"Absolutely not! Don't even dream about it! I'll never submit to anyone again. I'll build my own power!"
Charlotte said firmly.
Then, Charlotte couldn't help but curse in his heart. Could it be that Shiki had set his eyes on him? Shouldn't he be targeting Roger instead? Had his heart changed?
Hearing Charlotte's merciless words,
"Charlotte! Have you forgotten? You still owe me a favor!"
Shiki frowned and looked at Charlotte.
Shiki's words made Whitebeard and Charlotte Linlin look at Charlotte with great interest.
"I'll pay back your favor, but that's definitely not an excuse for you to blackmail me! I have my own path to follow!"
Charlotte stared directly into the eyes of Shiki, the Golden Lion.
Shiki's face, with the cigar between his teeth, turned extremely gloomy.
Charlotte was also always on guard in case Shiki got angry at any moment.
Finally, Shiki gently released the qi in his heart, and the tense atmosphere instantly dissipated.
"Fine! I hope you pay back the favor you owe me soon!"
Shiki said expressionlessly.
Charlotte just gave a slight nod.
"Ahem! Are you all here?"
A weak voice came.
Everyone turned to look, and it was Wang Zhi, John, and Silver Axe, the three who had been knocked flying by Roger.
"Yo! You three useless guys are back!"
Shiki, who had always been at odds with them, immediately taunted them when he saw them.
"You!"
Hearing this, John immediately pointed at Shiki, wanting to say something.
Wang Zhi raised his long sword, and Silver Axe lifted his shield and battle - axe.
"What? Do you three still want to fight me?"
Shiki looked at them disdainfully and then stood up.
"Before, you relied on Rocks backing you up, so I didn't do anything to you. But now! Humph!"
Shiki glanced at Rocks, who was already losing, and then looked at the three disdainfully.
Shiki's immense pressure instantly made the three of them frown nervously.
"Shiki! We're all in the Rock Pirates. Is it really necessary to make things so unpleasant?"
After a moment of silence, John stepped forward. Ignoring Shiki's provoking words, he said with a smile.
Among the three, John, who practiced both swordplay and marksmanship, was the weakest and didn't have much real strength. He didn't want to have any conflict with Shiki at this time.
Shiki let out a disdainful snort and ignored them.
Charlotte and the others also didn't look at them.
The four of them seemed to be implicitly excluding the three.
These three, who had been old subordinates of Rocks since he set sail, might not be extremely loyal to him, but they wouldn't actively betray him either.
Moreover, in the Rock Pirates before, these three were supported by Rocks and often clashed with them.
This made them already dislike the three.
Seeing that none of the four paid any attention to them, these people understood.
Then, when John was about to lead the other two away, he suddenly saw the pile of treasure chests behind the four. His eyes instantly turned red.
He recognized these treasure chests. They were all treasures belonging to the Celestial Dragons. He had almost got his hands on them before, but failed because of the resistance of those old guys.
Unexpectedly, in just a short while, these treasure chests had fallen into their hands.
It made his heart ache as if it was bleeding.
Seemingly noticing John's gaze, Wang Zhi and Silver Axe also looked over and were instantly attracted, unable to move their feet.
"Hey! What the hell are you looking at? Wanna get killed? There's no share for you here!"
Shiki roared as soon as he saw the three of them standing still.
This made the three of them walk away with gloomy faces.
After they were out of sight, "Damn it! Bastards! Why don't they drop dead!" John's jealous expression was almost distorted as he crazily punched a nearby tree.
"I reckon the Rock Pirates are about to fall apart! We gotta make plans soon!" Wang Zhi looked at the other two and said.
After hearing Wang Zhi's words, the two of them pondered.
"I'm going to form a pirate crew. Do you want to join me?" Wang Zhi looked at the two of them and invited.
But as soon as he said this, "Are you kidding me? If the Rock Pirates are really done for, then I'm gonna form my own pirate crew too." Silver Axe's voice came from inside his armor.
"Hahaha! That's right! Although we're in the same bunch in the Rock Pirates, if Rocks is outta the game, then we'll go our separate ways! But I suggest we form an alliance to deal with those four guys. Otherwise, none of us can take even one of them on our own!" John suggested.
Hearing this, Wang Zhi and Silver Axe fell silent. Both of them were thinking about countermeasures.
Because of Rocks, who didn't want the cadres to unite, he deliberately created conflicts and set the two sides against each other, and then he'd step in as a peacemaker.
As a result, the relationship between the three of them and the other four groups was very bad.
Especially John. He couldn't keep his mouth shut. Almost all of the four groups were offended by John.
This made those four guys hate the other two of them too.
Now that Rocks was probably out of the picture, they had to think about themselves.
"Alright! I'm in!"
"Me too!"
Wang Zhi and Silver Axe both nodded at the same time.
"Then we shouldn't hang around in God Valley anymore. Otherwise, I'm afraid once Rocks kicks the bucket, those four guys will come after us." John suggested.
Wang Zhi and Silver Axe nodded at the same time.
If they were fifteen or sixteen years younger, they definitely wouldn't be running away like a bunch of losers today.
The three of them quickly walked back to the port and saw that the port was in chaos.
"Holy crap! This is the Roger Pirates!"
After seeing the Slaughter at the port, John found that all the dead were pirates of the Rock Pirates, while the ones who did it were the Roger Pirates. This instantly reminded him of the humiliation he and the others had just suffered.
"Kill 'em! Kill those Roger Pirates bastards!" John instantly drew a gun with his left hand and a rapier with his right hand, roaring at the members of the Roger Pirates.
"Yes! It's Captain John!"
With their main forces absent, the pirates of the Rocks Pirate Crew were instantly reassured when they saw Captains John, Wang Zhi, and Silver Axe. They immediately launched a counterattack.
Wang Zhi and Silver Axe took the lead and charged into the Roger Pirate Crew to engage in battle.
They also hated Roger to the core.
With the addition of John, Wang Zhi, and Silver Axe, once Silver Axe held off Jabba, the Roger Pirate Crew couldn't hold out any longer.
They began to flee in defeat, breaking through towards the center of God Valley.
"Guys! Get on the ship! The Rocks Pirate Crew has failed! From now on, there's no more Rocks Pirate Crew or Captain Rocks. There's only the John Pirate Crew and Captain John!"
John immediately jumped onto the main ship of the Rocks Pirate Crew. Standing in Captain Rocks' exclusive position, he announced to the pirates below.
After being besieged by the Navy, the World Government, and the Roger Pirate Crew, the original 70,000 - 80,000 pirates had dwindled to fewer than 10,000.