Chapter 186: Shifted Investment Target
The Rocks Pirates had reached their peak! The number of Top Tier Combatant added up to over a dozen.
This kind of strength was enough to make the World Government wary, and also make the various Superpower wary.
Having reached this level, they had decided to divest from the Rocks Pirates, separating their main Intelligence Force from the Rocks Pirates.
In other words, they would withdraw their assistance to the Rocks Pirates' Intelligence Force.
Up to now, the Rocks Pirates had cultivated a group of their own Intelligence Officer, such as Shakky, and Reinhardt, who was attached to Shiki "The Golden Lion" and cultivated as his Right-hand man.
Even without their strength, the Rocks Pirates' Intelligence Force could continue to develop, though it would certainly be significantly reduced.
Only a small portion of strength was left to maintain surveillance over the Rocks Pirates' Intelligence Force.
However, what happened next was none of their concern.
They had already given enough; they had contributed an immense amount of manpower, material resources, and funds to the Rocks Pirates' development, all without direct return.
Of course, they had also achieved their goals; the Rocks Pirates had not failed their expectation.
The separation between the various Intelligence Organization and the Rocks Pirates' Intelligence Force was peaceful, even silent.
It was known that even Hades's mother, Nyx "Lady Night", had begun to let go, holding onto only a small portion of Intelligence Force and focusing all her energy on the expansion and development of Dark Night.
She would only control it remotely and would not personally manage the Rocks Pirates' Intelligence Force.
Even if something went wrong, it would not concern her and would not affect her.
Under these circumstances, Besoro "Hunter King", who had escaped from Impel Down, happened to catch their eye.
The potential of the Hunter Guild would strike at the World Government's strength on another level.
The major Superpower had also cooperated for so many years, and separating like this felt quite regrettable.
After some exchange among themselves, they confirmed their investment in Besoro "Hunter King".
More accurately, it was an investment in the yet-to-be-established organization, the Hunter Guild.
Although every country had the ability to establish a Hunter Guild, they were accustomed to hiding behind the scenes and did not like standing in the spotlight.
Moreover, Besoro had his advantage: powerful personal strength and influence among the Hunter community.
Even if something went wrong, Besoro would bear the consequences, and it would not affect the various Superpower.
Would Besoro refuse? Of course not.
Funds and Intelligence Force were exactly what he lacked.
The important thing was how to survive under the gaze of the World Government.
What he intended to do had nothing to do with the Rocks Pirates; in a sense, it was even hostile to the Rocks Pirates.
The Rocks Pirates would certainly not give him any help.
As for the assistance from the mysterious Factions hostile to the World Government, Besoro would not refuse; one could even say it was a perfect match.
After a secret meeting, these mysterious Factions helped perfect his plan, organizational structure, survival methods, and even how to deal with the World Government.
Managing a massive Faction was not that simple.
Besoro understood this; when he first established the Bounty Hunter Guild, there were instances of Hunter plundering money and escaping, severely damaging the Bounty Hunter Guild's reputation.
In reality, even if the World Government didn't act, the Bounty Hunter Guild's good reputation wouldn't last long; it was not impossible for everyone to turn against them.
Bounty Hunter are inherently a group of scoundrels driven by interests, a profession looked down upon on The Great Sea.
Eliminating these harmful elements was a long and arduous task.
As for whether the Hunter Guild would be controlled by these Factions, Besoro didn't care.
He could see the sincerity of these Factions, and besides, he currently had nothing.
Without the help of these Factions, his Hunter Guild would remain just talk and could not become a reality; the World Government would not let him go.
His personal strength was simply too insignificant compared to the World Government.
Just as Shiki had said, the strength of the World Government and the Marines must absolutely not be allowed to recover; continuous suppression was needed.
This had received the recognition of all the Cadre of the Rocks Pirates.
The Thirteen Divisions were officially established, and actions were about to begin.
Operations targeting World Government Affiliated Nation, using treasure as the lure.
The Marines and the World Government couldn't just stand by; they had to act.
With the World Summit about to be held, they couldn't afford to leave themselves open to criticism.
A conflict was inevitable, serving to deplete the strength of the World Government and the Marines.
The so-called treasure was merely to motivate the vast majority of the Rocks Pirates' Pirate.
The true objective of the Rocks Pirates' Higher-ups was still the World Government and the Marines.
Having reached their level, they no longer pursued wealth; reputation and status were what they desired.
Of course, Core Cadre like Captain John, who pursued treasure to the extreme, were an exception.
That guy, for the sake of treasure, could be said to care about nothing else, even hunting other Pirate to plunder their treasure.
His reputation among the Higher-up Cadre was not very good.
However, among the main Pirate group of the Rocks Pirates, Captain John held extremely high reputation.
The number of Pirate in his Division was also second only to Shiki "The Golden Lion".
Compared to Shiki, who enjoyed slaughter and battle, following Captain John undoubtedly allowed one to obtain more treasure.
It should be known that Captain John was solely after treasure.
In the Rocks Pirates' usual mission executions, John could be said to be the most proactive.
Kingdom, Merchant Ships, Noble, were all John's targets.
In every War of Annihilation, he would head straight for the Kingdom's Treasury.
He would even act privately without a mission.
Honestly, John's pursuit of treasure was truly baffling and incomprehensible.
He couldn't possibly spend it all, yet he hid it all away.
In the end, wasn't he just preparing it for someone else?
For treasure like that of "Golden King" Donovan, John was the most eager to search.
John, who even slept hugging treasure and possessed an astonishing innate sense for finding treasure, had been secretly keeping an eye on it early on.
He had also determined the approximate location.
Originally, when "Golden King" Donovan was still alive, he had some reservations.
But Donovan was already dead, and Donovan's treasure was considered his for the taking.
He did eventually find it.
However, Donovan's Treasure hiding place was completely empty, taken by someone beforehand, leaving only a single gold coin for him, the latecomer.
This made John furiously destroy the Island and kill a few Pirate to vent his anger.
His gaze remained fixed on the various Cadre of the Rocks Pirates, wanting to see who exactly had plundered his treasure.
Hades was naturally also within his scope of attention, after all, John knew Titan's ability.
However, at that time, Hades and Titan were with Rocks, executing a mission.
Meanwhile, John had rushed to that Sea Area overnight to dig for treasure.
In a sense, Hades and Titan had no opportunity to commit the act.
Regarding this, Hades could only laugh inwardly.
This also ignited John's fighting spirit.
For this operation, John was the most proactive, having even identified several targets and still calculating which Member Nation would have more treasure.
The Rocks Pirates would once again sweep across the entire World.
And they would become enemies of the World! It was foreseeable that the Member Nation would no longer tolerate the Rocks Pirates.
Originally, they needed to suppress the World Government, and now their objective had been achieved.
And the Rocks Pirates would truly threaten them.
Moving forward, the Member Nation would assist the World Government in dealing with the Rocks Pirates, at the very least to prevent the Rocks Pirates from threatening them.
(end of chapter)