28. Kaido’s Compromise. Whitebeard’s plan to create an Elite Guards’ Legion.

│3rd Person POV│

[Grand Line, New World, Near G5 Marine Base…]

While everyone was having doubts about the Artificial Devil Fruits, Ron was thinking in different directions.

In the Canon World, the Beasts Pirates' army of beasts was indeed formidable, but they did have some significant drawbacks.

For example; Bat-Man, who was able to give slight trouble to post-time skip Luffy and Zoro, was one of the individuals to get a better end of the deal after eating a SMILE Devil Fruit.

However, the SMILE Devil Fruit did have several side effects.

They only have a 10% chance of granting Zoan-like abilities.

The other 90% of people who consume one will not get any powers while suffering the usual side effects of being hated by the Sea.

On top of losing the ability to swim, they permanently become unable to express negative emotions, being forced to smile and laugh at all times regardless of their circumstances.

Even in the case of successfully gaining Zoan-like powers, the possibility of gaining defective powers as Kaido explained was not low.

Of course, such disadvantages are not enough to stop desperate individuals from consuming a SMILE Devil Fruit. After all, in the New World, being strong enough was the most important thing.

If one isn't strong enough, they have no right to demand anything.

"So what!" Unsurprisingly, Whitebeard was not deterred by Kaido's words.

Instead, he said calmly, "It's just some side effects. Permanent body alterations or growing sentient animals out of your body is not that strange.

"At least it can enhance your strength. I am also extremely curious to see how exactly the Artificial Devil Fruits works."

As soon as these words were spoken, Kaido's expression darkened.

This batch of materials numbered over a hundred pieces, if half of it is taken away by Whitebeard, it will undoubtedly provide the Whitebeard Pirates with at least half a dozen individuals of formidable combat power.

However, he couldn't refuse now.

After all, Whitebeard was already here.

If Kaido refused, he was certain that Whitebeard would take action against him when he attacked the G5 Base.

At that point, he may not only fail to achieve his purpose, but the losses would be even more severe.

Considering this, although Kaido felt aggrieved, he had to choose at this moment.

"Alright!"

"Kaido-sama!!"

Upon hearing his agreement, the expressions of the three All-Stars behind him changed, and they instinctively wanted to say some words to persuade him to not agree.

After all, once the Whitebeard Pirates learned the secret of the artificial Devil Fruit, it wouldn't be good news for them.

Unfortunately, before they could voice their concerns, Whitebeard took the lead and said, "That settles it then! I will lead my sons to participate in the upcoming battle to support your Beasts Pirates. However, it's up to you to destroy the G5 base."

These words brightened the eyes of Marco and others.

This was a favorable arrangement for the Whitebeard Pirates.

While they would need to provide assistance, with the Beasts Pirates being the primary force, their casualties will be notably less.

"Alright!" After pondering for a moment, Kaido didn't argue with Whitebeard.

After giving Whitebeard a deep look, Kaido said, "Then let's get started! Wake up your people, and we will directly commence our attack. King, Queen, and Jack, let's go!"

With that, Kaido waved his hand and turned around, heading towards his ship.

"Yes, Kaido-sama!" Seeing this, King and the others didn't dare to neglect. Shooting one last glare at the Whitebeard Pirates, they followed Kaido in haste.

After Kaido and others departed, Thatch and the other Division Commanders started waking up the elites of the Whitebeard Pirates.

Although they were knocked out, their body didn't suffer any damage.

"Pops!"

After everyone regained consciousness, Marco and the others approached Whitebeard and said, "We will fight in the next..."

"No need to worry." Seemingly reading Marco's thoughts, Whitebeard waved his hand and said, "As I said before, we just need to follow the Beasts Pirates' lead.

"The purpose of coming here this time is to meet those old opponents. If there are suitable opponents, you can all give it a try.

"Mostly, I'm looking forward to the so-called Artificial Devil Fruits. If that thing is true, we, the Whitebeard Pirates, can also form an elite legion of guards."

Having said this, Whitebeard looked at Ron and Ace standing together.

After pondering for a while, Whitebeard finally focused his eyes on Ron and said, "Ron, I plan to form a new legion of guards. This legion will be independent of Sixteen Divisions. Are you willing to join it?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present looked at Ron.

They were not stupid, how could they not know the meaning of Whitebeard's words?

On the surface, it seemed that Ron was just asked to join, but in fact, it was probably just to pave the way for Ron to lead the new legion in the future.

Ron was still weak now.

He may not be strong enough to be the Commander of the guard legion right away. However, Ron's potential was known to everyone present.

He had awakened the Conqueror's Haki just earlier, and having eaten the special Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, the Copy-Copy Fruit, his upper limit was absolutely huge, easily surpassing that of almost all the Division Commanders'.

Letting him join the guards' legion was actually a way of training him to prepare for taking over the Guards and becoming its Commander in the future.

"I do!" Ron, having also understood Whitebeard's intentions, agreed without hesitation.

Although it may be slightly troublesome to be one of the Commanders in the future, Ron was not someone to reject a good opportunity.

Ace originally had such qualifications, after all, he had also awakened Conqueror's. But Ace was the Vice-Commander of the Second Division, and taking over the second team in the future was a sure thing for him.

Because of this, Whitebeard couldn't let him lead the guard legion, and let the Second Division be without a Commander again.

"Very good!" Nodding with satisfaction, Whitebeard looked at Ron appreciatively.

Then, he continued, "In that case, after this matter is over, I will select a group of people from within the Sixteen Divisions to form a guard team. At that time, this team will be responsible for guarding the base camp and assisting the first team in handling some matters."

"I understand, Pops!" Ron acknowledged Whitebeard's instructions with a small bow.

At the same time, his heart was bursting with joy.

After all, if Whitebeard really made this move, then the guard team would definitely not be weak by then.

Additionally, being inside the base camp, he would have enough time to train, exercise, and become stronger.

As long as the development level of Copy-Copy Fruit was increased to 30% as soon as possible, then the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit would be available for copying.

With the ability of the Phoenix Fruit that he currently possesses, coupled with the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, it would be enough for him to quickly rise in strength, and even become an existence that was not weaker than any of the Division Commanders.

"Pops!"

Suddenly, Ace from within the crowd stepped forward.

Looking at Whitebeard, he bowed deeply and said, "I have the Conqueror's Haki. But I can't activate it at will, like you and Kaido.

"I don't know how to reach such a stage. Can you help me train it once we are back in the base camp?

"In addition, I have also awakened the Color of Observation and the Color of Armament, but they are still at the Entry-level. I want to make my Haki stronger, however, I seem to have encountered some kind of shackles and cannot do it on my own. What should I do?"

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