biggest entertainment city was more interesting to him.
Five Hundred Billion Belli!
A lifetime's worth of wealth!
(End of Chapter)
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