After temporarily appeasing Smoothie and Armand, Otto made a video call to Lingling. It was time to deal with the final touches.
In the communication room, Lingling¡¯s face appeared in the video, her expression a little depressed, and she and Odo looked at each other silently across the screen, neither of them willing to speak first.
After a while, Lingling couldn't help it anymore and said, "Hey, Otto, what did you do to my daughters?"
"Oh?" Otto held his head and looked sideways, "I thought you would be unconvinced and challenge me"
It¡¯s a good thing he didn¡¯t say this. When he mentioned it, Lingling¡¯s face suddenly darkened, but she didn¡¯t get angry. It seemed that she was really beaten by Odo and lost her temper.
"Stop talking nonsense, Odo, and answer my question, are Smoothie and Armand still alive?"
Otto said calmly: "Of course, I'm not bored enough to bully them. However, if you want to take them back, you don't have to ask."
Lingling asked impatiently: "What do you want to do? Leave them as hostages?"
"Hostages? I don't need such boring things." Otto smiled lightly and said, "But I like them very much, so Lingling, Smoothie and Armand will stay with me from now on."
Lingling was stunned for a moment, and she didn¡¯t know what she was thinking, but she burst into laughter.
"So that's it, do you like the daughter of our Charlotte family? Well, well, so which one do you like? Or do you like both?"
Otto knew Lingling would say this and said calmly: "I want both."
Lingling leaned forward, close to the screen, showed a subtle smile, and said: "If this is the case, then the war between us can be regarded as a civil war between 'family members', so let this matter pass. What do you plan to do?" When will you marry them? Remember to inform me in advance, I will summon those people from the dark world to give you a wedding gift."
It was an unexpected surprise. Lingling originally thought that Liangzi would be married like this, but in a twist of events, Odo actually fell in love with her daughter.
When he said he wanted to marry his daughter to Odo, he kept disagreeing, but turned around and took Smoothie and Armand away. Sure enough, men are so lustful and greedy.
Not satisfied with one? Tell me earlier! There are so many daughters in the Charlotte family, you can choose as many as you like. Even if Odo picked seven or eight people at once, Lingling wouldn't care and would just get on with it.
Lingling had an inexplicable feeling that the fight was really confusing, but fortunately the end result was pretty good.
However, Odo shattered her illusions.
"You seem to have misunderstood something, Lingling. Smoothie and Armand do belong to me, but if you declare that the Sky Pirates have formed an alliance with you, don't blame me for not giving you face."
"What?" Lingling's smile froze and she said angrily, "So you are not willing to pay even a little price? Isn't it too unethical to do this? Otto!"
Otto was also a little impatient and said: "How many times do you have to tell me? Now is not the time to form an alliance! I am staying well in the paradise, why should I intervene in the war between you?"
It was rare for Lingling to talk to others in a pleasant manner, but what she got in return was a scolding from Otto, which made her face suddenly uneasy.
"What are you talking about? Otto! Don't think that you can be arrogant just because you won by chance. If I hadn't been hungry, do you think you could escape so easily?"
"I ran away? It's really ridiculous." Otto said disdainfully, "If you are not convinced, pick a place and we can come and check again?"
Through the battle against the Big Mom Pirates, Odo realized one thing, that is, you must never start a war with the top powerhouses on your own territory.
If Lingling rides Thunder Cloud Zeus to the Sky Island and has a battle with Odo, the Sky Island will definitely be destroyed, and the construction over the past few years will be in vain.
The two of them were confronting each other, and the atmosphere became a little tense for a while.
But Odo was the first to take a step back. After all, he had already reaped the benefits, so there was no need to push Lingling into a hurry.
"Let's do this, Lingling, Smoothie and Armand will stay with me. I will train them as candidate cadres. If you are worried, you can send Katakuri and the others to visit Sky Island. Or, you When there is a tea party over there or there are any major festivals, I can let Smoothie and Armand go back to your place to visit relatives, but only one person at a time."
When Lingling heard this, her anger gradually subsided. Although Odo still didn't give her much face, there was nothing wrong as long as Odo was regarded as a top pirate on an equal footing with her.
&nbp; Three: Odo will carry out "legitimate" commercial trade with pirates or the dark world as the king of the franchised country and the Shichibukai, and the navy shall not block it under any excuse.
Four: Request to take over the navy, or even be part of the government's domestic and foreign tradethat is, the government needs to achieve stable commercial trade with the air islands.
Five: Request to become an arms dealer expressly certified by the government and issue a license for arms sales. The Sky Pirates will be responsible for selling the weapons and warships retired or replaced by the navy. Otto has the right to ask the government to assist him in cracking down on other arms dealers.
Six: Ask the government to provide some scientific researchers for the Sky Pirates, such as M. Caesar Courant, a low-end version of Vegapunk's scientist, or a top shipbuilder like Tom. The former can engage in weapons development, and the latter can build space trains.
Seventh: Request the government to provide Devil Fruits to the Sky Pirates at market price and open the Devil Fruit illustrated book.
8: Request the Navy to open its scientific research unit to the Sky Pirates, share some of their technology, and jointly develop new weapons.
Nine: Request the government to allocate unoccupied airspace to the Sky Pirates, except for the Red Earth Continent, Triangular Sea Area, G-Series Branch, CP Agency and other sites. Anything in the sky, including the moon, is nominally Owned by Otto.
And blah blah blahall kinds of increasingly outrageous conditions.
According to Otto¡¯s judgment, the first few items are likely to be passed by the government, but the following few items do not need to be mentioned at all. They will not be passed. On the contrary, they will expose Otto¡¯s plan.
So Otto opened his mouth and presented the first five conditions to the government in one breath.
Then, as expected, it was rejected by Wulaoxing.
After several negotiations, Otto probably figured out the government's bottom line and gave up the idea of ??reaching the top in one step. Finally, the two sides reached a consensus. The government was willing to meet Otto's first three conditions and part of Article 4 in exchange for this The "take refuge" of powerful combat power.
??Actually, if you think about it, they didn¡¯t pay much. Joining the Shichibukai was the tacit basis for negotiations between the two parties. The Sky Pirates have occupied Sky Island, and whether or not to establish a nation is only a nominal question.
As for the "legitimacy" that Otto requested, in fact, Shichibukai already had the privilege of being innocent. Otto just added insurance on top of this privilege to prevent the navy from worrying about him all day long and secretly collecting black information about him. Now that the two sides have reached a gentleman's agreement, as long as the government does not fall out, even if the Shichibukai system is abolished in the future, theoretically, there will be no trouble with Otto.
Of course, no one can say for sure what will happen in the future.
Otto was basically satisfied with the results of the negotiations. He also asked the government to carry out large-scale publicity about his joining the Shichibukai, and the news must be spread to every corner of the sea. Moreover, he reserves the right to further propose conditions and is willing to help the government solve some problems in exchange for subsequent concessions from the government.
The government recognized these conditions with a pinched nose. Since the organization of King Shichibukai has been created, a top powerhouse to control the situation is indispensable. Otherwise, the dignified Shichibukai can only bully the bastards, and then he will become a bully. For the sake of laughter.
So, in the late autumn of the year 1501 of the Haiyuan calendar, the World Economic News published a big news.
"The Dragon" Luca Hauer Odo officially joins the King's Shichibukai!
From this day on, Odo is no longer a wanted criminal, but a legal pirate recognized by the government. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com