Ch 7 : Vice Admiral Tokikake

Looking at Vice Admiral Tokikake squinting his eyes, Cade didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Obviously, it must be because of the spreading rumor about him liking to see grown-up men dancing naked in public, and now he was implicated in it.

But now was not the time to shy away.

Cade, still with that smile on his face, took one step closer toward Vice Admiral Tokikake.

However, seeing Cade come closer, Vice Admiral Tokikake unconsciously also takes a step back.

Cade: "....."

Vice Admiral Tokikake: "...."

This Vice Admiral… Cade, for some reason, felt the way he was looking at him seemed to be a bit wrong.

Nonetheless, he tried to pretend he didn't notice, and with an approachable look, he greeted Vice Admiral Tokikake:

" *Cough* Good morning, Vice Admiral. It is a good day, innit?"

" ….. "

*Sigh* Looking at Vice Admiral Tokikake didn't even bother to answer. Cade knew his plan of creating a good first impression had failed.

Therefore, he decided to not beat around the bush anymore.

" *Sigh* You don't need to put that much guard around me, don't you? Well, anyway, I'm here to discuss business. So I guess I'll go straight to the point." Cade said.

As Cade continued to walk closer, he invited Vice Admiral Tokikake to take a seat, which the vice admiral, even though he felt a bit uncomfortable, still accepted. Then, Cade began to speak about his goal.

" Actually, my goal today is to speak with you regarding the illusion brothel."

"Is that...your goal?"

Vice Admiral Tokikake's turned sharp, and he vaguely guessed the intention of Cade.

Then, a sigh came from his mouth.

" I have heard the rumor about this. But I never thought you would be this bad. Let's not talk about your bad hobby; you even wanted to take the illusion brothel from your father? Kid, I suggest you not bite more than what you can chew."

As he said that, Vice admiral Tokikake was no longer in the mood and ready to leave.

Though he really liked the illusion brothel, he didn't want to get implicated in a power fight in a country, lest supporting a waste prince like Cade.

But who knows what greeted him was neither shock nor angry voices from Cade but rather a look of confusion.

" What?"

Vice Admiral Tokikake asked, a bit confused with this development. From his knowledge of Cade, this waste prince should begin to be angry and used his position to try and pin down the Vice admiral.

" Nothing, it's just… I think we have a misunderstanding here." Cade shook his head before he continued:

" regarding the illusion brothel. There's no need for me to forcefully rob it from my father. After all, it's mine from the start."

"?????"

If before Vice Admiral Tokikake was confused, now he felt he had a rumble of thunder on his mind.

If not for the position of Cade, he would have long slap this kid.

Was this kid using some strange thing last night? There's no way he would believe a pirate wannabe like Cade would turn over a new page so soon.

But here, Cade took something out from his pocket and presented irrefutable proof for Vice Admiral Tokikake.

" Actually, I'm here for this. This is a portable version of the Illusion brothel, but of course, it is still a prototype."

Then, when he saw Vice Admiral Tokikake, who previously was ready to leave, stop for a bit, a smile grew on Cade's face.

" Well from the start, I want to give this thing to Vice Admiral Tokikake as a token of goodwill from our kingdom. But first, how about we listen to what I wanted to say first."

Was he dreaming? Vice Admiral Tokikake still could not believe his eyes and ears.

But with the temptation of the new item, Vice Admiral Tokikake no longer hurried to leave.

He returned to his seat and listen to each and every Cade's words.

Because Cade's request was not too much, soon the negotiation was completed peacefully.

The portable Illusion brothel would be given to Vice Admiral Tokikake in exchange for Vice Admiral Tokikake promoting the illusion brothel.

. . . . . . . . .

The central oasis city of Alabasta, rain base

In the headquarters of the Baroque Work Agency, watching the banana crocodiles fighting each other for food, Crocodile took a light cigarette and looked at the news that his informant had brought him.

Every person has their own weakness, and Cade was not an exception to that.

Though recently he had shown glimpses of potential as a prince, he was still full of loopholes. And one of them was his bad knowledge of One Piece World Geographic.

Cade might not notice it, but the Sullivan Kingdom was actually still a neighboring country of Alabasta.

And now, he had attracted the interest of Alabasta's biggest black hand.

"Interesting…."

He just commented like this.

Unknown to Cade, his illusion brothel had also taken the interest of a Shicibukai, Crocodile.

But Crocodile was not interested in the brothel industry but rather in the technology hidden behind the brothel.

Attracting people to an illusion world? If it was in his hand, wouldn't it enable him to progress his plan of annexing Alabasta further?

When he imagined himself riding on Pluton and reigning over the Grand Line, a smile could not help but appear on Crocodile's face.

For him, this would be his huge step toward taking over the world if he was able to get the technologies.

But Crocodile clearly didn't know that the illusion brothel was not technology at all. It was created by Devil Fruit, and Cade didn't have the plan of being soft persimmons at all.

"Mr2 is coming back soon..." Crocodile thought of something and smiled like a crocodile.

"Then instruct him to go to the capital in a few days and let him meet the Sullivan King. With his skill, there should be no problem."

Then returned with the technology and proceeded with a logical development plan, step by step, to completely wipe out Alabasta to gain Pluton!

Crocodile's laughter filled the entire space, but he was lucky Cade was not here.

Else, Cade would have looked at him with a strange expression and asked:

" Bro, you sure Pluton is in Alabasta?"