Chapter 38: Expanding Territory
After ending Skypiea's trip, Giotto directly returned to Secon Island. After all, there was nothing else to do. Moreover, this trip from the New World to East Blue, then from East Blue to Skypiea, and finally back to New World took quite a lot of time even though there was no delay in the middle of the journey.
The gold he brought back from Skypiea was worth a total of 1.7 billion, but in fact, the money he brought back to Secon Island was worth 2.2 billion Belly because he met some ignorant pirates on his way back to Secon Island.
They did have good eyes at the very least, as they all saw the glimmer of gold on Giotto's ship, so they decided to rob Giotto. But those pirates underestimated Giotto. Someone who had a huge amount of gold on their with only a child like Enel as a companion was either really stupid or really powerful.
It was obvious that Giotto belonged to the latter, so instead of getting additional gold, these pirates lost all their wealth.
At this moment, Secon Island, Vongola Family Headquarters.
In the family conference room, Giotto sat in the lead seat. In front of him sat the core members of the Vongola Family.
Reborn, Knuckle, Fran, Belphegor, and Shoichi Irie.
That's right. Because he met the requirements to establish the technical research department and invested two billion Belly to it, Shoichi Irie joined Vongola Family and appeared on Secon Island.
As for why Giannini didn't join...
Because he only ought to research weapons, this kind of meeting was not suitable for him.
"According to the sea map obtained from the Underworld, the best move for our Family expansion is to occupy two islands, Green Iron Island and White Stone Island. These two islands have rich mineral resources and can help the future development of the Family."
Shoichi Irie put the information about the two islands in front of everyone present and said at the same time: "But now the two islands are occupied by the War Spear Pirates and the Thorns Pirates. The former's captain was Captain Blood Spear Cook, with a bounty of 320 million Belly, and the vice-captain, Silver Spear Laiwen, with a bounty of 91,000,000 Belly."
"The latter's was Captain Taurus 410 million Belly bounty. Although he was only 90 million higher than Cook, Taurus' men are clearly more formidable than Cook that keep going after civilian."
"Simply put, our opponents this time are small fries, ushishishi!"
Belphegor didn't bother to look at the information as he didn't consider them worthy to be his opponent. "Just give Fran and me the order! I'll handle the first island, Fran will handle the second. We'll show these pirates who's boss, Primo!"
"Huh? You can't even deal with both islands on your own, Bell-senpai? What a hassle, please don't bring me up in this..."
"Sstt!"
As Fran was speaking, a knife directly plunged into his frog hat. But he didn't care about it at all. He was already used to it anyway. On average, Bell would throw a dozen or so knives at him each day.
"I think it's better to be cautious. The pirates of the New World are different from other places. To be able to establish a foothold in this sea area and have their own territory already means that they are not to be underestimated. After all, without sufficient strength, merely surviving will prove to be difficult, let alone occupying an island."
Reborn said with a serious face. His dignity was evident among the crowd. "I suggest that Bell and Fran go to Green Iron Island to deal with the War Spear Pirates Pirates. As for the White Stone Island, I will take Crowley and Enel to deal with it. It just so happens that Leon has made some Dying Will Bullet, so we can take this opportunity to try it out."
Dying Will Bullet, a special bullet created by Vongola Family.
Those who were shot in the head would die if they had no regret. If there did, however, they would be resurrected with Dying Will Flames on their forehead, and they would be able to harness great strength in exchange for risking their lives for 5 minutes.
Giotto was well aware that Reborn wanted to test whether the denizen of this world could harness the power of Dying Will Mode. Judging from the situation so far, there was not much hope of awakening Dying Will Mode on their own. However, the new members of the Family might be able to enter the Dying Will mode by using Dying Will Bullet or Dying Will Pill.
If the Dying Will Bullet experiment was successful, Reborn also planned to ask Giannini and Shoichi Irie to make the Dying Will Pill. That thing could greatly increase Vongola Family's combat strength. Just think about it, a group of family members in suits suddenly took out a Dying Will Pill in a large-scale battle, and then all their clothes were ripped off, followed with a Dying Will Flame on their forehead.
That scene was magnificent!
"Mr. Reborn, isn't it a little too risky if you just bring the rookies?" Shoichi Irie said slowly.
"Do you think I'm not strong enough?" Reborn smiled. A terrifying killing intent erupted at this moment.
Sensing his killing intent, Shoichi Irie immediately felt like he was in an ice cave. He seemed to see an incomparably huge Demon Lord appear behind Reborn.
Reborn was the world's number one assassin. When he got serious, his skill was no joke. Even if he was only a baby, ordinary people were no match for him.
In the next moment, Shoichi Irie felt like he had trouble breathing. Then, he covered his stomach and laid on the table.
Although he was a genius, he also had a small shortcoming. Whenever he was nervous, he'd suddenly get a stomachache. The Vongola Family's consultant of the technical department did not change whatsoever.
"You'll be fine with that, right, Reborn?" Giotto turned to look at Reborn and asked slowly.
After restraining his terrifying killing intent, Reborn smiled. His eyes also flashed with bloodthirst. "This world makes my hands itch. Let me move my muscles a little. Moreover, Crowley, Enel, and the others also need real combat experience to grow quickly..."